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[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t-ryder:
@ Rajneeshgadge17

Sir, I am very glad for the stuff you posted above. I could manage to rescue my Defy of which I thought I totally bricked it.

Your post #2 and #6 got me a working Defy that only showed a dead black screen and the white LED.

Thanks a lot.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keboid:
Hello!

I flashed my defy+ with DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-125_GR_SIGN_SIGNED_UCADEFYEMARAB1B80AA004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRRTCEE_P019_A020_HWp3_WIG148090_Service1FF.sbf.gz

After flashing succeeds rsd lite tells me to boot manually while phone is stuck on the animated motorola logo. Fully new here with this sbf stuff, i dont even know if i made a stupid move. I can charge the phone with this one but nothing else, other sbfs i tried are same like the first answer in this post, its just black screen and white led. Any suggestion on what to do? The phone is not dead since rsd recognizes it and its flashable, and chargeable, but why the black screen? i really dont understand...

found solution on this post.... now i need to figure out how much i messed up :D
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keboid:
Maybe helpful for others too who have this issue: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1542956

For the case that the only working flashable sbf is not rootable with any of the tools.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemant12jan:
defy is dead

hello all ,

i have tried almost 20 to 25 different sbf files to flash with the rsd lite

but so far no luck , now i m frustrated and depressed ,

please help me , :confused:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arslan1988:
Need help bro, facing same problem and have flash this file JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-33-1_CHINESE_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B50AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTINT15_P001_A013_HWp3_Service1FF

but stil same. RSD says pass and reboting but still black secreen
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wahajandroiduser:
help?

cou

when i plug in the charger, it gets stuck at the red moto logo. why?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_<3er:
If you are on GB stock ROM already, you cannot flash a froyo sbf in most cases. The black screen probably means you flashed an SBF of a lower CG version than you already have. Try a BL5 or BL6 GB SBF.

You need to tell us whether you have an MB525 or 526 and what SBFs you have tried. You can't simply flash at random. What stock ROM did you have before? Is it just a black screen?

Black screen = flashing a lower BL version (e.g. flashing a BL5 ROM when you are already on BL6/7)

When it's stuck on bootlogo right after flashing sbf, use stock recovery to wipe data + cache and simply reboot.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo.dcm:
Same black screen issue after flashing sbf

Hi droid_<3er,

I'm facing the same black screen (blank no matter what i press) issue after flashing Retail Taiwanese sbf from here (http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_jordanplus/list.php)

No LED even while connected to charger.

Kindly suggest solution.

It shows connected in RSD when i plug it into USB.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_<3er:
There are 4 retail taiwan sbfs, which one is it?...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piwuch:
Hi,

I would like to refresh this topic. My defy has the same reactions like was said before: the only life symptom is white led when cable connected and text like "updating" or something similiar when im flashing new SBF. My question is which sbf should i choose. Battery is good. My other defy is working. I dont remember previous sbf or even OS. The only info I've got, phone looked like properly working and camera looks red.

---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 PM ----------

Hi,

I would like to refresh this topic. My defy has the same reactions like was said before: the only life symptom is white led when cable connected and text like "updating" or something similiar when im flashing new SBF. My question is which sbf should i choose. Battery is good. My other defy is working. I dont remember previous sbf or even OS. The only info I've got, phone looked like properly working and camera looks red.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sakiin:
I am using my rooted XS with Marshall Minors and found the volume to be low unless I increase via EQ which then distorts the sound. Is there any hack to increase the volume like Alsamixer? or any app that will unleash the power of audio volume?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Yakandu:
you tried xLoud on settings? this phone is really loud for me..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sakiin:
I did, the main issue is I use audiobook player which is quiter and with max volume is still not great. I need to use this for my studies. The xloud has no effect on this. Previously with Galaxy Nexus I used alsamixer which was great in unlocking the volume but it doesn't work on XS.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marcoplo:
i dont know but i used to use the audioboost it was work before with x10 but i find xperia s to work really loud i have half way income-call volume and it work perfectly fine for me !!!

seems to me that i got my ears too sensitive !:p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
It may not be ideal but you could just batch reincode your audiobooks at 150% Volume(Gain).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sakiin:
Thanks mate. They are actually mp3 files do you recommend easy to use free app?

I tried few but they do not do straightforward volume gain.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Audacity will do it. You need to get LAME separate for MP3s(Legal thing). To do a single file open the mp3, slide the -...+ slider on the left of the track to the right, then export the MP3 to a new file. Done.

Not sure about batch processing with it, I've only ever done such things with images, but google is your friend on that one.
[LG Optimus 2x] slider5000:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24177711#post24177711
[Off-topic] 007shaolin:
Had anyone here lost their patience with updates to android phones? I was an android fan. Peoples and manufactures tell us about all the possibilities it have, how open it was, all the features, all the promises.

But then i saw it was all a lie, when updates come with a half year or longer in delay. And developers cant do anything before a leak (im not blaming developers), so whats the deal with an open os?

My next phone is a windows mobile phone for sure.

(Yes, i have a galaxy note. Laggy as hell)
[Off-topic] Akiainavas:
I just switched from Windows Phone ( HD7 ) to Galaxy Note. If you think the situation with updates looks any better on Windows Phone - you're wrong mate. Been waiting for Mango quite a long time - when it arrived, i had to flash a stock rom from other device cause they cut some features from it ( like internet sharing ) which are still oficially not there for some devices ( half a year later! ). There's next update Tango coming - which doesn't actually bring anything new except of low-end device support. And Apollo is scheduled for Q4 - and 1st gen devices "probably won't be getting it"

At least, with Android, you've got custom ROMs that get updated really quickly, big dev scene, the ability to install apps from all sources - and code/test/share your own apps without paying annual fee for having your phone dev-unlocked, and they don't cut features "just because there's a new device - so go buy it".

I love Windows Phone - as a regular phone. I kept waiting and waiting for changes - but the OS is still as locked down as it was in the beginning, no "not from market" apps, no drag-and-drop media, most of apps still dont support multitasking, cant even access your files, and apps from the market, believe me, are not that useful - that's why i moved away to Android.

I'd give it another thought mate - and about Note being laggy - try ICS AOSP rom, they run really smoothly.
[Off-topic] Zamboney:
Good riddance, bro. Want some cheese with that whine?
[Off-topic] katyarevishal:
Laggy as Hell ??? what the hell ?:mad: you want to take advantage of openness of Android and still u whinin? lots of custom rom already running smooth on Note...

i m using stock LC2 n its really smooth :cool:
[Off-topic] omac_ranger:
I've never had any problems with Samsung's phones. The leaks provide enough of a base for us to get ICS working and Damn near perfect. I'm running an AOKP build with nearly Zero bugs and get almost 5-6 hours of SCREEN ON time per day with nearly 3 days of battery life with my usual texting and web surfing. Android is about being open, and as far as I'm concerned it is. Running ICS, I have had Zero lag, only one minor glitch (which is fixed in updated builds), better battery life than most of my friend's phones, a huge screen, and a OS that isn't crazy limited. If you change, it's obviously up to you, but I would go and test the many ICS roms out there like AOKP or ICStunner as they are simply amazing.

If you would rather have the WP7 then go for it. There's no point in us trying to convince you otherwise if you really have your mind set to it.
[Off-topic] gabe_kamphuis:
i was fan of android but the updates man o man do it 1 time in a month or so but every 2 a 3 day....update update....
[Off-topic] zkyevolved:
I got my device in december, and I've received 3 updates (maybe 4) since then. That's a lot of updates. I have no complaints. What you're whining about is not getting the absolute latest OS build right away. I'd much rather have Samsung pushing updates that make it a stable device than Samsung sending us crappy builds. That would defer me, and I'm sure many others who don't like to flash custom ROMs and such, to other devices. I believe Samsung is doing the correct thing and waiting until the ROM is properly developed.

Enjoy WM7. A lot of people seem to enjoy it! I was actually thinking about it, too, a while ago, but it kind of follows Apple's model of multitasking and that doesn't do it for me. Blackberry and Android are the OSs that offer true multitasking (webOS, too, but that seems to be dead in the eyes of HP/Palm lol).
[Off-topic] Lance Uppercut:
The Note isn't laggy, Gingerbread is. ICS is silky smooth. Samsung needs to hurry up and get ICS on the Note because it shackles such a wonderful device. It's like Apple running the new iPad with iOS 3.0. Your phone is only as good as your software is, and Gingerbread is an antiquated POS.
[Off-topic] SaneQ:
I lose my patience on Android Market here in Finland, because it sucks compared to the USA Market and App Store.
[Off-topic] emuX:
Sell your Note and get a Windows Phone is my advice. That way you'll be moaning in somebody else's forum instead of ours.

I've had WinMo, iPhone, Symbian and more recently Android and Google's contribution is by far the best.
[Off-topic] mdalacu:
You can use market enabler and choose tmobile profile and then you can install every us app that you want. Restart and you will be using default provider flags again. So, there is no problem.

I am using lc1 stock rom, the best out there in my opinion, everything works and pretty fast too.

WP7 is no where near WM6.5 in terms of functionality and way behind Android, IOS too. Android is the best choose in terms of functionality and practicality from all the smartphone OSes out there.
[Off-topic] zylor:
Honestly shaolin it's people like you that makes devs abandon XDA for whining about everything and everyone! Go.. get a windows phone and when you do and see how limited windows phone is DON'T COME BACK! Stay away from XDA and honestly i hope i can speak in the name of the whole community:

Don't ever come to this forum whining!

I won a Galaxy Note and honestly, i bought my SGS2 without ever had tried Android and i love the possibilities it brings me! The openess on developing!

I simply love it! Had my first chance on SGS2 and i will continue to use this awesome SO!

Please ask an admin to ban your account and go somewhere else!
[Off-topic] PoisonWolf:
Bye bye. Enjoy whatever phone you'll be getting. Just remember, it's just a phone at the end of the day.
[Off-topic] 007shaolin:
Im not the only one

Funny! zdnet journalist have the same thought as I do. you can read it here. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/im-sick-to-death-of-android/20242

Even Galaxy Nexus have delay in updates.
[Off-topic] PoisonWolf:
I don't get folks like you. You actually purchase a phone for what it will be, as opposed to what it is.

Do you only live in the future? Don't forget the present mate.

If you're so unhappy with the lack of updates or the speed of updates, go get iOS and WP7. :) No one is grabbing you by the ball-sack to stay with Androids.

P.S. Requested to mods that this thread be moved to Android General as it has nothing to do with the Galaxy Note.
[Off-topic] hagba:
Actually I dont even want an update from Samsung any more,yesterday I recirved an update for the Samsung Apps after updating it stoped downloading applications alltogether!!,

"You cant download with this email from this country" bla ..bla..there was no way Icould fix that even after signing up for multiple new accounts.

If things will look like this I rather be left along with the GB.
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
Moved to teh OT forum as they will advice you better on what to do about your quandary :cool:

May the trolls have mercy on your soul mate.
[Off-topic] Sgt.Incontro:
You have a 1.4GHz dual core phone and Mali 400MP GPU and say it lags. My friend has a Wildfire that has a clock speed of 524MHz and no GPU and even he isn't complaining as much as you. Why don't you donate him your phone and make the good switch to Symbian S60? :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] alaman68:
what is even the point of this thread? It appears you looking to justify your feelings because you read an article and lack confidence to buy a new phone without a thread of people you don't know making a decision for you.

android is great
[Off-topic] E_D_M:
I went from an iPhone to a Galaxy S2. I wish I had my iPhone back. :(
[Off-topic] spunker88:
Android's issues lie with the OEMs and carriers who don't deliver timely updates and love to pack on the bloatware and bad launchers.

Get yourself a Galaxy Nexus if you want the best Android experience. Windows Phone looks too limited IMO, I was a long time WM user. I probably would have stayed with Microsoft if they hadn't let WM get so outdated and then killed all compatibility in WP7.
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
1) No, I'm not unsatisfied. I think a lot of the whining about needing the latest and greatest all the time is unnecessary. A lot of the issues that have existed with the builds is due to the carriers bloatware, not vanilla android versions. The lack of updates is also the fault of the carriers, as the code is readily available to them to create updates in a timely fashion.

2) There are lots of custom roms that work well to smooth out the experience to say the least.

3) Sony has taken a huge step in the right direction by offering source code and beta builds directly to any interested developers via their site. Anyone who wishes can delve in and begin work as he or she sees fit.

I love Android and honestly the only thing that effs it up is carriers trying to mess with the OS and manufacturers who won't support their devices because they put out twenty models a year.

I don't think Android can win though because here's a thread complaining about updates coming too slowly, which is not the case at all, and on the other hand there are threads demonizing Google for possibly releasing 5.0 before this year is over. Can't please everyone.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Best part. No truer words.

Sent from my coffee pot.
[Off-topic] Fenkosmo:
My LG optimus 2x was also

laggy as hell

, when I still had stock rom. But then i updated to cm9 and its running smoother than ever, with fewer crashes even. Also it's finally running ics which would never have happened, had i waited for lg to move their arses.. LG has been changing their minds, regarding these updates, like a girl with PMS.
[HD2 General] tikuh:
Thanks to XDA and DEV...Keep up Bro...where r no2 top hundred phone yeahh...:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ixJay:
So a dude i worked with showed me his android phone.. he had a chargeable battery pack on his phone, like it was a case.. and it charged his phone while he used it.. he said it works great, he listens to music all day at work and uses his phone and his 4g is running and his battery power is great, he said it cost like 60 in stores but he got a deal and got it for like half price.. anyone know what he is possibly talking about? I just checked the tmobile site, and two things i came across that sound familiar.. Powermat 2X Mat with Powercube and Galaxy S II PowerSkin. Anyone know? Thanks. Also, is it worth getting something like what he has, or just buying another extra battery and wlaking around with that? I will like to start using my phone as my music player at work (working like 10-12hrs a day)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] matthewjett:
The powerskin is what that is, and it all depends on if you dont mind the extra bulk on your phone. If you don't mind your phone being a little thicker than yeah .. go with the powerskin .. if you don't want a brick in your pocket (metaphorically speaking) then just carry an extra battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Spike760:
I use something similar. I use a Powermat portable charger. I believe with the Powermat mat you have to have a receiver on your phone and it has to be in contact with the mat to charge, but if you get a portable charger it just plugs into the microUSB port and charges like a normal charger. Only thing is is the one I got will only charge my phone about 50 - 60% in about 2 hours because I think it's underpowered. But going around the day with 160% battery is good enough for me.

And I use Google Music a lot too I don't know about 10 - 12 hours a day but yeah.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] madman604:
i just bought a handfull of eBay batteries and leave them in my car
[Nexus S General] mELIANTE:
Ok, since there seems to be a lot of people not successfully updating to 4.0.4 using the stock Google file I decided to do this poll, to shine some light on the reasons. I got the idea because it has been said that the update file is only for i9023 so here goes.

Have you successfully updated you Nexus S using the incremental OTA update file hR7QFEtn.zip?

Yes, in an i9023

No, in an i9023

Yes, in an i9020

No, in an i9020

Of course, for keeping the poll real, it would be best if the update was attempted in a stock 4.0.3 Nexus S.
[Nexus S General] mELIANTE:
Preliminary report shows that it's a matter of luck...:D
[Nexus S General] keb00:
Nice poll! ;)
[Nexus S General] csrxds:
Since it seems more like a matter of which recovery (stock or cwm) you are using to flash the update, it would be nice to add these category though, I can understand, it would made the poll a bit complicated or that ONLY full stock (locked bootloader, stock recovery) users vote.
[Nexus S General] dls5375:
Its not luck, you just have to do things in the proper order. I tried updating a few different ways where I got the same errors as everyone else. I also tried another way that works, and I did it three times to prove it wasn't just luck. 1st I flashed a backup of 2.3.6 when it was complete I wiped everything, data, cache, dalvik. Then I flashed the 4.0.3 update, again wiping everything after it completed. Then I flashed the 4.0.4 update and again wipe everything. Then if you want root, flash superuser zip and reboot.

9020t stock w/root unlocked boot loader cwm recovery.
[Nexus S General] SwollenMonkey:
Success using cwm recovery
[Nexus S General] csrxds:
Did you use 2.3.6 recovery to flash 4.0.4 over 4.0.3 or did you reboot between these two steps because appart from cwm recovery, 2.3.6 recovery is reported by some as working to apply the 4.0.4 update.

Because I did every same steps as you with a reboot between each steps you describe and got the error still.

EDIT (in answer to your editing) :

...so the recovery seems to be the trick.

Browsing quickly (maybe too quickly...?!) the threads about 4.0.4, I was not able to find out anyone who could succesfully update to 4.0.4 with stock 4.0.3 recovery. I didn't found either someone updating OTA so at this point I'm not able to find out if the update seems to work this way.
[Nexus S General] Logomotph:
I was on stock 4.0.3 + Matr1x, restored to 4.0.3 stock, but my SystemUI.apk seemed to be off (update rejected it). Copied SystemUI.apk from the 4.0.3 full rom and replaced the one on my phone, set permissions and the update went fine. Everything's working great. (i9023, using CWM)
[Nexus S General] mELIANTE:
With this poll I was trying to determine if the update was i9023 specific or not.

From the looks of it, some i9020 were updated too so that isn't it.

I, for one, did the update on an unlocked i9023 with CWM and all went smooth. Granted, I had the stock 4.0.3 from Google, later rooted.
[Nexus S General] BartmanJax:
From what I've been reading, the reason some are having issues is because the update is only for phones with a IMM76D build.

I have a i9020T, unlocked bootloader but otherwise bone stock running ICS 4.0.3, Build IML74K and mine would not accept the upgrade.

I bet if you look into this a little more carefully, you find that this is the reason so many of the updates are failing.
[Nexus S General] sonu27:
An IMM76D build is 4.0.4.

Any working solutions that don't involve losing app data? Unrooted phone.
[Nexus S General] 19GHz:
yes, my phone is IML74K and with error 7 during upgrade to 4.04. but i don't know why Google do nothing on this issue. wish they could resolve it soon
[Nexus S General] evil89:
Tried with 4.0.3 stock recovery. status 7 error.

Flashed CWM and flashed. Done.

4.0.3 Stock without root.
[Nexus S General] guru2468:
Solution to error 7 in stock recovery!

Yep, it worked the same for me! Here is how to fix it! I just reflashed a clean 2.3.6, updated to 4.0.3 and tried to update via the (broken) ICS recovery (to see what's written, use a strong light, the issue is just that the backlight is not working). It didn't work!

So, since I had not relocked my bootloader, but just unrooted, I flashed CWM and booted directly to it (if you reboot in between, it will go away). In CWM I flashed the update, rebooted and then rebooted again, so that stock recovery image would flash itself over the custom one. Done!
[Nexus S General] dbal:
And what about all of us who didnt root or unlock the bootloader? Are we talking about the biggest, epic FAIL in the history of Android????

Because if we get it right, in order to apply the OFFICIAL, I repeat, THE OFFICIAL update, you have to flash a custom recovery??????

Simply ridiculous... :mad:
[Nexus S General] b1337:
Works just fine on 9020t if u all would remember correctly that was the first person who reported getting the OTA in this forum, stop the false claims...
[Nexus S General] axellink:
Not working for me and I have a un rooted i9020a nexus s
[Nexus S General] strogger:
Updated from stock 4.0.3 with ClockworkMod 5.0.2.0 without problems. System is unlocked and rooted. Hopefully the occasional freezes are now history.
[Nexus S General] PhoenixIce22:
9020a

Do you already have 4.0.3 installed?

I got it to work on my i9020a using CWM recovery. If you've made any system file tweaks it will fail. Mine was giving me an error on the Music2.apk file since I had actually deleted it since I had installed CM Music app as my default music player. I just used a copy of the full 4.0.3 zip file, dug through it to find the Music2.apk file and put it back under /system/apps/ and set it's permissions accordingly. Then I was able to run this patch without any issues.

I'm no expert, but if you need more help, just ask! :)
[Nexus S General] fatchoy:
An interesting question to the poll would have been, for those who could install, did you use the stock recovery?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
This update is not meant for you. But if you use CWM recovery, it will flash just fine. I wouldn't expect stock recovery to flash this version anyways on the i9020a.