yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy General] stewi21:
good idea, but to go back from cyanogen to a CWM backup you have to first flash back to stock so the kernel isnt different
[Defy General] Proda:
Cause FAQ topic about CM7 in Dev section is dead I'm gonna aks some things here...

I don want to ask some questions in Quarx CM7 topic, considering this one more appropriate for that.

So I would like to know which nightly is the most stable one to install? And what other tweaks do I need to do in order to have fully functional mobile phone with CM7 on it?

By fully functional, I asume that there are no WiFi problems of any kind (battery drain, signal loss, random disc/conn, WPA2 probs...), that 3G is working good in Serbia, no cammera FCs or any other probs, MMS sending/receiving works, no contacts editing problems (cause I've seen that some guys had that), no Market problems, no Calendar and Gallery problems, that YouTube and Gmail work like charm...

And of course, that battery can last 2+ days with normal, modarate usage (few calls, 20-30 sms, wifi on for few hours, 3g on but not sync, some listening to music, maybe 30-45min of playin games).

If u could point me to the best solution and how to install it I would appreciate that very much...

Tnx...
[Defy General] koolguitarist:
Cannot install gapps

I flashed it today, everythings fine but just cant install gapps......nothing happens...if i install market and gtalk using apk seperately they wont open...whats the issue? i used the stable cm7
[Defy General] asn39:
hi people tell me ur review about CM7s different versions

hi all m new to modding and i m interested in getting cm7 i have my stock SBF (full)

now which is best stable rom for my defy (green lens) stock rom is good...but we always want better...(Defy India W/O Blur )
[Defy General] marton!:
Phone stucks on boot menu - help

I have installed CyanogenMod 7 V7.1.0 (9 Oct 2011), and it works fine about two days until today :-(

After installing 2nd init with bootmenu from market, my phone stucks on boot logo, so I decided to remove 2nd init from 2nd init menu.

Now, my phone still stucks on boot menu, I tried to restart phone, but no success.

Also, I tried to flash with RSD Lite, but my PC does not recognizes my phone.

Can anybody help me with this?

Is it possible to flash phone via system recovery by update.zip ?

Thanks!
[Defy General] labsin:
All your answers are in the defy begins guide in general. Why instal 2nd init after CM7? It already comes with latest.

Now, instal the right drivers, go to boot menu and flash an froyo sbf. Go to stock recovery sbf do a full wipe. (maybe that last one is all you need)

Normally you can't brick it ;)

Sent from my MB525
[Defy General] marton!:
Many thanks for your suggestion!

Problem solved by entering into Bootloader Mode and flashing with RSD Lite tool.
[Defy General] prashjack:
Can I install the official cm7.1 directly over my stock froyo 3.4.3-36-1.7 or should I flash the nordic froyo before installing?

help plz
[Defy General] stewi21:
just go over stock, back in the day i used to think the base ROM affected it, but it doesnt change anything, so as long as its froyo youre good (:
[Defy General] jh20:
hi stewi21. i know you don't have the defy anymore so you probably haven't been following the cm7 development? there's been another change since i last suggested to add running defy baseband switcher to your flashing procedure. google had since instructed cyanogen to remove gapps from their roms (copy right?). so you need to put flashing gapps step back into the procedure. :)

also, the reason you don't need to flash nordic rom anymore because in the earlier days cm7 roms used the nordic rom's kernal as base. nowadays the newer released stable rom comes with it's own updated kernal and as such don't need the nordic kernal anymore. and as such you no longer required to flash nordic rom since it's now redundant.
[Defy General] stewi21:
sure, i wasnt sure about the GAPPS i got mixed responses last time i asked about them.

and ahhh interesting, i didnt know that >.< also do defys have unlockable bootloaders now?

EDIT: Correct me if im wrong, but arent GAPPS in my guide still?
[Defy General] jh20:
i read your first post again and you're right, gapps is still mentioned there so no changes needed.

defy's bootloader is still locked. but they somehow managed to load another kernal on top of the base. i don't know much about the technicality of it though.

actually the nordic rom wasn't a requirement, it was just the preferred base. many of us just use the stock froyo as base. anyway newer roms have their own updated kernal and the base kernal gets overwriten when you flash them. so the base rom isn't important anymore, as long as it's froyo (cm7 still requires froyo).
[Defy General] nagibsalha:
720p libs

No libs for CM7 2.3.7???? (rec 720p)
[Defy General] craig14:
g'apps

Hi guys, looking for a bit of help,

Flashed CM and everything seemed to go okay, opened the app drawer and had no market or gmail...

The gapps zip was on the root of the SD card with the update-cm zip

Tried downloading the market apk, when I installed it and opened it up it asks to sign in with Google account, then goes back to home screen?

Do I have to do anything with the gapps zip or just leave one root of SD card?

Thanks Craig
[Defy General] stewi21:
Silly me, i didn't say to flash the gaps zip XD so yeah, just flash the gapps zip the same way u flashed the cm7 one, probably delete the android market you downloaded first
[Defy General] craig14:
Thanks mate,

Getting force closes off YouTube and gmail, do you suggest just factory reset and flash the gapps file again?
[Defy General] stewi21:
yeah, clear just the cache (from recovery) first, and if that doesn't work try a factory reset, also if it continues maybe check out the defy forums, cuz i dunno if my gapps link is out dated, if it is let me know
[Defy General] nikolai1611:
Thanks a lot for the help on this forum. You guys have really explained the installation of CM7 very precisely!
[Defy General] golym:
it is very useful thx
[Defy General] ashwanikoul:
think this needs revision for the installing new nightlies CM 7.2

needs revision and the links dont work
[Defy General] stewi21:
could you revise it for me and pm me the revisions? I no longer have a defy.
[Defy General] jh20:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1033654
[Defy General] WarLion:
M8 you rock this tut is the most complet step by step guide i read

Motorola Defy CM7 1.2Ghz
[Defy General] :
Nicely Assembled all the data. Thanks.
[Defy General] huumm:
Guys, I desperately need help. I followed the guide to install CM7.1 nightly into my Defy and at the end I got the CM7 logo loop. I then took out the battery and put it back and now it's stuck at the small "Google" logo. I took out the battery again and went to the system recovery to wipe cache/factory reset. I got bunch of mount cache errors (command, log). I then went to the custom recovery and did the wipe cache again, this time, the there were some "open" and "mount" cache. I did it one more time and all of these errors gone. Booted it up again, and it still stucked at the "Google" screen so I went into the custom recovery trying to wipe dalvik cache. Select that but nothing happened. No question asked to confirm and all it did was bring the cursor/highlight up to the option above it "Motorola Recovery".

Any helps would be highly appreciated !!!
[Defy General] jh20:
you didn't say what did you have on your phone before flashing cm7. that could be the problem as most of the nightlies do not come with the kernel iirc.

so i recommend you to reflash from scratch again. just reboot back into recovery, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache. then flash the cm7-kernel-signed.zip along with the nightly you want. reboot and see if that works.

nightly link:

http://defy.wdscript.fr/jordan-nightly/

cm7 kernel link:

http://www.wupload.com/file/2633330137
[Defy General] EvoEndless:
Bug .

Hi everyone ! I've recently flashed least cm72-120131.0531-NIGHTLY-Defy.zip and everything's work fine ! I like so much new transition and increase speed . Now I can play Sprinkle and GTA3 with no problems .. BUT ! Camera doesn't start :( ( opening crash ) . I've red lens . Anyone know how to fix or wait for another update nightly ? Thx CM :)
[Defy General] stagefer:
Will CM 7.1 possibly fix bluetooth problems ?

Hi, I have the Defy with a stock Froyo ROM.

I´m having bluetooth incompatibilities problems between the Defy and my helmet bluetooth headset (Cardo Scala Rider G4), the headset works fine with many other phones that I´ve tried, the problem is only with the Defy.

The question is:

is there a possibility that I can solve that problems by flashing CM 7.1 ROM ?

Or is it more like a hardware problem and no matter what ROM I flash, it will be the same ?

Thanks in advance.
[Defy General] labsin:
Make a nand backup first(you need enough space on card). You can try it and if it doesn't work and you don't like CM7, you can easily restore it. Also take a look at titanium backup first as if you want to stay on CM7, you don't lose your apps and data.

Sent from my MB525
[Defy General] stagefer:
Thanks for answering labsin. I`ve rooted the phone and I`m about to continue with the next steps.

The only thing that I`m not sure about, is which stock froyo rom do I have to flash before restoring the nandroid back up I will create, if I decide to get back to original froyo, and where to get it.

This is what the guide says about it:

((NOTE: When restoring backup you must first flash a stock from (2.2/2.1 if the back up was done on either, and 2.3 if it was done on 2.3) as it doesnt backup the kernel]))

The official ROM I have is android 2.2.1, version 3.4.2-107_JDNL-7

It`s the original from the carrier Personal, in Argentina.

Thanks.
[Defy General] WarLion:
Just make a backup (nano) of your phone and flash cm7 and you are good to go the hard part is rooting the phone and you saw that wasnt that hard after all.

Before flash any rom make a backup of your apps with titanium backup to restore your apps after flashing a new rom

Enviado desde mi Xoom usando Tapatalk
[Defy General] stagefer:
Thanks, I'll do that. But before, I need to be sure that I can get back to original froyo. And have a few doubts about that.

1 - Do I need to flash a full froyo stock sbf, and then restore the nandroid backup ?

2 - Or could it be done just by restoring the nandroid backup ?

3 - Or do I need to find the original SBF for my country and my carrier ?

If 1 is correct: what version must I install, and where to find it.

If 2 is correct: I'll be flashing CM7.1 right after reading the answer.

If 3 is correct: I can't find it, and-developers.com link is broken.

Thanks for your help guys.
[Defy General] Miles Prower:
Hello,

I just got a Defy and plan to install CM9 later on when it will be available.

It's a Green Lense (SOC) Defy currently running stock Froyo, french, SFR-branded. I'd like to try out CM7 on this beast first.

There's one issue though : the MultiUpload link is dead. Can someone rehost its content?

Also, which GApps package should I get?
[Defy General] jh20:
i would recommend you to use this one:

http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/gigglebread/?id=jordan

it's basically cm7 with some very nice fine tuned and extras. it's a full rom with kernel included, and i believe it already come bundled with gapps. if not you can get it from here:

http://goo-inside.me/gapps/

use gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip.

so all you have to do is root with superoneclick, install 2ndinit, and then do a full wipe and install the rom in recovery.
[Defy General] jorgeoro:
Hey guys just a doubt, i have a Defy+ with 2.3.5 android, i just want to know if i will have problems flashing this ROM and where to find the SBF fixed files and nandroids. Thanks
[Defy General] Dreadnott 117:
Just joined to say thank you for the guide. It helped immensely.
[Defy General] Bribo54:
I followed these instructions and all seemed OK but I found that the home and search buttons didn`t work at all. Also anyone who called me were taken to answerphone.

After many re-flashes trying different mods I got the same result. I eventually found a post somewhere that said you should clear cache and dalvik cache once again after flashing but before re-booting .

Voila everything is working fine.

Maybe not everyone needs to do this but there are lots of people who have the same problems as I was having and you could include this in your instructions.

Another problem that I had after flashing was, when I tried to sign in to my Google account it kept failing saying " can`t establish reliable data connection".

This was fixed by doing a factory reset.

I hope some of this helps.

Thanks for all your help n info guys, you rock.
[Defy General] dgero83:
hi, i had installed cm9 on my defy red lens. But it didn't work well, so i downloaded the cm7 and gapps, and installed them using clockwork. But it kept booting, something went wrong, so i decided to install again. The problem now is that i don't have clockwork, i have just the standardrecovery, whoch doesnt make me choose between files to install. I have the choice to install update.zip. For this reason i named the file cyanogenmod7.zip to update.zip and told my phone to install update.zip. But now i get the message E: failed to verify whole-file signature. What should i do now?

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:54 AM ----------

what if i don't have cwm and i don't have install from sd card? i installed a rom which isn't working, so i can't enter into the cwm, and when i enter in recovery mode i only have the choice apply update.zip from sd card how can i solve this problem? Help!!!
[Defy General] kadopt:
Flash a sbf file with rsd lite. Root the ROM and install cmw and start from there.
[Defy General] hyklamin77:
Going to brick?

hi there!

what is the status of CM7 on Motorola Defy+?

I have received a brand new defy+ and would like to install CM7. is it a procedure known to be working?

thanks
[Defy General] jokermithun:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1595013

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Defy General] 2ndHalfCor:
Still works

I've had my Defy a long time and had never tried a custom ROM, but I was looking for something a bit quicker. I read this thread and followed the instructions and it worked fine. Everything seems to be working and my Defy has a new lease on life.

I was concerned because this is an old thread and the excitement all seems to be with JellyBean. Reading about the various problems there, especially the memory limitations, lead me to try this older version instead. Nice to know it still works and works well for those who have an original Defy and want to extend its life.

Thanks to those who keep this thread up to date.
[Defy General] aaamuj:
can't see google play icon in upgraded 2.3.7

Hi everyone,

I rooted and upgraded my motorola defy to 2.3.7 using above procedure. The upgrade was successful and it works like a charm. but I am unable to see the google market(google play) icon. Can you please suggest me what to do.
[Defy General] stewi21:
What do you mean by are unable to use it?
[Defy General] edzalv:
Thanks for the guide. It helped me alot :) But unfortunately im having problems with poor battery life. With normal usage it barely lasts 5 hours. I have to charge my phone 2 - 3 times a day. Can some one help me guys? Maybe i have to install new kernel or something? And if so, then how do i do that? Sorry for the stupid questions, im new to all this. thanks!
[Defy General] heathenasparagus:
So, this happened to me:

so as you suggested, I did this:

but when I do this:

Nothing happens.

I tried holding the buttons, pressing them several times, back and forth etc.

Now its just stuck on the Android logo with exclamation sign.

Ideas?
[Defy General] TheBirdOfHermes:
Thanks, will try soon :)
[Defy General] _Pants_:
2nd init not compatible with Froyo 2.2.2 Telstra Australia

2nd init is not compatible with my Froyo 2.2.2 stock telstra build (which I've rooted via superoneclick). The google play store doesn't show the app on my phone, and when I try to browse google play it explicitly says the device is not supported:

Official Froyo 2.2 (2.2.2) SBF for Telstra Australia.

Thread link:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1179381

Is there another app I can use instead of 2ndinit?

I've tried to install rebooter:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playfulgod.rebooter

​

and use the 2ndinit option from there - but it doesn't seem to do anything on reboot - tit just goes straight to the normal os.
[Defy General] jh20:
hey mate, try to get the 2ndinit from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12840033

hope it helps.
[Defy General] act_tony:
Hello all, I've been using a Defy for more than 2 years now and I was very happy with its performance, lately I been reading a lot about CM and ROMs and all of that and there are a few things I don't quite understand and maybe you could help me with those. I rooted my phone, and installed the 2nd init/bootloader so it's basically ready for some action.

I went to custom recovery and did a backup. my first question here is what exactly does this backup include?

The steps on installing the CM7 are easy, i just copy the needed files on the SD card, go to custom recovery, wipe stuff and install. No big deal there, so my second question is, in case I don't like CM7 how easy is to go back from when I started, do I just go again to custom recovery and restore the backup I did earlier and that's it? or is there an additional instruction or trick? because the part explaining to install a kernel before restoring or something like that, i didn't understand

Now, third question, separately I have to backup the apps and other info and stuff on my phone if I decided to keep CM7 so I can loaded all my stuff into it, right?

4th question, I also understand that CM10 is available, how safe is this for the Defy? is it stable?

Last question, does the CM improves battery life? because my main issue right now is battery life and that why I am looking into trying out CM. or are there hidden tips to improve it while using Froyo-TMobile-Blur aside from close apps, brightness, internet, wireless, etc.

Thank you, I am new to all this customization so thanx for bearing with me :laugh:
[Defy General] joelman2008:
Hi i have a big problem my phone starts up but it keeps loading. If flash with this rom but nothing.
[Defy General] adyrafy:
You used clockwork recovery to install Gapps, didn't you?

Now you're in a bootloop (moto sign and nothing else is on)

Now the only way to restore your phone is to flash a 2.2 sbf file with RSD Lite

For this you have to enter bootloader menu (power button + vol up), but only after you secure all moto drivers for windows or mac pc + you have a stock 2.2 ROM

I recommend 3.4.3.11

It happened to me to

The clockwork recovery is used only to install CM7

After CM7 is booted, reboot phone and when the blue notification light is on, press vol down to enter 2init custom recovery mode to install Gapps and other updated zip files over the CM7.
[Defy General] nichz:
Hi Stewi,

Just wanted to register and say thankyou so much for this HowTo.

I've been following the original CM7 thread, and as it's over 100 or so pages, I found a bit hard to follow :P

I got there in the end. I initially went from my stock 2.1 upto 2.2.1 - had a few problems there and thought I had bust my phone, but it worked out ok.

Going from that to full 2.3 following this guide was easy peasy and worked 1st time :)

One question, do you know of any docs on 2nd-init. I'd like to understand what all the different options do.

Thanks again!
[Defy General] alberson:
I did flash, but now the MTP driver always fail to install. Any updated drivers?

I was wishing to flahs another rom with SBF Lite.
[Defy General] joelman2008:
I dont understand this part:

"For this you have to enter bootloader menu (power button + vol up), but only after you secure all moto drivers for windows or mac pc + you have a stock 2.2 ROM"
[Defy General] stewi21:
Did u press vol down on when The blue LED Lit up on the first boot? Cuz that's what happened when I forgot to.

What adyrafys talking about is flashing a fresh ROM with rsdlite, if you decide to do this, first boot your phone into stock recovery, either hold down power and vol down, or if you are in a boot loop, take out the battery, and put it back in while holding down those 2 buttons. When the android appears on your screen press vol up and down together, then navigate to wipe data/factory reset and select it. once this is completed reboot your phone into the bootloader (hold vol up and power while booting up). make sure you have the correct drivers for your defy installed on your pc, then plug it in and open rsdlite, you should already be familiar with the flashing process, and you could just flash the .sbf you downloaded from my tutorial, then your phone should be up and running again :)
[Defy General] Glewis21:
Need help getin da sd card to work on my epic 4g
[Defy General] stewi21:
@Nichz all the info on the 2nd init boot menu can be found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1026853 (:

@glewis21 this is the defy forum, try posting in the epic 4g forum
[Defy General] joelman2008:
stewi21 and adyrafy Ty alot. One of my problems was that i forget how i access to the recovery mode. Now i will see if it works^^ Ty
[Defy General] Jason1989:
Thank you so much.

I'll try it right now
[Defy General] mys_721tx:
Thanks for the guide, but since re-install 2nd init will brick the CM 7 and I failed to enter 2nd init which came along wih the CM7, is there any method to upgrade CM7 beta 3 to beta 4.1?

PS: I try to install rom manager with clockwork mod recovery, it bricks the phone too.
[Defy General] businessman9:
I am so happy that my gps agps works!!!!!

but the sensors seem act a littlebit slow and not that accurate,

compass moves big scale insteaad of few degrees!!!!!
[Defy General] stewi21:
@mys my only suggestion is back up your stuff and do a fresh installation, if you can access stock recovery try naming the latest cm7 as update.zip and then applying it from stock recovery (pwr + vol down at boot, then vol up + vol down when the android appears)

i would still recommend doing a fresh installation if you cant access the bootmenu still.

@buisnessman try rebooting, the accelerometer having lag is a reported issue with cm7, but a reboot should fix it for a while
[Defy General] jimmyme:
Hey Guys

Thanks for the help!

I have the following problem.

After downloading the .gz file, I changed it to .sbf and then attempt to use RSDlite 4.9 to flash but the program shows:

"Error Validating image files"

and then refuses to flash... :(

any ideas?

Thanks
[Defy General] FreVDP:
thx, without this guide I would have never found out how to install cyanogen on my defy :)

edit:

is it possible to flash the phone with a mac computer? the RSDlite seems to be windows only. I don't have a windows computer to do this.
[Defy General] Aerotrix:
Thank you so much for this amazing post, I've been trying to get custom ROMs working on my phone all day after rooting it this morning. This worked like charm and I couldn't be happier.

The only hiccup I had was that I wasn't able to successfully flash using RSDlite so I attempted to start with the t-mobile default rom instead. Worked fine and I'm sitting at the cyanogenmod start screen now. :D
[Defy General] mys_721tx:
rsd lite only works along with spf file. and in rhis method you need clockwork recovery to install the cm 7
[Defy General] stewi21:
@jimmy you need to extract the .gz using winrar or the like then flash it :-)

@ frevdp you could install Windows with boot camp, I have a mac also.

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] jimmyme:
omg. so simple.... sorry for noob issue and wasting time. :P

thanks again!