<s>
The	O
Motorola	B-Application
Photon	I-Application
Q	I-Application
4G	O
LTE	O
(	O
XT897	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
smartphone	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Motorola	O
which	O
runs	O
on	O
Sprint	O
's	O
4G	O
LTE	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
includes	O
a	O
built-in	O
,	O
sliding	O
keyboard	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
on	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2018	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
most	O
modern	O
Android	B-Application
phone	I-Application
with	O
a	O
landscape	O
slide-out	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
still	O
demand	O
for	O
this	O
phone	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Photon	O
Q	O
launched	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
Ice	O
Cream	O
Sandwich	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
flagship/halo	O
device	O
for	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
1.5GHz	O
Snapdragon	O
S4	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Photon	O
Q	O
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
the	O
4.1.2	O
Jelly	O
Bean	O
version	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
excluded	O
from	O
future	O
Android	B-Application
upgrades	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
remain	O
with	O
4.1.2	O
Jelly	O
Bean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorola	O
has	O
not	O
provided	O
any	O
public-facing	O
explanation	O
for	O
why	O
Android	B-Application
4.4	O
,	O
KitKat	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
device	O
-	O
or	O
any	O
future	O
Android	B-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
14.1	O
(	O
tracking	O
Android	B-Application
7.1	O
Nougat	O
)	O
was	O
updated	O
until	O
February	O
2019	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
LineageOS	B-Application
14.1	O
was	O
discontinued	O
for	O
all	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
supported	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2018	O
)	O
with	O
3.0.2-0	O
as	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
official	O
TWRP	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	O
S4	O
family	O
of	O
processors	O
were	O
jointly	O
supported	O
by	O
Qualcomm	O
and	O
Google	O
through	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
6.0	O
,	O
Marshmallow	O
release	O
cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
functions	O
as	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
laptop	O
solution	O
when	O
paired	O
with	O
LineageOS	B-Application
or	O
another	O
modern	O
community	O
ROM	O
with	O
multi-window	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
