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[Defy General] cool_sid007:
heyy.. cool guide.. i was on cm7 in like no time following the guide..

btw.. just for others, i was on PAYS ROM n i had flashed it with sum 3.4.3.11 UK rom earlier.. so i just skipped step 1-4.. and updated the cm7 rom directly...

cm7 is fast.. and to my surprise the UI is even better than the default ROM and PAYS for that matter.. but my main reason to switch was with the hopes to have a better battery life.. lets see hw cm7 fairs up in this.. !!!
[Defy General] stewi21:
@ cool sid, try setting up setvsel, setcpu and milestone overclock to undervolt and set CPU to 300 mhz when the screen is off :-) search defy forums for setvsel CPU damage and you'll find some tips :-)

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] FreVDP:
I was hoping there was another way because I'm too lazy to install bootcamp :p but if it's the only way, I'll try it like that, thx.
[Defy General] ptrueber:
Hello,

Can anyone help me out? I had Beta 4 installed and I wanted to upgrade to Beta 4.1 - So I installed the Recovery APK for the Defy (because it seemed that I missed the reboot option that comes with CM7) and pressed "Install recovery system" which worked without an error (I did that the same when I upgrade from Beta 3 to Beta 4). But this time it failed hard in the end, because the phone stopped booting and I have no clue how to solve it:

I tried flashing it back with RSD Lite to 3.4.2_145_finland.sbf (which was the latest I flashed on it before CM), but it did not help. As well I tried flashing 3.4.2_74-Stock.KR_BLUR.sbf and 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC.sbf which did not help either, so I thought that maybe the bootloader got damaged and tried flashing defy_2.51_boot_only.sbf as well with no luck.

The phone just shows the Motorola or defy logo (depending on the rom) and thats it. With the 3.4.2_145_finland.sbf rom it sometimes blinked, so it may rebooted?

Can anyone help me out to get my Defy up and running again? I appreciate any help!

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,

Phil
[Defy General] adyrafy:
Do this:

Before the flash, wipe all the data and cache from the phone

With the VOL down + power buton

Then flash
[Defy General] ptrueber:
Hello,

I forgot that I could do that - Worked like a charm. Flashed to an old rom and now back to CM7.

Thanks a lot!
[Defy General] FreVDP:
if i do that i get a screen with the android robot and an exclamation mark.

the only thing i can do is pull out the battery and restart... (ok, just had to press volume up and down)

and the superoneclick doesn't do anything, it just keeps waiting for the device.

edit:

cyanogemod has been installed, seems to be working perfectly. thx
[Defy General] Debugger420:
hello!!

when u get android robot with "!" mark,touch bottom right corner of your screen just above search key and then wipe all data and cache and wipe partitions

then reboot phone in bootloader mode then use RSDlite to flash sbf
[Defy General] FreVDP:
that didn't work for me... i had to push volume up and down at the same time.
[Defy General] scott.alford:
Have been runing CyanogenMod on an Australian Optus Defy for a couple of days now. Did have a few dramas getting everything installed properly as I kept getting stuck in a boot loop. I found that installing googleapps after successfully booting into CM7 did the trick.

Only trouble now is that I loose reception when not in a 3G covered area (2G only). With the original phone no probs with with Pays-ROM no problems. Anyone else experienced this??

Thanks

Scott
[Defy General] scott.alford:
Fixed - used installed Defy Basebandswitcher to set correct baseband. Was set on US T-Mobile.
[Defy General] binodnepal:
Did you use the optus band I am using that too but when the signal goes to 2g its takes a long time to come back to 3g do you have similar issue
[Defy General] stewi21:
I'm with virgin using the Optus baseband and having no such problems

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] zhaofa:
Thank you so much.
[Defy General] Trekcicity:
Is anyone having problems with the gapps youtube? I can't seem to get the youtube app, or even the mobile site (m.youtube.com) to work at all. Just keeps telling me it cannot play.

Might this be because I've retained my downgradability to 2.1?

-Edit-

Ok I've discovered that YouTube works only in HQ mode. Odd, but I can work with that.
[Defy General] seukumeama:
most simple impossible , but here i install te CM zip and reboot , so a reboot again and install gapps (for make a sure enable wifi before install google and get a restore works)
[Defy General] FreVDP:
how do i have to install the "fix.zip" for beta 5? do i have to do that in bootloader or RSDlite? I can't ask it in the cyanogenmod topic because I don't have enough posts.
[Defy General] stewi21:
@frevdp if your talking about an update just install zip from the bootmenu custom recovery :-)

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] FreVDP:
that was it, thx
[Defy General] scott.alford:
No obvious delay. When I set the basebandswitcher to the correct carrier I instantly got back reception...
[Defy General] ryangus:
I've just picked up a 900Mhz version to replace my 850MHz rooted HTC Legend (I'm on Telstra, obviously).

My firmware version is 2.1-update1 and my Kernel is 2.6.29. Will the steps in the first post of this thread work for my phone, and are there any traps for new players I should be aware of?

Apologies if this info is all contained here already - just wanting to cut to the chase :confused:
[Defy General] stewi21:
nah it doesnt matter what firmware version you start with for this guide, and no, i made this guide for noobs (: cuz i had trouble myself

oh and also, once you've installed CM7 and everything, go into the baseband switcher in your apps and switch to telstra so you get the best reception possible.
[Defy General] mys_721tx:
Hi, stewi21. Could you enter the 2nd init menu that came with CM7 for defy? I guess if that works, it will be a method to update to next beta version.
[Defy General] stewi21:
If that works you could still install updates, but I would still recommend doing a fresh install just so it doesn't cause you any more problems
[Defy General] taggymy:
Hello guys, good guide there,

i'm having some problems with Gapps not being able to install. I've already attempted to install gapps from the .zip folder, both the older one and the one that's released yesterday. When CM7 boots up for the first time on my phone i get a screen prompting gapps install. after selecting all, it brings me to the market, and then we get "item not found" something like that. And idea what's the problem? i don't get gmail, or youtube for that matter. :( :confused:
[Defy General] stewi21:
thats strange... my only suggestion is just going in and manually downloading the apps yourself from the market
[Defy General] oladola:
Is it possible to install any other 2.2 rom once cm7 is installed ??

Please, tell me the steps.

Regards !
[Defy General] stewi21:
custom or stock?
[Defy General] oladola:
Nevermind ...

I'm not sure ... I want to test french official rom and barebone ...

Enviado desde mi MB525 usando Tapatalk
[Defy General] stewi21:
Well for French official you'll need to flash the sbf with rsdlite, and for barebones you'll need to flash I think its the Nordic sbf and then root it and install custom recovery and install the zip via recovery :-)
[Defy General] mys_721tx:
I believe that your ISP ban those apps from Market, you may try market enabler?
[Defy General] Dragox2007:
Thanks a tonn man :)

Tried about 5 times to install CM before finding this guide. Every time failed and ended up with me terified that id bricked my phone. reflashed 2.2 every time (after hunting for sbf's that still have mirrors.....).

This worked instantly altho CM did take a long time for the first boot....... thought id naffed it again.

Brilliant guide tho :)
[Defy General] Khrushy:
Very clean easy to follow guide. Appreciated ^^
[Defy General] nov.six@qq.com:
your step is so complex,
[Defy General] stewi21:
Which step is complex?
[Defy General] andrei10:
so, does it work?

I'm thinking about installing it for the first time today:D
[Defy General] andrrei22ro:
it will be much easier and lovely when Quarx will finish the new way to install CM7 trough a simple update.zip. thank you Quarx,CM7 is the best out there for defy
[Defy General] MjrSlakr:
Defy working great

Just wanted to say thanks, this was a great post.
[Defy General] cool_sid007:
hey ppl.. i am on cm7 ver. 4.1 nw i see a new update i.e. beta 5 and google apps 2.3.4.. now i wanna knw if i can install the update without going thru all the process and retain all my apps n settings?? i really dnt wanna go thru installing and updating stuff all over again.. if yes den how is it possible..??
[Defy General] aubertinx:
Hello, check point 3 "3) How to update from Beta 4.0/4.1?" in that thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065798

Clearly yes, you can update without wiping :)
[Defy General] OnkelPony:
Great, thx a lot. I bought my Defy just today (well, yesterday) and now I have Gingerbread on it. Even with Czech language... Really good example of HowTo ;-)
[Defy General] onlyshe:
this is useful~
[Defy General] andrrei22ro:
can someone please tell me if Quarx,s CM7 beta 5.1 has google apps and cristal talk included,or do i need do install them separately. i am currently on cm7 beta 5 and i want to flash again nordic sbf and then clean install of cm7 beta 5.1. thanks :)
[Defy General] andrrei22ro:
another question: how can i add crystal talk and google apps in CM7 beta 5.1? just simply copy the files from the zip and overwrite the ones from beta 5.1...or.....??????? thanks again
[Defy General] stewi21:
It doesn't have Google apps included you need to install the zip, its part of my guide :-) and a crystal talk zip which is installed the same way can be found on the cyanogen forum, just search for it.

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] andrrei22ro:
ok...thank you very much. i have all those files and i know how to flash them separately....but i do not know how to include them in beta5.1 update.zip. is that possible?
[Defy General] andrrei22ro:
thank you and sorry for my questions...i am a noob here :D i think only Quarx's can do that
[Defy General] moondew:
rawr

nice guide man, looks good and easy to follow.

Just having one problem :/ every time i flash cm7 and reboot i just get a blank screen, and if i pull the battery and turn the phone on it just gets stuck at the moto logo.

tried multiple sbfs, wiped dalvik cache etc...

it may be due to failing when i was updating from beta 4 xD wasn't paying attention and didnt reboot after flashing fix.zip

if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated

edit : nvm i got it :P
[Defy General] thegreatmadaleno:
How did you solve it? i think i'm having the same problem, I've followed all the guidelines and now i'm stuck on the red motorola logo, I don't know what to do now, wiping, or re-installing the mod does't seem to work.

Any help will be appreciated.

Solved, i did al the steps again and this time it managed to work, shame i didn't like the rom, felt laggy for me, back to froyo :)
[Defy General] lamed:
New to Defy

Hey there, Thanks for the guide, it's sure going to be real handy in a few days when I get my phone...

I'm wondering about #4 post by Killigrew, Yes I would want to keep downgradeability, and I suppose that anyone with a new device (less than a year) would want the same thing? Am I missing something? (like, can you always use some sort of Motorola-back-to-factory-setting hardware key? in that case one would only want downgradeability if they're not sure that they would like to keep the installed rom, which is not an issue for me with this (bloody genius) rom)

I hope I'm making sense. It's late at night and you know how hard it is to read through the guides before you even have the phone (easier to hit a brick wall and then go "uh, there's a brick wall right there" ;)

okay so actually my question was, unless I didn't get the downgradeability purpose right, Why is it not edited into stewi21 original post? what's the drawback?

Cheers

Shawn
[Defy General] wrap3pull2:
Hi everyone...

first of all, thanks for the guide, and to Quarx you are AWESOME!!!!

Now for the problem... :) when I installed this mod I can not get any 3G signal any more... even after I request 3G/GPRS settings I can not recieve from my carrier. I tried using different baseband which is included in the rom and still no luck... I have a UK Motorola Defy, and I am using Qatar QTEL.

What am I doing wrong? or what is it that I am not doing :)

please help

thanks in advance...
[Defy General] Jakethepeg:
Hi mate,

just use the baseband switcher in the apps menu and select your country / phone network.

ie uk t-mobile etc
[Defy General] wrap3pull2:
thanks for the reply... but Qatar is not in the list... only International... I tried that but still no connection...

will try again... thanks again and appreciate the help
[Defy General] onesss:
camera works only up to 4 x. .. resolution?

thx
[Defy General] dwjp:
Hi,

Have managed to do the reflash step but when going into the boot options it says the SD card is not mounted... I try mounting it in the other menu option but still says its not there...

Could it be the fact its a 32gb SD card? is there a file partition limit in the boot menu?

If i put in a smaller SD card will it affecthte user data / boot options when I revert back tot he larger one?

thanks

dwjp
[Defy General] kaaad:
It is a minor bug, reported to Quarx some time ago. No resolution so far. With Quarx speed of development, we will not wait so long :)
[Defy General] stewi21:
@ andrei the reason the Gapps arent included with the cyanogen zip is due to a copyright debacle with google.

@lame as long as your carrier/area has upgraded to 2.2 it doesnt matter if you lose downgradibility, you can just restore the stock 2.2 ROM

@dwjp if you put a smaller SD in for install of cm7 and then put your 32 gb in later it wont affect anything
[Defy General] Prosperous_Poverty:
I'm stuck on the step 3 of the guide ("flash this sbf with RSDlite")

RSDLite 4.9 gives this error (txt file):

-------------------------------------------------------

Line: 868

ERROR: \\?\e:\1download\android\cyanogen mod 7\jrdnem_u3_3.4.3-11_blur_sign_signed_usajrdnemarab1b8rtgb03a.0r_pds03c_usajrdnfryortgb_p010_a007_hwp3_service1ff.sbfubuć contains an invalid path.

File: D:\GitProjects2\hdt_windows_flash\flash\code\flashdll\PST_FP_FlashFileIO.cpp

00:25:07, May 08, 2011

Line: 552

ERROR: The superfile specified does not exist

File: D:\GitProjects2\hdt_windows_flash\flash\code\flashdll\FlashHdlr.cpp

Device ID: 0

-------------------------------------------------------

I have no folder/files like that on my D: disk and I did everything from RSDlite guide =( I even rooted, but the error is the same (as expected though).

Help me please, I'm desperate.

PS TitanBackup doesn't work without root, so you have to root first and then backup.
[Defy General] stewi21:
yeah i realised that a while ago, but havent really bothered to change it round, i might now. as for your problem, maybe download the nordic sbf (http://depositfiles.com/en/files/dcjx19kb8) and try that, other than that i dunno.
[Defy General] onesss:
Thanks, I have a few hours instaat CM and are again very satisfied compared with Froyo.
[Defy General] Prosperous_Poverty:
I have found the solution to the RSDlite problem at goo. gl/QeH5n

After that everything went pretty smoothly. I had a little problem with google apps, couldn't install maps, but I have found it on another site and installed from sd card.

Thank you so much for the guide, it looked much more complicated than it really is;) CM7 is great btw=)
[Defy General] lamed:
I'm in Australia so to the best of my knowledge - no/not yet. Haven't got the phone though. In this case (not many countries had gotten 2.2 so far) as I suggested before - maybe it's suitable to edit that part into the O/P to keep things tidy. but hey you wrote it :) thanks for replying
[Defy General] your_login:
i think i bricked my defy :( After i had CM7 installed and working for one day, i went into normal android recovery and did a factory reset (i wanted to remove CM7 and have a standard rom i flashed in step 4 from this guide) - now only motorola logo appears - i can't turn on th phone poperly. I tried to set different boot method - NORMAL, innit and boot but after i make choice, there is a 3 seconds count down and then the phone freezes with a black screen and nothing happens. after i take the battery out its the same story - motorola logo and nothing else happens. I tried to reinstall CM7 from my SD card and i followed all the last steps in your guide - doesnt make a difference.

ALSO - the phone doesnt appear in RSD Lite - is there something i can do?

sorry - solved, answer in another thread
[Defy General] danisarbu:
hi

i installed the cm7 succesfuly but when i enterd the google account it asked me if i want to install google aplications and i sed no becouse i didnt have enough mb on mobile plan so i wanted to wait to get to a wifi zone. The problem is that i cant install google maps becouse my market app dosent find it and the pc browser is saing that is intalled. Can anyone help please. Oh, and the flash light in the power control widget dosen't work either. Thenx
[Defy General] Prosperous_Poverty:
I had trouble installing maps too. But you can install it from your sd card (just enable unknown sources):

http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28305822/Gglemaps5.4.0.apk

http://www.mediafire.com/?3glkdg3untdnz92
[Defy General] stewi21:
@lame I'm also in aus, I think Optus has updated to 2.2 not sure about Telstra, but I have an Asian version so no official update for me yet either. Anyway updates are meant to be released sometime before July :-)

@danisarbu it used to be a bug, but isnt on the latest build are you running 5.1?

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] GingerBloke:
Test camera & Video

Hello all,

can a few other people test something for me? I dont have enough posts to post this in the development section:

if you zoom with the camera or video recorder to a 5x zoom, I get a garbled image? green screen almost?

Anybody else get this? I can zom 1x,2x3x4x ok but as soon as i go to 5x i get this issue? has been like this since 4.0beta
[Defy General] ctz556:
Very simple manual.Thanks...
[Defy General] alberson:
Yeah, the same happens here. If you leave the camera on 5x zoom it'll force close and you'll need a reboot.
[Defy General] your_login:
Thanks a lot again, a great guide:)
[Defy General] danisarbu:
Hi, how can i restore my contacts from titanium backup on cm7, i did the backup on stock android 2.1 and now i can't restore my contacts. Help please. I have cm7 beta 5.1 intalled in my defy.
[Defy General] stewi21:
what error do you get trying to restore your contacts? also have a look around your sd card in the titanium backup folder, cuz im guessing it probably saves it to a vcard and you could import that into that go contacts.
[Defy General] AeroFlip:
Great guide!

I was having trouble backing up data, nice tip on titanium backup.

Thx!
[Defy General] Emptypockets:
Hi i have installed cm7 and everything works nicely but

talk more than 10 minutes. I used nordic sbf and choosed central

europe on the baseband switcher. Im using operator three in sweden.

What could be wrong?
[Defy General] stewi21:
What do u mean?

sent from my defy :-)
[Defy General] danisarbu:
titanium backup dosen't backup the contacts into a vcard...i tried importing the contacts but nothing...there is a backup on contacts in the titanium folder but not a vcard and whe i tried to restore them it told me the restore was unsuccesfull
[Defy General] stewi21:
aw damn that sucks, yeah i had a look at mine after id said that and looks like its just data |: can u restore them from your google acc? or copy them from an old nandroid?
[Defy General] Emptypockets:
I mean i can talk talk on the phone between 2-10 min

before it hangs up the call.
[Defy General] danisarbu:
no, i was stupid and didn't back up my contacts elsewhere, i had the same problem whith a nokia phone last year, i guess i didn't learn anithing...:) now i have to im everyone to send me their phone numbers...:) i think the solution is to back up contacts from phone...i can't remember if android 2.1 lets you export contacts to sd card becouse in cm7 is posible and then you can import them back, i did this after i installed cm7 for the first time and then i had some problems and had to whipe again and reintall. Also if you have apps and data from stock 2.1 you can't restore them succesfuly on cm7, i got al lot of force close errors. I'm now waiting for next beta.
[Defy General] danisarbu:
update

i found an old phone whith many on the contacts...i'm so happy now that i didn't sell it :))
[Defy General] stewi21:
@Danisarbu Once you have your phone set up how u want it, i recommend doing a nandroid backup and copying the files to your pc, incase you need your data back.

@emptypockets did u wipe before installing the latest beta?
[Defy General] Emptypockets:
Hmm i flashed nordic sbf then installed CM7, gapps, chrger.zip and the other fix. Dont remember if i wiped between fashing nordic sbf and installing CM7. Is it enough if i just wipe or do i need to install CM7 again?
[Defy General] chairboy:
Defy cm7 5.1 Beta + aGPS

I've upgraded from Beta 2 to Beta 5.1 and the aGPS is not working (with GPS Test).

Unable to detect any satellite, even after rebooted a few times.
[Defy General] lamed:
When I got my android phone (Acer liquid e) I synchronized my old phone to Outlook express, so I had one huge list of all my contacts, phone contacts or email contacts. then I moved that list to gmail (export the contacts and import to gmail) eventually I synchronized my phone with gmail contacts.

two weeks after I bought the phone it was stolen... it sucked (still does, hoping to get the defy tomorrow, it's been a month ago) but at least I didn't lose important data because everything was on the 'cloud'. that's my $0.02
[Defy General] danisarbu:
ok, now i'm getting angry...i have a big problem...i can't recieve calls and texts...i can make call and sent texts. this happend out of nowere...i had the same problem right after i intalled cm7 but then changet baseband to international 2.51.0 and worked. now i'v triede everything and still dosent work. Can i flas to another rom and intall cm7 when is full or working good? RSD lite dosen't see my phone enymore. what can i do? please help
[Defy General] pedromole:
Baseband switcher

Hi, Many thanks for the guide. I now have CM7 5.1 working and it works great.

I have a question about the baseband switcher. I was fiddling around with it and found that it was set to US T-mob 34.4.4. Seeing as I am in the UK and using the Orange network I figured I might get better performance or battery life by using the correct one. The question is 'Which is the correct one for me to use?'

Anyone who can advise?
[Defy General] splat matt:
Will this procedure work on a Defy running T-Mo's 2.2.1 that has never been rooted and flashed?
[Defy General] pedromole:
Not sure I have the answer, but how long did you leave it searching?

I left it searching for about 5 minutes and assumed it wasn't working, so rebooted. I did this several times and eventually got bored and just left it searching for longer. First fix took just over 10 minutes. After that it finds a fix in under 10 seconds.
[Defy General] chairboy:
I leave it for over 10 minutes and still no fix :(

Deleted /data/location, rebooted twice, still no fix.
[Defy General] ianchan85:
thank you so much,ill try install CM7!!!its awsome.
[Defy General] theweakend:
I'm on firmware version 3.4.2-107 and I would like to install Quarx CyanogenMod 7, is this possible, thank in advance for any help.

Edit: Ok I installed 3.4.2-11 and 2ndinit but for some reason my sd card well not mount, again any help well be appreciated.

Edit 2: I was hoping it was just the sd card, but sadly, I put the card in my n1 and it mounted fine, which tells me it's the sfb, if any one has a fix for this I would love to hear it, thanks.
[Defy General] stewi21:
@danisarbu sorry man can't help u try posting in the cm7 forum in development

@ the weekend and splatmat this guide works for a defy on any firmware :-)

sent from my defy :-)