It's taken me quite a few hours to figure out my new phone, then learning all this new jargon, rooting and install mods all using a Mac. I'm just curious if there's anything else I could do to give my Defy a little more of a kick. I just read a little about upgrading my OS. Good idea?
Here are my specs:
Model: MB525
Android Ver: 2.3.7
Kernel Ver: 2.6.32.9...
CPU: ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7I)
Mod: CyanogenMod-7.2.0-Jordan
Build No: GWK74
Also, the only hiccup I seem to find is when turning off (or not having a signal of) WiFi, my data connection doesn't work... unless I reboot. Is this an issue with Defies?
No, updating the ROM is a very bad idea, everybody on xda can tell you that! ^_^ ok just joking!
So if you are already on CM7, you should know how to flash custom roms, so what's the question?
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to fix data conection you need install defy baseband changer v4 , select your company and check if the APN configuration is correct
sa3e1 said:
So if you are already on CM7, you should know how to flash custom roms, so what's the question?
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Any suggestions for a newbie? i.e. which OS is the smoothest, any overclocking that would be recommended, ways to keep the battery lasting longer etc. Just general stuff since I'm pretty worn out from all the searching thread to thread so far. Cheers.
lexer98 said:
to fix data conection you need install defy baseband changer v4 , select your company and check if the APN configuration is correct
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I'll give that a shot. Thanks.
KicknGuitar said:
Any suggestions for a newbie? i.e. which OS is the smoothest, any overclocking that would be recommended, ways to keep the battery lasting longer etc. Just general stuff since I'm pretty worn out from all the searching thread to thread so far. Cheers.
I'll give that a shot. Thanks.
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Well you could install Jelly Bean..
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lexer98 said:
to fix data conection you need install defy baseband changer v4 , select your company and check if the APN configuration is correct
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What is the correct baseband for the US?
This is what I've found so far:
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19285-motorola-defy-mb525/page__st__300#entry235847
Edit: US T-Mobile 3.4.2-107-9 Seems to have done it. I also checked APN and I was on the auto AT&T selection but when I checked my carrier's APN details they were identical, if anything the phone's defaults had more details than my carrier provided!
ppero196 said:
Well you could install Jelly Bean.
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Just because it's new?
KicknGuitar said:
What is the correct baseband for the US?
This is what I've found so far:
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19285-motorola-defy-mb525/page__st__300#entry235847
Just because it's new?
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CM7.2 is the most stable build for Defy, but its pretty outdated,
You can try CM9(ICS), its great. And definitely JB is new, its usable but isn't totally bug-free.
I'd suggest you give those a try and just stick to what suits you best.
neo.ank said:
CM7.2 is the most stable build for Defy, but its pretty outdated,
You can try CM9(ICS), its great. And definitely JB is new, its usable but isn't totally bug-free.
I'd suggest you give those a try and just stick to what suits you best.
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Cheers. I may try CM9 but i don't really have any complaints with my CM7. What would you say are the reasons for upping beside having a more recent build?
CM9 is little slow for my .... try Whiterabbit 1.5 o 1.6 is a custom cm7 whit better battery backup
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Hello,
I have few questions to ask here in the community regarding rom and kernels.
1. Which Rom do you guys recommend that works without any problems (beside cyanogenmod)?
2. If Cyanogenmod which one do you recommend stable or nightly?
3. Which Kernel should i use after rooting my phone that works correctly and has no problems?
Please share with me some of your thoughts and opinions.
PainKiller89 said:
Hello,
I have few questions to ask here in the community regarding rom and kernels.
1. Which Rom do you guys recommend that works without any problems (beside cyanogenmod)?
2. If Cyanogenmod which one do you recommend stable or nightly?
3. Which Kernel should i use after rooting my phone that works correctly and has no problems?
Please share with me some of your thoughts and opinions.
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1. If you want a 100% working rom with a lot of support go with classic and mikg
2. I don't use cyanogenmod
3.you could stick with stock or try out one of the lionfish kernels. I recommend you use stock voltage one for now
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA
Thanks for replying back appreciate it, Can you please tell me the exact rom name and where would i find updated rom for classic and mikg?
PainKiller89 said:
Thanks for replying back appreciate it, Can you please tell me the exact rom name and where would i find updated rom for classic and mikg?
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Mikg make sure you download full wipe version http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?10338-MikG-v3-11-3-9-2012
classic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312414
Any other roms do you recommend? Beside this two, which are stable and works with wifi hotspot.
Deck 1.3 with tiamat 4.1.0 kernel +sbc
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evo4gnoob said:
1. If you want a 100% working rom with a lot of support go with classic and mikg
2. I don't use cyanogenmod
3.you could stick with stock or try out one of the lionfish kernels. I recommend you use stock voltage one for now
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never tried classic, but mikeG is 100% great rom, i need to try out new kernals myself
Myn's Warm series have always been very smooth and stable for me. I'm not going to give you a link, you can find it yourself in the Dev section.
Energy 2/6/12 rom is awesome... nice and smooth pretty much bug free. can be a bit hefty on the internal storage, but with dt a2sd and dalvik on sd card its not bad.
100% MIUI 2.3.2_es by Swiper with Tiamat 4.1.0
HipKat said:
100% MIUI 2.3.2_es by Swiper with Tiamat 4.1.0
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I second this. Wife wanted an iPhone, I wasn't having that. She got an Evo and complained since day one....until this build of MIUI. She is overjoyed now. I've flashed a lot of stuff on mine and am very happy with the look and feel. Much better than any Sense based ROM I have tried by far and doesn't look like any other Android build without heavy customization. Just runs nicely out out of the box.
Doesn't have 4g but I never turned it on anyway.
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Hey Buzzers. Today i´d like to start a new concept, its called
"Rom of the week", and it is pretty simple.
I love trying out new roms, and i´m sure you do to. So i´ll test some roms, and then every week i´ll be awarding the best rom the title as Rom of the week.
But you guys, are also allowed to come with your suggestions and discuss which rom is best.
//PetDroid
My favorite rom of this week is..
RemPuzzlerom. This is mainly because of its awesome features, including the new "Beats audio" thing, the fastness. Everything is just so fast and i just love Sense!.
This was a short post, but thats just my opinion. What do you think?
This is a great thread started on my opinion, i guess you will state issues and make comparisons through tested roms. Unfortunately, i don't have time doing this lately to do so, that's a reason i find it nice.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk
Thanks!
LucidSomnia said:
This is a great thread started on my opinion, i guess you will state issues and make comparisons through tested roms. Unfortunately, i don't have time doing this lately to do so, that's a reason i find it nice.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk
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So glad you like it. I´d really like some other peoples to help. Do you have any friends you think could help?
CM7.2 Build 16, not so smooth but extremely customizable. I love it
Cyanogenmod
Yup, i also really like CM7. Just dont know why, like sense better
Grate idea . Will save us a lot of time searching for roms and updates.
Can u also provide links to the rom of the week please .
Then if I may cm9 buzz kang rc0 (erwinp and Arco ) I know the rom still have some bugs but it should be listed in my opinion just for the fact that we were told our wildfire not good enough to run ics . This is my daly rom .
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Dont get me wrong, but, this thread is useless, there are several other threads like this, such as: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485583
Basically, youre doing the same thing. You could, though, comment on roms in that thread to reduce number of threads on this subforum as its getting bloated with useless threads and we, wildfire veterans, dont like it, just like others who come here to search for useful info.
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usaff22 said:
CM7.2 Build 16, not so smooth but extremely customizable. I love it
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hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....
cyanogemod 6.1!!!!!!
nishantsikri13 said:
hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....
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Make a nandroid backup, wipe dalvik/cache/data and flash again (gapps also). Btw latest nightly
had this problem, are you sure you flashed the right file?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk 2 Beta-4
for me wildpuzzle v0.8 and cyanogen mod 7.2 RC1. Those are best roms if you ask me
cyanogemod 7 work fine
cyanogemod 7 working fine with my phone. noproblem
LewaOS
Lewaos V3 is amazing.. based on cm7.2
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585521
Splash Mod 2.0 is my pick, smooth and stable.
balaedge said:
Lewaos V3 is amazing.. based on cm7.2
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585521
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that ROM is beautiful and nice icon. I will try it.
I've been a fan of CyanogenMod, so for now is CM7.2 RC1.
I tested some of the ICS Roms, but without the camera working, I'll keep with GB instead.
Nice thead!
Me too
real_time said:
that ROM is beautiful and nice icon. I will try it.
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I keep getting a fc when trying to modify the theme. has this happened to anyone else with this ROM?
nishantsikri13 said:
hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....
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I'm not sure if this is the proper place to be asking for help, but, did you wipe (using CWM) before flashing the new ROM? That might be the issue here.
Also, back on topic, I'm another vote for Erwin's awesome CM9 builds, if you don't mind the roughness of it.
DerpyWebber said:
I'm not sure if this is the proper place to be asking for help, but, did you wipe (using CWM) before flashing the new ROM? That might be the issue here.
Also, back on topic, I'm another vote for Erwin's awesome CM9 builds, if you don't mind the roughness of it.
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Agreed with the last bit.
Hi All,
I need your advice on what should be the most stable battery friendly Rom. I took a look on several forums, and there is several options out there, but nothing like a personal experience to help me going on the right way.
Also i know that there is a beta Rom (firmware?) that unlocks the phone regarding the SIM provider, but i don't if this will also limited the upgrade of future Roms. If that the case, then i will prefer to use a recommended site to get the unlock code.
Any help will be most appreciated... i don't want too much tweaked Rom or missing features, just need a very stable room, o preferably offering some kind mild OC and great on Battery life.
Thanks in advance.
rgrds
i would recommend cm7 if you still have stock kernel - 2.6.32
brdnacer said:
i would recommend cm7 if you still have stock kernel - 2.6.32
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+1. I think this is the most stable ROM ...
Sent from my U8800 using xda premium
Thanks... i actually have Build: U8800V100R001C00B518G001 Kernel: 2.6.35.7
Can anyone give me some advice on what can i do to improve it?
Thanks
rcosta111 said:
Thanks... i actually have Build: U8800V100R001C00B518G001 Kernel: 2.6.35.7
Can anyone give me some advice on what can i do to improve it?
Thanks
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I also want to try ezet's "CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1-Unofficial .32 Kernel", and will install as soon as the new version is released. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527745
Since I'm still on .32 kernel, it will be easy for me to install it. But if you want to try a .32 kernel custom rom, you have to revert back to a .32 kernel official Rom first. Since it's quite tricky, i recommend you to read the related posts before attempting. For example, it's a good idea to backup your IMEI first, as losing it will make your phone useless!
Anyway, just read the posts before you attempt to do something.
Hi alla guys, i would know what area tue Best optimizations that fan i install in my motorola atrix like Best kernell, radio, patch, tweaks anche what else TO optimize TO tue max my atrix. Thanks all and sorry for my bad english
uffi69 said:
Hi alla guys, i would know what area tue Best optimizations that fan i install in my motorola atrix like Best kernell, radio, patch, tweaks anche what else TO optimize TO tue max my atrix. Thanks all and sorry for my bad english
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Just download CM7.2 and put Faux's latest CM7 kernel on it
The latest CM7 nightly. Nothing else. I used Faux's kernels for a while but one of them kept on rebooting me so I don't bother with them anymore. Overclocking was sucking up my battery anyway.
Does it is so simple?for example neutrino's rom includes lots or tweaks and patches. They are so unimpprtant? I would doing my radio better because at the moment it isn't the Best! Any suggest? Today i installed cleyms overclock and my atrix seems to work better
uffi69 said:
Does it is so simple?for example neutrino's rom includes lots or tweaks and patches. They are so unimpprtant? I would doing my radio better because at the moment it isn't the Best! Any suggest? Today i installed cleyms overclock and my atrix seems to work better
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Try it. For me, I found that the performance improvements were so small that I preferred to stay up-to-date with stock CM7. My next and probably final ROM will be CM10 when it's stable.
The stock radio is almost always the one you want to stick with. I changed mine once and had to go back.
yeahmann said:
Try it. For me, I found that the performance improvements were so small that I preferred to stay up-to-date with stock CM7. My next and probably final ROM will be CM10 when it's stable.
The stock radio is almost always the one you want to stick with. I changed mine once and had to go back.
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Thank you for your answer.just a question.is there the stock radio in the stock cm7?
uffi69 said:
Thank you for your answer.just a question.is there the stock radio in the stock cm7?
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ROMs don't include radios. You can try other radios but chances are there won't be much of an improvement.
Depends what are expecting from radio. Performance is about the same but GPS lock could be faster, network speed, less battery drain...
Anyway, flashing radio is much more dangerous than rom. If something goes wrong it could brick your phone. Just charge battery, choose right radio, check MD5, don't interrupt process and should be fine.
Zeljko1234 said:
Depends what are expecting from radio. Performance is about the same but GPS lock could be faster, network speed, less battery drain...
Anyway, flashing radio is much more dangerous than rom. If something goes wrong it could brick your phone. Just charge battery, choose right radio, check MD5, don't interrupt process and should be fine.
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Can you link me to the radio that you are using? Thanks
uffi69 said:
Can you link me to the radio that you are using? Thanks
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I'm on my phone so I can't really link things, but go into General of this forum. Goto the Fruitcakes thread. Its like 7 threads down from the top. The radii zips are in there.
Download one, but it in the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery and install it. Then reboot.
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yeahmann said:
The latest CM7 nightly. Nothing else. I used Faux's kernels for a while but one of them kept on rebooting me so I don't bother with them anymore. Overclocking was sucking up my battery anyway.
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I found that with, I think, v24. I also had the same issue with the stock CM7 kernel. faux v23 works well, although I still get the odd reboot.
uffi69 said:
Can you link me to the radio that you are using? Thanks
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Just click on my nick, open profile and then click on all threads I started. I use 36p.
Zeljko1234 said:
Just click on my nick, open profile and then click on all threads I started. I use 36p.
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Thank you so much for your answer. I found it and downloaded it. I saw that there is a 97 version but in every thread i looking for i found people that say that 36p is the best version so i will use this one
Hello!
I am new here, also i have no experience. I own a Motorola Defy MB525, with green lens, the android version of the device is 2.1 update.
Because, i am lost through the vast amount of info , i would like to advice and suggest me, a way to upgrade my device to android ICS, if that's not too much trouble. The device is already rooted. Also i don't use windows on my pc, i use linux, openSUSE 12.2 distro.
I want to thank you for your time and effort to answer my inquiry.
Black_Horseman said:
Hello!
I am new here, also i have no experience. I own a Motorola Defy MB525, with green lens, the android version of the device is 2.1 update.
Because, i am lost through the vast amount of info , i would like to advice and suggest me, a way to upgrade my device to android ICS, if that's not to much trouble. The device is already rooted. Also i don't use windows on my pc, i use linux, openSUSE 12.2 distro.
I want to thank you for your time and effort to answer my inquiry.
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U need to upgrade to 2.2 first
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Rawwr said:
U need to upgrade to 2.2 first
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Is there any guide, you could suggest me???
Black_Horseman said:
Is there any guide, you could suggest me???
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Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919334
Concept are explained in Detailed in those threads ...
no official ICS is there for defy
ICS Based cm9 is a stopped one ... cm10 and cm10.1 are on the way .....
So if u want a stable one go for cm7.2
v2dare said:
Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919334
Concept are explained in Detailed in those threads ...
no official ICS is there for defy
ICS Based cm9 is a stopped one ... cm10 and cm10.1 are on the way .....
So if u want a stable one go for cm7.2
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Hello there,
Speaking of cm 10 according this website http://quarx2k.ru/ there is no mb525 nightlybuild except for cm7 are the mb526 compatible with mb525?
setlec said:
Hello there,
Speaking of cm 10 according this website http://quarx2k.ru/ there is no mb525 nightlybuild except for cm7 are the mb526 compatible with mb525?
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One build for both MB525 and 526.
hotdog125 said:
One build for both MB525 and 526.
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But the cpu is different between these two devices!!!!
hotdog125 said:
One build for both MB525 and 526.
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Black_Horseman said:
But the cpu is different between these two devices!!!!
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so is it safe to use the m526 build even if the cpu are different? i mean the mb525 use an ARM cpu, does the mb526 uses also an ARM cpu?
setlec said:
so is it safe to use the m526 build even if the cpu are different? i mean the mb525 use an ARM cpu, does the mb526 uses also an ARM cpu?
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Both MB525 and 526 have the OMAP3630 processor. In MB525 it is underclocked to 800Mhz, while in MB526 it is clocked at 1Ghz.
Go though this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856821.
Black_Horseman said:
Hello!
I am new here, also i have no experience. I own a Motorola Defy MB525, with green lens, the android version of the device is 2.1 update.
Because, i am lost through the vast amount of info , i would like to advice and suggest me, a way to upgrade my device to android ICS, if that's not too much trouble. The device is already rooted. Also i don't use windows on my pc, i use linux, openSUSE 12.2 distro.
I want to thank you for your time and effort to answer my inquiry.
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Well, i had left the project since i was started asking.
Another question came up, where do i find clockworkmod recovery, to downlod, for my device????
Black_Horseman said:
Well, i had left the project since i was started asking.
Another question came up, where do i find clockworkmod recovery, to downlod, for my device????
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If you rooted, install 2ndinit.
hotdog125 said:
If you rooted, install 2ndinit.
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I am rooted all ready.
The problems I am facing with the original rom now, is that I can not save data or photos on my sd card and I can not use the youtube app, because it says that I have no connection. But i can i browse through the web, check my emails and download apps via play store.
So I've taken the decision, that it is time flash another rom in my device.
Where do I download 2ndinit?
Thanks in advance.
I've finally got CM7 in my android. I love the GUI. It's like having a new phone in my hands.
The next step is to get android 4.x if it's possible.