please help me to upgrade the ROM

[10-Dee-Q]

hi, so i just bought a photon few weeks ago
and this is my first android phone.

i previously only uses blackberries and iPhones

so i don't really know about android that much.

now i learned that the latest "OS" stock one is

4.5.1A-1_sun-198_7

mine is currently running

4.5.1A-1_sun-198_6

the question is , How do i upgrade to the latest stock OS ?

i'm not in the US and i'm not using Sprint as my operator

i use a CDMA carrier here in my country.

When i hit the "System updates" under setting
and choose to "update motorola software" it says my device is up to date

another thing

when i try to "update PRL" and "Update Profile" it says Error

what does sit do actually ?

in my previous phone i only need to update the "OS" so i don't know what is PRL and what is Profile

please bear with me as this is really my first ever android phone.

thank you very much .

 

[10-Dee-Q]

anyone ?

 

[Cellmeister]

Not knocking you but should really do some more reading here (it is here) and at:

- Sprint Photon Forum
- Motorola Photon Forum

- Then when your ready xda forum

Hope that helps since there was no other replies

 

[rino187@gmail.com]

Also that rom was never officially released due to all the bugs...I tried and did not care for it to much...

 

[tirith]

Prl and profile only have to do with carrier settings...

If you didn't get it ota, I honestly wouldn't worry too much if you still want to keep the stock rom...

Edit: mine is running _6 on sprint in the us.

Swyped from my Photon using t-talk 2

 

[KSmithInNY]

If you really want 198_7 you could use RSD to flash the SBF and you're all set. Make sure you read before you flash an SBF because the USC ones will lock you're bootloader up.

Regarding profile and PRL, as others stated those are of no use to you. Profile is a sprint specific carrier profile telling your device A) it's allowed to use the network and B) what services (data,text,tether,etc) it can use. PRL, preferred roaming list, is a file that tells the phone which US CDMA carriers sprint partners with and therefore allows your phone to roam on their towers.

Cheers!