[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyGPU:
I read this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768702

and I was eager to try to have Android 4.1 on Defy. Amazing that this guys put it on the defy.

I read the FAQ where it says;

Your phone has to be roooted.

► If this is the first time that you install custom rom (if you have stock froyo) you'll have to do some other things before this procedure. Please search the forum.

► Download all the files that you need and put them on the sdcard.

► Charge your phone until you have 80-100% battery.

► Make a backup of your apps and a nandroid backup of your rom (everything you have on your phone will be deleted).

It was rooted I have stock froyo, it doesnt say what to do before the procedure. I Imagine that it means that I need a Kernel for 2.3 or above.

I made a backup of apps with Titanium and I installed System recovery apk ( defy-recovery-1218-0326). I think this is Clockworkmod recovery... but not really sure, very nooby.I reboot the phone and back it up.

then I re read the part that says that i have other things before installing 4.1, so I decided to download CM9 kernel and sndinitdefy2.0 apk. I run the apk. After it booted in development mode i change the 2nd init with the recovery menu. then reboot again.

After that the screen only showed the Motorola Logo with a black screen.

I screwed up. So I decided to install RSD lite 5.6 to flash the original Froyo rom again to see if it works.

It did, I flashed it back, then I installed all over again, but when trying to install defy-recovery 1218 it fails.

so I looked for sndinitdefy and found the 2.3 version which i installed.

So now, I have stock froyo working again and sndinitdefy 2.3 installed, but dont know if its ok.

When I boot in developer mode, the screen says:

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Android System recovery 3e

Android system recovery utility (which is unreachable with the volume keys.)

reboot system now

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

and then at the botom

e: cant open /cache/recovery/command

e: cant open/cache/recovery/caller.

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So, I cant even recovery my aplication data because its not on the recovery menu.

Also in the FAQ it says go stable recovery. I dont know how to do that or what to install or to do.

1) Go to Stable Recovery.

2) Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and go to advanced ► Wipe dalvik.

3) Go to Install zip from sdcard ► Choose zip from sd card.

4) Flash CM9 Kernel (JUST FOR DEFY RED LENS USERS).

5) Flash CM10-2012xxxx-NIGHTLY-mb526.zip.

6) Flash Gapps and Battery fix for red lens.

7) Wipe Cache and Dalvik again (recommended).

8) Restart.

2- it doesnt have advanced to wipe dalvik.

3-I have defy but red lens. it says to flash cm9 kernel, i imagine that i have to do it from install zip from sdcard and have the file on the phones root.

Anyway, my recovery screen is not ok and im not sure what to do. Can anybody help!?

narrowing the stuff.

I have Android 2.2 and a red lens defy with a faulty recovery menu sndinitdefy 2.3 and i want to install Android 4.1. Also I want to be able to go back if there is any trouble. please let me know how to go forward from here.

Also it would be great if I have the backup/restore menu in the recovery so I can restore my apps, but dont know how to do that.

Or maybe I should flash the CM9 kernel with RDS lite as i did with 2.2... but then again, i dont know if that is a fixed SBF or what, i dont want to screw my phone...

Thanks!

Ok, problem solved! I had to wait for the blue led to enter sndinitdefy2.3. I was entering elsewhere, To the Normal recovery I think.

installed from Custom Recovery instead of Stable Recovery. Stable Recovery was not available,but it worked perfectly for me, now running Android 4.1 and its AWESOME.