yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] pir8man:
1.0.3 rocks!

I tried 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, but things didn't fully work for me. I had time today to load up the latest `1.0.3 and everything works perfect. I like the theming changes, but I am just ecstatic to see one of the joker-slim based roms that runs all of my apps.

I've been running jokerstock since it's release. I have tried all the other roms along the way, but each had one thing or another broken that I NEEDed for my daily usage.

The speed is faster, I replaced the kernel with the joker 1.4, cuz my phone runs just fine at 1.4 speeds. all else was left as-is.

I am glad to have a newer rom with the latest tweaks that works!

Keep up the great work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] carrilloevo:
Hey just one problem, I can't connect to 4g. I'm using locked 1.0.3 thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] bpcivicsi:
So i just recently obtained a lapdock 500 and I'm having trouble using it with the photon on the Imperium rom.. is there something i need to do/flash first? It just keeps switching between logo and HD mirrioring...:(
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigj225:
Same thing happens to everyone with that device. Currently there is no solution from my understanding.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Great work as usual.

Quick question about VTL Launcher though. It is listed as being version 1.7.5.2? Newest from what I know is 1.7.0 and the one packaged with the rom is 1.6.5. I'm confused.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Another Drunk NPC:
Unfortunately I've found two bugs:

1.The phone fails to make calls to numbers with +1 in front of them.

2. Random reboots after a fresh flash.

Any ideas?
[Motorola Photon 4G] str8nitro:
APNs

Coming to this from cm7. On cm7 you say "open APNs" to get into APN settings ... how do you do it on here? Thanks!

Motorola Electrify btw

Need to check mms settings, can't send or download mms

EDIT: Got into the apn settings and put mine in but there are 2 other apn settings that are in there that are locked that I cannot delete ... any ideas?

Also I can get pictures but videos just come in as a still picture with sound ...

EDIT AGAIN: After more research I have found out that if I set the MCC and MNC to sprints values (310 and 120), then I can save the newly created apn, but the data won't work. If I set them to the appropriate values for US Cellular (331 and 220) then press save, the newly created apn disappears.

LAST EDIT: Also can't backup in CWM - says can't open system and aborts. Even tried re-flashing and no go
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonathanclary:
Any updates in the works?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
wondering if I could get some help here. Installed locked version on my girls photon.

First problem. Wifi is non functional. Just says error. Like all Rooms I flash. After setup I reboot the phone. Yet the phone just freezes on the Motorola Boot screen. With the little red M.

Its has happened 2x now. I wanna figure out wtf is going on. Cuz I am pissed that I am gonna have to redo EVERYTHING again. Flash sbf thru RSd... clear out rooted apps... reroot, install bootstrap and flash something else. My girl liked the rom but...

Its kinda useless without wifi where we live... and well frozen phone whenever rebooted or powered down... is unacceptable. Essentially is a wasted effort if yer phone ever shuts off or reboots. Because it is a Brick at that point. Can't get into recovery can't turn it on... nothing. Currently phone is Stuck on boot image cuz I am so fed up! OMG. If anyone could help it'd be great. Never had this happen in all my flashing.

Getting pretty pissed. Considering RSD and pudding when trying unlocking will not work ... so I cant unlock the phone. Just wont qork. Yes i know what i. Doing....I am stuck with 3 rom choices... or now 2... any help would be great!
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
so far as Wifi goes can replace the dhd.ko to get it working do a search in rocko or joker thread if I remember right its linked in both

being stuck at m... what led you to that.... if you are able and willing.... download the root/unlock /relock pack you can get it from the compendium or look at my profile go to my devhost and download it from there... use only the files and contents of the zip..... even has motofastboot folder and cwmred Loki really did a slamming job putting it together.....following the instructions in the compendium to the letter... ill try to provide a little help in this comment but it will be brief since thats not what this thread is about......

to sbf make sure you factory reset wipe it all then rsd 198_7 rsd most likely will say failed do not unplug it until it says 100% finished or failed and is not doing anything but sitting there give it a few to be certain....that will restore you totally to factory...... to unlock which it sounds like you don't want to do like I said before follow compendium to the letter don't stray a bit even if you feel like its not right..... not speaking bad of Loki rom at all just my own personal experience but only locked roms I've had working good were jokerstock and rockolocked if you do decide to unlock you will find the loss of 4g its greatly compensated by the amount of quality roms for you to try if you need some more help can pm me I don't want to clutter Loki thread

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Thanks for the help. I want the phone unlocked. But keep having issues unlocking it. I don't like restrictions. But wanted her to have a rom so I tried the locked version. I completely wiped the phone before flashing both times. I will check out what your talking about. We don't have 4g in San Diego so I dgaf. And my nexus is an unlocked beast. I hate lockd crap. But I have never run into problems when doing stuff by the book.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
And what led me to the Stuck Motorola dual core screen? I rebooted... or tried to reboot the phone. It froze. Had to rewipe everything n start from factory. Got it working again. Rebooted and stuck at the boot screen again. Didn't do it on joker or rocko rom....

Btw. THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
which file were you on originally 198_6 or 198_7? or the154? you didn't flash the electrify unlock stuff did you cause that will mess you up good too... since you are wanting to unlock I would follow Loki compendium root/unlock/relock pack I've used that exact procedure at least a dozen times now following it exactly as its wrote no need for the nopudding JuSt rsd the nopudding method can mess you up too also make damn sure your phone is close to fully charged if not it opens an entirely new bag of issues

what recovery did you use on your flashes and what steps did you take ?

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
I followed what you sent me to both times that I did it. That is what I did from the get go... 198_7.

I will use the files from that page and those same instructions. Hopefully the files make the difference. I am getting pissed cuz I couldnt get the damn phone to charge without trying to boot. And had to Charger 4 hrs and still says that battery is too low to flash sbf... when it gets charged up I will go thru that setup and get back to ya.

Thanks

I am 99.9% sure that's the exact stuff I used last time. But we'll see if it changes anything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Went alllllll night and done didn't charge a bit. . Guess I will have to go to store and take out battery n put in another phone. This POS phone is pissing me off. Wish she got a nexus.... This is ridiculous. A phone that can't charge/ won't because it t urns on when you plug it in. ... so freaking stupid its not even funny
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
has happened to me before and it sucked.... get a new battery or a external battery charger make sure you are at 100% or damn close everytime you sbf or that will happen .... but get new batt fastest bet and make sure you are charged follow the pack instructions use only files in the pack dont use nopudding dont use the electrify files dont use the 2.3.5 files make sure you factory reset before flashing in rsd you should be rolling soon
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
cool thanks. I conned sprint repair center into charging the battery on their external charger. Will go pick the battery up in a couple hours! Wohoo! LoL.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
guessing you either got it going or threw it through a wall like I would have happy flashing

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Got the phone back to stock. Tried the process. Still no unlock. So I tried the locked rom again... same thing. same exact thing. Except I also realized data connection doesn't work at all. Can't download ****. From market or nothing. Won't sync Google...

I have come to the conclusion that the locked version is a flop and doesn't work in this phone . And apparently nobody runs anything but unlocked version so I guess I'm the only person with these problems. She like what she saw in this rom a lot.... but it doesn't work... and her phone REFUSES to unlock.

So there is only one option. Rocko3.0. If you have any other ideas throw em at me cuz my girl would prefer to run an unlocked rom. Especially this one. And it seems the unlocked version of this is working for everyone... grrr. Had to re-sbf again after trying this a third time... so her phone is currently stock.

I am about to throw it at the wall. Lol. If I could only get it to unlock I would stop thinking about throwing myself thru a wall....
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
Jokerstockrev1 always worked for me if she is liking the color can use a red theme on top of it is weird it wont unlock though..... On stock on about phone what version does it say you are running.... Which version of rsd are you using. Are you putting phone in rsd mode before rsd'ing and then in fastboot mode before using motofastboot...... Just trying to figure out the steps you are taking here..... Factory reset, rsd 198_7 once it boots, root it with aio root,

After rooting rsd the derpunlock.... After derpunlock run motofastboot and run the unlock commands entering your device id numbers and while in fastboot erase and flash ROMracers cwm then reboot from motofastboot.... Following that methodb I've unlocked locked and unlocked multiple times

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
I am doing the process right. The derpunlock fails everytime. That is where its goin wrong. I know how to do the RSd and motoboot... I am doing all that right. The derpunlock does not work. Different USB ports diff computers. Derpunlock fails and Phone cannot be unlocked. Motofastboot won't work cuz it isn't unlocked...

Version says it is

System... 45.3.7.mb855.sprint.en.us

Android. 2.3.4

Bb... n_01.28.07r

Webtop.... wt-1.2.0-160

Kernel 2.6.32.9 eaz002@fl36bld22 #2

Build. 4.5.1a-1_sun-198_7

Eri 6

Perl 51085
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Where do i get jokerstockrev1 for a locked boot loader? The skinny rev1 4g for lockd doesn't exist anywhere.... the one in his post for his rom links to a dead site... and I can't find it on Google....
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
I think I have it when I get home if ill do ill shoot you a pm with the link sucks thing won't unlock though ah well we tried

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] JustSomeDude:
If you do have the locked skinny4g, can you pm me as well or post it somewhere? I've been looking for an active link for a week.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
np when I get home if I still have it which in pretty sure I do ill up it to my devhost acct and post link to it in a pm

K so I must have deleted them I will try and find them guys ill hit you on pm I have skinny4g torrent but unless alot if people have it will take years to download....lol sorry to let ya down but ill find it its gotta be some where in cyber space

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Are jokers blur roms on his site? I've never looked but I thought I saw a section for those :rolleyes:

Edit: just checked and he has his kernels on there no roms. Sorry, I was wrong

sent from my MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Thanks a bunch for the help! I will keep ya up on how it goes. Gonna try one more time for the unlock. Just not today. She really wants it done. Lol.

But, I appreciate ya going and looking for that rom! Sure she will 2. I'm glad there is great support on here. I'd be throwing phones if there wasn't.. haha... have a good one. Ttyl.

I am gonna go to another friends and use his computer. Gonna cross fingers. Its funny my girl mentiond buying the dock if that would help. Lol.

Thanks a bunch!
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
dock wont help in unlocking out rooting granted there is a root method that requires the dock but none for unlocking.... I've thrown a few in my day probably why I try to help anyone I can..... I've rooted and unlocked on my windows7 32/64 bit home premium PC using the 64 bit drivers not sure what type of computer you are using but wouldn't hurt to do like you are saying to try on another pc

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
I'm back. Sorry for being gone for so long but stuff(I'll leave it at that). I have a bunch of catching up to do this week with the Compendium and ROM bugs/issues to handle. I'll try to have both done by weeks end.

Current bugs and issues;

1. Facebook contact sync- I left social media contact sync out for the a couple reasons but can create a flashable facebook.zip if you guys want. The main reason why it was left out is the way blur handles accounts. Contact syncs are controlled by blur account services and those services run even if you are not using them. Blur is so buried in the core framework that a reasonably functional removal/bypass is close to impossible. In order to reduce unused junk running in the background the crap-ton of blur account services were removed. The other reason is that let's say you have 10 phone contacts and 10000 facebook contacts. If your phone is ever exchanged or repaired and you request that your contacts be backed up, the cellbrite machine takes ALL contacts and merges them into one file. This one file then becomes your gmail contact file upon restoration. I have seen times where the user has had to spend days filtering/removing 1000's of contacts that are nothing more than a name, picture and FB profile link.

2.WiFi disconnects-While I was away I noticed this and also noticed that it tends to occur with either specific routers and/or 802.11N connections. I plan to update base code to 2.3.5 this week and we will see how that goes. WiFi issues on the locked version will be addressed as well.

3.Select multiple sms for deletion-Initiative is a hybrid ROM. Almost all moto apks have been replaced with AOSP/CM7 apks. This cuts down on the insane level of motoblur "integration" while retaining webtop. The drawback is that if the feature isn't in CM7, it isn't in Initiative. Think of Initiative as a BYO (build your own) ROM like CM (EVOdeck would be a better parallel) with core functionality that your make yours by installing what you want. (manufacturers/carriers useless crap rant deleted)

4.VTL Launcher version-Sorry about this. I was tracking a possible bug and uploaded the wrong file. I will resolve this in the next update.

5.Lapdock 500 issues-This really sucks. I was even planning on selling my dev mopho, Atrix lapdock and the Evo from Evo Desktop to get a lapdock 500. If there is enough demand I will still do so in order to provide lapdock500 support. (for those so inclined, I think the issues are related to deviceID and drivers. pulling drivers from supported phones may fix it)

I'm happy to see other mopho users helping out while I was away. Thank you. I also appreciate the effort to keep this thread on track. Trying to go over a month's worth of posts both in this thread and elsewhere is bad enough without having to filter out off topic stuff.

Thanks go specifically to spleef for his help while I was away. I agree with spleef that jokerstock and rockolocked are better locked ROM's. My target user base is also different then RockoDev's and my locked version was never a major focus for me.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
already used all my thanks but sweet loki's back..... i in no way was doggin your locked bud just never got it to work for ME take ya time bro ease back in....lol glad to see ya name pop up if ya need ANYTHING man hit me up
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
I too am glad to see Loki back. I tried this rom a couple seeks back and switched to Rocko 3.0 unlocked, but I liked what this one had more, just couldn't deal with a couple issues. Once he makes the fixes I have a nandroid to restore from if it's an update or I'll flash fresh if not. Keep up the great work.

I'm a MoPho-er
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cringer63:
Welcome back Loki. Love this rom, been jumping in and out of it lately but hard to stay away from.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Updated the second post with past and present known bugs and features requests. It will help move the 2.3.5 build along if everybody goes over the list and only post ROM ONLY bugs/feature requests not on the list. Root/Unlock,Webtop and non ROM specific issues need to posted in their respective threads. Thanks guys.

I will be in 1's and 0's mode this week so please follow the following when reporting bugs;

When reporting issues please give the following info:

Photon OR Electrify

ROM version

Detailed description of the issue

Changes you have made and steps taken
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerusry:
Lockd rom. Mo photon 4g

Hey Loki! Thanks a ton for you work! You said you were gonna try to fix the wifi not working at all in the locked rom just says error by the enable wifi in settings. I appreciate a ton that you are gonna try and get the bugs out so it is usable and working good. Its a great rom option for people. My girl loves it.

I was wondering if you might be able to figure out why after the rom is installed and running... if it ever gets rebooted or phone turns off. It goes to an infinite Motorola dual core logo? I mean like all is fine besides wifi. Then try to reboot... and phone will never turn on again. And only thing I can't get it to do is sbf back to stock thru rsd? No other options. It has stumped me. Like the tom has a reboot error or it doesn't stick? Its weird.

Btw sorry for cluttering with the unlocking problem. I was just trying to get your locked rom to work and the subject was brought up. My main reason for posting is my girl would love for ur locked rom to be a daily driver since we can't get her phone to unlock and she thinks it is really awesome! And the only two problems I noticed made it unusable for daily use. Wifi is not as big a concern as the reboot problem. But wifi is the only way she can get on the net due to sprint SLOW data and horrible reception in our area. So wifi needs to be working.

If you don't have time I understand. Especially cuz most ur users are unlocked. Just wana make my girl happy. LoL. And her Rom is da bomb. LoL have a good one.

And spleef is a big help. Thank you guys!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Was hoping to have Initiative 2.0 out this week but 2.3.5 is a bust. APK swaps, APN swaps, pulls from the Sprint 2.3.5 engineering build all failed. Even flashed the Sprint 2.3.5 engineering build to see if I could get something out of that with even worse results. The 2.3.5 issues are as follows;

Phantom VM issue that all standard fixes and tricks fail to resolve.

MMS can send but not receive. (not even third party apps work)

Considering that both VM and MMS are core functions it kind of defeats the purpose of a ROM if they don't work. I will go back to the 198_7 (2.3.4) base and try to have Initiative 1.0.4 out in the next couple days.
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockoDev:
check your pm loki good news
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cringer63:
I can live without that 0.0.1
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
Loki, I don't know if this is worth anything to you or not, but I only had one issue with the Initiative. Everything else was good for me.

Phone: Photon 4G

Version I_I 1.0.3 (2.3.4)

Bootstrap: Romracer's CWM 5.0.2photon3

Issue:

My problem was with the wifi. It connected and gave great throughput, no matter where I connected. The issue is listed below.

1) wifi on

2) Wifi would scan and connect to a network

3) After the wifi scan time would elapse it would rescan looking for a network. When it did this it would disconnect from the network it was connected to, scan, find the same network, and reconnect.

It almost seemed as if it "forgot" that it was connected to begin with. If it went through this "rescan-reconnect" process it would interrupt whatever I was doing that was data connection dependent. Downloads would fail, pages would not load, connections timed out, etc.

If I remember it right, on stock it would connect and stay connected. There would be no wifi scan unless I was not connected to a wifi network. I tried different wifi scan intervals by editing the buildprop and the only change would be I would stay connected longer (I choose wifi scan times as high as 600 seconds) before the "rescan-reconnect" process started again.

Hope this helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
FernBch,

Is it with all routers or just certain ones? Also, wireles B, G or N. The only time I was able to duplicate the issue with a Belkin N router while I was away but never with an old Cisco G or my Buffalo G router running DD-WRT.
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
I had a similar problem but on my laptop with a router. The fix was changing the wifi to do only G, instead of N, and to choose a channel that worked well with my laptop. It was channel 6. I had also switched it to WPA2-Personal, but I don't know if that did anything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
Honestly I don't know. It does it regardless of network, secure or not, private or public. I think mine is a Belkin N+MiMo. I know right now it does it every 120 sec, it is on the same frequency as my scan time. You can set your watch to it, lol. I'll have to look at other wireless settings and see if any changes make a difference.

I'm a MoPho-er
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
This is the one I had issues with while I was away. The issue is exactly what you are describing. I've attached a new dhd.ko and the correct VTL Launcher version in the OP. It's not flashable so you will need to copy dhd.ko to /system/lib and replace the old VTL with the new one.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
That's exactly what I have. I'll have to go back to I_I and give it a shot. Two questions.

You say to replace the dhd.ko with the one in post 2, correct?

And what about the new VTL. Where does it come from? I think when I was running I_I before the market said it had an update available, but I couldn't d/l or purchase it.

I'm a MoPho-er
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Both the dhd.ko+VTL zip are attached to the first post.

The VTL version was incorrect in the 1.0.3 release and should have been 1.7.5.2 which I received from gojimi himself. 1.7.5.2 allows for purchase where as the one I put in 1.0.3 does not.

Let me know if it works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Whatsup loki, thanks for all the hard work. This rom is easily my favorite currently released for the photon. And let me tell ya ive tried em all. Was wantin to know if you could point me to a version of sprint vvm that would work for initiative? All the versions ived tried are fail. Also whats the deal with the rom updater? Lookin forward to future releases, thanks again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cringer63:
How do we move to the correct VTL version? I tried installing zip from CWM but it just aborted. Do we just replace the individual files for VTL with the two in the zip?
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
You need a zip tool for 7zip compression. Just unzip it and then install the apk file.

I'm a MoPho-er
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
v1.0.4 by end of day
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cringer63:
Doh! That was dumb of me, :o
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
Don't worry about it :)

I'm a MoPho-er