Photon Q :D - Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

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Not gonna lie.. Regardless of its shortcomings its still a pretty sexy phone.

tsdeaton said:
So it is coming unlocked out of the box. And its so freakin neat! Rep came in today with this and even gave us photon Q flashlights! Lol
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It comes with an unlocked bootloader? Have you checked AP Fastboot?
And you are sure you didn't have to go through a process asking if you wanted to void your warranty? It seems strange to ship with a voided phone

ICS, I see? Are the specs superior to the current Photon?
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xNicoyAx said:
ICS, I see? Are the specs superior to the current Photon?
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Specs are here: http://www.motorola.com/us/consumer...,pd.html?selectedTab=tab-2&cgid=mobile-phones

mattlgroff said:
It comes with an unlocked bootloader? Have you checked AP Fastboot?
And you are sure you didn't have to go through a process asking if you wanted to void your warranty? It seems strange to ship with a voided phone
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Nothing worked on the phone besides the launcher. The slide up notifications per icon was badass. But it had no network service or WiFi. Not even a play store. Had a bunch of apps but they were dummy icons. He said it was for development purposes and show. It was extremely smooth though. I asked about the boot loader and he said yes to being unlocked. He was quick to answer and said that it is the first Motorola device to ever ship with an unlockable boot loader. He said it would be kinda similar to the gnexs. There will be an easy to access option out of the box to unlock the boot loader.
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He also gave me a statistics speech about why they have ignored bootloader unlock claims in the past but I don't remember. I was playing with the phone lol. But I'll ask again when he comes around next month. Had something to do with percentage and how we the people asking for the unlocked boot loader are only a 1%
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xNicoyAx said:
ICS, I see? Are the specs superior to the current Photon?
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Its android 4.0.3 I checked. And the quick tap easter egg is there too lol
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not going to lie I MISS my keyboard from my epic and after watching the videos Motorola has on youtube about smartactions and the such I really want this phone its so close to stock its ridiculous I dont even need to download a new launcher to cover up the horrific blur dock bar
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Nothing about release date?
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Nothing about release date?
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Supposedly August 19th
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If you can get information on the bootloader unlock process that'd be awesome. The Atrix HD has an option but doesn't say a code. If the Photon Q shows the code for you when you run 'fastboot oem unlock' then I think it would mean hard work to get the Atrix HD unlocked.

Price??
Is there any mention of the price for photon Q?

MexPwrEng said:
Is there any mention of the price for photon Q?
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Just like any new high end device most likely $199 on contract
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Thanks for sharing this - still surprised that the phone is marketed with business users, as subjectively put... in mind - being that the battery is fixed, what options have you heard for individuals needing more power for voice calls on the go?
I loved the previous one which I still use - mainly for it's swappable batteries for continuous voice calls - not everyone has the chance to be by a power source to charge (e.g. wall / car). There are external power packs as I mentioned in another post; (either by solar or pre-charged that plug into the microusb).

sirscrubsalot said:
Thanks for sharing this - still surprised that the phone is marketed with business users, as subjectively put... in mind - being that the battery is fixed, what options have you heard for individuals needing more power for voice calls on the go?
I loved the previous one which I still use - mainly for it's swappable batteries for continuous voice calls - not everyone has the chance to be by a power source to charge (e.g. wall / car). There are external power packs as I mentioned in another post; (either by solar or pre-charged that plug into the microusb).
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They can market it as a business phone but I love the new features and I know most other consumers would. Of course smartactions and the new swipe feature for notifications on icons. He said the RAZR already has smart actions. Why hasn't anyone ported that feature yet?!
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whats the model number?
need to keep an eye out for the kernel source ya know?

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whats the model number?
need to keep an eye out for the kernel source ya know?
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oh damn! i didnt even think of looking. he was in the store for about half an hour talking to us about it. i spent most my time testing out the keyboard and messing around with the new UI. which btw on the 19th, 20th at the latest i hope to see this new launcher ported to other devices! trust me, everyone will love it! they took features from jellybean and pimped them up for ics on the q
our store should get them by this friday. if so then ill get the model number for you then. and whatever else you need. and sense the bootloader is unlocked it should be fairly easy for me to extract an image from it to post here before the 19th

actually.. we would probably get the demo phone before the actual phones.. which should be in the next few days. demo phones are no different than the real thing. they come to us with a demo video app preinstalled. we have factory reset our demo phones before and used them as a store phone. could someone point me in the right direction of getting an image from this phone? **safely**. dont want to **** the phone up and get fired lol

ive never tried with dump_image but i would imagine that might work. ideally we could root it and grab the images that we need then unroot it easily enough. once it launches and the tool comes out i could put out the CWM and have people unlock to root

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Atrix has root, Will you leave?

Ive seen today that the atrix has root, I also seen that the post was made by alot of you cappy owners hero designgears. Just wondering how many are leaving? I will be sticking by htc's side. I hated my captivate for the couple weeks I had it when it was launched, such a cheap device, and was to easy for some processes and involved no work. The Inspire is where its at in my mind for now, dual core or not this ***** flys and does work for me.
Nope HTC > than Motorola as far as dev community is concerned. I'm happy with my purchase and could have pre-ordered the Atrix for the same money I was looking at for this phone.
Sticking with HTC. I believe the grass is greener here. ;-)
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I'm staying I just wish root was easier. I run into problems every time.
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Root is actually pretty easy on this phone. I must admit that I have rooted alot of phones and this one did give me some grief mostly with the gold card cause it works diff for everyone but with the help of irc channel it was a walk in the park. Plus you get to freshen up on adb skills
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Root is actually pretty easy on this phone. I must admit that I have rooted alot of phones and this one did give me some grief mostly with the gold card cause it works diff for everyone but with the help of irc channel it was a walk in the park. Plus you get to freshen up on adb skills
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Went on irc last night and we can't figure out why mine fails. It hangs at the fastboot and doesn't do anything
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I had that issue on one my SD cards as well. I've tried three micro ad cards and always get the *Model ID* failure
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It has root, but they still don't know if the boot loader is locked. If it is, there will be no way to install custom roms. as far as I know nobody has cracked their bootloader encryption.
As far as fastboot not working, did you hit the power button to switch to h boot to loss the image? On the SD card I had to use the instructions to get my image then I used the utility to write the image and had no problems. @gunny ya I am curious on that as well. Bootloader controls their destiny. I still feel like I have the upper hand with HTC. To much development. Soon we will have sense, aosp, and miui. Doesn't get much better
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aNdroidnut said:
As far as fastboot not working, did you hit the power button to switch to h boot to loss the image? On the SD card I had to use the instructions to get my image then I used the utility to write the image and had no problems. @gunny ya I am curious on that as well. Bootloader controls their destiny. I still feel like I have the upper hand with HTC. To much development. Soon we will have sense, aosp, and miui. Doesn't get much better
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Yep switched to hboot and it freezes. Doesn't scan the card or anything.
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just few images about root
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http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
gunnyman said:
It has root, but they still don't know if the boot loader is locked. If it is, there will be no way to install custom roms. as far as I know nobody has cracked their bootloader encryption.
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Engadget's review said the bootloader was locked.
JaysFreaky said:
Engadget's review said the bootloader was locked.
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Well there you go. Locked bootloader = HTC for the win.
Screw Atrix. There is a reason that we didn't wait on the Atrix.
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I'm staying. Mostly because I'm exhausted. My next phone will have NFC.
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Moto=No go
HTC is the only thing I will buy
I just got my inspire today, but I may actually need a FFC, (I know right, who "needs" one, but as it turns out my work is thinking about requiring us to have them on our work phones).
I may pick one up as a toy. Not with the stupid laptop dock though.
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mattbe213 said:
Screw Atrix. There is a reason that we didn't wait on the Atrix.
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Yes... it's because we're gadget geeks and have the attention span of a 2 year old! I got the Inspire because I couldn't wait until March 6th (the original Atrix release date) to dump my POS Craptivate.
My biggest complaint with the Inspire: No HDMI out... but I figured I'll be staring at a 4.3" screen much more often than hooking up a 4" screen phone to a TV. Also I hate where they placed the micro-usb port on the Atrix.
it just has stuff i dont need, hence finger print scanner, an outrageous priced dock. If I buy anything moto it will be the xoom

[q] unlocking = root access? side effects?

I haven't seen this addressed, so please forgive if I've overlooked the thread.
Does unlocking the bootloader via their tool provide root access? That is, will unlocking the boot loader be sufficient to give apps like Titanium Backup and ES File Explorer root access, or do I have to flash a custom ROM?
What are the side effects of unlocking? The Motorola page implies the phone may detonate or give you cancer or the like. I don't much care about DRMed media, so as long as the rest of the device's functionality works that's all I care about.
Thanks for any insight.
As far as I know (and i was confused as well), unlocking the bootloader does not mean the phone is rooted, it just ALLOWS for root or installing custom ROMs to be done more easily.
Does rooting with shabbypenguin's method modify the existing rom or does it install a new one? I can't tell from the instructions and I want to be sure I'm not going to erase my phone before I do it.
sdlvx said:
Does rooting with shabbypenguin's method modify the existing rom or does it install a new one? I can't tell from the instructions and I want to be sure I'm not going to erase my phone before I do it.
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It installs the root files into /system/ when you flash the .zip in his CWM.
sdlvx said:
Does rooting with shabbypenguin's method modify the existing rom or does it install a new one? I can't tell from the instructions and I want to be sure I'm not going to erase my phone before I do it.
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Hope you've already unlocked the bootloader, that process will wipe the phone. Rooting it will not.
For the current root method, you need to first unlock the bootloader, then flash a custom recovery with fastboot. Once you have that recovery in place, you can flash the su binary to have root in the system partition.
root will not bring anyside effects unless you install something that will, watch out for unknown SU requests
only side effect of root is losing the full use of some apps and total lose of some as well, taking in mind that some app developers block root users in one fashion or another
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spleef said:
only side effect of root is losing the full use of some apps and total lose of some as well, taking in mind that some app developers block root users in one fashion or another
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Spleef, still alive ? good to see you back. hopefully you're getting a Q ? so far I haven't seen any side effects of unlocking/rooting. not like the original photon where we lost 4G. but then again, we don't have LTE here in orlando, so don't know if that's gone. :laugh:
tetrabyt said:
Spleef, still alive ? good to see you back. hopefully you're getting a Q ? so far I haven't seen any side effects of unlocking/rooting. not like the original photon where we lost 4G. but then again, we don't have LTE here in orlando, so don't know if that's gone. :laugh:
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what up bud, fully alive and living just extremely tired from work and kids, i
went to get a q but my sprint store and the nearest best buy they were out (could have back ordered but I didn't), was looking at getting a s3 instead but with all the apple vs samsung crap I decided to wait a little while......maybe price will drop, on the q.. next friday ill have another good check to buy a q if they are in stock,for now I'm lurking and trying to learn everything I can about the q hoping when I get it I can start cranking some roms out for it...
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spleef said:
what up bud, fully alive and living just extremely tired from work and kids, i
went to get a q but my sprint store and the nearest best buy they were out (could have back ordered but I didn't), was looking at getting a s3 instead but with all the apple vs samsung crap I decided to wait a little while......maybe price will drop, on the q.. next friday ill have another good check to buy a q if they are in stock,for now I'm lurking and trying to learn everything I can about the q hoping when I get it I can start cranking some roms out for it...
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please do. if they dont get someone else in here soon doing stuff they are gunan think im awesome and capable of doing stuff.
set the standards low and everyone gets excited when i make a wallpaper
Dood, you are going to love the Q. If you have a Sams club near you, I've heard they have them there for like $75. It's in one of these forums... I hope you come over to the Q and bring your awesome skills with you...
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shabbypenguin said:
please do. if they dont get someone else in here soon doing stuff they are gunan think im awesome and capable of doing stuff.
set the standards low and everyone gets excited when i make a wallpaper
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Damn, you can make wallpapers? Can you make one for me?
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fallnSaint said:
Damn, you can make wallpapers? Can you make one for me?
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I got this one Shabby! Here ya go falln
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Ooh, that's nice... got just the place for it beside my flashlight app.
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Thinking my sarcasm may have been missed in my op, didn't expect a wallpaper fellas, just enjoying the banter.
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fallnSaint said:
Ooh, that's nice... got just the place for it beside my flashlight app.
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Thinking my sarcasm may have been missed in my op, didn't expect a wallpaper fellas, just enjoying the banter.
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I caught it, I was just playing around with a solid black jpg
Shabby did say set the bar low XD
KitsunePaws said:
I caught it, I was just playing around with a solid black jpg
Shabby did say set the bar low XD
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Nice... didn't realize how low that bar went...:banghead:...
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FASTBOOT availability
Anyone know where to get FASTBOOT without using mediafire or one of the other servers? I am at work with proxy restrictions...
richyoung said:
Anyone know where to get FASTBOOT without using mediafire or one of the other servers? I am at work with proxy restrictions...
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Fastboot? You get that with adb... Which you should never download from mediafire!!
If you just want fastboot by itself, see this page.
spleef said:
what up bud, fully alive and living just extremely tired from work and kids, i
went to get a q but my sprint store and the nearest best buy they were out (could have back ordered but I didn't), was looking at getting a s3 instead but with all the apple vs samsung crap I decided to wait a little while......maybe price will drop, on the q.. next friday ill have another good check to buy a q if they are in stock,for now I'm lurking and trying to learn everything I can about the q hoping when I get it I can start cranking some roms out for it...
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If you didn't grab your Q yet...you can order it online through Sprint and get it for free!! The offer is ending soon though! I just got mine for free and look forward to unlocking and stuff! LOL

Did I accidentally end up with a developer device?

I just purchased a Galaxy S3 cash from a local guy. Firstly once i removed the stock screen protector I found that the phone had the following inscription just beside the samsung logo to the left side D2-34** other characters there....
It activated with verizon as a "4G test device"
Anyone have any ideas here?
Can you please post the "About Device" information for us?
Neverendingxsin said:
Can you please post the "About Device" information for us?
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Doesn't appear to be anything special and samsungs only suggestion was to send it in. With its markings they would not guarantee its return.
Verizon won't update its status and I seriously doubt it would be covered by assurion.
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Do you install a custom rom before activation?
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Do you install a custom rom before activation?
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No it was activated at a vzw location stock during its first power on. They are telling me its how the ESN is listed as a 4g test device.
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Well from your screen shot it is running a custom rom and kernel. Did you flash that after you bought it?
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voodoomanx said:
Well from your screen shot it is running a custom rom and kernel. Did you flash that after you bought it?
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Yes I left it stock for a day then flashed.
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Yes I left it stock for a day then flashed.
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Not much we can tell you since we would have needed your previous information before flashing the Rom.
This is awkward
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Doesn't appear to be anything special and samsungs only suggestion was to send it in. With its markings they would not guarantee its return.
Verizon won't update its status and I seriously doubt it would be covered by assurion.
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I think that it was flashed prior to your purchase based on the name of the build number... try flashing a stock rom to see if it changes or ask for a refund from the guy you bought it from
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Restoring my stock image now perhaps that will shed some light on the subject....
Stock
These are the details from the stock rom as it was received. To this point the only thing I had done was gain root access.
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These are the details from the stock rom as it was received. To this point the only thing I had done was gain root access.
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I spoke to the guy that sold me the phone. He has filed a request with verizon wireless to get the MEID updated in the system to show the proper device. He is a verizon rep so hopefully they will get this pushed through.
I have a friend who works for HTC and I've gotten quite a few dev phones from him. I was in the same boat once and Verizon corrected the meid number with no issue. It does take 2-3 business days though.
The problem is that the phone goes right to HTC, in my case, and not too Verizon. The phone is never tagged in their system so that's why they have too add it.
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I have a friend who works for HTC and I've gotten quite a few dev phones from him. I was in the same boat once and Verizon corrected the meid number with no issue. It does take 2-3 business days though.
The problem is that the phone goes right to HTC, in my case, and not too Verizon. The phone is never tagged in their system so that's why they have too add it.
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who did you speak with to get the phone tagged and added into their system? CS has no idea how to add meid's or esn to the database
Can you help? Didn't speak with with anyone that seemed to be able though the rep I spoke to locally seemed to be able to.
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Sounds like this was a phone they had in a Verizon store that had the smart phone dummies instead of real phones. I think sometimes those stores get a complementary model for people to use when they want to see the real thing... maybe this could be it?
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Colomonster said:
Sounds like this was a phone they had in a Verizon store that had the smart phone dummies instead of real phones. I think sometimes those stores get a complementary model for people to use when they want to see the real thing... maybe this could be it?
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Perhaps..... it functions great on all current roms.
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Remote Diagnostic = TROUBLE

This tool will now be on our phones if you update. It sounds like they may be able to see if a person Is rooted. And other security issues might arise What are your thought
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Don't update, simple as that. That's what i think
Nobody with root should be installing ota anyways.
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This tool will now be on our phones if you update. It sounds like they may be able to see if a person Is rooted. And other security issues might arise What are your thought
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I only installed the radio. I highly doubt they'll be able to just connect whenever they want. You'll have to accept the request cause that would be some form of invasion of privacy but I still dont like the fact that they tried to force it on the phone. A big FU to Verizon for that one
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ihavenewnike said:
This tool will now be on our phones if you update. It sounds like they may be able to see if a person Is rooted. And other security issues might arise What are your thought
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They can not just search your phone. When you call in if they need to use it, they ask your permission and before it is initiated you have to enter a code to grant access.
Having said that, don't take an ota if you're rooted
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I always thought about how celeb nude cell phone pictures get leaked by some nerd at the cell phone company digging though their phones lol
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As soon as I saw this on my fiance's stock phone, I said "No way, no chance I'm going to update my rooted phone." Like others have said, if you're rooted, you shouldn't be taking the update. If you updated your rooted phone and ran into issues, these post have warn you already.
To my understanding, it was on our phones when we first got them. I've called into Verizon to troubleshoot a signal issue and the computer and technician both asked me to let the use it. I have always declined. My brothers Droid Razr Maxx also has this.
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What are your thought
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My thought is to use cwm to banish the update to cache limbo, where I can pick it apart at my liesure and choose what (if anything) I want from it before filing the update as a whole with my S3 data.
I miss the days when people wanted an ota to hit so we could pick it apart for new software, anymore it seems most people are afraid of it...
Remote Diagnostic is a really really old news. I have this on my Charge and I rooted the hell out of it with many many custom roms and kernels. I flash like 1000 times and when I need to exchange, I just flash back to stock and they gave me a new one. In short, it's nothing people, it just being used to fix your phone remotely, of course, before you give them permission to look around, you have to roll it back to stock first.
This was on my old Razr Maxx. As stated, you have to allow it for Verizon to use it.
And with it, Verizon was able to see how Flash video was broken on my phone after the ICS update.
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They can not just search your phone. When you call in if they need to use it, they ask your permission and before it is initiated you have to enter a code to grant access.
Having said that, don't take an ota if you're rooted
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Ur way off
I called about my coverage and was told I was rooted..I wasn't even talking to tech support
Get ur facts strait before u mislead more noobs like yourself
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lucidvtec said:
Ur way off
I called about my coverage and was told I was rooted..I wasn't even talking to tech support
Get ur facts strait before u mislead more noobs like yourself
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There's no way cause everytime I ever called I've been rooted and they never said anything so dont come in here flaming people. You need to chill out
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lucidvtec said:
Ur way off
I called about my coverage and was told I was rooted..I wasn't even talking to tech support
Get ur facts strait before u mislead more noobs like yourself
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People were saying this BEFORE this update apparently Samsung has a root checker on these phones. My Droid charge had the same remote diagnostics. They can only use it if you enter the code. So you need to know what you're taking about before you start flaming. By the way how exactly am I noob?
By the way read previous post of people who have used it AFTER being asked to.
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What exactly will a tech be able to trouble shoot? All they know how to do is reset your phone.
ihavenewnike said:
This tool will now be on our phones if you update. It sounds like they may be able to see if a person Is rooted. And other security issues might arise What are your thought
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All of the major telecoms have had entire floors in their office buildings full of NSA employees and government snooping equipment for years now. Root is the least of your worries.
https://www.eff.org/nsa/faq
From my post in another thread. This is your only hope against the evils of remote diagnostics:
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From my post in another thread. This is your only hope against the evils of remote diagnostics:
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Cool where can I buy one .. I feel them closing in
s3 driving an S4
xyrcncp said:
From my post in another thread. This is your only hope against the evils of remote diagnostics:
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Thanks for that ... was the best laugh I've had all day!!
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From my post in another thread. This is your only hope against the evils of remote diagnostics:
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Careful, apple might sue... due to you infringing upon their external antenna patent.
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S-OFF Demo Unit?

So I was near my local Verizon store while out for lunch and decided to pop in and check out the dot view case in person I can't say why, but I decided to boot the two demo unit devices into bootloader. To my surprise they were S-OFF, found it interesting.
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Verizon is trolling us. Oo
M8, nuff said.
Yeah there was post about this a while ago. Probably so they can fix issues or something to do with updating software.
go back and make it better install rooted rom all the mods we currently have
Karl said:
go back and make it better install rooted rom all the mods we currently have
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THIS LOL how funny would that be to see a modded out m8 in verizon some people would flip out haha
Bastards. Like they need it. If you told a Verizon rep their demo device was s-off they'd look at you like you were retarded. I would have been more jealous if they had an s4 at launch with an unlocked bootloader ( which never happened for those that don't know) wouldn't you agree andybones?
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Evocm7 said:
Bastards. Like they need it. If you told a Verizon rep their demo device was s-off they'd look at you like you were retarded. I would have been more jealous if they had an s4 at launch with an unlocked bootloader ( which never happened for those that don't know) wouldn't you agree andybones?
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Very much so, the SG4 certainly deserved an unlocked bootloader, it's too bad that never panned out.. I had to sell my SG3 + SG4 for personal reasons.
The thing that really makes me curious about these S-OFF Demo Units is if they were like this from the start.. I bought my phone before they even had them out display (got at store at 1:40pm, they couldn't even take them out until 2pm lol)
If they were S-OFF before we had the software S-OFF I wonder if they would of let me take the Demo Unit lol, I also wonder what if any is the difference between that Demo Unit, It seemed just the software..
although with no RUU being on Demo Unit software and S-OFF wouldnt do me very much good.
Either way I found it quite interesting as I have never looked to see if HTC devices are S-OFF at Verizon..
I should have checked out the HTC M7, maybe I will tmw.
andybones said:
So I was near my local Verizon store while out for lunch and decided to pop in and check out the dot view case in person I can't say why, but I decided to boot the two demo unit devices into bootloader. To my surprise they were S-OFF, found it interesting.
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Was it rooted? Stock recovery? I would usb otg that thing and flash something funny onto it
Custom boot ani lol
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dottat said:
Was it rooted? Stock recovery? I would usb otg that thing and flash something funny onto it
Custom boot ani lol
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see that thing that says alarm plugged into usb?
I was only there for a short amount of time, I am unsure if it was rooted, I don't think it was, also it did have stock recovery.
andybones said:
see that thing that says alarm plugged into usb?
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Never know if it's real until you try ?
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Never know if it's real until you try ?
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, very true.
I believe that HTC sent the phones S-OFF.
Why can't they ship them all that way lol.
I can't see why a Demo Unit would need S-OFF though.
andybones said:
, very true.
I believe that HTC sent the phones S-OFF.
Why can't they ship them all that way lol.
I can't see why a Demo Unit would need S-OFF though.
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Because why not?
S off allows for faster restores when silly customers download stupid stuff
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chriskader said:
S off allows for faster restores when silly customers download stupid stuff
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s-off is less of the man telling you what you can do with your fone
I think they should all ship S-OFF but locked so they could say "No, it's still locked. See?"
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tylerlawhon said:
I think they should all ship S-OFF but locked so they could say "No, it's still locked. See?"
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Yes agreed, strangely the Demo Uints were S-OFF and LOCKED.
Just my guess, but the Demo Units they send have special software on them normally. For instance, after a certain period of time it looks through "demo" mode. They might have been shipped that way to allow for custom loading of system level items in case HTC wants to update them. Those devices on Display are normally Vendor (HTC in this case) owned.
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Yes agreed, strangely the Demo Uints were S-OFF and LOCKED.
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weaksauce... flashify.... TWRP..... heck.. you could do the work without touching the USB port.. bluetooth file transfer over the files (weaksauce, flashify, TWRP, rom)
Now i get why people put the ipads on display into a different language at best buy... all starting to make sense
Stickboy46 said:
Just my guess, but the Demo Units they send have special software on them normally. For instance, after a certain period of time it looks through "demo" mode. They might have been shipped that way to allow for custom loading of system level items in case HTC wants to update them. Those devices on Display are normally Vendor (HTC in this case) owned.
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Yea, the software is def different, if you look at the pic in OP, the software is 1.12.605.11_DU ,assumingly for Demo Unit.

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