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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
Hi bmccrary,

Thanks for your reply. I was going to attempt to file the motor housing down enough to use side cutters to clip away at it to make the bottom and solder pads a little more accessible, but your picture is very encouraging, makes me think that the cutting will be unnecessary!

They have what looks to be a good fit motor and it's about 15 minutes drive away from me in Santa Clara California, but by the time I found it online it looks like they closed up shop for the US holiday weekend already, so now I have to wait 'til Tuesday. :rolleyes:

Vibration - Micro Motor 1.5-3V

Many similar ones are available on eBay but I want it NOW! Well, Tuesday anyway.

Do you mind if I ask you a few more questions in the meantime?

- Is the motor glued down in that rectangular section or soldered?

- What did you do first, break the glue or desolder the contacts?

- Did you clip the contacts somehow before desoldering them?

- How did you break the glue without breaking the board?

All very encouraging so far... Looking forward to hearing back from you! Thanks again.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] bmccrary:
Hey at least you have a place nearby! :good: I'm in TN with a bunch of cows haha, no motors around here. Ok, this is going to sound over simplified, but all I did was just took a small flat blade screwdriver and pried against the board and the weight attached to the motor shaft. It broke loose without too much force. The rectangular section is just adhesive, there is no solder. The solder joints held on until the motor was lifted 90 degrees off the board, then they just broke off the motor's contacts. However, the pads on the board are still very much intact and they did not lift at all from the board. There is only 2 small solder joints on the whole motor/board combo.

Granted, I'm sure you may want to take a little more care with yours. I didn't care what happened to mine so I just attacked it! However, I think just a little forceful but gentle prying is all that you will need. I hope yours turns out as easy as mine did!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
Thanks again bmccrary. I don't think it sounds over simplified, you had to find out it if was glued or soldered somehow. I figured it would be soldered like the sim card chip is underneath, hence my thought that it would need to be clipped to avoid hot air.

Given that it's glued, I don't think there's going to be a better way than the way you went at it. The glue has to be broken through and that's it.

That place in Santa Clara ships, either directly from their site at the link above - $1.95 each + shipping, or you can buy from their eBay listing, lot of 2 for $7.95 shipped.

Vibration Micro Motor 1.5-3V - Lot of 2

I'm really excited by this particular motor design because the way the little legs protrude out a bit, I'm envisioning actually being able to solder this thing in without needing the solder to be completely "underneath" the motor.

Yourself or anyone else following this thread might want to hold off until next week when I can report back on whether or not it worked out. I'll take some photos as I go and, if it's successful, try to post some pics of each step.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] gtmaster303:
Considering how cheap these handsets are now, why not just buy an entire new phone?

That way you'll have a ton of spare parts and a fresh chassis to continue using
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
gtmaster303,

Only one reason, but it's a big one. The Simcard mod.

Modifying that board to convert it from being locked on Sprint/CDMA to unlocked Simcard is, at least for me, a very difficult job. I got it done after about 3 trial boards and lots nerve racking fiddling. I'd sooner try to repair the vibrator motor on my existing board if it's at all reasonably possible.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] kabaldan:
All I can say is that I'm looking for a way to replace the half dead vibrator motor on one of my two SIM modified Qs as well...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
Hey kabaldan,

Come back here mid next week and I should have an update on my progress by then. I'm eager to give it a go!

The shop I've got my eye on here locally in the US would charge you a fortune to ship to Europe, but there is at least one Asian seller on eBay that's selling these same "protruding leg motors" pretty cheap w/ free shipping:

5pcs ultra-micromotor 4*5MM mini motor vibration motor rotor of motor DC 1.5- 3V

Hold off 'til next week though, I want to confirm it's a fit before anyone else takes this as a recommendation.

BTW. I'm waiting anxiously for an update from you w.r.t. Marshmallow in the "CyanogenMod 12.1 for Photon Q (Android 5.1)" thread!!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ---UFO---:
You could also use Vibrating motor from old Nokia phones as replacement. Cornholio wrote about it. Somewhere in SIM card mod thread. I did this replacement 2 years ago and motor is working properly since than. I have used motor from Nokia 2610.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
Thanks for the hint ---UFO---! No amount of searching I was doing was coming up with anything, but include the word Nokia in the search and the thread page comes up top in the search results!

Good News !!! SIM CARD MOD IS HERE !!! (Page 117 - discussing vibrator motor)

And he's got photos even, about half way down this page are the vibrator motor related pictures:

Photon Q Vibrator motor replacement with Nokia motor

The Nokia motor looks very close but clearly different than the Motorola Photon Q original. I have a feeling the Photon Q ones were very poor quality with a low MTBF.

[IMG="Photon Q vs Nokia vibrator motor"]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TRwGnBSd24g/U1kHsGxFg3I/AAAAAAAACnE/g_-BWpiR3EA/w931-h698-no/P1060489.JPG[/IMG]

I'm still going to have a look at the motor that has those protruding legs first. If it's going to be a fit, I'm going to try the prying method first. I want to avoid any further use of hot air on my Simcard modded board. Especially seeing as szegi2 says it took 400C of hot air to get it out, yikes!

More soon from me...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
Okay folks, I replaced the vibrator motor in my Photon Q today. Not my finest hour for sure, but it's done and I think it should last me a good while anyway. I'll walk you through my experience here with some photos.

First, here's the replacement motor I bought from the links I provided in my previous posts in the thread. It's considerably longer, but there's room for it with some cutting of the inner case:

I decided based on a second look at bmccrary's photo to not go with the raw prying approach. I attempted to snip away at the rear end of the motor to gut it first. Unfortunately, instead of chopping the pins out while they were still straight and attached the the board, I bent the black plastic piece securing the pins and I broke one of the two pads. If you're going to use this approach, I now know that what you need to do is carefully chop the black plastic on the motor away from the pins without having those pins bend around very much, then you'll want to heat the pins and desolder them. Otherwise you run the risk of losing a pad like I did.

My heart sunk as I figured I'd never get the darn thing working in that condition. But I forged on anyway just incase it could possibly work somehow.

By using side cutters to snip away all the sides of the old motor, I was able to apply a soldering iron to the base of the old motor. I couldn't entirely desolder it this way, but the solder weakened as a result and the same side cutters lifted it up with very little effort after some heat was applied.

Well, I figured, in theory, I have a 50% chance of having the power pad and I'm missing the ground. So I soldered up the one pin I could, powered up the phone, and grounded the pin without a pad with a test wire. Sure enough, the motor ran when prompted to do so! And so I soldered in a ground wire to that pin on the motor. Some small mercy I lost the pad that was possible to replace without soldering a wire to the tiniest component imaginable!

The padding under the vibrator wheel needed to be chopped away a bit to allow it to spin freely. Then I used some "E6000" glue to secure the motor a bit to the circuit board along the bottom edges.

The inner case needed some trimming in order to accommodate the larger motor.

There it is in its new home.

And finally, I little video of the new vibrator motor in action:

Replacement Vibrator Motor in Motorola Photon Q

Okay, so in the end, had I not broken the one pad, the job would have been a lot quicker and enjoyable. So I have to recommend against raw prying because you're really taking your chances with that, and if you're going with the chopping technique, you must find a way to destroy the black plastic piece holding the pins without stressing the pins to the point where the pad breaks.

Maybe someone who understands electronics better than I do wouldn't mind to explain the risk I'm running bypassing the SMD component that leads to ground on that pad I lost. I'm not sure if it's a diode, resistor, or capacitor, but a continuity check did show that pad running to something of that sort.

Thanks to everyone that provided hints!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Y_Yan_C:
I feel like the Photo Q is one of the very few devices that gets hardware modded by its owners. The only other phone I know is the Xt910/912 changing from razr to razr maxx
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
BlueEditionE6,

It's all about the physical keyboard combined with the ability to run a very resent OS release. If one of the device manufacturers would put out a half way decent new device with a physical keyboard, you'd likely see most of us stop this insanity of hardware hacking this device.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] bmccrary:
I'm glad you got the new motor installed! I'm going to go ahead and order a couple and give it a go myself. I pried from the shaft end of the motor, and it simply bent up the contacts on the motor without pulling off the pads, but maybe I was lucky. I will have to be more careful with the board I actually use!

Thanks for all of the detailed pictures and efforts! I'm glad putting in a new motor isn't such a scary thing to do anymore! I'll let everyone know how mine turns out. I'm also making a back cover with some bondo to cover the mugen power droid 4 battery that I installed.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] timekiller_9:
bmccrary,

I think you did in fact get lucky with that board. You're as likely to pull off both pads as you are to succeed a second time with only brute force prying. My advise is to file/cut a bit until you can use side cutters to cut the black plastic piece clean through without bending it. Once you've freed up the pins you can pry the rest out if you like, though I think your new motor won't sit in place quite as nice if you have an uneven surface from breaking the top layer off.

One other thing you should know that I didn't mention - if you're using the same motor that I did - those legs on the back of the motor that create the protruding pins are just soldered on to the motor. I had one fall off on me while I was trying to solder it to the board because all that's holding the leg on there is solder! Luckily I was able to get it back on, but what a PITA on top of an already difficult problem. You might be wise to glue the new motor down first and then use tweezers to make sure that leg stays on the motor as you solder it down.

Good luck with it, let us know how you make out.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] mbecroft:
Vibration motor replacement

FWIW, I replaced the dead vibration motor in my Photon Q. Could not find the exact part but used the following part from cellphonerepairshop.com:

Original Motorola Vibrator Motor Part # 59002313001 for Sprint Photon 4G MB855

This is identical to the Photon Q motor except for a slightly longer rotor, so I had to take care to mount it slightly back on the pads so that the rotor did not hit the PCB... and cut away the plastic slightly (but not as drastically as the OP did).

Carefully wrapped motherboard in tinfoil (AFTER removing SD card and SIM [I have a SIM modded Photon Q]) and used hot air to remove and replace. Worked perfectly first time, no damage or issues. If you don't have the tools to do this yourself, your local cell phone repair shop can do it in a few minutes (assuming you already disassembled the phone). I was a little worried the hot air would damage the plastic keyboard membrane, but it was fine.

Hope this helps anyone needing to replace the vibration motor in their Photon Q.
[Android Apps and Games] Unclked:
Pretty good

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I gonna test the game further and update my thoughts on it.
[Android Apps and Games] EscapeMaster:
Thank you very much. We are glad to hear that you like Escape. Feel free to ask questions if something is unclear or if you need some help.

Also we would appreciate it, if you would use the Review-functionality of XDA to rate Escape. :)
[Android Apps and Games] EdwardSmith36:
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[Android Apps and Games] EscapeMaster:
Thank you. We hope you will enjoy it. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Unclked:
Done. :)

I really have to say, after playing some hours, the game becomes better and better. Each level is unique and the features of each world ( Im currently in the first level of world 2, but played all tutorials) are also really nice. The learning curve for the first world was good, so i got accostumed to the game mechanics pretty well.

Thanks for this game!
[Android Apps and Games] EscapeMaster:
Glad to hear that. We hope you'll enjoy stage 2 and 3 as well. And thanks for the Review. :)
[Android Apps and Games] PlayersHeaders:
This game is just amazing. The more you play the more it makes fun!

Good work guys!
[Android Apps and Games] ensignT:
Good game, played for half an hour! Will play again if there be another half an hour! Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] EscapeMaster:
Thank you, glad to hear that. :)
[Android Apps and Games] EscapeMaster:
Thank you for your reply. We really appreciate your opinion for our game. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Unclked:
Special Skins

Dear developers,

do i need to have the special skins in order to get 3 stars in some of the levels? (For example, when I have all stars in World 1, is the special skin 1 needed for world 2 or 3 to get all stars?

If yes thats okay, because at the moment im trying to get all stars at world 1, but its pretty damn hard. =D
[Android Apps and Games] lilixiao:
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Thank for sharing!!!
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vidx31:
The last two good CM12.1 nightly builds were removed from their web site. I appreciate if someone can provide download for the following two loads.

cm-12.1-20151210-NIGHTLY-flounder_lte.zip

cm-12.1-20151210-NIGHTLY-flounder.zip

Thanks,

HC
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D97:
Actually I am looking for these files, too. The link leads to a 404 error. If anybody can help out, it would be much appreciated.

D
[General Questions and Answers] Phoenix204:
I am new to rooting, and decided to root my Galaxy Note II SGH-i317m a few days ago. I used a method with no adb access...i think. Here's the reference thread, just in case I'm wrong: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1980644

I got a bit overenthusiastic, and got TWRP while forgetting to unlock my bootloader first. Now, my phone will only boot into TWRP. All 4 reboot options go back to TWRP. What is the best way to get my phone back to working? I understand that I may have to lose my data. It doesn't matter: my top priority is getting my phone to work again.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place. I'm new here.
[General Questions and Answers] EMONESSboy:
if you can boot into recovery than try to wipe cache and dalwik cache than try to too boot again it may work
[General Questions and Answers] Phoenix204:
Thanks for the quick reply. I just tried that, and no change. Just to clarify, the only thing I can boot into at the moment is recovery mode.

I think what I need to do is flash the stock recovery back onto my phone. Is this a possible solution? If so, how should I go about doing it? I currently cannot access download mode.
[General Questions and Answers] EMONESSboy:
i think u should install your current rom again if u insall stock recovery you may not able to do this with stock recovery even cant get twrp back

so..do a nandroid backup and install a rom which u like stock1 or custom1
[General Questions and Answers] rathee1255@gmail.com:
I Can Help

@phoenix204

im sure i can help you

u sure can boot into recovery mode and that too TWRP?if yes ...,

then install usb and adb drivers for your note 2 search minimals adb and fastboot and universal adb drivers on google and download them install them reply if u did it and i will tell u to unlock your bootloader and flash a rom if necessary

we sure can fix it;)

just tell me when u r done
[General Questions and Answers] Phoenix204:
Well, the thing is, my problem isn't with the ROM at all. It's that TWRP does not work with a locked bootloader. So the way I see it, either I need to replace TWRP with something that works with a locked bootloader, or unlock the bootloader. In your opinion, how would replacing the ROM help with my problem?

It's done. It's worth noting that my root method, linked in the OP, doesn't give adb access. I'm not sure if this changes anything.

Also, I discovered that by removing and replacing the battery, my phone can power off. From here I can access download mode. Something that might be useful, especially if the solution involves odin.
[General Questions and Answers] rathee1255@gmail.com:
tried system restore with twrp?

try it first and if ur not sure that it will work just make backup of boot , efs , system and data(if necessary) via twrp to sd card copy the backup to pc via card reader or something and extract the system backup there should be a file named build.prop in system folder edit it and do it like this :

under #additional build properties

ro.adb.secure=0

ro.secure=0

ro.allow.mock.location=1

ro.debuggable=1

persist.sys.root_access=1

find the above lines and edit the parameters as i have shown to you use notepad++ to edit the file save it the last line will give ya root access by default and second last will make it debuggable just save it repack and flash with twrp cheers

hit thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Phoenix204:
Alright. Since I can't find another thread like this one, I will assume that I am one of the first to have this problem. Here is what I did.

I used samsung-firmware.org to find the latest firmware for my phone, which includes both ROM and recovery. Other brands probably also have a website like this.

I used Odin to flash the firmware onto my phone - this wiped my data, but removed TWRP, which is an acceptable solution to me. I might also have wiped my data while playing around with TWRP trying to fix my phone - I'm not sure.

Thanks to both EMONESSboy and rathee1255@gmail.com for their help. I ended up going with something similar to EMONESSboy's solution, since the commands seemed a little risky. Thanks anyways, your help is much appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] mzn.facebook:
IRIS Fuel50

Same problem with my lava iris Fuel50. My phone is stuck up. I am able to get recovery menu using volume + power button.

Pl advice what to do now ?
[General Questions and Answers] Phoenix204:
If your situation is the same as mine was, I would recommend the same solution. Just to clarify - you rooted your phone? And then you installed a custom recovery, which is now the only thing you can access?

If so, you should install your stock ROM the same way you installed the rooted ROM. I'm not sure how you would go about doing that, or even if you can access that mode, since your model is not very common.
[General Questions and Answers] mzn.facebook:
Kingaroot

Actually, what happend was that i tried to root my phone through Kingaroot. It shows some error at 90%. After few seconds my phone gets rebooted and snce then, it is showing Mfr LOGO only.

I have tried Factory reset, wipe cache partition etc.

I had lollipop earlier on my phone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S_2z:
Hello everyone. I'm having a problem with my network after going into the test menu (*#*#4636#*#*):crying:. I'm hoping someone can help me out.

My Phone:

I have a stock Nexus 6p not rooted.

The Problem Cause:

After going into the test menu (*#*#4636#*#*). I pressed the menu button (...) and pressed the "Set GSM/UMTS Band" button. My three options were "USA Band", "Band 6" and "Band 7", decided to select "USA Band".

The Problem effect:

Since I did that, I can't make or receive phone calls. My phone won't ring (though it "rings" for the person trying to call me and they get to my voicemail). If I try to call someone else, it hangs perpetually at "dialing".

Soulution I have try:

1-Setting the bands and switch between USA,6,7 but nothing changed.

2-Doing soft/hard factory reset but also nothing changed.

Any ideas how to fix this problem?!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxMORPHEOUSxX:
Factory image.

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en#angler
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RageSalamando:
Same problem

I'm having the exact same problem. I couldn't make or receive calls out of the box. When I fiddled with the test menu, I was able to at least get it to where I could place calls but I still cannot receive them. I'm not sure what I did at this point. Verizon support and Huawei support have been useless. I tried to factory reset and that did not help.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihovil13:
Flash the whole image as the colleague up there said...radio flash should fix it
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnack:
What carrier are you with? I did the same thing but I managed to get my phone working again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soulfly3:
why did you mess with these settings if you don't know EXACTLY what you're doing? very big mistake. there some settings you should never fiddle with unless you're dead certain

best best now, imo, if the factory image doesnt fix it... unlock your bootloader and install a ROM that has an expanded set of radio bands... I know some ROMs have it, but not sure which ones.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnack:
Yes use Chroma it has more bands to choose from. I think someone needs to create a sticky not to mess with those settings.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RageSalamando:
I only messed with the settings because I was already not able to make or receive phone calls. Messing with the settings allowed me to at least call out now.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxMORPHEOUSxX:
Flash the factory image. That way you know for sure you are as stock as could be. Then if the problem persists exchange the device because its faulty. You shouldn't have to mess with any settings to make calls. Other than maybe a borked APN setting.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnack:
What carrier are you on. I have delt with this issue with another member on here. We resolved it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RageSalamando:
Verizon

I'm on Verizon.