[Defy General] pbruck:
So coming from this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1658568&page=38

Thread i decided to create a new one to collect and focus all necessary informations for the procedure of flashing and rooting the Motorola Defy Mini XT 320.

Credits for Rooting Guide and files goe's to leos0 and i thank him very much for giving us (me) the freedom to root this Phone.:D

Also many thanks to coder011 he extracted the recovery.img from defy mini which is necessary for rooting :highfive:

Table of Contents:

Do i have Fastboot or not?

How to flash Firmware?

How to gain Root access?

Which Firmwareverisions have Fastboot Mode?

How to flash only older Bootloader to get Fastboot without changing Firmware?

At first, you have to know if your Phone have Fastboot or not.

The easyest Way to find out, is to boot the Phone in Recovery or (if it can) in Fastboot Mode.

Power off the Phone

Power on by pressing both Volume Buttons and the Power Button at once and hold them for 5-10 seconds

if then a screen comes up, you can see if you have Fastboot

look at the pictures below to compare

If you see this, then you are a happy one, because your phone has fastboot. You can directly go to the rooting procedure below. :good:

If you get this screen, you have to decide if you want to risk an flash of different SBF Firmware file as described in the next Part of Guide.

Your Phone has no Fastboot. :crying:

Due to some questions in this Thread i want to make clear, what is necessary to do all this strange stuff.

OK

For anyone who needs it more clear.

For everything that is more than using the Phone as USB Mass Storage, you need to install the Drivers.

What the PC doesn't know, he cannot deal with it.

Drivers are (nearly in everything you do) absolutely mandatory.

And if anything doesn't work on a computer, the first thing you be asked is "Have you installed the drivers?".

Defy Drivers:

http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2cff07f8ef573210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD

Install the Drivers and connect your Phone with USB Debugging enabled or bootet in Fastboot Mode (Power up with holding Volume + and - Buttons for 5-10 seconds).

If the Drivers are installed correct your Phone was shown in device Manager like this:

For flashing other Firmware your Phone must connected as Flashing device.

Power it up with Volume - and Camera Button pressed. You see then an Black screen with some white Text.

Connect Phone and let Drivers install.

If your Phone is connected correct it will be schown in Device Manager like this:

Only after you have installed all drivers and your Phone is recognized by your PC as shown above, you will be able to work with ADB or RSD-Lite.

At first, my Guide to flash your Phone with different ROM if your ROM didn't have Fastboot.

Flashing Guide:

And you have to download RSD Lite:

http://www.chip.de/downloads/RSD-Lite_49139659.html

Defy Drivers:

http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2cff07f8ef573210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD

Install Drivers and RSD-Lite.

Start RSD Lite and load SBF File.

Then shut down the Phone and Boot up by holding Camera + Volume- (down) and Power Buttons.

If you done right, you see an black screen with white Text, telling you the Device is in flashing mode.

Connect Phone to PC and let Drivers install (after that RSD Lite shows an "Connected" Message in App.

Click on "Start" in RSD-Lite

Flash begins and you see a lot of Message Lines for everey Flash Step.

At the End of the Process Phone reboots.

Now you cann deconnect and close RSD Lite, ignoring the Message that it is still in Progress.

BUT NOT BEFORE THE PHONE REBOOTS!!

Sometime there is an Error and the Flash fails at first try.

You have then to pull the Accu and to repeat flash Procedure.

Warning!!!

You can brick your Phone!!

In some cases the Phone loses IMEI and Connection to SIM and is broken!!

If you do this, you do it at your own risk!

To prevent this and/or to recover your IMEI and unlocked SIM follow this Guide:

[Important] Backup and Restore Defy Mini IMEI and NV Data

Additional Hint.......

If you can't find an ROM of your native carrier which is rootable, search for a ROM of an Carrier from your Continent which supports eventually your Language and Carrier.

E.g. i found Brazil ROM which is rootable but have no German Input and Language. So i testet some European ROM's and found one from Spain which is rootable and have native German Support and APN in it.

So now i don't need to test further because all works great and have German Phone UI.

The ROM i use at the Moment:

http://hotfile.com/dl/184330128/2d4ce8b/TNBST_4_0A.1F.0ERPS_flex_WE_Orange_Spain.zip.html

(you have to register before you can download, ZIP Password is "mod2xtreme.com" but be aware, that the Site is sometimes down)

And feel free to donate to the Board for their excellent Service to offer us this ROM's. :good:

If you have an ROM with Fastboot, follow this Guide to Root (Original Post from leos0 here):

Important!!

Some prerequisits:

Download and extract the View attachment 1611940 to the Root of your Harddisc. Best place is C: so it has to be in

C:\root_xt320

.

If you place it in any other place, adjust the Path variables from next advices to your needs.

Open Command prompt on PC.

Type in

cd C:\root_xt320

and hit Enter

Now you are in correct folder to do the next steps

Download of Files for Root

So now i have one Wish.

Please can anyone who have found an ROM which is rootable/ed and have no SIM-Lock post the FW Version and SBF Name here so we get an complete List of useful ROM Versions.

I will try to update it several times.

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