yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] rdbunch:
I use cdma only, but using any that involvd cdma seems to be fine, if going abroad use gsm only.

For network i use auto.

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[Motorola Photon 4G] Cythrawl:
I have confirmed this problem now on 2 phones...

It also does it on Cybik's old build from Novemeber too, so I think its something that was overlooked a while ago.

What is the problem??

Record a video with the camcorder... about a min will do..

Press the stop button, then hit the record button again.. The Camera will freeze and eventually force close. After that you cannot use the camera for anything else (pictures/ video) until the phone is rebooted.

I can repeat this 100% on two different phones

Also tried Joker's Kernel still the same...

So, has anyone got any ideas??
[Motorola Photon 4G] gollyzila:
I've received a FC of DSPManager a few times when my phone was called, but it hasn't happened since I rebooted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
I can confirm the video record freeze also. If you stop the recording then switch to camera, take picture, wait a few seconds then go back to recording it does not freeze...hmmmm
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Good catch, just tried it...I did get the same force close here after shooting a 2 sec video. Camera freezes and does require the reboot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
Same on my phone. happened on cybiks for me too. i havent tried it but it just crossed my mind is the location of where the file is saving...? try internal or external and see if any different. id try it, but i did a recalibrate of the batt yesterday and dont wanna throw it off
[Motorola Photon 4G] js11222:
I really like this rom but have been having issues. My phone gets really hot whenever I use it..battery just drains and my phone will turn off where I need to pull the battery to restart. I wiped everything,calibrated battery,tried the 1.3 kernel, even underclocked and same problems. Anyone else or is it just me?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
After flashing the rom and gapps and rebooting the phone 2x, what did you do after? Did you restore your apps AND data, or just apps? Try it without the 1.3 oc kernel...I would suggest:

-format system

- wipe data/cache/factory reset

- reboot recovery

- flash ROM+gapps

- reboot and reboot

Do not install apps yet, but see how the ROM runs...and then load the kernel, then load the apps to see what the culprit could be. I'm running cool, and cougar's done an amazing job on this...
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
You can try setting a profile for temperature in Setcpu. Tethering is the only thing that makes mine hotter than normal, but below manages it.

Temp > 41*C

60800 max

21600 min

priority 100
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
Here is the Camera.apk compiled without some autofocus null lines. It seems to fix the camcorder crashing . Just need to remap the camera button in Camera settings. Push to /system/app and set permissions

x x 0

x 0 0

x 0 0
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I need a stable rom for a friends phone and based on other posts this is the one.

So here goes!!!

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Enjoy it...it's pretty sweet!
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
Well I thought I followed all the directions and flashed and now just sitting on screen that says.

Failed to boot 2

starting fast boot protocol support.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Hmmm...weird...

-Charge

-Flash SBF back to 154_5 Build

- Flash 198_6 Build

- Unlock

- Flash CWM

- Try again?
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
downloading both files right now
[Motorola Photon 4G] gregfink:
Everything works great for me, except wireless connectivity. To get it to reconnect to a known network I have to disable and enable my wifi. Running stock kernel. Otherwise is just hangs at getting ip, fails, and tries again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rdbunch:
So MMS seems to send, but the receipients are not receiving them....

Is there more stuff i need to do in my APNs? Should i post a picture?

XDA Premium App

EDIT: I removed the sever, fixed it. It kept sending them links to see he pic, now it just sends it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I still get the same message about boot 2

RSD light does not find the phone in that mode. Anybody have any ideas?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Hmm...does it say "Starting RSD mode" after it says Failed to boot 2?

- Check the driver installation - RSD should recognize once drivers install properly

- Be careful with low battery..that would suck...

EDIT: Why does it say "fastboot" under "MODEL"...shouldn't it say MB855 or whatever model our phone is?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZeroManArmy:
What is the hex color code for the status bars and wifi?
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
No it says starting fastboot protocol support and just sits there
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Reboot phone and then try power and vol up
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
same thing with vu and vd.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
need to be in rsd mode to flash sbf's hold volume up and power to get into rsd mode then connect phone to usb
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
You using bootstrap or are you actually unlocked? Must be unlocked.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Weird...you should pull battery, power up and volume up..it should enter RSD.
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I used Photon-4G-OCR to unlock it. Then I installed Bootstrap_signed.apk.

Then I wiped and installed rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
ocr stands for one click root bootstrap is fopr locked phones you need to unlock your bootloader to flash unlokced roms

so basicly you are still locked

need to read the compendium the "look here first thread" use the unlock/relock pack to unlock get rooted and a recovery then can flash unlocked roms

my advice for now charge to 100% and try flashing the sbf to return to stock
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
How do you suggest I get past this screen and get back to normal?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
WOOPS...

- What spleef said -

- OCR is for rooting phone

- To unlock phone you need to flash Unlock SBF

- Then flash CWM in fastboot mode

- Then you wipe everything and flash ROM + gapps
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
pull battery , put back in leave phone off charge to full

hold vol up and pwer to get rsd mode then plug into your computer and run rsd to flash the sbf

that should return you to normal
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
Ok, phone is off and letting it charge. This is quite different then my evo..lol.

I see posts that say remove sd and sim card and others that say leave them in.. I see some posts that say have power cord plugged in and others that say leave off poser.
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
What Spleef said sounds good, but I think he could literally just follow QBKing77's youtube video of how to unlock the bootloader, then use his video on how to install CWM and after that flash a custom rom and be alright. I don't see the need to even try to go back to full stock...
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
It may not be necessary to go back to stock, but whenever I mess up, I feel like it's good to start from a clean slate.
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
Maybe, but if he needs his phone fixed quick and still intends to flash roms later on it is the looooonnnggg way to fix it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
Yea, strange.. all I get is the same screen.

failed to boot 2

starting fastboot protocol support.

Here is something different.

I tried it with power cord and no battery and says cant enter because battery is to low..
[Motorola Photon 4G] BHermes21:
I would like to know I know it was a problem before but when I connect a usb cable to my pc and transfer files every now and than my phone freezes and reboots. Any ideas to fix or is a bug?
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
Guys, I have a screen again.. I gave the thanks that I had left.

I will have to see wtf I did wrong on Friday when I have some more time..

Thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Take the battery out and charge it on an external charger if you can...You can't do much without a charged battery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
whatever you decide to do make sure to do it on a fully charged or damn close battery or you will end up having to buy a new battery new phone or a charger for the battery itself. ive screwed up before when i first got my photon by flashing sbf on a very low battery was a nightmare... ended up having to get new phone on insurance...lol now i only do any mods on a charged battery lesson learned... moding a photon nothing like moding my old hero
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Could've done the wire method
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
Was scared of starting a fire....LOL was telling wife about it she started flipping out..... Not bad out anything just refusal....lol so I bought a charger for the battery itself.... Didn't work then brought to Sprint the guy(awesome dude btw) tried to reprogram it didn't work so they sent me new one
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I am back to stock with root. That was a long day and for the first time rooting phones.. I got scared.

This being nothing like all the other models I have rooted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
yeah torch FC's but other than that everything is fine (except for the autobrightness which is mentioned in the OP. GSM works flawlessly (even better than on CM9).

As a minor nitpick, maybe have an option to take pictures using the camera button? Long pressing it brings up the camera so the button works but pressing it to take a picture doesn't work. Again, just a minor thing that you could look at when you have the time. But overall, i dont need any reviews for this rom. IT's CM7 with all the bells and whistles. This is as good as it gets guys. It's fast as hell and I love it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
Camera button will be fixed. I think it was a missed typo on Cybik's part here:

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#patc...e/packages/apps/CMParts/res/values/config.xml

<bool name="has_camera_button">false</bool>

Change false to true

For now you can map it to other buttons in camera advanced settings.
[Motorola Photon 4G] prezmater:
Nice I'm going to flash this in the a.m.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
Don't even worry about it, as I said, it's a MINOR niggle.

Thanks for telling me about the edit, i'll fix it right now! Damn my OCD's

EDIT: just noticed CMParts is an APK and i haven't the know-how nor the patience to figure out how to edit that. Patience then!
[Motorola Photon 4G] DethMetalz69:
hmmm. I will flash,after i nandroid.
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
hdmi no audio & landscape borked.......love how you got the t9 dialer in there.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e240:
Just noticed no touch to focus in the camera app..Im pretty sure that worked on cybiks..hopefully u can add that ..and thanks for this ..been waiting for an update
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbuggydroid:
Awesome!! Glad to know CM7 isn't completely abandoned since ics was released and is being worked on. Thank you devs so much
[Motorola Photon 4G] Moguledyouth:
I am loving this rom. I was wondering how to remove the "Roaming Indicator Off" banner in the status bar pull down menu?
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
i'm working on a few fixes for that. You can change it manually in cmsettings > interface > status bar tweaks > carrier label type > CHoose custom , then type whatever you want below.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
Can you edit the thread title? If yes then could you maybe add a date to it similar to the CM9 thread title so it's easier for us to know when the build was updated last? It would be tremendously helpful!
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
Will do, uploading 1.22.2012 buld now. It should fix most of the bugs reported.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xNicoyAx:
One bug i don't see mentioned is that the home key does not function.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
Most everything should be working and fixed. See the 1-22 build. Its in the OP.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Moguledyouth:
I know this is an extreme long shot, but does anyone know a way to get automatic car dock sensing, what files are needed? I have the moto car dock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] anaragayevafr:
Does ussd codes work for gsm users?
[Motorola Photon 4G] s1yder:
Nope.

BTW, coolest cm7 rom! Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pastert33:
Thank you for your work! The only thing I see wrong as of now(newest upload) would be I cannot select the torch from the notification pull down. Any kind of hot fix for it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] stesh725:
After reboot the home button works again.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] tempest64:
sliding keyboard

I just flashed 1-22, and it is asking for the sliding keyboard on the initial Google account sign in. Forgive me if this question has been around the block, but I only switched to the Photon yesterday.

Any suggestions for a workaround?

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
What did you do to get back? I would recommend checking out Lokfish's Photon Compendium..it has everything, and is a great resource if you're new to this phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yeah buddy is a great guide I check it every time it shows new posts
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I installed 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US

then

1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US

then

Photon-4G-OCR
[Motorola Photon 4G] rrusek:
Bluetooth Voice Dialer Issue

Has anyone tried using the Bluetooth Voice Dialer?

I get a very deep slow voice saying "State your command."

It almost sounds like it is in slow motion, like something is possesing my phone.

Kind of freaked me out this morning. If I install Call Voice + then I get a friendly lady but after doing a reboot the deep Throut comes back.

I tried playing around with the settings->Voice Input & Output with no resolution.

Thank you,

RJR
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
go to this thread and download the root/ unlock/ rleock pack follow those instruction for unlocking bootloader then and only then can you flash this or any unlocked Rom :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393519
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
this worked for me also great find
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
Root-Unlock-Relock Pack 1/26/12

I get a bad rar file.. wow.. this has not been my day..lol

had to use 7-zip.. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
Need some help, I saw a setting somewhere concerning disabling my network connection when wifi is on but now I can't remember where it was.

Every time I turn on my wifi my Sprint connection is disabled...

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
With CDMA and sprint you only can have wifi or sprint 3g on. To change the behavior, its in settings>wireless settings>wifi setting.. press menu then choose advanced. Adjust wifi sleeping to your liking. I keep it on "never" for better battery results.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gollyzila:
Gingerbread green or ICS blue? Have you tried Google?
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
Why could I keep wifi on for data before and retain a cell signal?
[Motorola Photon 4G] cougarcougar:
Oh I see. Yeah the cell signal should stay on till you use airplane mode?
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
My bad. My Airrave crapped out for a bit and I thought my signal shut off because I turned on my wifi... all is well now.

CyanogenMod 7.2 Overclocked to 1.4 Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
Yeah, its a lil bug. but for me it still works. If i say the name of the person, it will still call them. now the trick is when the voice says "calling XXXX Mobile" i dont know if the phone picked the right name or not so its always interesting to see if im calling the person that i think i am calling ha ha
[Motorola Photon 4G] wmy0057:
good，i like it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I just want to make sure I have this right.

I have root and super user based on.

Photon-4G-OCR

Now it looks like the next step is

http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showt...n-4G-Custom-Bootstrap-Recovery-(ClockworkMod)

downloading

Motorola Photon 4G Custom Bootstrap Recovery (ClockworkMod)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bitbearmi:
Been using this build for a couple days upgraded from Cybik's cyanogen port. I've really been hoping that we will eventually get an official blessing on a Cyanogen port, but I don't think that's going to happen until CM9 gets out of Alpha. In the mean time, this port has many nice features but there there are some some strange FC's that have popped up. Many of the apps that interface with bluetooth act flaky or force close. For example, the Jawbone Companion that monitors the battery level on my Jawbone Era headset FCs whenever I get an incoming call and blocks me from taking the call. I've obviously uninstalled it. I've also had issues with programs that use voice to text force closing as well.

Good work so far, love to see some more polish. Thanks a lot!
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
you will still be locked and unable to flash unlocked roms like this one
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
This must be where I am having an issue. 1st step is right and 2nd step is bad.

Do you know the name of the file I need?

I am looking at

Root-Unlock-Relock Pack 1/26/12

on this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393519
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
It's a lot more complicated than what you are thinking. You need to go find QBKing77's youtube video titled "Photon bootloader unlock" (or something like that) and watch it several times. You need RSD Lite, Android SDK and some other things if I remember correctly.

Bootstrap recovery is NOT the same thing as unlocking a bootloader, it is basically a cheap shortcut which will let you flash a rom or two. But the real deal is unlocking the bootloader and installing Clockworkmod recovery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] budeone:
I have been looking at the wrong thread this whole time!!!!

I had no idea I should be on pudding!!!

I have been watching the wrong videos.. wow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwRjFrzClBs

is what I am watching now and now I am on the thread

[PUDDING] Photon/Electrify Pudding bootloader unlock [Updated: 12/10/2011]
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbuggydroid:
There you go!!! once you get it figured out it is pretty easy to bounce back and forth.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
in that zip pack in sbf folder is a file called pudding flash it in rsd follow instructions to the letter will be fine can also look at the unlock thread for more information but follow the packs instructions
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZeroManArmy:
So withe latest build, my data is broken on Google Music and what not. It has problems when the battery is low and won't play any music or anything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] stesh725:
Does anyone know the mms fix for sprint?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19183797
[Motorola Photon 4G] davestone:
Does this rom work on GSM? cause I'm having issues with no signal at all, and it connect to the wrong operator.
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
guys, I moved to CM7. As you can see me in other threads, I tested mostly all roms.

CM7 is the best one for now including one exception - the battery.

I noticed that it has good battery in idle mode, but whe you are using a touch or it's just opened, battery dies on eyes.

So, there should be fixed the video subsystem, does anyone have any idea about it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
I noticed this too, the display seems to really soak up battery quickly but if you can keep it mostly off it will last forever...
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
but actually I buy phone for using it :) we all can buy nokia for just talking sometimes :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
hum... i havent noticed anything outta the odd for the screen burning up the batt. the screen is always in most cases gonna be the biggest killer while using the phone. I mean, every rom (stock or built) ive felt that the battery life just burned through when the screen is on. do you have brightness on auto or set to a level?

I must say, that this build has been the most battery friendly for me on the Photon. Idle use is great! reminds me of when i had CM7 on my EVO, i go to bed and wake up and its either the same or 1%less (keep in mind i only crash for 4-6 hours a night) Its nice to go to bed and not worry about the battery draining and my alarm clock not going off. yes i could plug it in, but thats not the easy thing to do when stumbling into the house drunk early in the morn ha ha.

im only -75 on all frequencies and i keep BT on all day and most time WIFI is connected with 3G on when driving. i can make it the full 24 hours back into work and still have some juice left.
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
not a screen, it's the video driver. You will see that battery is on heavy drain when load some video-render processes.

at night I got 12% die, same like it was in the stock rom.

I got 16 hours today of no using of screen.

But it's stupid - phone is for using. When I started to use the phone, battery got to zero very quickly!

1% per 2 minutes I think. 2 hours of browsing, reading and youtubing without stopping will launch battery from 100% to 0% easily on that rom. There need to fix it somehow.

I tested with and without autobrightness
[Motorola Photon 4G] kmkzombie13:
Flashed 1-30 last night flashed gapps everything works great except Gmail isn't there can someone help please
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
did you install it from market?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kmkzombie13:
Yeah it just force closes
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Clear application data or uninstall/reinstall.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kmkzombie13:
Okay thanks got it working
[Motorola Photon 4G] El Shaddai's Wrath:
I'm using a Mugen Power 3600mah extended battery and I only get about 13 hours of medium to heavy use on this rom but on the Rocko rom I got 3 days of medium to heavy use. This rom has better battery use than CM9 so far and I really like it actually but battery life could be better.

I don't know how the Rocko dev did it, but his rom is sick battery-wise.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
Wifi Bug

Wifi is flaky and in spots all around my university campus where wifi was fast and reliable on the stock ROM, the phone now fails to connect or decides to disconnect itself and lists the connection as "Disabled." That's something I've never seen before.

I'm currently using jokersax's CM7 kernel as I had roaming issues with the included cybik kernel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] BHermes21:
Still Error With Disabling Lockscreen

I am on the 1-30-12 rom and when I disable lockscreen again in settings I get an error this time of "the process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" When I uncheck disable lockscreen the error goes away again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] soundworkspr:
This is my battery life !
[Motorola Photon 4G] iStayHigh:
I've been running this and I gotta say this I love it. Thanks for all ya hard work
[Motorola Photon 4G] gollyzila:
I have been having some problems with Skype and DSPManager. Sometimes Skype is stuck signing in indefinitely; a reboot fixes it but it's becoming a nuisance since I use Skype everyday. DSPManager FC's at least once a day when a phone call is initiated.

Please let me know how I can help to fix these problems.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kohlio18:
I have been running this ROM for about a week and am using the cm 1.4 oc kernel. It is an awesome rom. The best quadrant score I got is 4950 and it has been pretty stable, only a couple of reboots needed.

It has a tendancy to lose wifi after sleeping for a while, no biggie reboot clears it right up. My only issue is the 10 point multi-touch makes the screen terribly inaccurate. The edges if the screen don't respond and the keyboard seems to not pickup where I'm touching most of the time? Is there anyway to remove or recalibrate it? Is there an apk to install to revert back the the original multi-touch from the stock rom? Thanks for your hard work guys!
[Motorola Photon 4G] El-Nath:
my battery life, uving w/ with joker's kernel, for me the only worst battery life is my stock..6hrs..with cm 9 i can get 17hr, and cm7 is around. 12-14 hrs...
[Motorola Photon 4G] olegfusion:
for me the only worst battery life is my stock -> I believe you're very wrong, at least for now.

wipe all and install stock - you'll notice another thing. I get easily 19 hours in stock.