yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy Android Development] MarcinRN:
check permissions for battd file under /system/bin, should be 755, delete files under /data/battd & reboot. if that doesn't help try a clean install (don't let your battery fully discharge though, if you feel like it's going to die i'd suggest to flash a custom sbf with any rom suitable for you or you will end up having to use mcgyver's method) for custom sbfs visit general section.
[Defy Android Development] 3mptiness:
the battery already died yesterday. i flashed the phone, grabbed it and left the house. a couple of hours later it was dead without further ado.

permissions of battd file are ok. however, /data seems to be completely empty. does that tell me anything?

i already did a clean install of cm-10-20130918-NIGHTLY-mb526, which didn't help.

i can still flash a sfb, but will this be pointless if the battery is dead already? if i got you correctly, there is no alternative to mcgyver now?
[Defy Android Development] MarcinRN:
wait, do you mean whole /data is empty? or just /data/battd? if you want to flash sbf you need to get your battery charged, either using other defy+ or this way.

anyway, lets quit posting here since its development thread. if you need any further help head over to more suitable section or pm me :p
[Defy Android Development] blackdonkey:
Hello.. right now i am using sunnyqeen CM 10.

The ROM is great, there are no playing video restart or battery sudden depleted..

But, sometimes restart.. but rarely... about 1 time in three days

My defy is mb525 with red lens..

Thank u....
[Defy Android Development] dicko99:
I have a strange problem...

I flashed this ROM to my Defy last weekend and everything went fine. Today I noticed in Defy Parts that the baseband was set to central Europe and I'm in the UK. So I switched to the correct region and selected the newest version. After rebooting as requested I cannot connect to any phone service...

Has anyone else tried modifying their baseband settings?

Regards,

Richard.
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Use Defy baseband switcher and see if it helps.
[Defy Android Development] dicko99:
You mean the one under Settings\Advanced\Defy parts?

That's what I used to break it in the first place!

R.
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
No. The app. Download the apk and set the baseband
[Defy Android Development] coolshahabaz:
Just switch back to central Europe 3.4.x.....it's okay it should work...try it once

If switcher in defy part doesn't work here's the link for app

https://db.tt/X6eWyQVU
[Defy Android Development] dicko99:
Using the app, I get a message saying "Unable to detect your baseband configuration, it's possibly damaged. Reset to default?". If I select "Now", the phone reboots but still no service afterwards. And if I run the app again it continues to display the above message.

R.
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Reset to central Europe.
[Defy Android Development] dicko99:
The app makes no difference. I have tried many times, resetting to central Europe and rebooting. Every time I get no service and if I rerun the app it says "Unable to detect your baseband configuration" etc.

R.
[Defy Android Development] deysmacro:
try doing clean install and see if it helps... because i have no problem in switching baseband...
[Defy Android Development] dicko99:
Of course a clean install fixed it (but I wanted to avoid that if possible).

Also, the app continues to complain that my config is damaged...

R.
[Defy Android Development] Antiga Prime:
I've always had problems with that version. Try the version here, which is the original version, and actually has several more basebands than that version posted earlier.
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
That warning comes for everyone when they change their baseband. But it still works.
[Defy Android Development] Antiga Prime:
When you have a proper baseband that was changed properly that warning doesn't appear. Just tested it, as a matter of fact. ;)
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Well, then it means that my baseband is not successfully changed:laugh:. The message comes for me no matter what I do.
[Defy Android Development] EldonTyrell:
Is system partition full? Or very close to full?
[Defy Android Development] Antiga Prime:
I know this is not part of the ongoing conversation, but seriously? Do people think Quarx would build a ROM he hasn't flashed and knows that is too full and won't work properly unless you delete parts of the zip file?

I've flashed most, if not all, Quarx builds, never deleted anything, and never had problems regarding system space. I'm currently on the Mokee build, with 20 - 22 mb of free System space.

How many problems have I had?

Apart from the phone sometimes not waking from sleep (which applies to all of the latest Quarx builds I've tested, and which I doubt is related to /system free space)...None!
[Defy Android Development] EldonTyrell:
Some people add apps, wallpapers, ringtones, mods etc. to /system or they dirty flash multiple times. It may be worth running df in terminal to see. Maybe BBS can't finish writing.

Just a thought.
[Defy Android Development] jh20:
Quote:

Originally Posted by [MENTION=1899302]fpr[/MENTION]iot View Post

Just an observation with 20130117 sevenrock's build on my green lens Defy.

Few days ago, I I've encountered an USB fail, which I think, caused a big battery drain.

My Defy was connected to a "charge only" USB cable durning few hours but suddenly the charging led tuned off, the phone has stopped charging although the cable was properly connected.... So I unplugged it and then plugged it again and the charging led turned on, I though everythink was OK, but..... Following night, my phone had an abnormal battery consuption : 2.5 or 3% / hour in airplane mode. Usually my consuption is 0.2% / hour in airplane mode.

I rebooted my phone and the night after, in aiplane mode my battery consuption was back to normal (0.2% / hour).

I think it's USB managment related but I'm not sure.

I already had this problem with other builds in the past, I don't think it related to 20130117 sevenrock's build.

I haven't tested yet but perhaps we could reproduce by playing with USB cable...

Anyone else ?

EDIT : I'm quite sure this problem could occur even with last Quarx's build (20130307) because I've never seen any fix about that on Github since last few months...

right, so this is an age old problem that was left unsolved. i was going crazy over this problem. is it really only some of us have this problem, or others are just ignoring it?
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
I'm using slim 4.3 with 102 MB system space left.
[Defy Android Development] ronpub:
I've got the latest 4.1.2 from Quarx, 20130918.

Even with the one before I got from times to times big USB battery drain.

Some other times it is:

ehci_pm, rx_wake or wl1271_wake.

Continuing on the battery drain issues, last month I got wifi drain. I finally fond the reason. I registered to a generic operator ssid (in my case, Orange) when away from home. At home the signal of that generic ssid is faint. The behaviour of the phone was then strange, it was constantly switching between my strong home ssid and the faint generic one. I unregistered the generic ssid and I don't have this systematic drain anymore.
[Defy Android Development] marhensa:
it's been a long time i didn't come here.

now there's 2nd boot, custom kernel and lots of new stuff.

i successfully update to new build.

but i'm curious about these things:

zCache, zRam, Swap.

what's that matter for Defy?

could you guys point me out the post / link about that?

and how to enable or configure it for Defy?

any help would be appriciated.. :)

i've been searching and googling, just understand it's using part of sdcard as "additional" ram, is that true?

it's awesome if it is, because today's apps are using so many ram.

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[Defy Android Development] deysmacro:
actually i have tried swap and it actually degrades performance.. jb 4.3 actually have a memory management that is far better than swap...
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Yes, deysmacro is right, swap doesn't offer much improvement in performance in our device. It reduces life of your SD card due to constant reading and writing. zRam might help a little in better snappiness. zCache seems to be broken at the moment, many users reported a sluggish phone due to very less free memory available.
[Defy Android Development] marhensa:
how do i have to do to enable zRam?

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[Defy Android Development] TJKV:
Performance -> Memory management. What do you use your defy for now? :p
[Defy Android Development] marhensa:
oh.. i see.. thank you for the heads up.. :)

about that, hehe.. no.. :)

i sell it to my roomate many months ago. now he ask me to do something to "upgrade" his phone.

and it seems 4.1.2 is the stable one.

then i found this new zRam zCache Swap thing floating around discussed on Defy forum.

guess i missing many things.

good community as always and great developers here.

Sent from Android device using Tapatalk 4
[Defy Android Development] SlugZero:
Can someone who has 4.1.2 on his device install the kernel from this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46222739&postcount=1051 (flashable version here: http://www.android-hilfe.de/6503053-post443.html) and report back if data counters are still working properly (up/down arrows on data transfer, internal data counters, external apps)?

Thanks!

Edit: Do not use this kernel with 4.1.2 any more, it breaks Bluetooth functionality. Thanks everyone for testing!
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
Hi [MENTION=4841764]SlugZero[/MENTION] I am on CM10, Kernel works, arrows, data counters all good :)

Nice & solid connection for me while driving around(through mostly good reception areas though)

Only problem is it broke Bluetooth(can't turn on, but that's normal for a 10.1/2 kernel on 10)

Thank you!

MB525 Red lense
[Defy Android Development] Benoe:
Yes, I can confirm BT is not working. Otherwise kernel is ok.
[Defy Android Development] bufa:
Hello is this rom good for daily use?
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
Definitely YES! I use it for exactly that :)

However if you don't need Bluetooth you should try CM10.2 Android 4.3 ;)
[Defy Android Development] Spotja:
Guys! Yesterday, when I woke up my defy was on airplane mode. Tried to toggle it but nothing helped. It's been like this with all 3 SIMs from different carriers. I can still surf the web on WiFi though. Is that the RIL bug? Due to reboots on recent builds caused by video playback I had reverted to Quarx 27/05/2013. Your help will be highly appreciated:p

Sent from my Sony Xperia V
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
Not sure about your airplane problem but try this unofficial build that fixes flash reboot http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45933242

Hopefully it will sort out airplane mode also...

MB525 Red lense
[Defy Android Development] bibile:
simple question : are there some prerequisites before installing this rom? (the Defy that I have is a stock 2.1)
[Defy Android Development] TJKV:
Best starting point is here. After you have understood everything about the device, you should upgrade to a Froyo ROM (2.2), root, install 2ndinit app and run it to install CWM custom recovery (though a very old version), and from custom recovery wipe and flash any ROM you want.

If you want to flash CM10.2 or any other 4.3 based ROM then you need to flash a 4.1/4.2 based ROM first (this installs the newest version of the recovery with it, mostly TWRP), reboot, then flash the 4.3 ROM which can only be flashed using the newer custom recoveries.
[Defy Android Development] bibile:
this was my point :)

For another phone that I have there are some stock roms thate are needed & as I do not want to brick my cusins phone, I've asked if for the 10.1 I should install/flash anything before.

For now I've rooted the phone & installed the 2nd init (+ uploaded the [JB] CM10 Android 4.1.2 zip that I've retrieved from http://quarx2k.ru/cm10.1-nightly-defy+/2.6.32/ ==> so not a 4.3)

I're saying that I should upgrade to Froyo. Is it mandatory or not? (the term "should" is not clear... must I? or it's just an advice?)

Thx
[Defy Android Development] TJKV:
Yes froyo upgrade is mandatory for the MB525 afaik. The MB526 comes with Gingerbread so not an issue. But if you have achieved root and CWM recovery on 2.1 (Eclair) you could try to flash CM10.1 and see if it works. If anything goes wrong you could just flash the Froyo SBF and do it again, no risk of bricking the device.
[Defy Android Development] Antiga Prime:
I could be wrong, since it was a long time ago, but I think I might have flashed CM9 on my phone while being on Froyo 2.1 (Eclair). And I definitely did root 2.1.

If flashing CM9 on Froyo is possible, I don't see why CM10 wouldn't be.

You can always try to flash it and see if it works. ;)
[Defy Android Development] TJKV:
Yup that's what I thought too... Back when I first got my MB525 (in the days of quarx/maniac/epsy and cm7) it was said that one should upgrade to froyo first, thought I don't know why. Could be because cm required the froyo stock kernel, so now because of 2ndboot it may be unnecessary.

So I guess for cm10 onwards éclair sbf is fine (ie no such thing as a base sbf), but non 2ndboot builds may be problematic, since they use the stock kernel.
[Defy Android Development] xergio24:
Stuck at CM logo

Ok, this is like the 4th or 5th time that this happens to me.

Defy gets stuck at CyanogenMod logo after a forced turned off (most of the times because of battery running out but other times because of sudden and random reboots).

Like I explained in the post I quoted, wiping Dalvik and Cache does not work. In some ocassions it doesn't pass the CyanogenMod logo, and when it does, it stucks at "Loading aplications".

The only solution is to wipe data partition, or restoring some previous (not corrupted) nandroid (data partition).

This started happening like... 2 month ago, with the last 3 Quarx ROMs.

I've already tried going from scratch (sbf) and it is still happening.

This is REALLY annoying... do you guys think it's hardware related? :confused:

[MENTION=4603161]jemshi101[/MENTION] [MENTION=786733]GuustFlater89[/MENTION] [MENTION=4468071]vinu.shukl[/MENTION]:

Does this happen to you again? or am I the only one suffering this problem over and over again? :(
[Defy Android Development] slimshady76:
The only way I've found to stop the /data partition from getting corrupted is by avoiding the phone from exhausting its battery. I manually shut it down when it reaches 5-10% of battery and keep it like that until I have the chance to charge it.
[Defy Android Development] xergio24:
Yes, that's what I've been trying to do lately, but yesterday for example I manually rebooted my Defy, it went by the CyanogenMod logo, home screen... everything fine, but after some seconds in the home screen it suddenly rebooted itself :mad:

I can avoid sudden shut down by lack of battery, but I can't avoid that kind of reboots... or at least I don't know how 'cause I don't know what is causing them :confused:
[Defy Android Development] GuustFlater89:
I did not have this problem again. I'm on the latest quarx rom now. My phone is shutdown frequently due to low battery, but after recharge no problem!:D
[Defy Android Development] Proverbs2:
Do you mean the 9/17 rom (CM10.2, Android 4.3), or do you mean the latest CM10 (Android 4.1) rom?
[Defy Android Development] GuustFlater89:
I'm still on CM10 because I need Bluetooth to connect to my carkit
[Defy Android Development] xergio24:
Ok so... nothing "solid" =/

I guess I'll have to live with this a couple of weeks more... I'm expecting a S. Galaxy Nexus that I bought that should be arriving in the next 10-20 days =)
[Defy Android Development] jemshi101:
As a matter of fact... I recovered from they bootloop by wiping data and restoring most from the Google server rather than nandroid backup i used other backup solutions...

anyway, to your query about happening that again... no it doesn't happen again.... but you should note one thing... I'm using the unofficial build by sunnyqeen rather than the official build by quarx... its quite stable and smooth... not as smooth as the latest cm10.2....

I think you should give that ROM a try...
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
Try this MarcinRN unofficial ROM it's the latest with flash fixed and I have been running it since it came out with no data corruption

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45933242

MB525 Red lense
[Defy Android Development] Proverbs2:
I wish this were true, but unfortunately the MarcinRN build still has the data corruption bug. :crying: See my post here.

Edit: Sorry, wrong thread! I thought you were referring to MarcinRN's CM10.2 build.

By the way, I'd be very interested to know if MarcinRN's CM10 build really is immune to the data corruption problem. Would any brave souls be willing to test this by letting the battery drain to 0% while running a CPU-intensive app like Stability Test?
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
[MENTION=4472055]Proverbs2[/MENTION] You asked for it, done, stability test till the battery died, no data loss ;)

Have you tried the rom kernel?

I experimented with the same kernel as you, it however broke my Bluetooth, when I re installed the rom kernel I was missing more than 10 apps and that was just from a reboot, I didn't mention it because at that time I wasn't sure if the rom was stable or not

Easy way to test for any data loss(assuming you managed a successful boot) is to see if any apps are missing so I attached screen shots to show all is well

MB525 Red lense
[Defy Android Development] xergio24:
Yeah... guess I was waiting for a new official Quarx build with bug fixes but it looks like it's not coming out soon so... tomorrow I'll give a try to MarcinRN unofficial ROM.

Thanks to both of you =)
[Defy Android Development] Proverbs2:
Interesting! Thanks for trying that. By the way, I don't get data loss every time I try the experiment; occasionally it boots normally. So perhaps you were just lucky? I'll try testing with the rom kernel, as you suggested.
[Defy Android Development] cheuslacerda:
Why the updates stop?

Enviado de meu MB525 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46472362

You will find the answer near the bottom ;)

MB525 Red lense
[Defy Android Development] chaosjug:
Is anyone sucessfully using activesync?

I upgraded from CM7 where I had no trouble with activesync. Now (build 07/09/2013) it does not sync correctly.

After adding the corporate account, it gets all contact. After that, changes are only synced from anroid to the server (kolab3).

When I change anything on the server, it gets reverted as soon as the phone syncs.

Calender entries seem to sync both ways.
[Defy Android Development] frozenwaverider:
Works for me, 4 e-mail addresses,(1 Corporate, 3 POP) calendar, Dropbox, SkyDive, Facebook, UberSync

I am currently on: 25/09/2013 MarcinRN UNOFFICIAL ROM(look back 7 posts for the link)

EDIT Today(22 October) activesync has stopped working, reinstalled ROM, still broken, very strange, I think a clean install might fix this... I hope

EDIT 2 restored Email from backup, fixed, try clearing data or deleting accounts and start fresh
[Defy Android Development] Tushcool:
I am on stock Gingerbread. Can i flash this rom over GB ? or i need to be on ICS ? Hows battery life ?
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
You can flash over GB. Battery life is good.
[Defy Android Development] Tushcool:
Thanks bro , GB = Gingerbread :P btw which is the easiest way for rooting ? I saw one but for that i need to download 180mb file . That is too much..
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Download and use framaroot. Then install 2ndinit, go to recovery and flash. Make sure you use minimal gapps.

You should be asking this in the support thread.
[Defy Android Development] Tushcool:
Il try but what is 2nd inti ?
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Read this before doing anything - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
[Defy Android Development] CraschTD:
New build & Mokee

Hi,

I saw that a new build is ready, any news about the content?

I saw that Quarx2k is listed on Mokee's defy developers ... He's switching to this rom?
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Mokee is based on Quarx's work. All Defy ROMs are based on Quarx's work.
[Defy Android Development] xergio24:
Data partition corruption bug fix!

In case you didn't see it, there seems to be a fix to the data partition corruption bug.

All you need to do is enter TWRP -> Advanced -> Terminal command.

Then you go to "system" -> "bin" and press select.

Finally you need to execute this command:

(SlugZero Warning: "Worked fine for me, but could result in data loss anyway")

tune2fs -O has_journal /dev/block/mmcblk1p25

and you are done!

Credits to [MENTION=4841764]SlugZero[/MENTION] and more information in his post HERE.

Credits also to [MENTION=2871913]cyrusct82[/MENTION] for the TWRP alternative =)
[Defy Android Development] harsh_voldy:
Touchscreen issues

I am running CM 10.1 - 20130626 on my Motorola Defy+ MB526 . Recently I started facing a weird touchscreen issue. Phone detects too many false touch inputs in middle part of the screen and its become extremely difficult to type whenever I face this issue. I'm pretty sure that my phone din't suffer any fall or physical rough handling. It just started by itself. I know that it doesn't look like an issue with ROM but I just wish to know if anyone else has come across the similar problem? If yes, is there a solution ?
[Defy Android Development] hotdog125:
Was or is your phone charging? During charging the defy's touchscreen is known to go crazy.
[Defy Android Development] ezantera:
I had same problem with defy even it was not on charger. It seems that moisture somehow got into phone. I opened the phone, removed battery and put it on some dry warm place over night. In hurry I guess you can try dry it with fan for drying hair. In short, its moisture problem.
[Defy Android Development] harsh_voldy:
Thanks for your reply. I thought it was a moisture problem too. But never did anything about it. Now I will keep it infront of blow heater and see if the condition improves.
[Defy Android Development] jountha:
Blow heater :o my battery some time heats up due to over usage of data and that do the trick :p
[Defy Android Development] Quarx:
What you changed in this build, to fix video playback?:)
[Defy Android Development] MarcinRN:
i merely reverted this commit just as sunnyqeen did :D
[Defy Android Development] Quarx:
Thanks:)

Looks like -DUSE_FENCE_SYNC is a problem, in 4.2+ -DDONT_USE_FENCE_SYNC :)
[Defy Android Development] pl4yeR:
Hmmm.. sounds like new build with latest changes for us, the ones with cm10? :rolleyes::rolleyes: anyways I confirm the bug and the fix with YouTube with September cm10 builds

Enviado desde mi MB526 usando Tapatalk 2
[Defy Android Development] cyrusct82:
New build is up:thumbup:

http://quarx2k.ru/cm10-2ndboot-nightly-defy(+)/cm-10-20131030-NIGHTLY-mb526.zip
[Defy Android Development] Benoe:
Yes!

I hope Quarx will not abandon this version until the BT bug is fixed in 10.2
[Defy Android Development] joma227:
no microphone mute function while speaking

may be, I didn't recognize any solution so far, but no version 4.1 until 4.3 gives me the possibility of mute my microphone while I am talking to others. Help is appreciated.
[Defy Android Development] DRu!D:
Okay so this might come as a shocker.. xD

i'm coming from a 17 feb, CM10 build..

Soo to get the latest one on, do i go through the usual clearing caches (normal + delvik)

And flash the latest rom..

Is there anything more?

i'm on a MB525, but that hardly matters these days..
[Defy Android Development] G00fY2:
No, here you go. You can always find latest Gapps on goo.im.;)

PS: Next time, asking a question in one thread is enough!
[Defy Android Development] sebx_g1:
Since Epsylon CM10 flavor don't have its own thread can we talk about it in this thread ?
[Defy Android Development] G00fY2:
Yes, I would suggest this, cause they also using common repo and planing to release an official and common version.;)