yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Thanks, this is exactly what I need.

The first mmcblk0p19 was dumped by mistake probably, because it´s mmcblk0p1.

This is how it looks with versions.

mmcblk0p1 version is 2 - bootloader + microboot

mmcblk0p10 version is 2 - recovery.img

mmcblk0p11 version is 2 - boot.img

mmcblk0p12: signature not found! - system

mmcblk0p13: signature not found! - webtop

mmcblk0p14 version is 2 - cdrom

mmcblk0p17: signature not found! - preinstall

mmcblk0p19: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p2 version is 2 - cdt.bin

mmcblk0p4: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p5: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p6: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p7: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p8: signature not found! - ?

mmcblk0p9: signature not found! - ?

I will try to find, what other partitions are later, but important are those signed.

Someone with bricked phone after ota should try to flash recovery, boot and cdrom through fastboot one by one, it could help.

Except bootloader with microboot, it cannot be flashed with fastboot, they are using oem commands update_bootloader and update_microboot, but those look like security protected. Didn´t tried fastboot flashing of cdt.bin yet.

But there may be some checksum verification still, so it is possible, that flashing electrify sbf will be needed first and after that, flashing these with fastboot.

But it´s all untested.

This is Electrify sbf.

CG2.smg: signature not found!

CG3.smg version is 2

CG39.smg version is 2

CG42.smg version is 2

CG47.smg version is 2

CG56.smg: signature not found!

CG58.smg version is 2

CG59.smg version is 2

CG60.smg: signature not found!

CG61.smg: signature not found!

CG62.smg version is 2

CG65.smg: signature not found!

RDL1.smg version is 0

RDL3.smg version is 2

If someone is going to test things, please write some findings (better in separate thread).
[Motorola Photon 4G] prab2112:
I too got the update notification ... should i download the update as i am using the photon in india on another gsm network. I still be able to use the phone after installing the update right on diff network than sprint?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
Question is are the Update_bootloader and update_microboot OEM commands acessable through fastboot?

Ive been off for a few days so havent had time to play with thing I'll be back on the case tonight.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yes they are, I even tried to reprogram odm fuse through fastboot :-) But it's all meaningless, because these comnands are not accepted, because of security checks. Only commands accepted are bp-tools-on (off), flash_bp, prod_fuse (but does nothing), etc., but it's all useless. Even our unlocked bootloader has strict limits.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MRLARGE:
Rooted PHOTON!

My MO-PHO is Rooted.

Has anyone updated their rooted MO-PHO and re-root again after the update. Id hate to update and not be able to re-root my MO-PHO.

I like having the ability to completely control how my MO-PHO functions and have to give that up.

Cheers and thanx guys!......(I WANT MY ICS):cyclops:
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
Did you ever try after flashing the RDL3 from the derpunlock.sbf seems to allow more leadway
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yes I tried. Actually rdl3 is still the same bootloader in a little different format.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
I have a couple ideas im going to test tonight. Ill let you know.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Shad0wguy:
Yes, photon torpedo still works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] matriX1218:
Yes.. It'll work but your bootloader will be locked... so no more custom roms also there is no sbf if you brick your phone... so be carefull ...

sent from Motorola Photon 4G
[Motorola Photon 4G] bluedonut:
After reading through the entire thread, it's obvious to me that I really have no clue what's going on under the covers. So thank goodness there are people a lot smarter than me working on this.

So I have a rooted Photon with stock ROM. I have NOT accepted the 45.4.13 update yet as I was afraid of the affect it would have on my phone. From what I understand, 45.4.13 will unroot me, but the torpedo method to reroot still works. Since I don't have a custom ROM, from what I've read, I should be OK.

I believe this is my first OTA while being rooted, so I'm gun shy to jump right. I sure would appreciate it if someone couple please reaffirm my understanding of the result of updating to 45.4.13 with my current environment.

Thanks in advance!
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
My opinion is do not do the update right now .. It will lock your bootloader.. yes you can root your phone again but thats basically it.. You wont be able the flash any unlocked custom roms..

I actually did the update and the only thing it did for me was give me 1080p video recording and maybe my phine connects to the network a little better but thats all i notice.. Im sure the devs are hard at work and will come up with something soon..
[Motorola Photon 4G] bluedonut:
Thanks for your note. Since I'm using the stock ROM, i might be OK. But then again, I don't want to risk not having a functional phone. I don't know what locking my bootloader means, but if boils down to being able to flash different ROMs, again, I'm not too worried since I'm using stock.

Long and short of it is that I'm not going to do anything until people much smarter than I can get to the bottom of the update. As for now, I'll keep deferring the update and hope that it doesn't automatically accept/download/apply the update.

Thanks again!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
To be honest the update bring negligible upgrades to the phone. In my opinion the update is just motorolas attempt to further lock down the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Looks like that. Even those last sbf leaks look like something, that could be flashed only with some dongle, signed by that dongle.

You can probably still have that update, without ota, there should be no problem flashing the system dump with fastboot on locked.
[Motorola Photon 4G] partycove:
i just downloaded the update but every time it says failed to verification signature then goes into recovery i reboot but it just turns the phone back off and try again but same thing keeps happens, HELP PLEASE
[Motorola Photon 4G] Toney Starks:
So what happens if you keep postponing the reminder every 4 hrs, will it eventually download it on its own
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
Maybe the devs have already thought of this but on my asus tf101 when they put out an upgrade that basically locked it there was an nv flash method that downgraded it so you were able to flash an earlier stock rom and be able to root and flashcustom roms again... Same thing happened with the evo 3d. Theyfound a way to downgrade the bootloader because the only other option you had for unlocking the bootloader was through htc but your phone was listed as unlocked and voided your warranty .
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Yes, I know about nvflash, but motorola is motorola (as it was mentioned here somewhere). And without secure boot key (in this format - 00000000000000000000000000000000:-) ), that we will never have, nvflash is locked for us. I didn't even bother to make a factory cable.
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
I figured you guys probably had already thought of going that route ..
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
I tried searching and cant find the answer but does factory reset on 2.3.5 unroot 2.3.5
[Motorola Photon 4G] Rabbiddog:
Unfortunately, My phone was rooted only, but after the update my phone is now stuck in a boot loop. Actually the update went fine and I was using my phone fine, however when I power cycled it, that's when it got stuck in a boot loop. I did nothing to it after the update. So I'm guessing something with the update and my phone being rooted at the time is the cause of my phone being essentially bricked. And from what I'm reading, the update locked the bootloader down so it can't be unlocked right now which means I can't go in and unlock the bootloader (I can get into CW bootloader menu) and reflash the stock ROM, and thus am screwed. If anyone has any suggestions or any information that would help it would be greatly appreciated.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Factory reset does not unroot.

If it's only boot loop, factory reset in recovery should be fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Rabbiddog:
That's what I was thinking. The bootloader was never unlocked before. How do I factory reset in recovery, not seeing any option for that in the lists.

EDIT: I should note that I do have the Android Recovery option, however, when I go into that I just get a screen with an exclamation point inside a triangle with the Android bot standing next to it. Nothing else comes up.

EDIT2: NVM, I figured out how to get the recovery options to come up from that screen. Attempting a factory reset now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
No its not bootlooping .. Its actually fine.. Was just wondering if its at all possible to unroot 2.3.5.... Im starting to regret doing the update The only good thing about the update was actually being able to finally help out for once by doing the system dump even though it was by no means a major contribution on my part.. you and all the other devs are the ones who make the forums what they are... Im just getting rom flashing withdrawals thats all...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Rabbiddog:
I'm back in. Now to reinstall my apps :b Thanks for the help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
The second answer was for Rabiddog. :-)

Yes, I thank you for that dump, definitely helpful for understanding the ota update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Darklegion47:
Hi, I just wanted to verify really quick;

My Photon 4G has never been rooted, so if I root my phone via the torpedo method after installing update 45.4.13, will that affect the process or my bootloader?

I'm guessing my bootloader has been locked because I installed the update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
No the torpedo will not effect your bootloader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MeanJellyBean:
Did anyone lose root after the update? I was rooted and now it seems to be unrooted. Superuser is denying everything that comes at it. Whats the best method for root with this phone? I used OCR. Its definetly not the old evo, or anything I would recomend to someone who wants a awesome phone. Might recommend to an CRAPPLE owner to get them over from the darkside though! :laugh:
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
Use the photon torpedo method.. Its worked for me and alot of other people.. Its in the dev section at the top..
[Motorola Photon 4G] MeanJellyBean:
Tried today, keeps giving me this

In the terminal emulator.... Tried several different times, and definitely not dumb when it comes to this stuff, but this just lost me! Can't figure the problem....
[Motorola Photon 4G] swuln:
i myself used adb shell on my pc... I had to use my pc to push the photon-torpedo.tar file to my phone first so I just used the pc for the whole process.. I found all the info in the photon torpedo post in the dev section.. you have to skim through the pages but everthing is in there.. I also had to download and install busybox from the market before the process worked ...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Shad0wguy:
The path is /data/tmp. You need the first / for it to work. The second command needs a space after photon-torpedo.tar
[Motorola Photon 4G] knjng:
anyone can provide me the sbf file for this update? cause i have tried via ota but it wont update to this version. now im still using 45.3.7 version
[Motorola Photon 4G] MeanJellyBean:
Unless your ready to be locked down, I wouldnt flash it. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] knjng:
locked down? do u mean unrooted again? no problem for me. actually i have ussd issue where i cant check my balance etc. hope new update solve my problem
[Motorola Photon 4G] MeanJellyBean:
No, locked bootloader. If your trying to get the 2.3.5 update that is. But yes I did lose root with it as well.
[Motorola Photon 4G] knjng:
i think its ok. cause right now my phone is still locked. i just root my phone.

btw is there someone have try this update n got ussd fix? n pls someone upload sbf file here. i want to try, hope it fix my ussd issue
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
This update won't help you with ussd. I doubt any future update will have it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] knjng:
maybe you were right. but i will try anything to get fix. cause i like this phone.

once again, anyone have the sbf file?
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Sadly, there is no sbf file for last two ota updates.

And 254_12 ota with its radio was tested for ussd already, with negative results.
[Motorola Photon 4G] knjng:
iented

how about dump the sbf file from user who has update their photon? cause i have tried to update via ota, it always said i have the newest one, actually i use 45.3.7 .

i installed cheesecake to help me update OTA, but i have try all server via cheesecake, but always said i have use the newest. make me confuse :silly:
[Motorola Photon 4G] transistor62:
I don't know why you would still want the update since it will not fix the ussd issue and it will also permlock your boot loader with very little enhancements to the motorola photon 4G. Here is a thread link to download the 2.3.5 update if you are insistant on permanently locking your boot loader. When the bootloader is permlocked, you will not be able to flash any custom ROMS to your photon 4G any longer unless someone figures something out in the future. Personally I would NOT apply the update. Here is the link anyway.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29216728#post29216728
[Motorola Photon 4G] johnson9203:
I'm starting to have problems with my photon 4g, it's starting to reboot on it's own ,I'm rooted, but I noticed I started having these issues when the new update came out,,,,any ideas,,,,,
[Motorola Photon 4G] transistor62:
Yep... I had a bad feeling that the update might screw up my photon 4G phone when it started notifying me about the update. The very few so called enhancements they said would be made was not worth the major problems it would cause. That is why I did not accept the update. Newer is NOT always better, if it isn't broke don't fix it.. I learned that a long time ago.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] dangillmor:
Location of update file on phone? Remove nag?

I accidentally downloaded the update and would like to remove it. (I haven't allowed the installer to proceed.) I'd also like to kill the nag that pops up every few hours.

Does anyone know the location of the file on the phone? (I can't seem to find it) or how to disable the nag?

Thanks...
[Motorola Photon 4G] findthedr:
disable update notification

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1777184
[Motorola Photon 4G] transistor62:
You might also try to root your phone and move the files from the /cache directory to the sd card or delete them. After that is done, then when the notification shows up again just cancel it again and will not bother you anymore (that is what I did & it has not bothered me anylonger). My photon 4G is still stock. The file names are listed below.

Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.crc

Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.zip
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
Can anyone upload this 254_13 rom with boot.img? Untouched, only rooted, will be the best. Make flashable zip easily with ROM factory app (app is on Play Store, root needed) and upload. Because anyone could theoretically flash that rom with bootstrap, to return to latest sprint stock version. Webtop must be probably flashed somehow else.

And if someone has this 254_13 update zip pulled from cache, it would be nice too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rantoca:
how to root with that update

i try every single process for rooting the phone and every single they fail please some help me i will be happy thant and goodnight
[Motorola Photon 4G] matriX1218:
Please upload these files...

I'm working on stock firmware 2.3.5...

I need these files too...

Sent from Motorola Photon 4G via Reliance
[Motorola Photon 4G] transistor62:
Here are the links to the update files you want. Please read the file descriptions. Remember, this update will permlock your boot loader.

2.3.5 update checksum file

http://planetwon2.net/files/motorol...lur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.crc.zip

planetwon2.net/files/motorola-photon-files/Motorola-photon-update-PHOTON-4G_MR5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_12.Sprint.en.US/Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.crc.zip

Rename this file by just removing the .zip extention on the end after downloading so it only shows the .crc as this file is not zipped. Had to add the .zip extention on the end so the server would let it be downloaded.

2.3.5 update file that will permlock your bootloader

http://planetwon2.net/files/motorol...US/Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.zip

planetwon2.net/files/motorola-photon-files/Motorola-photon-update-PHOTON-4G_MR5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_12.Sprint.en.US/Blur_Version.45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US.zip
[Motorola Photon 4G] bitbang3r:
I just dusted off my old Photon (unfortunately running 2.3.5, which is 99% of the reason why it prematurely ended up tossed in a drawer) intending to use it as an IP webcam. The problem is, it's aggressively throwing up the update notice every hour, and I'm afraid it's going to burn into the screen (or I'm going to eventually click "Download" by mistake) if I don't actively do something about it.

Does 45.4.13.en.US actually make matters any worse than 2.3.5 OTA (45.4.12.MB855.Sprint.en.US) already did, or take away anything that 2.3.5 didn't already take away from us? Put another way, is it a harmless bugfix for the trainwreck of 2.3.5, or is it Motorola's parting shot attempting to screw us even harder one last time, just in case we didn't already hate them badly enough already?

Is there any straightforward way to robustly silence those update notifications so they'll quit appearing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonetech101:
Hi I'm using ice cold sandwich as base and miui v4 from Incs miui port.

Im stuck at boot animation, here is my logcat if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated :-)

http://db.tt/axD0pEKl
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Indigo:
It's something named ActivityManager... appeared two times at the logcat with the same problem.

Is this "ActivityManager" an app or an component: If is an app try to delete it. Or if is a component, fix it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonetech101:
Its not an app already looked, what do u mean by component?
[Desire General] pcabralc:
Hi,

sorry for the off-topic but, [ROM] ICS 4.0.4 BCM RC4.1U2 GSM/CDMA <2012-07-03> -> GREAT ROM

Newbie here but just wanted to thanks dk_zero-cool for this great ROM, and being a newbie I can’t post under his development thread so... thank you dk_zero-cool!

2 Minor Issues (maybe some stupid stuff)

1 - Wireless problem:

I couldn’t connect to my home's wifi... every time I wanted to connect I had to reboot the phone in recovery, wipe dalvik cache and then it could connect. After a couple of hours (wifi switched off) I couldn’t connect again when I turned wifi on.

I went to my router config, fixed the channels from Auto to 11, and that did the trick! Now it connects every time and it works perfectly.

2 - Slow ICS with mount2sd enabled and a Class4 SD Card:

First time I installed the ROM it was so so slow... Then I realized I installed it with mount2sd script enabled, and my SD is a Class4 SD Card. Installed the same ROM again, without mount2SD, and it ran perfectly. Installed Link2SD afterwards, moved all the Apps I could to the EXT3 partition, and now I have 75MB free on my internal storage and the phone works great and fast.

Thanks and sorry for the off topic!

Cheers
[Desire General] xrad:
Thanks dk_zero-cool!

Great idea, having the same problem. Thanks, dk_zero-cool, fantastic work. Unfortunately I still see rare reboots I had with CM7.2. /proc/last_kmsg doesn't contain any clues though. On CM7 there was typically the dreades "ARM9 has crashed" message indicating a radio crash. Here I saw nothing, just some random battery loading stats.
[Desire General] number4please:
same here:)

I am eager to try out SpazeDog but download is really slow I wonder why we don't use Torrent to get the load off the servers?

THANKS dk_zero-cool
[Desire General] millerman61:
Wasn't slow for me at all. Took about 5 minutes. Maybe you could choose a mirror closer to you?
[Desire General] Mika83AC:
It's really a nice rom, using it too!

Downloaded the latetes SpazeDog and download was fast. No real need for a torrent. Whats you internet connection speed? Never had problems with the mirror speeds ...
[Desire General] number4please:
prague was the nearest mirror but it was still slow, but my connection speed isn't great anyway, downloadspeed fluctuated very much, but after all it finished:)

and JB spazedog is awesome! Had a little trouble installing it with changing hboot etc and fixing wifi and all that but now it is just plain great and I am very excited that I still can use my beloved desire, but not just that, but also that my old desire is even more up to date than a lot of newer phones out there.

I really have to donate somewhere!

very cool.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J I M:
Hello..

I Was just thinking does any1 know in what .apk is Dock In ICS? Couldnt find it my self :/
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasimk32:
Dock is always in the 'Launcher',Its not something related to OS.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J I M:
Well i know its in launcher but dont know file name :/ have been trying to find it but i cant just see it.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasimk32:
Why you want it ?

In case you want to change it,you can do it with launcherpro or ADW launcher.

Many docs are available online for download.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaarak54:
I've been able to root my VZW SGT with Odin because Kies was not working. Now that it's has SU and CWM it is awesome. But now for some reason It won't back up anything. Here is a short list of what's going on:

Not Backing Up

3G keeps cutting off

Freezes when trying to flash a rom(any rom)

I don't know what to do. The SU works fine but CWM I'm using is v5.0.0.8 but it says CR is 5.0.2.7 and what phone model should I put I have the option of Epic 4G or SG S i9000.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaarak54:
Nobody has any info on this?? Should I unroot it and but the stock vzw setup then re-root?
[HTC Incredible S] phonetech101:
Hi I'm using ice cold sandwich as base and miui v4 from Incs miui port.

Im stuck at boot animation, here is my logcat if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated :-)

http://db.tt/axD0pEKl
[HTC Incredible S] WILLI120:
No need bro, we will get official MIUI 4 from the MIUI-team soon!;)
[HTC Incredible S] phonetech101:
Really???? Its my fav rom awesome.
[HTC Incredible S] WILLI120:
Yeah! There was a voting on facebook about which device will get it next and we won:) Check it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748616
[HTC Incredible S] phonetech101:
Freaking sweet as yeww.
[HTC Incredible S] phonetech101:
Any idea as too when they will start on it?
[HTC Incredible S] WILLI120:
No, but I guess we don't have to wait that long;) Maybe 2 weeks... But I don't know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjunki:
Is there any app that can turn off cores manually on the S3? 2nd core doesn't work and Cpu sleep seems very useless because I can't turn off cores while actually using my phone. An app like 2nd core for a quad core cpu would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
pegasusq (the scheduler) doesn't turn cores on and off based on whether the phone's screen is on, but based on the CPU usage.

So it actually does everything you need by itself; if it's sitting idle it will turn off cores, whenever you need the horsepower it turns them back on.

Siyahkernel with Extweaks allows you to force it down to 2 or 3 cores, however I wouldn't do it. Rather play with ExTweaks to have it turn the other cores on when the load is higher.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krico:
If you don't want to use the extra cores, why didn't you just buy a galaxy s2 instead? :confused: