yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
I think the status with "further details coming soon" means they are testing it. Razr HD,Atrix HD,Razr M and Electrify M used to have this status. Maybe they passed the testing of KitKat and the status is changed to "will be upgraded". Photon Q will get it after testing is done. Maybe keyboard issue has postponed the status. Same as Razr i which is postponed by Intel drivers.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
It depends on whether the radio software will be shared or not (the only phone specific proprietaries). On Moto X there is single modem firmware for all versions, and that works with Droid MAXX as well.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Yes, I have a DevHost account and will upload the file and post a link on this thread tomorrow afternoon for others...

Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
Feels itchy on my hand now.. :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
Downloading now

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It's not in cache
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
hmm, how about /sdcard/Download, or just root of /sdcard perhaps?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
Negative ghost rider I'll keep looking:p
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pujdo1:
i have still no update recieved...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
Are we sure it's a zip

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Found an otacerts.zip

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That wasn't it. Lol I have the update but won't install it so I can upload the zip Lol
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Loader009:
I've got two ideas.

1. Flash a custom recovery and make a nandroid, to be sure, that you have it, even after updating by mistake.

2. Root, install busybox and use "find" to search for the file.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pujdo1:
anything new ?

i still have no update recieved
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
I've just been trying to upload it I already have of I just can't find it.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pujdo1:
make a backup with team win recovery and upload it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] crackerjack9249:
I broke and updated Lol
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wingzeroismine:
The files are hidden, if you still have root/haven't done the update yet then copy them to an SD card, eject the card, and put the card into a computer (This means DO NOT simply plug your phone into your computer with the SD card in it)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pujdo1:
hasnt someone other the update on his phone ?

i havent recieved my update...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
Were you invited to the soak test?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] pujdo1:
yes
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
It should be in cache folder of the root. After finish downloading the OTA,you can check if it's inside /cache. Or you can use OTA Snatcher HERE.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Here's what I found in my /cache after the OTA downloaded. I realize that the version number is wrong (or maybe it's the version its meant to update from?), but it wasn't there before the download, so this must be it.

Update zip: hxxp://d-h.st/P0n

CRC-32 (from device): hxxp://d-h.st/x9p

MD5: 40f10865036deefdf53af5d5fa6f8c90

SHA-1: bc59855a2a95a80ae80e102860621236fb9e1a55

I'm going to make a nandroid backup first before I update, which will take a while, so let me know if this isn't it, and I'll dig around some more.

Cheers.

EDIT:

Just so we know we're all on the same page, a screengrab of the update notification: hxxp://i49.tinypic.com/vq485d.jpg
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
got it, thanks, it definitely looks like it, and is 188 MB like your update notifications states. and i'm not 100% positive, but i think i remember from before, the update stating the version that it is updating from. guess i'll try installing it

edit: actually the zip shows as 197.2 MB here after downloading, but it sure looks like the update.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
197.2 MB; 188.1 MiB. Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
ahhh right, lol, didn't catch that.

i'm in the process of restoring and installing, thanks a lot for posting!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
I love you
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] micx_pl:
Sooo, maybe those who got/installed the update should start a new thread and post feelings about it, some screenshots? :)

Thanks
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
Moto always name their ota with the version we must be using before updating. It's absolutely JB we're looking for. I'm downloading it now. All of my Moto phones got update now. From Atrix HD,D4,Razr Maxx,Bionic and now Photon Q. Looks like they can keep promises now. :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
How can I use that file to update my Photon Q to JB ?

Edit:

Never mind, figured it out myself.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
How?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
I just updated it to my Photon Q. Project butter rules! :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JaceAlvejetti:
This is how I went about it this morning.

1. Created TWRP backup of current rom.

2. set both voodoo and Supersu to survival or what ever just incase

3. reverted to my original back up of just when i got the phone

4. copied download to sd card, then using root file manager of choice copied to /cache

5. downloaded and flashed stock recovery

6. entered stock recovery, file nolonger in cache dir but able to browse to location on SD and flash

7. .....Profit?

8. download and fastboot flash back TWRP

Extra, I also performed a full wipe after installing it just clean up loose ends as I don't want problem arising in the future of my own accord
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
Upload the update to the phone, reboot to stock recovery, then hi apply update from extranal storage (or something like that) navigate to the update file.

It took about 10 - 15 minutes to apply the update so make sure your phone is charged.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
Thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] rileysmith:
Thanks for posting. It's working great so far.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
Did just about the same here. Used RSD to revert to stock, wiped, then applied from external. Mine did fail on the 'installing data' I believe it was, but everything seems to be working alright.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
? the earliest twrp backup of the asa14 rom i have is deodexed with toggles and munu mods. Now i also have one of asa10 that is stock. Could i just factory reset and flash stock images on the deodexed and modded asa14 rom and update or should i go from the stock asa10 falsh stock images and update to asa14 then jellybean?:confused:

Aslo when i do get ready to do either method should I also copy the crc file to cache or i just the update zip enough.

Sorry to be so bothersome I just want to be sure. Thanks for the help!:D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
I also got an 'error 7' and 'aborted' when flashing the update in stock recovery, as someone else mentioned, but it did take a while to flash, and it did boot into 4.1.2 just fine.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ericcire:
Ok guys, I am new boot goofin when it comes to android here. I did the regular unlock with the MOTO website and rooted following some directions using the command prompt I was able to root.

Now, I would like to make a full backup of my current setup, before I dabble with this update.

Would you experts be willing to guide me in the right direction

Much appreciated
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] amloessb:
You'll need to go back to stock-stock: no mods that change any system files. The update checks the "integrity" of your current build (i.e.: compares hash values), so if you've modified stuff, it won't take.

Flash some kind of custom recovery image (e.g.: CWM Recovery, TWRP) and make a backup through it. There's plenty of instructions around on how to do this.

EDIT: Be sure you have a stock recovery image to flash back to before doing this. You need to use the stock recovery to install the updates.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Might any of you who have stock backups have one from before setting your phone up (i.e.: entering your Google credentials, etc.)? That, or a backup without the user data included? In my infinite wisdom, I did not make a backup of mine before initially rooting and messing with the system way back when.

If anyone has one to share, it would be much appreciated.

Edit: I think I've found one here. I'll test it out once I get some time this evening.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
Is this JB update going to change the idiotic SD card/internal memory situation on the Q? This phone is useless without the function of using the SD card as meant to be. Since CM 10 port didn't address this, I am thinking of jumping ship to the next qwerty phone, hopefully S4.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
Its been that way for every device with ICS onwards unless it was baked into the framework by the manufacturer.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] alexamber91:
JB-reasonable?

Hi guys. What do you think about new update? Are there any bugs in new JB? Is it ok to install this one without a backup?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Ehhh, I wouldn't do that if I were you. What if you end up thinking that the update is horrible and you want your 77.8.14 back? Or if there are bugs and it breaks something? Motorola did say that this is probably the same software that they'll push for the real thing, but it's still technically not a final build. And even then I would still make a backup first...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
I would always make a backup, it can't hurt and you can only regret not having one.

I would have said the update is fine so far, but my device just completely froze up for the second time in 5 mins. Has this happened to anyone else?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
omg....this soak test cannot be connected as mass storage...only mtp :(
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] alexamber91:
Really? It`s sucks... I`m on the highway to hell....

Moto:"Wanted some improvements guys? Here you are=)."
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
How do you get around it? Can CM get around it with the proper programming?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
well, it could just be me. i did root and uninstall some stuff, but nothing outside of what i normally do. we'll see if anyone else reports this.

the first time it froze while i was on a phone call and had navigated to my home screen... the call didn't get disconnected but the screen froze and i had to hold power and volume down. the second time i was just setting a notification for SMS Popup..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dpwhitty11:
I'm not sure, that would be something to ask an experienced maintainer.

For those with the soak test, has anyone uploaded it anywhere for us other guys yet?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
Or post screenshots of anything that may be cool-different-updated???
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] micx_pl:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40342269&postcount=39

PS. Once again, please, can everybody who already updated to JB share their comments on stability, performance and new features? Thanks ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40342269&postcount=39

Whoops, didn't mean to dupe. Sorry.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] deadh0b0:
Could someone please help me because i continue to keep getting status 7 when trying to install it with cwm and when i try to flash a stock recovery it doesn't work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
what is the error when flashing stock recovery? it should be do-able...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
There seems to be no hi-end next qwerty coming after this

last

one, at least for some time... There's a reason why people are doing rather advanced hardware mods to this phone just to get it running on GSM networks...

Talking about CM for Q in the past sense makes no sense - the CM for Q is just at the beginning of development.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] matt2k12:
You managed to be both extremely depressing and extremely uplifting in the same post... bravo! :cyclops:

Keep up the good work. Sorry for being a downer. :eek:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] deadh0b0:
There isn't an error, its just when I try to open the recovery on the phone it shows the android laying on its side with a triangle error

symbol over it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Oh ok, that sounds like stock recovery. When you get to that screen, just press volume up and volume down at the same time, to bring up the menu options.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] deadh0b0:
Ahhhh, I didn't know that lol, thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
When trying to install update I get E:EROR in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (status 7) Installation aborted

Also says assert failed: apply_patch_check ("MTD:boot:then some numbers and letters.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] deadh0b0:
Ok, I just tried to install it with the stock recovery and now it says that signature verification failed.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] noXcape:
I used rsd lite to go completely stock system no root no mods bone stock....and stock recovery......then after I was stock i wiped data and cache before update and all went fine.

Also put the update zip on the root of the external sdcard

Sent from my XT897 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
I also got error 7 at the end of flashing it via stock recovery. But,it's working fine. Maybe some signature failed only at the end. No big deal.

This JB is just like any other JB official I've tried on my another Moto. No sleep mode,no mass storage and no live icons. You got a quick settings by swiping to the right,advanced notifications and much smoother experience. I've successfully deodexed it. Love it so far. Btw,I've tried swapping storage. You can see my guide in Atrix HD general section. It works on Photon Q. Now I can use my 16gb to store my game data. I'm thinking to buy 32gb sdcard soon. :)

Btw,I attach my modified build.prop and vold.fstab. You can read how to HERE.

It will only work on JB. ICS has a different mount point.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wingzeroismine:
The update went about 2/3 through the progress bar then gave an error and rebooted, after the reboot it did boot into jelly bean and appears fully functional. Chrome for some reason isn't installed anymore but the ChromeWithBrowser.apk file from the zip is in the Apps folder with the original Chrome.apk presumably replaced by it. I used firefox anyways so I don't even care that its not installed, a future update will surely fail from it though (not that we'll ever see another official update for this phone).
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
So jealous, I'm still trying to get RSD to recognize my device to flash stock so I can apply the update...:banghead:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] jefbal99:
bah, i can't find a microsd card to save my life tonight. I wanted to update my wife Photon Q to JB, but no microsd. I have 5 of them on my desk at the office...

I guess it will be tomorrow evening
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wingzeroismine:
Just plug your phone into the computer and store the zip file on the local storage??

How mod crazy did you go with your phone? I made very few, mostly rooted just for tethering so it was simple enough to undo a few things and do the update. If your main goal is to restore apps that were deleted just use Root Explorer and compare your system\app directory to a stock image.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
I went........pretty crazy! I just flashed twrp to flash .win files for boot and system, and even had to reflash the modem. Flashing stock recovery does nothing. My phone is weird, after powerdown it automatically reboots to fastboot, I have to go to bootloader and choose "normal startup" just to load system, and everytime my twrp recovery has to be reflashed! Hows that for twisted! The Moto ripple boot animation doesnt even play! Any ideas? Oh, and RSD Lite doesnt recognize my phone no mater what I do!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
System works fine otherwise though...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wingzeroismine:
Well needing to reflash your custom recovery at every reboot is a known thing, there should be a install-recovery.sh file that you need to delete and that won't happen anymore, it mostly checks if the hash of the recovery partition matches, if not it forces a reflash. It should be located in system\etc just rename or delete that file and your custom recovery will persist.

I just checked for good measure, looks like they don't put that file back in the JB update either, hehe.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
I flashed OpenRecovery after updating to JB OTA. I can access it by pressing volume up+power on. No more stock recovery. But,you can try renaming install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak if the stock recovery still persists.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Wow, that surprised me. I restored that "stock" image I mentioned earlier to try and get back to stock 77.8.14, but the OTA wouldn't take initially. I copied the zip to my external and had recovery install it that way, and it errored out on hashing something in the /modem. Blindly hoping that it would change anything, I flashed the modem from the SPR-89_ASA-36-42 image and tried again. This time...it worked!

If I can manage to get all the way to stock JB, I'll post my full process here to help anyone having trouble.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
I have been running into the same problem. where did you get the modem image?:fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
This is why I like this community, 2 days fresh on JB and everyone's breaking the sh#t down!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Skrilax_CZ:
I'll post FXZ once it will be available. ;)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtownswagga:
So since i updated to jelly bean i did a ##data# to ckeck things out. And this update changed my data profile username. Does it matter that it changed to something weird. My phone works perfectly but this is very strange. Would someone else please look and see if its happened to you as well and let me know. Thanks

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Now **** real messed up. I dialed *2 and it called boost mobile. Ive done nothing but update to jelly bean. Plus sprint zone wont work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Everything's fine for me. I'm about to post the process I used to update properly, so stay tuned.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtownswagga:
Weird my phone went to boost mobile when i dialed *2. But then sprint zone updated n goes to sprint now after *2.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] galacticservant:
I've had that happen before as well, cleared up after a few calls. Also, my voicemail was all messed up and I'd call someone and it would call a totally different number that I didn't know...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtownswagga:
Galactic did u ##data# and see if your data profile username changed to something weird.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shiftylock:
So I've been running this JB soak test since yesterday, and It's great! I love the new "quick settings" thing, where when you swipe to the left you have a bunch of toggles. Battery life is about the same, if not a bit better (maybe because I haven't reinstalled all my apps yet, idk) My ONLY complaint so far is that the keyboard no longer "sticks" the shift button. You literally have to hold down shift while pressing 1 to get !. I know this seems minor to most people but unless you never carry anything ever this can get annoying. Also, the on-screen keyboard seems more responsive. Also, I got that error status 7 when I installed too but meh, it still worked. Oh, and I only have MTP too, but this is just like my Nexus 7 which is on JB, and my Nexus 4 did on JB, so I'm assuming it's a stock jellybean thing? My evo lte has mass storage and jellybean but I feel like HTC put that in there. Also, I didn't use RSDlite to go back to stock, I just undid all of my mods (this is when making .bak's of your originals really comes in handy), temp unrooted, and flashed stock recovery.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ujoty:
My shift is "sticky", tried in chrome and terminal emulator.

The USB Mass Storage thing sucks... I was looking a bit into that, and found that whole mass_storage section in init_mmi_usb.rc is no longer present, I'm wondering if bringing it back, or setting those properties manually would help. Have someone tried? I will try in couple hours, when I'm back home from work.

I also found that in qualcomm settings (can access it through third party launcher via activities) there is USB Mass Storage option you can enable, but it does not seem to work.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shiftylock:
Well I figured out why mine wasn't sticking. I had to go to settings>language and input>then under physical keyboard it says keypad_8960. I clicked that, clicked set up keyboard layouts, then selected the regular english (US). Now it works fine! As for the MTP thing, I'm not really sure. I'd try it out but I too am at work :/
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
... i have read, that is app for sgs3 for mass storage mode...maybe this app can work on phq too :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] shiftylock:
I tried usb switcher for sgs1 just for the fun of it and all it did was deselect any options for usb. lol. I'll keep looking though!

EDIT:

I tried the sgs3 app, it made my phone freeze and still only worked as a media device :/
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Maxpowersxp:
does OTG usb work with the soak?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
When I get to flashing the modem this is what i get

target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes

error: cannot load 'images\NON-HLOS.bin" : No error
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CornholioGSM:
...yes with ext powered cable
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
am i still the only one getting freeze-ups on the update? i had to revert to 4.0.4 because of it... couldn't figure out what i could have uninstalled to cause freeze-ups, i've never had it happen before.

also, has anyone tried putting the update in the /cache directory and seeing if it prompts the install? maybe that would help avoid those installation errors? i was thinking one could put it there, leaving the name intact, and then use the unroot option in SuperSU, then install..

edit: i put it in there, and so far it isn't prompting me to install it, even when i check for Moto software update.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] hagforz:
Max size - 31 MB

NON-HLOS.bin - 48 MB

we can add command -S to specify parse size, 0 to disable so...

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin -S 0

worked for me :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] dwaynet89:
Yes! that did it
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] huatz84:
I didn't flash back with rsd when I want to update this JB soak. Luckily,,I got a backup of stock asa14 with open recovery. So,I restore it back and flash stock recovery. I keep root by using Voodoo. I also got error 7 at the end of flashing. But,it's still running fine 'till now. I only notice dir /data/data can't be accessed via root explorer. It will fc if I click it.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] thedarkness000:
Thanks for that. I'll amend the procedure to reflect this.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtownswagga:
No freezes at all here for me. I rsd to asa14. Installed twrp then flashed superuser .96 zip. Jelly bean is problem free for me.

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I got no error at all installing update that people are getting and was able to freshly root the update as well. No voodoo
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
Cool. Did you make those 2 little edits to the asa14 xml to get it to flash? I thought I did it right, but the flash failed immediately.

Edit: I had made a stupid error before. now I successfully RSD'd to asa14, then went to directly to install the JB update, and no errors this time! seems to have been a more complete flash, I got the demo to introduce new features this time