Hey guys, I've got a Defy plus (MB526) which had CGM 9 on it.
One day i woke up to find it boot looping, for no reason at all...
Now, i've tried flashing it with countless different roms. first just bricking it up, so the screen stopped lighting up at all...
Then i found out it had a CG version 7 so i can't use anything lower.
now i've tried flashing like 5-6 different roms i found that shoul suit, but the best result i got is going back to boot looping, so the screen lights up, but is stuck on the Motorola logo...
The phone was bought refurbished, so idk what was its' original operator. I've tried pretty much every one tho...
I'm using RSDlite 5.6 to flash it.
Any thoughts?
try the custom sbf for Defy, there are one with CM10 inside.
Jelly powered.Defy
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so, I bricked my defy
I was on cm7 7.2 kang, then I flashed the white rabbit and that was ok
after that I accidentaly flashed the miui rom pikachu without a wipe
and was stuck at boot logo...
so I downloaded the 2.2.2 Service Flash Central Europe because nordic was unavailable
now, all I got is the white led on the defy, can't even boot into bootloader
what to do?
what sbf should I use??
please help
Many others with the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1505109
Can you remember what previous sbf's you flashed?
Normally RDS will detect your phone when you plug it in.
Try to remember witch sbf's you have flashed and flash one with the same bl number.
You can try to download the sbf again and install it from a different pc. If you think you never flashed a gingerbread rom.
For a good link to the CEE sbf:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...RDNFRYORTCEE_P016_A016_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf.gz
read before you flash
i thought it is near impossible to brick defy as its boot loader is locked ... reading saves a lot of time.
vsvj said:
i thought it is near impossible to brick defy as its boot loader is locked ... reading saves a lot of time.
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You CAN brick it . If you get a power-out on the exact wrong time f.i.
Or you use a USB-cable with a knick in it...
Best thing is not to flash a rom with a bl version higher than your official released as then you can always claim warranty (If your not over the warranty data of course)
Hi,
I was running the latest CM9 build on my defy. Today i wanted to install the stock firmware using rsdlite. I tied both 4.9 and 5.6 versions. Something has gone wrong but i don't know what.
I can enter the bootloader and the phone boots but hangs at the boot animation. I tried several sbf's but this is the only one which goes into bootmode.
Are there any other things i can try? Is there any way i can read out the cg or anything?
Hope anybody can help me out
Hey guys,
I was running CM 7.1 on my devy without problems for a year till my speaker broke yesterday. I wanted to return to stock to send it for repare on monday but somewhere I made a huge mistake.
To make a long story short, after trying all sorts of roms, I am stuck at the JORDN_U3_97.21.51.sbf rom. It is the only one that even boots! The other ones result in a dead black screen and I'm feeling lucky that I still even can use rsd-lite to get the 97.21.51 back....
What to do? Which retail version can I use? I have a dutch phone and had official Froyo before I installed CM 7.1. I already tried all ROMS from germany, western europe and [email protected] http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_jordan/list.php ...
Also I can't install clockwork mod because market doesn't work @ 97.21.51 and installing it by zip with 2nd init also gave a error... Going back to cm 7.1 by installing it with 2nd init didn''t work eather (bootloop) .
Please some help here to get my phone to retail status so I can send my phone for repair of the speaker!
Greatings Marc
Make sure that u r using the latest RSD and drivers.
Make sure that u r using the latest RSD and drivers.
If still after using the latest RDS u can't boot with the SBF u want, use the one which boots and boot to stock recovery (power + volume down) and clean every thing then try flashing with RSD the SBF u want.
I'm not responsible for any thing happens to your phone. (to don't get blamed if any thing happens)
Thank you for the reply. This is the method I have been trying for the last 24 hours (without result). RSD 4.9 and latest drivers as far as I know.
I think it more has to do with the type SBF. Anyone got a tip which SBF best to use in my situation?
Looks the desktop of your defy after flashing the ORDN_U3_97.21.51.sbf rom like the image in the attachement?
If yes, you have unfortunally flashed the strange eclair SBF with CG5 (bootloader 5).
All normal froyo-SBFs that you will flashing in future have only CG4 (bootloader 4).
If you flash the "normal" froyo-SBFs you will ending in a black screen after RSDLite finished his work. RSDLite will eventually show you, "FLASH suceed". But the flashed Bootloader is lower than CG5 and so you will ending in a dead black screen.
You cannot go back to official froyo, the only thing you can do is to install defy2ndinit, flash a a fitting nandroid froyo for the "strange eclair-SBF" and flash a fixed-SBF of a 4.5.1-128.
The service center will normally repair your speaker for free because the fault is not caused by OS.
But they also will flash a normal froyo for service, and this will ending in a black screen.
EDIT:
You can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24961811&postcount=2 to take back your defy to a froyo-version which contains Bootloader 6 but still a froyo OS.
@Rattor , thanks for your reply. It doesn't sound to well but at least I have hope again to bring my Devy in normal state... I have send it for repare of the speaker today. I wunder with what firmware it will return...
Got a mail from the service center today. They send the Devy to another (external) repair center... Curious how it will return.. THis could get interesting.... (temporarly on windows mobile 6.5 now (HTC TOPAZ) => going crazy!!!! 2 batterys per day and SOO slow)
BTW. the screen did look like the attached image RATTAR!
Devy back!
Hey,
Today I finally got my devy back! Speaker working and even an official ROM on it. Version.34.164.3.MB525.retail.en.FR.
Let's make a backup first!
I'm in this kind of awkward situation...
I flashed this chinese Rom thingi-dingi to upgrade my BL to 6...
Then I installed CM10.
This also was kinda normal.
Yesterday i had a problem and decided to install my old nand backup....
it was, i think, corrupted.
Now i have huge battery problems, like defy wont work when not connected to wall charger...
well long story short, want to try and flash a DACH sbf over it.
But i need one that works...
Tried JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2, but it didnt boot up.
Now I installed this chinese SBF, but dont know if it will boot up...
so is there an official DACH FROYO SBF with BL6?
Its not about the Battery, its broken, but i went back to chinese rom and would just like to have a german stock rom with gapps and stuff...
Dont want to have CM10 until i have new battery, dunno why...
Hello, I've got a problem with my defy:
If I try to flash any ROM other than SFB froyo or CM10 based ROMs, It gets stucked at boot loop.
I've tryed every ROM I could and the result is allways the same.
I've read somewhere that it could be a broken partition, or something like that, but I have no idea.
I opened this thread to get some help from the pr0s and to see if there's another in the same situation.
Thanks al lot!