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Friday, September 12, 2014

Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Tips and Tricks

How to Factory Reset Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Resetting your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will restore the default settings of your device. It will also delete all your files on your phone, so it is recommended to have a backup of your important files on your computer. There are two ways on how to reset your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. It can be done through the settings or through the hardware buttons.

Resetting Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE on Settings:

On your Home Lcd, press Menu.

Go to Settings, and select Privacy.

Tap on Factory data reset.

Then tap Reset phone.

And Erase everything to confirm the reset.

How to Hard Reset Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE:

These steps is also helpful when your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is unresponsive or frozen and theres no way to access the settings. If it is frozen, remove the battery and reinsert it after a few minutes.

Power up the device pressing both Volume UP and Down keys at the same time. Use the Volume down key to highlight recovery mode and volume up to select it.

When in recovery mode, you will see an android with a red triangle. Press Volume up and Volume down at the same time. This will bring up a blue menu at the top of the Lcd.

Press Volume down to select "wipe data/factory reset" and press the Power key to select it.

Now press Volume down to highlight Yes and press power to select it.

Finally, when the device finishes it will have "reboot system now" selected. Just press power to select that option.

How to Extend Battery Life of Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings. Follow these suggestions:

• To see whats using your battery more, go to Settings > Battery. If you want to set an automatic rules of saving more battery, tap on Apps, and select Smart Actions.

• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.

• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.

• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal.

• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.

• Turn off the camera flash.

• Use the Airplane Mode if you are not using any connections.

How to Update Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

There will come a time that Motorola or your Internet Service Provider will give a software update for your Motorola Droid Photon Q 4G LTE device. The update is needed to fix some bugs and for you to experience the newly added features. It may come by batch, but if you have not receive the update for a while, then you may need to manually check for the updates.

1. On your devices Lcd, tap on Apps

2. Then go to Settings menu

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3. Then tap System updates.

Make sure that your phone is connected to the Internet to install the update successfully.

How to Uninstall and Reinstall Apps on Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

There will come a time that you no longer want to play the app that you have downloaded and want to remove it from your phone (Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE). If this time will come, you just need to uninstall or disable the app so it will be removed on your phone.

Follow these steps on how to uninstall and reinstall your apps.

To uninstall an app:

From your Home Lcd, tap Menu.

Then select Manage Apps.

Tap on the app you want to Disable or Uninstall.

Disabling the app will remove it from your menu. If you want to Enable it again, just reopen the window and tap Enable.

In case the app locks up your phone as you turn it on, just restart your phone in Safe Mode. Turn off your phone and turn it back after a minute. If you see a Motorola logo during the power up, press and hold both volume keys until you see the home Lcd, with Safe Mode in the lower left. Then you may try removing the app.

To reinstall an app:

If the app is from Google play store, simply go to Apps > Play Store > My apps. From there you can see your apps ready to download again.

How to Add, Resize, and Remove Widgets on Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Adding Widgets on your HomeLcd will help you improve your productivity in using your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. If you dont know what widgets means, Widgets are small applications that you can directly use on your HomeLcd. These will serve as your shortcut icon so will no longer need to access the Menu.

To add a Widgets:

Go to Apps.

Tap and hold on the widget.

To change your wallpaper, tap and hold an empty spot on the home Lcd.

You can also add a folder to organize your shortcuts.

There are also app that include special widgets. If you want to download apps, just tap on Apps, then select Play Store.

To move or delete widgets:

Tap and hold on a widget you want to delete/move until it vibrates.

Then drag it to another spot/page, or simply Remove at the top of the Lcd.

How to Request a Refund for a Paid App on Motorola Photon Q

You can still request for a refund on your purchased apps if it is still with 24-hours of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged and the application is uninstalled from your phone. You can still repurchase the apps, but there will be no refund for the second time.

1. Touch Apps > Settings > Apps > Downloaded.

2. Touch the application to uninstall.

3. Touch Uninstall & refund. Your application is uninstalled and the charge is cancelled.

4. Touch the reason for removing the app, and then touch OK.

How to Make Your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Smartphones these days can now share its mobile data connection and act as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. And like those high-end gadgets, Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is sure to let you experience the benefits of making it as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Heres how you can make your Motorola phone the next Wi-Fi hotspot.

1. Touch Apps > Settings > Tethering & Mobile Hotspot > Mobile Hotspot settings > Configure Mobile Hotspot if you have already turned it on.

2. Touch a setting to modify some settings.

Your Network SSID, or the name that you want on your wifi hotspot.

The Security: Choose the type of security you want, and then touch Save: WPA2 PSK.

Your Password.

Broadcast Channel: Select a channel that minimizes potential interference. You may need to try different channels after your hotspot is active for a time.

3. Touch Save when the settings are complete.

To activate your Wi-Fi Hotspot:

Touch Apps > Settings > Tethering & Mobile Hotspot > Mobile Hotspot.

When your Wi-Fi hotspot is active, other Wi-Fi enabled devices can connect by entering your hotspot’s SSID, selecting a Security type, and entering the correct Wireless password (if applicable).

Monday, August 18, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 LTE S7275R Android 4 2 2 XXUAML1 Jelly Bean Official Firmware Update Using Odin Guide

The LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (GT-S7275R) has just received another Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update with firmware build number S7275RXXUAML1. The new official firmware is now available as an Over-The-Air (OTA) update as well as through Samsung KIES.
Firmware details
PDA: S7275RXXUAML1
CSC: S7275ROXXAML1
MODEM: S7275RXXUAML1
Version: Android 4.2.2
Build date: Dec 04, 2013
Regions: Germany, France, Czech Republic, Baltic, Hungary
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (LTE) S7275R users who missed the OTA update notification or unable to access the update over Samsung KIES, and those who are residing outside Germany can now download and install the same manually, using our step-by-step guide.
Pre-requisites
1. Install USB Drivers for Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 on the computer.
2. Enable USB Debugging Mode on the phone by navigating to Settings >> Developer Options.
3. Make a backup of all your important data before following the guide.
4. The Galaxy Ace 3 should be factory unlocked and not locked to any particular carrier.
5. Ensure the battery of the phone is charged more than 80 percent.
6. The Android 4.2.2 XXUAML1 Jelly Bean firmware is compatible only with the LTE version of Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (GT-S7275R). Applying this to any incorrect variant might brick the device. Verify the model number of the Galaxy Ace 3 by navigating to Settings >> About Phone.

Files Required
1. Android 4.2.2 XXUAML1 Jelly Bean Firmware (Mirror Link)
2. Odin 3.07 (Mirror Link)

Steps to Update Galaxy Ace 3 (LTE) S7275R with Android 4.2.2 XXUAML1 Jelly Bean Firmware
Step 1: Extract Firmware zip file using WinRAR/7-Zip/WinZip or any other extracting tool, you will get a .tar.md5 file and some other files (optional).
Step 2: Extract Odin zip file and you will get Odin3 v3.07.exe along with few other files.
Step 3: Switch off the Galaxy Ace 3.
Step 4: Boot the device into Download Mode by pressing and holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons together until a construction Android robot icon with a warning triangle appears on screen. Now press the Volume Up button to enter Download Mode.
Step 5: Run Odin on the computer as an Administrator.
Step 6: Connect the Galaxy Ace 3 to the computer using USB cable while it is in the Download Mode. Wait until Odin detects the device. When the device is connected successfully, the ID: COM box will turn to light blue with the COM port number. Additionally, the successful connected will be indicated by a message saying Added.
Related Article:Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 S7270/S7272 on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Firmware Using Root Cwm Guide
Note: If the Added message does not appear, then try re-install USB drivers or changing the port on the computer.

Step 7: Select the following files in Odin from extracted S7275RXXUAML1 firmware folder:

Click the PDA button and select the .tar.md5 file.
Click the Phone button and select file with MODEM in its name. Ignore if there is no such file.
Click the CSC button and select file with CSC in its name. Ignore if there is no such file.
Click the PIT button and select the .pit file. Ignore if there is no such file.

Step 8: In Odin, enable Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes. Also, ensure the Re-Partition checkbox is chosen only if a .pit file was chosen in the previous step.
Step 9: Verify everything suggested in Step 7 and Step 8 is done correctly. Then hit the Start button to begin the installation process.
Step 10: Once the installation process is completed, your phone will restart and soon you will see a PASS message with green background in the left-most box at the very top of the Odin. You can now unplug the USB cable to disconnect your device from the computer.

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (LTE) S7275R should be now updated with official Android 4.2.2 XXUAML1 Jelly Bean. Head over to Settings >> About Phone to verify the software version running on the device.

Note: If Galaxy Ace 3 (LTE) S7275R stuck at booting animation after Step 10 then go to recovery mode (press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons together) and perform Wipe data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition task before selecting reboot system now function. In recovery mode use Volume keys to navigate between options and Power key to select the option. Please note, performing wiping task will erase your device internal memory data and not external SD card data.