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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
at first...thank you for donation :)

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I hear, that after upgrade phone not show 3g, but internet works....have you test it ?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
That's is what I thought but no all apps say no connection. Also on the cdma bug that makes the arrows disappear after a call, but here it never works right from the start regardless of making a call or not.

Your welcome keep up the good work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
hmmmmm....what mode is set in phone information? - *#*#4636#*#*
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
i never changed any of those settings but it was set to WCDMA preferred before. i tried GSM, LTE all the other options on the list and if it disconnects ill get a message on the phone asking to put the phone in global mode which i click yes to then it connects to the network.

also another funny thing when it connects to the network it gives me a message saying if you connect to the 3g data network additional charges will apply i always click yes but it never connects to it. so it would seem that the software is trying to connect but it does nothing. also in that status screen all ping tests fail.

one thing i never did was select radio band i heard once you select it you can never go back to all bands without qpst.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...and when is set to GSM auto (PRL) the problem is same?

...and one idea - solder inside original sim ic, then make hard reset - wait for first boot - and then solder sim card back...?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
setting the gsm to auto (prl) does nothing to data

i really have a feeling that somehow the update screwed up the modem inside the phone

its gonna be tough to resolder it back, also i can always attach it to the sim slot somehow to test it. I think im going to try and revert the update.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
The update continued an update to the modem.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
can it be undone?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
No, not even with a restore. The modem is flashed to a special partition that CWM/TWRP can't get to with restores.

If the old modem files are out there, you could replace the modems in the update with the old ones, and edit the updater-script to flash those instead. And that should work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i was wondering about that. would somebody who hasn't done the update be able to pull the modem partition off the device, with like a dd command or something? i know many partitions can be pulled this way, but not sure about the modem. not even sure if we have a partition layout for the device?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
grr so i checked for an rsd file and none atm... modem files i dont know what to look for even :(

iv checked

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xt897.motorola/files/XT897/7.7.1Q-6_SPR-89_ASA-36/

and iv looked at the shabbypenguin files and honestly this is beyond me

I have no clue where to even start with the edit of the update script.

if this is a bug its gonna be a while before it gets fixed knowing motorola the next update will be next year if we are lucky plus its not like many people roam with data on outside of the usa...:crying:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Rennert:
Partition kann show with terminal Emulator:

su

cat /proc/partitions

I don't know gives a partition for radio.img

I found no stock radio.img, we need the complete fastboot files.-(

...Tapatalk
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
I'll check the updater-script tomorrow morning and I'll let you know what partition it is on.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i used the command 'mount' and found a partition named this:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem

i dd'd that partition and got a 100 MB file. seemed strange that it was exactly 100.00 MB, but who knows. Also, that seems awfully large?

could this be anything like what we might need, except from a device on the pre-update firmware?

i looked at the image in a hex editor, and it does say modem near the top, but past that i don't know much.

here is the image i extracted:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18474790/radio.img

**of course, this is from my device, on the new update firmware, NOT the original factory firmware!**

so if this is the correct image, it should be identical to what is in the update. it looks like in the update the image is extracted, or whatever?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
Maybe you can contact member "Overlayer"

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=3825388

His work is full downgrade for Motorola Droid 3
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Armadill0:
My phone yesterday arrived in Germany. I hope the customs clearance won't take that much time.

I also bought an iphone 4 micro sim reader about eBay. Should arrive the next days, so I can test if it would fit in the device. :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
Here is a pastebin of the part of the updater-script in regards to the modem.

http://pastebin.com/71QW1AF3

The modem is kept in the /modem folder, and the changes are made to modem/image/ in the script. From there, it patches ~60 different parts inside the radio image.

If you take a look at it, in each part of apply_patch, there is a long string of numbers followed by a short one then another long. The first and second long ones are most definitely md5's, with the short one being the physical address of the file being patched.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Fever905:
Yes sir I read the reviews, not a viable option for sure! OK trying to send this phone in now ASAP for modding.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sliderphones:
hello all, im new in forum and next user of photon q :laugh: i hope enjoy with this phone

cornholio when you arrive please answer my mails too

thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] HariSeldonss:
Cornholio

Back in home? :fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
yesss
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] vladoz77:
CornholioGSM

your PM box is full :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...is free
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sliderphones:
cornholio please answer my private message, i sent you the phone day 30/4 and i think it would stay in your office post or anything by the tracking info, thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] liquidmetalrob:
Cornholio I sent you a PM, please reply.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Sensonic:
I dunno whether this question has already been asked but does this mod enable 3G HSDPA 900 MHz?

I live in Finland and the official 3G frequencies are 900 / 2100 MHz.

2100 MHz is used in city areas and 900 MHz in the countryside.

I.e. phone with 3G HSDPA 850 / 2100 MHz won't work in 3G at my summer cottage.

I've considered buying an QWERTY equipped Android phone and now I'd have to choose between Motorola Droid 4 and Photon Q. But if 3G HSDPA 900 MHz in not available for Photon Q even after the SIM mod, then I think I'd have to purchase Droid 4.

Thanks a lot in advance!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Hmm according to this site: http://www.cnet.com/products/motorola-photon-q-4g-lte-android-phone-cdma-gsm-umts-series/specs/ it supports UMTS/HSPA on the same frequencies as GSM. But this site: http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/motorola/photonq4glte/Motorola-Photon-Q-4G-LTE.html does not mention UMTS on 900MHz. Same here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Xt897_Info and here: http://www.gsmarc.com/motorola/photon-q-4g-lte/

So it looks like you can't use 3G on 900MHz with Photon Q...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/96267/p/30,6720,8571 states clearly that there's no WCDMA 900 support.

baseband atag confirms it: msm8960-svlte-B1.B2D.B5.C0.C1D.C10D.L25D

B1 - 2100

B2 - 1900

B5 - 850

In Czech Republic, no provider is using the B8 900MHz band (originally used only for GSM/GPRS) for WCDMA deployment. But yes, in Finland it may be an issue.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Just found out: Australia may be an issue, too. They are also using 3G on B8... :( So I have to keep my Droid 4 for my next visits in down under.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] schmandroid:
I'm using Photon Q's in Australia - have been for over a year now.

Sent from my SIM-modded Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
According to your profile you are using Telstra. Telstra doesn't use 900Mhz. But did you try Optus or Vodaphone? Did you compare to a device which is able to use 3G on 900MHz?

http://www.mobilenetworkguide.com.au/australian_mobile_phone_frequencies.html
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Telstra uses 850/2100 WCDMA bands afaik, no? You're fine with that.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Sensonic:
I'm using Elisa in Finland, and they're using UMTS 900 / 2100 MHz.

So I wanted to purchase an Android phone with the physical QWERTY. Because Motorola Photon Q and LG F3Q don't have 900 MHz within their UMTS / WCDMA range, I decided to purchase Motorola Droid 4 even though it's an old model.

I've been a Windows Phone fan since 2005 (Windows Mobile) and currenty I have four Windows Phones (three of them with QWERTY). But I got a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" tablet from my employer about a month ago and liked it because it has some features and apps Windows Phones don't have. That's why I decided to order Droid 4 for myself. Then I can swap between Windows Phone and Android :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] santamanga:
Thanks for your cool mod. Can you please tell, where you buy the sim slot? I searched for alps, but could't find which one I should buy. Also, I don't want to buy 1.600 pieces :D

Which one do you suggest:

http://www.alps.com/products/WebObjects/catalog.woa/E/HTML/Connector/MemoryCard/SCGD/SCGD_list.html
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
this is it.....is needed little cut it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Well, still no LTE in Finland with a US phone.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] schmandroid:
I researched the bands of the phone before I bought the first PQ.

Telstra just works better around Australia than the other carriers - more/better coverage. I have used Vodafone & Optus in the past, but even in Metro areas they have issues with drop-outs & missed calls.

There was a mass exodus from Vodafone here from around 2011 as their service was too overcrowded. They have supposed to have fixed it all up, but my brother has been reselling Voda & now Optus for the last 2+ years & they still have sub-par service. He has to call me from his wife's telstra phone when he's at home, as his Optus mobile is too patchy (as was his Voda), and he lives in Perth Metro, WA.

I'm using BOOST - an official Telstra reseller. $40/month prepay= unlimited calls/txt & 2GB data (down from 4GB) still the best deal for full Telstra service afaik. It's about $99/month direct to Telstra for the same thing.

So, no I haven't bothered trying other carriers/bands on the Q, there hasn't been any advantage. If the Q didn't have the Telstra band capability, I wouldn't have bought it in the first place - end of story.

If you visit, buy a Boost sim, they sometimes have 50% discount simcards available ($20).

Sent from my SIM-modded Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Thanks! Boost looks like a great deal concerning the amount of data. But international rates are very expensive. Last time I didn't call anybody inside Australia and only sent a few text messages. But I called my parents in Germany a few times and sent text messages to friends in Germany. So Telstra Cap Encore was much cheaper for me because of the big cap credits.

But maybe next time I will communicate only over the internet (Threema, WhatsApp, ...) and don't make any calls. Then Boost will be a great deal for me, too!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] schmandroid:
Yeah I get what you mean, advantage of the data package is that you can use other services etc for comms. You can get free wifi at many places, like Maccas etc.

I think there is 'bolt on' packages for Boost that give int calls at good rates, check them out also. At least people can call you while you are here checking out the place.

Sent from my SIM-modded Photon Q
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] juan0089:
Nice Thanks for ur mod

one more working on GSM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
Unlock Bootloader

So....you don't have to unlock the bootloader in order to perform this mod? As I am wanting to install a custom rom on my phone as well, and am currently having issues with receiving an unlock bootloader code from the website
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
Went to the CyanogenMod website to download the custom ROM for the Photon Q however it states the xt897 is now obsolete and gives a link to another ROM called moto_msm8960. Which do I download? Also, what is the best recovery to install when using that ROM? There are a ton out there, just wanting to make sure I have the correct downloads so my device doesn't f*** up :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] niko99:
rom - the last one http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/71326/cm-11-20140606-NIGHTLY-moto_msm8960.zip

recovery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/9e8zj679wlupcvm/open_recovery_209_25_11_2013.img
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] juan0089:
What is the best rom whitout bugs or problems

Working in GSM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] niko99:
http://www.cmxlog.com/11/moto_msm8960/

the best is stock , but if you like have last android kitkat (cm11) try rom for msm8960 devices is very stable, and for me without bugs
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] antonyfirst:
I am on my third Photon Q. I have had a local professional solder a new sim card on it.

This sim card generally requires that I input a PIN lock code, in order to activate its network.

The Photon Q doesn't see any network, and won't popup any pin code request in order for the SIM to activate. As a result, it's not working.

How to solve the issue?

Thank you to anyone able to help.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] S-I-M-O-N:
Mission accomplished!

I am happy to announce that I joined the club.

I experienced some difficiculties though, which I would like to share with others doing the mod the first time:

So I bought this hot air soldering station ZD-939L and started to practise on old mother boards as well as phone and camera PCBs, leaded and unleaded. It worked just awesome, I could desolder even the biggest ICs.

Then I tried my luck on the Photon and I failed.

I switched to to a pencil gas torch and managed to remove the shield.

But the SIM chip was even harder to remove. No luck with the hot air station, torch, dremel or hot air gun set to 430°C.

- I used the 4.5mm nozzle shipped with the station. Then I build a ~7mm nozzle, but still no luck.

- The torch burned too much Kapton tape for my taste, so I stopped my attemps with it.

- I stopped with the dremel when I saw that the dust was working its way below the foil I used to cover the PCB. I did not want contamination and was afraid to destroy the pads.

- The hot air gun operating at 430°C and 300lpm flow guided through a 9mm nozzle also did not succeed.

So I switched between the different methods always increasing exposure times.

I finally succeed with my trusty hot air gun set to 550°C, 300lpm with a 9mm nozzle applying it for about 2 minutes.

I was careful with all my attemps, so the board was still in mint condition and all resistors and caps in place due to the kapton tape I used.

Tin foil is not so good, because it will guide the heat away and probably deteriorate some plastic parts on the pcb (in my case the foam around the speaker).

The phones ground plane is a large heat sink and you need to heat quick and efficiently to be sucessful. You will notice that also when soldering the GND pin for the SIM card. You need to set I to a much higher temperature than for all the other pins.

So my conclusion: If you have a hot air gun with reduction nozzle and trust the temperature setting you should use it.

Thanks to all the veterans in this thread who shared so many information in the past.

Regards,

Simon
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] santamanga:
Hi Cornholio, did you receveive my pm? :cowboy:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] exander:
Hi, I would like to have this mod made. I am from Prague, so no problem with mailing.

I sent you a PM.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] rwest:
Settings on KPN Provider (Netherlands)

Here my APN settings for KPN GSm/3G Data

APN:

Name: KPN Mobiel Internet
APN: portalmmm.nl
Proxy: <not set>
Port: <not set>
Username: <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: <not set>
MMS proxy: <not set>
MCC: 204
MNC: 08
Authentication type: PAP
APN type: internet
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Bearer: Unspecified

because i was searching again for hours :silly:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
I read somewhere above that after instaIlling the recovery image I had to then "root" the phone from a zip file? And then install the custom ROM onto the phone, is that correct? If so where do I find the "root" zip file at?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
Steps:

unlock bootloader

flash a suitable recovery - use either twrp 2.6.3.1 (not a higher version!), or Open Recovery

enter recovery mode and install SuperSU

That's it, you're rooted. Search the forums if there's things you don't get, all the details are floating around.

PS. "Root" is a modification of the OS that allows you to run applications with full system ("root") privileges. There are multiple apps that allow that; since I use SuperSU, that's what I recommend - but getting any of them in is "rooting".
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
Uggg!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Fever905:
Price

Can't seem to get an answer - how much is the donation for the mod? How does he calculate return postage?

Mine is dont and I need to pay! Thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
Mmmm, funny. That didn't happen to me.

The idea is, once the recovery is installed successfully, you boot the phone holding the VolUp button and you should be in recovery.

If that doesn't work, I've no idea what went wrong - BUT what I would try, is

1. boot into bootloader and flash phone to Sprint 4.1.2 (or equivalent C-Spire ROM, if you have that model); use either RSDlite or follow the .xml contents using moto-fastboot from a command line; for RSDlite (6.1.5), you'll have to remove the get-var max-download-size lines from the .xml;

2. reboot in bootloader mode again, and flash recovery (I've tried both I'm suggesting, but using the TWRP currently)

3. reboot into recovery and install the supersu zip

The above is the exact procedure I follow when I get a new PQ, before I send it to Cornholio for the mod :D Sure enough, the first thing I do once I get the modded phone is wipe the bastard and put CM11 on it ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
You need 2.7+ for CM11 support!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
No, you don't. Try it :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
Hmm this must be new. Last time I tried it I got errors because of missing SELinux-support.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
In 2.6.3.0 and older, yes - I seem to recall we had to use a mod by arrrghhh that gave the PhotonQ full SElinux support. But it's since been merged into mainline, and 2.6.3.1 has it.

It's what I use every Sat to upgrade to the most recent nightly :) 2.7.0.0+ have a problem wiping `data` though, on the PQ - the thing restarts when you try it, so 2.6.3.1 is arguably the best choice on the PQ (using 2.7.0.0 port by dhacker on the RazrM, the problem doesn't exist).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I have yet to flash 2.7.x. There's 2.7.1.0 now, I need to test that - if it doesn't work, I'll see what needs to change in order to fix it officially.

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] tobby88:
2.7.1.0 is still crashing/rebooting when wiping /data.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sliderphones:
thanks cornholio for all, great guy, great work(and very fast) the mod seems factory made and works perfect, thanks again regards
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
Soo close

Ok, so I was able to flash CWM on the phone and it fixed the issues However, when trying to install the CM11 nightly zip, it stated installation failed. Several times, so I tried several different nightly downloads, but it still wouldn't accept it. However it took the SuperuserSU. Then I read somewhere that CWM doesn't support Kitkat??? (Is this true? It doesn't sound right, because others have it and are running CM11) Anyways, so then flashed TWRP as suggested, v.2.6.3.1. And after trying several different nightly versions, it finally took yesterdays nightly. BUT NOW it is staying in the Cyanogenmod load screen with that blue arrow circling around him. It's been like that for....9 hrs (thinking it needed time to sort things out).

Should I wipe it, reflash TWRP, SuperuserSU, and the nightly? Any suggestions? I honestly don't care which recovery is used, either CWM or TWRP :laugh: Thank you for helping me out, you're suggestions saved me a lot of headache this past week :o
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Did you wipe in TWRP? Also, why are you flashing SuperSU?

The 'vanilla' version of CWM for our device is really old and does not work with KitKat ROM's.

You can also use OpenRecovery.

I would suggest wiping /data and /system in recovery so it doesn't restore anything when flashing the latest CM11. Then reflash CM, and do NOTHING else but try to boot.

If it does, then you can apply gapps.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ~blitz~:
First ashifica

I've tried OpenRecovery but once I flash it in fastboot, the phone just stays in Bootloader Mode. And I couldn't figure out why. It was originally the recovery I had planned to use though.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
Sounds like you didn't wipe the phone before you flashed CM11.

I'll assume you have TWRP 2.6.3.1 (this exact version!) installed; if you don't, get it. Now. And never install anything else :p

I'll also assume you don't have anything you can't get back in your internal storage.

First thing to try is, in twrp, wipe > advanced wipe > check everything

except

system and external_storage.

If that doesn't work, here's plan B - full version:

Get and put on the SD card:

the most recent CM11 from here

the June 6 gapps from here

the SuperSU .zip from here

1. in twrp, wipe > advanced wipe > dalvik + system + cache + data + internal_storage (won't work on twrp 2.7.x.x!!!)

2. reboot > recovery (please don't skip this step! I understand you're in recovery already, but do this anyway :D)

3. select for installation, in this order, the zips for cm11, gapps and supersu; install;

4. wipe dalvik/cache; reboot

I have no idea whether you actually have to wipe the internal storage. But the above, if respected as described, is sure to work.

PS. On first boot, you might look at the spinning circle for a couple mins, definitely <10 though.

If it takes longer, power off the thing by pressing volUp+volDn+pwr until it starts vibrating (10..15s), then unpress all of them; after that, get into recovery with volUp+pwr.

PPS. Always wipe Data when changing android major versions, i.e. 4.1. to 4.4 (stock -> cm11) or the reverse (cm11 -> stock); RSDlite does that for you by default tho.

There's no need to wipe Data when moving withing the same minor version (i.e. 4.4.2 -> 4.4.3). You might also get away without wiping data in certain scenarios, when changing major versions, but please don't count on it.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
Now that's weird. Are you SURE you've flashed recovery with openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-asanti_c.img?

Anyway, there's one more option:

1. get into bootloader

2. moto-fastboot erase userdata
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Schattenspieler:
It's weird, indeed, but happens, unfortunately. Has already been mentioned in the TWRP thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1887070

TWRP 2.3.3.1 seems to work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
2.6.3.1.

And the next iteration of TWRP should work as expected... I tested a patch Dees_Troy applied recently and it seemed to resolve the issues.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mionica:
You wouldn't happen to have a beta build of that, would you? :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
2.6.3.1 works fine for now... why do you NEED 2.7.x?

I still need to test with the 'old' device tree which TWRP is using to build official recovery for the Photon Q. There will be an official build soon. Thanks.