Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Android smartphone can now be installed with the custom Kernel which will allow you to customize the device where in you can overclock the processing speed. Full credits to the XDA Forum Moderator arrrghhh who has come up with this firs custom Kernel. So, in the due course of this article we will be checking out on how you can apply this kernel. Please note that this kernel can only be applied on the rooted devices. To check on whether your phone is rooted or not, download the Root Checker app from the Google Play Store.
There are quite a few custom ROM firmwares based on the ICS Android 4.0 and Jellybean 4.1 firmware updates which we will be coming out in the next few coming days. With this kernel you can overclock CPU to 1.89 Ghz and under to 96Mhz. Applying this update won’t modify the current firmware in your device. All you need to ensure is that you are on the unlocked boot loader device with custom ROM firmware. For your convenience, we have summed up a detailed guide on what are the pre requisites you will have to follow along with a detailed guide. The GPU and CPU overclocking along with the infamous “Linaro” toolchains is always better known for their speed and smoothness and goes well with most of the custom ROMs.
Disclaimer: Follow all the instructions mentioned in this article as if there is any damage caused due to not following instructions then we shall not be held liable or responsible. Just in case if you face any issues then we will try our level best to address the same.
Though there is no need to back up the data present in your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE smartphone, it’s always recommended to create a manual backup of all your precious data with the help of below mentioned instructions.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
Navigate to the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”, enable the USB Debugging. Minimum battery charge should not be below 30% or else device is at risk of getting turned Off in the middle of flashing the kernel which may potentially brick the device.
You should have active USB ports with full read / write access and also disable / remove all the antivirus tools installed in your device.
So assuming that you are done with all the above mentioned instructions, you can now head over to the next page where we have summed up instructions on how to apply this Kernel in your device.
Procedure to install Custom Kernel in Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Android smartphone:
- Download the custom Kernel in your computer and connect your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Android smartphone to the computer with the help of original USB cable. Place the downloaded Kernel file in your device and disconnect the connected device.
- Turn Off your device so that it can be entered in the recovery mode. The recovery mode in the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE can entered by first turning ON the device and when you see the Red colored Motorola Logo you need to keep pressing the Volume Down button till the device enters in the recovery mode. Please note that you should not long press the Volume Down button.
- In recovery mode, select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” and then choose the placed Kernel package. Once the files are selected, it will take around 4 – 5minutes for applying the firmware update which can be tracked with the help of the progress bar.
So once the Kernel is updated successfully, you can now check the same on whether the kernel has been updated or not from the path “Settings > About Phone”
Note: Just in a rare case if your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE refuses to turn ON or say if it gets stuck on the Motorola Logo then you need to long press the power button to turn off the same or re insert the battery to start the process from the start.
Congratulations, you have now successfully applied this all new Overclockable custom kernel in your device. Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.
