Custom Jelly Bean ROMs are everywhere and there’s no doubt that the Motorola Photon 4G will also be receiving Google’s latest update, unofficially, of course. The Motorola Photon 4G, with its 1.0 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM, is definitely worthy of an upgrade.
The new Jelly Bean update is based on CyanogenMod 10 and promises to bring additional features to the table, like a buttery smooth user interface, enhanced voice recognition, smarter keyboard, as well as some performance tweaks, thanks to XDA developer jokersax11.
This ROM is currently a work-in-progress and the developer actually explicitly guaranteed that there will be broken features and bugs.
If you still want to try out this ROM on your phone, continue reading the rest of this guide to learn how to upgrade the Photon 4G MB855 to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean via CyanogenMod 10 (unofficial).
Warning
- The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Motorola Photon 4G, model number MB855. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
- The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
- Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
- Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
Requirements
- Rooted Motorola Photon 4G MB855 with unlocked bootloader and ClockworkMod Recovery installed.
- Download the following files:
- Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
Instructions
- Copy the ROM, GApps, Superuser, and Joker-Recovery ZIP files to your phone’s internal SD card.
- Switch off your phone.
- Press and hold the Volume Down key and Power button until Fastboot Mode boots.
- Using the Volume keys, highlight Recovery and select it to boot into Recovery Mode.
- Create a NANDroid Backup of your existing ROM, so that you can always restore it if something doesn’t work out with this ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore and on the next screen, select Backup again. Head back to the main recovery after backup is complete.
- Select Install ZIP from SD card, then select Choose ZIP from SD card. Browse for the joker-recovery3.zip file and select it. Confirm the installation by selecting Yes on the screen that follows. After the installation is complete, your phone will automatically reboot.
- Once your phone finishes rebooting into recovery, select Wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on the screen that follows to confirm data wipe.
- Select Install ZIP from SD card, then select Choose ZIP from SD card. Browse for the CM10 ROM file and select it. Confirm the installation process by selecting Yes on the screen that follows.
- After the ROM is finished installing, flash the GApps package, Superuser package, and the data fix package in the same manner as in step 8.
- Head back to the main recovery menu by selecting Go back.
- Reboot your phone by selecting Reboot system now. It may take a couple of minutes as this is the first time your phone will boot into Jelly Bean.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on your Motorola Photon 4G MB855 via unofficial CyanogenMod 10.
