yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
Installed GSM version you just posted.

Here's what I did:

1)Installed Jokersax's recover V3

2) Did a recovery reboot

3) Wiped partition, cache, and dalvik

4) Did a recovery reboot

5) Installed your ROM

6) Did a recovery reboot

7) Installed ROM again

8) Rebooted system

9) Installed GAPPS

-Camera works, holding the camera horizontal and vertical. Jokersax's would crash on me if I attempted to load it right after the phone loaded. I don't have that problem with this ROM. Takes pictures fine.

-Keyboard works. If you type too quickly sometimes the haptic doesn't work. (I always turn this off, so no biggie) Same problem in Jokersax's.

-Swiping through the apps is pretty smooth. You have to create longer swipes than on CM7, or else it might tap, but no biggie.

-It feels like you need to put more pressure against the screen for swipes and key taps to be recognized when compared to CM7.2

-Connected to my wifi without a problem. Works as expected.

-Enabled built-in sdcard. Works fine, can access data.

-Automatically loaded my APN settings after rebooting the phone. No need to enter them manually. (had to remove my SIM's lock though).

-Connects to EDGE and 3G (GSM) fine

-Restoring apps through MyBackup root was faster

-The only restore that was slower, SMS. On CM7.2 this took less than a minute. On CM9, it took closer to 5minutes. It was a total of 1101 SMS.

-Google Play works. apps that needed updating were updated without a hitch. It quickly recognized my restored apps after a reboot (normally this took about 10 min on CM7.2)

-Auto dim works when phone not being used for a couple of seconds

-WhatApp, linkedin, Skype & twitter loads and syncs.

-Facebook app can't sync contacts <--Problem with all ICS(the app works) (I use friendcaster for syncing, it's better anyway)

-Google maps works.

-Gmail works fine. It's at version 4.0, which is better. Something odd, the app was preinstalled, but couldn't see it in Google Play. I had to do a restore of gmail, and then it showed up in Play.

-Google Maps, it wasn't in the phone or in Google Play. Restoring it from a backup allowed it to update and show up on my phone, and in Google Play.

-All the other small things worked fine, recent calls, contacts (merged contacts w/o a hitch)

-Pattern unlock doesn't work too well. I had to disable it. It behaves as if I lift my finger some times....

A bug(?) this ROM and Jokersax's have this symptom. If your SIM has a lock, the phone loads, but doesn't ask you for the lock code. It behaves as if there is no SIM lock. As a result, you can't connect to the network. Work around. Go into settings and uncheck the SIM lock. It of course asks you for the lock to your SIM. You reboot and now the phone can access the network. If you don't do this, you can't access the network and APN doesn't work.

I hope this helps. Overall, I love the ROM and will keep using it and test it out =D
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
thank you very good review and report....very much appreciated...i will add your workaround to op about sim lock

also the double flash isnt necessary but you can if you feel like you need it..

the gapps might be why some things arent working right.... idk for sure.... i think joker mods his gapps the gapps package i have is the one from goo unaltered..

the facebook im not sure i think cm9 did away with it at one point....again not entirely 100% on that ill look into it though and see if it was removed and if i can add it back

maps im not sure i will look into it.. but thanks again for running it and please do report the more you find

can also try to wipe dalvick and fix permissions might help with maps idk..can also try uninstalling maps and reinstalling it
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
Reinstalled fresh again. This time using the GAAPS in this thread. Let's see how things go =D Read up on facebook. Apparently Google is redoing the API and for this reason Facebook and ICS (by default) currently don't play nice for contacts.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
now this is a proper, helpful review! Need more like this on every rom out there....including joker's. Just putting "x doesn't work" doesn't help. Telling dev exactly what you were doing and how you were doing when x didn't work and the way it didn't work is the right way. Great review!
[Motorola Photon 4G] netengineer:
I am so confused!!!! Now I have so many ROM options I don't know which one to pick. Lol (On CM7.2 now but was on Jokers CM9 prior)

You guys do great work and been a huge help for me with issues I have had so I wanted to thank you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
No problem. That's what this is all about....sharing information so that we can make all our "toys' work WAAYYY better :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yep was perfect well wrote thank you it even will hepl others coming who are curious in knowing what to kind expect but as always guys YMMV.... thanks again
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
With this and other GSM capable roms, is it a "either/or" situation, where if you install the GSM rom you can't connect CDMA, or is it just like an additional feature, so you could use cdma by default and roam on gsm?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It's either or at this point. There's really no "switch". It's a matter of the default setting in the build.prop
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
Did a fresh install and started from scratch, and used the GAPPS you linked. Google Maps now works fine. So yeah, it might have had something to do with the GAPPS I used. I also updated my review.
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
much more better than jokars rom !

battery life is great !

thank u very much... didnt find any problems or FCS

a very stable rom !

* camera is a little bit stuck , video as well !
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I won't knock anything Joker makes (and I can assure you, neither would spleef), he's an A++++ dev. Any issues on his version right now are largely due to his trying to fix the video cam. It's a hell of a task, since Photon doesn't currently have ANY libs or anything else designed for ICS, so there's a lot of testing other files from similar devices that DO have those files for ICS, but it's not just as simple as plugging them in, as the most similar device with ICS (Xoom) is a tablet.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jpborjav:
Hi, I want to give this ROM a try but im a little confuse. This TurlCM9_V9_Photon_GSM ROM needs any of the FIXES in the [MIiui.us]MIUI/ICS thread? Like mms_fix, camera or power tweak.

Now Im using CM 7.2 but It has problems with hdmi audio, a background noise. I use very often my phone with the multimedia dock. Im hoping this ROM dont have that issue.

Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I think that spleef built those in. I've helped him SOME on this project, but am still primarily focusing on the MIUI project (which as of last night no longer needs the fixes if new links are used) PM him and ask him.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CharFalco:
Does this one have the same issues with game controls and on screen thumb sticks as joker's?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Gotta realize that currently, there are NO official Moto libs for Photon and ICS, so right now, it's patch-work using parts from the few moto devices that DO have official ICS releases. That being said, the best option out there (the Xoom), is a tablet, so some of these libs may not function normally, as the screen size is quite different. Once we get ahold of some official photon ics libs (via a leak) or the work Joker's doing on stagefright pays dividends, it'll get better in a whole hurry.

This fix is not as easy as just plugging in the libs and "poof" it works. The files that need to be examined are in a format that there are nearly NO decompilers for, and the ones out there cost over $500 for a single user license. Not sure if anyone wants to pony up that kind of cash....

Unfortunately, it comes down to you can have a functional phone with a few gaming and cam quirks and have ICS via CM9 or MIUI, or you can have 99% functional and use CM7.2 or Blur based rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CharFalco:
That's a very good explanation. I'll stop asking until I see some announcement. Sorry. Just get very excited about ICS, then remember there are bits I need. :-( Thank you for all your hard work, and the explanation- it really does help people like me understand what's behind these roms.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Right now, it's like crawling in a dark cave with one of those finger-tip toy flashlights they sell as party favors...LOL Lots of guess work.

No problem with mentioning. It's good for us to know. Believe me, I'm just as excited about ICS...and all of us are working very hard to fix these things. It will happen...I am sure of that. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
APNs, my phone put them in automatically, even MMS, but i'm on a foreign network...

Bugs:

Compass - It doesn't work. If you try using a compass app or the compass in Google Maps; it doesn't work. Some apps ask you to do the 8 trick, but that doesn't fix it. Tried indoors and outdoors, even in places I know CM7.2 worked. GPS works perfectly fine though.

APN - If you turn on and off flight mode, you lose data...the APN settings are blank.. Only way to fix is via reboot. Didn't have this problem with CM7.2.

Video cam - Everyone knows this doesn't work =D

Should I post these bugs somewhere else?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
will it be posible in the future to have a toggle gor cdma and gsm. with out it the phone is just to hard to use as a internatinal phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockoDev:
It is possible but has to be build into the setting.apk have edit smalis and .jar files a lot of work
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Amen to that. Smali work painstakingly slow and tedious.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
this is cm9 not miui so any miui fixes will not work.... the camera in the camera tweak is already included so far as hdmi bit im not sure havent used it so i cant say for sure

the compass and maps issue i will have to dig into rom and see if i left something out when i use maps it locks on ut clicking the compass doesnt zoom in like it has in the past maps apps ill take a look into it

the apn thing havent had that issue yet i am on sprint though i dont think that makes a difference considering the problem you are having will get to looking into asap thanks again for the reports...
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
video a known problem what do you mean by cam is stuck though...

also please be respectful no bashing of any kind.... joker has done things for the photon i cant and probably never will be able to do. honestly if it wasnt for him we would have no miui no cm9 and a huge other array of things we wouldnt have im not going to rant just please be respectful of others work as they have put alot of time into these things.......

thanks though for the compliment will be trying to work the kinks out as we go along and if/when turl updates ill sync it to his build again but for now enjoy some good roms and please report any and everything...thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] JamesChilds:
Camera Works

Atleast it does on mine! It is LAGGY but it will snap a GOOD QUALITY photo and save it, then reset for another picture!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
Does any one have plans to do that?

Or do I need to carry 2 roms?
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
maybe eventually but right not trying to... since im pretty much cdam only user i have no way o testing attempts at making that work.... for now just got to bare with us...would be awesome if we could get dual boot going properly then could dualboot cdma and a gsm and switch when you needed one or the opther
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
being able to just toggle it would be great. that way all setting and apps, text, customizing says the same as you travel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
if you wanna be my guinea i have something you can try...lol... this will have to be done prior to flashing... and honestly like i said i hvae no idea if it works i have no way of trying but if your willing pm me
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
i didnt mean to insult anyone just saying that this rom is better than jokars rom !

I appreciate the hard work for all the devs ! your doing a realy good job !

but i was just comparing between this two roms !

joker is one of the greatest !

Sorry if someone did not understand me right

I really appreciate your hard work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
I am in a cdma only area now. so i cant be much help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
nah is all good buddy i just jumped on top of it to squash before other people started to post things similar or wanted to argue in the thread good moderation makes a clean thread...lol your good budvery happy you are enjoying it i just got some sceenies so will be posting them any you guys want to see in particular so far maps,quad,nena,homescreen with bt and wifi on,setings page, pulldown,....? anymore you guys just let me know ill test and post screenie
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
does voicemail work? I installed sprint voicemail and cant get it to work
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
can try a few things.....

1. restore the data for it with titanium and send yourself a message using it....

2.open vvm send a message to activate@vvm.sprint.com make it about 12-16 seconds can fart into it doesnt matter, send the message should receive one saying has been preovisioned

then send yourself a message to make sure

can also after restoring data provision again with the method in #2

also make sure you change you voicemail nuimber to match your phone its set at *86 by default

also if you have used google voice or betteryoumail you have to deactivate call forwarding... hope that helps some i use betteryoumail couldnt handly the phantom notifications very irritating...lol

you can find more info and maybe some more support from here moonbaby has a more detailed thread on it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547780
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
where do you change the *86?

I can call my # to get my voice mails. but I would like them to go to sprint voice mail appt. I have installed it but it will not connect
[Motorola Photon 4G] jpborjav:
Okay, im using this ROM so far this morning (GSM ROM).

1. Battery seems VERY good

2. Interface the same no big issues.

3. Calls take longer to connect 2G and 3G can be my operator but with out of the box ROM wasnt like that.

4. There is no file manager installed at the start, It kinda sux but not big deal anyway you just have to download one from play store.

5. I dont know if this is an issue but when ending a call, in the blue bar at the top of the call im getting "NO SIM OR SIM ERROR" but it goes away.

6. Really dont like contacts list of the Phone app, when a contact has a lot numbers you see them all and there is no way to collapse it to just see the name of the contact.

7. There are a lot of customization options that are disable but it is normal since is a beta ROM.

Really bad things for the last me at least, when using the dock:

1. If you have the rotation lock enable, It wont go horizontal once connected.

2. Stock video player doesnt seem to play mp4. At least i couldnt.

3. Using MX Video Player, i did play the mp4 after 5 secs phone reboot and for the 5 secs i could hear a background noise like distortion.

4. I tried again, put it in the dock and at that exact moment (video was not playing) i received a call, took it out of the dock try to answer it and phone reboot it again.

I hope this information is good for you, feel free to ask more details if you want.

Im going to try MIUI.us_sunfire_v4_2.3.23_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_sple ef GSM version,

last file has all the fixes include?

Nice job keep going.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
click phone, then settings then voicemail settings
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
i really need to rename that thing the folks at miui.us felt it necessary to rename my zips to match their name basis.....idk i just went with it...lol

video is a known issue it plays android files but not wanting to play mp4's can try different players to find one that might work the app itself has to have the correct codecs built in

thanks for trying the dock didnt think it would work otherwise loki would have a webtop for cm9 thread up...lol guess i could have thrown in a free file explorer but i use root explorer and its no free so i omitted using one at all since i figured most would use their preferred app... guess in some cases its needed next update i post ill slap a free one in it any preferences as to which? but again thanks for reporting your findings and in good detail as well.... very much appreciate report like these very informative

and yes the links are all current and have the fixes built in except in one case the turl miui does not have the battery tweak if you want the emmc primary or sdcard primary you will have to flash it other than that both versions are current and have the fixes bud... had to edit i forgot to respond to the miui question...lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
I get a account verifacation error when downloading messages.

Any ideas
[Motorola Photon 4G] DssTrainer:
Does this have the usual camcorder lag problem that all other ICS rom have? maybe its a CM9 thing
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Its a "we don't have proper ics libs for photon" thing. Happening on all ics roms. There's an after market app that works relatively OK...still laggy...but functional.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yes it does and yes it is a cm9 thing.. sadly until we get some official ics photon pieces or someone figures a workaround we are boned on several areas

must not work then man i really havent tried it since last time i kept getting the notifications and in settings was real blurry so i havent tried it since then and that was some time ago i use betteryoumail works and acts just like vvm only more options

Screenshots posted get a load of that quad the Nena sucked going to rerun it see if I can get any higher but almost 4k in quad is good
[Motorola Photon 4G] pbedard:
I flashed the cdma rom it didnt pick up any service from the network at all flashed back to stock rooted
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
that is weird I've been running the CDMA from same build I posted with no issues

If you want can look inside that zip in the build prop and make sure the preferred network is set to 7 I don't think I posted the gsm twice but it is possible if the line says 0 thats the gsm version should say gsm in the zip name as well

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
Had this happen to me once. I did *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer and then chose the correct setting, CDMA vs GSM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
Turk updated to v10 an going out of town to work for a few days when I get back will have a Photon v10

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] pbedard:
Its a 0
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
k 0 gsm what is there name of the zip you used I'm not home so i can't check but open the zip change the 0 to 7 then flash really sorry must have uped gsm twice

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
There is a GSM cdma auto switch but it needs updating bad.
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
Had this running for about 3 hrs now no complaints so far everything running smoothly cdma version
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
Where is this switch?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
In my github
[Motorola Photon 4G] mytitan:
sorry to be so dumb but where is that?
[Motorola Photon 4G] violinbf:
I have been running this for a couple days now and I like the rom very much. The only real drawback I see is that MMS is borked. I previously ran Jokers rom (much thanks Joker) and it was plagued with random reboots. So far, knock on wood, I have not had that problem on this rom. I am not sure why, but it seems to be more stable for me.

Very happy with the ICS progress, now if we could just get a US carrier sim unlock, so i could switch to Straight Talk, I would be all set.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
thank you fur running the turl....lol yeah working on that mms issue well not right now I'm not but when I get home I have a few fresh ideas to try on it using a market app will give you mms back

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Github.com photon dev team
[Motorola Photon 4G] blankman69:
Curious if anyone else is having problems with 3g? I previously installed Jokers CM9, couldn't get any service. Installed this, using full wipe zip, rom, gapps supplied. I can't seem to pickup 3g..trying to activate the phone with *228, It fails to connect. Any ideas?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigelroy123:
Open up dailer and put in *#*#4636#*#*

Then change the drop down box from GSM to CDMA

Happen to me at work today and thats how i fixed it once i switched to this rom
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yeah unfortunately I think I uped the gsm twice its an easy fix ..... Edit the buildprop prior to flashing..... Can be done from you from on any working ROM using root explorer or comparible app.....

Go into the zip and change the default network from 0 to 7 really sorry guys not sure how I got them mixed up since they are named differently... But if you buildprop says default network 0 its gsm version if it says 7 its cdma.... Once again apologize for the mix up will fix it first thing when I get home before transplanting v10 .... Thanks guys for bearing with me

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] blankman69:
Well that was actually one of the first things I checked. It was already set to cdma only. If the build.prop is errored, would the gsm be set as the cdma in that list? I'll take a look at it real quick. Haha...my g.f. will have to deal with it till she gets home from work.. Oh well. At least she can call me to yell at me.

Is this what I'm looking to change?

# Default network type.

# 0 -> WCDMA preferred

ro.telephony.default_network=7

That's straight from the build.prop of the cdma.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
that is odd then cab check your 4636 settings and you network settings..... Also can try a reflash just wiping cache and d. Cache.... So far as errorEd buildb it would definitely cause issues I've been using the same CDMA I posted without any real issues..... Stating to think maybe bad download or even try setting it to CDMA in 4636 then try flashing a freshly downloaded file.... Really sorry sucks I'm out of town no way to really troubleshoot half the time I'm here I gave no service.... Out in the boonies...lol.... Hope some of that seems relevant and helped

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] blankman69:
As soon as she get's back I'm going to just try wiping all, and a fresh install again. Been dealing with her Photon for about 6 hrs today and have had nothing but problems. My old droid OG and my bionic I've never ran into any problems with. What a hassle this thing was to root, then unlock also.

I'll give the wipe using that supplied zip, then reflash and let ya know how it works out. Her battery was horribly low, and I do know CWM can act up with low battery. So hopefully a better charged battery and reflash will fix it.

Edit :: Checked her phone. CDMA only was set. Switched it to CDMA (PRL) 3g came right on. But now I'm getting phone process fc. So I'm just going to do a 2x wipe and start again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shadowsnake6666:
I had the same problem and i couldn't get this rom or jokers cm9 working so i flashed miui and messed with the network setting and i got cdma back
[Motorola Photon 4G] blankman69:
Ok well did a double wipe, installed rom, installed gapps, and it seems to have fixed the 3g problem. So that's that. Thanks for the help everyone.