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[Q] Bricked Defy and not recognized by my USB

Guys,
First of all, hello to all! So, I followed a tutorial to install Froyo on my Defy. Now I'm stuck with my phone trying to boot as soon as i put the battery on, but it never makes it past the "M". I can get into recovery. I wiped data, cache and tried to install the "update.zip" but it aborts saying "signature verification failed." I have the boot file (that was the next step) to install using RSDlite 4.9 but the phone is not even recognized any of my USB ports. Any ideas? Thanks to all in advanced.

press volumn up buton and power button on boot , once you saw the backlit is on , release the button , you will see the rsd litle showing your usb .
dont worry . i think it is your first time to use RSD only

yea i been through that ( doesnt work on vista )
you need to install rsd lite and 2.51 UK Firmware ( no usa )
google it and you will find it or on this forum
install usb driver from motorola webiste
install rsd lite
put uk firmware in ... C drive/ program files / motorola / rsd lite
install driver
If your phone is stuck on " M " then pull battery out
turn on and quicky press power + vol up ( i think ) before M even appear
wait till it say your boot loader and your battery
plug phone in
start rsd lite
on ... look up your uk firmware that you you recently put in rsd lite folder
then you should see your phone connected on the 1 slot
then hit start or something and wait it out .

Thanks guys! But I've been messing around with this thing for so long, I drained the battery. I had to run it up to the local phone store to get it charged. I'll pick it up in a couple of hours and give your advice a try.

Hey guys! it worked! I'm up and running. Now, anyone has a link to bypass this Welcome to Motoblur screen. Is there a Custom Froyo or Gingerbread Rom out there without Motoblur?

Alright... I'm up and running, but no camera!!! Heck, it was a learning experience. I guess I'll go back to 2.1 now. LOL

So the Chinese ROM was rooted. I installed Clockworkmod and restored from the backup i had made of the original 2.1 OS. I'm back to a rebooting phone not making it past the "M" I went back to RSDlite and realized the boot file said 2.2 only. Can anyone assist me finding the right one to go back to original. I haven't been able to find a thread about reverting back to original.

The more I read, the smarter I get seems like the only thing I'm missing here is the SBF file for my original T-Mobile OS. I'm looking at the motorola website, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me to it? Thanks all! Oh yeah, this is the first android phone i mess with so my apologies.

There is no us sbf file. You have to flash a uk version and restore 3g with the posted fix. You can find the links to available sbf files on this forum. They are not available thru moto's site.
Sent from my ME525 using Tapatalk

Just to make sure I got it right. After using clockworkmod to restore to my factory backup, I need to use the UK sbf to be able to boot to it. Correct?

I found the sbf for Central Europe with no Motoblur. Does anyone know of any issues with it?

well the only way to fix this if you previously backed up your rom/files with recovery ( good thing i did this ). If not then you have to live with what you got.

I backed up my original firmware using clockworkmod. I flashed to the Chinese 2.2 but my camera didn't work. Since the camera is important to me, the Chinese Froyo was a deal breaker. I installed clockworkmod again and "recovered" from my original backup but now my defy won't boot. Did I miss a step?

Your data from the backup may cause issues when rolling backwards. Install an eclair sbf, then restore. That worked for me.
On another note there is a fix for the camera. Check the forums.
Sent from my ME525 using Tapatalk

Bricked Defy and not recognized by my USB
I also bricked my phone when going back to stock from cm7. My phone is able to go into boot loader. But it is not recognized by my desktop PC/RSDlite. I tried in linux with SBF_Flash. I tried with my laptop also. no luck . anyone please help me!

arulshoponline said:
I also bricked my phone when going back to stock from cm7. My phone is able to go into boot loader. But it is not recognized by my desktop PC/RSDlite. I tried in linux with SBF_Flash. I tried with my laptop also. no luck . anyone please help me!
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Just try and install the Motorola Drivers in your desktop and open RSDLite and press 'show devices' button. It will surely show the details of your phone.
Then point RSDLite to the stock SBF and flash away.

kvigneshkrish said:
Just try and install the Motorola Drivers in your desktop and open RSDLite and press 'show devices' button. It will surely show the details of your phone.
Then point RSDLite to the stock SBF and flash away.
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Thanks! Vignesh. But i have drivers installed. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. But did not help
Edit:
I missed to mention. My defy did not connect to desktop even before bricking.

arulshoponline said:
Thanks! Vignesh. But i have drivers installed. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. But did not help
Edit:
I missed to mention. My defy did not connect to desktop even before bricking.
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If you hear the USB plugged in sound in your Pc, it's a messed up driver installation. If you don't hear the sound, it can be a bad cable, or a faulty microusb port (assuming that your pc usb works fine). Try once in a different pc and with a different microusb cable.

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If you hear the USB plugged in sound in your Pc, it's a messed up driver installation. If you don't hear the sound, it can be a bad cable, or a faulty microusb port (assuming that your pc usb works fine). Try once in a different pc and with a different microusb cable.
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I do not hear any sound from desktop/laptop.
I think I stuck in boot loop. When I try to power on the phone, it just shows CM7 boot logo for few seconds then restarts again shows the boot logo... this happens continually. When I try to enter into recovery, it does not go to CWM recovery instead it goes to stock recovery. I am still able to enter into boot loader. In boot loader, it says battery OK connect USB to program. When I connect USB, it is recognized by phone and says transfer mode: USB. But my PC does not shows up the phone.
I tried re-installing drivers and RSDlite many times but no luck. But I have nandroid backup of CM7. Is there any possibilities to enter into CWM recovery?
Any help is appreciated.
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I tried even different USB cables and PCs also.

[Q] Defy is bricked and it won't show up on RSD Lite.

I tried flashing a couple of sbf files on my Defy and I had no issues until I tried flashing the T-Mobile_MB525 file. It did everything on RSD and it said PASS. I can't turn it on. I can't access the boot load screen or the recovery screen. RSD won't show my phone. The only thing I see is a white light from the phone. I need help. I want to go back and flash the original stock rom on my T-Mobile USA Defy.

try post #4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894069

Check the smg versions of the sbf you Fashed before that one. You will find the needed tools in the Sicky threats.
Could be you flashed one of a higher version before that.
Did you flash with low battery? Could be it was out of juice. But it said pass but I don't know if it means much. Does RDS recognize your phone?

Whenever I connected my Defy to my laptop a white light shows up.

The only sbfs I flashed were the jrdnem deblur the jordan sbf that's the one I use to go back to stock and the T-Mobie_MB525 is the sbf that messed up my phone.

[Q] Defy bricked, White led on top, not recognized by Rsdlite

The problem started when i tried to downgrade my defy to CM7.2 from CM10.
First i was getting a problem of "Encryption unsuccessful". i browsed through a lot of threads and decided to use Rsdlite to flash a sbf file.
i tried flashing the Asia retail version.It showed 'Passed" in Rsdlite but i got stuck at the Motorola logo.
i again browsed through a number of threads, watched a few videos, and decided to flash a sbf "DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CEE_ROOTED_No_Signed" (i now realise this was fatal for my phone). (till this point the "SW Update" screen on phone showed the bootloder version to be 9 or 10 (dont exactly remember)). The phone just died after this. It wont start . No Motorola logo, No Recovery Mode, No bootloader mode. It just showed white led when connected to the pc and was not recognized by Rsdlite. i realised that the problem might be Empty Battery.
After this i tried the McGyver method and finally my phone was recognized by the rsdlite.
but now during the SW Update phase the screen doesnt show any bootloader version. and the end result is the same. White light at top, phone doesnt start, no M logo,,,, just a dead brick... another problem is that even after i put in a new battery, rsdlite will only recognise the phone only when i use the McGyver fix.
Please help me..... give me a working sbf file..
i dont want to just give up on this incredible phone...please help....

bhanudude said:
The problem started when i tried to downgrade my defy to CM7.2 from CM10.
First i was getting a problem of "Encryption unsuccessful". i browsed through a lot of threads and decided to use Rsdlite to flash a sbf file.
i tried flashing the Asia retail version.It showed 'Passed" in Rsdlite but i got stuck at the Motorola logo.
i again browsed through a number of threads, watched a few videos, and decided to flash a sbf "DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CEE_ROOTED_No_Signed" (i now realise this was fatal for my phone). (till this point the "SW Update" screen on phone showed the bootloder version to be 9 or 10 (dont exactly remember)). The phone just died after this. It wont start . No Motorola logo, No Recovery Mode, No bootloader mode. It just showed white led when connected to the pc and was not recognized by Rsdlite. i realised that the problem might be Empty Battery.
After this i tried the McGyver method and finally my phone was recognized by the rsdlite.
but now during the SW Update phase the screen doesnt show any bootloader version. and the end result is the same. White light at top, phone doesnt start, no M logo,,,, just a dead brick... another problem is that even after i put in a new battery, rsdlite will only recognise the phone only when i use the McGyver fix.
Please help me..... give me a working sbf file..
i dont want to just give up on this incredible phone...please help....
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Do you have Defy or Defy+? If you have Defy (which lens?), then you just made your phone BL7. Follow this thread and report back - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889325.
When downgrading from CM10 to CM7.2, always remember to format system and data to ext3 first! I made the same mistake (had the same problem as you), then I followed the above guide.
When the SW update screen comes up, bootloader version doesn't show normally.

hotdog125 said:
Do you have Defy or Defy+? If you have Defy (which lens?), then you just made your phone BL7. Follow this thread and report back - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889325.
When downgrading from CM10 to CM7.2, always remember to format system and data to ext3 first! I made the same mistake (had the same problem as you), then I followed the above guide.
When the SW update screen comes up, bootloader version doesn't show normally.
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Mine is a Defy (MB525) green lens and not a defy+ (mb526). U sure that i should follow this guide...??
Also i Cant manually power on my device...!!! even if i flash some sbf from the list of sbfs the rsdlite will show pass but i wont be able to power on my phone... help help...

bhanudude said:
Mine is a Defy (MB525) green lens and not a defy+ (mb526). U sure that i should follow this guide...??
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I think you just flashed a bl7 sbf (Defy+) meaning your phone now has Defy+ firmware with green lens. If you've tried everything else and it didn't work, then do that as a last resort. Both CM10 and CM10.1 will work.

hotdog125 said:
I think you just flashed a bl7 sbf (Defy+) meaning your phone now has Defy+ firmware with green lens. If you've tried everything else and it didn't work, then do that as a last resort. Both CM10 and CM10.1 will work.
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Btw, this is the information i get when i connect my phone to my pc through rsdlite...
IMEI/ESN/MEID: N / A
Technology: N / A
Software Version: N / A
Flex Version: N / A
Bootloader Version: v0x000910
DRM Version: N / A
AP Die ID: 04500210611268010000dcff0200
BP Die ID: 0000000000000000000000000000
AP Public ID: 0a637f619605568d5c5aa50534a5bd6f5d743076
BP Public ID: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

To confirm you've gone to BL7, you can try flashing froyo sbf. There will be a bootloader error. If that's the case then follow that thread and CM10/10.1 or MS2Ginger are the only options I think.

hotdog125 said:
To confirm you've gone to BL7, you can try flashing froyo sbf. There will be a bootloader error. If that's the case then follow that thread and CM10/10.1 or MS2Ginger are the only options I think.
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Thanks a lot Hotdog..!!
my defy is finally alive..!!!
but now its mb526.... so some feature wont work right..?? cn u tell me how to go back to defy from defy+ ???

bhanudude said:
Thanks a lot Hotdog..!!
my defy is finally alive..!!!
but now its mb526.... so some feature wont work right..?? cn u tell me how to go back to defy from defy+ ???
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Yes, the camera won't work since it is green lens. The sbf you flashed in the beginning (DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CEE_ROOTED_No_Signed) made your Defy into Defy+. That sbf was meant to be for Defy+ users.
You cannot go back to Defy. Since your phone is now BL7, you cannot go back to froyo.
So now you can flash MS2Ginger/CM9.1 (by walter79)/CM10/CM10.1 or any 2ndboot ROM. I think you can't install CM7 also.
You can find MS2Ginger,CM10/10.1 ROMs by Googling. Download CM9.1 by walter79 here - http://d-h.st/users/walter79/.

HI, I believe I have the same problem... I tried flashing my defy + with a portuguese version of android 2.3, when I was at 2.3. Now all I have is black screen with white led and it is not recognized by rdslite. As far as I understand I have first charge the battery with McGyver method or other charger, which will make the rdslite recognize the phone, and after that I can flash it with a newer firmware and get it back to life. Is this correct?
Thank you!

lews01 said:
HI, I believe I have the same problem... I tried flashing my defy + with a portuguese version of android 2.3, when I was at 2.3. Now all I have is black screen with white led and it is not recognized by rdslite. As far as I understand I have first charge the battery with McGyver method or other charger, which will make the rdslite recognize the phone, and after that I can flash it with a newer firmware and get it back to life. Is this correct?
Thank you!
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Unless your battery is low do not use McGyver. Use it only as a last resort.
You must have tried to downgrade, which is not possible in Defy+ through RSDLite.

Do you know if there is any way to recover my phone? It is not being recognized by rdslite anymore. While rsdlite was recognizing it I tried flashing with JORDN_U3_97.21.51, but nothing happened.

lews01 said:
Do you know if there is any way to recover my phone? It is not being recognized by rdslite anymore. While rsdlite was recognizing it I tried flashing with JORDN_U3_97.21.51, but nothing happened.
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The usual. Update drivers and RSDLite, make sure you are in bootloader mode. If all else fails, go McGyver and get RSDLite to recognise the phone.

lews01 said:
Do you know if there is any way to recover my phone? It is not being recognized by rdslite anymore. While rsdlite was recognizing it I tried flashing with JORDN_U3_97.21.51, but nothing happened.
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Y U FLASH ECLAIR SBF? You happened to find the retarded Eclair SBF that has a CG version of 5. Make sure that you are in bootloader, then make sure that it is really a low battery problem (either the phone doesn't turn on at all, including regular boot, bootloader or recovery) or it says "battery low, cannot program" in bootloader.

hotdog125 said:
The usual. Update drivers and RSDLite, make sure you are in bootloader mode. If all else fails, go McGyver and get RSDLite to recognise the phone.
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And after that, with firmware should I flash it?
Thanks again!

bhanudude said:
Thanks a lot Hotdog..!!
my defy is finally alive..!!!
but now its mb526.... so some feature wont work right..?? cn u tell me how to go back to defy from defy+ ???
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How did you do that if you can't access the recovery ??????????????

droid_<3er said:
Y U FLASH ECLAIR SBF? You happened to find the retarded Eclair SBF that has a CG version of 5. Make sure that you are in bootloader, then make sure that it is really a low battery problem (either the phone doesn't turn on at all, including regular boot, bootloader or recovery) or it says "battery low, cannot program" in bootloader.
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From my Experience ::
1. cross your fingers :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
2.Use the Mcgyvor's method to get your phone recognized by rsdlite. (Only as a last resort)
3.After that just follow the procedure in Hotdog's Guide ( 2nd or 3rd reply in this thread)
4.After that your phone will become MB526.
5.flash any ROM designed for both 525 and 526
Cheers..!! :goodYou can treat me If you want..

bhanudude said:
From my Experience ::
1. cross your fingers :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
2.Use the Mcgyvor's method to get your phone recognized by rsdlite. (Only as a last resort)
3.After that just follow the procedure in Hotdog's Guide ( 2nd or 3rd reply in this thread)
4.After that your phone will become MB526.
5.flash any ROM designed for both 525 and 526
Cheers..!! :goodYou can treat me If you want..
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Please help!:crying:
I can't find the sbf....the links from here doesn't work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618718
Where did you find the sbf??

MikBre said:
Please help!:crying:
I can't find the sbf....the links from here doesn't work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618718
Where did you find the sbf??
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You're gonna have to wait, buddy. It says right up on the website: "Quit e-mailing me about "no links" lol ..... there was a HDD failure - links are being recovered (will take some time)."
Right now only the 2012 and 2013 phones are up (etc. Droid Razr, Droid Razr HD, Electrify M, Photon Q).
Unless someone can upload the huge-a** file to some file-sharing service, you're out of luck. Sorry. I don't even have the Defy SBFs anymore.

droid_<3er said:
You're gonna have to wait, buddy. It says right up on the website: "Quit e-mailing me about "no links" lol ..... there was a HDD failure - links are being recovered (will take some time)."
Right now only the 2012 and 2013 phones are up (etc. Droid Razr, Droid Razr HD, Electrify M, Photon Q).
Unless someone can upload the huge-a** file to some file-sharing service, you're out of luck. Sorry. I don't even have the Defy SBFs anymore.
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Restored my phone :good:
SBF from here
:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:

Which SBF did you flash, please?

[Help}Weird Defy+ flashing issue - RSD not detecting

Hey,
So i had "CM10 Sister Jelly Bean V3.1.7 | Defy / Defy+ | 27/03/2013 " flashed with some issues, so i tried to flash a new rom. Using TWRP recovery i flashed a new ROM and wiped /system ( i think this created the issue, as TWRP had asked that i had no OS but.. ) i still rebooted.
Now i am stuck in Moto icon.
I try to flash a new sbf using RSD lite but RSD lite is not detecting my phone.
I tried many methods
- RSD Lite 4.9, 5.3,5.6
- Windows drivers are installed properly
- I am in bootloader when i conect the phone to PC and then open RSD Lite.
- Still it doesnt detect my phone.
I also tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 ( both 32-bit) still nothing.
I did try to wipe data/ cache in system recovery but still nothing happens ( same M logo and RSD still doesnt detect )
I am using the official Moto USB cable i got.
Is there a way to root the phone and install custom recovery from stock recovery? As i am having some ROM's on my SDCARD which I can flash into.
Kindly help. This is my only phone i Have and I can't buy android phone too.

AkonDefy+ said:
Hey,
So i had "CM10 Sister Jelly Bean V3.1.7 | Defy / Defy+ | 27/03/2013 " flashed with some issues, so i tried to flash a new rom. Using TWRP recovery i flashed a new ROM and wiped /system ( i think this created the issue, as TWRP had asked that i had no OS but.. ) i still rebooted.
Now i am stuck in Moto icon.
I try to flash a new sbf using RSD lite but RSD lite is not detecting my phone.
I tried many methods
- RSD Lite 4.9, 5.3,5.6
- Windows drivers are installed properly
- I am in bootloader when i conect the phone to PC and then open RSD Lite.
- Still it doesnt detect my phone.
I also tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 ( both 32-bit) still nothing.
I did try to wipe data/ cache in system recovery but still nothing happens ( same M logo and RSD still doesnt detect )
I am using the official Moto USB cable i got.
Is there a way to root the phone and install custom recovery from stock recovery? As i am having some ROM's on my SDCARD which I can flash into.
Kindly help. This is my only phone i Have and I can't buy android phone too.
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RSDLite 6.1 has released. Try it. And make sure you have enough juice in the battery.

hotdog125 said:
RSDLite 6.1 has released. Try it. And make sure you have enough juice in the battery.
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My battery is not charging even though i kept it overnight for charging, any other way than McGyver way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
I only have one USB cable and I dont want to screw it up.

Other than Mcgyver you can try a universal battery charger.
Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app

hotdog125 said:
Other than Mcgyver you can try a universal battery charger.
Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app
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The universal battery charger isn't working

AkonDefy+ said:
The universal battery charger isn't working
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I think McGyver is the only way then.

[Q] Defy+ can barely access bootloader, damaged OS, kernel, firmware.

My defy+ is in agony right now.
Some days ago my CM started misbehaving, losing its settings on reboot.
So I tried flashing another CM, with which I couldn't connect to 3G.
I switched to a Slim rom I had used before, but 3G didn't work either.
So I flashed some other kernel, but I guess I did something wrong, because it booted directly into the bootloader.
I installed the motorola drivers and RSD in some WinXP computer, and flashed "Android 2.3.5 Blur_Version.45.2.500.MB526.Personal.en.AR" from http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=28
Now the screen wouldn't even show the bootloader text, and the charging LED wouldn't turn on when plugged to the wall, only when plugged to the computer.
Then I found some thread that said you could unbrick that kind of brick flashing some .sbf and some firmware file.
I had to McGyver the battery ("battery low, can't program" error) to flash those through RSD, but that didn't help.
Conclusion, my OS, kernel and firmware may need to be fixed, and RSD (I think) can recognize the phone and flash .sbf files,
but I don't know which one to try, and I don't want to screw it up even more.
Any help would be nice, I'll try to give more info if needed.