Hello, I'm kind of a noob here, although i've been following the forums for quite some time now. Now let's get straight to the point. I've rooted my defy and went from stock froyo 2.2.2 to wajkIUI ics 1.2.16. Now i would like to go back to stock. Kernel version is 2.6.32.9. No backup of the previous system has been made. My stock froyo didn't have motoblur so I would like you to recommend one and also explain the procedure of reverting back to stock. Thank you for yout help.
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First what u need to do is to find .sbf for your location. Next u have to flash it using RSD Lite, instructions on forum
RSD lite wont recognize my phone, i'm running win7 64-bit ultimate and having problems with mtp driver. Can't get it to install. Please help.
hey did you guys get this to work, we have the same goal lol
im trying to do this also did you find a way to go back to stock?
sokre10 said:
RSD lite wont recognize my phone, i'm running win7 64-bit ultimate and having problems with mtp driver. Can't get it to install. Please help.
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I had problems with 64bit Win7, RSD wont recognize my phone. You can try with Vista/Xp 32 bit is the best.
Just flash your region SBF, you can find one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
sokre10 said:
RSD lite wont recognize my phone, i'm running win7 64-bit ultimate and having problems with mtp driver. Can't get it to install. Please help.
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hey, are you sure you entered the bootloader mode on your phone when connecting it to RSD?
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I have a friend whose son has a Droid X and attempted to root it. I dont know what method he used or anything, but it did not work. He can get the phone to boot, but cant use the phone for voice or data almost like its in airplane mode, but its not. I am familiar with Android and rooting, just not with a droid x. I need to get him back to stock so he can use his phone again. Is there like an ruu i can run to get it back to stock or a copy of the stock rom? and how do i get to recovery? Is it power and volume down like my evo?
Thanks for any help you can give
OK, I think I may have found it, but I would appreciate some some confirmation since ya'll obviously know way more about this specific device than I do.
I think I need to download RSDLite 4.8 and install on my computer and use it to install the SBF VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf to the phone.
Does that sound right?
thanks
envioussob said:
OK, I think I may have found it, but I would appreciate some some confirmation since ya'll obviously know way more about this specific device than I do.
I think I need to download RSDLite 4.8 and install on my computer and use it to install the SBF VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf to the phone.
Does that sound right?
thanks
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That is correct, SBFing the phone will return it to complete out-of-the-box-stock.
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RSD Lite is a pain compared to to other options. If you google search "linux solution for DROID x sbf" the first result should be a link to a dx fourm post about a linux distro to sbf dx back to stock 2.2. It is really really easy and runs on a usb flash drive or cd. Then take the OTA for gb, as it has yet to be rooted. And you are set. Total time, half an hour.
Pm me if you need more info. (I'm mobile so a link will be hard.)
Edit: link
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html
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I found an sbf that was a flashable zip. Just wiped and flashed from recovery. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the replies.
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RSD Lite is a pain compared to to other options. If you google search "linux solution for DROID x sbf" the first result should be a link to a dx fourm post about a linux distro to sbf dx back to stock 2.2. It is really really easy and runs on a usb flash drive or cd. Then take the OTA for gb, as it has yet to be rooted. And you are set. Total time, half an hour.
Pm me if you need more info. (I'm mobile so a link will be hard.)
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http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html
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That was a pretty darn helpful site. Thanks!
chbennett said:
RSD Lite is a pain compared to to other options. If you google search "linux solution for DROID x sbf" the first result should be a link to a dx fourm post about a linux distro to sbf dx back to stock 2.2. It is really really easy and runs on a usb flash drive or cd. Then take the OTA for gb, as it has yet to be rooted. And you are set. Total time, half an hour.
Pm me if you need more info. (I'm mobile so a link will be hard.)
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http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html
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I spoke too soon. He took it home and tried to do the GB update and got stuck at the bootloader, so I am trying the method you linked to now.
Hello every body,
I have bought my ms2 yesterday and i have decided to dont root it, so i went to motorlas web site and update it to android 2.3.6. But after see the MUIU from will5 i changed my mind i decided to install this custom rom. So i tried Gingerbreak to root my device, but tha app doesnt work i run it and he stay foreer with the mesage that tha phone is being rooted and nothing happen, so i presse home button and it closed and the fone stayed ok. But the only way i know to root this fone with ginger was that app so i decidd to try downgrade my fone to froyo again. i downloaded RSD Lite, upgrade my bootloader from 70.12 to 70.13 and tryed to install froyo retail again, the process look good but when rsd show the message rebooting fone the fone do not reboot and after rsd shows progress complet (Pass), so since that my fone is dead, can turn on in any mod or do nothing any one can help me to save my fone? And after that try a working root method? Thank You and Sorry for my English
Please refer to this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437682
You did exactly the same thing. Once you are on GB, you can't go back to Froyo. And don't worry your phone will be okay.
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Yeah i saw that some minutes after i post that xP, i will download gb and try install it, sorry for the post i should search in the forum before post it.
But that is still a question i can root my fone? with android 2.3.6? i really want to install a custom rom =) thanks you
gexk said:
Yeah i saw that some minutes after i post that xP, i will download gb and try install it, sorry for the post i should search in the forum before post it.
But that is still a question i can root my fone? with android 2.3.6? i really want to install a custom rom =) thanks you
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use SuperOneClick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 to root your phone. make sure USB Debugging is on, plug your phone and click on Root menu in the app, then sit back and relax.
but without the ability to go back to froyo, MIUI is out from your custom rom Option as MIUI cannot run from GB kernel base.
however, there is CM7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338183 (and an inprogress CM9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374497) that you could try if you want to experience custom rom. functional wise, CM is better than MIUI (imho), but MIUI wins in fancy UI & themes.
thanks guys i think i will keep my phone with the default rom, i will only root it remove the unsued apps from TIM, and install a MIUI launcher. Did U think is a good ideia?
I don't think MIUI launcher works on stock ROM unless they have released a version compatible with all android 2.2 or 2.3
You can try Espier launcher from market. But it is more iPhone-ish than MIUI-ish.
hi can anyone help,
i bought a defy sometime ago and the person who sold it flashed the 2.3.4 stock rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127085
so of corse the defy is green lense so there for camera doesnt work.
is there anyway that i can 1: get camera to work and/or 2: downgrade
ive searched and only found some chinese rom but it has dead links and im a little rusty with nandroid backups etc
can someone guied me
p.s im on cm7.1 if that make any diffrance
thanks folks.
I think 2.3.4 can be downgradable to froyo, am i not right?
I have a green lens defy with stock 2.2 froyo, and for cm7, cm9 and miui, the camera works, so I guess that who sold it to you have it upgraded, don't know why, :S
try flashing froyo, then flash cm7 over it
I'm not sure if will work, but why don't give it a shot
tell me if it worked
Good Luck
No he done full gb 2.3.4 and it says its not downgradeable. I've tryed to flash other sbf's but none work.
Thanks for reply mate.
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jonezy8873 said:
No he done full gb 2.3.4 and it says its not downgradeable. I've tryed to flash other sbf's but none work.
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it was true back then that it wasn't downgradable. but lucky you the situation has changed. you can now downgrade your phone and install custom roms. there are 2 methods available since your rom is only on cg or bl 5:
1) read the first post of this thread completely as all newbies should:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
and in there under common problems/questions you'll find your first solution. this method would preserve your phone to bl5 but it's a bit longer than method 2.
2) method 2 will upgrade your phone to bl6 but it's much easier. so if you don't have any problem with that, use this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486731&highlight=bl6
That's great thanks.
Just what I was looking for
Is this the same method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15341774&postcount=8
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Is this the same method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15341774&postcount=8
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yes. that is method 1.
balls..... i cant get anything to work
dead links....
cant understand what there on about.....
grrrrrrrrr
jh20 said:
yes. that is method 1.
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its got dead links and when i try to flash the first rom it stops and says fail
jonezy8873 said:
hi can anyone help,
i bought a defy sometime ago and the person who sold it flashed the 2.3.4 stock rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127085
so of corse the defy is green lense so there for camera doesnt work.
is there anyway that i can 1: get camera to work and/or 2: downgrade
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Try flashing the full SBF from here - I know the link works because I downloaded it myself a couple of hours ago. It's also rootable using the Droid 3 easy rooting tool linked in that thread. It says in the thread that the green lens camera can be got to work using Greenbreadmod.
If that SBF + Greenbreadmod gets your phone working again then I'd try MS2Ginger or CM7 on it (if CM7 will support the green lens camera, not sure). Take a nandroid backup first - install 2ndInitDefy to get CWM on the phone. MS2Ginger is based on Gingerbread but with some nice enhancements eg 1% battery step, power menu, 720p playback, panorama mode etc. I had the 2.1 version of MS2Ginger on my green-lensed Defy for many months and it was rock solid. I've not tried CM7 but lots of people like it.
ok im downloading it now
so just flash this with rsdlite is that correct.
i have downloaded greenbread 1.1 what do i do with that? do i unzip it on pc or move whole file to clockworkmod backup?
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i have downloaded greenbread 1.1 what do i do with that? do i unzip it on pc or move whole file to clockworkmod backup?
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From the Greenbreadmod thread:
Installation:
Install official GingerBread via nandroid + fixed sbf
Install 2nd-init recovery 0.6.1 or later
Install zip from recovery
RTFM
lol i have no idea what any of that means RTFM? haha
im new at all this
i cant flash that rom anyway it gets to creating img or something like that then says executing then says fail???
ive got all moto drivers installed and running as administrator?
just want a stock rom that camera works.
fed up of cm7 keeps crashing.
tries all the others to like miuiandroid and some others.
starting to miss my iphone :-/
jonezy8873 said:
i cant flash that rom anyway it gets to creating img or something like that then says executing then says fail
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What version of RSD Lite are you using?
5.2 I think
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I used 5.6 to flash that sbf on my phone. Google around, you'll find it online.
Ok I will have a look in a while
Cheers pal
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not even 5.6 works. it gets so far says fail reboots my phone? f**kin mad. ive flashed my old defy like 20 times before and allways worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839, by walter79, ur cam will work i and i used this rom its 100% work on my red lense defy plus
1) Is your phone actually working at the moment ie can you power it up and get to the home screen?
2) When flashing, do you power it up in to the bootloader? This involves holding vol+ as you press and release the power button.
I'm just wondering whether you might have too little battery to flash. The phone doesn't charge the battery in bootloader mode so repeated flashing can flatten the battery. I believe that bootloader mode will display something like "Battery low - cannot program" if that is the case. Possible fixes are: (1) The McGyver hack, (2) charge the battery in a cheap external charger eg like this one.
veeranna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839, by walter79, ur cam will work i and i used this rom its 100% work on my red lense defy plus
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I've got green lense mate that what the problem is. I have the 2.3.4 gingerbread rom that camera (green) soesnt work.
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My friend has a Droid Pro and it had CM9 on it when he got it. I am trying to help him get back to a stock sfb. I've been doing a little bit of research and found a work around to get into recovery mode as I wasn't able to do that traditionally. Now I'm in CWM v5.
How do I know which sfb file I want to flash onto it?
Thanks,
PEZ
PEZ Dispenser said:
My friend has a Droid Pro and it had CM9 on it when he got it. I am trying to help him get back to a stock sfb. I've been doing a little bit of research and found a work around to get into recovery mode as I wasn't able to do that traditionally. Now I'm in CWM v5.
How do I know which sfb file I want to flash onto it?
Thanks,
PEZ
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An sbf file must be flashed through your computer onto the phone through boot loader mode. However I am not familiar with the droid pro sbfs so I don't know where they are.
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ok.. you dont need cwm to flash stock rom.. i would suggest to flash some other custom rom via cwm.. stock roms are crap.. still if you like to flash stock.. forum have all the questions already answered.
else reply here.. i'll post a detailed explanation or a link..
Hello guys
Friend of mine gave me Motorola Defy to flash into stock rom as guy from local repair shop told him that this cannot be unlocked to all networks as long as its run Cyanogenmod and there is must to install original stock rom.
I have downloaded stock droid developers in ".sbf" extension and was researching xda in order to find out how to flash it but more I researched more I afraid become to do it.
I have found so many warnings not to downgrade that phone to Froyo, some posts saying not to flash ".sbf" at all but asked you guys for help.
Is there any safe way to reduce possibility of bricking this Motorola to the minimum?
Could someone advise me what should i do in this case? Should I give up flashing?
Helpful informations:
MB525 - on the label under the battery
MB526 - detected by system CM11-20140731-NIGHTLY-mb526
Recovery - TWRP
Thank You in advance for any help provided.
Regards
kamuflasz said:
Hello guys
Friend of mine gave me Motorola Defy to flash into stock rom as guy from local repair shop told him that this cannot be unlocked to all networks as long as its run Cyanogenmod and there is must to install original stock rom.
I have downloaded stock droid developers in ".sbf" extension and was researching xda in order to find out how to flash it but more I researched more I afraid become to do it.
I have found so many warnings not to downgrade that phone to Froyo, some posts saying not to flash ".sbf" at all but asked you guys for help.
Is there any safe way to reduce possibility of bricking this Motorola to the minimum?
Could someone advise me what should i do in this case? Should I give up flashing?
Helpful informations:
MB525 - on the label under the battery
MB526 - detected by system CM11-20140731-NIGHTLY-mb526
Recovery - TWRP
Thank You in advance for any help provided.
Regards
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Hi, you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50699347&postcount=511 to unsimlock while staying on cm11, but no idea if it will really work.
I have flashed my defy many times without any problems, i have used a sbf from this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537 and kept it as reference in order not to use a downgraded sbf.
Just make sure the defy is fully charged, rsd lite + motodrivers are installed .
bilibili2011 said:
Hi, you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50699347&postcount=511 to unsimlock while staying on cm11, but no idea if it will really work.
I have flashed my defy many times without any problems, i have used a sbf from this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537 and kept it as reference in order not to use a downgraded sbf.
Just make sure the defy is fully charged, rsd lite + motodrivers are installed .
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Flashing with RSD Lite didn't want to work as program didn't want to discover my phone, found another solution which is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775913
Simple and works 100% even when my phone didn't turn on because wrong sbf, I could flash as many as I wanted to get the working one, which was mb526 2.3.6 version surprisingly
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But now I need to get this devices rooted and all xda tutorials are about reflashing rooted sbf and installing twrp after that. Could someone advise me how to recognize rooted sbf which will be compatible with mb525??
I have tried framaroot to avoid flashing again but it didn't work unfortunately.
kamuflasz said:
Flashing with RSD Lite didn't want to work as program didn't want to discover my phone, found another solution which is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775913
Simple and works 100% even when my phone didn't turn on because wrong sbf, I could flash as many as I wanted to get the working one, which was mb526 2.3.6 version surprisingly
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But now I need to get this devices rooted and all xda tutorials are about reflashing rooted sbf and installing twrp after that. Could someone advise me how to recognize rooted sbf which will be compatible with mb525??
I have tried framaroot to avoid flashing again but it didn't work unfortunately.
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Pre-rooted rom must have "rooted" in their name, framaroot works for me.