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I'm new to rooting phones I have a Moto Photon 4G. Ido have root access but when i try to boot into Android Recovery i get a message saying fail boot 2 entering RSD mode. So I'm not able to flash any roms to my phone. It's getting frustrating I have used google to find a solution but I'm a NOOB haha so I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. Please can anyone help? :confused:
 
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Have you unlocked it? Can't do much without unlocking and installing a custom recovery.

If not, start here.
 
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I'm pretty sure it's unlocked but how can I be sure. I used Root check basic and it confirmed I do have root accsess.
 
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Root and unlocking are two separate processes. When you boot the phone, if you're unlocked, it will say unlocked in the upper left on the screen with the red m.

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My phone is not unlock so what is the next step I need to take to unlock it? Thank you all for your help. I'm begging lol please help it's making me crazy :)
 
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The link Kevets gave you will tell you everything you need to know. And if you look for qbking77 on youtube he has walkthroughs for the process.

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if you email me i'll give you the link i can't post links yet.

shows step by step how to unlock my phone but i get stuck on this part below

Now click your start menu and type "cmd", right click the cmd program and copy it to your unlock pack directory.

i'm not sure how to copy it.

Open the newly copied cmd.exe and type "fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" WITHOUT THE " " MARKS and replaces the x's with your code that you got from the above step.

The links were helpful but some are outdated or my comp says they contain malware and wont allow me to proceed any further and yes qbking77 has very helpful videos
 
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bigdaddy619 said:
motorolaphoton.webs.com/ unlocking

shows step by step how to unlock my phone but i get stuck on this part below

Now click your start menu and type "cmd", right click the cmd program and copy it to your unlock pack directory.

i'm not sure how to copy it.

Open the newly copied cmd.exe and type "fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" WITHOUT THE " " MARKS and replaces the x's with your code that you got from the above step.

The links were helpful but some are outdated or my comp says they contain malware and wont allow me to proceed any further and yes qbking77 has very helpful videos
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Once the cmd.exe comes up in your start menu, right click it and choose "copy." Then open your unlock pack directory (where you unzipped the unlock pack zip file) and right click, then choose "paste." Then double click the pasted cmd.exe. I'm not sure what has you stuck exactly.

Sent from my MB855 using XDA
 
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I give up apparently I'm to stupid to do it Thanks for your help

I have watched qbking77 videos
How to install the Android SDK, ADB and Fastboot on your PC
How to unlock the Motorola Photon 4G bootloader

Installing Android SDK, ADB and Fastboot didn't work for me. :(
 
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You have to use RSD-lite to flash the stock phone rom back onto your phone before you can unlock it.

I did the same thing you did when I first tried to load a custom rom, and many other people here have done the same thing as well, we have all gotten through it. It took me about 5 hours of trying to get everything straightened out, and the next day I was running overclocked CM7 with jokers kernel.
 
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    Have you unlocked it? Can't do much without unlocking and installing a custom recovery.

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    Root and unlocking are two separate processes. When you boot the phone, if you're unlocked, it will say unlocked in the upper left on the screen with the red m.

    Sent from my MB855 using XDA
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    The link Kevets gave you will tell you everything you need to know. And if you look for qbking77 on youtube he has walkthroughs for the process.

    Sent from my MB855 using XDA
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    bigdaddy619 said:
    motorolaphoton.webs.com/ unlocking

    shows step by step how to unlock my phone but i get stuck on this part below

    Now click your start menu and type "cmd", right click the cmd program and copy it to your unlock pack directory.

    i'm not sure how to copy it.

    Open the newly copied cmd.exe and type "fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" WITHOUT THE " " MARKS and replaces the x's with your code that you got from the above step.

    The links were helpful but some are outdated or my comp says they contain malware and wont allow me to proceed any further and yes qbking77 has very helpful videos
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Once the cmd.exe comes up in your start menu, right click it and choose "copy." Then open your unlock pack directory (where you unzipped the unlock pack zip file) and right click, then choose "paste." Then double click the pasted cmd.exe. I'm not sure what has you stuck exactly.

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