yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy General] KaiUno:
Super!

Worked like a charm!

Amazing how many of us just go ahead and flash with battery nearly spent. Probably rage-flashing after a day of fighting with CM10 battery slurping.
[Defy General] Christiancs1969:
A lesson learnt. And good fun too:p

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[Defy General] WaltLlanos:
HELP!

Will this process work if my phone doesn't even turns on? By this I mean, no LEDs, no "M" logo...nothing.

I was making a downgrade from JB to ICS with RSD and it FAILED. (Supposedly cause the device was disconnected, obviously I didn't)

P.S. By the way, I have an Atrix 2 - If it were a Defy in this conditions, would it have a chance?
[Defy General] duncanidahoe:
Thanks Cudos

Sorry I replied to the wrong thread earlier. I wanted to say thank you for the info this helped me unbrick my phone twice now. For some reason when my battery dies I get stuck with a dead battery at the fastboot screen. Did improve on your method some though with the phone plugged into the computer with the micro usb cable you don't need to connect the negative lead to the battery terminal, and I added a small alligator clip to the red lead on the stripped usb cable. No need to put the battery back in to hold the leads there. Changed the ROM I was using hoping it will not cause the same problem as the previous one. I try not to let my phone die totally but sometimes it happens.
[Defy General] Christiancs1969:
The rds failed because of low battery. Try charging your battery on another phone. If no go use this hack done it many times

;)

Are you sure about downgrade. That might have been cause of failure. Did u use stock. Rom
[Defy General] gpsilveira:
Beautiful! Thanks, man!
[Defy General] asn39:
thanx alot bro...worked like charm...

thanx alot man it helped but ...my phone shows that my battery is not genuine and u need to replace and phone says it wil not charge battery also superone click is not rooting the phone after i succesfully booted through your method

hats off man...awesome genius :D

update : my phone battery is addicted to your method then only phone boots up otherwise battery question mark :p

i tried calliberation n restorin nandroid bakup but nothing helped any idea what to do ?
[Defy General] ITGuy420:
I have the Atrix 2 and hard bricked it last night by re-flashing with a locked bootloader. The device will not turn on but will show a white LED when I try plugging it into the computer. I'm wondering if it's a low battery issue. I tried doing this trick and it didn't work :/ I made my own modded USB and the phone would not turn on or show the White LED. It did work before I made it custom. I'm thinking it is just hard bricked
[Defy General] karan1778:
Need help with voltage

Hello Everyone. I need some information about motorola defy. I got an old defy without charger. And I'm having some issues with charging.

I have nokia acp-12e charger with 5.7v/800mA, nokia ac-10e charger with 5V/1200mA. and a samsung charger with 4.5v/ 550mA.

the mobile which is out of battery. when i plug any of these chargers, the mobile starts and shows '?" sign.

And if i plug usb to charge it shows a white led light.

if I charge the battery through other universal charger then it starts up. And then if i connect usb to charge it shows me error that battery is not original ... kind of error. BUT IT IS ORIGINAL.

My question is, is here any way to charge the defy normally?

What would be the voltage on the connectors where the battery connects the mobile, with the battery out and charger plugged in.

I measured b/w the terminals + and - . with battery out . On laptop usb connected, it shows 0.9V. On other chargers connected it fluctuates b/w 0.9V-1.5V.

Is this normal ? Or is there something wrong with the charging circuit of the mobile?
[Defy General] CodeVanya:
My defy isn't showing any "cannot program" error, but it got into black screen which, I think, emerged after a reported "failed" flashing using RSD lite v5.6. I was downgrading without knowing the dangers doing that. (I'm totally a noob! I was flashing T-Mobile_MB525_6.19.0_1FF sbf).

Now, it isn't showing anything at all, except the white led when connected to PC. RSD is not recognizing the device.

I tried to get into the bootloader but no response.

I haven't tried this batter fix yet, I'm sure battery was almost full just before all this. Do you think this method will work for this problem??
[Defy General] karan1778:
I think your battery is quite low. Try reahcrging it through another method than McGyver. And see if you can go to BL.
[Defy General] CodeVanya:
please if you have any links to other methods, tell me coz I have searched some but didn't find any. thankz in advnc!
[Defy General] karan1778:
here is one.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11233291&postcount=25

Basically, you will have to sacrifice a charger. It doesnt need to be original defy's charger.

If you have other nokia or samsung or any good brand charger with rating 5V and 500mA or 800mA or 1000mA or 1200mA current.

Then you will have to cut it to reveal to reveal 2 black and red wires.

And connect the 2 wires directly into the battery

if these are 4 terminals of the battery as you will see there marked.

[+] [ ] [ ] [--]

connect the red one to [+] and black one to [-]

You have to connect it for about 25-30 minutes. If you notice heating up of the battery disconnect the wires, you may have connected them wrong.

Just make sure you connect them correctly.

I used the above procedure to charge the battery.

I used paper pins to plug into the battery terminals and connected the black ,red wires to the pins.

If you need more info then I can explain further.

25-30 minutes will be fine to do a sbf flash again.

Also make sure to use the same version of sbf which you had before as the latest.
[Defy General] CodeVanya:
thanx buddy but isn't this the same process recommended by this thread?? I'm wondering if mine IS indeed a battery-low issue.. If it isn't, then there's no point in doing all these, right??
[Defy General] karan1778:
the one I'm telling you is not the same as this McGyver one. Thy are connecting the 5-volts to the phone's terminals. Which is not recommended.

And As you had mentioned, white light nothing else.

I had the same issue.

My problem was that battery fully discharged and it didnt even show the "M" logo.

The white light means its charging, I guess.

Have you tried connecting charger and see what happens?
[Defy General] CodeVanya:
oh okey.. :good: See, this is why my phone got bricked! :D

and... yeah I see white led glowing while it is connected to pc, but NOTHING, no light or whatsoever when charger is connected! :eek:
[Defy General] karan1778:
Well, this is strange. At least my phone turned on when I connected the charger.

Make sure the charger is working. It should show the led while the charger connects.

And If you dont find anything useful, then you can try charging the battery. For now its the only way. You have to try. Thats what i did. tried everything. Fortunately I didnt have to face such an issue.

You were downgrading incorrectly so I don't know about this problem.

Good Luck.
[Defy General] CodeVanya:
all right man :) Thanks 4 the help! I'll try your method..
[Defy General] ravgt:
Sorry to bring this thread alive, but help me allot with me problem, and this must be in the FAQ of this section.
[Defy General] jonbruce:
I have an older XT860 that I was using as a spare. It popped up with this problem today. After losing my cool a few times while trying various battery removal, chargers, cables, etc. I found this thread. Within seconds, I have a battery that's charging properly and my phone is booting.

Thank you!
[Defy General] zXx AJL xXz:
Motorola Defy Low Battery

Hi everyone I recently rooted my motorola defy and flashed cyanogenmod 10 then reverted to cyanogenmod 7.2 then. I wanted to try another rom called cyanmobile but after i installed it and booted up it got stuck on the google m logo and i couldn't access the custom recovery (blue light vol down) so i thought that i could boot into the bootloader to use the motorola RSD which i used just before to unbrick my phone using and sbf but the bootloader says Low battery Can't program and i don't really want to strip a wire just in case i fry my phone. I have ordered a motorola defy battery charger which i am hopinh will charge the battery itself so that i can then use RSD and i was wondering whether this will work?

I need help urggently if possible

Many Thanks

Alastair
[Defy General] Christiancs1969:
It works. Try charging batt first....if no go use hack.

s2rootbox......
[Defy General] thekguy:
If you're really scared about the wire stripping then you can use the moto defy charger approach. It will work
[Defy General] zXx AJL xXz:
Battery Dock Charger

Hi thanks for the reply, i was wondering whether you have tried the battery charging and whether it worked and how you did it as it would be useful to know.

Thanks
[Defy General] ramrayana:
Thank you So much .......you saved me ...thank you once again
[Defy General] diskman01:
Thanks!
[Defy General] Sorensiim:
It still brings a smile to my face every time I see that this thread has helped someone! :highfive:
[Defy General] cell0ne:
I agree,you are right!:good:
[Defy General] matutemhn:
help

how long do i wait for the battery to charge to boot into fastboot mode because i got everything as you describe but still cant boot up to fastboot:confused:

am i hardbricked without any hope ?

i was trying to go back to stock ics when this happened, i was running RSD lite and just got stuck on rebooting fastbot and never got anywhere after that for a long time so i unplugged the phone and that was it, now is just dead and no even this is bringing it back on, any advice ? this is my first time dealing with motorola device, i never had bricked any other device.... any advice would be really appreciated
[Defy General] pepcisko:
Ha! Resurrected my Defy+ using this guide... cable worked like a charm, didn't even have to fasten it using tape. Many many many many thanks ! :)
[Defy General] Jaflo:
Works great, I did it with a mini usb cable instead of the micro usb cable used for the Defy and it worked fine. Thanks!
[Defy General] Bloodypsycho:
Worked very well for my note, worth an attempt.
[Defy General] sudipt123:
Worked like a charm- initially worried about the Mcgyver Plug (will i be able to make it work, but then When I saw the flashing start- was happy. Cheers mate! This should be a sticky thread.:cyclops:
[Defy General] nbdized:
Hi

I've tried ...Did not work and the problem probably of the cable .. What do you recommend ... + + Can you put video explanation ....

... Sorry, I do not mastered English well ...:good: :highfive:

Did you know you are a wonderful man :good:
[Defy General] shrek8421:
Awesome. [MENTION=3127267]Sorensiim[/MENTION]. Worked like a charm.
[Defy General] saurabh2012:
this method worked. Thanks a ton.
[Defy General] justjr:
I love u guys! We are all McGayver! Now is all the way to the KitKat!
[Defy General] abhinavvaidya90:
Can we try to charge the battery via the direct battery charger or in another defy ?
[Defy General] tom-zc:
I like this way!
[Defy General] abhinavvaidya90:
I did this and this worked yeeeee:victory::victory::victory::highfive::highfive::highfive:
[Defy General] tulen_kobi:
Thank you for saving my phone :victory:
[Defy General] vighanesh:
Could you tell what is the problem with my motorola defy plus. I have flashed with many different custom ROM but unfortunately the last rom JB 4.3 made my phone dead :confused: as I think so. Because my phone is not waking up its not even goes into bootloader menu and not also showing up any motorola logo. Is my phone totally dead? Or it is problem of battery. Whenever I put my phone on charge only a WHITE led glows but nothing happens onward.

I have a charge which have to points (+ve and -ve) to charge any battery (normally known as universal charger). I can charge it but still I can't go into bootloader. I'm pressing vol up + power button nothing happen yet please help me out :crying:
[Defy General] BOROAMOO:
perfect

thank you
[Defy General] weissgarnichts:
Hi.

i did not read everything, but i just tried so called "McGuyver Method" and it worked BUT after flashing a stockrom there were still the question-mark-battery. So i tried other ways and found a solution.

If you get into a recovery - and i could open the Stock "Android System Recovery Menü" (Hold Vol- -> Press Power) you can wipe the data (factory reset).

After that i rebooted and for a second i saw the question-mark-battery but then the question marked changed to "5%".

The phone is now loading, so before playing McGuyver try to wipe (factory reset).
[Defy General] maango:
Well, what can I say? Huge thanks from Sweden for this! Tried leaving the phone charging for 48 hours with white led in PC and also for around 48 hours connected to standard adapter without any result.

Now I'm back to stock ROM and will make a new try with JB, but with 100% battery this time ;)

This was the most creepy thing I have done so far in modding, good thing the fire extinguisher were close at hand if anything went wrong :cool:
[Defy General] lineyu:
Thanks

I play with my Moto Defy very much, and I was very careful about battery because I red this tread before I start programming my defy. I bricked my phone and I wanted to flash full sbf. but I couldn't because of the battery. So I remembered this tread and it saved my life :laugh:. So thank you once again
[Defy General] JimiGEE:
This method has helped me more times than I can count.

Right now, I think I am screwed. I had the 4.4 Mokee Nightly ROM - Did an OTA update. Booted into recovery and it failed. Then I downloaded it on my PC - transfered it to SD and flashed it in recovery as the instructions told me. However it took BMM away from me. I tried going back and installing it through BMM system settings...so there I sat in a boot loop.

No big deal tho, I will just FXZ back to stock and re root. BUT battery was too low to flash. Now in my experience using this method...the last time I did this, was plugged me "jumper" cable into the wall...another USB into the computer and I was able to enter ADB mode. I can not this time. Even with the jumper plugged into the PC. The only change I have noticed is keeping the jumper plugged in for 30 mins or more...take the jumper cable off the battery...plug into PC as normal...enter ADB mode. It says "Battery OK to flash" - once RSD uncompressed my stock firmware...my atrix then goes right to "Battery too low to flash" - If I pull the battery, put it back in...enter ADB - again says "Battery Ok" - so every time I attempt to flash...it changed it to "battery to low"

What is going on?!

---------- Post added at 02:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:20 PM ----------

I have an atrix 2 BTW - and am I right when I say...using this method...a jumper and a second USB plugged into the phone...i shouldnt see a white LED still?
[Defy General] DiegoxG:
Hi, I did the McGyver method last night but got the ? mark on the battery icon, I did a factory reset so many times and also flashed different sbf's, and still the ? mark, can anyone help me?
[Defy General] rockzsanil:
request

Hi i had rooted my defy+ mb526 by using red wire in + and black wire in _

when i connect usb cable to the phone it is detecting and showing flash drive

what i have to do to install the software into it

my mobile model:

Motorola Defy+ MB526

imei : 358960040130000

msn : M77ASC2CNF AP3390AP5K8

MWQ7 : 334411A11 DEFY+

FCC : IHDP56LC2 MB526

i located in india

where can i get SPF for this

Please share all required links to activate my phone
[Defy General] atul27:
I did this. it really works :good:

Thanks great :D :good::good:
[Defy General] veeranna:
i used universal charger to charge battery but it shows full , but when i put it in phone and turn on the same msg , battery low cannot program , whats with this problem i do try to charge with mcgyaver method , kindly explain what would be the cause
[Defy General] veeranna:
fixed the problem by making a motorola factory cable and any one who are facing a problem try to make a motorola factory cable it is easy and fast, google it in forum or on youtube u will find how to make it , it took me 5 min thats it. if any one who are facing probelm with rsd lite try version 6.1.5 ( im using WIN 8 ) it detected and i flashed. but now i am facing a new problem phone only turn on when i connected it to charger and charger will start with 5 % charging suddenly it will show 100% . i dont know how to deal with it hope i find a solution here
[Defy General] nitin95:
Which Android version are you using?
[Defy General] urbanrazor:
Motorola defy not charging

Hello guys. Recently, i flashed my motorola defy with a Rom from quarx ( i think 4.3) that had kernel version 3 i think or something, and after that everything went to hell. Phone won't open and won't be detected in RSD lite. After that i tried the mcgyver method which worked on my friend's laptop ( seems like my RSD lite refuses to detect the phone >_< , damn you windows 8) and flashed the sbf DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-2311_BLUR_SIGN_USADEFYEMARAB1B8TFDE004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRO2DE_P020_A025_M002_Service1FF.sbf .

The problem is that the phone can't be charged now :( everything is working except the battery which if not using mcgyver is dead.

Also, with this sbf it can't be rooted. So i guess only MB526 sbfs work from now on, because i have BL7 right?

Could you reccomend a SBF which has the battery working?
[Defy General] fh_pr:
McGyver hack saved my DEFY :D

thanks :good:
[Defy General] xXPaToSoNXx:
First time this phone has worked in 10 years. Cant believe it!
[Defy General] Keerthy:
I encountered the battery problem with my Defy+. Followed your above instructions and made my battery come to life. but when I open the RSDlite the device doesn't shows up there. Help me with this please.
[Defy General] anhrax:
I used that method.It worked like a charm and i was able to flash a stock rom 2.2. But after the reboot after the motorola sign the dreaded "? battery" sign appear. Is my battery fried or i have to charge it? Please help
[Defy General] Hikigaya Kazuto:
Excuse me...I am still a little noob in programming motorola devices...so could you kind enough to teach me how to use the mcgyver method...i have tried it once and it makes my laptop two usb port burned...so now i only have one usb port only on my laptop...i have prepared the usb cable and all the others as told...but still the phone doesn't boot...i also have powerbank 6600mAh model C302 with me...i really hope that someone can help me with this problem...i have experience in programming lenovo and sony devices...but motorola devices is just to hard for me to handle it..my motorola model is motorola defy plus(mb526)...sorry for my bad english...
[Defy General] Turb0dud3:
Easier method if you have a spare parts phone or battery

This is the method I use since I work on these phones a lot, I keep a spare battery that's charged in a known working device, when I get a new razr in that doesn't boot or seem to be charging my first diagnostic test is to remove the rear cover and attach the spare charged battery in parallel with the devices existing battery. This method works anytime the battery is past the point of no return, so it can be used when flashing.
[Defy General] Sorensiim:
I reflashed while it was still hooked up to the McGyver Plug :)
[Defy General] qpzmaluk:
I cant thank you enough for this tip, got my phone back to normal again.

Big thank you :)
[Defy General] crazyVII:
im on it right now. i think the same ... may blow up / kill your battery, but not your entire phone. under the condition that the phone just needs power^^ ;)

plug it in another room... nobody knows, but battery acid, i think is not quite what anyone wants on his /her skin ;)) good luck guys

plan: plugged for 30mins :) hope this works :)

edit: plugged for 45 minutes... in my case, sry - didnt work, rsdlite wont recognize now either... ://(
[Defy General] PaY87:
Thanks for this tip. I ran out of battery after flashing so many times the defy today! :D

Was it right to connect one micro sd cable to the phone and usb port and the mcgiver cable to another usb port at the same time?

Hopefully this was not a bad thing for my battery :D

Damn I got 50% in just a few seconds :D

/edit

Also the battery % dropped again in seconds to five, but hey I was able to flash my defy again :D

Now I will let it charge over night and finish the update tomorrow.. :)
[Defy General] crazyVII:
some more screens

i think this is a "secure way to do this" .. was my way, didnt rescue my defy, but

VOL UP key

before

BATTERY IN ... may have... maybe this helps someone :)

charged first, flashed later
[Defy General] kashavsehra:
Maybe there is a way to make a combination charging and USB data lead. I would guess that you can use a standard data lead and add a resistor to the ID pin of the USB plug to make it look like a charger. Does anybody here know the configuration of the mains charger, i.e. what resistance there is between the charger ID pin and GND/5V pins? I tried to google this but find nothing useful. I knwo that the standard motorola USB charger has 440k (google for "Motorola EMU EZX"), I suspect it may be the same for the micro USB charger.
[Defy General] kashavsehra:
Just doing some further reading up on this, take a look at the following webpage (in a different language however)

h t t p ://w w w . faq4mobiles.de/forum/motorola-forum/32137-motorola-ueber-die-usb-schnittstelle-laden-so-gehts.html

The interesting statement is in section "3.2.1 Power"

... A Factory Mode can be entered by applying VBUS voltage to the USB_ID pin. The purpose of Factory Mode is to allow power-up to occur without a battery...

The document is for the Razr, but if they use similar protocols then this might also be valid on the defy...
[Defy General] snooze16v:
thank you!!!!

I try update for 2.2 CN and dont turn on my Defy!!! i a stupid and try flash defy with 50% of batery and die. But before i charge with method and "IS A LIVE!!!"

Thank you man!!! nice work!!!!:)
[Defy General] laoabro:
Thankyou,good work
[Defy General] abc905:
worked even though the screen was blank

thx. :D

u hav my forever gratitude
[Defy General] Sorensiim:
It still makes me smile when a new users posts that this has helped him/her save a phone :)

Edit: Don't y'all be afraid to click that "Thanks" button in the OP ;)
[Defy General] unrafa:
I did it; But i readed somewhere Red cable to - and Black cable to +; it Blew my Laptop's lesft 2 USB connections internally. Then i did the same with Black to - and Red to +; with my remaining laptos's (right side; 2 usb ports) ..

It worked! im just glad after 1 week, i see my phone is in perfect state, and that mistake only took out 2 usb ports but i still have other 2, its a little inconvinient to have the mouse connected to the right side of the laptop.. anyway.. be carefull
[Defy General] pstantonphone:
does this mean the battery-question mark problem is software and not hardware?

my phone started doing this just after a normal reset (i haven't tried to mod/flash the phone) .. is this a potential solution for my problem?

thanks.
[Defy General] fritolays:
Hehe nice thanks for the jumper cables idea. Back up and running now. . .
[Defy General] Ericmelonzon:
OK I'm new at this and i just want to make sure this is going to work even though i don't have any other options.

So my phone ran out of battery when i was flashing the UK firmware and now nothing happens when i try to turn it on. I tried charging it but only the white led turns on when plugged in to a computer.

Will this get my phone charged enough so i can get it to programing mode?
[Defy General] pritesh_100_in:
Guyss tht too Dangerous to do never think of doing doing like tht i got a ultimate solution to that charge a battery i dont know that is it called probably a battery holder and charger i post the pic in a while