Review of the Alpha CyanogenMod 9 ICS on the Motorola Photon 4G

[RustyFishHook9]

camera works bitches

[MrAgbrown]

why do they release these roms with so many bugs??

[coolykoko]

Could you possibly do reviews on each stage of the ics rom for photon? Its on beta now I think

[dvega951]

@coolykoko i just installed betta . cam doesnt work! on alpha cam works .. . this would be cool if you can review each update and the extra file we must flash. what is the birds and the bees lol? oh i did download alpha and used camra once switched over to face cam and it failed . . .after that i couldnt open cam at all so be ware! i had to reload !

[qbking77]

@coolykoko I plan to! Once it hits beta there will be a video from me

[coolykoko]

@qbking77 cool can't wait, thanks.

[dvega951]

i dont know if any one else know this. but, if you hold down power button and volume down the photon take a screen shot for you and gives you options to send

[dvega951]

has the camera option been fixed?

[qbking77]

@dvega951 not yet

[FrameCityJackal]

@dvega951 Yes it has, its not uploaded yet though

[dvega951]

@FrameCityJackal cool man! thanks! my picture messaging isnt working. is that a bug in the alpha still?

[FrameCityJackal]

@dvega951 no clue. I haven't been unlocked in so long I have 4G in my area :p

In the thread it does say MMS does work though

[dvega951]

@FrameCityJackal i know right! im going to try to reinstall i just miss camera

[dvega951]

@dvega951 i really aint digging the awesome club on the slide down and network banner . . .lol

[caveman8500]

@dvega951 only the rear camera works as of now, no video recording either as far as i know..

[dvega951]

@caveman8500 im on top of it as soon as face chat works! thank you! is a great mod! super fast! '

[dvega951]

@caveman8500 keep me up to date dude! thanks!

[GhostDad2010]

@dvega951 As of today the camera is working.

[eldarthosx]

@qbking77 is the photon an upgrade from the motorola triumph im using now?

[eldarthosx]

@qbking77 thank ya sir

[eldarthosx]

@qbking77 hate to bother but....link for download? Im getting a photon soon and i am getting ready to download all i need to mod it

[qbking77]

@eldarthosx see description of my how to video

[erichchan3]

Are the Honeycomb buttons, Back, Home and Multitask buttons available in the CM9 ROM? I don't see to see them.

[ichuck7]

Thanks for posting the video! Do you know where the multitasking window is that is so iconic in Honeycomb?

[qbking77]

@ichuck7 Just press and hold the home button

[darthvelnor]

is the face unlock feature from galaxy nexus just for that phone or is it posible to see on the cm9 someday?

[qbking77]

@darthvelnor That I don't know... I hope so!

[carstillidie]

i'm running alpha 18 and have so far had one random reboot wich never happened in 16 and 13.5

[KTT16]

Will do...i haven't flashed it myself, but im trying to keep up reading it. I only have one phone, so i can't take any chances just yet. ;)

[qbking77]

@KTT16 Please let me know if they fixed the camera!

[killajoe1216]

@qbking77 when it gets all fixed and where everything works you think you can do a updated video on how to install seeing how sometimes stuff changes on the links but if you can do that that would be sick im running the rocko rom which i really like cause of the 1.3 ghz cpu tweek... but ive always liked cyanogen ya knw!!

[killajoe1216]

@qbking77 when everything is fixed you think you could do a new video on how to install and a review that would be awsome

[KTT16]

@qbking77 Looks like the camera is still broke...they are on Alpha-17 right now..it's almost like they have nightlies...I think someone on XDA said that the camera fix was a joke.. :(

[KTT16]

@qbking77 - As far as I know, Alpha-17 is having some FC issues...some people report not having many problems...but it'd good to wait until beta before updating. Check out post #1831 from the XDA thread (can't post link for some reason)

[KTT16]

Just wanted to let you know that there have been a few updates to the alpha build...i think joker is on 16 now with a possible fix for the camera.

[qbking77]

@KTT16 Please keep meupdated!!!

[HEWHOSEESITALL]

@qbking77: When you said the battery life is bad. Can you give an idea by comparing it to stock? I want to try this ROM but not if my photon wont last more than half a day of light usage.

[qbking77]

@HEWHOSEESITALL I'd say you'll get a couple hours less

[draiko2000]

Phenomenal stuff. I can't wait for them to get 4G, Camera, and autobrightness working!

[nitemarebreh]

First of all thanks qbking I've seen all your photon bids but I've been using this from since day one and I've tried every build but on alpha13 it says my SD card is busy or not mounted right. Is there something I can do to fix this? And a big thanks to joker!

[ErisRivera5]

does GPU acceleration work!?

[daicharade1]

when can v expect a full working release? hows the batt life? can u overclock n underclock wid dis rom?

[f150triton46l]

Just a FYI to everyone Sprint does allow free roaming, but NOT unlimited!!! If you go over 300mb of data roaming or half your overall calls/data usage are on roaming theres a good chance you'll get canceled by Sprint, its happened to several XDA members so just keep in mind when force roaming.

[Duplissi]

cant wait! for now i have the xda page pinned until more of the bugs are worked out. btw thanks qbking77, been checking out your how to videos since i had my epic.

[youngaceondeck]

im kinda jealous.. All these OG 1ghz phones are getting ICS builds.. like the EVO 3G, n HTC Desire HD n other phones.. n now this moto phone get ICS build before Epic 3G Touch.. yet we don't even have the epic 4g touch CM7 build... smh

[equalizir1]

Cool

[Bhair206]

Thanks for posting this!!

[coolykoko]

Is 4g off due to unlocked bootloader requirement? Or the 4g radio doesnt work in this rom? If its the bootloader, would we be able to use "nopudding4u" in this rom and allow 4g to work?

[thegameksk]

@coolykoko It because of the unlocked bootloader. Anytime its unlocked 4g gets broke.

[qbking77]

@coolykoko I believe its due to the radios

[thebakeryoven]

@coolykoko it's the drivers for 4G antenna have not been worked in yet, so no app can get it to work because it won't be able to connect to the antenna.

[jaderinoo]

it seem that the nexus version is much more developed.

[SniperFire786]

Is the multitasking carousel working when u hold down the home button?

[MrKevolution]

I hope you're right @mikeph4

[1DVS1ETODAC]

You said data roaming is free on Sprint? Why does my photon always say that you may see significant charges? Is that just a message to scare you?

[qbking77]

@1DVS1ETODAC Thats exactly what its for

[1DVS1ETODAC]

@qbking77 Wow thank you qbking thats going to make web browsing so much easier now haha. I have seen that Data Roaming guard so much on my phone.

[quanbird2]

I love the video! What's the deal with the wallpaper not filling up the screen?

[qbking77]

@quanbird2 I'm not too sure... but switching to the phase beam live wallpaper fixed the issue

[thebakeryoven]

@quanbird2 It can fill the entire screen, it's just a bug when you flash gapps right afterwards. you can reset it by choosing a wallpaper. nothing big

[daekid]

Qbking77 forgot to mention that you're overclocked also to 1.3 or 4 not sure

[gollyzila99]

Thanks for the vid. I didn't know about free data roaming on Sprint.

[IronReaver17]

Ziggity zag

[MrKevolution]

Watching this videos make me feel so angry with Motorola about not unlocking the bootloader of my Motorola Electrify. I hope they take the right decision and unlock, or at least give us an update or something...

[mikeph4]

@MrKevolution you might be in luck with an update in the near future (;

[kuhl55]

This video is messed up: wont let me watch it at all

[inny4lyfe]

do you think this will ever work on the epic 4g?

[qbking77]

@inny4lyfe Eventually, the OG Epic 4G will get an ICS port, yes.

[commercialsaremywife]

@inny4lyfe they're working on CM9 for the OG Epic right now!