yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Alex_XV6700:
Thanks

The PAP setting did all the magic I was looking for since yesterday, strange thing is the only way I made it work was in CM10 rom GSM only, but that is really slow here. Again thanks Cornholio for this outstanding mod :good: and for the support too!!! :victory:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...tanks too :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kaot5:
Sorry for my late responce, but at the weekend was my birthday. There was mutch to prepere that the family is able to eat their fill. (The real birthday will be when the mod is done). Did you have check the chip? Ohterwise I will try a ferrit with about 1.6Ohm.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...u have no opened photon at now for remeasuring, but i have in my archive this picture:

http://imageshack.us/a/img201/4316/img20130204204541754.jpg
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kaot5:
Thx,

I think your picture now make sense. You can see the diodes in the red circle. May the fuses protect against too much current of interference voltage. I'll try it and we will see what happen. Precautionary: Did anyone have a reserve board?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sals999:
diodes

The diodes on the picture responsible for the work digitizer! Very careful with them! verified through personal experience!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kaot5:
Thanks, I fix the problem and build in a fuse.

But now I'm totally confused and need help. I put all parts together and start up the first time with the SIM Card. Everything works fine. First I try to make a call: works!! Next I set up the APN's and the described settings for UMTS. Here the problems begin. This "setting up" fails and I don't know why. After playing around with the phone settings the connection to my provider cuts. I did not know what I have done wrong:crying: and now I'm fully lost.

It seems that the phone is not able to set up the connection to my provider again. I have also no signal strength. Can this have to do with the antenna. May I have damage it when I modify the case for the SIM card reader. The attached pictures show the actual settings. I know they are wrong. But here I stop trying.

Please help!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] sals999:
try resetting to factory settings and use these settings for APN

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38696879&postcount=449
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Anyone in the US try this mod yet?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kaot5:
I have try it with the same result.

Did someone has another idea?

Or a PCB board for sale?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kaot5:
Now I have seen similar chips with a white body and a black marking. This are inductors, but I can not verify it (no gage here for inductors).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] LordMarty:
First person in Norway with this mod?

pew pew :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
I can confirm it .... you are first in Norway and in Scandinavian peninsula too :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
Sv: Good News !!! SIM CARD MOD IS HERE !!!

How will you solve the missing letters? //sweden

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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] LordMarty:
Missing letters is easily solved in the Cyanogenmod 10. Quick doubletapping the letter a will make a "å", and so on.

(Under Settings -> Device -> Advanced -> multilanguage.)

Swedish is there aswell ;)

I might make a new key-layout aswell, where I move the ". , /" to other buttons, but I'm not rushing it.

:)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
Sv: Good News !!! SIM CARD MOD IS HERE !!!

Is the cyanogenmod 10 rom working well? Any hickups?

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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Nonworking GPS is the main hiccup now.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
I'm going to this weekend
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] keisersoze:
Still cant get it to work

Hi Cornholio sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I tried to reply to your PM but couldnt figure out how to attach a pic.I still cannot get my Photon Q to recognize the sim. I have attached a photo which lists the components I am missing along with what I am measuring at the pads with my meter. Any help would be appreciated as I would love to get this phone working.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
Missing something

CORNHOLIO I will PM you got the SIM IC out. However now I'm missing what I believe to be 4 resistors. I would appreciate any help thanks... and the sim ic fell apart LOL
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
andrej,

nice job!

Isn't your mod making the back panel a little bit bulge? Would you show us how it is protruded cosmetically?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
oooooh good removed sim ic :D

...wait for my PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
I will be trying mine on at&t in the USofA
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
Do you have active Sprint service as well? I'm interested to see if the SIM mod breaks LTE..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
The one I am modifying now has a bad ESN. I wanted to make sure I could do it before trying it on my daily driver. Also sadly I do not get LTE in my area. Unless you figure out how to roam on verizon 4G
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
Yet another successfull mod, this time from Poland. Thanks Cornholio.

I have a question though, I noticed that you ripped one of the hooks to made SIM Card more accessible. Doesn't this affects stability of back cover?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...no no :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] micx_pl:
Actually it's the fourth Photon Q in Poland I'm aware of :)

Pozdro :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...today is anniversary - 20th photon is done with mirco sim slot :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
Sv: Good News !!! SIM CARD MOD IS HERE !!!

Price to sweden?

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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Rennert:
AW: Good News !!! SIM CARD MOD IS HERE !!!

Great:) is my best phone, but i use without sim slot

...Tapatalk
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...my is without slot tooo :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
What do you mean without slot?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] andrej_h:
A little sticks out but it not a problem for me if that is badly visible on a photo I has removed a part of plastic on a back cover.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
They mean the SIM they put in from their carrier is 'fixed' to the device, similar how the OEM device comes with a Sprint SIM

There's no SIM slot reader so they can easily swap out SIM cards.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KarKzas:
Sim ToolKit

Great, i made it! i got the sim mod and now i happily have my photon q fully working on the Colombian 3g network.

However, i have a trouble: generally almost all roms have a sim card apk called sim toolkit, which enables some gsm utilities and tools from the mobile carrier. i use it to make bank operations, recharge money on my prepaid account and another stuffs. but the photon q doesn't have this feature.

Can anyone tell me how to enable this apk? i will apreciate every help you can give me.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nl2dav:
Hmm the battery life concerns me the most.

I currently have a xperia pro, which doesn't suck so much juice when the screen is on. Well I think the screen is the weakest point here because its old fashioned TFT without LED backlit etc? In some reviews I see the battery level drop 10% over 15 minutes. Thats 40% an hour. I find that a lot to be honest. But maybe it's a lot nowadays and my sex pro already does the same. I'm missing a side by side comparison. Too bad that gsmarena didnt do an endurance test like they did with my Sony phone.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
Please help...this is important !!!

I have by me one phq for mod from Netherland, but i not know owner and return address :(

On package is only track N°

Please contact me on PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] NikolauZi:
hey cornholio,

just a quick feedback: mod now finally works, thanks for all the effort - just donated some more money ;)

cheers!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
....thanks :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Die Bruine:
That's probably mine. Doesn't my address show in PayPal, otherwise it should be in de e-mails I sent you.

Check you email of it is me... Won't know for sure because I'm still on my vacation. Of it's the one with a loose diode/resistor/capacitor under a pièce of white tape, it's mine.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] nehas:
Nice, finally got my phone from post, all works nicely. Thanks!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dj_chele:
After this Mod

Hello CornholioGSM greetings

I have a question to you.

When i want to do this mod on the phone after that, the cellphone need something like a unlock code or is factory unlocked to any gsm worlwide network

Thanks for the MOD:cyclops:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
:) :) :)

...no unlock code is needed
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] MontyMontie:
Hey why don't you buy the MOBO and sell it modded Cornholio....I still have my Photon Q / ipod ...maybe i can ship the mobo to you??...I just hate looking at it ...being almost useless
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
.....contact me on PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
btw. seen this (motion by CZ guys)? http://we-want-qwerty.com/index.php?lg=en

I think someone should tell them about the possibility :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...You can do it :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] atomphil:
I want QWERTZ ! ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] oTToToTenTanz:
I am flexible ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] hopkins35:
Motorola update

Hi guys

Can someone clarify whether it is safe to do the 77.8.14.en.us update on a sim modded photon q with unlocked bootloader and root?

Cheers
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mrvek:
It should be. I updated to ASA 14 before doing SIM mod (unlocked bootloader as well) and all is fine. Flashed stock fxz after sim mod and still fine.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] hopkins35:
Thanks mrvek
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] red.brick:
First of all BIG thanks to CornholioGSM!

I'm still preparing to buy and mod Photon Q as most of you already did :) I'm reading carefully all your relations and still have no idea how to "install" a card to be safe and removable the same time.

I'm wondering if there is enough place to put standard sim card behind sliding / back cover of display part.

See the movie staring from 00:11:47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyugXiuxBp8&feature=player_detailpage#t=707s

If so, maybe it would be possible to cut off a window with dremel (i looks like it is made of metal) and add own closing (ie. some sliding closing like the battery closing in some cheap clocks.. if you know what I mean..) It would look elegantly and be easy to remove sim as needed.

But the question is how much space is behind this cover. I see some connectors on the back side of screen if they protrude over about 1 mm.. we are at home!

So, Anyone to make a research? :D

BR,

red.brick
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] oTToToTenTanz:
Interesting. I also would like to know this!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
.... have you see this?

Sim is in push in/out slot
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] E.Ly:
CornholioGSM, greetings from Russia!

Can you,please.show some more photos of connecting SGS3-slot with wires from SIM IC contacts?I don't want to connect sim-card directly to wires as many people do and will try to do the mod by your example.

Thanks a lot, you made a great job for a great phone!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] oTToToTenTanz:
Sorry, wrong post.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
Connecting sim to mobo or reader to mobo is same :)

But maybe is not safe to do this mod with s3 slot at home because is needed cutting mainboard with dremmel...and then cutting covers.

***********************************

Here is new video of final mod :

[youtube]q5GWU2FHstY[/youtube]
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] E.Ly:
So, correct me if I mistaken, but I thought that you used S3-slot in your final mod..Or just another slot?Or S3 slot with help of dremmel?:D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
yes i9300 or simmilar slot, but this slot has connection on bottom so is needed use dremmel for cut mb for space for wires.

This is dangerous.

Another danger is on back side of sim slot - here must be distance betwen slot and capacitators only approx 0.5mm!

So as i say - this is not safe do it at home.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] motorowner:
occasionally reenter pin problem

Hi simcardmodders,

I've done the mod as well (actually a friend of mine did the soldering part) and it works so far. I lost some parts as other users did, but replaced the losses (sorry no image links due to 10 post spam rule). Measuring and comparison to another fine working simcard-modded photon q shows no difference, all values are fine.

But from time to time the phone loses its network-connection. Most of the times I have to reenter pin, sometimes I have to reboot pone, since it doesn't recover from airplane mode.

This issue occurs twice in 3 days, but more often when google location services are enabled.

Has anyone discovered similar behaviour?

I use a stock rom btw, since skrilax_cz's cm10 causes daily restarts stuck to bootlogo.

Thanks for any input in advance!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...what sim slot have you use ? can you post picture ?

Reenter pin means Sim is wrong connected
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] motorowner:
S9300 slot at first, but hardwired now to reduce sources for problems. Issue remains.

Sorry, I meant I have to enter pin after phone lost network, reentering as when entered wrong pin is not neccessary, phone accepts pin and works fine for some hours. I don't think its a problem of the network provider by the way. I have good coverage and Milestone works fine.

I can't post links so far due to 10 post limitation, sent pm.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] E.Ly:
Can you, please, show some pictures of connection and cutting?I want to see scheme of connection wires to slot and what exactly needed to be cutted.I would sell my phone to you with pleasure, but I live to far from you and my phone is still on the way to me.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
contact me on PM
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ToUMUoT:
Hi, guys.

I tried sim card MOD.

I removed metal cover and chip, but I faced some problems.

My photon q has two problems because of my mistake as attached image.

1. One solder area for sim pin including surface of print board had come off.

2. One capacitor had come off and be lost.

Can this condition be recovered?

Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ErieTrack:
I was wondering if you got your phone working on AT&T yet?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
I will be getting the JB OTA soak tomorrow morning but will also be deploying soon overseas. So i need to get rid of it. looking to get 150 plus what ever the shipping is to you. PM me if you're interested thank you.

---------- Post added at 08:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

No I didn't I was unable to get the new SIM soldered in I ended up giving that phone to Cornholio.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ErieTrack:
Ok thanks for the info and good luck on your deployment!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
i have tested at&t sim now...phone detect it without problem.

What cannot i test is signal because in cze is not att.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Hmm, so it's not SIM locked by default even to other US carriers? nadlabak checked in QPST that SIM lock is active (but not which carriers / countries), based on the info from the "unlock Droid RAZR HD on T-Mobile, AT&T etc.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
this at&t card works fine...tested with sim app
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
AFAIK, it's not SIM lock but a 'radio lock' - the Razr HD/M could read at&t sim card just fine as well, but it couldn't actually connect to the network (it behaved like the sim card was not activated by the operator).

In any case, the NV Item 8322 is set to 1 on Photon Q (Sprint), so the connection to US GSM carriers is supposedly blocked.

But the NV Item 8322 can be easily set to 0 e.g. using the RadioComm sw as described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2166542

So it's no big issue.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
The JB build seems to be GSM mod friendly, no nasty surprises (SIM lock etc.) noticed so far.

Good to go ;).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
....i know....same as on all droids from verizon :)

so you have tested jb?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Al936:
Thanks! Went fine :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2229671

They are all updating to JB using files uploaded by our friends.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
What is this sticker for?

I removed casually this sticker during the mod, but I realized there seemed to be a circuit behind the sticker...

What has this been for ?? :crying:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
aaaah this is antena !!! is not needed cross out part number on it :)

you can test to glued it back, but for 80% will it not work correctly :(

So then you need new midle part from here :

http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-motorola-photon-q-4g-lte-xt897-rear-housing.html
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
Thanks for the confirmation, but do you know which signal it will collect ?

I took out from around the camera button

3G and Wifi seemed okay, and BT is shaky... :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
this is too big for bt ant...i mean this is gps ant.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
Thanks Cornholio,

I already threw away the snippet, but GPS locks good.

Do still I have to order the back housing ? I'm still somewhat suspicous of my BT signal got rather weak. just feeling ??

:)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
sorry, i dont have this part :( you must order it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
No No, I just asked whether this is really for GPS, as my GPS seemed to work.

If it's working, then I rather not order any part :)

OR...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318892

BTW, where is BT antenna? my BT signal won't go far enough for me...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
It was actually a wifi/bt antenna, what a bummer :cyclops: I borked one of the most important antenna ...

https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetApplicationAttachment.html?id=1725202

I almost ordered the backhousing, but I know I wouldn't wait that long with my daily driver, so I tried another mod.

BT/Wifi antenna Mod!

I consulted with the following info,from who was unfortunate in a same manner with me:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=854830

I wish I had a copper tape, but thankfully I also found another useful info:

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/244...-and-way-to-fix-it-hardware-mod/page__st__160

saying an aluminum foil is also good enough...

I had to cut two sheets of aluminum foils, one for BT, and the other for WIFI. I didn't know which contacts are for which one, but I didn't have a luxury of options here, anyway I crafted 2 antennas with scissors and spreaded and glued carefully over the contact metal of the backhousing.

Now, I got uncannily long range of BT singal, I can go anywhere inside my flat with a BT earset.

As for Wifi, not sure I got back Photon's normal potential, but it was on a par with Desire Z, with which I'm okay.

GPS, got locked even inside my room. Still don't know which one is a GPS antenna...

So, my photon got even dirtier inside, but I got even more affectionate towards this phone :fingers-crossed:

Thanks everyone!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
GPS locked in room? you are living in paperhouse?

I mean is better purchase new part.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
It actually locks if the phone has clear view on the sky through window and you have luck.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] palmwangja:
Exactly, if you can see the sky, you have a chance wherever you are.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Stunherald:
I just got hacked Photon Q from CornholioGSM . It works flawlessly!

And already updated to JB (4.1.2) and no issues so far ...

2 CornholioGSM: Thank you !!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pcproa:
I'm in the process of doing mine right now. I'm at the point of removing the keyboard foil. I've looked through this entire thread multiple times and didn't really come across much regarding removing the keyboard foil.

I'm just not comfortable removing it. And when I do remove it, lining it up will be pretty difficult.

Are there any pictures/videos of you removing it and putting it back on?

The hot air will be fairly isolated and it's on the other side of the board, not directly above the sim card, so do I really have to remove it?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kubago:
Just look at this video youtube.com/watch?v=RyugXiuxBp8

It's one-hour long complete disassembly of photon q.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pcproa:
Yup. I've watched the beginning part of that video about a dozen times. Once they get the mainboard and keyboard separated from the screen, they put it to the side. They do not remove the Keyboard foil at all in that video, The only picture I've found so far of the foil separated is this

farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8395495568_542bc248eb_z.jpg
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
I whould like to start a donation fund to cornholio, so he can get enough money to buy one more photon, mod it, and send it to the cyanogenMod team, to get a supporten device.

Anyone eller Who whould like this? Whould cornholio like this? I would :)

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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
Removing kb foil is soo simple and here is not problem with backlight.

Start removing it at the smal hole on botton left or right.

Foil it two layers and is needed remove both at the same time.

...for me no problem
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pcproa:
I'm going to peel it off in a few hours. The short black strips at the top of the keyboard foil, are those the contacts for the keyboard backlight?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
no contacts - foil is backlighted with leds and leds are soldered under this black strips to mobo.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
Just FYI, there is a dev who is on the CyanogenMod team... and he has a SIM modded Photon Q, from none other than CornholioGSM.

So this has already occurred, on its own :).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
Who? and how much money do we need to give him to work on a cm rom for this phone? :) i would rather pay for that then buying another phone without qwerty
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
He's already working on CM10 mate!!

He goes by kabaldan on xda-devs. He got GPS and probably some other things working on the CM10 port, he's been working with Skrilax_CZ.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] agazza:
Goddamit, i need to do this mod now and retire my three HTC g2's :D

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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
Yeah, CM is being taken care of by nadlabak and me for Photon Q (since CM10.1 (not released yet) merged to Moto QCom platform with epinter, Hashcode (both RAZR HD / Atrix HD) and dhacker (RAZR M): https://github.com/razrqcom-dev-team/)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] redsrule2500:
Hey, I'm trying to figure out if I will be able to use this phone on AT&T, but cannot find anywhere in this thread where it's confirmed as possible (or which steps are required!)

Any help is greatly appreciated...need to get rid of this Droid 1/Milestone....ha
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] arrrghhh:
I don't know if anyone has tried it state-side, but there is some speculation that even if you do the mod, there will be software limitations that prevent the SIM from functioning.

But again, I do not know for sure.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] redsrule2500:
Well shoot. This seems like the perfect phone. AT&T really has the worst offerings.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
As I wrote here before: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40318491&postcount=525

I suppose that Photon Q will work on AT&T when this NV edit is done: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2166542

But no one has confirmed it so far on a real SIM modded Photon Q.