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[Q] Should I buy Defy+, considering no downgrade?

Hey all, well I wanna buy defy+ but have read all over the places that defy+ can't be downgraded. What if I installed ICS/CM9, will be be able to get back to normal sbf?
Am not noob, but confused, also tell me more things that I must know
Thanks in advance

supersurfer88 said:
Hey all, well I wanna buy defy+ but have read all over the places that defy+ can't be downgraded. What if I installed ICS/CM9, will be be able to get back to normal sbf?
Am not noob, but confused, also tell me more things that I must know
Thanks in advance
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Yes u can go stock from ica
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can you link me to the thread, or some procedures. How can I get back to the stock ?
thanks

If you install ice cream sandwich, there won't be any troubles because it's not an actual upgrade (in the sense that only /system dir and the kernel will change). Thus, you just have to flash the right sbf in order to go back to defy+ official android build.
Use RSD Lite to flash a sbf.
SBF list: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
RSD Lite: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100585

Direct Answer: You can go ahead and buy the Defy+.
You should be able to use Gingerbread with absolutely no problems. And there is no point in downgrading to Froyo.
And once, ICS is out, you may work with either Gingerbread or ICS.
PS: Motorola just released the entire source code for Gingerbread.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/motodefyplus.motorola/files/DefyPlusGC/4.5.2-109_DHT-22/

prasannavl said:
And once, ICS is out, you may work with either Gingerbread or ICS.
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IF I update to ICS stable, will I be able to get back to GB SBF if I don't like ICS?

[Q] 2.3.4 rom help

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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jonezy8873 said:
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?

jonezy8873 said:
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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[Q] Bricked defy! how does my defy defy mb525 became defy mb526?

Hello guys, i was trying to instal an official rom to my defy(mb525).. and by mistake i flashied this SBF (DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-132_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_USADEFYEMARAB1B8TFDE004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRO2DE_P019_A021_M002_HWp3_WIG148151_Service1FF)..
well it working fine even initialized well.. but i found it was saying my defy was defy(mb526) so i wanted to come back to the original android it came in (JORLA_U3_3.4.2_107-9_SIGNED_USAJORDMR1B15VIVBRLA019.0R_JORLAFROVIVBRLA_P012_A012_M002_HWp3_Service1FF)... but it wasn't accepting this SBF anymore always after flashing it thought RSD the screen doesn't turn on and just a white led appears.. so ..it is completely dead.. i tryied to reflash the (DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP...) again but anything happens.. stay the same.. how could i solve this problem?

Questions go in the Q&A section

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385868
Looks like this can not be downgraded! Can someone confirm?

defydent said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385868
Looks like this can not be downgraded! Can someone confirm?
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U have flashed a defy plus sbf with bl6 .....maybe u had bl5 earlier...no downgrade to bl5 possible... .if u still want to use froyo.....search for bl6 froyo in xda ....u can flash dat to use miui, wajkiui, epsylon cm9 etc.....btw dis sbf is not bad too....u can still use quarx cm9 for defy plus
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My defy rises again
I finally got what happened
I remeber that i had instaled this one (Blur_Version.45.0.2310.MB526.AsiaRetail.en.03) << and i have updated the rom through the own update option has in android menu .. and then it puts that 03 at the ending... so i was trying to install other rom and it wasn't working anymore ...
i found in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495099 that rom again.. and guess what? my defy rises again .. but.. i can't root it neither instal whatever though CWM i got so sad i had so many software that needs root phone T_T
is there any way to root it? or even downgrade? i need i hate myself because of it now!

motorola boot only to bootloader

so here is my story:
i had stock motorola, i root it and install miui (2.3.7) room. After that i was trying update it to CM9 and after that back to MIUI (2.3.7) that blow up my motorola and i was able only boot to bootloader and stock recovery. After that i was folowing these steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691901 and now i am able only boot to botloader,
bootloader is saying: err A5,69,35,00,27
bootloader version: 09.10
my motorola is green lense
ps: sorry for my bad english

try to flash your stock SBF !:good:

And where i can find my stock sbf? You know, i am little confused with my bl version ... and honestly, it is not originally my phone so i don´t know, if it start with froyo or gingerbread.

Akopop said:
And where i can find my stock sbf? You know, i am little confused with my bl version ... and honestly, it is not originally my phone so i don´t know, if it start with froyo or gingerbread.
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Ok for green len , try to flash a full sbf CEE froyo of my expierence is the best stock froyo together with nordic (deblur , good speed and battery backup)
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-002_DEBLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTCEE_P016_A016_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf.gz
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_jordan/list.php

it works!! thanks now can you recommend me please any way how to flash CM9 or CM10 without blow up ma phone once again?

Akopop said:
it works!! thanks now can you recommend me please any way how to flash CM9 or CM10 without blow up ma phone once again?
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MMM..... cm9 o cm10 need more work .
if you want speed, good looking and good battery life try whiterabbit 1.6 , but in my opinion the best rom for defy green lenses is ms2 ginger 3.0 because use a gingerbread kernel on a green lens (no battery drops and improves a lot the battery life):silly:

Defy won't boot, only white LED, RSD recognises it!!!

Hi Guys!
I'm come to Defy from LG GT540, so I don't know much about this phone.
So I just got the phone fom second hand (the person tried to root is, but failed...) and it just don't want to work.
I can't turn it on, just when I plug it into my PC a white LED lights up and that's all. I can't get into CWM or anything BUT I CAN USE RSD LITE!!!!! It recognises the phone and I can flash files to it. I tried couple of times, but NOTHING CHANGED.
I don't know anything about the phone's past (what type of CG of OS was on is)
I would really apprechiate your help Guys!
ToMpI97

ToMpI97 said:
Hi Guys!
I'm come to Defy from LG GT540, so I don't know much about this phone.
So I just got the phone fom second hand (the person tried to root is, but failed...) and it just don't want to work.
I can't turn it on, just when I plug it into my PC a white LED lights up and that's all. I can't get into CWM or anything BUT I CAN USE RSD LITE!!!!! It recognises the phone and I can flash files to it. I tried couple of times, but NOTHING CHANGED.
I don't know anything about the phone's past (what type of CG of OS was on is)
I would really apprechiate your help Guys!
ToMpI97
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Red or Green lens? It was flashed with 2.3 - dont know what, but try to flash BL5, if still white led - flash BL6, if BL6 not works - BL7 - but if you have green lens - camera will never work on stock BL7 - only on custom roms with custom kernel.....

turffe said:
Red or Green lens? It was flashed with 2.3 - dont know what, but try to flash BL5, if still white led - flash BL6, if BL6 not works - BL7 - but if you have green lens - camera will never work on stock BL7 - only on custom roms with custom kernel.....
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Unfortunately I have green lens.
Can you link me those .sbf files that I need??

ToMpI97 said:
Unfortunately I have green lens.
Can you link me those .sbf files that I need??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37629082#post37629082

turffe said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37629082#post37629082
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Which??? Or what I have to do???

Big freakin' update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys, i finally succeeded to bring my device back to life with
DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CN_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B50AA009.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRIRD15_P015_A030_Service1FF.sbf I think it's CG ver. 7 and ver. 7
It booted, wirking fine... It's Android 2.3.6 (maybe doesn't eally matters now...), but I don't have camera. Is there a patch for it or can you recommend an other .sbf to install???
I really apprechiate your help!!!!!!!
ToMpI97:laugh:

ToMpI97 said:
Guys, i finally succeeded to bring my device back to life with
DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CN_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B50AA009.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRIRD15_P015_A030_Service1FF.sbf I think it's CG ver. 7 and ver. 7
It booted, wirking fine... It's Android 2.3.6 (maybe doesn't eally matters now...), but I don't have camera. Is there a patch for it or can you recommend an other .sbf to install???
I really apprechiate your help!!!!!!!
ToMpI97:laugh:
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Why you flashed BL7 SBF? First you needed to test on BL6 or BL5 - if it booted you should have working camera with froyo kernel..... Now your camera will NEVER work with stock roms & cm7..... Last hope is CM10.1/10/9 or MIUI 4 ics with 2ndboot....... Only on 2ndboot roms....

turffe said:
Why you flashed BL7 SBF? First you needed to test on BL6 or BL5 - if it booted you should have working camera with froyo kernel..... Now your camera will NEVER work with stock roms & cm7..... Last hope is CM10.1/10/9 or MIUI 4 ics with 2ndboot....... Only on 2ndboot roms....
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I tried to flash CG5 and CG6, but without success...
Yan anyone tell me how to install a custom recovery, because I don't have a root access

Follow the instructions carefully
ToMpI97 said:
I tried to flash CG5 and CG6, but without success...
Yan anyone tell me how to install a custom recovery, because I don't have a root access
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All in one guide for defy:-
Follow the instructions carefully :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756234

I really apprechiate your help, but I can't install boot menu to install a Cust. Recovery, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ROOT ACCESS!!!! (And I'm not be able to have, because it's BL7 )
Any ideas what I should do?

Just search for bl7 defy root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956
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Fixed!!!
UPDATE: PHONE FIXED!
Finally I succeeded to flash a rooted .sbf which is maybe: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956
Than I installed a 2ndBoot CM10 JB and it runs AWESOME!!!!! Everything works like camera, flashlight, etc...
It runs max. at 1,2GHz undervolted and it's ROCK STABLE. Overwhelming 3D performance and I can talk about the cos all day :laugh:
So, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP GUYS!
You are really awesome!
ToMpI

THANKS!
I`m from Brazil, and i was in same situation!
I take my defy+ today and the phone had CM10, really instable!!!
Now, I did what the Chamelleon said and thats all okay!!!!!!!
really, really really thanks!
:good:

ToMpI97 said:
Hi Guys!
I'm come to Defy from LG GT540, so I don't know much about this phone.
So I just got the phone fom second hand (the person tried to root is, but failed...) and it just don't want to work.
I can't turn it on, just when I plug it into my PC a white LED lights up and that's all. I can't get into CWM or anything BUT I CAN USE RSD LITE!!!!! It recognises the phone and I can flash files to it. I tried couple of times, but NOTHING CHANGED.
I don't know anything about the phone's past (what type of CG of OS was on is)
I would really apprechiate your help Guys!
ToMpI97
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flash the sbf

First flash this http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt..._USAJRDNGIBRRTCEE_P022_A022_Service1FF.sbf.gz
After flashing wipedata and cache from stock recovery or else you will stuck on boot animation and wait for some some time it will boot.
Then this flash this to gain root access http://www.mediafire.com/?76z12j1at3etf4j
then install 2nd init and CWM and install cm10 or what ever.