yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Not that it looks (much) different, but here are some screenies if anyone wants to have a look. When looking at the toggles, note WiFi is on (but not connected). Bill, if you want to use them for the site or whatever, feel free.

Also, I couldn't help it -- I made a post on Reddit (/r/Android) about this ROM. I'm sure nobody there has a Photon 4G or Electrify, but thought it was especially exceptional that 1) the phone is still being supported by volunteer developers and 2) that our phone has 4.2.1 while most new phones just have ICS or JB 4.1.1/4.1.2. Having 4.2.1 right now is an honor exclusive to Nexus 4 and how many others? Not too many. Be proud, man. This is really f***ing awesome.
[Motorola Photon 4G] arpit007jain:
Which Gapps should I flash? Can anybody give me a link.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
QUOTE=bray424;35964328]Ok I think I found the fix for Google Now: Long press the search button to bring up Voice Search. Hit menu then go into settings, then voice, then uncheck the box for Hotword Detection. Worked for me.[/QUOTE

For the newest Google now problems, see post above on the cm10 forum. Bray424, found a fix. Works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
I used epinters
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
http://goo.im/devs/epinter/gapps

("Olympus" being the internal name of the Atrix.)
[Motorola Photon 4G] pgriffinsc:
Bill,is the site down at the moment?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Yup....stupid pos hosting company locked it due to supposed "malware". Wont be able to fix till monday
[Motorola Photon 4G] Nibble13:
i will test on gsm dtac. this rom work very well, smooth and no fc. im plan to run test one week. :)

thank you for your work, bill. you are awesome man.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Everything's been smooth on gsm besides pinch to zoom in the browser and selecting hot links
[Motorola Photon 4G] mk3:
dynomite!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Demonlinx:
hey bill,

I was just wondering if this CM10.1 release will be replacing the CM 10 that is out right now or if you plan to update both?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Really awesome work....... no word's to wish you Bill....keep our photon alive...again thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
Look at CM9's updates after CM10 came out. There were not too many. ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Any good news about bugs?
[Motorola Photon 4G] worthlessgenius:
The only good bug is a dead bug! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOOOYo9vHzo
[Motorola Photon 4G] magui43212:
Y'all should try the chrome beta. It works on the liquid smooth rom. Should work on this one, too.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta
[Motorola Photon 4G] NishantM:
I guess you forgot to read a phrase 'No promises'. And there's a rule you need to follow, no asking ETAs. If it's ready he will release it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sandiskuser:
Ah..apparently it doesn't work here on a different carrier..

Bill, could you please have a look? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47653301&postcount=368
[Motorola Photon 4G] bmob222:
waiting for you awesome roms keep up the good work
[Motorola Photon 4G] kdog350:
What app is it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] antipasto:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.declarie.edgy
[Motorola Photon 4G] sandiskuser:
Not working..

Bill, could you please have a look?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
Nice to see some activities on this forum

It was almost few months since i had visited Photon Android development forum (After i gave my photon to wife ;)).

Today when i was browsing through the forums was really surprised to see some action here.

Bill thanks to you man i had a nice time with photon.

If there are some new RoM's coming to photon will surely load it to photon again.

Again thanks to Bill and all the Dev's here for their continued efforts....
[Motorola Photon 4G] santimaster2000:
Quick question, this ROM's has functional VOIP calls ? I mean, Skype, and that kind of apps works with no audio problems ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sandiskuser:
Can someone please help me with the SMS problem?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
From what I read, you have a photon on a gsm carrier? If that's the case, then Sprint CDMA option wont work correctly for you to get data and will result in unknown network. I forget if my last build on this was in aroma, but if so, try gsm option. If I read wrong and you're on cdma, let me know
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'm still working guys and gals. Kernel from atrix has 12 months of commits (thousands of edits).

Also am doing some work on my new device, the HTC One....so I'm a little slowed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Akhileshjj:
Bill,Thanks for helping to keep some hope alive in our photon...
[Motorola Photon 4G] sandiskuser:
I tried all rom installing options combinations, nothing helped the sms problem. Any idea? or recommendation for other roms that don't suffer that problem?
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
I guess you could try downloading "APN backup restore" from the market. Go to your room that doesn't have that issue and backup. Go back to this one and restore.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Try *#*#4636#*#*

In phone information... update the SMSC number corresponding to your network...
[Motorola Photon 4G] sandiskuser:
I read I have to refresh first then change and update.

So I did so, then restart and *#*#4636#*#* and refresh to see the custom edited SMSC, but it showed the older one..

What am I missing?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Bill request you some updates from you...

---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

Bill request you some updates from you
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
I humble request You wait until after the holidays to try getting updates. 3 days till Christmas, family events and all that.

Some things are more important then a hobby.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mambaram:
We are still waiting humble and looking forward for some thing new. pleeeeeeeeaaaaasssssssssssssss.:fingers-crossed::crying::svetius::angel::highfive:
[Motorola Photon 4G] kingtiger01:
I didnt see it mentioned, but is this 2nd-init compatible? or unlocked only? im on 2.3.5... so not many options.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Unlocked 2.3.4 only. Sorry
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Atlast no support for our Photon from both Motorola and developers...

We are in very bad stage for our phone
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It's not about no support. Ive been having a hell of a time with trying to get cm10.2 or 11 to even begin to boot. Since most devices with tegra2 are not on even similar kernel version to the photon, it's difficult to fix the 2.6.39 we have using their commits. I have it successfully building, but it doesn't boot. I know it is something in boot.img. I just have to figure out where I've gone wrong.

The Atrix kernel port is still something I'm working on, but you must remember they had 3 devs plus Moto helping them. I'm one person trying to merge 14 months worth of commits and edit for our device...all of the while dealing with the fact that I am not a kernel dev, so much of this is totally foreign to me.

I haven't given up, but honestly don't have anything newer to update you to until I can fix the 4.3/4.4 boot issues or get the kernel fixed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Hey Bill, just ignore this ganeshas guy. All he does is complain and cry when, in his opinion, nothing is getting done.

I wouldn't even justify him with a response. Those of us that are still lurking here know you are working when and how you can.

Thanks a lot for your efforts
[Motorola Photon 4G] taller238:
Download links do NOT work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I have to figure out new solution for file hosting and 're set up links. May take a day or two.
[Motorola Photon 4G] taller238:
Thank you for your attention.cyclops:
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Hey bullfrog, note that because of my question only we got some response in this thread after long days gap...

So it's good to hear that we will get updates to our Photon soon from Bill...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
For now, go to androidfilehost.com, search for my name under developers tab and the files should be there. Quick fix until I can repair thread.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Ganeshshas,

We all know he is working on a new kernel which he has no experience in. Let alone reading hundreds of pages of the atrix forum to learn some things.

Let alone a normal job and family.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
And on top of it all, it appears part of my problem with 10.2 might have to do with my trying to use a very old version of CWM to flash it...yes, I'm smart. Having to rebuild the 10.2 build I finished to see if newer recovery makes a difference.
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
If you need a tester... My photon is available. I broke my screen, so I upgraded. But system still works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Yea, well the way you word all of your "questions" implies disrespect. If you were to simply ask "hey Bill, any update on progress?" People wouldn't feel like choking/slapping you through their phones/computer.

That's all :beer

Oh, and I'm up for testing anything needed
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Everythings all good. I know sometimes things can get misworded, so its cool. My PC is building....I'm out and about with my kids. I'll let you all know when I have something
[Motorola Photon 4G] taller238:
Many thanks!

I have downloaded them and soon be start to flash.

And before that, somethings need to confirm:

1. Do I need do any prerequisite work like ROOT and UNLOCK as suggested in this? (I have NOT rooted / unlocked before and now in old 2.3.5)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1787743

2. I have Photon 4G, and in 2.3.5 old system. Seems like I need burn the "AOKP_JB_Sunfire_Night_8.24_Signed_Th3Bill.zip".

But to the gapps, shall I burn "th3bill_gapps_jb_4.2.zip" or "th3bill_gapps_jb_4.2_Aroma.zip"?

And to the recovery, shall I burn "th3bill_recoveryv1.zip" or "th3bill_recoveryv1_atrix.zip"?

3. Shall I first burn recovery, then AOKP zip, then gapps zip?

4. Does this AOKP zip support HDMI, and possibly GSM mode?

Thanks again!
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Unless something changed you aren't able to unlock the boot loader on 2.3.5. Which means you can't change out of stock.

You would have to be on 2.3.4 to unlock boatloader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] taller238:
Thx. But 1st of 1st, do I NEED to root / unlock in order to install this AKOP ROM?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Unfortunately 100% yes you do.
[Motorola Photon 4G] grag:
hellow

after install this beanstalk rom

phone can open any system setting

im saying that my phone unroot after install

so help me to rooted my motorola photon 4g

with this buit jb-4.2 cm10.1

2-12-13
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
so I guess Bill is off to do work on HTC One full time now. Its ok I don't really use my Photon 4G anymore. Its just a browsing tool for me now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
I'm still using Photon as my primary mobile.. I'm expecting more for Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] kingofnerds:
Without the Drivers / Kernel Source from motorola or Nvidia for the chipset, this phone is pretty much stuck where it is at. A lot was done with it, and yes it does have good hardware, but without the codebase support from the manufacturer, we are out of luck on this one. Yes, it would be nice to see more work on the Photon 4G, but there isn't much drive in the community to support a 3 year old phone which never had the proper driver support from Motorola which would be needed to fuel community development.

If you expect more for the Photon, then you might want to spend some time yourself determining exactly which features you want and try to implement them yourself. Then if you determine a way to do these things and share them here, you might be able to spark a revival for this device. But you can't just come and demand more without giving some yourself.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Well, hate to say it but I don't have a test device anymore. I had USB port break on mine and I bricked it when I had a failed recovery flash. Recovery won't load and I was working without a ROM as I had full wiped. Without USB working, I can't fastboot flash anything to get recovery back. I don't want to be mean, but I don't have the energy to upload every build I do to have someone else test, as it takes 2 hours to build a source ROM like this and without ability to test directly, fixing would take forever to try to get debugged.

Without a donated device, development is stagnant on my end. I know they're cheap, but I'm out of work on disability with another blood clot and don't have the money to buy one with all the medical bills rolling in.

Sorry folks....I'd hoped to do more, but it looks like I'm gonna end up letting you down :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] NishantM:
It's time to move on dude! Sell it off, add some money and get a Moto G.
[Motorola Photon 4G] knG333:
No need to apologize. You did great things for this phone and its community. Most people have moved on by now so may the mighty Photon rest in peace. Take care and thank you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
I moved on from the Photon over a year ago, but I still check in from time to time. The3Bill made our devices awesome after Motorola left us high and dry. Thanks for everything, man!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Photon was my favorite phone until I got the HTC One series phones (first the m7 and now this year's m8).

I'm glad to see I helped keep the device cool and relevant while I could.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jasonmerc:
Nice work on the CM10, Bill! Thanks for keeping the device alive! I wish I could try the ROM, but unfortunately my Photon shipped with 2.3.5...

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] rbeavers:
PM me your mailing address I got a photon collecting dust.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jshamlet:
Is this ROM still available for download? I'm getting a not allowed error when I try.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Reiki21:
You can find the3bill's roms here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=1911
[Motorola Photon 4G] niphoet:
I tried the new beta on CM10 (can't use CM10.1 yet since I need BT and Wifi daily) and it doesn't crap itself when opening tabs!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
I'm running King Kang, and the Chrome Beta works here, including tab switching.

I think it's safe to say, not that Chrome Beta works on our ROMs, but that the bug that was keeping Chrome from working in the first place is fixed in the beta. The distinction is important, as it means the days of Chrome not working on the Photon are behind us, at least for those of us running Android 4 ROMs. I believe it had to do with us running the Froyo kernel. It breaks SwiftKey Flow, too. (SK is aware of the issue on the Atrix. I would tell them it's us as well, but their forum registration wasn't working when I tried.)
[Motorola Photon 4G] chetansaraf:
... eagrly waiting for wifi fix as it is highly needed, after the fix it wont take a second for me to flash the rom ...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I figured out wifi fix. Now, I just need to fix BT, which may take a couple days. Camera Preview is still a bit of a mystery at the moment...lol

edit: Camera working

FYI....I uploaded a version of Gapps (linked on the cm10.1 page) that doesn't break keyboard
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
This has been fantastic. Can't wait to work with this after the fixes. Liking forward to the new release.

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] CaliMark1:
Will the WIFI fixed version be available to download? Thanks for all your hard work, can't wait to try out!

CaliMark
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Nope...just figured I'd tease everyone with reports of a working wifi Photon...LOL

Just messing with you...it'll be up in about 15 mins
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Build 1/13/13 is UP!

Camera-fixed (Camcorder still not working..)

Wifi fixed

Cheers!

Gapps on the page will allow keyboard to still work properly (fixes the "hiding keyboard" issue)
[Motorola Photon 4G] kashis32:
Bill can you check the link brother, it seems to he down temporarily. Thanks brother you rock. :beer:
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
Damnit, I've been checking this thread twice daily for a wifi fix since I don't use bluetooth, and now that ones finally up I get:

WHY MUST YOU TAUNT ME SO, INTERNET GODS?!?

edit: although maybe its a sign that i should properly back up before trying this out instead of just jumping in
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Whoops! I put up the link to the browser page where I actually UPLOAD the file, not where it ends up available to be downloaded...LOL

I've fixed it :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Your GAPPS link appears to be broken on your site under the ROM download link.

Downloading ROM now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] neonjam:
Yep looks like its trying to link to an upload page like the ROM was.

Otherwise so excited you rock Bill!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Fixed as well now :D

I'm in the process of editing AOKP source to try to build 4.2 of that. After that, I will be working on every JB ROM I currently have one by one till we have them all to 4.2 :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
Any progress on that "Vanilla Android with support for MIUI themes" ROM you hinted at in the MIUI thread?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Thats still a wip from what ive heard
[Motorola Photon 4G] CaliMark1:
Th3Bill is one of the bugs you working on no voice input for Google Now? Also, it doesn't seem to want to load either AnTuTu or Quadrant? Anyone know of any other good benchmark? This is really nice ROM as it stands....
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
So, Bluetooth is the only thing still borked in 4.2 that wasn't in 4.1.2?

Can't wait for the AOKP 4.2. Is there a way to get the tablet browser (in Paranoid, King Kang, and PACman) in regular AOKP? I've found it to be the best browser so far.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
BT, tethering and Camcorder are the major things right now....BT and tethering are fixable, though...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'll have to look more into Google Now.

As far as benchmarking, the lack of proper drivers only makes those either run poorly or not at all. All a benchmark is good for is ****-measuring. True thing I worry about is real world performance in my average usage...
[Motorola Photon 4G] CaliMark1:
I agree on the benchmarks but for some reason I still run them...lol...

Voice input from the Swype Keyboard doesn't work either....

When you mentioned the Android Keyboard was working, did you mean the Swpye like features?

Thanks for all the time you have spent on this project....

CaliMark
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I was talking more about the issues that were occurring where after flashing gapps, the keyboard would type 1 letter, then close and it would take a few touches of it again to get it to open. I have to see if CM is designed to have the swype function. I know that AOSP has, but CM has a bunch of "touches" to it
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
Messing around with it I've got three games that worked just fine on 4.1 that crash in this one. I think it might have something to do with 3d accel, since one of them World of Warcraft Armory, and it works fine up until you fire up the 3d gallery where it crashes immediately. I got logcats if that would help at all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
I'm currently using CM only...Somebody please tell the difference between CM10.1 and AOKP10.1 is there any major changes?
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
Cyanogen Mod and AOKP, if i understand correctly, are two different development teams based off AOSP, or android source. From what i have experienced, AOKP offers a little bit more in the sense of customization. I haven't really noticed a difference other than that, and this CM 10.1 rom is running soooooooo smooth. Only issue i'm having is with Gapps, mainly google now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] chetansaraf:
... Th3BIll, i wanna tell you that i am loving this rom after you solved wifi and camera. Runnin great. Had issues of Facebook and FB Messenger both FCing but after reinstalling both, doing good.

One thing i hate is in web browsers when i scroll up or down the page zooms in which is insanely frustrating. Its not like i cant do it but i have to be lightning fast to scroll. If the touch remains even for 1/10th of a second, it zooms in ...
[Motorola Photon 4G] CaliMark1:
Double for the the scrolling it's like pinch to zoom with only one finger....wasn't sure if everyone was having the same problem...

CaliMark
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
same here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] magui43212:
Does gesture typing work with this ROM? I can't get it to work right. Strangely, gesture typing also stopped working on my N7........
[Motorola Photon 4G] kashis32:
Ok so music is force closing and I have no audio
[Motorola Photon 4G] kdog350:
does rebooting help? My phone stopped letting me listen to music but once i rebooted, everything worked
[Motorola Photon 4G] kashis32:
Still no audio(music) after reboot.

Fixed. Used ROM manager and fixed my permissions and reboot and I'm good. Thanks all
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
You did full wipe to install CM10.1 or not?

If not wipe all data, cache, dalvik, install Rom fix permissions....
[Motorola Photon 4G] CaliMark1:
I have found that pinch to zoom and scrolling work best in the Firefox Beta....

Th3Bill,

I haven't found were I can access the overclocking in this rom, doesn't it support or do you plan on adding this in?

Thanks!

CaliMark
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Waiting for bt and lagging screen transitions fix....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Demonlinx:
Lagging screen transition is due to the fact that Motorola wont release drivers for the Photon. Its just something that is lived with now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kashis32:
Re: [ROM][JB-4.2]CM10.1 for Motorola Photon 1/13/13 [Unofficial]

Is anyone else having trouble with data/phone taking 10/15min to turn on?
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
I noticed it took a while longer than what i expected, but not that long. Only issue i see is with the new gapps, which may have already been addressed. When i installed the newest gapps, it doesn't install apps like maps, or play music, and google now isn't loaded at all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] flame7:
I'm really loving this ROM, however... Google Now not working its not acceptable for me, so I'll have to go restore I guess. Thanks for all your hard work Bill.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kashis32:
Re: [ROM][JB-4.2]CM10.1 for Motorola Photon 1/13/13 [Unofficial]

Google now works just get into the settings and in voice unchecked recognition. Works great except voice recognition:). Love this ROM don't give up.
[Motorola Photon 4G] magui43212:
Re: [ROM][JB-4.2]CM10.1 for Motorola Photon 1/13/13 [Unofficial]

Is anyone else having problems with gesture typing or is it just me?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ganeshshas:
Re: jokers kernels 1/17/13

We will get our own Kernal UN officially?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mk3:
upgraded from AOKP and did full wipe install of rom and new gapps. anyone else notice the Voice Dialer gets stuck on "starting up..." ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] secret.animal:
Re: [ROM][JB-4.2]CM10.1 for Motorola Photon 1/13/13 [Unofficial]

Yep, still a few bugs. Just holding and waiting patiently.
[Motorola Photon 4G] chetansaraf:
This is what i noticed till now.....

1. No Developers Option.

2. No Performance Option.

3. No Bluetooth.

4. CRT Off not smooth (though glad that we got it back).

5. Camera Preview stretched vertically.

Right now i just remember these....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Demonlinx:
I have noticed the same bugs posted above mine however I found that the browser and all browsers I tried using often zoom in and out when i touch the screen(not trying to zoom but scroll). has anyone else experienced this issue and know what it is causing it? I didnt have this problem on CM10. Any news of a fix would be nice. Love the rom bill great job.
[Motorola Photon 4G] frozndevl:
#1 - Did you go to your about phone and tap the build a number of times? I think they hide developer options by default in 10.1. I think you need to tap it 7 times.