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[Defy General] gbossley:
Tuning Defy+

Proverbs I'd love to dive in ask you if you'd extend your offer to Sadu to others - I'd really like to try to tune my Defy+ - figures below...

I'm thinking my phone is WAY off where it should be in terms of states (very limited Deep Sleep for example).

I'm running 0724, with the min-GAPPS of 0724 also. I have some Tasker profiles running, some apps hibernated, Utter! running (shake to wake, not listening).

I couldn't load the screendump from Aero but the numbers look like...,

Deepsleep 02h:32m:17s 6%

1000 MHz 00h:48m:55s 2%

800 MHz 00h:12m:46s 1%

600 MHz 05h:22m:04s 13%

300 MHz 32h:05m:58s 78%

Uptime 41h:02m:02s 100%

PS 41+ hours uptime is very good for my Defy +

Governor is stock Interactive.
[Defy General] mibas:
Hi,

could somebody share CM-11-20140724? Unfortunatelly it has disappeared from Quarks download.. Thanks in advance
[Defy General] pradeeppk:
http://defy.svolkov.name/quarx2k.ru/buildbot/roms/defy-cm11.0/cm-11-20140724-NIGHTLY-mb526.zip
[Defy General] mibas:
Thanks a lot. Yesterday I've flashed with latest 0804 but it has drained the battery very quickly, the previous version which I've used was 0721, but it seems that 0724 is the best at this moment. So i'm going to go back to 0724 instead 0804.
[Defy General] Proverbs2:
Do you mean you get only 3 hours when using wifi for light web browsing on your phone, or are you streaming videos, or are you using the phone as a wifi hotspot? 3 hours of very heavy wifi usage (video streaming, etc.), or three hours of hotspot usage, is actually fairly reasonable for an old battery, IMHO. What apps are using the most battery when you look at Settings > Battery? You could try Greenifying any apps that are using up juice in the background.

Your CPU isn't spending nearly enough time in the "Deepsleep" state, so you should figure out which app or process is keeping your phone awake. Utter might be the culprit; you could try disabling that. If that doesn't work, try using this app to determine what is causing the wakelock.
[Defy General] lagusz:
Black screen when calling for SlimKat

Thanks for the clear guide on installation.

I tried Slimkat and it seems to have a problem with operating the proximity sensor on MB525. It goes black on the call and if voicemail starts on the other end I was stuck and could only remove the battery. Installed CM11 and it works better. The official Froyo also works fine, it's just the Slimkat.
[Defy General] Proverbs2:
Interesting. I've had no such problems with SlimKat on MB525, and I've been using it as my daily driver for months. Maybe it was just a coincidence that the proximity sensor was having trouble when you installed SlimKat. Do you use a screen cover? If so, try cutting away the part that covers the proximity sensor (near the top left side of the glass). That might help.
[Defy General] lagusz:
I'm not using the cover at all. There could be some problem with the sensor because once or twice I had this "blackout" on the CM11 but wiping the finger over the sensor brings the display back up again. But on the Slimkat I could wipe as much as I wanted and nothing happened. Like some setting switched the display off on the call.
[Defy General] Quintiliano:
Hey, I'd like to thank you for the post, the performance tweaking was quite helpful!

But I'd like some extra recommendations. I just came out of SlimKat (it's probably my favorite ROM so far), I had a bug yesterday that pissed me off so I decided to try something else, went with Paranoid Android and I'm now tweaking it to see if it can be as fast and smooth as SlimKat.

So far it's not completely lovely. The launcher itself is pretty laggy and notification drawer could be a little bit smoother. I'd like to ask you if there are any other settings I could tweak, like the I/O scheduler (I have no idea what it does), "memory management" (Allow Purging of Assets and KSM - I also have no idea what they do) or even some smoother apps, like launchers or something?

Another thing that I'd like to ask is if anyone around here knows how to change the default SMS app "max SMS to MMS" limit, in SlimKat it worked fine with 30 SMS being the largest I could write, but in PA my SMS's get converted to MMS in just 4 SMS's and this sucks balls. Is there a way of tweaking this?

I really want to learn a bit about this. I'm thinking of deleting some of the apps as you mentioned in the OP but I'm still unsure if I should, as I'm a total newbie on this.

Thanks in advance!
[Defy General] Proverbs2:
For I/O scheduler, Deadline is best. KSM and Purging of assets both sound great in theory, but in my experience they seemed to make things worse rather than better. I've never tried them on Paranoid Android, though. You could try them and see if things improve.

I'd also recommend using an app like this to check what apps and services are running in the background (and using up precious ram memory). Then Greenify any that you don't want to run automatically at startup.

In the CM11 thread, some users reported that raising min_free_kbytes in Aero Control > Memory Tuning > VM Settings from 2850 to 10240 (or even 20480) helps to reduce lag. (See this post by [MENTION=4916555]okij[/MENTION], for example.) I personally didn't notice much difference with that change, but it seems to help for some people.

One word of caution: If you're playing around with memory settings in Aero Control, do NOT enable Dynamic FSync -- it leads to a very serious data corruption bug. It should be safe to tinker with most other settings, and you can always revert to the default settings if problems occur.

I use Apex launcher, which seems just a bit lighter and faster than Nova.

By the way, what was the problem you encountered on SlimKat?
[Defy General] Quintiliano:
Just checked out all of the settings. I/O was on Deadline as you said were best, then I tested to see how KSM and Purging of Assets worked out on this ROM and so far I noticed that KSM helps a bit, gave me more RAM and made the visuals slightly smoother, while Purging of Assets would give me even more RAM but would make the visuals really laggy on the phone (notification bar and even transition from screens in launcher). So, I recommend KSM on for whoever uses Paranoid Android and keep APA off.

As for the extra memory in Aero Control, I found out that the default settings for min_free_kbytes was '10240', then I changed it to '20480' and so far I haven't noticed any change in the phone's behavior, still has a bunch of memory free and is working as fine as it was before. I'll keep it this way for a while to see if it did change a thing at all.

The problem I had with my SlimKat was a random "google services stopped responding" message (something like this) popping out of nowhere randomly. I don't really know if it might have been an app I installed or if it just decided not to respond, but it came to a point in which it became unbearable (I would press "OK" and it would already show the same error again), I rebooted my phone into recovery and cleared Dalvik cache, then booted it up and saw that my text messages were all erased and that the problem was still happening. This pissed me off and made me decide to try another ROM, since I had been using SlimKat for quite a while (two months or something like this). Someday I might go back to it, when I see an update or something, I like to keep my phone as updated as possible.

I'm pretty satisfied with this PA ROM by the way. Only bug so far is the wallpaper showing entirely blurry but it might be the Launcher I'm using, so I'll try some workaround.

Thanks for all the help, mate, I'll keep on trying to clean stuff up and if I find anything helpful I'll surely report back.
[Defy General] tomhanman:
sim broken by rom flash... ah no it appears not.

Hi, first thanks, now the probs.

I just flashed the latest CM11 nightly on my green MB525. I was running CM7 previously and happily but required recent android for an app.

Everything went well, started up and it asked me for my simcode. I never used a code on my CM7, so went to provider's site and it said default code for simcards was 0000. So I entered that, it didn't work. I entered what I would have changed it to if I had changed it, that didn't work. I tried again etc. It just kept asking, so I tried the PUK code, that didn't work either. It never said that I had tried too many times or that the sim was locked or anything. Anyhow, it was impossible to get it to unlock and to get any mobile network action. So I went to bed.

So how did my phone end up network locked when it hasn't been for two years?

I have kernal 2.6.32.9-aerokernel and baseband EPO93_U_00.60.03 I'm on Virgin France (which uses the Orange network).

Did I miss something stupid? Sorry if I did please point it out to me with a big stick!

Thanks in advance to all, and of course thanks to the Devs for keeping our little Defys alive.

Tom.
[Defy General] alexey8:
question on baseband

can i install cm11 without configuring baseband and when i try to install nightly cm11, instalation aborted message comes up?????

what should i do? i am not intednding to use slimkat, but if its better then and trustable then ill use it..........

please reply i need help on this matter......:confused::(
[Defy General] Proverbs2:
SlimKat is very stable and reasonably fast, at least compared to other KitKat roms on the Defy. I've been using it as my daily driver for months without any major issue. On the other hand, it hasn't been updated for quite a long time, so it doesn't have the benefit of all the latest tweaks, and of course it doesn't have exactly the same features as CM11. (Personally, I like SlimKat's features better than CM11's, but that's just my opinion.)

I never had a problem with any "installation aborted" message. Maybe there was a problem with the nightly build that you downloaded, or maybe you forgot to update the custom recovery to TWRP version 2.6.3.0. If you're using the correct recovery, I'd recommend trying a different CM11 nightly, or using SlimKat instead.
[Defy General] Acberry:
Thx
[Defy General] JimboN:
+1 - very well written and easy to follow - THANK YOU!
[Defy General] tomhanman:
network lock

Hello, Its me again.

I've just changed to the latest nightly in hope of better stability, but what I've got is my phone network locked again!

I run through the wipe and flash instructions so very well presented in this thread, and the first thing that comes up after the reboot is a request for 'SIM network unlock PIN' This appears to be a request to unlock the phone to any network. Which is something I did several years ago.

Is it normal that the 'safewipe' should result in this unlocking being undone?

Why does nobody else have this experience?

And why the hell does the offocial unlock code from Orange which unlocked the phone to all networks a month ago not work this time around?

I just get 'Network unlock request unsuccessful' message.

I can't believe that nobody else has encountered this.

Tom.
[Defy General] ThomasAH:
Did you have to give the IMEI to get your unlock code? If yes, check *#06# to see if it is still the same.

(maybe it is empty or 000000... now)

Besides this, safewipe (at least the versions I found) is no longer safe:

It tries to preserve /system/bootmenu, but somewhere in March the important parts moved to /system/bootstrap.

And with the very new builds from October (with the changed partition) it is different again.
[Defy General] bellin:
Defy hard bricked after downgrade from CM11

If you can't access the recovery, you may need to flash an sbf file using RSD Lite. Be careful! Flashing an sbf file improperly is one of the few things that can actually hard-brick the Defy, and if you flash the wrong sbf file for your phone, it may be impossible to restore your phone back to its original firmware. Read the All-in-One Defy Beginner's guide for more information about sbfs and RSD Lite. You can also check out the Motorola Defy wiki page for other tips and tutorials.

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It 'just what happened to my Defy!

I've working CM11 installed on my Defy, but due to continuosly lag and reboot i decided to downgrade to original Froyo ROM without reading all of this!

Now i understand that the situation is very complicated to resolve.

the only way that i've is RSD_Lite, but the screen is still black and no recovery mode shown.

I try adb too, but the device is not found

There is someone that can help me (and my doughter).
[Defy General] omeyers:
Grreetings,

thanks for the guide, its really helpful. I have only one doubt regarding wich cm11 should I flash. The guide indicates a download link from quarx, but I've noticed the latest version available there is from october. Can I flash the latest cm11 from the link quarx gives in this post instead? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2515036

I'm on 2.2.2, stock.

Thanks.
[Defy General] JimboN:
Yes. There used to be separate zips for defy(+) and bravo -- now it's one zip.
[Defy General] _ck_:
Defy is my "daily driver" with CM7 but since this guide was posted in May I am very tempted to try CM11 as performance is lagging compared to the dual core 1.2ghz phones I've tried.

How has stability faired since then? Hoping all my apps can just backup and restore and still run.
[Defy General] crizolli:
Thanks for the amazing guide.

I found my Defy hanging in a drawer this weekend and it was still running CM7.

Thanks to your guide I've updated it to SlimKat and I'm happy to say that performance is pretty solid so far.
[Defy General] jadrake:
Resize partition?

Hi,

I've followed the instructions to the letter, and when I get to installing CM11 I get:

Please resize partition before installing CM11

Then it fails to install.

Any ideas?
[Defy General] wald0rf:
Hi! In my first post, I wanted to share with you the best settings I found myself testing the Defy.

Kernel Settings, for stable, no-reboots, daily use.

I changed parameters with Kernel Adiutor App.

Build version tested: cm11-20151129-Nightly-mb52x

CPU Governor: Interactive, 300-1000mhz cpu freq. (default nightly).

I/O Scheduler: Internal Storage: SIO - Read Ahead 128k (deadline seems very unstable to me).

External Storage: Same settings.

Kernel Samepage Merging: KSM: Enable

Low Memory Killer: Medium Settings

Virtual Memory: Swappiness=0

Z-RAM=30 mb

More than three days that it is running smoothly without sudden reboots.

Please share your results!
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
Hello i guys i wanna buy a tablet for web browsing,listen music,youtube,emails and im between those two tablets ,they have 50euros different in my country and i'm think what to buy... i heard the tab 3 has better battery life and i really appriciate lonng battery life.Thank you for listening and hope you share your wisdom
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dparrothead1:
I would find a store where I could compare them side by side.

I have the Tab 3 8.0 and it is a fine tablet. It does everything that you stated you like to do, and it does it well. The build quality is great...much better than the Nexus 7 I owned.

But like everything else, everyone has their own opinions and those opinions will vary greatly. You will have to decide for yourself.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
Best buy has the new tab 4 series on sale. The 8" model for $240.

edit: you aren't in US. ? :)
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
so should i wait a bit for the tab4 to come out? . I'm more curious for battery life,how much battery life you got from tab3?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] AEVAREX:
I also was choosing between the same two models a short time ago, and went with the tab 3 8.0. I would say for what you want to do with it go for the tab 3. I am very pleased with mine, and have even installed some very graphic intensive games and it handles them with no problem at all. And the battery life is great(not as much so while playing those high graphic games).

With the screen at about 30% brightness I have been getting almost an hour of screen time per 10% battery, while web surfing and email and the sutch.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] wer11:
I think tab 4 series are scam.What is the difference then tab 3 ? They are almost same devices.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
I just saw the specs there are not so much differences over there.i found note 8 for 220 euros and tab 3 for 175 euros ,what should I go with at last for performance and battery life?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] calden74:
If I had to choose between the two, the Note 8 all the way, no questions. The Tab 3 8 even though it came out in 2013 has a CPU that is already 3 1/2 years old. Do you absolutely need too go with Samsng , have you looked at the LG G Pad, you can buy them now for 275 dollars, it has 2GB of RAM, 1080P resolution, Qualcomm 600 CPU and has Gorilla Glass 3, where as the Tab 3 8 has nothing and the Note 8 has the first generation. Just an idea, its your money, but I would defiantly choose the Note 8. A much nicer tablet in almost every way. I would also check out the EVGA Note 7, it also has an active digitizer pen, a Nvidia Tegra 4 CPU that lays waste to both the the Tab 3 8 and Note 8, built in HDMI, doesn't have the bloated TouchWiz that takes up 700MB of system memory and is probably the laggiest Android version on the market today, plus it will get updates much, much faster as they come direct from Nvidia, draw back is its only 7 inches.

I would maybe even think about waiting a little, save up some cash and buy the Samsung Pro 8.3, their dropping in price pretty fast and is probably one of the best 8 inch Android tablets on the market today.

Though between you and me, dump the idea of buying an Andoid tablet all together and buy a Dell Venue 8 Pro Windows 8 tablet. Only 250 dollars, have gotten incredible reviews from every tech site and magazine out their, 2GB RAM, 32GB or 64GB storage, USB 3 through OTG, Miracast, active digitizer, much, much better multitasking through multiple windows, can display a movie on your TV and still use the tablet, if you still want Android, developers are working on a dual boot option so you will have the best of both worlds.

Just check out some of the reviews yourself, Arstechnica has a really good article on the Venue 8 Pro.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
Thank you mate for the message really really helpful .The note 8 cost 220 euros in my country the pro 8.4 300euros and the lg g pad 270. I was thinking the GPad but the I read that the battery go for 4-5 hours the most and I was kinda disappoint. then I thought for 8.4 but it's kinda expensive right now for an android tablet. Do you think I should go with the note 8 for 220euros or with gpad or wait for 8.4 price go down?
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] calden74:
Which country are you in, I'm in Switzerland and I know of a few really great shops that ship pretty much everywhere except the UK. If you absolutely need a tablet now I would go for the LG G Pad, the battery life is really not much different than the Note 8. The Google Play Edition model is defiantly the one I would go for as you will get frequent updates. You will absolutely love the 1080P resolution over the anemic 720P of the Note 8 and the Qualcomm 600 CPU found inside is extremely fast. It all depends if you need a tablet now though.

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Check out digitec.ch, it's in German but you can use a translator, their selling the LG for 250CH (205 EUR) for that price you can't go wrong.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
I live in Greece and from what i saw today the LG gpad cost like 270 EUROS and we don't have here the playstore edition only the lg edition and the tab 8.4 pro cost like 300 EUROS . Thought the note 8 battery is much better than the gpad but if they are equal i see your point
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
I guess.. but the Tab 4 is quad core. but other than that, i wouldn't upgrade. But if I didn't have one yet, I would get the Tab 4.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] calden74:
I wouldn't, in fact I would stay as far as way from the Samsung Tab line of mid-tier tablets as possible. Their just not worth it, the previous model, the Tab 3 had a Exynos 4212, the Exynos 4210 was showcased in November of 2010 and then released in Q1 of 2011 with the Tab 7.7. The two models have almost identical performance models. The Tab 4 follows the same line of thinking by inserting the bare minium of what the current market will except. There is absolutly nothing, nothing, that makes the Tab 4 8 a tablet that one would want to own when compared to others. TouchWiz now takes up an abysimal 800MB of memory so the 1.5GB of RAM is halved for for apps, there is no Gorilla Glass, Samsung claims that their alternative is just as good but experience with these tablets suggest otherwise, the SnapDragon 5 CPU is no match for their other budget friendly models like the 600 which can found in the LG G Pad. Resolution is an appaling 1280 x 800, when every other Android Tablet manufacture is making their 8" models with at least a 1080P panel. Samsung finially dropped the price of the Tab 8 to a managable level, the previuos model was just so outrageously exspensive for the level of hardware that was offered. I still wouldn't buy one though, at any price, your compromising just to much to save a few bucks. Save your money and when you have enough buy an LG G Pad, Kindle HDX 8.9, the Samung Pro 8.4, upcoming Nexus 8, Dell Venue 8 Pro, Lenovo ThinkPad 8, Asus Vivo 8, etc. Just don't paint your self into a corner by buying the absolute bare minium like a Tab 4 8, or any other Tab 4 model. This is a perfect example of Samsung's logic, right now on Amazon, the Tab 4 10.1 is listed for 320 dollars where as the Tab Pro is 400, an 80 dollar difference, you would have to be a complete idiot not to go with the Pro. Who put's a 720P in a 10.1 inch display nowadays, in a 8" was hard enough top swallow.

Tab Pro 10.1

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...8&qid=1399064818&sr=8-1&keywords=tab+pro+10.1

Tab 4 10.1

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...TF8&qid=1399064892&sr=8-1&keywords=tab+4+10.1
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
I just bought a GPAD guys ,from what you told me i choose this one
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] calden74:
Awesome, give us a small review when you get a chance.
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] Batttie:
also the tab 4 has higher screen resolution,
[Galaxy Tab 3 General] dimcreed22:
I will give a small review of my GPAD just to share my experience. I paid 240euros for this with a case with it lets go

9/10Screen:amazing colors and the best screen it terms of size I have work on,much better than nexus 7

9/10Build:reminds me iPad mini with a Samsung touch on it kinda stand in the middle

7/10Battery: not great not bad gives me like 7-8 hours on screen I'm ok with it

8/10Sound: the sound and the speakers are very loud

Overall I give it a 8.5/10 it's the most cool looking tablet I see,so fast in browsing or play 3d games ,I use it everyday and I haven't open my laptop the last 2 days. I wish u bought this before nexus 7 2013 ,between those GPad is miles away.