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[Q] Another noob with a slightly bricked Defy

Hi all, :
Ive owned a defy since january, and after a lot of lurking here decided to take the plunge and have a play with it.
It was a stock unbranded uk defy with 2.51 blur rom, it rooted no problem with super one click, i then installed thi version of recovery : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875233
I then botted it into recovey and am now stuck in a bootloop.
I can access stock recovery (vol down and power) then touch bottom right of screen. I wiped cache and user data from here.
I can enter bootloader (vol up and power) and rsd lite can detect the phone.
My question is what is the easiest way to bring my phone back to life ? Im not sure if i need to flash sbf or rom.
Not to fussed about having the latest roms or mods, just a working phone before the battery gives out.
Thanks in advance, Sam

This happened to me a few days ago the way you should do it is download the 2.51 uk sbf file and flash it over using rsd lite and it should boot straight back Into the operating system and by the way how come that version did that to your phone I've installed recovery on 2 defys and they both worked

One more question did it boot up into recovery or not ?

No it didnt boot into recovery, just the boot loop. Any idea where i can get the uk sbf ? the link here seems to be dead

So you installed system recovery and then once again in the program installed it and then you clicked boot into recovery right ?
http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy
This website has all the sbfs your one should be the second on the list
RSD lite that one into your phone and it should be good to go

so.. is the usb debugging on?
when tap install recovery button, you should turn off usb debugging.

memz180 said:
So you installed system recovery and then once again in the program installed it and then you clicked boot into recovery right ?
http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy
This website has all the sbfs your one should be the second on the list
RSD lite that one into your phone and it should be good to go
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mannn you save my life, i was looking for a stock rom from Latin America, and i got it from that link.

Thanks for the link memz180. Downloaded sbf and flashed sbf and phone is now working. Next question is what is the idiot proof way to install recovery ?

You installed the correct recovery just make sure you click into the program and install the system recovery within the program and then click on boot to recovery make sure i would make sure superuser is allowing it so check that out to and also as stated above turn off your debugging in development and then click on recovery see if it works.
Goodluck

Rerooted phone and reinstalled recovery, no problems this time. Thanks all for your help.
Sam

No problem here at xda we do our best to help our fellow android mates lol

Another Noob with an almost bricked Defy!
sammitch said:
Hi all, :
Ive owned a defy since january, and after a lot of lurking here decided to take the plunge and have a play with it.
It was a stock unbranded uk defy with 2.51 blur rom, it rooted no problem with super one click, i then installed thi version of recovery : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875233
I then botted it into recovey and am now stuck in a bootloop.
I can access stock recovery (vol down and power) then touch bottom right of screen. I wiped cache and user data from here.
I can enter bootloader (vol up and power) and rsd lite can detect the phone.
My question is what is the easiest way to bring my phone back to life ? Im not sure if i need to flash sbf or rom.
Not to fussed about having the latest roms or mods, just a working phone before the battery gives out.
Thanks in advance, Sam
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I have the same problem on my T-mobile US branded Defy + when I try to flash the sbf file, on RSDlite It gives me this error
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Error processing flash file. (0x700F); phone conected"
What am I doing wrong? I tried RSDlite ver 4.9 and 5.0 to no avail! Please help! Thank you!

SOLVED!
NrikeCalderon said:
I have the same problem on my T-mobile US branded Defy + when I try to flash the sbf file, on RSDlite It gives me this error
"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Error processing flash file. (0x700F); phone conected"
What am I doing wrong? I tried RSDlite ver 4.9 and 5.0 to no avail! Please help! Thank you!
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So, I was using my laptop with W7 to flash my Defy, I tried RSD lite 4.9 and 5.0 and kept getting the error message. I decided to give my desktop with Vista a shot and installed RSD lite 4.9 and the motorola drivers; i don't know why but immediately after plugging the phone in it started flashing! Awesome! After that I rooted again and installed 2ndInit (Wich is awesome!).
I backed up and flashed CM7 from the custom recovery mode. Everything started working excellent until I decided to re install 2ndInit!!! BIG MISTAKE! Never do that! I nearly bricked my phone again and couldn't load into recovery mode anymore! I had to re flash JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1. After that I had to repeat the whole process with the exemption of reinstalling 2ndInit after CM7.
Since 2ndinit is already installed you don't need to re install even if you don't have the app in your tray.

I'm in the same boat, my phone is in a reboot loop, and I can't seem to flash it...
RSD Lite 4.9 on win7
Error:
Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization values from INI file. (0x7029); phone connected
/me bangs head against the wall...

read somewhere else it has to do with where RSD Lite is installed, on my win 7 32bit that was c:\Program Files\Motorola\RSD Lite...
uninstalled, reinstalled in c:\Motorola\RSD Lite and copied the sbf to that dir too... seems to be working... hope this helps someone else!

NrikeCalderon said:
So, I was using my laptop with W7 to flash my Defy, I tried RSD lite 4.9 and 5.0 and kept getting the error message. I decided to give my desktop with Vista a shot and installed RSD lite 4.9 and the motorola drivers; i don't know why but immediately after plugging the phone in it started flashing! Awesome! After that I rooted again and installed 2ndInit (Wich is awesome!).
I backed up and flashed CM7 from the custom recovery mode. Everything started working excellent until I decided to re install 2ndInit!!! BIG MISTAKE! Never do that! I nearly bricked my phone again and couldn't load into recovery mode anymore! I had to re flash JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1. After that I had to repeat the whole process with the exemption of reinstalling 2ndInit after CM7.
Since 2ndinit is already installed you don't need to re install even if you don't have the app in your tray.
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Yer cm7 comes with it pre installed it would flash blue at bootup you should of seen it I think on the installation instruction it's written dont install 2ndinit

just rename the .sbf file to smaller name and try again

Help me,, Cannot boot in to recovery

Please help needed!!
I'm stuck here for 3 days
Ok I'm going to tell everything I did,,
My Gionee E7 is indian version.
First I rooted my phone with kingo Root.
Than I flashed CWM chinese version.
I upgraded my system to kitkat and changed the recovery to stock.
I used it for a week than some how my music player and gallery were corrupted.
I don't have any rom so I download one but it was in chinese, flashed it to my gionee. than after rooting,,
I flashed the CWM, same I flashed weeks ago
Here my problem started :crying:
The CWM is not starting. I used recoery tool to boot into recovery after boot up it shows black screen. I used every method holding Vol+ and power button but the same result.
than I tired to get back to my stock recovery but it does the same.
flashed many times both recoveries but didn't worked.
I searched a lot and find a TWRP. I flashed it and wow it worked Finally I can boot into recoery mode.
Now I find the Nandroid backup of indian version. I made it a zip and flashed it through twrp.
My phone is back to indian version but its slow, not too much but its slow; camera, gallery and other apps take some time to open. I can't make or rcv phone calls. Now what i did is download the update form System update.
Now i got kitkat rom.zip but twrp failed to install it.
Some one on the internet was saying that its the problem with my Kernel. I have the latest kernel so CWM won't work cuz it uses old kernel and display drivers.
My
android version is 4.2.2
Kernel version is 3.4.0-svn2155
I also got TWRP for lolipop,
and I patched binary_update in my kitkat rom too but TWRP can't flash it
Thats my whooooolllleeeee story. "
I got stuck with this for almost 3 days now I'm damn tired can't do it anymore plz help :crying::crying::crying:

I figured it out by myself
Ok guyz didn't get any help so I figured it out by my self.
I'm posting it here so if anyone gets stuck like me could solve his issue
I used GNQC Download tool and flashed the whole firmware of my cell including, kernel, rom, recovery, boot everything.
Now I'm back to stock indian rom (jellybean) with stock recovery and now I'm going to upgrade to kitkat
I'm new user so I can't posts links just replace the (dot) in the link,
First download stock firmware of Gionee e7 in following link, GNQC download tool and drivers also included in this zip:
www(dot)androidxda.com/download-gionee-stock-rom-models
Just unzip it and follow the instructions on this site:
www(dot)androidxda.com/gnqc-downlod-tool
I didn't slept last night bcuz of this mess now going to sleep whole day :silly:
Goodnite and bless you all :angel:

AkashX4686 said:
Ok guyz didn't get any help so I figured it out by my self.
I'm posting it here so if anyone gets stuck like me could solve his issue
I used GNQC Download tool and flashed the whole firmware of my cell including, kernel, rom, recovery, boot everything.
Now I'm back to stock indian rom (jellybean) with stock recovery and now I'm going to upgrade to kitkat
I'm new user so I can't posts links just replace the (dot) in the link,
First download stock firmware of Gionee e7 in following link, GNQC download tool and drivers also included in this zip:
www(dot)androidxda.com/download-gionee-stock-rom-models
Just unzip it and follow the instructions on this site:
www(dot)androidxda.com/gnqc-downlod-tool
I didn't slept last night bcuz of this mess now going to sleep whole day :silly:
Goodnite and bless you all :angel:
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Hello my friend, please help me.
I am trying to flash stock inidan rom 4.2 but.. I installed all CWM for E7 found on the internet and I am getting black screen. I managed to Install TWRP but TWRP cannot flash the rom that I need to flash. I flashed a chinese 4.2 but is piece of garbage..
gngc-download-tool said that the com port is closed.
I have windows 64 is this the problem causing gngc not working?

No its not, it is working on 64bit windows very well.
In TWRP factory reset and format system and data, than install
Chinese 4.2 ROM. After that boot it and try it again.
It should work!

bllkarv said:
Hello my friend, please help me.
I am trying to flash stock inidan rom 4.2 but.. I installed all CWM for E7 found on the internet and I am getting black screen. I managed to Install TWRP but TWRP cannot flash the rom that I need to flash. I flashed a chinese 4.2 but is piece of garbage..
gngc-download-tool said that the com port is closed.
I have windows 64 is this the problem causing gngc not working?
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For me...problem!

there´s a cwm recovery that flashes over the kernel...
i flashed it and than i was unable to go to recovery, every time i tried the phone power off
Solution: Flash the stock boot.img
Use the file according to the Android version...

Help
I just rooted my gionee elife e7. Flashed the chinese recovery which seemed to be the only one which would be compatible. But, while changing a few setting using pimp my rom, the software just stopped working. Errors keep showing up on the screen - "system.ui is not working", "android app is not working", I cannot even go the settings because "settings is not working". Third party apps still seem to work, so, whatsap and stuff continue to function. Doing a factory reset or flashing firmware again seem to be the only viable option.
But, when I try to load up the bootloader using the power and volume keys, it gets stuck on the screen showing the gionee logo and it reads 'fastboot mode' in the bottom left hand side corner. So,
a. can you offer any advice which may be useful ?
b. can you share the link from where you got a TWRP recovery which will work on the Elife ?
c. do you have any idea what exactly went wrong here ?
Any help you can provide will be appreciated because, it's my mausi's phone and I will have a very tough time explaining what really went down here.
Regards,

No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?

Hello friends i was trying to root moto x style but first it got stuck in bootloader so i by mistake formatted every thing even the system etc and here i am now "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot"
I unlocked bootloader by unlock key successfully, then flashed TWRP 2.8 and then installed SU file but as it did not worked i formatted fully including OS :crying::crying:
Now i can go to TWRP and boot loader is still unlocked so can some one please help me for from where and how i can get stock rom and flash it... i tried searching but only found Trupure rom but i am afraid to use it.
Please how can i get stock rom again and also wanted to get it root without runining everything... i am very much upset :crying: need real help now.
Note: i got it with lollipop rom then i updated via update from wifi and then i was on marshmallow.
I am Indian and using dual sim version moto x style XT1572.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/rom-indian-marshmallow-variants-t3253684
You can use the rom from the link. Put on sdcard and flash away. The one you want is Deodexed rooted ROM: indian_mm_deodexed_rooted.zip

bw03 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/rom-indian-marshmallow-variants-t3253684
You can use the rom from the link. Put on sdcard and flash away. The one you want is Deodexed rooted ROM: indian_mm_deodexed_rooted.zip
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Hey buddy thank you so much for the reply and link. I will flash the zip from twrp and check and will reply again.
Also should i also flash Indian MM radio.zip etc??

@bw03
Buddy i flashed it with indian_mm_deodexed_rooted.zip and it worked. Also wifi was creating issue of switiching to off when trying to turn on so i flashed it with Indian MM radio.zip and it got fixed and working great.
I hope this will also benefit to other issues who are around same issues.
Thank you so much for the reply and help.

Hello i have the same problem I am stuck in twrp and i tried several rom but in every section i had error message. Are there any one could help me to open my phone?
Thanks.

Bricked?

I was from LineageOS 14.1 and I saw a post where the Nougat update has been pushed. Decided to flash A2017U B29 and it worked fine but when I tried to update, it said failed to update. So decided to reinstall the B29 rom again, and it still failed. So I decided to flash back to my stock rom which is A2017G and my phone is now stuck at the ZTE Boot logo. Waited for more than 40 minutes, still stuck there. Decided to go back to recovery and it seems that my TWRP recovery is no longer there. Only able to go back to stock recovery. Tried factory reset, wipe cache and reboot, still stuck on boot logo. Is there any way to fix this? Basically new to Android so dont really know what I'm doing. Just following tutorials that are in this forum. Pretty much f*cked up right now. Would really appreciate if anyone could help in details as Im new to this Android scene.

MahathirMohamad_ said:
I was from LineageOS 14.1 and I saw a post where the Nougat update has been pushed. Decided to flash A2017U B29 and it worked fine but when I tried to update, it said failed to update. So decided to reinstall the B29 rom again, and it still failed. So I decided to flash back to my stock rom which is A2017G and my phone is now stuck at the ZTE Boot logo. Waited for more than 40 minutes, still stuck there. Decided to go back to recovery and it seems that my TWRP recovery is no longer there. Only able to go back to stock recovery. Tried factory reset, wipe cache and reboot, still stuck on boot logo. Is there any way to fix this? Basically new to Android so dont really know what I'm doing. Just following tutorials that are in this forum. Pretty much f*cked up right now. Would really appreciate if anyone could help in details as Im new to this Android scene.
Its 12.29am now from where Im from. Hopefully someone can help me fix this issue before I go to work later in the morning ( Need to wake up at 5.30am ).
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Join this hangouts goypr, someone is going to help you there for sure
Join the conversation on Hangouts: https://hangouts.google.com/group/QJg5USoboVbcA7eE2

Did you get this resolved?
I think the problem is caused by flashing the US version bootstack to a none US version phone. It's relatively ok to flash the system/kernel, but flashing other partitions is asking for trouble.

gpz1100 said:
Did you get this resolved?
I think the problem is caused by flashing the US version bootstack to a none US version phone. It's relatively ok to flash the system/kernel, but flashing other partitions is asking for trouble.
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So do you know how to fix it?

Did you try to flash twrp recovery?

Need to find ANY working/available ROM for my p8 lite (2015)

Hello.
I did a mistake and totally wiped my phone with only a wrong ROM on my SD-Card (It was for the p8 2017 not foy my 2015).
So now I do not have any ROM installed but need to get the device working again. The problem is that, because of the age of the device, all links to ROMs are dead. The only thing I found is the stock-ROM but only in update.app format, which is used in the dload-folder. But the phone does not recognize it when booting.
Bootloader is unlocked, TWRP is installed!
Would be glad for every hint!

I managed to get a stock recovery back working, but flashing the stock roms (android5 or android6) via update.app file always stops installing at 90%. I tried several times and waited for hours. It never coninued!
Any idea what could go wrong?

The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload

Lexington67 said:
The modded Rom in this thread works pretty well and was available on 11-18-19.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mod-c432b612emuipersona78-t3689367
You can install it either from sdcard or ADB Sideload
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https://mega.nz/#!VIlgwY5Y!0DQTbM94a4BCsn0PsUHwhHZxzcW_8AUKXxoSWmQNCHo
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80943185&postcount=2295