The Motorola Defy Thread

YashBhatt said:
Hmmmm,battery drain prob.....strange
Im actually on WIUI GB(Stable) and i have no issues whtsoever....maybe try that out
For the base ROM i used nordic's full sbf,u can try tht as well....
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Isn't the SBF that I mentioned Nordic ? (There's so much slang to cover :) )

Finally I got a stable ICS - Epsylon's latest nightly + 0429Gapps + CM7 kernel. Doing good on my defy. The sudden battery drops are there. Something like this -

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( This is a reference pic, not mine). This is the kind of drop I experience. Google says I'm not the only one and this seems to be a popular issue and probably it is a battery issue. See here

 
pratzgh1 said:
Guys my defy fell from my hand accidentally and has suffered screen bleeding. What can be done?
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Ooouch !! Then my friend,the only solution to get it 100% fixed is the LCD replacement :(

mk76 said:
Isn't the SBF that I mentioned Nordic ? (There's so much slang to cover :) )

Finally I got a stable ICS - Epsylon's latest nightly + 0429Gapps + CM7 kernel. Doing good on my defy. The sudden battery drops are there. Something like this -

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( This is a reference pic, not mine). This is the kind of drop I experience. Google says I'm not the only one and this seems to be a popular issue and probably it is a battery issue. See here
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The one that you have flashed is the offical froyo update for Southeast Asia(SEA)
Why don't you try flashing this as a base - DepositFiles (This is nordic - 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC)

And do you get fluctuating phone signal too as shown in the above reference pic ?
If you are on 3G then the battery drain will not be the same as on 2G and plus recently even i have experienced phone signal fluctuating on 3G which kinda hits the battery hard :(
 
pratzgh1 said:
Darn! In short I'm #####d.. Spending 4.5k on a two year old phone is just too much. How much would it fetch if sold?
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Well,with a broken LCD panel you won't get much for it....Probably somewhere around 3k
And i'm sure you d0n't wanna give this baby away for just 3-4K,better get it fixed and use the phone either as a primary or secondary
 
pratzgh1 said:
Darn! In short I'm #####d.. Spending 4.5k on a two year old phone is just too much. How much would it fetch if sold?
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I just sold my Defy on TE, 1 year old with LCD replaced for 10.5k But my phone was pretty much in mint condition. so depends on how yours is. with broken LCD, U wont find any buyers. repair it and sell it or keep it as a secondary phone.
 
Will have to do something as suggested. Is it safe to try out something other than the motorola service center. As i have had a hard time last year when i had given the phone for lcd replacement as it was a manufacturing defect. I was given the replacement for free, but it took almost two months and a lot of harsh words to get it done.
 
pratzgh1 said:
Will have to do something as suggested. Is it safe to try out something other than the motorola service center. As i have had a hard time last year when i had given the phone for lcd replacement as it was a manufacturing defect. I was given the replacement for free, but it took almost two months and a lot of harsh words to get it done.
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Wouldnt recommend going out of ASC, loosing spill proof alone aint worth the trouble. Stick with ASC mate,
 
kvikram said:
Would like to ask what ROM are you guys currently on now? :) I'm on CM9, and although it looks good, I'm facing random reboots from time to time, and the phone overall feels a little bit slower than usual, although the Quadrant score is 1700.

By the way, guys, please post your Quadrant Benchmark scores, along with ROM info. Use Quadrant Benchmark :) https://play.google.com/store/apps/...zb2Z0d29ya3MucXVhZHJhbnQudWkuc3RhbmRhcmQiXQ..
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I'm currently on WIUI but i kinda switch between CM9 and pratically every ROM out there for defy :p
Right now,Defy is my secondary device since i have GNex but will post my Quadrant score soon
 
YashBhatt said:
I'm currently on WIUI but i kinda switch between CM9 and pratically every ROM out there for defy :p
Right now,Defy is my secondary device since i have GNex but will post my Quadrant score soon
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Dude..can you help me out then? I am on CM7, but want to change to some other ROM, kinda bored with this. Suggest another stable ROM with eye candy?
 
I just installed the latest CM9 nightly, and performance is slightly better with Quadrant score at 1750.

The bootmenu and recovery were automatically upgraded. However the recovery couldn't make a Nandroid backup. It gave errors like "Problem in backing up /data" and "Problem in backing up android.secure" without any specific error code or anything like that.

Should I install 2nd-init 1.4.2 and attempt to make the backup again?
@YashBhatt Need your expertise on this. :)
 
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AsidXxx said:
Dude..can you help me out then? I am on CM7, but want to change to some other ROM, kinda bored with this. Suggest another stable ROM with eye candy?
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I really dunno what you would consider as eyecandy,But you can certainly try out WIUI(WajUI)

kvikram said:
I just installed the latest CM9 nightly, and performance is slightly better with Quadrant score at 1750.

The bootmenu and recovery were automatically upgraded. However the recovery couldn't make a Nandroid backup. It gave errors like "Problem in backing up /data" and "Problem in backing up android.secure" without any specific error code or anything like that.

Should I install 2nd-init 1.4.2 and attempt to make the backup again?
@YashBhatt Need your expertise on this. :)
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I'm on WIUI and i have a quadrant score of 1902,so thats pretty good
Yes,Installing 2nd-init is a must buddy,do try that out !!
 
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YashBhatt WOW. I guess CM9 is not very well-optimized. Have you run the V6 Supercharger script? Because before running that I had a score of just 1500. ^_^

Anyway I did install 2nd-init old version and now I got a md5 mismatch error while restoring the nandroid. I solved it using this some adb commands ([How To] Fix md5 mismatch nandroid restore - xda-developers) and my old CM9 with all my apps is restoring now! :D

Now after backing up all my apps with Titanium Backup, onto CM7 Whiterabbit Edition! :yahoo:That ROM seems really promising!

[ROM][CM7] WhiteRabbit Edition 1.5.2 *AROMA INSTALLER* - xda-developers

EDIT : Ah crap problem while restoring android_secure! What to do now? :(
 
For some reason even though that error showed up my old CM9 booted normally. Maybe it was because CM9 was already installed and I didn't do a data wipe before doing the restore.

I suppose I'll flash 2.2 Nordic SBF before flashing CM7, as I've been running into many peculiar problems!
 
kvikram said:
YashBhatt WOW. I guess CM9 is not very well-optimized. Have you run the V6 Supercharger script? Because before running that I had a score of just 1500. ^_^

Anyway I did install 2nd-init old version and now I got a md5 mismatch error while restoring the nandroid. I solved it using this some adb commands ([How To] Fix md5 mismatch nandroid restore - xda-developers) and my old CM9 with all my apps is restoring now! :D

Now after backing up all my apps with Titanium Backup, onto CM7 Whiterabbit Edition! :yahoo:That ROM seems really promising!

[ROM][CM7] WhiteRabbit Edition 1.5.2 *AROMA INSTALLER* - xda-developers

EDIT : Ah crap problem while restoring android_secure! What to do now? :(
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I don't use the V6 charger i find it pointles tbh...
Why do u wanna restore android_secure,dammm bro !! you restore too much :p

kvikram said:
For some reason even though that error showed up my old CM9 booted normally. Maybe it was because CM9 was already installed and I didn't do a data wipe before doing the restore.

I suppose I'll flash 2.2 Nordic SBF before flashing CM7, as I've been running into many peculiar problems!
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Start with a fresh 2.2 Nordic Full sbf and then move on from there
The only thing you need to restore is your SMS,keep a backup
Contacts get added while the google acc gets added and you can download the apps from the market
 
Need help guys!
I was on CM7.2 RC3 and I tried to flash CM9, followed all the steps as mentioned on the XDA site. (latest CM9 nightly + 2.3 kernel + gapps)
After flashing and rebooting the phone, it is stuck in the google logo since then and not going further! removed the battery for some time , but still the same.

I tried to go to recovery mode, even that is not happening.
What are my options now? I have no backup of any sort.

Thanks in advance!

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Problem Solved, I was using the wrong kernel..everything is fine now!
 
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