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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] redsrule2500:
Sim Slot...do I purchase this type:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-SIM-Car...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item5af2ede2bc

or this type?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item484fddfc07

Confused on difference beteween the two items...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...no difference... one is soldered on flex cable and one not
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Guys I would need some help.

Mod was done, I can call, send and receive sms, but there is no internet at all. I don't see 3G or H icons.

What I did already is played with all the options available - no result. Also updated firmware (original one) via wifi.

Is that hardware or software problem, any advice?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Did you add the APN for your provider?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Yes, but I am not sure if it is correct. I just created new APN with a name internet, without setting any other options.. As it is written on my providers page (sorry it's in Polish):

apn: internet

numer dostępowy: *99#

nazwa użytkownika: brak

hasło: brak

dns: dynamiczny

Only don't know what is "numer dostępowy: *99#", there is no such option in Photon APN settings.

Also info from another site:

Nazwa: Internet

APN: internet

Proxy: <nie ustawione>

Port: <nie ustawione>

Nazwa użytkownika: <nie ustawione>

Hasło: <nie ustawione>

Serwer: <nie ustawione>

MMSC: <nie ustawione>

Proxy dla wiadomości MMS: <nie ustawione>

Port MMS: <nie ustawione>

Protokół MMS: WAP 2.0

MMC: 260

MNC: 06

Typ APN: default

Also tried to receive config sms from my provider but it doesn't seem to work. I get no message at all.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
Authentication type : PAP

APN Type : default

APN protocol : IPv4

APN roaming : IPv4

....save

....and restart
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tuxor1337:
How do you solder the sim holder to the connectors?

And what the sim holder looks like: http://abload.de/image.php?img=sim_holder3c9svq.jpg

Those seem to be the pins of the sim holder: http://abload.de/image.php?img=sim_holder6usaw.jpg

The pins of what we have: http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1348/board4.jpg

We connect:

GND to GND

leave out VPP

621 to I/O

581 to VCC

583 to RST

633 to CLK

But where exactly do you solder the cables to the sim holder?

EDIT: Seems like http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35606122&postcount=214 demonstrates it pretty well. But still nutpat seems to have problems with this setup... So is this correct?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Thank you so much Cornholio :)

3G working flawlessly, but no "H" available, you know how to enable?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] comstyle:
stock rom with sim mod only shows "3g" even if it's a gprs, edge or hspa connection :D

seems to be a roaming software bug?!?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Yeah I've checked with a phone with "H" on. Results are quite similar so who cares... Thanks!

One thing left with the phone for me atm - I cannot login to any google account, anyone had the same?

I get "username and password don't match". Tried various emails...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CoDoJoTyFlow:
The cost of import to Poland from ebay.com is 74$. It's expensive

What you think about this ?

www ebay com/itm/Pro-Quality-ESD-Torx-T2-T3-T4-T5-T6-Cell-Phone-Repair-Kit-Tool-Set-Screwdrivers-/350868457743
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
CoDoJoTyFlow - You can make the SIM upgrade in Poland for 45$, so you don't need the screwdrivers :)

Gmail accounts works, my mistake.

But I cannot connect phone to my PC via USB (sd card is in). :/ Tried on two different PC's. Can't see the drive. I somehow cannot change "connected as charge only".
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Not sure what this has to do with the SIM mod exactly, but MTP is the new standard in Android. No more direct USB drive access, without some trickery.

I don't think "connected as charge only" is even an option...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Thanks for all the help lads (especially Cornholio who started playing with Photon's guts).. Will try to find answers elswere, as you say it's not the case of SIM mod.

I can see that there started to be some stupid limitations (I was stuck to Desire Z stock rom for ages), like the USB connection or shutter sound...

Anyway- mod works, everything works for now as it should (wifi, gps, data, mms, sms...), downloaded all the official updates.

Today I am the happiest Photon Q user in the world

, yay :victory:.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
:) :) :)

...now i have one question...

Who is AARON GROSSMAN from Canada?Please contact me on PM because package from you was insured for 300$ and now is on Cunstoms office :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] milannalim:
The packages arrived from US a few days ago and I am countig days to finally start using my Photon Q, which is now on the way to Prague. :)

However I have one stock Photon Q available because my wife decided that it is to big for her and she will keep her old non-QWERTY phone.

PQ comes in original box with US charger and manuals. It has some minor signs of use (a scratch or two on the back of the phone, ...) and is generally in a good condition.

The phone is in Slovenia (and can be checked out in Maribor, Slovenia, or this Friday afternoon also in Graz, Austria), so there are no customs or taxes when shipping in EU.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nagim:
Hi,

Sent you a PM about it.

Thanks!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Have you arrived in the US and had a chance to try s Sprint SIM card?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Not yet, my Visa is still being processed ._. so it looks like on early October / late September.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tuxor1337:
EDIT: never mind/obsolete, you may delete this post :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Goddamned T-Mobile had just a nice service outage making me think that there's some problem with the Q. It really had to start working once I put the SIM card to my old MS1 when looking into "why just emergency mode". Pffft.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Hi Cornholio

I hope you enjoyed your vacation?

Are you back?

And did you receive my Photon Qs? :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
hi, yesss i am back...contact me on PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Die Bruine:
I'm curious... Have you kept track on how many XT897's you've modified? If so, care to share :confused:. Rough estimate would suffice. Just curious how many modified Photon's are out there.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
.....approx 70 or 80 :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] WingZeroRE:
Man That's quiet a number. Respect.

And how many are there per week?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...hard to say...this is not week per week the same
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sub205:
Camera Switch

Hello,

unfortunately the camera-switch died while using hot air. Does anyone know where to get those?

Or does anyone have a dead phone where he can extract me some of this small switches? (vol+-/cam)

Kind regards, Stephan
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
I did the same, pm cornholio

Skickat från min HTC Vision via Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...pm me your address
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] idimitro:
Just keep in mind that CornholioGSM is not the only one doing the mod. I bought mine from the Chinese ebay (taobao) :) I guess there a lot of people around the world who have liberated the great Q :victory:

BTW do you know which process/program should remove/disable to get rid of the Sprint activation message which appears after each restart?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sub205:
switch

I already sent you 2 pms ... didn't you get them? they disappeared from my "sent items"-folder. :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...i made 4 photons for china too :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] idimitro:
:svetius::good::highfive::silly: (why there is no :respect: smiley) So we are an exclusive club :cowboy:

BTW what about the Sprint activation message, any way to get rid of it?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] senia:
BTW what about the Sprint activation message, any way to get rid of it?[/QUOTE]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1265816&nocache=1

:) enjoy your photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
on Phq with JB is it SprintOMADM2.apk
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] chinanb:
does this also work on CDMA version？
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...what you mean? is only one version of photon q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] olegfusion:
hi again, guys. I have small trouble. May be somebody can help.

My third photon q after gsm hardware mod does not start with sim card included!

if I delete sim card from sim slot, it boots just fine without any troubles. If I insert SIM card, there is a black screen and nothing else happened. Did anybody have something like this?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] m4rty:
nano sim holder?

Anybody tried this sim holder? Not push-push unfortunately, but profile is only 1.45mm, and footprint is tiny:

www%2Egct%2Eco%2Fconnector%2F%3Fseries%3DSIM8050
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
hmmmm...maybe short circuit inside slot???...test it with voltmeter with continuity check with sim inserted

hmmmm...i have not tested this....but why? - because is needed push in/out slot and height on s3 slot is 1.24mm and on ONE slot is 1.30mm :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] m4rty:
Yes, true.. 1.27mm on the S3 slot (TE/AMP 2174803, correct?) is a lower profile.

And, yes; push-push is nice. But, it isn't clear to me how to run wires to the underside of the holder without sacrificing the

low-profile (I'm ok taking off some solder-mask, but I don't think I have the nerve to cut a trench in the pcb... is there another way?).

The signal pins seem easier to access on this nano connector, and it has a smaller footprint. Maybe it will open up alternative placement

possibilities, and (important for me) require less skill.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
cut trench at this place is really safe because here is pcb free - without any way ...so here is no danger.

...or you can solder sim card directly :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] m4rty:
I managed to kill a SIM by trimming + soldering it, so for me a holder is probably a better way to go.

I'm not sure if I understand you entirely - by "PCB free"; you mean this area of the PCB is free of features?

(even in internal layers?)

Perhaps you could show a picture of a board with the trench cut, just before populating the SIM slot?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
yesssss....free :)

....you can test it with lamp...backlight this place
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JustNob0dy:
Unfortunately removed all small components...

Hey guys,

I tried the mod by my own, but I unfortunately removed all the small components around the SIM-IC. After looking through the whole thread, I often read something about short circuiting the resistors and leave the capacitors open. Can I still do this for all resistors around the SIM-IC?

And can someone post a picture, which clearly idetifies all resistors and capacitors? The pics posted before didn´t name all components, or are some of them short-circuited by the layout?

It would be awesome if you can help me :fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
....post me photo of missing parts to my PM....or my paypal email ....i can help you :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] m4rty:
1 more liberated PhotonQ to report.

Used a molex push-pull slot (WM9364CT)... not as nice as the TE Connectivity 2174803-2 (as used in S3) push-push slot used by CornholioGSM, but it was readily available next-day from digi-key. Now up and running on Koodo in Canada.

I found that the best way to fit this particular slot was in the standard location, but upside-down, using a couple drops of CA glue.

For anyone else looking at alternatives; don't bother with the molex 1.60mm push-push (WM9365CT)... it's too big. I also didn't

like the JAE 670-2610-1 push-pull w/ pull lever.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] WingZeroRE:
HooRay

Man Your Good. Today my Photon arrived. Only one problem left. Ineed to set the mobile data access. But the auto configuration from my provider O2-Germany won't work and the self input seems not working ether does anyone have the settings and could post it?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] chinanb:
i have a xt897c(which is the CDMA version),i want to know if i do this,can my phone recognize my SIM cards?

thanks.

ps:sorry for my English,i'm a Chinese
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
You have to modify the hardware...

You're in the right thread. But the reason this thread exists - putting your own SIM in the Q is not a simple process. You have to remove the old SIM (with a heat station) and somehow solder a new SIM in - either by soldering it directly or by soldering in a SIM slot which can accept different SIM's.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] x11-nice:
hey there

Awesome work.

Is it possible to send a phone to you Cornholio, so you could make that Mod to my Photon ? I am actually a noob in hardware modding.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
PM the guy, he's done 80+ it sounds like :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Hey Cornholio

can I use a solder station different from the hot air one?

I have bought another photon q to replace my first one.

Thanks

Tony
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JustNob0dy:
Did you receive my E-Mail from 05.10.2013?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
with hotair is it the savest method. another way is flame torch or scalpel

yessss...check pm
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
Thanks Cornholio. What hot air station do you use? I would like to get something like that also for other kind of smd stuff (audio related)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Yes, send him a PM for details :)

But it takes 3+ weeks at the moment.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] QC100:
uh, greetings from Hanover to Hanover :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] m_o_t_m:
Hello.

1. This is my solution for the sim tray position. It´s a standart sim tray.

The backcover of the phone is flexible so there is no problem with functionality.

2. I removed the metal cover and the sim chip with a little 4 euro butan torch and a 10 euro pincette.

If you cover everything with aluminium foil, you have to use pointed full power heat on the item.

In my case, the metal cover starts to glow.

3. Everything works fine but i want to remove the sprint messages.

To install cyanogen i have to unlock bootloader.

I destroy my sim card unlocking the phone with inserted sim card.

After restart sim card is asking for wrong PIN as well as wrong PUK.

In my theory the unlocker tries to unlock the sim chip but there was no sim chip but my sim card.

Only theory....

4. Question:

Does anybody ever tried to place the sim tray above the sd tray?

The battery can be bend a little bit and i think there is enough space.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] helbetica:
Contact

Hi, I would like to contact you but I don't know what PM stands for...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Private message.... Click his name.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Unlocking the bootloader has nothing to do with the SIM card or radio.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] alexamber91:
F****ck...o_O

Omfg, this man` imagination just killed me down... it`s insane to do these operations in such vandal way.... you ruin this/my perfect world...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] senia:
More light around this issue:

I tried in the past with my two preferred MNVO providers. On both on them I had the network problem, "No sim card".

I bought, a couple days ago, a prepaid simcard from owned network provider (not MNVO), the biggest one (Movistar),and there is not any issue with network change or whatever. Mobile is connected and change between networks without any issue,

The big difference is that with MNVO I have the "r" roaming activated and with Movistar I haven't.

I tried changing the roaming flag for the MNVO with

setprop gsm.operator.isroaming=false

And the "r" disappear, but It comes back inmediately when network changes.

Is there any way to do this change permanent?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] powerarmor:
Guys I need a little help, I cannot receive MMS...

Maybe you could help me with the config APN?

Info from provider:

Punkt dostępu (apn): mms

Uwierzytelnianie: brak

Nazwa użytkownika: brak

Hasło: brak

Strona główna: http://10.10.28.164/mms/wapenc

Adres serwera proxy: 10.10.25.5

Port: 8080

Odbiór MMSów w roamingu: automatyczny

My settings:

Name: MMS

APN: MMS

Proxy: -

Port: -

Username: -

Password: -

Server: -

MMSC: http://10.10.28.164/mms/wapenc

MMS proxy: 10.10.25.5

MMS port: 8080

MCC: 260

MNC: 06

Authentication type: -

APN type: MMS

APN protocol: IPv4

APN roaming protocol: IPv4

Bearer: unspecified

-----

Also I have some strange WIFI issue - keeps disconnecting every 10 seconds or so. It works only if my phone is around 1m from modem

Tested on few different modems / routers.

It only worked well (I mean without disconnecting) when I enabled WIFI hotspot on my wife's LG L9 :confused:

Thx in advance.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] aaron83:
I'm just wondering if anybody else has seen the same issue I have.

The mod seems to work great (thanks to cornholio) but every so often - usually once every couple of days - the phone seems to lose the network.

SIM App can still find the correct SIM info - but the phone stays in "emergency calls only". I've tried waiting several minutes when this happens, as well as turning the radio off and back on via CM 10.1's #INFO# screen, but those don't help. Rebooting the phone restores service, and seems to be the only workaround.

I guess it's more of a nuisance than anything, but it means I don't get any calls or texts while it's "offline", and there's never any warning - I just turn on the screen and suddenly it's lost the service. I don't think it's related to movement or impacts or anything like that, because I saw it happen today and the phone's been sitting on my coffee table the whole day. I am slightly worried that one day I'll reboot it and it won't come back online.

I'm just wondering if it could be related to the mod - could this happen if the phone occasionally, just for a brief moment, lost its connection to the SIM? Would that cause connection to the GSM network to be lost until a reboot? Or is something like this more likely to be due to a defective phone, or some weird quirk of the PQ?

Just looking for ideas here. Happy to set up any logging or follow any steps that might help to pinpoint the problem.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] senia:
[MENTION=5392663]aaron83[/MENTION] are you with a MNVO sim card or with an owned network?

Enviado desde mi XT897
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] aaron83:
I'm with Fido and I think that they're still technically an MVNO of Rogers... even though they're also owned by Rogers. The phone says I'm connected to "Rogers Wireless" and not "Fido" although it doesn't say I'm roaming.

Would this matter? I've been on their network for years and this never happened with my old phone (original Droid/Milestone).

There was one weird thing that I ignored at the time: When the phone still had the Sprint ROM on it, it found and used a "Fido" network but there wasn't any entry for Rogers Wireless. After flashing to CM 10.1, it only shows Rogers Wireless. I just chalked that up to a naming issue in CM 10.1 - it shouldn't matter because it's the same network and my SIM identifies the true carrier, right?

Edit: I just noticed your post earlier, I'm not sure if it's exactly the same situation because my phone isn't in roaming mode. But it could be similar; there was one time when I remember seeing the Edge icon around the time it lost the connection. I'm wondering if the problem could be LTE - I can only get 3G here but the mode is set to LTE/GSM/WCDMA, and back when it had the Sprint ROM I had to specifically turn off LTE otherwise it wouldn't find any networks (not compatible with LTE frequencies here). Seems like maybe it's getting kicked back into LTE mode? Is there any way to check?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] senia:
Probably on CM 10.1 you have your provider name faked by spn-conf.xml file on system/etc

Enviado desde mi XT897
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nagash91:
I'm using atten 8586.

I can't remove metal cover :(

I tried with 420° C, then 430° C and now with 455° C, but I cant remove cover.

I set the air flux speed to 6.5, 5 and 3 but I the result is the same..

Someone can help me?

PS:

OK. I have done it!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] micx_pl:
Cześć/Hi ;)

You'd probably be answered quicker if you translated the info from provider :))) Anyway, I'm also using P4 Play, so the settings are almost exactly the same as you wrote, the only thing that differs is that "MMS" is in lowercase - "mms" in APN and APN type. And AFAIK at least APN is case-sensitive. These settings work perfectly for me ;)

About WiFi - this might be hardware problem, but unlikely. Make sure you have NOT checked "Avoid poor connections" in WiFi settings. Also, which ROM are you using? You can try downloading "WiFi Connection Manager" from PlayStore - when I have problems with connecting to unusual hotspots (with web authentication or 802.1x), it always helps. However, I'm not sure it will help in this case.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] vmon:
Your pm box is full

Hey CornholioGSM,

I wanna send you a pm but it says your pm box is full :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nagash91:
please help!!

I have done the mod with the sim tray, but the phone can't recognize any sim card :(

I checked the links dozens of times, all links works correctly, no short circuit between pins or gnd...

The phone works correctly (also microSD and camera button) but no sim!

What can I do now?

:(

PS:

BAD NEWS... I think I have destroyed/removed by mistake some resistors that are placed close to the sim card chip... :( :( :(

You can see these resistors in the last image here:

http://imageshack.us/a/img507/9071/1001967g.jpg

Only 2 of 10 resistors are presents... :(

I found the schematics of the circuit in this thread, but how can I solve? I need to put similar external resistors? I What can I do?

---

edit:

I make measures, like other users do, and I get:

(from the original image)

Top row: 398, 436, 413

Bottom row: 0, 395

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4695/3ard4.jpg

These values are correct or not?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] alexamber91:
PM me and send a picture of your motherboard. I`ll help you with it. Or maybe skype: alexamber91
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Arrived at US, but got a problem with the Q (didn't take a look on anything, because jetlag). Regardless of my settings, it forces CDMA (probably only when it's reachable), so I get no service.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...this is standart problem on all usa motorola phones...no mms.

if you want use mms without probem install CM :)

question is ... why use mms on android phone ... you can post picture in better quality with email
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrzood:
Removed SIM IC and 'SIM Card' app still shows 'Sprint' ??

Any ideas?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Sprint's service is built-into the device. You can't really "remove" it. The SIM is only so the device can roam internationally - people in this thread choose to remove the built-in SIM to put in their own.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrzood:
I've done the SIM mod. Phone currently has no sim chip or card soldered on. Have a temp sim slot soldered to the correct pinout.

Using magnet wire, it is insulated.

For HUGE: http://i.imgur.com/thrWGES.jpg

Ahh, gotcha. I assumed it would be like the middle pic in the OP when IC is not present.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Yes, as I previously stated the Sprint service is not dependent on the SIM card. It is "burned" into the device if you will - there is no removing it.

I believe only one other has done this mod in the US, although I thought they were successful. Although just a few posts back, it seems Skrilax_CZ is now in the US and having similar issues as you.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrzood:
I used YIHUA 853D. Works well!

852D+ is slightly cheaper, probably works the same.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] schmandroid:
Hey there, 'GoSMS Pro' is the only way I can send MMS on stock, so maybe this will help.