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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
A Grateful Thank You!

So, I built CM last night, but honey mama wanted some US time and I wasn't able to test it. I was a bit disappointed, but I ended up getting a full night of sleep, which is good for development. Well, my van ran out of gas on the way home form the bus stop. I got a ride home from a fellow parent and just after I walked in the door I got an email from PayPal(tm) notifying me I had received a donation of $100. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!! I'm blown away. So, I really just have to publicly thank @@@@@@@@@. I used some of the money to send Shabbypenguin some gifts I had already purchased and also to send a device to another person for a swap. Thank you, really, thank you. I will most likely use the rest to pay for hosting fees and the extra phone line I have for testing radios. You made Christmas for me and my family and our lives are a bit better today because of your generous gift.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] rustydetroit:
Eagerly anticipating some CM love for my photon, any progress? Also willing to help as much as i can. I'm a dev by trade but never done any android coding.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Not any progress worth reporting except this: I was basing this build of of cm jewel because at the time it was what I could find with similar hardware, but I found this https://github.com/STS-Dev-Team so I am rebasing. There is already a lot of updated code required for cm to run on the photon. I was getting a lot of build errors so I haven't push anything to github yet. Also, I am on vacation with my family for the holidays so I am NOT working on Android, except answering emails and supporting some devices. Happy Holidays to all. And a great new year. I will be back to "work" on this after the new year begins.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
Appreciate the hard work you are doing :) have a blast with your family and happy holidays :) family always comes first :p
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
oO nice find dude.

Maybe I'll take another crack at CM9... I really want some CM love. Be it 9 or 10, I don't really care!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Hi interloper, I hope you are enjoying your holiday season and if celebrating Christmas I hope it was a great experience.

I have a question: How much financial incentive would it take for you to buckle down and bring CM 10 or 10.1 to the Photon Q? I know you have a day job but if we could meet a goal of $50 (or 100, 200, 300 bucks, I dont know, you decide what its worth) I think we could drum up some interest and get some donations flowing. I know instinctively, deep in my soul, after working with this phone for a few days that due to it's inherent nature of frustration and failure that I would not be alone in offering a substantial donation to bring us something we all know and love (Cyanogenmod) which would bring great benefit to the phone and it's community.

This is the premier QWERTY phone on the market and it just seems to shoot itself in the foot at every opportunity. Right now my Epic with CM10.1 runs circles around this thing as far as productivity. I do not regret my purchase because I got the phone for $40 with upgrade (my Christmas present to myself) but now I just feel like putting the thing in a dark corner everyday, kinda feel stupid for buying it. I know I shouldnt, the top shelf hardware is all there, but the moto interface and software is just.... lacking.... severely. Not to mention the weird goofy bugs I have never encountered before with other brands.

I hope and I am sure that you do understand my (our) frustration with the phone as offered and please if I have offended you in any way forgive me because I may not know your customs as far as offering money for services but obviously there is a donation button for a reason. I feel that I could sufficiently organize at least a little donation blip to offer you a pick-me-up at the very least. Put a number out there if you want to put a price on it and maybe we can get some motivation flowing your way?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
I don't want to really make a financial thing out of it. If you want to donate that would be nice, but it won't increase the amount of time I have to commit to the device. The LG Optimus G just got to me also, so I am working on both devices. The good thing is, they are actually pretty similar hardware, both being Qualcomm SoC. I have updated my base to the cm10.1 and am migrating things over, even while on vacation. Thanks for the interest and I really agree with many of your arguments. I too hope we can give this device a simpler OS with the performance we like in a KB driven device. Cheers and happy new year to all!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Well I kicked it off with a little donation; maybe others will follow suit. BTW if you are ever in Odessa/Midland I will buy you beerz. Message me. :cool:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] leviathan3k:
Indeed. I don't expect you to do anything different. I just appreciate the work you've already put into this project.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Thats a great rationale for people to justify not donating. :p There is nothing wrong with the concepts of donation, charity, rewards; much less the concepts of cash incentive or outright profit. Let him know you really care. ;)

I think a lot of people on the fence about this phone ended up buying it over the holidays when the price hit the <$40 range and people are now desperate for something like CM.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] topherrjames:
40 bucks? I got mine for free about a month ago :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Well, thank for the donation, and it seems appropriate that last night I got a successful build of CM10.1 made after a week or so of broken build environment with cm10. That said, I am at Circus Circus, Las Vegas and the internet keeps timing out so the upload keeps failing. Once I have a hard connection I'll upload it for other testing. Cheers and OUT!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] drakeheart77:
U. Tha. S*&t. Lol awesome

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Good news! Gramma has a nice internet connection!!! Good luck!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nwo122383:
before I flash this are there any special things I should do? just want to make sure I follow all the steps. downloading now.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
Downloading now. Will post results soon!

Sent from my Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Steps? Yes there are steps.

1. Sign the release of liability in my profile so you cannot hold me responsible if you do something wrong.

2. Get the file.

3. Reboot into recovery

4. Do the hokey pokey

5. Turn yourself around.

6. Eat a pickle

7. Reboot.

Of course, you can modify these steps to suit your personal preferences. Thank you for trying CM and supporting the local community.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
Flashed without wiping data > hangs at boot logo

Flashed after wiping data > hangs at boot logo

Flashed after wiping data + system > hangs at boot logo

FYI: i'm coming from updated stock with TWRP 2.2.2.2

Any advice?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Wait for a real dev to fix it all? Nah, just check for adb. If adb works, get a logcat. Use pastebin or another service like that.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
I'm turning in for the night. I restored stock for the moment, i'll see if i can get a logcat in the morning. As ever, thanks for all of your hard work supporting our phone!

Sent from my Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Just call me the Bra, braw! I support some sagging boob phones! Samsung Galaxy Reverb, Victory, Photon-Q and others...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nwo122383:
does not boot i have tried the same thing i will see about getting a logcat for this not exactly sure if i will be able to i have to go back to stock at the moment
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
I'll be home in a feed days to flash this myself as well. Thanks for the input folks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
lol.....

logcat's not happening, no adb. on a side note, the system sits at the boot logo for about 5 minutes, then flashes black for a few seconds, then returns to the boot logo. seems rather odd....
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Alright, then I'll mess with the kernel a bit...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] drakeheart77:
Same here....uggghhh apparently a Nandroid does NOT restore internal storage fml I tried a FULL system/data/factory reset/dalvik/cache obliteration and....Negative Ghostrider, pattern is full. Let's keep goin'.

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
No problem about the donation, like I said maybe others will follow suit and get some momentum going? And why yes it does seem appropriate as I have now soft-bricked my Q during the process of trying workarounds for my lost CM functionality... currently posting from my Epic with 10.1 :) Thank you for your continued efforts, interloper.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
I flashed this with CWM and it hangs on the unlcoked bootloader screen.

FWIW I tried to extract the zip in windows and it said the archive was corrupted.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
flashed the 12/31 build today. It's still hanging at the boot logo, it still flashes black, but after 15-20ish seconds instead of the 5 minutes on the previous build. After going black it returns to the boot logo until i force it to reboot with the key combo. Still no adb or logcat.

Coming from modded updated stock, now with TWRP 2.3.1, wiped data(factory reset)/caches/system.

Thanks again! I hope this helps.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Sorry guys. Somehow I messed up the link and did not actually update the link to the target file, just the text we see. So, now it's the real link and the real file for 12/31. All input is useful so thanks for sticking with me. I'm getting kinda embarrassed though now that I'm on 11 pages of non booting files and thread blech. Happy New Year to all and to all a good safe and sane Halloweeneastermaspaddy's Day!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nwo122383:
Still a no go for me it stays at the unlocked boot loader screen and the screen flashes and goes black and back to boot loader again never boots. Just keeps looping

edit: tried again just to make sure I grabbed the newly updated one. flashed and same problem again with bootlooping at the unlocked bootloader animation. this time I made a backup in twrp and made sure it worked. the first time I had cwm and did a backup but when I went to restore it, after flashing this the first time around, had an md5 mismatch or something so restoring the first time was a nightmare.

keep up the good work I'm willing to keep trying these I am off from work today and no plans for the day
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Anyone reading and contributing to this thread please remember to try and post error logs and codes and all that **** to help these guys out, same with the CM9 build. If you dont have error logs and codes at least continue to describe the failures as they occur becuase it does help the process.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
I flashed 12/31 with the exact same results, boot logo>flashes black>back to boot logo.

Sent from my Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Someone tested the CM9 build? lol
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
every lil bit helps doesnt it? ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
I'm back at home and all over it. I'm gonna flash the stock recovery so I can do the update and work on the stock kernel, then back to cm. I also flashed this latest build with same results. Funny how that works. So, anyway, back to the grind and more more more more more investigation.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Good luck
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
Where can the stock recovery be found?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856456

right under your nose. But, the update still failed for me. The device I got had already had the power menu mod flashed, so that may be why. Good luck!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
When i updated mine i had to flash a stock system as well

Sent from my Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] VICODAN:
Thanks. Want to go back to complete stock and try the phone again.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] bigtex06:
I was wondering if there where any new updates ?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] patrickm823:
rommage

Not a bad question at all!:good:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nwo122383:
might not be a bad question. but sometimes these questions can be looked at in the wrong way and the dev might get mad, plus the fact that if there were any news, it most likely would have been posted here. the other thing is the silence can be a good thing, mainly because the dev is working on the rom not busy checking in here. just my thoughts. not trying to start anything.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
I have a build from 01/03 I can upload. If you all hold onto it I can upload kernels until something good happens. I'll do the upload later tonight and update the op ASAP. This build has the most recent egl drivers so I may need to up my kernel version. That's the update.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
And I really don't mind being asked about updates. This has been a huge learning experience for me and its taking a long time. No worries. I am excited too. I really like this device and plan to keep it for a while.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nwo122383:
that's great I just didn't want to see what I have seen in other forums where people keeping asking for updates and the devs putting it off because they feel rushed or unappreciated, or stopping development all together. glad you don't feel that way. I too am excited about getting any custom rom on this phone to unleash the beast, not to mention I'm jealous that my ns4g has jb 4.2 and is less capable then this. thanks for all the hard work I wait patiently for anything you release!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] bigtex06:
Hey I have more than one feeling so don't worry about it. Just wanted some more info , as it looked as it might have been working on one of the last pages. If it was I was going to flash it. Otherwise I will set back and continue watching some play off football games.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Ok, I got the file uploaded. Like I said before, I know it doesn't boot and it's likely a driver mismatch issue. Since the kernel has the MMI code, I might have to merge what we need into the N4/Mako source to get it booting. We'll find out in the days to come. Also read this: I added a file manager to my host so the link is a generic top directory link. Navigate to the file you want. Bookmark the link for further use. It's the only link you'll need for my work.

www.waywardpilgrim.net/android

I will post kernels in flashable zips. Once you flash the ROM and it fails, hold down volume and press power. The device will power off, but it will reboot if you dont't do the next step. Press volume up and power until the warning message dims, then you can relax. The device will boot into recovery and you can flash the kernel and reboot. Wipe dalvic after flashing the kernel. Flashing the rom automatically wipes system, so you have to wipe data. Restoring a backup overwrites ALL backed up partitions, so no need to wipe before restoring. I'll update the thread in this manner until there is something worth updating the OP with.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
I donated again, must mean my Q is bricked. ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Unfunny. 10Charts
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
And now for the news: CM 10 has a flickering screen and adb access. Once I get bootanimation I'll post a build. I also have a cm9 build that has bootanimation and dalvic optimization before it dies. I only have the CM 10 branch pushed to github right now but I also have CM10.1 in place and am working on it a bit. Since I only have a laptop and several devices building takes time. Thanks to all for your donations and soon we should see something in return.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Buslova:
awesome news! one step closer. this phone really needs some love cause it really isn't a bad device and I'm sure that with some aosp roms, it would really fly. thanx for everything you're doing!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
Device boots into system, still no video. We have filesystem, looks like sound works. Building again now. News at 11.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] solitarywarrior1:
OMFG!

Sent from my Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zvonkorp:
standard procedure for flashing this? wipe data, cache, etc?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Might want to wait for video, lol.

Good work interloper.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
great news ... absolutely great news :) i cant wait to get out of this stock rom...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ssconceptz:
Great work! Can't wait til stable! Want to give this a shot!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Armadill0:
Great, keep the good work up! :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Let him know you really care with a small donation
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] iamchocho:
I hate to be that guy but can we all stop posting needless replies either asking for updates or saying "i cant wait!" "This is awesome". Just use the thanks button if that's all you have to say. Otherwise this thread will be 50 pages long with almost no content. A development thread should contain development related talk, like troubleshooting efforts, code discussions, etc not a bunch of chatter in anticipation. I am as excited as anyone about progress happening in here but I think it would be much more productive if we kept the cheers and high fives to the thanks/make a donation buttons rather than replies.

Sucks seeing that the thread was updated only to check and its another post of excitement and not real progress updates or work happening. <\rant>
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Buslova:
iamchocho. it sucked even more to see it was updated only to check and find your post. i see your point and all but do you really think you're going to change anything by making that post? look at EVERY other ROM dev thread on any board. plus, we all know these guys are spending their free time to fiddle with a stubborn device and share their discoveries with us. I bet they could use some encouragement occasionally. it definitely can't hurt. I'm sure all of us would have checked the thread anyway. LOL
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
My only words for all is to keep offering encouragement and of course, donate. Its easy.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] spyderkoz:
Tried it would not get past bootloader screen... i am a sad panda

sent from my giant f$%&en Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37227698&postcount=151

Display doesn't work yet. To be expected...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
It's GSM only for now, but could this PhotonQ CM10 build be of any help? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38189896&postcount=421

http://skrilax.droid-developers.org/cm10nightly/asanti_c/
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
arrrghhh is trying to get CDMA working on that while I'm fixing other things.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
this thread is abandoned. I'm trying to help skrilax_cz get cdma working. Made some progress last night. We'll see what the future holds. You can help best by spamming Moto on FB, Twitter etc for a JB update. The photon q is the only recently released device to still be running ICS I believe. I'm sure this device is under the control of the old Moto, but Google needs to get it going?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
Even the old Droid Razr has received JB update recently. :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
yeah, it's pretty bad.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
When will you release it? I think It should be better based on stock JB kernel. Hope JB OTA will come out soon.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] interloper:
It's not my decision when it will be released. And, part of the point of my comment is that Moto has not released anything JB based for this device. Right now, it's nearly all from the Atrix HD since the Razr M wasn't working. One thing I will say is that when it's released, you'll like it. It will work and be stable. Aside from radio (cdma/lte/3g/wifi/bluetooth) everything else is good so far. Questions like this are better asked on Skrilax_CZ CM-10 thread. Thanks for your support, sorry I could not get it going.

Mods, please lock this thread if I can't.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nim6us:
In a previous post I wrote about an issue I was having with battery drain, that I was somewhat able to fix. After switching over to FI03 I noticed the drain wasn't so bad but obvious. The only way I can get a full days charge on my phone is to go into task manager and close every application before I put my phone in stand by and set it down. Surely this can't be right, isn't that is what stand by is supposed to do, suspend those apps I was using until I wake the phone again? Maybe there's some other app that will do this automatically, or some fix I'm missing. I know there's a million "battery drain" threads, I'm just wondering since I've isolated issue and am able to recreate it, is there a way to fix it?

UPDATE: Listed below
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crucifixion:
Just use the kies update FH13
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nim6us:
UPDATE: I found again, as in my previous post I mentioned, if I remove the SD card I'm not getting the battery drain, I can even leave all those same apps running like previously. So I'm getting two different things that are solving my battery drain. How can I diagnose the issues based on the two resolutions 1) shutting down all my tasks before I click the home screen off and 2) taking my SD card? Between those 2 issues it should make it easier to figure out what the problem is. Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Use programs like better battery stats and system panel lite to narrow down the problem. A fresh installation from scratch always helps too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nim6us:
Thanks for the tips, anyone else?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bannjio:
Put your SD card back in your phone after backing up anything you want to keep from it, and format it. It should fix your battery issue. There is a bug with our phone (maybe other phones?) with the SD card causing battery drain.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Is there any any other apps that can do sd partitioning other than rom manager?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Why do you need that?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
For my tablet, lol
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] HasseY:
MiniTool Partition Wizard, not an app though

As said, works well, but you need a PC.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Gparted.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
Is it on the play store? I can't find it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
It's for your PC, not your tablet.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] pryerlee:
SDparter v1.1 bit.ly/NJwHK6

( works on any Android )

It's a free tool !

Hope this helps
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sparksco:
Screenshots
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sparksco:
Just in case
[Nexus 7 Android Development] leelaa:
Can we also have a flashable kernel please. The kernel looks interesting :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sparksco:
Yeah when I get home later I'll zip it up and post a separate link to it.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] leelaa:
Thanks a lot mate. Look forward to it :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] christianpeso:
Couldnt get it to boot using TWRP recovery. Anyone else?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] liem107:
can not boot using CWM random reboots during boot at different stages
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Akutsito:
Neither can I with CWM.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sparksco:
Hmm, I'm in the process of doing another build right now I'll test the new build out on a fresh wipe. Did you guys all wipe since this is the first time flashing these ROMs?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] sparksco:
Just flashed fresh build and still can't replicate the issue. Anyone have success getting it to boot?