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[Defy General] ollyshaw:
Exiting news, let's hope it's not too long before it hits the UK.

Olly
[Defy General] eaustra:
Can't wait for it to become available for Europe.

So to be clear one more time, I will not need to unroot my phone to install the update once it is available?
[Defy General] zakoo2:
i've already flashed the uk 3.4.3-11 froyo, will i have to downgrade to flash the official europe release (cus mine says it's up to date when i go to settings/about phone/system updates)?
[Defy General] eaustra:
From what I understand it says it's up to date because the European release has not been rolled out yet. I don't know if you have to downgrade. My guess would be yes.
[Defy General] zakoo2:
funny thing is first it sais i'm up to date, then after a few seconds it changes to "update checking is currently unavailable". wth?
[Defy General] Jakethepeg:
Hopefully, thats cos they are updating the server with our roll out, :Fingers Crossed:
[Defy General] eaustra:
Checking for update takes along time now. I take that as a good sign as well...
[Defy General] eaustra:
"Your system is up to date"

:(
[Defy General] dogo2:
It's only a US version
[Defy General] MrBelter:
I have a SIM free Defy, you would have thought Motorola would have updated all them first.
[Defy General] SWAT AXEL:
guys till now i didn't see any one could find the official international update of 2.2.2

so don't press the panic wait, for a while.

i just worked with 3.0 honeycomb it's damn good on motorola xoom.

so whatever update they going to make it wouldn't reach 3.0.
[Defy General] eaustra:
No panic, just a healthy amount of anxiety. ;)

And i'm sure no one is expecting 3.0 or even 2.3 for that matter. 2.2 is as far as it will go for the Defy. In an official release that is.
[Defy General] ketonkss4:
Lol im running quarx's gingerbread CM7 and it is awesome. I guess the only reason id want this official us froyo with all its crappy bloatware is for wifi calling. =/
[Defy General] enzo887:
can't we found the ROM and just update our devices in europe?
[Defy General] ericlaw02:
So the failure message is only due to you already being rooted, and it can't "re-root" it again?
[Defy General] jebrew:
Extremely confused

I don't understand, I did they update back in August or September and it was 34.4.9 with Android 2.2.1. There's no way this is the same update, but every time I do the check for updates it says I'm good to go. Additionally, I just checked the description on what's "new" and it's all stuff I've had since last year:

New dialer that searches contacts as you dial

Support for linked-in profiles

Task Manager

etc.

but I don't see the 3G Mobile Hotspot on the list, which was my big reason for remembering this update. It sets up a hotspot in infrastructure mode so I could get my eye-fi cards to upload through my phone. Working better than the eye-fi app anyway.

What's the deal? Am I hallucinating? Is this real life? Am I a wizard? Has everyone else seriously been on 2.1 'till now?

** Update **

Okay, I remembered an event the day before I got the update I was all excited about. Went and checked the calendar. Yeah, that was a month ago. Wow...I don't know what's wrong with me today, but I really genuinely had myself convinced that it'd been several months...half a year even. Maybe I need a vacation.

tl;dr: DERp, I got the early update...also apparently drowning in stupidity.
[Defy General] MrBelter:
the defy wasn't even out in August or September :confused:
[Defy General] tjdmobile:
I am running the leaked US Tmo 34.4.4 and am wondering if there is anything major that was fixed for the official? I softbricked my defy after trying to install the CM7 updates. It took me two days off and on flashing SBFs before getting the leaked 34.4.4 to work.

Naturally, if there isn't any huge difference, I would prefer leave well enough alone and keep the leak. Thoughts?
[Defy General] androidtester80:
What froyo?

Is it 2.2.1 or 2.2.2?
[Defy General] gkrananth:
Anbody can upload nandroid and sbf?
[Defy General] jainanshal:
Yeah.. can anybody do it??
[Defy General] lucid_nightmare927:
i tried the update over 3g but after it rebooted it gets to a 25% and then an exclamation..waited a couple of minutes and still nogo.. when i turned it off by removing the battery its back to 2.1.. mine was rooted

i tried unrooting it with super one click , app says ok and superuser.apk not found so i guess its unroot.. i also installed shoot me and it wont run anymore so i guess that also means its unrooted.

tried installing the update again on wifi but its the same thing :(

the only thing i did previously was to root and overclock, i did not delete or renamed any stock apps..

factory reset didnt helped either?

I tap on the bottom right corner and get "assert failed": apply_patch_check(" /system/appVending.apk".

(then two long series of numbers)

E:Error in /cache/blur_version.3.6.360.MB525.T-Mobile.en.US.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

can someone help me on this :(

motorola defy tmobile usa device
[Defy General] makakam:
That's nice but I wonder when the official upgrade will come to Poland.. :/
[Defy General] jakeblu:
Tried earlier today and it said you are uptodate but just tried it now and its saying unavailable. Lets hope its on its way :)
[Defy General] WildBill1234:
@lucid_nightmare927 - I had same issue. I ended up flashing the "stock" 3.6.360 back into the phone. The update went clean after that... Steps I took (found by searching forum and web)

1) Download RSD lite 4.9

2) Download SBF (JORDN_U3_6.36.0_SIGNED_USAJRDNTMOB1B4B5DE1028.0R_JORDANTMO_P022_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf.gz)

3) Wipe Device

4) Start DEFY in Bootloader (PWR + Vol Up)

5) Start RSD Lite and flash.

6) Sign into phone and download update

WARNING - I suggest searching on keywords above. There is lots of good info out there and important warnings! Do your research, take your time and you should be fine.
[Defy General] Telyx:
Rooting doesn't matter; mine was still rooted when I installed the update. I did have to unfreeze the bloatware that I'd frozen, and since I had "System Recovery" installed, I had to delete logwrapper and rename logwrapper.bin to logwrapper.

After installing the update, I rooted with SuperOneClick and re-froze the bloatware.
[Defy General] Telyx:
It's 2.2.1.
[Defy General] Junglenutz:
Whats the differnce
[Defy General] morr22066:
Good instructions, I followed them and they get me up and running again, thanks.
[Defy General] miao2oo:
hihi, i am in malaysia defy onwer. does this updates include for asia version? i tried clicking on system updates, but it keep saying 'checking for updates not available'
[Defy General] RDrg:
it seems it's just for the States, T-Mobile version...

will be available soon for us too ;) don't know when, though :((
[Defy General] lucid_nightmare927:
i got mine working, i re-rooted my phone again so i could delete some hi-jack files namely "logwrapper" under \system\bin using root explorer app from market or somewhere out there :)

and after deleting logwrapper i renamed logwrapper.bin to logwrapper. i un-rooted my phone again.

(some say that you can also delete: su busybox hijack, but i didn't saw them)

download the update again and it'll ask you to reboot to update , viola it worked!

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NOTE: this solved my logwrapper and status 7 error message that can be seen when you get the exclamation sign during the update [tap the lower-right portion of your screen to see the message]

i don't know if it'll work on other error messages as well , try at your own risk!

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maybe these files were leftovers when i un-installed clockwork recovery and super one click, after a day of reading forums i finally got me an updated phone!

welcome FROYO! :D
[Defy General] Booster Gold:
I am totally baffled as to why thats not they're main priority and have contacted them to be met with a stupid responses such as: Sorry, the motorola company is not google. It is Googles responsibility to make sure your phone is updated with the latest version etc. That is bull and I really hope they fix up or they're looking at a second downfall. I would easily root my phone If the superoneclick actually worked and I stopped hearing stories about unstable roms.
[Defy General] thisbeice:
what is sbf? i have searched and found nothing on it. sorry. i am a noob
[Defy General] MrBelter:
Superoneclick works a treat mate, you just need to make sure you have the drivers on your computer first :) http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
[Defy General] zyxwvut:
I have used super one click on EVERY SINGLE ROM I have flashed to my defy, and I have flashed ALOT! hehe........ This update was available last month on these forums and for all the people asking for nandroids etc.. Search these forums there are nandroids already available here. There is NO difference between this update and the test update they released a month ago.

Now I just use CM7 and it is SMOKIN' Only bugs for me are GPS and FM radio! Two things I don't use much anyway but would still love to have them working eventually. GPS works but is SLOW at locking and not always perfectly accurate....
[Defy General] cute_kayani:
hey.. I have T mobile Motorola DEFY but am in Pakistan,Plz tell me when froyo will be available.I checked many time for update every time message pop up (your device is up to date).
[Defy General] eaustra:
I don't think Motorola makes those dates available. I keep getting the same message "Your device is up to date" and I keep yelling to my phone "No, it's not." Very frustrating.
[Defy General] stunno:
I have an unbranded UK Defy on Vodafone and have just received a SMS from Vodafone saying that an upgrade will be available in 30 days that will wipe my phone. Presumably this will be 2.2 - but why would Vodafone upgrade a non Vodafone phone?
[Defy General] Pararocker:
When will be polish version?
[Defy General] mihovil13:
Anyone knows when will the Europe update come out ?

Tnx
[Defy General] Kawadude:
Hi,

i updated to the French 2.2 but there are a couple of issues that i didn't have with 2.1

-in camera mode: no Autofocus and scenes selection ?

-musicplayer: phone reboots while playing music ?

Annyone else with these problems and got a solution for it ?

Thx
[Defy General] Zach21:
Linux version 2.6.32.9-g8431013 (hudsoncm@il93lnxdroid52) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #1 PREEMPT Wed Feb 9 05:13:06 CST 2011

Rooted via ADB + getroot.zip. Other methods (apk) did not work.
[Defy General] dave55:
I got that today as well, same as you vodafone sim in a unbranded defy. Strange.

Will have to see what happens as mines rooted and no idea if it will go back.
[Defy General] stunno:
I've kept mine more or less 'virgin' as I have gone through the "flash - crap it doesn't work as well as stock- flash- crap its getting worse - flash - . . . " with WM 6.0, 6.1, 6.5 and on my last phone - the HTC Wildfire

This phone is the only one that I have had where the performance of the stock ROM deteriorates over time and I need a ROM for performance gains rather than have the phone slow to a stop.

This is a damn shame as I love the phone's size, shape and weight, its just that the motorola Roms are crap!
[Defy General] MrBelter:
SIM Free one being used on T-Mobile here and still nothing
[Defy General] MrBelter:
Because to Vodafone it is just a defy on their network, not a SIM free Defy on their network. As soon as i put my SIM card in my Defy it showed up in my T-Mobile account that i was using a Motorola Defy along with the IMEI number of the handset.
[Defy General] Zach21:
Root

To root this OTA update, I could not use z4root or other methods.

This however worked flawlessly:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12377155&postcount=8
[Defy General] agrickard:
I have a Vodafone Defy (with Voda360 crap on it), but my wife uses that SIM in her old phone and and I too am T-Mobile - I realise I won't receive the notification of an update, but any idea if the manual search for updates will work, i.e. does it require a Vodafone SIM in it?

I actually just picked my phone up from Vodafone today as it was in for repair (speaker stopped working and cracked screen) - I received a brand new handset (apart from the battery and cover that they didn't take) still on 2.1 (2.51), but the guy there told me the update to FroYo is being rolled out and read out the memo on his system, stating it includes the removal of Vodafone360.

However, system update on the phone states the device is up to date (the irony is even with FroYo it still won't be!) and nothing new showing up on device update via Moto's Media Link/Portal Tools.
[Defy General] nicksti:
I am getting the message:

Checking for updates is currently not available. Please try again later.

That means it is not out yet for my phone right?
[Defy General] SemperEgo:
Try updating from a pc, I also got the "phone is up to date" when I tried OTA.
[Defy General] nicksti:
How do I update from a PC? When I connect the phone and go through the portal there are no updates available.

I have an unlocked no carrier Defy.

Edit:

Is there someplace I can download it and install? With instructions since I am a novice.
[Defy General] MrBelter:
http://direct.motorola.com/eng/Soft...ountry=GBR&language=ENG&web_page_name=SUPPORT
[Defy General] agrickard:
I get that over 3G, but "your device is up to date" over wifi, with only the 2.51 update available via the PC!
[Defy General] SemperEgo:
Does anyones battery seem worse after the update? It seems to drain so much faster now :(.
[Defy General] nth256:
YESSSSSSS!!! Battery drain is disgusting w/ 2.2.1, also feels very unstable, and while wifi hotspot is a great addition, the 3G radio & wifi radio drop connection if the phone is being used at the same time - whether using internet enabled apps or not (on the phone). More bloatware too.

I miss my Eclair. Tmo effed up my phone. Eclair was a dream on the Defy. :(
[Defy General] bblubb:
Hi!,

that's worrying news :s

Could people with the official 2.2-release post some more experience with it? (positive vs. negative)

Do you see any speed improvements or, on the contrary, additional lags?

Did anyone make some benchmarkts under the official 2.2?

(to compare to the official 2.1 and to custom 2.2-roms without overclocking or other mods)

I was waiting for this 2.2-update to buy a Defy (mainly because of announced speed improvements and thethering), but these news are making me rethink this...
[Defy General] Zach21:
I had the official Motorola Froyo for a couple of days. Seemed OK, but on the slower side. I think they also added a couple of junk apps.

Once you have the official Froyo, jboogie3 rom is a simple install, just flash the rom and that’s it (no need for sbf/rsd lite). The phone is very fast on this rom and everything seems to work so far.
[Defy General] SemperEgo:
Seems my battery drainage problem resolved itself. I even dare say my battery life now improved upon the old 2.1 rom. It is also a bit faster, it lags just that little bit less when scrolling my homescreens (not that the 2.1 lagged, just very occasionally). What I notice most however is an increased signal strength for wifi networks, places in the house where I would not get a good signal and lose the signal all together now give an acceptable signal.

I'm glad the battery problem resolved itself because if it would have persisted it would have been a real bummer. But for now, I'm glad I updated.
[Defy General] SemperEgo:
Ok I'll have to take back I said previously...

I had amazing battery life during the day. Uncoupled at 6.30am and still had 80% when I went to bed at 1am, did some texting and browsing during the day. All very good. But when I woke up the next day it was at 40% :$. Why would my phone drop from 80% to 40% overnight?
[Defy General] Zach21:
For me the biggest advantage of this update is that afterwards, flashing many custom roms you can find on this forum is an easy process. Before it was more complicated and little sketchy. Now it's a standard recovery to the new roms with standard backup tool.

So if anyone wants to replace the ROM, I would start by doing this update, and save the complexity of other methods of going to 2.2.1
[Defy General] bblubb:
thanks for the interesting info!!

It's very nice to read about that advantage in case of rooting & flashing a custom ROM. (as, IF I would root the phone and replace the ROM, I wouldn't want to have to mess around to much and would like to keep an easy option for putting the original (or another) firmware back on it)

The battery life dropping down over night, wouldn't that be due to some heavy battery consuming bloatware? Or have you filtered out/deleted/frozen most of it?

I'm rather intrigued by the fact that no speed advantage is noticed with stock-2.2 compared to stock-2.1, as I always read there was a significant performance increase inherent to the Android update in all other phones.

Just wondering, how well does the flash-software in 2.2 works? (if I'm not mistaking, that's one of the important upgrades)
[Defy General] Zach21:
Updating is easy:

Get the over the air update to 2.2.1 from tmobile/Motorola and verify that it actually installed.

Root the phone (root is like super user)

Install clockwork mod recovery tool

Back up your system, so you can always go back to the Motorola rom.

Copy the new rom (its a directory of files) to your SD card into the backup folder.

Start the phone in clockwork recovery and flash a new rom, which is basically restoring a backup from the new rom.

Don't like it? Start the phone in recovery again and flash your original motorola backup.

Each one of these steps has its own quirks that are described in dedicated threads, but generally everything should the first time this way (at least for me it did).

In most cases, thats all it takes. jboogie3 roms are night and day faster than motorola rom. He removes the bloatware and optimize the build. You can also over clock (even faster phone) and undervolt (longer battery life) and this phone is hard to beat.
[Xperia Arc General] Leafhill:
Hi All,

I'm having this strange problem with my SE arc. When I take screenshots using the USB cable and ddms colors int he screenshots are wrong. If I simply plug in my N1 or Moto Milestone I don't have this problem. Is my phone broken or is there something I can do in software to fix it?

Example:

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
Try to use myphonexplorer this should work great
[Xperia Arc General] Leafhill:
Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear in my problem description. I think my ac has a problem in screenshot software. I don't know if it is a common problem with SE arc or just my phone (in which case I should return it).
[Xperia Arc General] hush66:
I get the same red-tint when I use ddms. I think it's a common issue for all arcs.
[Xperia Arc General] Leafhill:
OK, thanks hush66. I'll whine about it to SE then :)
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
It's a common issue. i tried ShootM https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bw.picme.local and Screenshot https://market.android.com/details?id=com.geeksoft.screenshot

ShootM had the red tint but Screenshot didn't had it and worked great. but in screenshot section someone said that you could take with myphoneexplorer withouth the red tint
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Did you use MyPhoneExplorer to sync with Outlook?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Using "Screenshot" on my rooted Arc.

Hehe.. Nearly said X10 then!!!..

All good..
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
I don't use windows so myphoneexplorer doesn't work for me. Sorry
[Xperia Arc General] maxx228:
After rooted

I can use screenshot(Gik soft)
[Xperia Arc General] adiktz:
I'm having the same problem with screenshot apps...!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] NapoleonDK:
I can't post links yet. Just Google: iPhone tracking your location

This has already been posted once, but because it is a big deal I wanted to draw more attention to it. As most of the people on XDA run rooted phones and custom ROMs, I would like to know if our favorite ROM developers have happened upon anything "interesting" regarding location data baked into stock ROMs/AOSP ROMs/Cyanogen (God forbid), or any other suspicious behavior.

I don't want to see people freaking out, or pointless jokes about tin foil hats, I'm interested in a discussion regarding our Android devices and location data and the storage of that data.

We all know that Google tracks our searches and some location data in order to provide targeted advertising. This is fine, because I would much rather see an advertisement for a 2012 concept car or screenshots from TES:Skyrim instead of something Macy's or Vagisil related. I'm more concerned about unauthorized people gaining access to this data. If I need to get rid of my Droid X with Fission 2.5.7 to protect my younger siblings or my fiancée or my future child, I want to make that decision with HARD DATA to back it up.

~NDK

[EDIT: Mods may move this if necessary, but my question is really directed towards developers and their (much deeper) understanding of Android and how it operates.]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Androidboy35961:
Lookout keeps me safe.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] NapoleonDK:
It may keep your phone safe, yes. Allowing Lookout to track my phone was convenient for a while, but I realized that in 4 years of smartphone ownership I had never lost my phone do to my invention of the ASSPAT. That's right, the

Automated Self Search for Phone And Things

. I do it every time I leave the house! Anyway, Lookout ended up being just another useless app that added nothing to my Android experience and subtracted battery life. (Although I saw minimal battery life change and actually liked that app.)

On topic, please ask your dev if they have ever happened upon anything suspicious in digging through the Android file structure.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nicandris:
really? how sure can you be abt that? you know that any app that has root rights can do practically anyth to your phone don't you?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
Damn T-Mobile. They locked the email signature to their stupid slogan. It doesn't stick when I try to change it. I use corporate email and thus have to delete it and add my own on every email.

Is there a way around this?

-sent from my LG 2Gx
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Minker17:
No. There is another thread on this.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dhruv.always:
I want to change my xda signature
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
So there is no way to change even if you have a custom Roms???
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
You sure you are doing it correctly. I have the stock Gingerbread ROM and I have changed my signature with no problem (phone network unlocked and not being used on TMO). In the gmail app did you go into More, Settings, click on account, click on signature, change signature and click ok.
[LG Optimus 2x] svntsvn:
Anyone know if the g2x can accept the roms from the 2x threads once the recovery hits? I'd like to try out the custom ui, stock froyo is a bit stale for me.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, seems like an identical phone, but I just want to be sure the radios, etc are compatible. thanks.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamiekuhn:
The instructions I followed to install superclean had me download the leaked froyo then flash over with sc. Can I install sc on my wife's if she gets the ota froyo update or do I need to flash the leaked froyo first? Can't believe that froyo was released 1 day after I finally updated on my own! (Kind of glad though bc I love sc and wouldn't have had the seeds to flash a custom rom if I didn't think that froyo was never coming :) )