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[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
The MoPho I rooted is fairly unique, so I can't promise anything, but this is what worked for me. All credit goes to edgan. I didn't develop anything.

Photon Root Instructions

1.	Create a folder in the C:/ drive on your Windows 7 machine called Photon root. (You can call it anything you want, but that’s what I called mine and will use for the purpose of this post).

2.	Download and install the adb package from here and install them into C:/Photon root.

3.	Download photon-torpedo.tar from here and copy it to C:/Photon root in your windows machine. Do not unzip it.

4.	On your phone, go to Settings > Applications > Development and select USB Debugging.

5.	Plug your phone to your computer and on your phone, set it to USB Mass Storage.

6.	Copy photon-torpedo.tar from C:/Photon Root to your phone’s internal storage using Windows 7. Don’t put it in any folder, and leave it zipped.

7.	Install Superuser from the Market. (This is absolutely necessary to do before you get started or it won’t work)

8.	Open the command prompt (Start >> run “cmd” >> enter)

9.	Type the following commands – don’t worry about the errors, it will be all right

•	cd C:/photon root

•	adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp

•	adb shell

•	cd /data/tmp

•	/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar

•	/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh

•	/data/tmp/install-su.sh

10. That's it. Reboot and enjoy.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
Hey Mopho's - I'm currently running a rooted (via shabby's AIO) stock sprint v 2.3.4 .... System Version : (45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US) / Build number : 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6

I've tried downloading the OTA 2.3.5 via wifi, and installation was going ... but upon reboot - it says update failed. Tried this 2x - I didn't see many commenting on going back to an original stock rom before, getting the OTA update, and that rather - rooted devices would be unrooted after 2.3.5 OTA. I've never installed any other ROM besides what came with the phone...

Was there something I needed to do to "unroot" or revert

without wiping/losing my current settings / apps ? Basically, what can I do to get this done :)

rooted apps installed : AdAway / Superuser free / Root Basic Check free / LBE Privacy Guard / Wifitether

Thanks in advance for the info. I realize Shabby's AIO will not re-root my phone, so will need to see the ADB/Torpedo methods posted here after. I just need to get the OTA update working first.
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
I would think twice before taking that ota update. Currently, under 2.34, your bootloader should be unlockable. The main effect of the 2.35 update is to lock the bootloader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] androidrookie:
Worked for me

John was right, just ignore the errors. This method by edgan worked for me.

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I agree with bitbang, I've had enough of this bullsh*t from Motorola. It's time for me to shop around. Unfortunately for me, I have a little more than a year on my contract! I've heard that Sprint had some kind of buy back or release program where they let you trade in your phone for something new (for a "small" fee, of course). It just might be worth it to get away from Moto. This smartphone technology changes way too fast for 2 year contracts anyway.

It's a shame. When I can get this phone to work properly, it is awesome, I'm sure bitbang even agrees with that but it is definately time to move on. The Samsung Galaxy 3 looks pretty cool!
[Motorola Photon 4G] AGiLiT:
When the update fails and you see the Android guy with the "!", press and hold both volume up and down. This will show you on the screen why it failed. Common causes for failure are mods to the build.prop file or removal of core apps.
[General Questions and Answers] Demonlinx:
When I flash the aroma install i choose custom install setting and go through everything only changing from 1.3 kernel to 1.4 kernel I also perform a full wipe install. I flash the rom twice with the same install directions. I have problems with my wifi working. It says that i am conected but when i go to load play store it says no connection after multiple reboots and multiple reflashes. Please help. I have read that there may be problems in the kernel that was uploaded as well as that it might be that there is something wrong with the gapps themselves. Please help with anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
Screen fit to Mini decompile and compile by me....but no scrolling

Sorry if someone already did this,but i'm searched everywhere to install this SGS3 live wallpaper but in the end there is a blue tiles at left and right of my Mini screen.So i decided to decompile and compile it to suit my Mini screen.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?w2i3hfg1gyd8i3b
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] astrosp4c3:
I have tried this, and i like it :D

Thanks man

Sorry for my bad English :o
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
You're welcome.. :) i'm glad
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] galaxy mini:
Looks nice thx, hope you can get scrolling to work??
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
i'm too noob to edit smali....man:o
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] techlearn:
thanks man looks gr8 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] #Darpan:
Add feature to chng bkgrnd img..

Looks great btw
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] janmae:
you can change wallpaper in apk manager...change whatever you like:p
[HTC Rezound] strangecheese94:
From a place where 4g doesn't exist. It was a nightmare. For all of those still suffering, my hat is off to you. I don't know how you manage.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
4g just came to my town and it's awful. 2mbps, that's if it even connects, which it hardly ever does.
[HTC Rezound] nnnnr14:
2? I get 22 where I live

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[HTC Rezound] Evocm7:
Is that everywhere or just at your house? I get 10-15mbps regularly. And up to 52mbps in a couple places.
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
I get bleed over at my house and its 20down but like 1up. None here at my apartment yet. Good think I have fast internet xD
[HTC Rezound] andrix10:
I got 30 once
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I also went to such a place. It is the place of nightmares, place of the devil. A horrible place full of pain and suffering where all you could get was 3g......

It was terrible. I got .21 down. (shudders)
[HTC Rezound] zourn:
I get 4G at work, up to 25 down, but I only get 3G at my house, usually 1.3 - 1.5 down.
[HTC Rezound] flybub:
I live right on the edge of a 4G service area so mine is in and out. I usually just turn lte off because it does nothing but drain the battery
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
I've been to a terrible place like that twice now. Morgantown WV and the drive there. Once you get to mountainous area of Maryland all is lost. Then theres 1x. I swear I was losing my mind. I never wished I had Tmobiles wifi calling and texting more there. I haven't been back again. Thankfully my gf moved from there.

:(
[HTC Rezound] PhantasmRezound:
Man, y'all are spoiled. :p

I get 0.3 - 0.4 down, 0.5 - 0.6 up in the *best* spot in my house. Barely hangs onto 3G with an average signal strength of -95 dBm.
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
I'm sorry to hear that sir.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I honestly never use 4G. 3G is plenty fast enough for Google Maps, email, basic browsing, etc., and my battery lasts much longer.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
same. i dont get 4g ANYWHERE. i drove half an hour to a friends house and got 4g. you would think NJ would have the best since verizon is based here
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
antp, when I was in east Brunswick I got 40mbps, it was awesome lol haven't tried anywhere else though.. besides here in brick, where it's ****.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
still doesnt help :p thats an hour away. its like my area is a dead zone. my house is in a dead zone. about a block's length in either direction has little to no service and it always cuts out.
[HTC Rezound] billybob275:
Try living somewhere with no cell service at all on any carrier.

Verizon Range Extender + Comcast cable FTW!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Jayrod1980:
A little background... I'm running the perma root method that shows version 9.9.9 and 1.4.0 and have access to play market etc. I also have the nice ICS bar buttons. I downloaded go launcher ex today and it runs fast, looks good, etc. My problem is that it is sized wrong! The fonts are huge or small depending and the bar at the bottom often sinks down into where the notification bar is. It's annoying and I believe it's because of the dpi or something that is stock on the nook. Is there anything I can do to size this right so that the fonts and sizes are correct on the nook tablet? Again, I'm not running cm7 or 9, just stock rooted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DavDoc:
From what I remember when I was running rooted 1.40 months ago, Go Launcher didn't play nice. There is a stable version though, something like 2.67, I am going off memory, you may want to double check. I had to freeze Go launcher so as not to get any updates. Any version after that was a little wonky. You may want to try out CM7 or CM9, Go Launcher works really well with both.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PJLLB:
I'm running 3.01 from Amazon, sideloaded on NT stock tablet 1.4, which should behave the same as your rooted version without the root access. (I don't run Google Play because it wouldn't ever install correctly and I have an SD card from which I run CM7 which does have the Play Store.) I have adjusted all icon and icon label and font sizes, icon grid spacing, etc. to sizes that look just fine. Go Launcher has many customization features under the preferences item on the menu.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
I was running go launcher on 4.1.0 rooted and it was fine. I even changed the rows and columns to get more on the home screen. When I restored to go back to stock over the weekend go launcher updated to the latest and still worked well.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cmorin4:
Hi there,

I am new to rooting devices and have a question.

I had a look in the One X rooting forum but wasn't able to find an answer to my question. I was wondering if I root my Rogers One XL device, will it show a tampered tag similar to that on the AT&T version? Also if it is rooted does this completely void my warranty or is there a way to revert back to unrooted methods if I need to make a warranty claim?

Thanks in advance for any responses.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cmorin4:
Can anybody answer this?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] TKTAB911:
I do believe that someone reported wiping/flashing/updating to a new version and losing the tampered = returning back to locked. Although [myself included] have returned the device for a replacement or fix and they never even looked. Just checked to see if it turned on // why its being replaced lol. So I wouldn't be worried about them catching you. Saying you take it into store though; Unsure about mail in.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fluxgfx:
Good morning,

The tempered that you will see on the bootloader only shows when you have unlocked your bootloader using HTCdev.com . Rooting your phone will not result in that message. Mind you Rogers will not cover your under their warranty plan if you've rooted your phone. If you were to return to stock without root I'm sure they wouldn't be able to see the difference at the store.

Cheers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cmorin4:
Thanks guys. Appreciate the response.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wolfclan68:
I pulled my Sandisk 8gb class 6 from my old Samsung Android. I even formatted it after pulling the data I wanted to keep. Powered off and installed it, reboot. Plug in USB and connect it as "disk drive", copy files from PC. Disconnect, phone says "preparing SD card" then "memory card unexpectedly removed" and shows unavailable in the storage section of settings. I've rebooted, removed card, reinstall, reboot and it shows again. Then it will do it again after connecting to the PC. I've even reformatted, and it does it again.

I went through the full process listed above for the fourth time, and have been able to connect and disconnect to the PC copy files two times without an error.

Any ideas? Thanks! :confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dredz:
Have you tried formatting the card with your lte?

:cool:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slayer69:
My wifes card had the same issue. I looked at the card while plugged into my PC and saw some strange files in the root and deleted them. Though you formatted so I am not sure if you would have them. Once I deleted those files (they were hidden system files) her card worked fine. You may need to make sure you can see system files on your computer though. Might be worth a shot.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] blkout01:
I had the same issue...actually with 2 different cards. One 16gb and one 2gb. They worked fine when pulled from the GS2 they were in. Once in the Evo lte they stopped working. Put them in adapter to computer and again kept disappearing. I finally said screw it and started using internal storage. I have yet to get a sd card to work.

I plan on taking phone in when I have the time.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 94tbird:
im getting the same thing with mine. beginning to think they arent as compatible as people let on about
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Picked up the sandisk 32GB class1 UHS card from newegg last week. No errors or other issues.

When I had the original evo, I bought a lexar class10 32GB card. I had strange issues with it. After a few days of use, the phone would drop it (unmounted). Given that my email and other apps make use of this storage space, this was unacceptable. Got a no name 16GB card class2 from a friend and had no further issues.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 94tbird:
i got the same card but 64gb version from newegg and nothing but issues

it seems i successfully got the card to mount in my OG EVO using amron ra style recovery. it claimed to wipe. im jsut attempting to partition the card to see if it errors out. will report back
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 94tbird:
anyone else have any thoughts to share? I sent my card back to Newegg for a replacement
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Has anyone else noticed just how much slower sprint is lately? I mean, we all knew that they've began having major issues last year, but now, seems worse. I literally can't get above .15mbps on any of my three phones. That's in most of the Denver/Aurora area. Before it was slow, now it is just not usable.

The only excuse Sprint ever has is the network vision, but really? I'm pretty fed up with this dial up.

I'll atop ranting now, am still under contract with them :(.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] viper786:
Same thing with me in metro Detroit
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Damn, I know in Atlanta it is rather bad as well.

Just hard to remain optimistic, specially knowing that the unlimited model, while nice, isn't going to help with speed. Just too many people can abuse the already suffering network. While limits suck, they really force people to watch their data use, or pay for higher usage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Hero_Guy:
I live near la and they've been doing their network update here. I've been getting speeds around 1500 kbps but for the last couple weeks I'm only averaging at 300 kbps now
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Even at 1500, still pretty crappy when compared to ATT and TMO network speeds over hspa.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
It's like that in Jacksonville, FL too. Speeds have went down by nearly half.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] marksedge:
To be honest I feel like there more consirend about virgin mobile and boost mobile than us ...since the fact people now a days don't want a contract and sprint keeps giving them phones that are similar to ours hence LG marquee and soon to be HTC evo design ...not to mention there both gonna have wimax ...aint that a slap in the face
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
I checked out tmobile prepaid, and prepaid just makes more sense seems like. Yea, you pay full retail price if you want a nice phone, but you don't need to pay any hidden upgrade fees, or weird surcharges sprint has, nor is it as expensive. And I can't speak for everyone, but I honestly don't see network vision doing anything but allowing sprint catch up to the point where most others are already at, except for years later. And if they keep this unlimited model going, I only see the network continuing on suffering. Sure, Lte would be nice and the fact that all new high end sprint phones are lte capable. Unless you're in major 6 markets though, yore stuck on crawling 3g till at least 2014, that's when they plan to roll out lte here in Colorado, not to mention it will only be the initial roll out, only among major highways, even spottier than wimax.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
The thing I've noticed about CD a devices is that they don't drop calls nearly as often as GSM models do. I've noticed this with several devices amongst my family. I'm not saying cdma is immune to it, just that they tend to transfer from tower to tower better.

With that in mind, I'd probably go to Verizon if I switched... but I can't stand the amount of things they will charge you for. They charge to block numbers, GPS, etc. T-Mobile sounds ideal as far as pricing goes but if GSM drops calls often then I'm not too sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheAtheistOtaku:
A few months ago i was on cricket with the og epic, i was tired of they crappy service so i was looking to switch. Sprint grabbed me with their truly unlimited data. Guess i should of researched speeds as well =/ but i have hopes for sprint, im stuck with them for 2 years and network vision should (hopefully) hit buffalo ny by then. if i dont get a significant increase in data quality i will most defiantly go with verizon. They may be a bit more expensive but hey, the phrase "you get what you pay for" may apply here
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Really?! I prefer GSM over CDMA any day. Unless, we are talking about CDMA-Advanced. My reasoning is the whole data speed aspect. With GSM, your 3G speeds are much better due to HSPA and HSPA+ technology. On Sprint, have you ever seen speeds over 2.5mbps in an excellent coverage area with no network load? The max CDMA network that Sprint has can go is 3.2, which is theoretical. TMobile HSPA+21 network can reach 10-12mbps without many issues. HSPA+42, 19-25 in my area during off hours. Verizon CDMA, while much more consistent, isn't much faster than Sprint.

I understand your argument with dropped calls, but I actually have found the opposite to be true. I have less dropped calls while on the go on my T-Mo company phone (GNexus), vs any of the Sprint devices I have. And that is among same area. I am guessing our experiences differ due to coverage in respectable states.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
Sprint was good here for a week or less when NV was apparently being worked on in my area.. now it is even worse than before! I'm not sure what they did to the nearest towers but everyone I know around complains lately that their signal inside their house is worse and not as reliable. I've been considering jumping ships to a different carrier, perhaps the T-Mobile prepaid plan... considering I only use like 40 mins a month and only need dependable fast data on the good. Sprint better hope LTE and NV starts working here in the L.A area :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob the plumber:
I'm in metro Detroit as well, and data was at least useable in the middle of the night. Now it is horrible all the time. It took me 5 hours to download most of a ROM yesterday, only to drop the download. Grrr
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob the plumber:
I used to hit around 1 Meg in the morning. From this speed it drops into nearly single digits throughout the day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moodswang:
My 3g speeds have gotten cut in half in San Diego this month. I don't even know what its like using the 4G option on this phone which leaves me a little bitter at this point. In fact, listening to others talk about 4G in their areas feels like a series of short stories, wise tales, and mere fables. I'm probably gonna switch to T-mobile once the GS3 drops next month since they are finally getting a decent phone line up. I'm getting tired of the emasculating feeling of begging my girlfriend for data as she hits the WIFI tether Icon of her Verizon unlimited droid all the while knowing that the 4G option in my notification bar is simply a useless battery draining light. :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Ans I thought I had it bad lol. The funny thing is that I can take my tmobile phone ans my sprint phone to the sprint store ans tmo would test at least 2x faster vs sprint on wimax, that's with full bars since they have signal boosters at their stores.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EggosEvo:
These are the fastest speeds in my area that I've gotten in a couple months. My upload is normally less than .10 Mbps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] skylenorman:
Sprint is becoming a victim of the iPhone own success the way AT&T did when the iPhone first came out. Sprint went from being 4th place in the networks to 1st almost overnight due to having unlimited data and high quality phones. Unfortunately they weren't prepared for it network wise.

I keep getting emails about them building/buying/renting new towers here in Los Angeles, but thus far I haven't seen any quality updates.

My recommendation is to call and complain. Most of the time they'll give you an Airrave for free to keep you as a customer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
I think that sprint lineup is far from being the first.

A lot of people buy in the whole unlimited data thing, that's just how Americans are. Why have limits when you can have unlimited? Those people don't think about speeds, they think that all data is same lol. Sadly, they also usually don't even get close to 2gb, which is the lowest tier cap by competitors.

Yay, I have unlimited. What is it good for when everything takes ages to do? Videos aren't even worth the effort over sprint mobile data. Having a tmo ans a sprint phone side by side, I can buffer a YouTube in 720p on tmo and watch 2 minutes of video before sprint would load same video in sq.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] skyward01:
Sprint speeds have been terrible in Houston TX for some time now. my contract is up in September, if LTE doesn't fix things I will be leaving. Been a sprint customer for 13 years!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] linuxpir8:
im in houston and data was bearable. lately its been crap. i even had a tower outage from noon one day till noon the next.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
Yeah, the internet is only usable when I am in a Wimax area, and even the Wimax is slower than 3g on Verizon. I switched from Verizon without etf though when they started throttling the unlimited data they sold me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ilostmypistons:
As of today mine is pretty good
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Yes my speeds have always been all over the place with Sprint but for a long time they were in a fairly consistent range. For the past 6 months or so they have dipped down to lower speeds than ever on a regular basis. I have been seeing a lot of page not found errors on web search, play store, and other apps right in the middle of something. Its also very frustrating when driving and wimax is useless so you are on 3g but then you cant use voice search and nav for directions since both require solid data connections.

I wonder if it really is the iphones slowing things down and if they have some sort of data priority since they only have 3g.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
I know what you mean, I'm in SD too... :/

But there are some patches of 4G if you know where to look:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sledgie:
yeah, definitely loss of network speed BC of iPhone. this was taken 2 blocks from towers in Pittsburgh.

on my e4gt I used to get at least 4-6 Mbps down, 1.3-1.5Mbps up. but I refused to change from EL13 modem.

I was going to use this picture as my signature on the Now (or much, MUCH later) Network! whaddya think?