[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thamsimon:
Hi there all, please bear with me for the hijacking of the thread.

I have been a viewer of xda developer for a long time especially with the htc shift x9500 which I had modded with considerable pleasure. SSDand 2GB ram.

I was referred to this thread by a client of mine who resides in dubai and wanted to perform the mod. However, he wanted it to be as OEM as possible with a sim card slot without hacking the housing. (i.e if the wanted to change sim cards, he have to take apart the phone and change the sim. Hence, a sim tray solder on the board is necessary.)

I am an electronics trader by trade and therefore consulted several ‘engineers’ in China with reference to these photos. It is possible to do it however, only MICRO SIM and NANO SIM are to be used due to size restrictions.

I had also contacted several sim card tray makers and GCT (gct.co/sim-connectors/micro-sim-connector.aspx?Family=Micro%20SIM%20connector&) has a connector for it.

They are also able to manufacture one custom made for the Motorola Photon Q 4g lte to solder down to the old sim area using a soldering press machine.

Gct sim connector diagram gct.co/sim-connectors/pdf/SIM7050.pdf

Another manufacturer is magicsim magic-sim.com who can manufacturer a sim card holder adapter with ribbon cable that extends to the battery area and also using the soldering press to solder down.

I have a sample from magicsim already. PM me for pictures and awaiting GCT.

Now comes the fly in the ointment. Both manufacturers requires a MOQ of 5000 at a cost of USD$2 for the GCT and USD$1.83 for the magic sim.

If using the magic sim, it will be only for the Mini sim size. If for the GCT on board, it will only be for the micro and nano sim.

I am gathering interest for which model you all are interested and I will put up the order including the 5 sets my client had instructed me to mod. Leaving 4995 for readers here.

The lead time for the GCT model is 3 working days and for the Magic sim is 15 working days.

It will take another 4 days to be shipped to Singapore where the press solder is.

Pricing wise is the same as CornholioGSM who holds the ‘patent’ for this mod and he will be paid a token sum to his paypal for every unit modded. All correspondences with us will be courtesy copied to CornholioGSM and once the buyer has paid, we will reciprocate and pay CornholioGSM accordingly the token fee.

CornholioGSM, please pm me for further details.

Users who are interested me to do this mod by me, please take note that it will be done in Singapore. You are encouraged to mail your board only and not the whole phone in a bubble wrap.

If you are plain lazy, you can send us the whole phone but please do not send chargers and batteries.

You are also encouraged to remove the ic yourself via the methods stated above, however, if you are lazy, we can do it for you for a fee.

If you have brought it from ebay or online retailers, we will forgive you and not charge you for dismantling/ removing ic. However, please email me the tracking number.

We will only ask you to send the board/phone only after we have confirmed/exchanged all address and names via email and I prefer to received items with a tracking number and when I mail it back, it will also have a tracking number via Singpost.

We will have a unit of Motorola Photon Q 4g lte to test the board upon arrival and after modding with a Singapore network sim card.

Buyers are only required to pay when the board is ready. Paypal only.

Lastly, as for heat gun, we need someone to donate one as we do not have it.

I am not sure is it alright to post my phone numbers and email here hence I did not post.