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    Help Not charging with white light

    So, yesterday I was cruising along, watching some TV, had my phone plugged in, charging, all was right with the world. I decided I wanted to play some Sims 3, so came over to my computer, plugged in my phone, and it popped up that it was unrecognized, which I thought was weird, but I went...
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    Root Motorola Photon Failed to boot 1 NOT ROOTED! STOCK!

    :confused: I have a stock Motorola Photon, not rooted. I have spare batteries, so I run them to empty, install charged one, and charge the dead one on the wall charger. I pulled the dead battery when the phone was powering down like I have done many times before, and when I installed the...
  3. X

    Motorola Photon 4g for sale!!!!!

    Here is a refurbished photon 4g, with no scratches or dents. For sale, $99 starting bid. Motorola Photon 4G 16GB Black Sprint Smartphone New Looking Condition 723755834491 | eBay)
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    How can I do tethering on my (non-rooted) Photon 4g?

    Hello, I have a simple question, how can I do tethering on my (non-rooted) Photon 4g? Thanks
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    Help Phone set to charge only when plugging in phone

    When I plug in my phone to my computer it doesn't give me the option of charge only, mass usb storage, etc...it just charges. I've tried checking and unchecking debugging in the settings/applications/development with no luck. Also have tried rebooting the phone and nothing is working. Can...
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    Help Stuck on boot animation screen

    My Photon has been rebooting itself at night, and getting stuck on the boot screen (the one where the contents of bootanimation.zip are displayed). After the first time, I was able to start the phone after a couple tries. But today, it just won't start. I get stuck at the boot animation screen...
  7. Godfather13

    How can I transfer all my pictures on my sd card?

    It seems the Photon puts all the photos you take in the internal memory. I just bought a SG3 and want to put all my pictures on it. How can I transfer my photon pictures onto the sd card? Thanks for any help you can give.
  8. Phatninja55

    [solved] Webtop over hdmi problem?

    Never mind, it was the cord.
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    Help Red "minus" button will not delete Windows

    I'm constantly getting the message in my browser that "Window Can't Open, Window Limit Has Been Reached". So then I go to the Menu button, Open the Windows list and each open Window is listed with the red minus sign next to it. Tapping the red minus button SHOULD delete the window, but instead...
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    Help Photon 4g camera issue

    Hi there. Im just gettin into technology and i have a question. I have a motorola photon 4g and my camera stopped working. It loads up and all the funtions just has a black screen. Sometimes the front camera works. Ive pulled the battery. Forced stopped it an all. Is there anyone who knows...
  11. C

    voice dialing via bluetooth for MoPho 4G

    Anyone know what, if any, bluetooth headsets allow voice dialing with the MoPho? Am having problems finding one. TIA
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    Help Motorola Photon restarting randomly

    Recently my Photon 4G has been randomly restarting its self. I will have a app open, or just be looking at the home screen and it will just shut off and restart. Anybody able to help with this?
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    Root [Question] Can I uninstall the official Motorolla 2.3.5 update?

    Hello everyone - new member here. I've done a forum search and viewed the suggested posts (the forum suggests based on the title I typed). I assume this question has been asked and answered somewhere but I have no idea where... I got caught up in the hype surrounding Motorola's promised ICS...
  14. Citizen Coyote

    New life for old Photons!

    I just came across an interesting option for those of us still holding on to our old, beloved Photons. A newish MVNO (mobile virtual network operator, think Boost Mobile and the like) called Ting is starting a pilot program where you can bring your own Sprint device to run on their network. It's...
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    Help Bluetooth music stdering control (AVRCP) not working

    I see that the Photon should support AVRCP but I cant change tracks via steering wheel controls when playing music in my car through bluetooth. I can activate voice commands as well as pickup and drop calls. I can change tracks on my ipod just fine when playing music through bluetooth. Anyone...
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    Help Motorola Photon only charges with computer

    My photon all of a sudden stopped charging with wall charger / outlet the only way it will charge now is if it connected to a computer with the usb data cable .I tried different wall outlet, new wall charger and new cables new battery, I did a factory reset on the phone , usb debugging toggle...
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    Help Photon randomly stops playing music

    I have a Moto Photon on Sprint. The Sprint music player works fine, but after a day or so, it randomly stops working. I don't notice until I try to open it and it states an error has occurred and the player stopped working. Problem is that I use this for an alarm in the morning, but its not...
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    Faster Boot Up Times?

    Hello All! I have a seemingly simple question. I am wanting to figure how to quicken my start up time. Currently it takes about 4 minutes to fully start up. I'm not pleased with that... All my searching has lead me to Rooting and unlocking the bootloader. I'm not that tech savvy to...
  19. J

    Samsung S3 for 99 cents, i'm out.

    I'm glad...cause this photon is acting so erratically now...it's more of a pain then anything else... Samsung Galaxy S3 0.99 cents from sprint direct ! one color only Called sprint...first set of reps didn't know...then asked for "account services" and they said yup, SIII for...
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    Root Rooted phone having major problems

    New rooter here. The rooting process was easy and adjusting the Cpu was no problem either. The issue came when I was reading online about zipalign. It said it would make my phone run faster. Well it didn't. I keep getting errors and forced closing. The most common error I get is (process...
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    Facebook and Motorola

    https://www.facebook.com/motorola/posts/10151289228695731?notif_t=like Feel free to like this! I'm going to keep posting these sayings on their fb wall. I'm stuck with this piece of junk until May...
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    Help Boot Loop

    I installed a Volume Control Widget. I rebooted since the app said to reboot if I didn't see it in the Widget menu. Now, I'm in a boot loop where I get a lot of the host "processes that stop" notifications and when I choose "force close", the phone reboots and continues rebooting. Any way to...
  23. drexappeal

    See you all later! Got some deals too good to pass up

    I purchased an international Unlocked Note 2 as a dedicated media player and will be upgrading at Best Buy (no out of pocket costs) for the Sprint Note 2. Therefore, the Photon became expendable. It would be a waste for me to keep the Photon as a backup Sprint phone, since I have multiple...
  24. Muqtar

    Peace out from me

    My phone fell and broke right after the storm. Though the screen did not break, the phone will not display anything on the screen. It wasn't THAT hard of a shot, but it was on concrete steps. When presented a choice, I chose the Samsung Galaxy 2 as the replacement. I do believe it has been...
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    Help Connect BT for phone but not audio?

    Hi all, is there any way to set my phone by default to not connect to the head unit in my vehicle for BT Audio but go ahead and connect for phone? Reason I ask is quite often I will either be listening to the radio or music saved on a USB thumb drive and I also will be running Trapster or Waze...
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