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[Motorola Photon 4G] peng1can:
I think the problem (at least it was for me, and given the number of people posting that they accidentally flashed it, there has to be a reason) is that one of the threads with info on restoring back to locked/stock ROM says something like 'flash the attached bootloader.' The correct bootloader is *linked* inside a list of links, and the horrible, horrible 2.3.5 bootloader of doom is actually *attached* to the message with the warning about not using on a photon being up a little higher in the thread.

In my case, having done the restore a time or two on the phone already, I thought I knew what I was doing, so I just jumped right into the steps this time, and grabbed the attached (wrong) bootloader, only to discover that I had now bricked the phone.

I did a ton of reading here yesterday, and it seems the consensus so far is that these phones are bricked until someone can get their hands on an SBF of the 2.3.5 Sprint release that is supposed to be coming out in a soak test this week along with a similarly locked bootloader. I just ended up buying a new G Nexus from a guy on craigslist that had them off-contract for $250. Gazelle is buying photons for about $125, so if I can get it fixed in the next week or so (or try for a hardware replacement from Sprint), I'll only be out $125 for an cross-grade to a more hack-friendly phone with ICS. Not the worst mistake ever.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xopher.hunter:
Ok, I am thouroghly lost when it comes to the dangers of bricking this phone as I come from a samsung epic in which you can basically flash another phones rom and it won't brick.

So I have some questions. TIA

1. First of all this is for the sprint photon right? What's all this talk about a sim card slot? Isn't that gsm only?

2. From what I'm gathering 2.3.5 electrify is a big no-no

3. Some people I'm reading say that since the 2.3.5 update the bootloader has yet to be unlocked? Let's assume my photon will come with the most up to date sprint rom so is it unlockable?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ninjajtm:
1. Yes, Well its possible to use gsm on the Photon since its now possible unlike the at&t version (Atrix) that is GSM only, so No/ Sorta

2. It is. .but its that method you go to when you have no where else to go and you'll make a contract to the devil to get this phone to go past the boot screen

3. As far as I know yes, but I'm not sure
[Motorola Photon 4G] pkomarnicki:
1. Sim card slot is for non-USA gsm service as this is a world phone. Can't use at&t or T-Mobile.

2. Yes, very much so. Stay away.

3. If you buy a photon, it may or may not come with 2.3.5 out of the box. I don't think 2.3.5 is official yet, but I may be wrong. I'm not stock so I haven't been paying attention. If it doesn't, just don't accept the update and you're ok. Root, freeze updater with titanium backup, and no worries. At least until ics is official, and then you may need 2.3.5 for that. I don't know exactly how all that works, but I'm sure someone here does. If it does come with 2.3.5, no unlocked bootloader, but it's still rootable.
[Thunderbolt General] NewTalk:
I have a thunderbolt and the IMEI of the 9K modem has gone to all Zero's so now I have Zero internet.

First off I have DFS, CDMAWS 3.8.3, QPST, QXDM

Now for the fun part,

I dropped the opensesamedoor in the 9K modem so I could write custom PRLs and other stuff to it but can not change the IMEI as it is read only.

I have tried pulling the NV Items and changing them and write them to the phone but says "read only"

I'm I pretty much F'ed in the A or what??
[Thunderbolt General] trter10:
Flash a stock mdm9k?

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eMar14:
My power button has been acting up for about a month now. When I press it, it will only turn on the screen one out of every 20 presses or so, and my power menu pops up randomly without me having touched the power button at all. The problem has persisted on 4 different roms, including ICS, GB, and stock froyo roms. My question is: How can I determine whether this is a hardware or software issue? What are my options in either situation?

Thanks in advance for any help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
answer must be given in thread so that others can see and get info
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robm1911:
Its against the rules to give links to outside pay services in the threads..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
If you would like to know WHAT pm'd, i have no problem sharing the same info with you (as another pm, this one to you). As robm1911, had said, outside links to pay services are a no no, which is why i sent him a pm. I do appreciate your diligence in helping keep everything fair, but its just another one of those things we have to abide by :thumbup:;)
[HTC One S] AndroidAlistair:
Has HTC fixed the MAO problem with there new batches? I am planning of getting a HTC One is in a couple of weeks and want to know if I will be safe. The carrier I am with (three uk) only have the black one but that is the only one I like :) Hope somebody can help :)
[HTC One S] kyuubi_ac:
Hm the answer to both questions is most likely this one: No.

There are no new infos on the MAO issue since HTC stated they would fix it and meanwhile swap issued deviced. First batches with 24-S/Ns out there and still chipping. If HTC finds a solution, it will still take some time until new devices arrive in shops.

You should follow this thread instead of starting a new discussion ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1589364

If anything changes, people will most likely post it there.
[HTC One S] h.han:
No one at the moment knows if the new batch still has chipping issue or not. Some say yes, some say no. Check the MAO chipping thread, every single day there are people reporting new chipping.

So, if I were you, I would not go for black version simply because it may still chip and I don't want to try my luck. So go to phones4u or carphone warehouse to get the grey one on three network. Or, wait for HTC's official statement about the solution of chipping, but it may take a long time if not forever...
[HTC One S] AndroidAlistair:
I would get the grey on three if I could but I cant find one for £369.00 (That is the price you can get the black ones for) I want it on PAYG :-)
[HTC One S] h.han:
Go to phones4u tell them three can do that price, ask them same price or cheaper. I have heard someone on this forum said phones4u gave him staff discount just to match/beat other price.

So try it.
[HTC One S] AndroidAlistair:
Thanks for the advice but sadly I live no where near a phones 4 u :(
[HTC One S] AndroidAlistair:
GOT IT!

Guys look what i found! http://store.three.co.uk/view/plan/PAYGD29032012T121504?id=1205
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpo1956:
I pay for service and purchase my phones through my work, so I am restricted to AT&T. I have used the iPhone 3s and am currently using the 4S. However, I have not been happy with the tiny screen and am much happier using Android on my tablet. I am going to buy an Android phone, albeit off contract, and I need some feedback. First, this is both personal and business use. I am not particularly into the "latest and greatest" mode, I just want good strong performance, stability, a good screen and also a decent camera is fairly important. I keep approximately 400 songs, approximately 500 contacts and no more than 100 pictures on it. I don't keep any books, games or videos on it. My heaviest use is phone and then e-mails. Next biggest area is web browsing and texting. My choices are the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, the HTC One X or wait for the Samsung S3. I can save anywhere from $50-$100 on the S IIs over the newest gen phones. Would the S IIs serve me as well as the others? Would the One X's 10 GB usable storage hamper me? Is the new S 3 that much of an improvement over the S II's to warrant waiting and spending the extra money? I will probably eventually root whatever I get. I don't mind spending what I have to on the right device. What are your thoughts? Please move to the appropriate forum is this is in the wrong location.
[HTC Wildfire S] ScardracS:
I need Rom for my wfs. I use for a bit time wfsdev team, but don't work WiFi. Can you help me?
[HTC Wildfire S] umair42:
Try the thing rom by einstien.frat

It is pretty themed and overclocked.

I'm using it and it is awesome but internal memory is low. Only 44 mb

But i use link2sd and it solved memory problem.
[HTC Wildfire S] ScardracS:
I search a rom with italian language and lot of memory (I have modified my stock Rom and I have now 90mb, but I'm not sure its a good idea).
[HTC Wildfire S] umair42:
What is the name of the rom?
[HTC Wildfire S] ScardracS:
I use my original Rom, after that I have root and delete obsolete apps like HTC hub and other and I install d2ext to move other apps
[HTC Wildfire S] ScardracS:
In this moment i use cm7.2 rc1, but Italia havent android 4.0.x
[HTC Wildfire S] ScardracS:
Now i use cm9 rc0, work all, unless camera and video. I expect an update forma fix this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] j_e:
Hello guys, I recently received my refurb phone back from Bestbuy. I flashed MIUI on to it and about 2 days later I'm caught in this boot loop. After reading several threads, I called and got the battery replaced. That did not resolve my issue. I used GTG's unbrick method with KEIS downloaded. ODIN "passed" it and I got rebooted into 3e recovery (not sure where my clockworkmod recovery went, unless that went with the reset). I selected reboot now, and I'm still stuck in the boot loop with samsung popping up. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Pony Express:
Try this... all credit and thanks to qkster, one of the most helpful people on the infuse forums. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gatoraid84:
I would run Odin again
[Samsung Infuse 4G] j_e:
I've now tried Heimdall, it allowed the phone to turn on. When I turned the phone off it got caught back in the boot loop again. So I retried while checking "flash bootloaders". All seemed to be well, it turned off and the battery charge indicator came on. I turned it back on and checked a few things out, I didn't download or change anything. Shut it back down and it's caught back in the boot loop again.

I've retried Odin 3 times too.

What the heck do I do now?!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
after using the one click did you do a factory reset/wipe with in 3e recovery...or if you using one click, and put cwm on just do a data/factory wipe to clean all...

what i would do...because something is not cleaning...

do the one click reboot

and do the one click to get cwm....

then go into CWM

When in CWM:

1. Wipe data/factory reset.

2. Wipe Cache.

3. Go to Advance: wipe dalvik cache.

4 Go back and into Mount and Storage: format system, format data, format cache.

5. Go back and one click again to put gb back on with nothing left over...if you want to stay stock...of if you want to add custom rom

put cwm again to go to a custom rom...

may seem time consuming but sometimes it take a few strokes to clean up...

believe me i have had to do this before...

and let us know...kk
[Samsung Infuse 4G] j_e:
Ok guys, thanks for all of the replies.

I've tried and tried this Heimdall now 4 times, twice clicking flash bootloaders. I've gone into 3e recovery and wiped everything.

It will start and get to the setup wizard (for first time use). I click through it and I get to the main screen. I locked the screen and went to unlock it and after I "swiped" it shut down and went back into the boot loop. I retried the Heimdall again, samething happened with the setup wizard, got to the main screen, unplugged the USB cable and it shut down and back into the boot loop.

Any other ideas? I'd love to use this thing...I just got it back and haven''t been able to use it because of this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] iTchill:
Something similar happened to me like a week ago ..i did not know what to do so i odin back to stock about 7 times before i could reach de home screen,the first 3 times i had bootloops,3 other time i went to initial setup but as soon as i was finishing it ..bootloops,the last time i tried i was able to go into the homescreen but it had some apk left over from previous flash..so i use sgs kernel flasher to flash infusion and get back my red recovery ,then i flashed qster total wipe and flashed emencipation.....im so scared now ..i dont think i will flash anything for a while...anyway hopefully you will find the perfect combination to save your infuse good luck
[Samsung Infuse 4G] j_e:
How do I use SGS kernal flasher if I can't get it to turn on? From what I read it requires root and superuser?

So I retired Odin again with no luck. Retried Heimdall by selecting Flash Bootloaders, loaded to main screen, it went back into the boot loop after I locked the phone.

update #3, got into 3e recovery and it rebooted itself from there too.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] iTchill:
If you flashed miui you must be rooted ...and yes to use shs kernel flasher you must be in the homescreen ..can you acces cwm? If so flash qster total wipe
[Samsung Infuse 4G] j_e:
I may be confused now, when I reflashed to stock didn't that unroot my phone? 3e recovery is all I can get to.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Crinkypops:
When you reflash to stock, it does not take out the root unless you erase the proper files yourself. The only thing you lose is the modded 3e recovery and CWM recovery.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jduvall1:
Hey guys, I am running eternity sense 3.5. There is an option for 5 columns in the app drawer but not on the homescreen. Is there any mod for this or text editing that I can do for myself?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Astrul:
My rom is for the Samsung Galaxy Y GT 5360 , and it is based on Creeds Rom Fusion 3.0 and android 2.3.6 . I was wondering , I changed the build to my rom name instead of Creeds but when you shutdown the phone a menu popups with clock work mod shutdown and download and at the top it has Creeds Rom. How do I delete this? :)
[General Questions and Answers] Astrul:
I ment rename it.
[HTC One X] wazznz:
I've just noticed on my replacement One X everytime I switch between applications, finish scrolling, or something similar the screen will darken for a flash and go back to normal. Right now it's going nuts but not quite a flicker. Don't remember having this issue on my other One X, does anyone else get it?
[HTC One X] nikzDHD:
Check under Settings > Developers Options > User Interface and make sure none of those options are enabled.

Try disabling fastboot in power, and also the HTC gestures. Last resort try disabling animations as well.
[HTC One X] wazznz:
None of that worked, it seems to be when anything changes on the screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jjtitus098:
Ok, I know how you return to stock, but when I'm on stock it still shows the cyan Samsung logo on boot. How do I get rid of that so I can return the phone to AT&T?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
If you were stock you would not be seeing cm anything.....what did u do that u think your now stock? wipe data factory reset?

You need to go to sam mobile and odin the stock tar. which is gingerbread.

It will also put u on the proper modem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droid512:
Yep silver is right you need to odin back with the stock tar.... This one doesn't trip the counter in case your curious

CM9 Skyrocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jjtitus098:
I did use Odin to flash back to stock. I'm no noob but I just need to make sure it's completely stock. When I turn my phone on, it shows the Samsung logo, goes black, then shows the Samsung logo with cyan color glow. is this normal? It's been so long since i've been stock that i'm not sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droid512:
Lol yes that's normal. Crisp Samsung logo then black screen then blurry bluish Samsung then stupid att splash screen then stock 2.3

CM9 Skyrocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jjtitus098:
LOL OK. I feel dumb now. Guess I just never noticed the different logos. Oh well. Thanks man.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droid512:
No prob cm has it's own boot animation but the Samsung screens are the same

CM9 Skyrocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Donnyohs:
Hi, so I wanted to return to stock too... and the file is a .tar.md5 file, do I load it the same way as the original .tar or do I have to do any extra steps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
Yes, just flash it in Odin as tar, the md5 extension just means the tar has a checksum appended and Odin knows how to handle that.
[Atrix 4G General] soudy1994:
what's you're next phone manufacturer

and do you plan to change you're atrix in near future?
[Atrix 4G General] Jotokun:
The Atrix is pretty good for me, enough so that I'm not planning on switching any time soon. As in, once my AT&T contract is up in a year, unlock it and take it to one of T-Mobile's value plans any time soon. It runs ICS so well that I'd have a hard time believing that it wouldn't be able to handle future versions of Android with an at least usable speed.

But when I do, it'll probably be a Samsung. Motorola has next to no dev support unless its a Droid (The Atrix seems like a happy accident to me from that standpoint), and HTC is half-assing its bootloader unlock solution. Software matters more to me than hardware, so its either a Nexus or something with lots of dev support, and that means Samsung.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Still waiting for the Sony Ion to surface. Thought the SGS3 would be better, so giving that a miss, and AT&T keeping One X bootloader locked just downright pissed me off. Rethinking carrier now too.
[Atrix 4G General] madmax59:
never motorola, because hardware good but very bad software support
[Atrix 4G General] giqbal:
whoever makes the next google branded phone.
[Atrix 4G General] DroidRunner:
iPhone 5 or One X
[Atrix 4G General] Bruce Lee:
HTC for one x or Sony for the ion.

Sent from my Atrix with XDA Premium
[Atrix 4G General] soudy1994:
well i only tried samsung and motorola

so my next phone will probably be htc or sony
[Atrix 4G General] pre4speed:
Im a motorola woman. Never steered me wrong yet since my very first razr. So what its got a locked bootloader? So many dev out there that love to tinker or make a career out of hacking that the support is there, not with moto anymore. Ill stick with my atrix til the next best thing comes from moto.
[Atrix 4G General] Alcapone263:
I'll probably stick with Motorola, but make sure I buy a phone with an unlockable bootloader. They just make great hardware, I'll rely on the community for my software needs
[Atrix 4G General] soudy1994:
do they make great hardware?

cuz when i bought my atrix i found out that a lot of ppl got problems with touch screen or wifi driver so i was disappointed
[Atrix 4G General] Semseddin:
Atrix with lapdock. Nothing can beat this combo at performance/price.Just bought me one and overally satisfied. It will keep me busy for a while until motorola releases a new razr hd maxx with better specs and 3300mah battery, most importantly with unlocked bootloader. Otherwise atrix forever.
[Atrix 4G General] jakestash:
partially leaving the atrix community tomorrow. Having terrible hardware problems with my phone. The in ear speaker doesn't work. The external speaker is starting to break on me. Screen has a terrible banding around the outer edge of the phone. Bought a galaxy nexus from the play store. Hopefully this phone turns out better than the atrix for me. Although I have to say, the dev. community is great here. But we did get lucky with the bootloader unlock. Thanks to kennethpenn for the leak.
[Atrix 4G General] Alcapone263:
Every Motorola phone I've had has lasted years, I still own my original razr and it still works perfectly. My Atrix has only had problems caused by me, either by faulty software installed or physical damaged caused by a fall.
[Atrix 4G General] yeahmann:
Doesn't Motorola realize that their snail's pace update cycle is losing them customers? That is the #1 reason I probably won't get another Motorola.
[Atrix 4G General] Vazay:
What about this one ?

http://www.bsquare.com/snapdragon-mobile-development-platform.aspx
[Atrix 4G General] titusxperia10:
As an international user I can tell you I´ll think very carefully wether to get another motorola or not, and probably not. I´m very happy with my atrix but the fact that being looking for AT&T support, updates and roms obligates me thinking the true necesity to overcome this mobile life style, when there are companies like samsung which delivers international support by the minute.

If you are an US costumer you are relly good with Moto, as their upgrade/update forum claims to unleash ICS for every US device quite soon. Not the same to Int´l which still is in "Studying for future development" or whatever...

So, be wise and decide well
[Atrix 4G General] CoriolisSTORM:
Already left. (not by choice, i dropped my atrix and repaired the screen. I broke it again a week later and also the charging port.) Picked up a Samsung Galaxy Note on att. I love it so far, not too sure on software support from them, but i love the phone. Id take a Tegra or OMAP over this darn Snapdragon though...
[Atrix 4G General] yeahmann:
Don't all LTE phones use Snapdragon? Motorola is rumored to be switching to Snapdragon.
[Atrix 4G General] Cloudus91:
Only Samsung Galaxy S series.

Inviato dal mio Atrix 4G usando Tapatalk 2
[Atrix 4G General] windozeanti:
I will go to Samsung or HTC. Motorola has poor support outside USA.
[Atrix 4G General] ofteno:
motorola if they release a atrix 3

whoever releases a 2gb ram and lte phone that is not LG

the s3 looks nice, but really the atrix has more than one year and it got the specs of newer phones, i want a real upgrade
[Atrix 4G General] :
Probably going G-nex for my next phone and switching to tmobile prepaid. I've had enough with at&t and wouldn't buy another motorola.

If the Huawei Quad D comes to the US I may go with that though.
[Atrix 4G General] nlabrad:
Htc seems a good option. I love their phones physically, they are gorgeous. Didn't got an inspire because of the battery and single core, so i got the atrix for the same money. But anyway, i would be between the htc and the google phone. My last phone was a droid, good but i hate having problems with the modding and bad software support, slow updates, etc
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
Already using a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket. I still check in here because I use the lapdock (wifi) and want to try ICS when it comes out (hoping for better webtop experience).

No more Motorola for me. Main reason Motoblur. Second reason hassle of locked bootloader.

Sky is newer phone so it isn't really fair to compare but the bluetooth on the Atrix would disconnect from my Ford Sync ever since gb (hasn't been a problem on Sky) and I got tired of the widget issues. I never could run a stable Rom on the Atrix and use the lapdock (with Firefox because I needed Citrix). When my Motoblur account got messed up by flashing Noattach (had to create a second blur account) I decided it was time to say goodbye to the Atrix as my daily driver...:(

Also, even in not LTE areas the throughput on the radio (ATT and wifi) is much better on the Sky.

The lapdock is a great concept, though.
[Atrix 4G General] NoNameAtAll:
I've moved on to a Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store. But I'll still be checking in for various reasons. Like cheesecake for instance... ;)
[Atrix 4G General] soudy1994:
I wanted to buy a galaxy nexus but I can't live with 16gb memory and no sd card port
[Atrix 4G General] Atrixn00b:
If someone would trade a Droid 3 for an HTC. I would definitely do that but only if it was 16 gigs :p
[Atrix 4G General] Cusa:
I'm done with Motorola's crappy phones. Here I come SGS3!
[Atrix 4G General] stonefeet:
more than likely samsung galaxy nexus, but i'm not dead set on that just yet (it'll be awhile before i get a new phone anyway, thanks to cm7)

but i can assure you of this, it will most definitely NOT be a motorola phone, hardware is decent but support/updates/software are a complete joke.