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[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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Can't get passed Android bootup screen after ICS update

Hello guys.
I must have done something really wrong during my U8800 update to ICS. I just can't boot my phone anymore. All i can see is an endless Android ICS style splash screen when i turn it on.
These are the steps i followed in order to make the update:
1) Upgraded to HUAWEI U8800 Android 2.3 for beta original rom
2) Rooted the phone using superoneclick
3) Installed CWM Recovery v5.5.0.4
4) Using CWM, installed the ics-aurora zip form the SD card.
After that, i my phone just can't work anymore. Is there anything i can do to bring it back to life?
Thank you

lucianors said:
Hello guys.
I must have done something really wrong during my U8800 update to ICS. I just can't boot my phone anymore. All i can see is an endless Android ICS style splash screen when i turn it on.
These are the steps i followed in order to make the update:
1) Upgraded to HUAWEI U8800 Android 2.3 for beta original rom
2) Rooted the phone using superoneclick
3) Installed CWM Recovery v5.5.0.4
4) Using CWM, installed the ics-aurora zip form the SD card.
After that, i my phone just can't work anymore. Is there anything i can do to bring it back to life?
Thank you
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Did you wipe anything? If not try to wipe user data/ factory reset, wipe cache partition and davlik cache install zip and then wipe them again.
Sent from my U8800 using Tapatalk 2

I managed to reinstall U8800 2.3 Beta 1 Official now, but the WIFI of this version doesn't work, so that's why i was trying to get an update to the ICS.
I tried to wipe everying from CWM Recovery more than once, and then reinstalling the zip image, but i had no luck.
Any idea about what i might have done wrong in the first time?
Thank you

lucianors said:
I managed to reinstall U8800 2.3 Beta 1 Official now, but the WIFI of this version doesn't work, so that's why i was trying to get an update to the ICS.
I tried to wipe everying from CWM Recovery more than once, and then reinstalling the zip image, but i had no luck.
Any idea about what i might have done wrong in the first time?
Thank you
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Did you try wiping after you installed to?
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Yes, i did.
Should i do it prior installing too?

lucianors said:
Yes, i did.
Should i do it prior installing too?
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Yea, think so.
Are you sure your installing the full ROM and not just an update? You have to install the full ROM first and then the update. 3.1 is the newest version now.
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theminikiller said:
Yea, think so.
Are you sure your installing the full ROM and not just an update? You have to install the full ROM first and then the update. 3.1 is the newest version now.
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What i dum i am. You nailed it... i was installing only the updates...
It works now, but still can't enable wifi :/
Thank you

lucianors said:
What i dum i am. You nailed it... i was installing only the updates...
It works now, but still can't enable wifi :/
Thank you
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Do you have IMEI and mac?
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lucianors said:
What i dum i am. You nailed it... i was installing only the updates...
It works now, but still can't enable wifi :/
Thank you
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You're not the first and will probobly not be the last one that makes that mistake but about wifi I have no idea
Good luck solving it tho!
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Ideos X5 Official Gingerbread

Hello guys sorry if im posting in the wrong place but anyway. Is the official gingerbread stable enough/no bugs and **** to use daily?

oskar1578 said:
Hello guys sorry if im posting in the wrong place but anyway. Is the official gingerbread stable enough/no bugs and **** to use daily?
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Not really.most of us using custom roms like miui or aurora.they are not bug free at all but developers still updating
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I would really like to use a custom rom but im a bit scared that i would break my phone.. Is it hard to install the Aurora ICS? Is it ok for daily use? Also i dont know if im the only one but when i try to install almost any app from play store i get a" couldent install app on USB memory or SD card" error. Phone is unrooted.
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just follow the guides and you will be fine..
some apps need rooted phones to work properly so you need at least to root your phone then you are fine...

oskar1578 said:
I would really like to use a custom rom but im a bit scared that i would break my phone.. Is it hard to install the Aurora ICS? Is it ok for daily use? Also i dont know if im the only one but when i try to install almost any app from play store i get a" couldent install app on USB memory or SD card" error. Phone is unrooted.
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Probably changed something.don't worry, i almost changed 100 times custom roms before.after 2nd try you will think "this is piece of cake" and "bored, next rom" like me.
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So to root can I just use that app Z4Root or what was it called
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oskar1578 said:
So to root can I just use that app Z4Root or what was it called
Skickat från min u8800 via Tapatalk 2
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
this thread will help you to root and install custom rom

What 2.3 is the latest one that i should use? Im probally gonna install Aurora ICS..

Latest is B528, but rooting be done with a different way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23565074&postcount=7
Also all roms after B518 have locked bootloader, so need to flash the unlocked one from B518:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490

I really messed up... Could need some help. I installed this one V100R001C00B526G001 the installation went ok but derectly after start i noticed a small green R over the signal markers am i on roaming? I had a good connection before in 2.2.1 also my internet wont connect :/ Could somebody please help me fix this or downgrade so i can get my phone back working...

You need to add the APN of your network then it should work just fine
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oskar1578 said:
I really messed up... Could need some help. I installed this one V100R001C00B526G001 the installation went ok but derectly after start i noticed a small green R over the signal markers am i on roaming? I had a good connection before in 2.2.1 also my internet wont connect :/ Could somebody please help me fix this or downgrade so i can get my phone back working...
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That-Guy said:
Downgrade from 2.3.5 back to 2.2.2
1) Download U8800 V100R001C00B138SP04 (Overseas General) Android 2.2.2 from HERE.
2) Extract the "dload" folder and copy it (along with its contents) to the ROOT of the SD Card.
3) Turn on your U8800 while holding [VOL-] and [VOL+] and the Android 2.2.2 install should start.
4) Once finished you should be back to 2.2.2.
5) If you phone does not boot correctly power on phone while holding [VOL+] to boot into recovery and Reset to factory defaults.
6) Delete the "dload" folder from the SD Card.
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you can root your phone on 2.2 too just follow this guide for that
http://www.modaco.com/topic/341011-ultimate-guide-to-the-huawei-u8800/
Btw when i upgraded to 2.3 i used this one here and it went pretty smoothly.

Well now i installed Aurora 4.1 how do i install the update 1a now? Also i have Saunalahti how do i do that with the connectbot? Didnt really understand it :S Calling is working atm i think.. but mobile internet doesnt

Download connectbot and open, Click ssh left side bottom and select local and use a nickname when the terminal opens type
su
setprop persist.eons.enabled 0
And reboot.
To install update 1a just flash it with cwm.

I tried the connectbot but do i have to save it somehow after i wrote that or just home and reboot? Also i've checked my APN settings they are as they should for Saunalahti :/ Got an R over my signal idk if im roaming :/ im at home internet wont work *_* Im on Aurora 4.1 atm u think it would help if i flashed 4.1 update 1a?

You can try but since you had this prob from the official update you better try reinstalling the official again
Also try this see if your net connects when you turn on data roaming if it does that means you are on roaming some how
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umm what official should i try then? Im from finland so.. Is it just to do the exact same thing as when i upgraded from 2.2.1? Or do i need to go back to 2.2.1 first or sumfin like that?

first try a master reset if not helpful then just try doing it without downgrading if that doesn't work try it with a different official update and if that too doesn't work then try downgrading and upgrading again.

How do i do a master reset? Also i saw the downgrade guide on that root ,CWM etc.. but the link is dead

settings>backup&reset>Factory data reset

Broken Usb port, how to root?

Hey all,
As the title says I currently have an U8800 with a broken usb port, so I don't know how to root it. After I broke it I tried to go to warranty but all they did was deny me and erase the ICS aurora I had. So I'm left with 2.3.5, a broken usb port and no root.
I would like to know, are there any methods not involving USB so I could root my phone in order to install CWR?
My best regards,

Rooting official 2.3.X is not possible without USB.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk 2

I think that it is possible, but to root without usb connection is a "uber" job and i think that no one will try to write how to do that, becouse it,s a ugly way. If you still want to do that you should look at oficial ics rooting methot and with some diferences try to do it on your phone with shell comands (the comands should be different becojse you will do that from phone, not from computer). How diferent you should find you're self. Now you got the way, so just find out how to do that it isn'n imposible.
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Qqqxxxzzz said:
Rooting official 2.3.X is not possible without USB.
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Ok, I've downgraded to 2.2.2, where should I go now? Gingerbreak to root, and try to manually install cwr?
EDIT: CWR done, if I upgrade to 2.3.5 am I going to lose the recovery? What's the path to aurora in which I don't lose the recovery?

Experimental alternative to z4root
kilermachinegun said:
Hey all,
As the title says I currently have an U8800 with a broken usb port, so I don't know how to root it. After I broke it I tried to go to warranty but all they did was deny me and erase the ICS aurora I had. So I'm left with 2.3.5, a broken usb port and no root.
I would like to know, are there any methods not involving USB so I could root my phone in order to install CWR?
My best regards,
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This app similar to z4root may or may not work. Use at own risk. Always do a disk image backup.

Thank you all for the help. Currently I'm on CM7 .32 kernel, may I update directly to Aurora?

kilermachinegun said:
Thank you all for the help. Currently I'm on CM7 .32 kernel, may I update directly to Aurora?
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You need stock gingerbread.

Somcom3X said:
You need stock gingerbread.
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Hmm... it seems sadly that I'm stuck on it. Ok thank you all

Motorla Complex Problem

Hello all.
I have come into the possession of a broken MB525. The touch screen was completely broken so I sent it in for repairs. They replaced the touch and everything and they even needed to reheat the motherboard and do some work on it in order to get the phone to start since that was cracked as well.
Well the phone is currently working but apparently it is loaded with a 2.3.6 MB526 stock rom, so it basically reads it as a Defy+ which is wrong. The first problem with it would be the restarts. It has moments when it works fluidly and it has moments when it restarts every 30 seconds. Is this due to the damaged board or is this due to the battery? If it's due to the board I'd rather know about it now so I can just take it easy with it.
The second problem is that I can't get the Internal Storage detected. Even if I put it in USB mass storage, I have no access to the internal SD card. Is this normal?
The third problem is that I can't root. SuperOneClick or any other program that I have tried does not work, getting stuck in Shell root step 7. Is this because of the MB526 firmware? If so, how do I flash a MB525 firmware and which one exactly do I flash for Romania, Europe? I'm going to replace it anyway, I just want the phone rooted with CWM and then I'm going to get CM11.
Thanks guys.

Use this app for root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37508806
Then install Quarx CM10 Rom it's the most stable with everything working. After this come back here and tell us if you have other problems.
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cyrusct82 said:
Use this app for root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37508806
Then install Quarx CM10 Rom it's the most stable with everything working. After this come back here and tell us if you have other problems.
Sent from my MB526 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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It won't root like this. Only one of the versions of the above program works and the Gimli exploit just crashes to home screen while the other one doesn't work. I have the MB526 Retail Central Europe 2.3.6 Version. What about my internal storage? Why doesn't it show up?

Luppertazzi said:
It won't root like this. Only one of the versions of the above program works and the Gimli exploit just crashes to home screen while the other one doesn't work. I have the MB526 Retail Central Europe 2.3.6 Version. What about my internal storage? Why doesn't it show up?
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Try another SBF, Retail Nordic worked well for me.
sbf (dot) droid-developers (dot) org.

leonardo.porro said:
Try another SBF, Retail Nordic worked well for me.
sbf (dot) droid-developers (dot) org.
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So everything's about the SBF? Will I be able to root with another SBF? What about the other issues?

Luppertazzi said:
Hello all.
I have come into the possession of a broken MB525. The touch screen was completely broken so I sent it in for repairs. They replaced the touch and everything and they even needed to reheat the motherboard and do some work on it in order to get the phone to start since that was cracked as well.
Well the phone is currently working but apparently it is loaded with a 2.3.6 MB526 stock rom, so it basically reads it as a Defy+ which is wrong. The first problem with it would be the restarts. It has moments when it works fluidly and it has moments when it restarts every 30 seconds. Is this due to the damaged board or is this due to the battery? If it's due to the board I'd rather know about it now so I can just take it easy with it.
The second problem is that I can't get the Internal Storage detected. Even if I put it in USB mass storage, I have no access to the internal SD card. Is this normal?
The third problem is that I can't root. SuperOneClick or any other program that I have tried does not work, getting stuck in Shell root step 7. Is this because of the MB526 firmware? If so, how do I flash a MB525 firmware and which one exactly do I flash for Romania, Europe? I'm going to replace it anyway, I just want the phone rooted with CWM and then I'm going to get CM11.
Thanks guys.
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Use rooted sbf file.

arora.ujjwal said:
Use rooted sbf file.
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Can you point me towards a good one? I already am on 2.3.6 so can't go back.

Luppertazzi said:
Can you point me towards a good one? I already am on 2.3.6 so can't go back.
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Here you go http://www.mediafire.com/download/7...U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_CEE_ROOTED_No_Signed.rar
Extract the rar and use sbf
It's 2.3.6 and rooted ^-^