[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheElix:
I looked at that thread but I didn't found anything useful.

BTW I found a backup online and now my Defy is booting :laugh: But, of course, the IMEI shows as 0000000000000000000 and doesn't connect to the network

There's the content of my /pds

root@mb526:/ # ls -lR /pds

/pds:
drwxrwx--- radio radio 2015-10-30 05:17 bp_nvm
drwxrwx--- radio radio 2015-10-28 06:26 comm_drv
drwxr-xr-x root root 1981-12-31 13:00 config
drwxr----- root root 2012-08-29 07:51 factory
-rw-r--r-- root root 507504 2015-10-27 06:11 hijack
drwxrwx--- root root 2015-07-05 05:41 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x root root 2015-10-28 04:21 opprof
drwxrwxr-x system shell 2015-10-27 04:42 public
drwxr-xr-x root radio 2015-07-05 05:41 scim
drwxrwx--- 9007 9007 2015-10-27 06:15 security
-rw-r--r-- root root 260184 2015-10-27 06:11 update-binary
-rw-r--r-- root root 1335532 2015-10-27 06:11 update-recovery.zip
drwxrwx--x wifi wifi 2015-10-27 06:15 wifi
drwxrwxr-x 9003 9003 2015-10-27 06:15 wmdrm

/pds/bp_nvm:
-rw-r--r-- root root 3604 2015-10-27 06:11 FILE_PDS5
-rw-r--r-- root root 1970 2015-10-27 06:11 FILE_PDS_SUBSIDY_LOCK_DBK_1
-rw-r--r-- root root 2406 2015-10-27 06:11 FILE_PDS_SUBSIDY_LOCK_DBK_2
-rw-r--r-- root root 3197 2015-10-28 04:21 File_PDS1
-rw-r--r-- root root 2276 2015-10-27 06:11 File_PDS2
-rw-r--r-- root root 4387 2015-10-28 04:21 File_PDS3
-rw-r--r-- root root 4032 2015-10-28 04:21 File_PDS4
-rw-r--r-- root root 2602 2015-10-27 06:11 File_PDS_IMEI
-rw-r--r-- root root 4482 2015-10-27 06:11 File_PDS_LTE1
-rw-r--r-- root root 6722 2015-10-27 06:11 File_PDS_LTE2
-rw-r--r-- root root 320 2015-10-28 04:21 File_PDS_SBCM
-rw-r--r-- root root 1330 2015-10-30 05:18 File_PDS_Subsidy_Lock
-rw-r--r-- root root 312 2015-10-27 06:11 NVM_Daemon_Log.txt
-rw-rw-rw- root radio 1512 2015-10-28 06:21 NVM_Daemon_MD5
-rw------- root root 32 2012-12-06 08:42 md5

/pds/comm_drv:
-rw-r--r-- root root 1 2015-10-27 06:11 cat_log_control.cfg
-rw-r--r-- root root 1 2015-10-27 06:11 cat_routing_path_control.cfg
-rw-rw-rw- root radio 2704 2015-10-28 06:26 mmins_settings.cfg
-rw-r--r-- root root 1 2015-10-27 06:11 ms_log_control.cfg
-rw-r--r-- root root 61 2015-10-27 06:11 opprof.txt

/pds/config:
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 barcode
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 baseband
-rw-r----- root root 0 2012-12-06 08:41 bootmode
-rw-r----- root root 1 1981-12-31 13:00 boslogcat
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 carrier
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 console
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 display
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 dtname
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 fti
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 hwrev
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 model
-rw-r----- root root 0 1981-12-31 13:00 msn

/pds/factory:
-rw-r----- root root 128 2012-08-29 08:55 fti

/pds/lost+found:

/pds/opprof:

/pds/public:
drwxrwxr-x root root 1981-12-31 13:04 atvc
drwxr-x--- 9000 9000 2015-10-27 06:15 battd
-rw------- root root 5 2012-12-06 08:13 cur.locale
-rw-r--r-- root root 2 2012-08-29 07:58 tcxo.bin

/pds/public/atvc:

/pds/public/battd:
-rw-rw---- root root 10 2015-10-27 06:11 batt_offset_data
-rw-rw---- root root 12 2015-10-27 06:11 batt_phasing_data
-rw-rw---- root root 256 2015-10-27 06:11 batt_tuning_data

/pds/scim:

/pds/security:
-rw-r--r-- root 9007 4096 2015-10-27 06:11 counter.bin
-rw-r--r-- root 9007 5086 2015-10-27 06:11 janusDeviceCert.dat
-rw-rw-r-- root 9007 608 2012-09-24 17:14 keymaptable.dat
-rw-rw-r-- root 9007 110 1981-12-31 13:04 keyring.dat
-rw-r--r-- root 9007 22528 2015-10-27 06:11 system.bin

/pds/wifi:
-rw-r--r-- root root 468 2015-10-27 06:11 nvs_map.bin
-rw-rw---- root root 1113 2012-09-19 07:33 nvs_map_mac80211.bin

/pds/wmdrm:
-rw-r--r-- root root 32 2015-10-27 06:11 hashsdidmap.dat

Are some files missing?