yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
This did not work for me either. Followed the instructions perfectly as well. Also tried joker's gsm fix v2 just in case and that didn't help either. Strange because I had no problem at all with the AOKP builds, but I have no service whatsoever. It also lists 'gsm radio off' in the information once I typed the 4636 number. I saw a toggle to turn it off and then back on, but this did nothing as well.
[Motorola Photon 4G] /b/-TarD:
Yup, reverting back to the old paranoid android 1.1 for now, at least until the fix is uploaded. Plus, the mobile data switch still turns on for no reason, can't seem to replicate it, seems to turn on by itself randomly. Its the same for Jokersax's CM9 build as well, so I am guessing it's CM9 related issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hardy1906:
following for further developments....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
You guys want a fix, yet I see no logcats for this. I DO NOT HAVE GSM for my phone, so I can't test this. I need a logcat to pinpoint what the issue is....help me help you, guys
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
Sorry, I haven't really submitted a log before, hopefully this is correct.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
I'm getting ready to flash this ROM for the first time. Does the camera record laggy but plays back fine or is it laggy all the way around? If the playback is good, that's all I really care about. I use my camera a LOT.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'll take a look at it soon. I'm on vacation starting tomorrow but will keep up with my rooms :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] /b/-TarD:
I did upload a logcat before, it was on the first page :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Have a great vaca!

Sent from my MOF'd up MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
I am using this rom now and have to say I love it, very snappy. Being new to these roms, I would like to know why my signal is so poor on every rom I use? If I missed something I am very sorry just new to this, if someone could enlighten me I would appreciate it. thanks for the great rom.:good:
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
All of these ics roms show true signal strength, sprints stock totally inflates how strong your signal is. I show full bars all the time and the signal isn't as strong at all

example in the screen shot I just took. Top right corner is signal widget, right below the notification bar

Sent from my MOF'd up MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigblue4life:
Thanks alot bud, makes sense. In any case I am having fun with these roms thanks to this great community.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ryan8r:
Stock app doesn't quite work yet , you have to use "Videocam Illusion" from the Play store for recording videos.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Yes, understood. Is the video playback from videocam illusion laggy?
[Motorola Photon 4G] hellot1M:
Um.. why does it say "4G"?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'll have you a flashable fix very shortly :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
For those with GSM issues, try THIS
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Are you talking about my screen shot? If you are its cause I'm currently locked, 198_7 with mof's bootstrap rom. I'm working in Chicago this week and was wanting to see what 4g was like :beer:

I'm prolly unlocking and going back to an ics rom this weekend :)

Sent from my MOF'd up MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] ryan8r:
While recording , yes. The videos come out fine though. For best results fix Res to 480p or lower.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hightech316:
The latest build is great.

I am having issues w web top/ubuntutop. When running the script , it errors out which I'll post soon.

Anyone use web top?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kurtcocaine:
you can use webtop with this?? I thought webtop was for blur based gingerbread roms only?

How are you getting it to launch? Using nebtop or something?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Figured out the lock screen wallpaper thing. If it has to crop it too much, even from a scrolling wallpaper, like 1080x960, it won't take. Crop it yourself and it will.
[Motorola Photon 4G] killaphatboy:
I'm trying to flash this rom on my girlfriends phone and just wondering if I need to unlock the bootloader to flash this? Any custom kerenels I should flash first?
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Absolutely you must unlock the boatloader. Which of course will break 4G, and other things.

You must also flash jokers v3 recovery. This on his website www.jokersax.com

Under the cm10 for photon, get the recovery and then download the Rom and flash it twice. If Th3bill has this in aroma, he may already have gapps included.
[Motorola Photon 4G] killaphatboy:
Thanks for the info. My gs2 is so much less of a hassle...lol. :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Samsung can be, but they have drivers. Motorola is being stingy, so jokersax has done amazing things.
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
Is there a way to enable car dock audio on this ROM? It works fine on CNA, but I can't get it work here. Is there a difference in CM10 base?

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
No difference in the base...just haven't had a chance to update this rom just yet....
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
Thought it was something as simple as that. No worries. You do great work, so I'll be patient.

I was actually quite happy on CNA, but I wanted to give this ROM a test drive to experiment with tablet mode in a few apps. Most prominently is the SiriusXM app which I've been using in the car with my dock, but the app does not have a landscape mode for phones, but does for tablets. So, I install PA, adjust the SiriusXM app settings and..... I have landscape!!!.... but no audio... crap.

For the time being, I have an easy work around for that... I can connect the aux cable to my headphone jack! Audio!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'm going to be updating this today...just finished latest Nightly of CNA. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I have 2.13 built and working. I tested nearly everything I could. I have to say that this has to be one of THE MOST functional roms I have ported. It's got all sorts of settings. You will need to use the 1D Options with it (1, 1B, or 1C will wreck the permissions for the paranoid settings, and you won;t be able to change the UI). When you flash Options 1D, you MUST choose Paranoid from that list...it cues the phone to fix permissions on the right files. :)

It's a bit of a slow upload at work, so it may take a little bit of time...maybe another 20-25 mins
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
Looking forward to trying it out this evening!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
2.13 is UP on Jokersax.com

Cheers

YOU WILL NEED OPTIONS 1D if you are going to flash an Options Chooser...the other ones will BORK the Paranoid Settings​
[Motorola Photon 4G] manybreak:
Hey there Th3bill , what does the option choose 1D brings that aroma doesn't , is like opcional stuff for the rom? :confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
Pretty much... things like different launchers, music apps, etc.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Just optional stuff....gapps launchers etc
[Motorola Photon 4G] manybreak:
Ah alright :D so this is the most stable jb rom you had build so far? Downloading as we speak :]
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
Thanks for the update once again!

Running great so far.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Bill's latest doesn't mean more stable. Like the last version and the last few versions of his other ROMs, it's based on Joker's CM10 0.2.0. I would say updates to Joker's base ROM would (potentially, but not necessarily) introduce new stability, while Bill's updates update the ROMs he's porting. This can increase stability, but I don't expect it, although if something was borked it might be fixed if possible. That's not to say he does less work than Joker (in fact, he's a lot more active here) but his work goes toward accomplishing different objectives (most notably, diversifying the Sunfire (Photon/Electrify) ROM scene.

Anybody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but that is my take on it.

Thanks to Bill for this. I was going to check out CNA, but after downloading it (9/19) a new nightly came out... then this. Paranoid was my favorite ICS ROM... CNA might have better battery life, but I still like Paranoid. Now that AOKP does the hybrid thing too I might look at it again, but I thought it was just average last time. Just my opinion. Haven't tried MIUI or XenonHD yet. But I'm always down for new Paranoid.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dre89:
Posting from it now, running like a hot knife through butter at just 1ghz. Awesome work as always Th3Bill

sent from deep space on a random Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
I'm still not getting any audio out of my car dock, even after the update to 2.13. Everything else appears to be working great, besides the normal JB issues.

I restored my nandroid of CNA 3.5 to make sure that I didn't have a hardware problem with the dock and it worked fine there. So, is it a setting that I need to enable in PA, or is it missing entirely?

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I just realized my booboo. I'll hot fix tonight. I forgot the framework edit for that
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
Thanks! Looking forward to it!

For now I'll just keep using the workaround, but its so difficult to spend those extra few seconds plugging the aux cable into the headphone jack! :silly:
[Motorola Photon 4G] manybreak:
Everything running smooth besides bluetooth , i just can't get it to turn on , is it borked ?

Everything good
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Mod Edit...

I appreciate everything you've done for us, but I hit a ton of problems with this, and am restoring my previous backup.

1. I started by trying to flash Aroma Prep. It's the first thing I've tried to flash that is incompatible with TWRP. The second thing that's incompatible with TWRP is the ROM itself. Okay, I figure, you guys all like Joker's v3, and I have it on my SD card, so I flashed that. Aroma Prep flashed fine then.

2. Aroma doesn't support the touch screen at all in this ROM. Calibration didn't work either. Using the buttons was not terrible, but having to read the whole EULA... I could have done without that. ;)

3. Minor issue, but the Options zip asks questions the ROM flasher does. Not sure if this is intended or not. I just made the same choices again.

4. Other than this the ROM flashes fine. Did a full wipe (from inside Aroma -- "yo ass is shiny!" etc.).

5. Restored from Titanium (apps and their data, WiFi APs, SMS/MMS messages, call log, Bluetooth stuffs, nothing else). Got all my widgets back. However, Evernote won't sync. The app won't sync, the widget won't sync. Browser works, Google Play downloads updates. Only Evernote is unable to access the Net.

6. All of a sudden, Swype is broken. Drawing a straight line results in a really jagged trail. So I think something is borked with the touch screen.

7. Bluetooth won't turn on, as noted above.

Again, thanks for all your hard work, and I realize that responsibility for flashing ROMs is all on the phone owner, just wanted to throw it out there, that this one is broken. I see far too many people up here saying "This ROM is perfect" (for whatever ROM, not just this one) and "Good enough for a daily driver" etc. Personally I think this is the worst feedback a developer can receive. If it's perfect, why update it, ever? I say no ROM here is perfect. They could all stand to be improved. Better than stock Blur? Well that's a given. But perfect? We should never be so complacent. I say, appreciate the work our devs do, but pick it apart, find what's wrong. With this one you don't have to dig deep. But the next one will probably be better.
[Motorola Photon 4G] enzyme:
WOW. 2.0 and 2.13 was my first Paranoid experience. I am amazed. The dual-pane is so convenient, especially in landscape.

I do have a question though. Are there any known issues with the hardware button backlight? For me, it did not work out of the box. One of the reasons I stick to Jokers CM10 is because it works (about half of the time). It would randomly start / stop working on and off. I have no idea what may be triggering it. This will definitely be my daily driver if the backlight works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
Well my phone don't like some "custom" stuff either but it "likes" this rom but to call a specific rom or piece of "custom" software that someone spent a lot of time on the worst is not cool. You could of left that part out.

My phone "dislikes" TWRP.

My phone "likes" the Aroma installer and its themes and the touchscreen.

My phone "likes Paranoid Builds.

My phone "dislikes" when I restore anything besides data with TU. Fresh install of apps when switching roms makes a world of difference and it only takes an hour or less to set everything back up. Small price to pay for a "working" phone that a person "gives us".

Swype works for me.

Bluetooth known issue and there is always going to be issues with any "custom" work.

Why update it...because new features are being added all the time by the hard working people that "give us" these roms.

You won't see me saying this such and such is perfect but if it don't work for me I either try and fix it myself, report it to the builder or move on without *****ing. (not necessarily directed at you)

Thanks to all the folks that spend their spare time "giving us" their creations.

And for the record this build is the smoothest yet!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jleeblanch:
Ok, not sure how you can say that this is the worst rom ever. Most of the issues you were having were in the beginning, which aren't technically part of the rom itself. Then, you are experiencing issues with USER apps that you restored from Titanium Backup. I mean, its fine to restore apps (and there data) but in my experiences, you have to do it selectively. Some apps have external data that may not always carry over correctly after restoring. Your best bet would be to uninstall the app and then reinstall it (start fresh).

I get what you're saying about the letting the Dev know about issues and so forth, but to say that someone shouldn't express their own personal opinion about a rom or how it works for them isn't right. Maybe in some users eyes, a rom is "perfect" and maybe its not.

Personally, and this is just my opinion, I feel like you're being a little harsh. You didn't mention ANY actual rom specific thing that was wrong. I almost guarantee that every issue you've experienced is...USER ERROR! I hate to put it like that but seriously, you make a post about this rom being "The worst rom ever" yet don't actually state ANYTHING that is wrong with the rom. Oh, my bad, you made a comment about Bluetooth. Well, my answer for that would be...GET A LOGCAT!! As for the Options Chooser asking the same questions as the ROM zip, I believe that was only in regards to "SDCARD & EMMC".

Regardless, I really hope you reread your post and...well, I won't go there outta respect for the Forums...but seriously, take a step back and really think about what you just said.

I'm downloading now because I am gonna see (for myself) how well this rom truly runs! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Voluntarily deleted...
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Okay everyone settle down. And yes I am just a user, but in everyone's defense every Rom has its issues. Okay, so evernote and Swype fail.

Is this a version that came from somewhere else, or did you use the Swype beta installer. I have come across backing up Swype and recovering it does not always work.

As for evernote, that works on other Rom's. Does it work on your tablet with no problem? I don't use evernote, so that is why I am asking.

Some apps just don't work with certain roms. Letting us know your experience is valuable information, and myself and I am sure others appreciate the information you posted.

We are all trying to help one another, so let's work together instead of against one another.

(Stepping of soap box)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
EXACTLY! People....I need your HELP. I am pretty much the last fully active dev on the Photon (Joker updates CM10, but he's not on here like I am anymore). I do 16 builds across 3 devices. I CAN NOT test EVERY function...I just can't I am ONE person working 30+ hours a week on 16 builds SOLO.

I need LOGCATS when there is an issue. Some issues will be lib related, and I can't fix, but a TON of them, I CAN fix them with a proper logcat. HELP ME HELP YOU.

I'm not asking people to fix stuff FOR me...but at least help me by logging the error in an appropriate way and posting it to me. I have posted a How-Tos thread that has a How to for logcatting in the second half of the OP in case you don't know how to logcat.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
Just in case anyone wants to use Evernote and Swype. They do work.

Swyped from my MB855 using xda premium
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
THANK YOU! So, I guess my build is the worst ever because Bluetooth doesn't work? LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
[Voluntarily deleted]

You're right, I should have pulled a logcat before restoring the backup. Jleeblanch pointed that out, and I agreed.

Onto the numbered points...

1. It's not that I don't like Joker's v3 recovery. I simply prefer TWRP. If your ROMs, moving forward, require me to use Joker's v3, that is what I will use. I had to go back to TWRP, however, to restore the Nandroid I made with it, though. I just assumed the ROM failing to flash with the TWRP recovery was worth mentioning.

2. I don't know either. When I flashed Paranoid 2.00 and a few CNA versions before it, it was fine.

5-6. I don't think the app is the problem. They work just fine in 2.00. If one app, for some reason, can't connect to the net, who knows how many others can't? And Swype, again, not an app issue, but the touch screen. I know we don't have libs from Motorola, but that hasn't made the touch screen jumpy, just the screen.

7. Totally understandable.

MOD EDIT: Removed useless items.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Actually Dark, the worst ROM is Live ROM Conversion. It doesn't support ALL Android Moto's and in the case of phones like the Charm you're hosed if it fails because there's no firmware to flash back to. Now that's the worst ROM ever.

I'm sure not going to miss this type of *&^%.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
He states that it doesn't work because it has non clean Swype due to touch screen. Funny he says that.

I have Parkinson's and fine Swype works pretty well for me on the beta then from a market.

And shakes are just part of my life now, and Swype makes it so much easier as I don't have to go slow. Fine detail is difficult.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Okay, here's what I'm gonna do... since this is getting us nowhere. First, I'm gonna charge my phone. I'm at about 40% now. Then I'm gonna flash Joker's v3 -- you said flashing your ROM right after might have led to problems. What should I do then? Flash Joker's v3, boot to the phone, and use it for a bit? Then flash the ROM? I want to do this right. Then I'm gonna flash the ROM and Options (and Aroma Prep first?). I'll provide detailed feedback on what's happening. Then, rather than restoring with Titanium, I'll just restore the apps, not the data. My connection sucks, and what you said about the apps and Titanium indicates a problem with the data being restored wrong, not the app. Right? I'll pull a logcat after each issue I run into, and we'll go from there.

Should take about an hour, I guess, for it to finish charging. Maybe a little less. But if you (or anyone) can clear up my questions there, we can eliminate user error and the feedback I provide will be more accurate.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'm working on BT right now. It's been totally changed around on this build, and it's being a real pain. I've got it turning on. It will turn off, but then requires a reboot to turn back on after that. It's progress, but it's slow....

EDIT: Scratch that...I have it working. FIX

I want you to know....I am not upset with feedback...in fact I NEED it, but give me a chance to fix something if we can really see that it's broken before using words like worst to describe my work. Fact of the matter is that I don't always catch every bug before I release.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
In my experience with any cm rom above v7 I stopped restoring certain apps with TB, I redownload them then restore data only. I never restore any system app or system app data. If I do restore a app and it has problems I will uninstall it, download fresh and then restore its data with TB. I use third party apps for sms and call logs. I never have app issues this way. If I have system app FC's then I wipe dalvic/cache, fix permissions then if things are still buggy I go on to the next rom.

Flash recovery

reboot recovery

flash aroma prep

flash rom

boot into rom

reboot into recovery

flash options

reboot

set up to my liking

Just my way....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Same here :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
BT is working for me though I don't use it much cause I can't stand things in my ear and I look like a dork running around talking to myself...lol

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
74%...

I'll follow Bear's order then since you endorse it...

As for Bluetooth it's kind of a necessity for me. Where I live, it's kind of in the middle of nowhere. My place is old and has lead paint, which I understand limits cellular signal. My phone can only get signal in/near a window. So I prop the phone in the windowsill, connect to Bluetooth, and sit where I please. My wife refuses to use one for the reasons you (Bear) mention. She just puts up with it, and complains when she loses signal. I tell her to just get a Bluetooth and I (literally) catch an earful. So actually when you (Bill) asked if it would be too much trouble for me to pick my phone up... yes, yes it would. Because that would mean standing in that one sweet spot, or going outside. You're from FL according to your profile, so I can't actually complain to you about weather, but for the benefits of others (like Bear in AZ), it rains year-round in the South. Going outside to get signal on a cell phone is a bad idea.

77%... I'm just gonna put on another episode of Stargate, I'll get back with ya when I've got something to get back to ya with...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I would say to do this:

If you're on V3, flash aroma-prep.

Reboot recovery

Flash Rom

Reboot to phone

Reboot back to recovery

Flash Options

Reboot to Phone

You should be done...

Of course, I would say to flash the BT fix I posted last page after that... :)

Anything else issue wise will need a logcat to be sent. I'm flashing my MIUIAndroid 2.9.21 to test my port.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
Question for Th3Bill, what is the reason for the two versions of the photon setttings apk?

PA has a version that disables the sound through phone speaker in the desktop cradle but works great for hdmi both with the cradle and direct hdmi cable and AOKP has a version that allows the sound through both.

just curious...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'm a bit confused...not sure what you mean...screenshots?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
I don't have a screenie of aokp at the moment but this is PA

AOKP just has the hdmi check box I believe.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Moscow Desire:
Looks like you guys got things worked out.

I'll just clean the thread a little ;)

MD
[Motorola Photon 4G] tsjoe2:
Sorry really bad spelling I give up for the night but dark reality recall try not to Champlain it ain't nice try listing for a little bit k thanks sorry bout the other post

Sent from my MB855 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon 4G] Moscow Desire:
Thread cleaned. If I missed something, let me know. Glad you all got it sorted out.

Sometimes, things don't work out the first time around, especially with Roms. From experience I can say that user feedback, good or bad, is appreciated. It's the only way to get things fixed.

Just keep it "constructive" ;) Sometimes comments get taken out of context.

I actually saw a Rom titled "The Worst Rom Ever Ver 1". And that's what showed up in the build.prop :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Peace On!

MD