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[Q] Froyo 2.2 On a USCelular based HTC Desire

You probably get these a lot and I'm sorry for reporting if you have. About 4 days I got an HTC Desire and I know it's only Running Android 2.1 (Eclaire). I've already rooted my phone and what not using the UNrevoked method, and right now it's in the process of loading the Cynagen mod (spell check?), It's been installed correctly, it just seems to be taking a while to load (off topic but is that normal), I Was wondering if there was any possible way to load Froyo onto via mod or and upcoming update. Any step in the right direction, Im new to Android but I do want to become affluent with them.

Alright I got it working, but now unfortunately I just don't think this mod is for me. Is there a way to revert back to the cell phones factory OS?

If you can find an official Cellular ROM you can flash it and revert to stock, unfortunately I don't think there is a leaked one.

I guess I could bring it into my provider and see if they can completely erase and reinstall the operating system, I found an Official Froyo Rom, but I'm having trouble installing it. I installed the radio correctly, but the Official Froyo itselfs keeps aborting.
Keeps saying its 'bad' idk maybe its a bad download but I got it off of XDA.

If you go with a modified software to your provider they may very well decide that your warranty is invalid now.
Can you give a link to the rom you say you've found.

3722 said:
If you go with a modified software to your provider they may very well decide that your warranty is invalid now.
Can you give a link to the rom you say you've found.
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This is thelike to the ROM to upgrade phone to Froyo 2.2, at this point i want to revert back to the to the stock OS, being supposebly Froyo 2.2 will be here for it in jan, but idk its been postponed 234 times now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741775
I cant help but feel like im not installing the radio correctly, its talking about using a rom manager but from what i've read ROM MAnager should do jut fine. Either that or Cyanogen isn't wanting it to go away.
Well i found a thread on there forums...
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/9270-stock-us-cellular-rom-request/ According the the posters its not COMPLETELY stock but its close enough. Hopefully Froyo will come soon (hopefully)

Right on the second one worked I might try to install that one on a later day.

[Q] froyo on 2.51

ok guys i have a couple of doubts
1) how do i install froyo on 2.51(nondowngradable) bootloader?
2)if it is possible is there a way to unroot the phone and take it back to the "just out of the store" condition.(for warranty reasons).
thanks in advance

come on guys isnt there anyone who has their phone in 2.51 rom????
somebody please give me a reply

What's the safest way to install Froyo on 2.51?
shajumohamed said:
ok guys i have a couple of doubts
1) how do i install froyo on 2.51(nondowngradable) bootloader?
2)if it is possible is there a way to unroot the phone and take it back to the "just out of the store" condition.(for warranty reasons).
thanks in advance
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I'm new to Android and XDA and I would also like answers to these questions. My phone came with 2.51.1 system/build too. Which I assume is (nondowngradable).
Over at - and-developers .com /sbf:defy
I see mention of Android2.1Eclair 2.51uk Roms and 2.51eu Roms, are these interchangeable? I live in Australia, ordered my phone online, the stores shipping records suggest it came from Hong Kong, I open the box and the small manual is in Italian, and a couple of the Tips RSS widgets pre-installed are in Italian (no biggy). System Version states: Blur_Version.2.51.1.MB525.Retail.en.IT so I take this to suggest I should grab the 2.1 Central Europe JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1 as a backup SBF. But this states it does not contain Blur, and is not rootable(is that still accurate?). My phone has blur and I have rooted it with SuperOneClick so a blurless non rootable SBF doesn't seem a reliable backup to return my phone to it's original state if at some stage I need to (perhaps when Motorola finally rollout Froyo or Gingerbread for the Defy).
It's all very confusing at the moment.
This maybe handy for anyone else with 2.51.1. With rooting my stock 2.51.1 I found that z4root.apk did not work. But SuperOneClick did. And to boot into recovery you can from the app or from a powered off phone hold "volume down" and "power on" and when the !exclamation mark and green android appear, tap the lower right corner of the screen to enter recovery.
Hopefully someone can give us answers

+1 I also Have this unit. I have blur_version.2.51.1.mb525.retail.en.it in the system info. Rooted mine with SuperOneClick and the z4root never worked. Installed System Recovery and everything goes well. Now I would like to try some ROMs posted here but before I do that, I don't know what are the necessary precautions/infos before applying those ROM in the recovery..
Please someone englighten us here?

I went from 2.51.1 to froyo
u just restore the rom that u want, and then flash "2.2 tmo boot only" with RSD lite
but check for detailed instructions in the rom topic ur trying to install

Isn't there's still a bug that whenever you use the chinese froyo, the camera won't be working?

My 1st time expericance with root/roms/RSD

Picked up my US (T-mo)Defy last month, it was running Eclair.
I've been reading as much as I could before I attempted to do anything that voids my warrenty. I couldn't wait for the US Froyo release...
So I rooted with SuperOneClick because z4root did not seem to work. Then I got clockwork installed. My first attempt was to install Jboogie3's "beta4Offical" thinking it would keep Eclair and just clean up this blur nonsense. But when I used clockwork recovery, it just hung. No worries, I've still got a working phone.
Next I attempted "JBoogie3 Deblur Honey" and that put me in a boot loop <that was a Oh ****! moment>. Since I could still get into stock recovery and bootloader, I was not too worried. I happen to have the T-mo OTA update.zip on my Defy, so I attempted to flash/install that...but I got the "status 7" error (I think b/c it was still rooted). Since I wanted my phone back that night, I went ahead and installed 3.4.2_145(Finland) .sbf (I think...it was late) with RSD Lite. Anyhow, it got me back up! I had saved my APN earlier, so things were working, but still stock.
Not leaving well enough alone, I figured "why the hell not" and rooted->clockwork and then recovered to "JBoogie3 Deblur Honey". That worked this time.
Happy as a clam now. I was worried about the "H" for my network, but I did speedtests and browsed around and I'm getting 800-100kbps and I can live with the "H"...like a sleeper!
I'm gonna continue to read and try new "roms" (I'm still wet behind the ears on the terms).

I also did it wrong when I tried to restore the orange recovery, and ended up flashing the orange sbf. But its working well and I'm happy as well.

i also own the phone from less than a month and i also messed up everything , install 3.4.2 before reading about non downgreadable....... rooted 3.4.2 finland installed clockwork , took a nandroid backup of 2,34 trying to restore to official 2.1 eclair version it restored and i was happy but no luck it got me on the bootloop....... now i am flashing to 3.42 but not finland ... its uk version hope it works and the phone dont dies.......
by the way my moto swimmed already but its fine ... its very cool to watch your phone at the bottom of water sparkling v ery tough on the outside hope i wont kill it from the inside
edit: installed the uk blur rom but it doesnt give the starting options (LANGUAGE) to change them... now its in german , and reset factory settings doesnt work pushing the button button but it dingoes nothing.... crap , reseting with system recovery also doest help resets but its in german again

Thanks for the report, im relatively new to the defy as well ( just over a week now ) and at some time i will probably start looking into the various roms+upgrades.
the only thing holding me back is the official 2.2 update is due soon ( apparently )
and im not sure if i would be able to return back to my current settings/ version 2.1 should i need to.

New to android, new to Moto-Defy
Fellow Defy users,
Greetings of peace!
I am noob here in the xda developers
First off, really don't want to spam threads.. So I chose to post my message here in this thread for a semi-short explanation of what I want to share.
I am new to the android phones (previously a symbian user), and I just got my new Motorola Defy - Black which I bought here in the Philippines.
I bought 2 models actually one for myself and one for my brother as he requested one as well.
To cut the chase..I just want to share some inputs.
To my shock, the phone has some mods already as I opened it.
**take note that the battery is sealed and all other stuffs are sealed when I got the phone*
It has adobe flash player 10 (not flash lite)
Super User
R. Explorer
ITFUNZ (which is all in chinese)
UC Browser
I believe this are the things needed to "root" your phone.
I heard it's better when your phone is rooted.
android version 2.2.1 Froyo
And the as of my brother's phone, no additional apps as mentioned above.
Android version 2.1 eclair
** Noticed that my camera is better than his and has slightly a different camera interface**
I heard that it's cooler to have a rooted android phone and I hope you can enlighten me with my curiosities.
1. My phone has a 3 day replacement warranty and 1 year Motorola service warranty, should I return the device since it's rooted? Or Should I keep it to save me of the hassle since I would like to root anyway in the future.
2. Prior to question 1, do I lose/void the Motorola warranty since it's already rooted the day I purchased it?
3. I know it’s possible to unroot my device, my concern is that the ITFUNZ and R.Explorer applications are in Chinese. How am I able to understand and access.. “just” in case I need access to these files
The seller told me that the models they’re selling are open to all network or factory unlocked which are processed already by their suppliers.
That’s true since my bro’s phone is opened to all network. Maybe mine was just special because it was already rooted.
Here are the details of my MOTO-DEFY (Setting>Applications>about)
**I hope some one can give me information on each item so I can get a head start working with my phone**
System Version
Version.34.0.117.MB525.Retail.en.GB
Model Number
MB525
Android version
2.2.1
Baseband version
EPU93_U_00.56.00
Kernel Version
2.6.32.9-g3c35cd0
[email protected]#1
Build number
ITFUNZ_DEFY_Eclipse_CN_Base_UK_SP1
Well that’s it for now. I’m just reading and reading more threads to feed my knowledge. (sometime reading to much information confuses already your understanding)
Thanks for reading my post and it will be highly appreciated for you masters out there to give a helping hand on how to maximize and enjoy our Moto-Defy.
-G

[Q] Droid X2 - need some help going from froyo to gingerbread

Hi Everyone,
Im looking for a little help on going from my rooted droid x2 (gingerbreak root) to stock gingerbread, which I can then re-root with the MotorolaOneClickRoot.
They explicitly say that it doesnt have great results with OTA gingerbread coming from a rooted froyo, so I figure it would be safest to go to stock gingerbread.
My question would be... Since gingerbreak has an "unroot" option, can I just unroot the gingerbreak and get the OTA update for gingerbread? I was told by someone I have to SBF into the stock gingerbread, but would the unroot -> ota update be essentially the same thing?
That was my plan, but if there is an easier way to go from gingerbreak rooted froyo to rooted gingerbread, im open to suggestions.
Thanks!
*edit: just a note - I did try to search for answers on the forums, and im still searching for answers, but im having a hard time finding this specific situation. I would rather do the OTA update if possible, since I know next to nothing about installing custom roms etc. If I HAVE to do that, a link would help also. I apologize if the question has been answered before... I just want to have a pretty good idea what to do before I get into it.

Hi,
You probably should have posted this in the Droid X2 subforums, but that's okay. I would recommend installing bootstrap recovery if you haven't already, and then backup your entire phone using nandroid in recovery. (This way you don't loose anything--but if you don't care, you can skip over this) And then grab RSD Lite, and the latest leaked SBF and flash it (links below). You will loose root, so yes, you will need Pete's One Click. Flashing the SBF does not wipe your data. So all of your stuff should stay, however, if you get bootloops, you will need to boot into stock recovery and wipe /data.
There's another OTA coming out soon, and it would just be a waste of time to update to 2.3.3. and then wait for the next OTA. The 2.3.3 version has severe problems that flashing the latest SBF does NOT have. This is why I am recommending that you flash the latest 2.3.4 SBF and skip over the OTA crap. Btw, installing roms is really not all that hard.
Resources:
Latest SBF
RSD Lite 5.5
Drivers [64bit, 32bit]
Refer to this guide, if you don't know how to flash an SBF (it's super easy). Just do NOT install the RSD Lite versions he lists in the post. It's too old.
Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your time to post those links overmind. I understand its a pain in the ass to keep posting the same stuff all the time (I do it myself on other topics).
I can follow instructions easy enough, but they need to be very low level. When people reply with directions like "Flash to the latest SBF" it really doesnt help me, but the links you provided look easy enough to follow.

Is it safe to update Motorola defy while maintaining the unlock?

Hey guys, I was thinking of installing cm7 on my motorola defy but the problem is that its a t-mobile uk version that has been unlocked using an unlock code. Right now I can use any sim with this phone but after installing cm7 will the phone lock itself back to t-mo? I don't have the unlock code for this phone so it would be really disastrous for me if it were to lock itself. should I be worried?
I found a tutorial here that un brands the motorola defy, does that mean the phone would be unlocked? My phone is currently running android 2.2.2 official uk build with baseband epu_93_00.59.02 kernel version 2.6.32.9 and build number jorem_u3_3.4.2_179-6.1.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Sent from my MB525 using XDA

Yes it should be safe.
I haven't done it myself, but here's why I say so:
1- during the process of updating to a custom rom, everyone should create a full nandroid backup of their current stock rom right after installing 2nd-Init. That way, if things don't work out with custom rom [or for warranty purposes] one can easily return to that original setup with a nand restore [and un-rooting];
2- there is a thread regarding sim unlocking the Defy here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22227859 but I bet you will not even have to deal with it...But if you do, it's there for you and you'll find help from others users I'm sure.
Don't waste anymore time and give a shot at CM7; I'm sure that you'll never go back to stock rom afterwards ;-)
Cheers

Ok one last question. My baseband is greater than the version listed on that thread. It is .02 and I have heard that downgrading your baseband is usually not safe?
Sent from my MB525 using XDA

that shouldn't be a problem either.
In fact, Maniac103 just recently changed the way we set baseband on cm7; no more dedicated apk.. it's now all done through Device Settings.
If you're still worried [and To be on the safe side, in addition the the nand backup before installing a custom rom], also make a copy of this whole folder (current radio files) from your stock rom:
system/etc/motorola/bp_mvn_default
so that you can revert to them (make a flashable zip w them) if needed.
Anyhow, no big risk involved if you do it that way.
Good luck and have fun.

Thank You for your help!

as far as I know unlock is retained no matter what rom u are on...
not 100% sure...
let us know how this works out...
Sent from my MB526 using xda premium

SBFs on Motorola Defy
I read the Motorola Defy beginners guide but I don't understand some stuff. I am already on the latest SBF deployed by T-Mobile UK i.e JOREM_U3_3.4.2_179-6.1 as shown in settings Build Number. When we install Custom ROMs lets say CM7, do these ROMs change the SBF? If yes, then how do I know if it is a Fixed SBF or a Full SBF? If I want to come back to the official build of which I would be making a backup in case I need to get warranty (I still have 6 months of warranty) then do I need to again install the Full SBF taken from the link Zephyrot posted?
If CM7 does not modify or change the SBF then I think I would be pretty much safe in just restoring the official 2.2.2 froyo build without worrying much about SBFs, unroot the phone using SuperOneClick and taking it back to the service center. Right?
And lastly I have the SOC Defy, checked it using CatLog. Does the stable build downloaded from the CynaogenMod website of CM7 work OOB? Zephyrot suggested that sometimes you need to do additional stuff for everything to work correctly.

To go back to stock state, there are two options: 1) you restore a nand backup and like you said, you have to remove SU and unroot. This ain't so easy to do, but is sometimes the only option for people not having their stock sbf available. 2) access STOCK recovery and wipe everything and then flash their stock sbf.
Once rooted and 2nd init installed, I still recommend to create a nand backup of your stock/current state before using a custom rom anyway.
Could be useful if you ever need to go back (outside warranty) to stock rom with all your apps still installed...
Sbf is stock firmware; custom rom replace and build upon that software. I think you meant kernel? But anyhow, I suggest you to first go with ghe latest Maniac103 latest build as it includes boot.img and devtree; no need for anything else and it is rock solid and lightning fast.
Get it here: https://github.com/maniac103/android_device_motorola_jordan/downloads#download_187690

It works superbly
Thanks guys, everything works superbly. The phone didn't lock and it feels like a dead man has been given a life back again!