[Defy General] morr22066:
Defy 2.2 upgrade not installing

Yes, I'm trying to install the official T-Mobile USA 2.2 upgrade that was released over the air. I've never used RSD lite, I will take a look at the link. Is RSD lite difficult to use?

* Update, I had an error 7 message when trying to install the over the air update and I was missing several stock apps so I wanted to start fresh. The last time I flashed a device was my old Nokia Tablet so it's been a while but RSD lite was pretty simple once I found the correct SBF.

I found several sets of instructions here in the forums but they are scattered across multiple threads so I've been trying to gather them together in one spot to make it easier for the next person who has this same issue. Thank you to everyone who post instructions for an easy to walk through fix.

1) Download RSD lite 4.9

http://www.mediafire.com/?7xjs2d6nubeatc6

2) Locate correct SBF and Download (JORDN_U3_6.36.0_SIGNED_USAJRDNTMOB1B4B5DE1028.0R_JORDANTMO_P022_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf) for T-mobile USA 2.1 stock, unzip file

http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy

3) Wipe Device

4) Start DEFY in Bootloader (PWR + Vol Up) if necessary download and install the T-mobile froyo bootonly.sbf

http://bluedg.npage.de/get_file.php?id=15782585&vnr=589384

5) Start RSD Lite, Select SBF and flash

6) Sign into phone and download update

7) After installing the update, I did a factory reset and I rooted with SuperOneClick and restored from Titanium backup

Re-Rooting with Superoneclick

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=489694&d=1295035181

Plug in in Portal mode. Activate Usb Debugging. Execute Superoneclick with Adminrights and then click on root, restart your phone.

Or try this:

Step 1; Turn your android phones USB Debugging OFF.

Step 2: Download and launch Superoneclick with Admin rights on your PC. Then Click Root.

Step 3: When it says: Waiting for Device, Turn USB Debugging ON

Step 4: It’ll now run RATC

Step 5: When it says: Starting ADB Server…

Step 6: Turn your android phones USB Debugging OFF

Step 7: Turn your android phones USB Debugging ON

Step 8: Turn your android phones USB Debugging OFF

Step 9: All BEFORE it says “Waiting for device…” again

Other tweeks:

Next I downloaded the Defy SD Recovery App from the market and it also an smoothly without any problems.

Then I downloaded SetVsel from the Market for the Defy to overclock it, it comes with 3 preset Vsel settings for 300, 600 and 800. I kept the first two at 33 / 300 and 48 / 600 then increased the 3rd preset to a 52 / 1000 and the CPU now hits 1000MHz, I have also had it set at 58 / 1100 and it works well. There is a noticeable boost plus battery life is at least as good as it was before. I also ran the stability test just to see if there were any issues and it went well.

Then I downloaded Uninstaller for Root from the market and began freezing some of the preinstalled bloatware from T-Mobile one at a time and so far I'm not having any problems.

And then installed Titanium Backup from the market and scheduled regular backups.

So far everything seems to be working well.

Extras:

Motorola website release files for JORDN_U3_6.19.0:

https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/..._defy/frs.defy_tmo.jordn_u3_6_19_0?_pagenum=1

Motorola Defy 2.2 (34.4.9) System Update Release Notes:

http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles..._Blur_Version.34.4.9.MB525.T-Mobile.en.US.pdf

Motodev Defy Page:

http://developer.motorola.com/products/me525/