yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy General] Matzemink:
I've got some questions on installing RC1:

I'm on an earlier version of leaked froyo.. Do I need to flash the nordic sbf first or isn't it necessary anymore because the RC1 flashes the kernel?

Can I backup some apps with titanium backup or should I start with a clean and fresh system?

I know that 720p recording is removed in the newer builds.. but has it ever worked on red lense? Is it possible to provide an update.zip for the red lense users?
[Defy General] Zinshin:
1. No, you do not NEED to. All that is needed is a froyo sbf. Yours will work. CM7 bypasses the kernel in the sbf, so hypothetically, it should work.

However, the most popular sbf for Quarx's mod is Nordic. Even Quarx recommends/uses it. If you come across any bugs and ask us to fix it, our first response would be to wipe your data, flash the Nordic sbf, apply CM7, and see if it happens again.

2. You can back up all the apps you want to keep with Titanium Backup. But you MUST wipe all data, your cache, and your Dalvik Cache before you apply CM7. Do this in clockwork recovery. You can restore the majority of your apps with Titanium Backup after CM7 boots up, but expect to see the Restore option blacked out on some apps. It's a package parsing issue with your new Android version. Install that unrestorable app in the market, and then you should be able to restore your "data" in that app in TB.

3. There's a long answer and a short answer. The long answer is that technically, the see-if-your-lense-is-green-or-red test is not reliable. There are some Defys with a Green lense that can record 720p. Then there are some defys with a red lense that can't. There is an entire thread dedicated to this.

The short answer is, don't hold your breath. It'll take a lot of testing to get 720p recording to work.
[Defy General] alezzandro:
Hi there,

Does anyone know if it is possible to use/install Motorola Phone Portal on CM7 rom?

Thanks for replying..
[Defy General] hackergnome:
No internet access after RC1 update! m from india! tried switching basebands...

no google talk login!
[Defy General] adkit:
the bettery usage is too fast,after i flash to rc1v2

display is the max bettery consumes.

how to fix it?
[Defy General] maniac103:
Phone Portal comes preinstalled with RC1.
[Defy General] adkit:
help!!how to fix it?

thx
[Defy General] maniac103:
I don't know how many times I need to reiterate that, but: Where exactly is the problem? The percentage bars are rough estimations, nothing more. We don't have good current usage data for the display, so the used value is an (educated) guess. I can change a single line in the power profile and the display won't be on top anymore, but guess what: Your battery won't last a single minute longer...
[Defy General] simon211175:
Have you done a battery calibration since flashing?

My battery has been off charge for 24 hours now and I've played a few games, read some emails, installed some software, surfed the internet, sent and read some text messages and I'm just over 40% left. IMO that's pretty good. I don't worry about only having 2G switched on etc - but I do use Tasker to control when wifi is switched on and similar stuff.
[Defy General] Febernacke:
I tried this to upgrade from 110618-2202-NIGHTLY to 110630-0959-NIGHTLY.

But nothing happens (except the wipe of cache/dalvik cache/battery stats) it still says I have 110618 in Settings -> About phone -> Mod version, isn't this suppose to change when I uppgrade?

Did I miss something? or is it because 110618 is RC0(?) and 110630 is RC1(?)
[Defy General] adkit:
yes, i have .. i think the problem is come from display,,if i turn the display to auto it,take the highest value...

after i turn the brightness is lowest,it is become narmol

i cant alway turn the brightness to lowest:( because i need to use my phone in outside
[Defy General] salingpusa:
Use 40% brightness.
[Defy General] Akeem83:
How to enter "bootmenu"

I did everything from part 2 of the FAQ and installed a nightly CM7. Works 100%.

In part 15 I read that I should not use setvsel, so I removed it. But now I cannot figure out how to enter the bootmenu to undervolt.

Is it a key-combination? (power + volume down only gives me the "regular recovery").

Is the bootmenu = custom recovery menu? How can I access it? I see no app/button to reboot into custom recovery?

I think I'm missing something obvious..
[Defy General] Gusar321:
It's mentioned throughout the FAQ how to access the bootmenu, but it is true there isn't a separate point that would specifically explain it. So here goes: Reboot the phone. Watch the led. When the led turns blue, press volume-down.
[Defy General] bikerabhinav:
I will only take maximum if you're in bright sunlight. Do this: Disable Auto Brightness -> reduce brightness bar to minimum -> re-enable Auto.

It's been 1day 12hrs since unplugged, and after barely 1hr 40min of display On, 5min of calling, 20min of music , my battery level is 74%, so yeah, I'm lovin it!

PS: I use auto brightness and have enabled custom dim level in CM7 Display settings with my Level to be 1.
[Defy General] Woif:
I´ve installed CM7 RC1v2 with the instructions point 2 on the first page.

Working with that, I´ve noticed two bugs:

1) Adding a photo to any contact was not possible.

2) Moto phone portal opened and worked very slow, nearly 5 minutes to open a site. Additionly the file-manager of the portal opens, but could not find any data on the sdcard.

Hope this info helps. Anyway, it´s a very fine ROM. Thank you for that.

BTW, maybe it is possible to group the call log in the phone app by contact (like dialer one).

Cu

Woif
[Defy General] rachit2588:
This FAQ post should be made a sticky...its a nice material with all the things required for you to start with custom roms and installations of rom with nandroids and other fixes..!!
[Defy General] cocus:
Me too. Also, I can't play any rom with Gensoid (updated version). Looks like it loads the rom, but then it goes back to the rom list.

Also, I've noticied that I can't send anything via bluetooth. With the default File explorer and with Astro, I get a "No application is defined for this action".

Anyone knows how to fix that?

Ah! The item #16 in the main FAQ, doesn't work, because install-recovery.sh and install.sh doesn't exists in /system/etc and I can't find them (maybe the procedure of bootmenu was changed in this version). 0.9.1
[Defy General] dlcookie:
Want to have motoblur

can i downgrade to 2.3.3 (leaked) gb for defy

i think i had a full sbf for flashing cm7 using this Guide.

can i switch to 2.3.3 and then come back to this

i have full sbf of 2.2 (india) if something goes wrong
[Defy General] efpob:
try

$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
# echo vm.min_free_kbytes = 4096 >> /system/etc/sysctl.conf
# mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
# sysctl -p
[Defy General] cocus:
thanks, but Gensoid still not working. tryied with 30 different roms.

PvZ worked after all withouth this script.

Modern Combat HD worked since the first time that i've used CM7 (RC1v2).
[Defy General] Bumble99:
I may be wrong but I think would not be a good idea. Because CM7 is running on a 2.2 base (usually the Nordic rom) you would actually be upgrading to 2.3.3. You would then have trouble downgrading to a 2.2 rom after that unless you were careful and only upgraded to 2.3.3 using a fixed sbf. You would be running the risk of being stuck with the leaked 2.3.3 and not bring able to easily go back to CM7.
[Defy General] lmmfs:
Anyone can extract the "Blur Home Launcher" of a SBF or a nandroid backup,plz???

Thanks.
[Defy General] davey08:
wifi calling (t-mobile)

Is this in the works?
[Defy General] antony.ps:
If you are asking if the FAQ still works, yes, it works, everything. The procedure for installing/upgrading CM7 haven't changed in the last releases (I need to test item 16).
[Defy General] asn39:
Battery

hey people m worried about battery after CM7 will it increase life of battrey Or decrease usage hours ??

And how this version is working on defy and if i install how will i b able to update to newer version !!??

Thanx alot...in advance
[Defy General] seeker3000:
hi all, quick question

hi guys

i just completed my first flash with nordic...well my rsd saids finshed- PASS

but when i go to "about this phone"

it saids "2.2.2" and below more details

BPflex version

Ucajrdnemarab1b80aa03a.or

apflex version

gas_emea_usajrdnfryortnord_p003

Build number

Jorem_u3_3.4.2_177-5

i just wanna know if im on the correct track, and if so what do i do next to get cm7 on.

if not. what am i doing wrong?

any help would be much appreciated
[Defy General] seeker3000:
hi all

me agian....i found out that my unit is now with nordic correctly

now to get it to install cm7.

gonna use 2ndinit hope it works out.

thanks all
[Defy General] Dewman4life:
Yes you got it right, now just follow instructions on the first page.

Sent from my Defy running CM 7
[Defy General] seeker3000:
thanks

thanks for your reply

i have installed cm7 from zip.....was so excited but now another problem came up

im stuck on the cm boot logo....it just stuck on a loop

ive checked for what to do and they said that i can restart the processes

but i cant get back into recovery mode....

i hold down volume down and power button once i power up the phone...

blue light goes on and then after a sec or two it goes off

im still holding the buttons and then the loop starts again...

what am i doing wrong????

please help..:(
[Defy General] WolVish:
I can't switch calls or put on a conference call in CM7 RC1v2.. Is this normal? Or is there any hacks available to do that. It says 'Unable to switch calls' and can't even attend the second call.. :(

Conference call feature is available even in non touch screen phones..
[Defy General] drwario:
Wipe data and cache. Flash boot 179 nightly. You should be ok after that
[Defy General] seeker3000:
Thank all

Finally got it working>>>>>omg...

after so much trouble and problems...

thank you all who read and helped and good luck to all thats still trying.....
[Defy General] simon211175:
Hi all. Got a quick question.

I was looking at transparency themes yesterday, and found I needed to apply a patch to allow the transparency - but I can't find Custom Recovery any more. Running CM7RC1v2, the recovery menu in 2ndinitCM7 only shows [Latest Recovery], [Stable Recovery] and [Stock Recovery]. I tried reinstalling 2ndinit over the top, but that got me custom recovery... and stuck in a boot loop. I've fixed that, by reflashing CM7RC1v2, but now again Custom Recovery is gone.
[Defy General] neogsantos:
Just choose the recoverys version

latest or stable (I've used stable)

And voila you're custom recovery
[Defy General] simon211175:
Genius. I thought it'd be there, but knew if I just tried it I'd be wrong and it'd go off and do something crazy.

Thanks.
[Defy General] WolVish:
Got it.. Thanks for the reply.. :)
[Defy General] WolVish:
Stuck at Bootlogo. I tried to flash it straight away after froyo.. Is that the mistake?
[Defy General] Bumble99:
I am currently on:

Android version 2.2.2

System Version: 34.145.12.MB525.Optus.en.AU

Build: 3.4.2-145

Question 1

Will I be able to go straight to the 3.4.2-177-005 NORDIC sbf using RSD Lite or will I have to use the nandroid image and fixed sbf?

Question 2

If I flash the Nordic sbf and it fails due to smg file levels, will I be able to get back to my current Build via recovery or will it be gone? I am nervous because I cannot find my current rom's sbf anywhere so if I end up with a blank screen and need to flash back to my current rom I wont be able to.
[Defy General] drfakeacc:
1. flash full sbf or nandroid+fixed sbf of your choice

2. root via SuperOneClick

3. install (latest) 2nd Init with (latest) bootloader

4. boot into 2nd init, do a full wipe, cache wipe, dalvik wipe

5. flash CM7.

Of course you can always flash the full .sbf.

If it fails, flash again. Yes, your rom will be gone, it is being overwritten, how should it not be.

My advice: If you are so nervous, make a nandroid of your rom first. But after all, it is unlikely that flashing the nordic sbf via RSD Lite will permanentely fail. Just make sure your battery is fully loaded. As far as I am aware, no one has yet been able to really brick their defy apart from a completely empty battery or hardware issues.
[Defy General] Bumble99:
Yes mate, I did brick my defy when going from rc0 to rc1 and not even the Motorola techs could recover it. I had to pay for a new motherboard (so was probably a hardware issue). This was also when I learnt that you can't always go from one sbf to another depending on which sbf you are coming from. I have even read about some 2.2's not being downgradeable to earlier 2.2 sbf's. Hence my question and my nervousness.

But your reply does raise another question - if I make a nandroid backup and flashing the sbf fails, how would I restore as cmw will probably be gone? My best option would be to flash the original sbf that I was on and as I said I can't find this sbf file.
[Defy General] chab7:
I flashed latest nightly right after this original rom on defy: JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-002_DEBLUR_CEE.sbf (it has boot179)

Everything works fine.

Did I miss any component of cm7 from rc1v2 or latest boot179 with this method?

I think not, but please confirm me with this or if I miss something tell me what rom component is missing from my software this way.

Thanks
[Defy General] drfakeacc:
See. Most likely was. Due to the locked bootloader, you would have to seriously **** things up to really break the Defy.

Well, all the sbf's I've tried so far worked very well. So, can't really confirm that. Maybe just a stupid user mixing up android versions.

Well, indeed. You then would have to find a sbf that works for your phone and then apply the nandroid.

Putting it that way, yes, in terms of warranty, you seem to be pretty much ****ed.

You might want to take a look at this sbf:

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

There really doesn't seem to be any kind of sbf for Opus, so that is the closes you could get. In case of absolute failure, this sbf will most likely work for you.
[Defy General] riobenny:
led light

anyone with the same problem? i have cm7 nightly on my phone. and seems like the LED notification strange, it wont blink, just keep turn on once i got notification and my phone is locked.

i tried to reset the LED settings, but the LED light remain the same. just turn on anytime i got notification, without blinking.

please help
[Defy General] ajaneesh:
baseband switcher needs emphasis

"Don't forget to select your correct Baseband in Applications => Defy Baseband Switcher"

The above is hiding currently in a gapps section. It may be worth giving this more emphasis on the FAQ page. I flashed RC1v2 yesterday on a Indian Froyo 2.2.2 build. Everything went smoothly but i had no network. A dedicated item in the FAQ, something like, "if you have no network signal" which talked about baseband switcher would have been useful yesterday, i eventually learnt this from a helpful xda user but this could have saved me some trouble. call it ignorance, but i would not even have been able to relate my issue of no network to "baseband" :(

i believe that there is a very high likelihood of more users running into this issue..

thanks for the ROM though. Love it!
[Defy General] ajaneesh:
do you still have custom recovery (2ndinit) working? i flashed on top of my existing froyo 2.2.2 build yesterday without any issues. did not have to flash any SBF as such. if you still have custom recovery, you may be able to simply repeat the process. you may have skipped a step or something silly like that.
[Defy General] ajaneesh:
i actually flashed RC1v2 directly on my 3.4.3-33-1 build. i skipped the flashing of the SBF as prescribed by the FAQs as i was already on a 2.2.2 build and things worked for me. The only issue i faced was that i had no network signal which i later found out was easy to solve using the baseband switcher.

in fact, flashing of the 3.4.2-177-005 NORDIC SBF failed for me as i guess i am already on a higher version?
[Defy General] Bumble99:
2 Quick questions:

1) I installed gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip immediately after RC1v2 but I still had to download Google Maps as it was not on the phone. I thought that it would have been included in Gapps. Whats up there?

2)I can't find the setting to turn on" Long Press Back to Kill" option in RC1v2, I'm sure I found it in RC0 when I was on RC0.
[Defy General] LeopardSurd:
1) it sends you to market to download Maps. If you can't see it in Market, use Market Enabler

2) RC1v2 doedsn't have that option, but some of nighties yes.
[Defy General] Bumble99:
Ah thanks, so I can stop looking for long press back now.

Just to clarify, what exactly does installing the gapps zip do then? I thought it installed Google apps to the phone that weren't officially allowed to come with CM7. Are you saying that if I didn't install the Gapps zip then I wouldn't be able to install Maps from the Market?

Edit: One more question - LeopardSurd are you the singer for Amon Amarth? ;)
[Defy General] LeopardSurd:
Gapps instals Market and send the user the links to download the others. For example in my country Voice Search and Maps are not directly availabile. I need to use Market Enabler.

No, it is black metal band member too but is a romanian band: Negură Bunget. :D
[Defy General] twa_priv:
I think the gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip listed on the FAQ is outdated.

Use gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip which you can download from here: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/

This is the gapps link from the main CM7 thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12865460&postcount=1
[Defy General] Deonix:
Its kind of tricky. The first time you power cm7 installed fresh(nordic than Rc1.... or other than gaps) when you sign into the google account and go to gtalk a dialog menu appears and you have to choose what gaps you have to install like maps gmail youtube twit fb.... than if internet is on it takes you to the market where for some, maps for example it says not found after you press install or it says not found from start but they still install. Stop the process and you cant go back <my case.

The easy way is get market downloader choose tmobile us download what you want. The idea is in some countries maps are limited or other apps missing and the gaps brings them back. Still market enabler is simpler and clever.

Hope i helped

Sent from my CM7 Defy
[Defy General] krazyazy:
For 2, the option is in Settings -> Applications -> Development -> Stop app via long-press.
[Defy General] julanthe:
Read 16) in first post ;-). It's also possible that your vsel settings (highest level) are too low - if you undervolt.
[Defy General] jdearauj:
Hi,

Curious about applications being copied to the sd card “app2sd” option Or a sd-ext? Is this required and why is there not much detail about it in the CM7 Thread or the CM7 FAQ Thread?

I’m currently using the “cm7-110808-0622-NIGHTLY-Jordan.zip” and everything seems fine apart from not been able to install any more apps or update any of the apps I currently have. I have had this issue before and basically did a full wipe data/factory reset to fix it previously. But I’m not wanting to do this often, so am curious what the best process is for preparing my sd card before I start installation of CM7.

This is what I have done previously:

1>	Full format of 16gb sd card using my PC, then put sd card into phone and do a format in phone just to make sure.

2>	I install - SBF 3.4.2-177-005 NORDIC & SuperOneClick 2.1 & 2ndInit Recovery Installer 1.4_2

3>	Go into Recovery, do a wipe data/factory reset and then partition my sd card to create a sd-ext

4>	Install latest nightly & google apps.

Once this is complete I assume any apps I install will now be saved onto the sd-ext and this will free up space on my phone memory?

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks
[Defy General] TimelesslyPrecise:
I think you have to go into the options, when you are finally in CM7, and tell the apps to save to SD...

I have my system partitioned this way also.... though, i have never tried to check that... I still never caught any apps installing there automatically....

Maybe someone can confirm the above works, and\or also provide a better explanation to get the apps on the ext(2,3,4) partition on the sd card...
[Defy General] Scotty83:
can any body please post the link for RC1v2 not abe to find it
[Defy General] gubshi:
RC1V2: http://www.multiupload.com/Z8N3FLM1WY

found here: [DEV][ROM] CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3.4)
[Defy General] mn78jag:
. I've been installing nightlys on top of each outher without a factory reset since twenty flashes ago. So i have two almost similar questions . Is there any drawbacks with this behavior? Is there anything to gain with a clean install?
[Defy General] Zerobarat1:
I'm considering you at least wiped Cache and Dalvik in between each flash and also once in a while battery stats.

As long as you don't notice things like system crashes(kernel panics), freezes, FC's, then your system is running fine.
[Defy General] dangpzanco:
What's the purpose of having boot.img and devtree.img included (and flashed) on the update.zip?

I 'm looking forward to porting this great Rom.

@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
[Defy General] vick33:
A little tip for those who experience preview freezes during video recording. I reformatted my card with 64kbyte blocksize and now no freezes during the recording. (originally it was 4096byte and i got preview freeze in 10 sec) I recorded a couple 3 min video and no stops and dropped frames.

If it can be added for the first post it would help a couple users i think.
[Defy General] ankit360:
Which is Stable Nightly Build ?

Plz reply or vote here
[Defy General] TimelesslyPrecise:
Do you have an app that will show us what we are currently using for block settings on our cards?

I think I left mine on default...
[Defy General] your_login:
hi, is there any thread or website where people discuss the nightly versions of CM7 ? :) i couldnt find one, please help ;)
[Defy General] TudorBlue:
Ive rooted my phone and installed cmd 7 but my phone wont boot up. It will only boot as far as the recovery menu. I try and reboot but it just boots up to the recovery menu. Help:confused: (please)
[Defy General] sebx_g1:
Hi , I have installed nigtly 18/08/2011 (before 12/08/2011) and problem with no GPS fix ?

"13) How can I make GPS work better (be more fast and precise)?

- Make a backup of your /etc/gps.conf (use a file manager to rename or copy to another place)

- Visit this thread

- Click in the link "XDA Members Click Here" at the final of the post, and search for the correct .zip for your country

- Copy the .zip to your SD Card and reboot in Bootmenu, then flash the zip via Custom Recovery"

above tip did not help me , any other tips ?
[Defy General] [] AL []:
I agree that the GPS "fix" you've mentioned does nothing to help (here anyway). The Asia gps.config file only makes my logcat filled with NTP server not found. The CM7 default one (european NTP) works without such problems.

Now for your next step idk. Are you trying to get a fix with or without aGPS? ie: do you have either data or wifi turned ON?
[Defy General] sebx_g1:
With aGPS accuracy is 500m , without wifi - no localisation at all . Strange thing , on old stock froyo GPS worked perfectly accuracy 5-6m with fast fix in buildings .
[Defy General] roland_harrison:
edit:

once again I am retarded
[Defy General] TimelesslyPrecise:
You set yourself up.. Lol
[Defy General] sebx_g1:
After some messing with settings and files my GPS works again - accuracy 4m outside buildings , 20 m inside not bad - but fix is gained slower than on official Froyo :-)
[Defy General] overclockthesun:
What 20M ??? you joking....I get pin point accuracy when outside..... but inside my own house..... it gives me an accuracy of around 2000M(2km)