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[Q] Bricked Defy and not recognized by my USB

Guys,
First of all, hello to all! So, I followed a tutorial to install Froyo on my Defy. Now I'm stuck with my phone trying to boot as soon as i put the battery on, but it never makes it past the "M". I can get into recovery. I wiped data, cache and tried to install the "update.zip" but it aborts saying "signature verification failed." I have the boot file (that was the next step) to install using RSDlite 4.9 but the phone is not even recognized any of my USB ports. Any ideas? Thanks to all in advanced.

press volumn up buton and power button on boot , once you saw the backlit is on , release the button , you will see the rsd litle showing your usb .
dont worry . i think it is your first time to use RSD only

yea i been through that ( doesnt work on vista )
you need to install rsd lite and 2.51 UK Firmware ( no usa )
google it and you will find it or on this forum
install usb driver from motorola webiste
install rsd lite
put uk firmware in ... C drive/ program files / motorola / rsd lite
install driver
If your phone is stuck on " M " then pull battery out
turn on and quicky press power + vol up ( i think ) before M even appear
wait till it say your boot loader and your battery
plug phone in
start rsd lite
on ... look up your uk firmware that you you recently put in rsd lite folder
then you should see your phone connected on the 1 slot
then hit start or something and wait it out .

Thanks guys! But I've been messing around with this thing for so long, I drained the battery. I had to run it up to the local phone store to get it charged. I'll pick it up in a couple of hours and give your advice a try.

Hey guys! it worked! I'm up and running. Now, anyone has a link to bypass this Welcome to Motoblur screen. Is there a Custom Froyo or Gingerbread Rom out there without Motoblur?

Alright... I'm up and running, but no camera!!! Heck, it was a learning experience. I guess I'll go back to 2.1 now. LOL

So the Chinese ROM was rooted. I installed Clockworkmod and restored from the backup i had made of the original 2.1 OS. I'm back to a rebooting phone not making it past the "M" I went back to RSDlite and realized the boot file said 2.2 only. Can anyone assist me finding the right one to go back to original. I haven't been able to find a thread about reverting back to original.

The more I read, the smarter I get seems like the only thing I'm missing here is the SBF file for my original T-Mobile OS. I'm looking at the motorola website, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me to it? Thanks all! Oh yeah, this is the first android phone i mess with so my apologies.

There is no us sbf file. You have to flash a uk version and restore 3g with the posted fix. You can find the links to available sbf files on this forum. They are not available thru moto's site.
Sent from my ME525 using Tapatalk

Just to make sure I got it right. After using clockworkmod to restore to my factory backup, I need to use the UK sbf to be able to boot to it. Correct?

I found the sbf for Central Europe with no Motoblur. Does anyone know of any issues with it?

well the only way to fix this if you previously backed up your rom/files with recovery ( good thing i did this ). If not then you have to live with what you got.

I backed up my original firmware using clockworkmod. I flashed to the Chinese 2.2 but my camera didn't work. Since the camera is important to me, the Chinese Froyo was a deal breaker. I installed clockworkmod again and "recovered" from my original backup but now my defy won't boot. Did I miss a step?

Your data from the backup may cause issues when rolling backwards. Install an eclair sbf, then restore. That worked for me.
On another note there is a fix for the camera. Check the forums.
Sent from my ME525 using Tapatalk

Bricked Defy and not recognized by my USB
I also bricked my phone when going back to stock from cm7. My phone is able to go into boot loader. But it is not recognized by my desktop PC/RSDlite. I tried in linux with SBF_Flash. I tried with my laptop also. no luck . anyone please help me!

arulshoponline said:
I also bricked my phone when going back to stock from cm7. My phone is able to go into boot loader. But it is not recognized by my desktop PC/RSDlite. I tried in linux with SBF_Flash. I tried with my laptop also. no luck . anyone please help me!
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Just try and install the Motorola Drivers in your desktop and open RSDLite and press 'show devices' button. It will surely show the details of your phone.
Then point RSDLite to the stock SBF and flash away.

kvigneshkrish said:
Just try and install the Motorola Drivers in your desktop and open RSDLite and press 'show devices' button. It will surely show the details of your phone.
Then point RSDLite to the stock SBF and flash away.
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Thanks! Vignesh. But i have drivers installed. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. But did not help
Edit:
I missed to mention. My defy did not connect to desktop even before bricking.

arulshoponline said:
Thanks! Vignesh. But i have drivers installed. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. But did not help
Edit:
I missed to mention. My defy did not connect to desktop even before bricking.
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If you hear the USB plugged in sound in your Pc, it's a messed up driver installation. If you don't hear the sound, it can be a bad cable, or a faulty microusb port (assuming that your pc usb works fine). Try once in a different pc and with a different microusb cable.

nsm1234 said:
If you hear the USB plugged in sound in your Pc, it's a messed up driver installation. If you don't hear the sound, it can be a bad cable, or a faulty microusb port (assuming that your pc usb works fine). Try once in a different pc and with a different microusb cable.
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I do not hear any sound from desktop/laptop.
I think I stuck in boot loop. When I try to power on the phone, it just shows CM7 boot logo for few seconds then restarts again shows the boot logo... this happens continually. When I try to enter into recovery, it does not go to CWM recovery instead it goes to stock recovery. I am still able to enter into boot loader. In boot loader, it says battery OK connect USB to program. When I connect USB, it is recognized by phone and says transfer mode: USB. But my PC does not shows up the phone.
I tried re-installing drivers and RSDlite many times but no luck. But I have nandroid backup of CM7. Is there any possibilities to enter into CWM recovery?
Any help is appreciated.
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I tried even different USB cables and PCs also.

[Q] NEED HELP!! [please]

I have bootloader 30.04 after using liberty 1.5 I wanted to try out Rubix Focused. Everything was going well till my I tried to flash the watermarkd theme. Went through all the steps rebooted using Koush bootstrapper rocovery and when it restarted stuck at splash screen. After searching around I found out I could get into bootloader menu and reflash. My phone said low batteery cannot program. After cutting a USB in half and jump starting my battery I was able to get it into bootloader and it said battery ok, okay to program. Connect data cable. Make a long story short RSD lite will not recognize my phone I was using 4.9 and was later recommended to use 4.8 as a lot of people had trouble with 4.9 Any advice on this and how I can bring my phone back to life? I can get into boostrap recovery on the Android Recovery system which we all know is kinda useless for the purpose. Am I going to have to SBF Flash my phone? What if it wont recognize the phone after using 4.8 What are my options?! I need to get my phone up and running asap and i've been working on this for like 3 days now. Can anyone give me detailed instructions that could help me restore my phone? I did make a nandroid backup too, I just cant get to the bootstrap recovery for some reason. Only bootloader or Android Recovery. Please Help!!

Make sure you have the latest drivers installed. What OS are you using? If using Windows 7 you have to run as administrator(by holding shift + right click then click run as administrator . Also I had to rename my sbf file to C:/abc.sbf my computer would only recognize the sbf on the root of my C drive.

[HELP] Stucked in bootloader mode, code corrupt, enable to flash [HELP]

Hello everyone!
I wanted to flash my milestone 2 with the 2.3.4 sbf file but during the process, an error occured and now, my phone is booting by himself in bootloader mode. I've got this message telling me that the code is corrupted and when i try to flash it using RSD lite, the phone is detected but the process fails every time.
I've looked a bit around on google and the only solution that i found is to boot in OpenRecovery but i can't boot with anything else than Bootloader...
If you have any ideas, i'll be happy to read them. =)

You should probably flash/reflash a Milestone 2 specific SBF file.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA App

I managed to flash my phone with a 2.2 SBF file but at the end of the process, RSD lite send a message telling me to reboot it manualy. The thing is that now, i can't even turn it on and it's not recognised anymore by my computer...

goeland64 said:
I managed to flash my phone with a 2.2 SBF file but at the end of the process, RSD lite send a message telling me to reboot it manualy. The thing is that now, i can't even turn it on and it's not recognised anymore by my computer...
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It sounds like the battery got too low. Try using a different battery.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

or by a $5 battery charger from amazon

The battery won't charge but the thing is that just before flashing with the 2.3.4, i had about 50% battery so technicaly, i should have some. I'll try with another battery, i hope it will work. =)

[Q] Motorola Defy Will Not Boot

I flashed a Defy+ rom (2.3.4) on my Defy (MB525), and it worked great. GPS and location finding, however, didn't work. My idea was to flash back to the stock 2.2.1 and restart to get upgraded to a more stable custom Gingerbread rom. The original issue in doing so was that the flash (WajkIUI) was for the MB 526. I was finally able to flash by changing the USB drivers to the MB526 drivers. Much to my dismay, flashing the stock USA TMobile Froyo through RSD Lite (versions 4.6, 4.9, 5.0, 5.3, 5.6) did not work. It will flash, then note it as a "PASS," then the screen on the phone shuts off. I even tried flashing back to the factory stock 2.1 using the same, but to no avail. My phone currently will not turn on at all, though retains the white LED after the power button is pressed if plugged into my PC. I have tried pulling the battery for a few minutes and using the bootloader, but it will not turn on unless connected through the PC. I noticed similar issues in the following threads, and tried the suggested solutions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326683
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011554
Any suggestions would be quite appreciated.
Thanks,
TopoCo

was the battery 80% or more when you started the flashing process? I once flashed my defy525 with 30% and didnt even boot (and it doesnt charge with the charger), i had to do a usb-revive charge to the battery then the flashing process completed.

tpc8dd said:
I flashed a Defy+ rom (2.3.4) on my Defy (MB525), and it worked great. GPS and location finding, however, didn't work. My idea was to flash back to the stock 2.2.1 and restart to get upgraded to a more stable custom Gingerbread rom. The original issue in doing so was that the flash (WajkIUI) was for the MB 526. I was finally able to flash by changing the USB drivers to the MB526 drivers. Much to my dismay, flashing the stock USA TMobile Froyo through RSD Lite (versions 4.6, 4.9, 5.0, 5.3, 5.6) did not work. It will flash, then note it as a "PASS," then the screen on the phone shuts off. I even tried flashing back to the factory stock 2.1 using the same, but to no avail. My phone currently will not turn on at all, though retains the white LED after the power button is pressed if plugged into my PC. I have tried pulling the battery for a few minutes and using the bootloader, but it will not turn on unless connected through the PC. I noticed similar issues in the following threads, and tried the suggested solutions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326683
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011554
Any suggestions would be quite appreciated.
Thanks,
TopoCo
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Hi. I have the same problem, I did something wrong whiles chaging from CM7 to MIUI on my Defy. Now I've lost my recovery mode, and only gets a white lite when I connect the device to my laptop and it says connected after flashing the phone following the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933710
My phone is now dead. Any help please?

adolphstone said:
Hi. I have the same problem, I did something wrong whiles chaging from CM7 to MIUI on my Defy. Now I've lost my recovery mode, and only gets a white lite when I connect the device to my laptop and it says connected after flashing the phone following the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933710
My phone is now dead. Any help please?
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flash a sdf whit rsd lite

can u please specify which kind of sdf file to use for my phone. it orginally came with android 2.3 T-Mobile. MB525

i have the same problem... i tried every sbf.. none of them work

Try o2 sbf
Sent from my MB526 using XDA App

hi i have the same problem ; i hd flash my defy with android 2.3.5 and after that i was flashed with 2.2.1 so in the RSD flash he does not boot no recovery no boot loader but whin i conect it with rsd flash he rite s flash simply

All of you guys had the same problem. You tried to downgrade to a lower BL, which is not possible (try using fixed SBF method). You should understand that once you flash GB, it's not possible to downgrade to Froyo.
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk

[Help}Weird Defy+ flashing issue - RSD not detecting

Hey,
So i had "CM10 Sister Jelly Bean V3.1.7 | Defy / Defy+ | 27/03/2013 " flashed with some issues, so i tried to flash a new rom. Using TWRP recovery i flashed a new ROM and wiped /system ( i think this created the issue, as TWRP had asked that i had no OS but.. ) i still rebooted.
Now i am stuck in Moto icon.
I try to flash a new sbf using RSD lite but RSD lite is not detecting my phone.
I tried many methods
- RSD Lite 4.9, 5.3,5.6
- Windows drivers are installed properly
- I am in bootloader when i conect the phone to PC and then open RSD Lite.
- Still it doesnt detect my phone.
I also tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 ( both 32-bit) still nothing.
I did try to wipe data/ cache in system recovery but still nothing happens ( same M logo and RSD still doesnt detect )
I am using the official Moto USB cable i got.
Is there a way to root the phone and install custom recovery from stock recovery? As i am having some ROM's on my SDCARD which I can flash into.
Kindly help. This is my only phone i Have and I can't buy android phone too.

AkonDefy+ said:
Hey,
So i had "CM10 Sister Jelly Bean V3.1.7 | Defy / Defy+ | 27/03/2013 " flashed with some issues, so i tried to flash a new rom. Using TWRP recovery i flashed a new ROM and wiped /system ( i think this created the issue, as TWRP had asked that i had no OS but.. ) i still rebooted.
Now i am stuck in Moto icon.
I try to flash a new sbf using RSD lite but RSD lite is not detecting my phone.
I tried many methods
- RSD Lite 4.9, 5.3,5.6
- Windows drivers are installed properly
- I am in bootloader when i conect the phone to PC and then open RSD Lite.
- Still it doesnt detect my phone.
I also tried on Windows XP and Windows 7 ( both 32-bit) still nothing.
I did try to wipe data/ cache in system recovery but still nothing happens ( same M logo and RSD still doesnt detect )
I am using the official Moto USB cable i got.
Is there a way to root the phone and install custom recovery from stock recovery? As i am having some ROM's on my SDCARD which I can flash into.
Kindly help. This is my only phone i Have and I can't buy android phone too.
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RSDLite 6.1 has released. Try it. And make sure you have enough juice in the battery.

hotdog125 said:
RSDLite 6.1 has released. Try it. And make sure you have enough juice in the battery.
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My battery is not charging even though i kept it overnight for charging, any other way than McGyver way..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
I only have one USB cable and I dont want to screw it up.

Other than Mcgyver you can try a universal battery charger.
Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app

hotdog125 said:
Other than Mcgyver you can try a universal battery charger.
Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app
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The universal battery charger isn't working

AkonDefy+ said:
The universal battery charger isn't working
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I think McGyver is the only way then.