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motorola photon 4g

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    Help can anyone help with connectivity and app opening issues?

    i am just uber frustrated with my mopho. first of all, it keeps disconnecting form the network...i wouldnt be able to send texts or calll and then recieve the texts all at once sometime later....i would sometimes get an error message 104 and had a 133 once i think....and sometimes i would get...
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    Help Zooming Text when Reading

    When reading the emails or web sites i can no longer zoom the text or when it does zoom on some text it will not self adjust it to the margins of the screen even after double tapping the screen. I am running Go Launcher for my ui in case that matters.
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    Help won't connect to Ford sync

    both my wifes phone and mine refuse to connect to sync...before I can even get the sync password in it says "problem connecting to this device" I have tried everything...pulling the battery, phone reboot..updated the cars firmware and phone is up to date...anybody got any ideas how to make this...
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    Root Photon 4G Not Booting

    Hello, I just purchased the Photon 4G (as an upgrade from my Hero) and I set out to unlock/root/flash it. I unlocked it. I got root. I installed CWM, but the problems started after I installed the MUYU.us rom. The phone rebooted as it should, but it just stayed at the Red M screen forever (so...
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    Help Music stops playing when switching apps or going to home screen

    Has anyone else seen this issue? When the music apps are playing songs if i switch to another app or go to the homescreen the music just PAUSES by itself :confused: I am pretty sure the device didnt behave like this before because many times i've worked out with it while listening to music...
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    Help HELP ! Sim Network Unlock Pin

    my aunt sent me an photon 4g few weeks ago... it came from japan and i am here in the philippines. then when i came to try it out and inserted my sim it asks me a sim network unlock pin. don't have the money though to buy some online.. can someone help me please? TIA
  7. Sen2012

    It's Official : Photon has reached EOL

    So, I was just looking at the phones online at Sprint.com and the Photon is no longer listed. I was looking for my brother's phone to see the features (EVO 3D which is also absent from the list) and noticed the Photon is no longer there either. Now, I just got my Photon at the end of March...
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    Help External USB harddrive?

    Is there any way to access an external usb harddrive using the motorola photon? Model : MB855. Android version : 2.3.4. Kernel : 2.6.32.9. dnt648ef@fl366ld22 #2 Phone is rooted. Thanks P.S - i am not talking about a flash drive. I enquire about external usb connected harddrive. Again...
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    Root tether help please...

    have rooted photon with BB and SU. tether worked for a few days, then i tried to figure out how to usb tether and everything took a crap. I am still rooted and verified with root check,i re-installed binaries, and wifi tether but now it tries to open the hotspot. when tether is running...
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    Motorola Photon and Go Launcher EX Screen Problem - Please Help!

    Hi Everyone, I have been lurking around this forum for quite awhile now, but this is my first post. I am hoping someone with more smarts than myself can help me. My problem is, on Go Launcher EX Version 3.01 specifications, it states that you can have up to 30 screens. However, on my Motorola...
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    Help Google voice commands bug

    In the middle of music streaming I have a lot of bugs where voice commands will pop up asking me to say a command and it is as annoying as hell. It can happen several times in a minute and last for a few minutes. Anyone else having this issue? A friend of mine who just accidentally flashed a...
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    Halo launcher

    This is the closest launcher toward 4.0. The menu settings are exactly like 4.0. The app draw is exactly like 4.0. The only thing it doesn't hv is the widget section in the app draw. If ppl want 4.0 get this launcher. It is the best launcher.
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    Motorola photon 4g to unlocked Motorola ICS photon with 5 roms

    Guys ..... its done ...my moto is now unlocked ready to use with 5 different kichensink roms... it became android 4.0.4 now .with 1.4 GHz processing... with extraordinary features like tablet,different launchers...to save battery life can use my moto on different processor limits... thanks to...
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    4G not as hard on the battery as everyone says?

    So I now have a job where I'm in a major 4G area and have a full connection. I left my 4G on today just to see what happens and it didn't drain my battery anywhere near as bad as the 3G connection does. Is this normal for others experience? I noticed it puts 4G to sleep mode when I'm not using...
  15. EngineofRuin

    Go back to Photon?

    Hello everyone, new user here. I recently returned my photon as to save my upgrade for something else. No problems with the phone and I found it to be pretty great (Being my first android/smartphone of any sort) That first experience outside of cheapo free phones from sprint has me wanting...
  16. Esperanza7

    $29.99 Motorola Photon at Best Buy

    $29.99 Sprint Motorola Photon at Best Buy Hello All, Just passing this deal along Currently at Best Buy the Motorola Photon Phone is on special as of 5/19/2012 for $29.99. Currently Sprint stores and website have the phone as $99 after $50 rebate. You have to upgrade, start a new line or...
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    New to electrify

    I had a samsung mesmerize, until a few days ago it decided to jump in the brook while i was fishing. I bought an electrify yesterday. I love it so far, just a few things that are irritating me. First is texting. Above the keyboard shows words matching what ive typed, but it wont auto correct me...
  18. D-U-R-X

    Electrify FAQ's

    This is a work in progress and, as such, if you feel that there is anything that needs adding, please PM a guide or start a thread in Private Chat With Staff with your suggestions. Many thanks :) 1. General Android phone FAQ's? 2. How can I improve my battery life? 3. Are there any Electrify...
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    Photon 4 color symbol ?

    Just bought 2 brand new Photon 4 phones. On one phone the wifi symbol, 3G symbol, an signal strength are blue in color an easy to read. The other phone has the same symbols but in white an turn grey as strength increases but are hard to read. Is there a setting on the phone to make them show...
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    4.0 no photon

    Photon will not be getting 4.0. Motorolas final list came out. How the .... Does the atrix get it!!!!!!!!!!
  21. tritiumman

    Help charging port

    I've noticed when my phone is charging the status will read "charging 50%". This will disappear when I wiggle the charger (at the phones charging port) it reappears. Is this normal or an issue with the phone?
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    Photon 4g Mac Changer

    NOTE: I'm not responsible for yo phone Got Root? After seeing all the ifconfig methods to change a mac address i went searching for a file that has it... head into /system/etc/firmware/wifi/pds there, you will see one file .bin hexdump -C (-C is canonical format) [FILE] showed me the mac...
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    Help Sideloading app dissapears

    Im trying to sideload an app i have it moved to the sd car and everything i go into astro and install and everything goes fine then a couple seconds later the app uninstalls itself and dissapears what is happening?????
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    Root problem with bootstrap and rocko 3.0 locked

    so I finally got to flashing a rom. i flashed rocko's 3.0 locked but i kept getting force closes for a phone process and my settings wouldnt work so i recovered back to stock. The recovery however kept freezing at a file called 1336834611.tmp so i figured that made it impossible to backup my...
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    Switching to EVOLTE

    I know some were talking about switching and found this review. I thought you guys may find it useful. I think Ill stick with my Photon. HTC EVO 4G LTE Lightning Review: The Phone That Would Be King (But Isn't)
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