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[Q] my defy is dead after installing CM7

after i have installed CM7 it was missing markets so i try to go to recovery menu but not work so i install recovery menu system after that my defy only start at CM7 logo and nothing happened after not working at all helllllllllllllllllllllp?

Think you need to restart.
And remember this time, flash gapps after installing CM for your market to come back

I don't think you're supposed to install any kind of recovery from within CM7 since supposedly there should be one already.
You can always try the SBF flashing route, but don't do that if your battery is low.

glycolysis said:
I don't think you're supposed to install any kind of recovery from within CM7 since supposedly there should be one already.
You can always try the SBF flashing route, but don't do that if your battery is low.
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He´s right... you´ve damaged your recovery, so there is no other way - you have to start from flashing froyo again.

CM7 has its own boot menu so you are not supposed to install any boot menu or 2nd init after that. If the boot menu is corrupt only option is to start from scratch Froyo SBF.

Read FAQ of CM7. Install CM7>Install Universall pack of Google apps from link on CM7 threat and if it stuck on CM7 logo wipe cache partition and dalvik, don't wipe data and then wait few minutes for build everything. If it stuck still reboot phone on battery. It works for me.

[Q] Stuck on Google logo, can't access recovery mode

I've just tried upgrading to ICS and failed. Apparently I flashed the wrong kernel - should have flashed the CM7 one, but flashed the CM9.
Now my Defy is stuck on the Google logo and I don't know how to reach recovery mode. Pressing Power+voldown does nothing. Power+volup gives me the bootloader, which asks me to connect a usb cable, but I have no idea what to do after that.
I have two Nandroid backups: one stock (2.2) and another with CM7 (2.3.7). My Defy has a green lens.
Is there any way to restore my phone to one of those backups?
Thanks in advance

Do you still see the blue led for custom recovery?

Hmetool said:
I've just tried upgrading to ICS and failed. Apparently I flashed the wrong kernel - should have flashed the CM7 one, but flashed the CM9.
Now my Defy is stuck on the Google logo and I don't know how to reach recovery mode. Pressing Power+voldown does nothing. Power+volup gives me the bootloader, which asks me to connect a usb cable, but I have no idea what to do after that.
I have two Nandroid backups: one stock (2.2) and another with CM7 (2.3.7). My Defy has a green lens.
Is there any way to restore my phone to one of those backups?
Thanks in advance
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You will need to flash a new SBF with RSD lite
follow instructions in this thread
How to flash new SBF

Hmetool said:
I've just tried upgrading to ICS and failed. Apparently I flashed the wrong kernel - should have flashed the CM7 one, but flashed the CM9.
Now my Defy is stuck on the Google logo and I don't know how to reach recovery mode. Pressing Power+voldown does nothing. Power+volup gives me the bootloader, which asks me to connect a usb cable, but I have no idea what to do after that.
I have two Nandroid backups: one stock (2.2) and another with CM7 (2.3.7). My Defy has a green lens.
Is there any way to restore my phone to one of those backups?
Thanks in advance
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Do not flash any sbf's. Reboot the phone, at the blue led press Vol- and when you get into boot menu, flash the correct kernel. If you flashed Defy build, flash CM7 (Froyo) kernel. If you flashed the Defy+ build, flash CM9 (Bingerbread) kernel.

fiskenigaten said:
Do you still see the blue led for custom recovery?
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I see the blue led, but it goes on to green regardless of what I do (power+voldown does nothing). I've tried to access recovery mode several times, but the phone doesn't respond. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
rperdue5 said:
You will need to flash a new SBF with RSD lite
follow instructions in this thread
How to flash new SBF
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I've read the guide, but my original SBF is missing ever since MegaUpload's demise. Is it possible to use the Nandroid backup instead?

Auris 1.6 vvt-i said:
Do not flash any sbf's. Reboot the phone, at the blue led press Vol- and when you get into boot menu, flash the correct kernel. If you flashed Defy build, flash CM7 (Froyo) kernel. If you flashed the Defy+ build, flash CM9 (Bingerbread) kernel.
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Ok, apparently I wasn't pressing the button at the right time. Recovery mode is now working. However, I don't have the correct kernel in my SD card - only the wrong one.
My Nandroid backup seems not to be working too, apparently. I went into recovery and restored it, but boot still doesn't work. I wiped data/cache/dalvik cache and tried again, but it still didn't work. I'm at a loss here.
Should I try to flash some other sbf, since I can't find my phone's stock one?

Hmetool said:
Ok, apparently I wasn't pressing the button at the right time. Recovery mode is now working. However, I don't have the correct kernel in my SD card - only the wrong one.
My Nandroid backup seems not to be working too, apparently. I went into recovery and restored it, but boot still doesn't work. I wiped data/cache/dalvik cache and tried again, but it still didn't work. I'm at a loss here.
Should I try to flash some other sbf, since I can't find my phone's stock one?
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go to ICS thread and on the first post there is a link to signed CM7 kernel zip..copy it to ur sd card and flash it..

arpith.fbi said:
go to ICS thread and on the first post there is a link to signed CM7 kernel zip..copy it to ur sd card and flash it..
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I just tried installing the zip from the sdcard, but I got an error message: "Can't make /tmp/update_binary. Installation aborted". It seems that I can't install any zip now.
Is there any way out of that? I'd be more than happy if I could just flash my nandroid backup, even if that means being stuck without ICS for a bit more time.
I'm on ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.8, if that helps.

Hmetool said:
I just tried installing the zip from the sdcard, but I got an error message: "Can't make /tmp/update_binary. Installation aborted". It seems that I can't install any zip now.
Is there any way out of that? I'd be more than happy if I could just flash my nandroid backup, even if that means being stuck without ICS for a bit more time.
I'm on ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.8, if that helps.
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Hi,
I faced a similar issue but it was since I flashed CM9 for Defy in my Defy+ with 2.3.6(stock) ! Nothing was working and I would get some boot errors! I rectified it by flashing full SBF and then rooting. Well if you want I can provide you with the SBF I have but it is for 2.3.6 and so you will loose downgradability. I have 4.5.1-134-DFP-1321 - retail-asia full Blur multilanguage with me. However, you can also give Walter's fixed SBF and Nandroid backup a try

Thanks, it turns out that flashing a sbf was a nice way out of this mess. I flashed a 2.2.2 which is almost identical to my stock rom (couldn't find that one).
If I root my phone now, can I still try to restore my nandroid backup? Or should I just skip that and try flashing ICS again?
My SD card has the 03-19 CM9 Nightly, gapps and both CM9 and CM7 signed kernels. Should that suffice? CM7 kernel is the right one for green lens defy, right?

Hmetool said:
Thanks, it turns out that flashing a sbf was a nice way out of this mess. I flashed a 2.2.2 which is almost identical to my stock rom (couldn't find that one).
If I root my phone now, can I still try to restore my nandroid backup? Or should I just skip that and try flashing ICS again?
My SD card has the 03-19 CM9 Nightly, gapps and both CM9 and CM7 signed kernels. Should that suffice? CM7 kernel is the right one for green lens defy, right?
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If you are on a green lensed Defy, then yes - flash CM7 signed kernel and one of the Froyo bulds of Quarx or Epsylon3 - try them all if you wish and see which one you like the most.
Procedure is easy:
1. Full wipe
2. Flash CM7 kernel
3. Flash ROM
4. Flash gapps
5. Full Wipe
6. Reboot
When you decide to try a new ROM, there is no need to flash the kernel again, just wipe, flash the new ROM and gapps and then wipe again.

Auris 1.6 vvt-i said:
If you are on a green lensed Defy, then yes - flash CM7 signed kernel and one of the Froyo bulds of Quarx or Epsylon3 - try them all if you wish and see which one you like the most.
Procedure is easy:
1. Full wipe
2. Flash CM7 kernel
3. Flash ROM
4. Flash gapps
5. Full Wipe
6. Reboot
When you decide to try a new ROM, there is no need to flash the kernel again, just wipe, flash the new ROM and gapps and then wipe again.
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Thanks, that's great. Are all regular Defy roms Froyo builds unless stated otherwise? I couldn't find that info on the files I have.
One question: by full wipe you mean data/cache/dalvik cache or is there anything else that I'm missing?

Hmetool said:
Thanks, that's great. Are all regular Defy roms Froyo builds unless stated otherwise? I couldn't find that info on the files I have.
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Yes, "Defy build" means Froyo kernel based, "Defy+ build" means GB kernel based.
Hmetool said:
One question: by full wipe you mean data/cache/dalvik cache
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Exactly.

Auris 1.6 vvt-i said:
Yes, "Defy build" means Froyo kernel based, "Defy+ build" means GB kernel based.
Exactly.
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Yep, that's exactly what it is..

I've just rooted my phone again, followed the steps and installed CM9. It worked like a charm. I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly it runs, didn't expect that sort of quality from a Nightly. Awesome.
Thanks a lot for saving my phone, guys.

Hmetool said:
I've just rooted my phone again, followed the steps and installed CM9. It worked like a charm. I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly it runs, didn't expect that sort of quality from a Nightly. Awesome.
Thanks a lot for saving my phone, guys.
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Sounds great Well since CM9 nightly is still a long way to go, you may want to dual boot CM7 and CM9. Install CM7 as primary and dual boot to CM9.
Guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375156

i did the same thing on my defy im a noob and need alor of help.
Ok so i had a motorola defy and i wanted to update it to cyanogenmod 7 but it must have been the wrong one and now its stuck on google boot i can't get to my custom recovery screen by pressing volume - and power buttons and if i press volume + i get this black screen asking to plug in the usb to the laptop which i did but i don't know what to do now. i need complete instructions! , iv checked ALOT of forums and tried following this ones instructions, but RSD lite wont download and install like it said it would . and i have no idea how to get tmobile android 2.2 OS for motorola defy. if i could just get that back i would be more then forever greatfull . please someone HELP ! please all be forever in debt to whoever can help me.

blackhack516 said:
Ok so i had a motorola defy and i wanted to update it to cyanogenmod 7 but it must have been the wrong one and now its stuck on google boot i can't get to my custom recovery screen by pressing volume - and power buttons and if i press volume + i get this black screen asking to plug in the usb to the laptop which i did but i don't know what to do now. i need complete instructions! , iv checked ALOT of forums and tried following this ones instructions, but RSD lite wont download and install like it said it would . and i have no idea how to get tmobile android 2.2 OS for motorola defy. if i could just get that back i would be more then forever greatfull . please someone HELP ! please all be forever in debt to whoever can help me.
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Try running three setup as administrator. Read all in defy guide. Check the wiki for more guides.
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do u have a link?
labsin said:
Try running three setup as administrator. Read all in defy guide. Check the wiki for more guides.
Sent from my MB525 using XDA
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do u have a link

Stuck in Android boot

need help! urgent! i was using cm 7.2 lastest maniacs and then made a wipe data because i wanted to go back to froyo, but when i restared the phone cm7 was still there so i decided to flash .sbf the nordic one (the one that i installed when i changed from Android 2.1 to Android 2.2) .. it started good but when it shows "Please Manually Power Up This Phone" Excecuted 100% In Process, the defy screen is just looping in Android boot, it shows the motorola logo then the android boot but it get stuck in there, i removed battery and change it but did not work and the phone just get stuck in Android boot. what can i do?

you must go to stock recovery and clear wipe data chace and you will be ok

nikolas60 said:
you must go to stock recovery and clear wipe data chace and you will be ok
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But how to do it if the 2nd init isn't installed???
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Try one new
You should try to flash a diferent sbf... a stock one, look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537

carlosmebratt said:
You should try to flash a diferent sbf... a stock one, look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537
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Thanks men... but i got an answer that helped me out from twa_priv
"You need to wipe in Stock (Motorola) recovery, which is always there.
Shutdown the phone and then:
power + vol down
then push volume up and down at the same time"
at first there is just an android with a triangle but then you should do the vol up and down at the same time and there will be a stock motorola recovery!
thanks for everyone that helped me out with this stuff!

Defy semi-bricked I really need some help

Hi guys!
My green lense defy bought in november 2010 under CM7 (from an official French Froyo rooted firmware) is in a very bad situation.
CM7 was working fine for months then I had some problems lately updating my apps on the store and I tried several things to fix this problem.
Finaly I realized nothing worked (making space on my SD card, internal memrory, cache wiping, factory reset, etc) so I decided to reinstall CM7 from the bootloader. the installation went fine but nothing changed. So I tried different versions CM9 and eventually CM10. Both start but I still cannot install apps from the market.
I tried a different gmail account but still no luck. So I went back to CM7.2 and this time the Defy is frozen on the Google or Motorola logo (depending on the lastest ROM I installed).
I still can install CM9 or CM10 but I have issues on both.
I read a lot of tutorials even watched some on youtube so I could find out that my dalvik cache was broken ! I cannot wipe it and here lies the source of my problems.
So the only way to fix this is to use RSD Lite and to flash an old working firmware (which should reset the dalvik from what I understood) but I couldn't make RSD Lite identify my Defy ! I tried on 3 computers 2 on Windows 7 x64 one on Win 8 and I even tried in Xp in a vmware session but nothing worked.
I am desperate. :crying:
I am the one trying to help others but this time I need you help

Hope you are putting it to bootloader mode by pressing Vol+ and then Power button or remove battery then press and hold Vol+ and then insert battery and then press power button.

Have you tried to wipe the dalvik cache?
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@andr0idfreak : OMG that worked! Thanks a lot now I can try to flash a froyo firmware to see if it fixes my dalvik cache issue.
@pa1nk1ller : My dalvik cache is broken and can't be wiped.

andr0idfreak said:
Hope you are putting it to bootloader mode by pressing Vol+ and then Power button or remove battery then press and hold Vol+ and then insert battery and then press power button.
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I could flash this ROM : JRDNEM_U3_2.21.0_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA028.0R_USAJORDANRTFR_P029_A006_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf
but now the Defy doesn't start at all! I am currently downloading another sbf but things seem to get worse.
No luck with the second sbf.
I found my own sbf that I extracted and put online one year ago on another forum. I am currently flashing this 2.2.2 ROM hoping it will help.
The red M is back! My phone seems to be booting agin.

Try going to stock recovery by pressing vol- and then power button and wipe data/cache.

andr0idfreak said:
Try going to stock recovery by pressing vol- and then power button and wipe data/cache.
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My defy is now back to Froyo (from my original backup as I said) but the market issue is still here ! No update or install possible ! It seems I lost the bootloader availability too (no blue led at boot).
edit : I get messages l E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command .../caller and ../log when wiping data and cache.

Reflash with RSD again. Use CEE 2.2 version
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ppero196 said:
Reflash with RSD again. Use CEE 2.2 version
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Ok, I'll try this. I really don't understand why going back to Froyo didn't solve the market issue

Thank you guys! You saved my Defy and made my day.
Wow! my dalvik cache is available again and this could help people who can't update or download apps from the store although they have plenty of space on their defy.
:good::good::good:
You rock!

[Q] Defy does not start anymore

(this thread might also be called "A series of unfortunate flashes")
So, i was trying to upgrade my (obviously rooted) defy from a CM10.1 to CM11. Since this upgrade gave me the error message "set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed", i tried installing CM10.2 to see if it makes a difference and that worked. But i still wasn't able to install CM11. After another unsuccessful flash of CM11, i didn't remember to flash a working rom back on it again and instead rebooted the device. By doing, i was not able to get into recovery mode anymore. In fact, my phone just showd the red Motorola sign and seemingly did nothing. I was though able to boot into flash mode (by holding down the VOL-UP button) as well as into the motorola recovery (by holding down the VOL-DOWN button). The latter did not allow to flash anything, but i was able to delete the cache and so on.
So i decided to try and flash an sbf file. I downloaded sbf_flash.sh (running linux) and i downloaded the "Retail DE, AT, CH" sbf-file from hxxp://sbf.droid-developers.org. I got the device into flash mode and ran sbf_flash.sh which ran smoothly and rebooted the phone.
Now the phone won't power up at all. When i connect it to usb, the white led is on, but otherwise it's not giving me any sign of life.
Is there hope or should resign by smacking myself on the head?
regards.

tmcookies said:
(this thread might also be called "A series of unfortunate flashes")
So, i was trying to upgrade my (obviously rooted) defy from a CM10.1 to CM11. Since this upgrade gave me the error message "set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed", i tried installing CM10.2 to see if it makes a difference and that worked. But i still wasn't able to install CM11. After another unsuccessful flash of CM11, i didn't remember to flash a working rom back on it again and instead rebooted the device. By doing, i was not able to get into recovery mode anymore. In fact, my phone just showd the red Motorola sign and seemingly did nothing. I was though able to boot into flash mode (by holding down the VOL-UP button) as well as into the motorola recovery (by holding down the VOL-DOWN button). The latter did not allow to flash anything, but i was able to delete the cache and so on.
So i decided to try and flash an sbf file. I downloaded sbf_flash.sh (running linux) and i downloaded the "Retail DE, AT, CH" sbf-file from hxxp://sbf.droid-developers.org. I got the device into flash mode and ran sbf_flash.sh which ran smoothly and rebooted the phone.
Now the phone won't power up at all. When i connect it to usb, the white led is on, but otherwise it's not giving me any sign of life.
Is there hope or should resign by smacking myself on the head?
regards.
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Your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method or with an external battery charger.
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hotdog125 said:
Your battery is dead. Charge it using McGyver method or with an external battery charger.
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It's a good idea, but i have another defy here and i've checked: the other battery is 80% charged but the phone still isn't going on...

tmcookies said:
It's a good idea, but i have another defy here and i've checked: the other battery is 80% charged but the phone still isn't going on...
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Is RSD recognizing it?
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hotdog125 said:
Is RSD recognizing it?
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Who would have thunk? RSD Lite did recognize the phone and when it started flashing, the phone showed
"SW Update
In Progress.."
So, now what? Which sfb file should i flash?
Anyway, thank you so very much!

Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?

tmcookies said:
Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?
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Yes, root again if needed.

I saw your other post in the cm11 thread about how your phone died.
I remember reading somewhere in the forums that you should go to cm10.2 before installing the updated recovery, and then install cm11.
I'm not sure if that's 100% accurate, and I couldn't find the link (sorry).
Couldn't hurt, though, seeing as you'd just have to do a few extra ROM flashes.
Good luck!
tmcookies said:
Ok, i installed this sbf and it is working!
JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_177-003_BLUR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTDACH_P014_A009_HWp3_Service1FF
Now i'm thinking i need to root the system again?
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Root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install update-recovery.zip, REBOOT (without any wipe), install CM11 and GApps. Hope it helps :angel:

after some effort - great on CM11!
leandrolutz said:
Root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install update-recovery.zip, REBOOT (without any wipe), install CM11 and GApps. Hope it helps :angel:
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I had a simiilar problem - somehow after a similar failed CM11 install, I pressed that "reboot" button and my mb525 was dead. I did as suggested here, Except I happened to have CM10.1 not CM10 on the SD.
However I had a lot of trouble getting a successful boot after installing update-recovery.zip, and then also after installing CM11 with the updated recovery.
Now I have a great well-running defy on CM11. I don't exactly why it succeeded when it did - just repeatedly wipe and install and wipe until it worked.
The defy really runs well on CM11 - very responsive - it is robust both in HW and SW! - maybe I'll myke it my main phone again! (before the S3 or the xperia V) - Samy just ain't interested in my S3 - the community provides the same Android version for my defy as I have on my nexus 7 2013!!!
Many thanks to all who have contributed, especially quarx -

try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48501247