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[Q] Defy death

Please help. Today I defy update and now Will not start (kernel 2.3.6). First try to update it nandroid and did not work, restarting the phone and no one appeared caught "err bootloader" with the RDS Lite able to update but now only shows the letter M and Then err bootloader, I can not enter the recovery by pressing on and vol-
Not to do, and try putting other sbf and nothing (Not Even the screen does turn on).
Please help, I'm desperate!!

Can you successfully flash the 2.3.6 via RSDlite?
What happens after you successfully flash and restart the phone? Stuck in a red, static M? Or is the M moving and waving forever?
EDIT
sorry, bit sleepy, I didn't understand fully your post
are you sure you flashed the right version for your phone? I had a boot loader error as well after flashing, but then I found the right version
which error does it give to you?

I flahed: DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-132_Retail_en_DE.sbf, when the phone restarted displays moving the letter M and then ERROR CODE A5, 70, 39, 00, 27 (in the bootloader)

I have a Defy+ so I can't be 100% sure how to help you.. but I got the very same error message when I tried to flash a sbf, I just can't remember which one because that night I flashed a lot of them before finally making it work
Try to flash another one and see if you get the same error message
Sorry, can't tell you more than that for now T__T

When I flashed others sbf (every version) the display dont turn on....... :S

yesdalo said:
When I flashed others sbf (every version) the display dont turn on....... :S
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http://www.multiupload.com/MA69WFQQG0
it work fine

I'll try at night

Works with DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-132_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_USADEFYEMARAB1B8TFDE004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRO2DE_P019_A021_M002_HWp3_WIG148151_Service1FF.sbf!!!!!!!!!!
Yuju

[Q] Unbricking Unbrickable Motorola Defy

I have Motorola Defy MB252
When i bought the phone i installed MiUI to it. I have been since always upgraded MiUI using its updater. Yesterday I was drooling after the Android 4 for the Defy and decided I would try it out. I had some rom loader with 3 buttons installed on the Android. I pressed the one with boot rom manager button or something like that – I cant precisely recall what the buttons said or what was the name of the program. After this the phone booted and got stuck to the Motorola logo. I then tried to recover the phone to working state by flashing different SBF files from umts_jordan/list.php. None of them work – I am currently stuck in situation where the phone wont even show the Motorola logo. The phone automatically goes to the SBF flash state. Im flashing from Windows using the RSD like v5.5. Latest SBF I flashed was 3.4.2_145_finland\JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_145-003_DEBLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA039.0R_UCAJRDNFRYORTCOREEU_P009_A006_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf
I only get blank screen with white front indicator led shining. I can get to flash state and it will only then print its programming it. The RSD lite says flashing was OK.
I did not keep good track what SBF files I have tried to flash.
I’m desperate – do you have any ideas what I should do?
[EDIT]
I flashed Defy-BL6Downgrade.sbf. Now i can get to Bootloader 09.10 (i see the normal bootloader when booting the phone but still no android).
FIXED EVERYTHING: Follow instrucsions in thread #1152377 post #8

Strange Bricked Defy ?

Hi all,
I have a friend's Defy from a French carrier and my friend is with another carrier so I decide to SIM unlock it by installing CM7 and other files.
So I have root it and install the recovery.
In recovery, I have flash CM7 and Gapps.
But I get a boot loop...
So I decided to flash JORDN_U3_97.21.51 SBF and restart from scratch.
But now, the phone wont boot at all.
Nothing on the screen but it's still reconized by RSD (even if nothing is displayed on the screen) I can re-flash SBF files and RSD say "PASS" but doesn't reboot the phone.
So now I have a brick and can't boot vol up + power doesn't display anything.
Dose anyone have an idea for me ?
Thank you.

1st don't loose your battery - when no working system on the device then it is not being charged
You wrote nothing about wipes - have u performed them? If not try to get into any recovery and wipe user data / factory reset, try vol- w/power or vol + & - together, take a battery for some time before doing it etc.
What ROM u had before flashing CM7?
Is it defy or defy+?
And you flashed CG5 sbf
When you give more details maybe I can propose proper solution.

You wrote nothing about wipes - have u performed them? If not try to get into any recovery and wipe user data / factory reset, try vol- w/power or vol + & - together, take a battery for some time before doing it etc.
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If I understood right, OP's DEFY is completely bricked and he cannot even access recovery.
Anyway, I unfortunately no solution to propose as I have a DEFY in the same situtation and I'm currently unable to revive it. We aren't the only who had DEFY bricked like this and some managed to have it wake up by flashing certain sbf.
You can try searching "bricked defy" on XDA and see what sbf the topic creator used to save his DEFY, if he succeeded to.

dont flash sbf just after the bootloop..!
-JFK- said:
Hi all,
I have a friend's Defy from a French carrier and my friend is with another carrier so I decide to SIM unlock it by installing CM7 and other files.
So I have root it and install the recovery.
In recovery, I have flash CM7 and Gapps.
But I get a boot loop...
So I decided to flash JORDN_U3_97.21.51 SBF and restart from scratch.
But now, the phone wont boot at all.
Nothing on the screen but it's still reconized by RSD (even if nothing is displayed on the screen) I can re-flash SBF files and RSD say "PASS" but doesn't reboot the phone.
So now I have a brick and can't boot vol up + power doesn't display anything.
Dose anyone have an idea for me ?
Thank you.
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frend i wanna tell u onething.the very first time i did the flashing of cm7.1stable on froyo 2.2.2defy i got a bootloop..since i was in hostel i cudnt afford internet..so i was soo scared and even waited for 15 min..but the cm7 logo with an arrow swirling around didnt stop..i puld the batery out and again inserted and did something stupid like clearing data and got the condition worse
then i flashed sbf using rsd lite ..again rooted and flashed cm7.1 stable and got bootloop..this time i surfed net and found what shud hav been done ..
1)pull out the battery after the boootloop.
2)clear cache
3)reboot
tats it..the welcome window comes in no time..
so coming to the present issue, after flashing the smf did u get bootanimation with light passing over "android" againg and again ??

Check that u r using the latest RSD.
I have a Defy plus but the same thing happened to me before (black screen even no boot with vol up) so I connected my phone to the computer (I can't really remember if I powered with a vol up or not) but I got it recognized by the RSD. try connecting and powering on the the vol up if nothing just connect and see what will happen.
The most important thing is to use the latest version of RSD.
and please tell me if it worked.
I'm not responsible for anything.

Defy Flash Bootloader Err:A5,70,39,00,27

Hello mates,
this morning I've taken to update the defy of CM10-20120810 to 20120904 CM10-last (had 2.3.4 kernel "kernel-gb-234-451-134-signed")
but after upgrading, has given me the battery fault that I was 100%
I tried several times to put him the Fix battery, but nothing at all ...
so I've taken to "Flashing" the Defy, first I tested with
ME722BL6.sbf
later with
rom_froyo.sbf
and when I RDSLite says "the phone is beein Rebbot" or something .. I restart, get the Motorola logo disappears .. and goes blank ..
and puts me in RDSLite "Finished" and "PASS"
Defy but does nothing ... and when I press the power button is switched off, give it back, turn again as "Bootloader" with the following error
Err: A5, 70,39,00,27
I've also tried to say next. "sbf"
bl7-2.3fix.sbf
526krfix.sbf
Vodafone and the original:
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-4.4_VFSBLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_USAJRDNEMARAB1B8VFES03A.0R _PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYOVFES_P028_A018_M002_HWp3_Servic e1FF.sbf
all with the same result ...
can help me???
I'm already not to do ... took all day ..

Which stock ROM were you on? If you flash the same ROM again, you should not have this problem. This happens mostly if you flash a ROM with lower BL than the current one on your phone.

andr0idfreak said:
Which stock ROM were you on? If you flash the same ROM again, you should not have this problem. This happens mostly if you flash a ROM with lower BL than the current one on your phone.
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The first SBF i put, there rom_froyo.sbf (original from motorola i think)
before i try to upgrade to CM10-20120904 i have kernel 2.3.4 and i think that the same "rom_froyo.sbf", because i made only one time Flash with RDSLite...
from first and unique flash with RDSLite, only i made update from recovery mode - install zip from sd
only put cm7, cm9 and cm10, then the Gapps... and the last time when upgrade to cm10 i made, install cm10.zip, install kernel 2.3.4, and install gapps...

Any idea about the firmware version?

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Any idea about the firmware version of rom_froyo.sbf ?
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i have no idea..
i think that is 2.2 from motorola
i get it from HTCMania
w w w. htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=219893
but now links are not valid...

As you flashed ME722BL6.sbf, you are now on BL6 and I assume that's a Defy+ ROM, so no downgrade to Froyo. Try flashing the ME722BL6.sbf file again and don't flash froyo ROM on top of it. If it gets stuck on M logo, go to recovery and do a factory reset.
If you have a greenlens defy, you can no longer use the camera.

andr0idfreak said:
As you flashed ME722BL6.sbf, you are now on BL6 and I assume that's a Defy+ ROM, so no downgrade to Froyo. Try flashing the ME722BL6.sbf file again and don't flash froyo ROM on top of it. If it gets stuck on M logo, go to recovery and do a factory reset.
If you have a greenlens defy, you can no longer use the camera.
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I have normal defy, with red lense (bayer)
the principal problem now is that can not made nothing... only it put in white led when i connected to usb...(no combination (power+vol+ or power vpl-) made nothing)

Try this: Pull out battery. Keep volume + pressed. Insert battery and then press power button. It should now enter bootloader mode. Connect it now to PC and then flash SBF with RSD.

andr0idfreak said:
Try this: Pull out battery. Keep volume + pressed. Insert battery and then press power button. It should now enter bootloader mode. Connect it now to PC and then flash SBF with RSD.
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I'm trying to charge the battery via USB cut,
red wire to positive and black to negative,
I'll leave loading an hour or more, and try again.
what "sbf" do you recommend that put in defy? BL6 or BL7 ...
Could you put the recommended "sbf" links?
thanks.

Charging on unregulated USB for an hour can kill your battery
Sent from my MB526

Moved to Q&A. Please post all questions there.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

did you fix it?

Guys please help me
iam in BL7.When i flash the bl7 sbf .First i get bootloader code courrpt message .then i remove the battery it show the message bootloader err:A5,69,4E,00,41
Rsd lite 4.9,5.6,5.7 did not detect my defy .iam format my laptop two times .it detect my defy .pls guys help me from the problem

ela1103 said:
Guys please help me
iam in BL7.When i flash the bl7 sbf .First i get bootloader code courrpt message .then i remove the battery it show the message bootloader err:A5,69,4E,00,41
Rsd lite 4.9,5.6,5.7 did not detect my defy .iam format my laptop two times .it detect my defy .pls guys help me from the problem
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What defy you have: red, green or plus? You cant install lower rom than 188. If you have plus - you'll have all things working, red - battery can make work with batt fixes, green - camera will never work on BL7, only on CM10,CM9.1 or other roms with custom kernel. You're stuck on BL7 so try flash 231 sbf. Read this post, you'll find more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12419400&postcount=3

Plz Help
gark81 said:
Hello mates,
this morning I've taken to update the defy of CM10-20120810 to 20120904 CM10-last (had 2.3.4 kernel "kernel-gb-234-451-134-signed")
but after upgrading, has given me the battery fault that I was 100%
I tried several times to put him the Fix battery, but nothing at all ...
so I've taken to "Flashing" the Defy, first I tested with
ME722BL6.sbf
later with
rom_froyo.sbf
and when I RDSLite says "the phone is beein Rebbot" or something .. I restart, get the Motorola logo disappears .. and goes blank ..
and puts me in RDSLite "Finished" and "PASS"
Defy but does nothing ... and when I press the power button is switched off, give it back, turn again as "Bootloader" with the following error
Err: A5, 70,39,00,27
I've also tried to say next. "sbf"
bl7-2.3fix.sbf
526krfix.sbf
Vodafone and the original:
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-4.4_VFSBLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_USAJRDNEMARAB1B8VFES03A.0R _PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYOVFES_P028_A018_M002_HWp3_Servic e1FF.sbf
all with the same result ...
can help me???
I'm already not to do ... took all day ..
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Hi Frnd,
How you solve this problem, I have the same problem...
Plz, help me.... in Advnc Thanx......

[Q] Help, I think I have REALLY bricked my defy!

About a month ago I installed a clockwork based recovery app from the market. I tried restoring and this failed leaving the phone unbootable.
Since then I have tried flashing MANY other sbf`s using rsd lite but this has made the situation worse. I think that I even flashed one for the defy+
Now all I get is either a blank screen or a M logo when I switch on.
Pressing power & volume down doesn`t work so I can`t access the stock recovery menu
I can access the bootloader using power & volume up so i can flash more sbf`s but I`ve tried most of them but none will boot.
BTW the phone was running cm7.1 before I had all this trouble and the battery has been fully charged (in another defy)
Is there any way I can clear off all the stuff I`ve been installing and start from fresh? or can anyone tell me how to get the phone to boot?
I have searched for a solution in the forums but most of the replies involve clearing the cache which I cant do as I cant get to the recovery menu.
Any helpful comments will be gratefully received
many thanks
Jeff H

Your flashs complete with Finish/Pass, or just "please manually power up this phone"?
If it's the later, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38187413&postcount=2
Just stick to the most highest Defy+ sbf build, or just use DFP-231 build to be sure.

intemptesta said:
Your flashs complete with Finish/Pass, or just "please manually power up this phone"?
If it's the later, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38187413&postcount=2
Just stick to the most highest Defy+ sbf build, or just use DFP-231 build to be sure.
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Thanks for the reply
I flashed the DFP-231 sbf file as you suggested but it wouldn`t boot any further than the M logo.
I did get the "please manually power up this phone" message and followed the procedure from the link you gave
I can`t wipe the as I cannot get to the recovery menu.
Is there any other way to wipe the cache?
JeffH

Nah, no other way than stock recovery for stock rom.
Just make sure your flash finished with Finish/pass, that'll make your stock recovery working again.
Wish you a best luck.

i flashed with this:
DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_GR_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B80AA004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRRTCEE_P022_A022_Service1FF.sbf
but still no boot
Is this the correct rom?
cheers
JeffH

I wonder if the following might give someone a clue about whats wrong with my defy
If I flash gingerbread rom either defy or defy+ then rsd completes with PASS, and phone will boot as far as the M logo and I can access the menu with power+volume UP
If I flash below gingerbread then rsd doesnt complete but gives `manually reboot` message. If I then power off and plug in again then rsd completes with PASS but when I reboot there is NO M logo and no menu on power and volume up.
I`m keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to revive my phone.
JeffH

With DFP-231 rom, how about power+volume down to boot into stock recovery? I think you're just one step away from reviving defy.

intemptesta said:
With DFP-231 rom, how about power+volume down to boot into stock recovery? I think you're just one step away from reviving defy.
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No, Power + volume down doesn`t work, (ie nothing happens). Only power + volume up works.

Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595013

Vicsa said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595013
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Thanks, but it didn`t work. Still stuck at M logo. Obviously I couldn`t clear the cache before and between flashing
JeffH

Thank you all for your helpful advice.
I have now sent the phone away for repair.
I spoke to the technician on the phone and she reckons it needs dismantling and a jtag repair (whatever that is).
But beware an app on the market, I think it is called orange backup, as it was after installing this and trying to restore the backup that I screwed up my phone!
JeffH