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There you go, the leaked signed Chinese GB Rom

Disclaimer: I won't be responsible for any damage done to your phone due to flashing this rom.
I have just returned home after a day of tiring work. Grabbed this stuff from the Chinese forum and uploaded it to mediafire (It took quite a while as I am using ADSL) .Phone is charging and I'll try to flash right after it's fully charged. Screenshots are all around that forum though so I guess it would be safe to give it a shot. Enjoy, guys!
Note:
1. It is said to have quite a number of bugs.
2. Can't access recovery mode. Edit: it is possible but the key combination changed. You press "vol up+vol down" INSTEAD OF "@" after getting the yellow exclamation sign.
3. Old drill, no Google stuffs pre-installed.
4. Downgradeable to Froyo.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7bwfc0qvqs428k3
Edit:
I flashed and it boots.
1. Multitouch bug gone and the screen is way more responsive.
2. Yeah 2.3 old TV lock screen animation.
3. New window transition animation.
4. Attempted to root with SuperOneClick 1.7... failed.
5. Seems getting no luck with Gingrebreak neither...
6. I'm going back to uk 2.2.2 since without Google Services I can't live LOL... good luck guys
7. Successfully go back to froyo (damn i miss the red moto logo). Have fun with GB guys

Thanks a lot!!
Downloading now. But speed slow today on my internet. Will let u know if it works.

Flashing it right now, wish me luck

looking forward to your progress

It boots!! It boots!!!

yay!!!!!!!!!

Multitouch bug gone and the screen becomes way more responsive

can you root it?

Liori said:
Multitouch bug gone and the screen becomes way more responsive
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Any bug that u have noticed? Everything works fine? Wifi, gps, data, sensors, etc. Im downloading right now XD

Hi Liori
one question... this sbf is downgradeable to froyo???

How about UI, fresh UI Motoblur?
Sent from 2nd age of the Milestone

rodrigocor said:
Hi Liori
one question... this sbf is downgradeable to froyo???
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I am still playing around.. but folks in gfan (where it first leaked) say it is downgradable.

diditnya said:
How about UI, fresh UI Motoblur?
Sent from 2nd age of the Milestone
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brand new.

rodrigocor said:
Hi Liori
one question... this sbf is downgradeable to froyo???
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Wondering about that one too. I guess it should be possible. Can't wait to try it out. Let's hope I can sideload the Google Apps At least Gmail and Google Talk that is

Liori said:
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good to hear this
just some questions,
do I need to wipe data before/after flashing the sbf? or everything works fine without a wipe? since you mentioned this ROM cannot be rooted (maybe yet xd), so it would be unable to use titanium backup to restore my apps
and could this be downgradable to 2.2.2 if i flashed the old sbf again? =]
thanks =D

WongJames said:
good to hear this
just some questions,
do I need to wipe data before/after flashing the sbf? or everything works fine without a wipe? since you mentioned this ROM cannot be rooted (maybe yet xd), so it would be unable to use titanium backup to restore my apps
and could this be downgradable to 2.2.2 if i flashed the old sbf again? =]
thanks =D
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well i came from uk 2.2.2 rooted without wipe, and it works without major problems. right now i'm trying to root with gingerbreak, if i still got no luck then i think i would go back 2.2.2 (painful decision as this leaked GB is so great) since without google service i cant get my contacts, schedules back.

DON'T FLASH IT YET!
You may get stuck in a non-rootable/non-downgradable rom
I will wait for the fixed SBF + nandroid backup.
Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App

Anybody could write a "how-to upgrade to 2.3" ?
Does this chinese GB leak supports accents in messages ?

Is it non-downgradeable? That kinda uhm... sucks... as I already started the flashing. Let's just wish for the best.

dangpzanco said:
DON'T FLASH IT YET!
You may get stuck in a non-rootable/non-downgradable rom
I will wait for the fixed SBF + nandroid backup.
Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App
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I am going to downgrade to UK 2.2.2 and it is said to be feasible according to gfan forum users. But before that I am going to take some nice pics for you guys.

[Q] Does flashing *.sbf files brick the Defy?

Today my friend, who also has a Defy, called me up and told me that he bricked his Defy (motherboard failure according to him) because he flashed *sbf files about 4-5 times.
Is this true that this happens if we flash sbf files too many times? Because I've flashed sbf files about 6-7 times since I purchased my Defy (because it was soft bricked)
Please answer.....
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which sbf did he install?
Tell him to install official Indian Froyo 2.2.2 from http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/HRXSSAXE/

Nope... I flashed sbf quite a few times...
But then I have not tried new 2.3.6 sbf... so hopefully ur friend hasn't flashed that...
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popcorn1122 said:
which sbf did he install?
Tell him to install official Indian Froyo 2.2.2 from http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/HRXSSAXE/
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He actually managed to get his phone repaired from the service center. It was hard bricked as per him.
I was just wondering that what he said about flashing *.sbf files was correct...
anil944 said:
Nope... I flashed sbf quite a few times...
But then I have not tried new 2.3.6 sbf... so hopefully ur friend hasn't flashed that...
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He said that he had tried ROMs like MS2GINGER but I don't know whether he flashed the 2.3.6 sbf. I never flashed any of the Gingerbread sbf files. And even I have flashed Nordic repeatedly because of soft bricking as mentioned above. Just wondering whether doing this again and again would take me into the same situation as him....

Flashing over and over again won't do any harm (using the phone causes more stress to the flash memory cells than flashing it).
The worst things that can happen are:
- you are flashing a non-downgradeable image (but then your phone would still work)
- you are running out of battery while writing the image: In this case your phone might not be able to charge the battery again. but even then: you can charge the battery using the mc-guyver method. (cut off the plug of some usb cable and attach it directly to the battery)

[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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[Q] Downgrade U8800 android 2.3.5 beta to 2.2.1 or 2.2.2

Hello. I got this U8800 with android 2.2.1 but upgrade it to 2.3.5 because i wantet new layout etc.. I dit it this way - placed the map dload with the file 2.3.5 on my memery card and followed by the routine for innstallation. Every is working fine but now i have problems with wifi and 3 g connection. Is there a easy way to downgrade to a android 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 because i have read that this works. Hope somone can help

Just do the same you did to update, but with the 2.2.x dload folder
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Thanks, it worked

hi i did the same with a u8800-51 and then once nothing worked and i researched.....(i know i should have researched first) that the u8800-51 was not good for the huawei site upgrade. after several hours of searching i found a link on here that pointed me toward a downgrade, but turns out its for the u8800 pro while everything kinda works i can tell from what i had before its not working properly. long story short im a nub and did not back up the stock stuff. and now have no way to get it back is there anyway that someone can provide me with the files i need to return my u8800-51 impulse 4g back to stock?

Same issue
I also put the 2.3.5 b826 on my impulse also. thought i only had a u8800. Not the 8800-51
i flashed the same u8800pro on mine, and now i am trying to root it, speed it up, and get everything working.
I've contacted both huawei and AT&T with no dice. AT&T won't give out original root files, they think we'll hack them, break em, and go in for warranty with a new flash on a bricked phone. no....never.
Huawei support is dismal, they were useless.
By the way my local warranty place (in Dallas) said I voided the warranty by downloading an unaproved download.
So... for now your phone will act funny, do strange things, and not be stock again for a while.
*Found a smart Huawei rep, and supervisor, they said they might have the stock u8800-51 rom to me by today. I will post if recieved.
*Found a person in the forum that might have the original root also. once again will post if recieved.
*The root file being flung around as a u8800-15 is really a u8800pro rom so not much help
I'll keep you posted on any progress.

similar issue
teckis said:
I also put the 2.3.5 b826 on my impulse also. thought i only had a u8800. Not the 8800-51
i flashed the same u8800pro on mine, and now i am trying to root it, speed it up, and get everything working.
I've contacted both huawei and AT&T with no dice. AT&T won't give out original root files, they think we'll hack them, break em, and go in for warranty with a new flash on a bricked phone. no....never.
Huawei support is dismal, they were useless.
By the way my local warranty place (in Dallas) said I voided the warranty by downloading an unaproved download.
So... for now your phone will act funny, do strange things, and not be stock again for a while.
*Found a smart Huawei rep, and supervisor, they said they might have the stock u8800-51 rom to me by today. I will post if recieved.
*Found a person in the forum that might have the original root also. once again will post if recieved.
*The root file being flung around as a u8800-15 is really a u8800pro rom so not much help
I'll keep you posted on any progress.
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So, been scouring this thread, for my U8800-51 issue, after realizing I didn't have the U8800. I thought I was being "smart", because I downloaded from Huawei. Only to discover I no longer had AT&T service, wi-fi & trying to add the right APN info wasn't working. If you've got the stock firmware (Android 2.2-Froyo), I'd really appreciate your sharing, please.
Thx,
twf498

Downgraded but bricked u8800-51
Hello I installed a official ROM the ROM is 2.3.4 GB and downgraded to stick 2.2.2 att but when I did that my phone installed the package successfully but them my phone just vibrated and from their nothing!!! HELP PLEASE!!

r0y123 said:
Hello I installed a official ROM the ROM is 2.3.4 GB and downgraded to stick 2.2.2 att but when I did that my phone installed the package successfully but them my phone just vibrated and from their nothing!!! HELP PLEASE!!
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remove battery, place it back, volume+ and power wipe data, wipe case, reboot

Cybergiannis said:
remove battery, place it back, volume+ and power wipe data, wipe case, reboot
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Well my phone just vibrates and I can't go to pink screen or recovery

u8800
r0y123 said:
Well my phone just vibrates and I can't go to pink screen or recovery
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hi. a have the same problem with my phone. Did you find the solution??

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
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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