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[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Faced Problem

I have installed your OS CM10 in my photon(currently in 2.3.5)... Thanks to you and Joker.......

But 'm facing problem after installing is IMEI, MAC,Serial number, network type are all showing "UNKNOWN"....

Helpless at this stage i've tried flashing (254_12) libmoto_ril.so... That also didn't work's ..Could you please help me for this Issue...

Now i reverted back to 2.3.5.... Help me to upgrade with main things WORKING>.....

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[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
I'm a gsm user

Do I need to flash any more file's other than this file....

libmoto_ril.so

For getting working cm10 in my mobile....

Please solve my "unknown"related problem....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
you need to use the GSM libmoto_ril as well as change the value on this line

ro.telephony.default.network=4

Change the 4 to a 0,

Then go to dialer *#*#4636#*#*

Go to Phone Information

Make sure that it says GSM auto (prl)
[Motorola Photon 4G] thegameksk:
Thank you. Now I need to figure out if I can live without the camcorder lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
reply

Hi can you please tell the steps to do this below chages,...

ro.telephony.default.network=4

And it will solve the IMEI "UNKNOWN" problem also ?....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
IMEI....Not sure on that one

To change that value. Download Root Explorer (it's $3.99, but it's the best file manager out there point blank....period)

Open it

Give it root access permission

navigate to system folder

in the upper right hand corner, make sure that it says Mount R/W. If it sayw Mount R/O, tap it, and it will change

find build.prop

Long press on it and then choose "Open in Text Editor"

Find that line in the file and edit it

Press menu and select "Save and Exit"

Reboot Phone :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Use video cam illusion, works really good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] thegameksk:
What exactly is video cam illusion?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
http://goo.gl/QEMrY
[Motorola Photon 4G] VideoSavant:
Sorry for complaining out of turn, but it's the lack of driver support that has me most aggravated with Motorola. I do truly appreciate the work of the developers here, but also recognize there is only so much that is possible without the proper hardware support from the manufacturer. I love Jelly Bean on my Photon, but it runs only about 70% as well as JB runs on my Nexus 7 tablet. In addition to not being able to use Google Chrome with the current ROM on my Photon, I am also regularly wrestling serious issues with Bluetooth shutting down due to interactions with Telenav -- if I'm listening to MP3s, streaming radio or podcasts, the BT connection for that audio is repeatedly terminated by Telenav turn-by-turn instructions. Of course, TeleNav was always flaky on my Photon with stock Gingerbread, as switching away from it to another app and then back to Telenav often resulted in either a white screen or a forced close and Telenav restart. In fact, something similar has been happening with both CM9 and CM10, with Telenav routinely rebooting without first showing the all--white screen. Maybe the problem is that the hardware never was properly tuned to OS to begin with, going back to the "sanctioned" stock GB configurations.

Anyway, I wanted to apologize for piping up with an off-topic rant. No doubt I can live with another year of JB under less than ideal circumstances, in large part because I know there's a general and serious effort by joker and others to make CM10 as good as it can be under the unavoidable circumstances. But I won't be happy about it and that unhappiness is directly entirely at the hardware manufacturer.

Again, I want to say thanks for the great efforts and support of the developers here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mxmarcus:
@Th3bill

Thank you for all the work you are doing to help, we really appreciate it.

Are you planning to have a build for CM9 version?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Keep on restarting

After installing CM10 in my photon it's keep on restaring again and again .. It never stops restarting

can anyone help me abt this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
Wipe and flash twice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Try

Thank you i'll try now.......
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
has anyone without data tried the usual erase the # from the buildprop in ro.telephony.default_network=7? i havent flashed or looked at this at all but it seems like the same symptoms we all should be aware of from cm9.... just my 2cents hope it helps

as far as root goes.... like said i havent looked but just my guess maybe go intot he rom zip and change the su in xbin to an older su from cm9?

if you do try this or is even needed do it prior to flashing then report back so others will know thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lancerz:
That would be worth a shot but I'm not sure if you need root access to do that, but SU doesn't seem to work yet.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
do it on your pc before flashing if using windows use notepad++ extract the prop make the change put it back in then flash... and if swapping the su in xbin same thing do it prior to flashing delete the old drag over the new, i would however suggest to atleast copy the old su somewhere just in case instead of just removing it

also something i just thought of as well is to check the updater script for any typos in the su portions sometimes mistakes are made and even a single marker out of place can throw it off......also can try to update th binary in the su app just a few ideas...gl guys
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
I got rid of the # symbol still no network data.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
i can confirm data working on cdma. i did a full wipe coming from aokp milestone 6. flashed cm10 rebooted and all is good. also using twrp recovery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
Working on that as we speak. I was actually trying to find a post with that line in it as ive never has data problems with cm9. thanks for the info tho.

as far as root is concerned, I tried the good ol ocr and torpedo methods and neither worked. ( didnt expect them to) Im going to try the swaps now but need a bit more charge before i flash

edit:

rezipping then flashing.

fingers crossed
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lancerz:
Reboot your phone and see if you still have data. I'm on AOKP Milestone 6 also.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
don't unzip it, open it make changes never unzip it
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
thanks.

doing so now.

and now flashing
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
go into the dialer and use *#*#4636#*#* then phone info and make sure you have it set properly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Make sure you are not on wifi please. When I am on wifi my data bars also are blue but when not on wifi they are gray with no 3g signal at all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
That worked for su

I took the su from cm-9-20120628-UNOFFICIAL-sunfire i had laying around and copied it in.

first thing on boot was rom toolbox has been granted superuser permission.

Tested root browser to edit my build

saved and rebooted

all is well.

as far as data, no dice so far.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tommyb_:
been on it since last night. i have no wifi at home so i know its working. 3g symbol there and bars are blue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hellot1M:
Would the msl method help in any way? I think its called an msl code.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Anyone notice the su file size difference between CM9 and CM10? Also there is a file in xbin named ssh in CM9 but not in CM10. CM10 also has two build.prop files and CM9 has one.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
That's a backup file I forgot to delete
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
is mms working for you too?

just curious
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
sweet, the build prop change needs to be done like this...imo.... be on a rom with working data first and foremost, make the change in the zip then flash it.... if still nothing try to go into mobile network settings make sure your on the right selection, then use the 4636 menu change it to right setting if not right, then reboot
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
The backup one shouldn't have any affect on the OS right? I'm just asking because I noticed the standard one has ro.telephony.default_network=7 (not commented out) but the backup one is set to ro.telephony.default_network=4.

Also just noticed you had a new v4 recovery up, is this CWM 6?
[Motorola Photon 4G] thatguy07:
wtf is a swing settings ? lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jleeblanch:
Sounds like to me, you some how formatted the /pds folder/partition. I had this issue while on stock once and was able to get it fixed but its kind of a pain. Not sure how you go about it on a custom ROM.

Anyway, if you're back on stock, using a Root file explorer, browse to the /pds folder... is there anything in there?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Same problem remains

Hi I wiped all and flashed twice also ... but again having same issue ..keep on restarting?..

any other way to solve?
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
are you using the right recovery? the clockworkmod one doesn't work and could possibly cause this issue. use jokers or something. then wipe data, cache and system. then flash the rom then gapps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
Ok. This time try with the TWRP recovery again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Link

Can you please help me with a latest twrp download Link .... because every link saying 403 Forbidden access restricted .......?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29302711

Or downland goo manager from the market and install that way
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jleeblanch:
Updated from CM10_9-26 to CM10_9-29 with only wiping /cache and /dalvik cache. Everything went smooth.

Only thing I noticed is that the traditional Superuser.apk was installed.

If you're like me and would prefer SuperSU as your Superuser app of choice, than just flash my root fix v2 zip.

-----------------------------

Instructions

* Download Root Fix zip v2 here

* Reboot to Recovery

* Flash SuperSU-root_fix-v2.zip

* After successful flash, Reboot System Now

* Once rebooted, go to SuperSU app and it should ask you to "update su binary", choose OK and then you're good to go :)

------------------------------

Hopefully that's easy enough for people. I'm looking into why its necessary to update the su binary afterwards but its an easy way to switch over to SuperSU!

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Check this post here. I had made a flash able zip for the latest TWRP. Just read instructions in post
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Nandroid back to a GB ROM... takes 5 minutes to back up your JB ROM then restore the GB one. You can even keep a super lightweight GB Nandroid for just this purpose. The most bare-bones one you can find that does video (all of them?). Then simply reboot to recovery and restore your JB ROM. Or get a ~$100 Nikon CoolPix with better MP (at least in stills, mine does 16MP but only 720p video) and a good SD card and leave the camera/camcorder stuff to the dedicated gadget.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tehxeno:
I've been having a little trouble with my custom ringtones and text-tones since I upgraded to CM10 from CM9.

I think it has to do with the SD card ejecting/mounting every time the phone turns on/off (Upon ejecting, it must forget what tones are assigned).

I know I read something about an option to switch SD/internal storage, but I'm not sure which option that is? (I thought it was the one to store apps and such on the SD card?).

I've also tried moving my tones to the internal storage, but when I do that, the tones don't seem to be recognized as system tones or music tones (through gosms).

Any advice?

edit: Got around the problem by using a root explorer to copy my tones into the system/media/audio folders.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
Ok I have to ask this. How in the world do you access your alarms without having the clock widget?
[Motorola Photon 4G] anoob4eva:
Clock app?

Sent from my MoPho powered by Jokersax Jelly Beans
[Motorola Photon 4G] FC809:
Lol my bad, it was confusing cause I was so used to GB.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tonybucci:
Or you could flip out the kickstand to access alarms.

Sent with lasers from my MoPho.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbb2388:
I am having same problem not being able to find the option in advance settings menu to swap internal and external storage as mine is also backwards.

Also, thanks to Th3Bill for the work on the latest CM10 version! And joker of course...wherever he may be :cool:
[Motorola Photon 4G] killersiafu:
System Settings -> Advanced
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
Th3Bill,

I'm on GSM (Straight Talk) and I was having some issues. The other day I checked the build.prop and 'ro.telephony.default_network=0' instead of 4. I changed it and it helped the strangeness I was having. While I was in there I also noticed that a lot of the entries in the build.prop file mention CNA. I thought something from when I had CNA installed might have been left over (even though I did a full wipe), so just a few minutes ago I did a nandroid, then:

Wiped

Wiped again (no skidmarks for me ;))

Installed 9/29 release

Installed GSM fix

Installed joker gapps v3

Once it rebooted and before I installed anything, I went to the terminal emulator and did 'more /system/build.prop' and the default network is still 0 and the CNA entries are still showing up. I know I flashed the GSM fix properly, because I'm on GSM and the GSM options are present (APNs, etc), no CDMA options.

Am I maybe using the wrong GSM fix or something? (Sorry for being so verbose, but I've done my share of development and I know that the more detailed a user is the better.)

Thanks again for keeping this ROM alive!!

-Niphoet

EDIT: Also, could you give some details as to what the Options Chooser is? Thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbb2388:
Thanks for trying to help. Maybe i'm just stoopit but i've tried that a few times. The only three things in the settings > advanced menu is HDMI Audio, Hardware Acceleration and Use External Storage. Am i missing something completely obvious? Wouldn't be the first time :p
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
Use External Storage
[Motorola Photon 4G] NishantM:
Yup, the gsm fix is the culprit there for cna entries in build.prop as that zip contains build.prop of cna.
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
So where is the bug that is causing ro.telephony.default_network to show up wrong?
[Motorola Photon 4G] NishantM:
That's probably because the build.prop in gsm fix has that value.

You can restore the original build.prop from the ROM zip file using a file manager like root explorer/xplore and reboot, which should probably fix this problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
Wow, never thought of that. Thanks!

EDIT: If you do the step that andr0idfreak suggested, make sure you set the correct permissions on the newly copied build.prop (rwxr-xr-x) or the phone won't get past the Motorola logo.
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
this is quite handy! much needed since jokers site if unavailable. i'm trying to mirror everything i can for my website. this helped out! thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] rickyhfc02:
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I am trying to get a stock photon bootloader unlocked. I have my own photon running cm10 now (thanks a ton joker!!) but I couldn't find the files I used more than 6 months ago to get my own photon unlocked and now I'm trying to do it for a friend. I'm looking for the moto-fastboot flashable /system image that is posted unlock instructions; however, the link is broken. Does anyone have this file? or updated instructions/tips on unlocking?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Help me to solve

HI Thanks to all.........

Just Now i got installed CM10... Everything work's smoothly,...

But Browser are always force closing in a minute,

1.Chrome and Opera both force closing .......

2.Battery life is too low... I'm keep on charging my mobile...

3.In gallery and maps also some "shaking" is there

4. Facelock is not supporting

please help me to solve this.......
[Motorola Photon 4G] badgett:
Go to recovery and fix permissions. See if that helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] VideoSavant:
On Sunday, I did a complete wipe and installed TheBill's Sep 29 update. I was running a version of joker's CM10 that was a couple updates old.

The Sep29 update appears to have fixed a problem I was having with making a USB connection to my desktop PC. It now connects and allows access to both permanent storage and the SD card, but for some reason it only showed about 10% of my MP3s in Windows Media Player (this might be a WMP issue, as all my music folders were visible in Windows Explorer). However, as in the recent past, when I exit from USB storage mode, this build continues to trash several of my widgets (HD Widget clock, TuneInRadio Pro, Doggcatcher and multiple GMail notifier widgets), removing them completely from my home screens. In the case of some of these, they also disappear from the widget drawer (HD Widgets), so a reboot is required to even get access to them again. And maybe it was a coincidence, but on reboot, the phone hung on the Moto splash screen and it was necessary to remove the battery to reboot cleanly.

Also, I'm seeing some jerkiness in screen swipes that wasn't present in the earlier joker build (might have been the mid-May build).
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
mid-May builds were still ICS, which had less transitional issues, but had browser rotation problems.

If you are choosing to put your apps in the sdcard or emmc instead of the internal app space, that will cause this problem, as when the pc mounts the usb storages, it makes them unavailable to the phone (which will cause them to disappear).
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
CM10 Issues

I have Fixed permission also ... still the problem remains in CM10,

1.Chrome , Opera and firefox all three force closing .......

2.Battery life is too low... keep on discharging

3.In gallery and maps also having some "shaking" is there

4. Facelock is not supporting

5.NO Touch screen response while playing games.....

6.and it keep's on heating too :(

pls somebdy help me to solve!....

Note: I used cm-10-20120929-UNOFFICIAL-sunfire by Th3Bill....
[Motorola Photon 4G] VideoSavant:
Thanks for the reply -- and you're correct about my misidentified previous build. I believe the JB version I was running was one of the first that joker labeled as a beta.

I especially appreciate the explanation on the disappearing widgets. On further examination, it looks like I have some apps on my SD card and others on built-in memory. I assume that I can fix this problem by uninstalling the apps/widgets and then re-installing. But what setting do I need to change to ensure that new installs are not going to the SD card?

Thanks again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Yes...I would recommend not installing the apps on the sd card at this time. At least until Joker, EPinter, or I can figure out why they're doing this and fix it
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
I read a solution to the "disappearing widgets when mounting usb to PC" somewhere on XDA, perhaps over in the E4GT forums (my wife's phone) or just by searching the web and coming back to XDA.

If it only seems to be happening to paid apps, its because JB is installing the .apks to a secure location (sorry, I forget where), which is unmounted when you mount via USB. This also seems to apply to some paid apps losing saved data during a reboot. Some apps I use have released a JB fix, like HaxSync.

The solution:

-Make a backup of app using Titanium Backup (TB).

-Then uninstall the app with TB.

-Reboot.

-Restore App and Data from TB.

-Profit.

This worked for me on widgets from two paid apps: ICE and Friendcaster Pro.

I no longer lose them when USB mounting.

EDIT: This applies to apps that are installed to internal memory and are unable to be moved to SD card (internal or external).
[Motorola Photon 4G] Besieged:
It appears that http://www.jokersax.com/ is down. Where can I alternately get the most up to date version of the ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
Curious... since the Motorola update saying they will not be releasing ics/jb for the eleceify or the photon. What does that mean for the future of these cm roms?

sent from my cm7 electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] na7q:
If you had read back a couple pages you would know. Or you could search. Th3Bill posted links. Alternatively everything is posted on my site listed below if you can't find it.

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Generally happens when you have the app moved to the sd card. Make sure they are not.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Go to Th3Bill's goo.im section

http://goo.im/devs/Th3Bill/CM10/Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] runningslow:
Yes, I am aware of that. That's what I thought the problem was, too. However, the apps in question were installed to internal memory, and even when you go into manage apps, they don't have the ability to be moved to SD. The option is greyed out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It means I will continue to work on them....LOL Seriously...I'm not gonna give up on these builds just because Moto decides to make a douche move. I'm going to look into importing some source bits from another Tegra 2 device once I get a chance and see if I can get something to build....FRANKENSTEIN!! LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
Thanks a lot for such a great work man... Now the only hope is that some developer like you will find a solution for the small pending issues with JB or ICS, as all have left hopes from Motorola... Thanks again man to you and joker...
[Motorola Photon 4G] VideoSavant:
Thanks for the suggested fix. I'll try it later today or tomorrow and post how it worked out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] knG333:
1. Chrome has never worked on our phone and I don't use Opera. Firefox and Dolphin work perfectly for me on this build.

2. Battery life has been lower in JB builds, but this build has the best JB battery life I've ever gotten.

3. Go to settings, advanced, hardware settings, turn off hardware excel for Gallery.

5. My touch screen works fine in games. I've been playing Bad Piggies just fine.

6. If you're overclocked to the default 1.3ghz it's going to get hot. Set it down to 1.0ghz for cooler temps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wolficus:
cool :) i had hoped development would continue. i am waiting for full functionality before i move to ics or a jb rom. i do use the camcorder at times.

still crappy motorola crapped on us. seriously the hardware is still decent. what are the chances the electrify 2 will have some of the drivers you guys need to make this work?
[Motorola Photon 4G] VideoSavant:
Yeah, I tried this but it didn't work -- the Gmail Notifier is still showing that it's still installed on the SD card.

Maybe this has been covered previously, but I'm confused when I check Storage under my System Settings. Here's what my Photon reports about storage:

Internal Storage - Total space 2.95 GB; Available: 1.74 GB

SD Card - Total space: 8.91 GB; Available: 5.65 GB

Internal Storage - Total space: 29.83 GB; Available: 4.00 GB

I added a 32GB SD card when I bought the phone, but that's now showing up as part of the Internal Storage.

It appears that there are three storage areas, when there are acfually only two. I suspect that the actual Internal Storage is partitioned, so that a certain part of that memory is always available for operating system updates or additions. Would this mislabeling of the various storage elements be part of my problem, and if so, is there a fix I can implement.

Thanks again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jleeblanch:
Technically, yes, there are 3 storage locations.

The 1st Internal Storage you mentioned is the system storage.

The 2nd is your devices Internal Media Storage

The 3rd is your Removable SDCard.

Depending on where you want apps, pictures and other media to default to, that will show as your "SDCard".

You can easily switch the Internal and External media storage by going to < Settings < Advanced and checking the box under Storage that says "Use external storage"