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[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I ran this build all day Friday and into Saturday morning (when I moved to new build of AOKP JB for testing). I had Root Explorer and Barnacle on there (both of which require SU access to work correctly).

I have a few questions

1) Are you flashing OVER another build of MIUI or coming from a different rom?

2) If from a different rom, did you full wipe (this build doesn't use superuser.apk...it's built into the framework, so if you come from a rom that DOES use it and don't full wipe, it can leave behind apks or data that can bork things)

3) Have you tried going into the permission manager (it's in the tool folder on main screen), and make sure that it is turned ON? This enables SU for MIUI. If you don't do this, you will have no SU access and all those wonderful little functions will be unavailable

Let me know.

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] naturecannon:
Any have issues with location services? Seems like last few builds GPS is hard to grab and with option Chooser GPS. Also google search will not find my.precise location. Not at all for that matter.

I am not blaming the rom, may be on my end but seeing if anyone else is having issues. Latest from installed
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
i want the new aokp!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
The reason for this is based on China no longer considering Google the #1 search/find company. They use one caleld Baidu. Since MIUI is based from China, we are stuck with Baidu location services, which create some lag with our phones. Unfortunately, It's not just as simple as replacing an apk or two and voila it works using Google again. Unfortunately, we are kinda stuck with the slower ping times on this...
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
oh..ok..thank!got another question..what video app do you use..video illusion is kinda lag on my phone and i find the quality poor..any suggestions?

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
None of the vid cam apps are going to work spectacularly. They're OK if you keep phone steady....they'll video tape OK that way. When u start to move the phone it all goes out of whack. Its a lib issue that we can't yet fix
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
oh..ok..thabks for the heads up..hope you ca n fix it..i'm still very pleased with the ROM though!

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Unfortunately, it won't be until we get some proper ICS libs from Moto. :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
do they release libs for custom rom?

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
No....we just need ICS libs from Moto for the Photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] processorsaurus:
Motorola is SUPPOSED to push ICS third qurater this year. Yay!
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
hopefully they'll release ICS libs then..how do i send you the logcat if i have fc's?

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
use an app like alogcat or logcatpro and log the error...copy it to a pastebin and link it to me in a PM
[Motorola Photon 4G] dxl880517:
I flashed the reboot options zip, and I'm very sorry to tell you it does not work...but no big deal, we are waiting for the coming MIUI 2.8.10. Thanks for all your effort to keep this rom so perfect!
[Motorola Photon 4G] praful:
No its Q4 now! :(

Th3Bill: Been using 2.8.3 for 4 days now, all looks good so far. And this one is super stable. No random FC's yet. Just something I noticed, its pretty minor though. The Quadrant scores have taken a slight dip, with 2.6.22 I was getting a consistent 3.8-3.9K scores with the clock set to 1.3 Ghz. But now the scores are consistently around 3.5-3.7K. Ofcourse I don't feel any difference in real world usage, just thought I'd keep you posted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
With the Moto Pho Q coming out within a few months, not to mention the fact that the Photon has reached it's end of life with Sprint (no longer sold for last like 3 months), I would consider the possibility of QNever being a more likely reality. I hate to say it....because I LOVE this phone, but it's just what I see happening...
[Motorola Photon 4G] XxCE0xX:
So I love this from

Few things bother me though

I can't seem to play triple town or games like it. No FC but simply won't let me actually push the buttons

Also sometimes things get weird with the scrolling and traditions. Like its jittery or something.

Of no fc's from either problems but I guess it kinda bothers me

Cuddles here~
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
For me, the last 3 builds, GPS does not locate AT ALL... not slow at locating, but wont locate at all either google or accuweather.

Gps works fine, google maps works fine, its just locating is not working for me at all. no matter what I try it just wont grab my location, it always comes back with no errors and showing my location as NA...

I did a full format, flash over, tried everything... on the last build I kepts getting location service errors, after flashing the standard version those errors went away, however it never could locate my phone on that build either...

every build up until the last 3 never once had a issue grabbing my location, any ideas on my next step?

always appreciate everything you do... thebill....

peace

byte

ps I have tried several gps apps that speed up your locks and download gps data assistance, but still no luck on location
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'll have to ask around w miui.us. I know most builds are having issues w GPS due to miui's change to baidu for location services...(must work great in china...works for $hit for me). :mad:

I'm hoping to get to talk to them early next week..I'm still on vaca and my internet access doesn't like their Irc. Go figure
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
is there any chance though we would still get ICS libs from Moto?MoPho is an awesome phone and i think all of us here wont let it just die like that..:)

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Believe me...my wife and I will be keeping our Photons (my 12 year old is BEGGING me to give it to her when I upgrade...LOL). I LOVE THIS PHONE. It's the first Phone I've actually said that after owning it for more than a month....and I've had it since Jan 3.

I will continue to work on this phone regardless of my upgrade status, and will certainly push the Moto libs in when I get em :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] FanBoy_Hunter:
I've owned 12 phones in 2 years. Usually a new phone every 1-3 months. This is the first that's lasted me longer than a year :D I've had it since its release date. Go Team Photon!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Much as I really wish it was Tegra 3 based, I'll probably go with the Photon Q when I upgrade. Motorola has really gone from be zero to awesome in the last few years in my opinion. I had the Razrs back in the day...hated em.....swore by BB for 3 years...Moto hit it out of the park with this one. It would easily have outclassed the Epic 4G in my opinion had Sprint bothered to make a big deal about it like they did the Sammy.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
USCC just released motorola electrify 2 with ICS

wonder if that will be any help to us :)

USCC still has the electrify slated for ICS Q4 this year

peace

Byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] FanBoy_Hunter:
Not even the epic, the 3D came out a month or 2 prior, (had it day of release [preordered])… it was a piece! Then this phone came out and Sprint waved it under the rug. Honestly I would love to get another Motorola but because of their attitude with development I may stay away. I had the first Samsung galaxy series phone and liked it especially how good it was at its time. I may stray away if I get another phone. Well see if Motorola pulls their head out before I upgrade. Its almost like having the perfect girl, unfortunately she's bipolar. :'( and tries to kill u every now and then.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It depends...if it's Tegra 2 based, HELL YES! If it's not, then no. I'm in the process of researching which processor it is. Due to it being stated to be 1.2GHz, I'm thinking it's probably gonna be a crapdragon, which would do nothing for us
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I liken it to finding the perfect gilfriend, only to find out that her parents welded iron underpants on her to keep her chaste...LOL

According to Moto, the Q will have an easily unlockable bootloader, which would make it so that dev work would be really easy, and would likely retain LTE. If they DO follow through with that (as they release in Aug and I don't have upgrade available until Jan), I'll stay with the Moto. If not, then I guess it'll be a Sammy.

I almost got Evo3d...glad I didn't. Too many issues. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
With google getting their hands into motos little honeypot, there is a possibility of things opening up a bit. Then again it is moto. The only company that can lie to your face and still make you buy from them.

Sounds like my ex wife.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Well, Google DID say they were going to leave development of Moto stuff to the Moto team :(

Still gotta say even with the lying, they make a damn great product

Sounds like mine as well...LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
i'll drink to that..lol

this is my first moto though..still i love this phone..i'm not into sammy coz graphic wise,galaxy series has a few phones with good display..even my LG GT540 has better display than its galaxy series counterpart..

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'm hoping that Moto really does allow unlock of Photon Q....that device looks like it's going to have some serious potential :)

Still wish it was going to be Tegra 3 based, but I guess we take what we can get. Also too bad Sprint doesn't team better with Moto to provide more options, as Moto definitely has the lockdown on good reception....
[Motorola Photon 4G] dxl880517:
I think it would be snapdragon s4 more likely. But based on its performance on Atrix HD. it won't disappoint us if this is true...

By the way. Miui 2.8.10 is coming!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It's uploading right now...but won't be linked till the morning...damn phone tether transfer rate of 50kps...LMFAO!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
2.8.10 is UP on Jokersax.com

Aroma base only (not doing standard any longer)

Options Chooser will upload tonight

CHEERS!​
[Motorola Photon 4G] dxl880517:
Cheers! I'm running 2.8.10 right now. Smooth as butter! Everyyhing is working! Thanks again Bill!
[Motorola Photon 4G] XxCE0xX:
Hopefully the battery life will improve from 2.8.3 that I'm running.

Also hopefully a torch fix, no stutter moments, and light fix :p

Cuddles here~
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Guys....lets keep this thread on topic....Not one of these posts has anything to do with MIUI...pudding/unlocking/rooting all have appropriate threads...or you can PM. Please....I am ONE guy building and supporting this ROM for 3 devices, plus helping others. Stuff like this makes it harder for me to find what real issues are out there. I'm not trying to be a ****...just pointing out...but yes, you don't have to worry about pudding...just use the RIGHT ONE :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Ok...not sure if you pay attention to the OP (and again, not trying to be a ****, and not jumping on you), but I have an official mirror for this ROM, (MIUI.us/goo.im/miui/sunfire). It's available on there. Joker is a good friend, and is updating his server to handle the increased load that Kitchen Sink as well as Spleef and My ROMs brought to the table. We route things through that site in the hope that people might click on a few ads to help support the work we do. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Dovigoldberger:
where can i get the aroma version ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
http://goo.im/devs/Th3Bill/Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
Can i limit the Data speed on EVDO

Is there any tweak or any app using which I can limit the the speed?

Pl note: I do not want my data to be disconnected but to run at lower speed that's all.

And I am trying to do that on my EVDO connection.

My photon is rooted,unlocked and Running on miui 2.5.25
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Only spot that I know of that you can do that is in the framework-res.apk. You'd need to decompile it and edit the xmls :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
:( any other option as i do not know how to decompile and edit and xmls.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I believe there is a setting to turn off 3G and use only 2G...maybe try that?
[Motorola Photon 4G] SquaDrive:
In my phone.. music app FC and playMovies FC too..:)

Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G with XDA Dev app
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Curious..what function were you using in Music...and...do you have a logcat? I've had no issues with Music so far. PlayMovies may not be 100% compatible with MIUI...I'm not totally sure...
[Motorola Photon 4G] couponfork:
Anyone ever successfully get the old messaging .apk so we can have text message split?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Dovigoldberger:
Its my first time that I flashed miui and I can't seek to find any menu for overclocking or any of the other customization that other roms have is that the way it comes or am I missing a menu
[Motorola Photon 4G] knG333:
None of the gapps I've downloaded have worked with the new version. I get the error code 6 every time.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FanBoy_Hunter:
U need to download an app such as setcpu or no-frills
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Down load the aroma version and select install gapps
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I've got to re-do the gapps. I tried just reupping what MIUI did, but it seems that those aren't working totally right. I'll work on em now and re-up in a little bit. :)

EDIT: Gapps are re-upped on both my own Goo.im account as well as MIUI.us Goo account. Should install correctly :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdrice15:
Anyone else having problems getting apw widgets to work? I can select them and put them on a home screen. But when I tap on it to configure the widget all I get is a " problem loading widget" panel. Tried it miui home, apex and nova launcher. Also uninstalling, clear caches and rebooting.

Sent from my Electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
This may be an issue with the app (in this case widget) not being compatible with the latest MIUI builds. I've noticed that a few people have reported apps that used to work no longer functioning and that the app builder is aware of the issue...
[Motorola Photon 4G] SquaDrive:
how can i use a logcat??x_x
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
you download the app, open it up, then run whatever process is causing you issues...that should give you an output, but reading it is where the fun is...LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
no FC's or anything?

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] dxl880517:
If you are talking about video cam. Yes. This is the only one...all cm9 based rom has this issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zailer:
i am trying update my friends photon 4g (which is an unlocked for gsm version used in india) but when i put 2.7.27 from official site its only showing CDMA option and not detected emmc.

Right now downloading this new release ..if i put this will i get Gsm and internal emmc ?

Edit: i tried the patch found in jokersax site but not getting the emmc.
[Motorola Photon 4G] praful:
Zailer: did you flash options chooser??
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
after flashing 2.8.10....i can't seem to get root access....i installed and launched Ti Pro but can't get root access....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Go into permissions app and turn on su there
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Do you get browser rotation issues? Or is this fixed? Right now, the only thing I want is a Rom with no browser rotation issues. I can fix the camera and camcorder issues myself. LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
browser rotation isn't working on ICS with any reliability....not sure why that is, honestly, as it works great on JB. I'm thinking it's something in how the libs are loaded, but I'm not 100% sure on that. :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Thanks, your JB builds have working rotation right?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
2.8.10 Options Chooser UP

Browser rotation works on JB
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Thank you :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
thanks man!
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Okay right before I flashed the new version I noticed that Settings would FC whenever I tried to go into Accounts & Sync. I've attached a logcat during the FC.

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=mKu5QPJJ
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Anyone?
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
maybe flashing na the new version would remove the FC..i'm running on 2.8.10 right now and seems to be very stable so far..

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Sorry for the confusion. I noticed the problem before flashing the newest version. I did the logcat on 2.8.10 as well am I am posting this from. Everything else is stable just can't get into Settings > Accounts & Sync
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
Is this still ICS?
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Yes.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HackGerm:
Thank you for keeping MIUI up on the Photon

Th3Bill,

thank you so much for initiating and keeping this ROM going on the Photon. Like you I love this phone, but the ROM makles it sooo much better. It runs very smooth, it tickles me every day home much i enjoy this thing.

Upgraded 4 times now with your updates, never had a problem after I decided to switch to Aroma Base!

Thanks again!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Is Th3Bill still on vacation?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
no he's back
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
No love for my problem :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
haven't seen him on the thread all day.. he's probably just busy with his family or other things for the day lol everyone needs a day away from work
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Nope...just had 2 hell days at work...I'm the manager, and it's hell when people don't follow policy correctly... :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Any chance you could look at my Settings FC problem? I wanted to remove Facebook sync but can't get into the settings.

I posted a logcat taken on 2.8.10 at the time of the FC and posted it on paste bin a few posts back.

Any help would be appreciated!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
have you tried reflashing the ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
Yes. Not only was the problem present before I updated to 2.8.10 I've also tried reflashing the phone.

NEW PROBLEM! I recently dropped my phone square on the power button. It has broken the button on the inside so in no longer registers as being pressed on the phone whatsoever. Meaning that if my phone turns off, it is basically bricked. Any ideas on a way to fix this? Maybe someone can help me reconfigure the kernel or something to use the camera button as a power button.. but that sounds much more difficult than it sounds.

Any help would be much appreciated. I can't flash anything anymore without the power button!
[Motorola Photon 4G] HackGerm:
I went to Sprint once about the volume rocker that was really sloppy. These buttons can be adjusted, I'm sure you can fix this one as well when you open up the case. I have never done it though!

Good luck!
[Motorola Photon 4G] FanBoy_Hunter:
There is an option to use the volume rocker to wake the phone, don't know where it is, my phone is making a nandroid right now. Then you can put a lock screen widget in the status bar to lock it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
Well I know on cm 9 or cm 10 it's under display settings.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cpfeifer:
I understand that, in fact I did that before my button broke so I've been using the volume rocker for a while to wake the phone. My concern is the power button is the only button that is used for many other things while the ROM isn't running, such as Clockworkmod and turning the phone itself on if it dies. The volume rocker won't do that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] G69D:
only thing i can say is go to your provider and have it repaired..

sent from my MoPho69™
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Well, it looks like I will be changing from MIUI.us to MIUIAndroid. I have it booting with data, phone, music, wifi, SMS, MMS (both ways), flash, GPS working awesome (accurate to 8 meters in less than 10 seconds for a lock). It was a no brainer. MIUI.us's build was a bunch of FCs once it booted. I will be finalizing it and then uploading it. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
2.8.17 is UP on Jokersax.com

CHEERS!​

Has working MMS both ways :)​
[Motorola Photon 4G] riku107:
Sweet! im downloading and flashing it asap!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
Do we use miui gapps or jokers?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Gapps built in
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
No Google now ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] 232603:
more setting FC and Memory Card Access Mod only read sdcard0
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Happens to me too
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
options chooser to be posted at a later time, or no longer needed?

thanks for the update

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Unfortunately, Aroma doesn't like JB update-binary at this time and I can't seem to get ICS binary to properly flash the file at all, so I am trying to figure out a way around it. May take a little bit of time before I can put out a chooser :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
WHAT Setting? Guys...come on...can't just post something that is generic like this. There are 20 menus in this Settings. I haven't had a chance to test all of them. Let me know which one FCs and I will try to work on it.

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by Memory Card Access Mod...

LOL! Just realized it...More Settings under Wireless and Networks...lol That's only Wimax, which we don't have due to unlocked bootloader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
I dont need the options chooser if I do a flashover...correct?

thanks

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Many of the options may not work right...haven't tested any of them yet...you can try...just may bork
[Motorola Photon 4G] couponfork:
Do we need to do a full wipe for this update or can we just flash over 2.8.10?

Also, any solution for the dual signal bars and carrier logo? The app to mess with the options and kernels seems to have disappeared with the update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I have changed from MIUI.us to MIUIAndroid....Toolbox isn't a part of MIUIAndroid. I may go back to MIUI.us after they get their release fixed, but last night it had some borks that didn't make sense, and I couldn't get the apks to decompile right to try to fix it, so I figured I would make the change for now just to keep the build going...

So, I would say that yes, you would need to do a full-wipe
[Motorola Photon 4G] couponfork:
Ah ok! Thank you for your dedication and hard work. I'll deal with the dual signal bars and custom carrier label for now, everything else seems to be working flawlessly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
hows that battery life compared to cna? i get 14 hours with normal use on cna.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I had it plugged in all night, as I only had 20% battery after testing out a bunch of stuff (flashed with like 40%...I know...dangerous, but just couldn't wait to test it...LOL)
[Motorola Photon 4G] XxCE0xX:
From my experience. Miui doesn't exactly have that good of battery life. I guess I'll test it but I'm gonna nan droid this CNA I'm using for a quick flash back.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
If anyone would like to test this to see if it fixes the More Settings portion of the Wireless Networks Settings, feel free. I have not tested it yet. I can't test now, as I have to make a bunch of important scheduling calls for work this morning...

TEST​
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
haha yeah im thinkin bout jus tryin it out
[Motorola Photon 4G] processorsaurus:
Works!

This works, fixes access for 'more settings'. however, I noticed that using Power Button>Reboot>[options listed] - all of them seem to do only a hotboot. I tried recovery, hot boot, and normal, and they all seem to initiate a hot boot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Excellent that the fix works! I'll incorporate it into the rom for tonight's re-upload.

I'll have to address that tonight. I didn't notice that yet. Thanks! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
While this is on MIUIAndroid right now, I will be going back to MIUI.us once they upload a properly working build. I really like the work they do, and hope that the toolbox will come back when they DO upload it :)