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[Guide] how to install CyanogenMod 7 on your defy :)

Nightlies here: http://defy.tanguy.tk/jordan-nightly/
Stable Here:http://www.multiupload.com/AIWXM5HJWY
Google Apps (Gapps) http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS RUNNING FROYO (2.2) (You will find a froyo ROM in the defy development forum)
0.[OPTIONAL] Backup apps with titanium backup (here https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en)
1.Download superoneclick (here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682)
2.In your mobile. Settings->Applications->Development (check USB debugging on)
3.Connect your phone to PC. Right click superoneclick -> open as admin ->Click ROOT. Thats it your phone is rooted.
4.Restart your mobile.
5.Download 2nd init from android market. install the 2nd init recovery. It will ask the superuser permission Accept it.
6.Uncheck the USB debugging from Settings->Applications->Development and restart the phone now.
7.It will go in to bootmenu select normal boot at now.
8.After mobile booted copy the Gapps zip and cm7 stable or nightly zip file to root of your SD card.
9.Restart the phone it will go in to boot menu or you can press vol - button when you see the blue led light.
10.Now go to recovery -> Custom recovery ->* Wipe data/factory and Wipe cache -> Install zip file from sd card(select the cm7 zip, repeat with the gapps zip)
12. Reboot. Go to app drawer and start up the defy baseband switcher. select the appropriate baseband to achieve optimal reception.
*Can do a CWM backup here [(Backup and restore -> Backup) NOTE: When restoring backup you must first flash a stock from (2.2/2.1 if the back up was done on either, and 2.3 if it was done on 2.3) as it doesnt backup the kernel]
To upgrade to nightly or from rc1 to rc1.5:
1. Download update and copy to sd
2. Go to bood menu -> recovery -> Custom recovery -> wipe cache and dalvik cache (in advanced) Install zip file from sd card(select the zip file you copied to sd card) thats it.
To downgrade to Stock rom it is very simple:
1.Download RSD lite and Motorola usb drivers to flash SBF file.
2.Download Stock froyo SBF for your region(Search xda forum)
3.Check USB debugging on your phone and connect to the pc and wait until all motorola drivers install.
4.Open RSD lite(right click and open as a administrator). It will show connected. Now select the sbf file you located on the system and click start and wait till it completes 100% process. thats it. it will flash your phone to stock froyo and it will automatically restart and boot.
Note: Some times when rebooting after RSD lite flash your phone stuck in bootloop(M logo or it continously loading in Android menu). It is better to go to stock recovery(Hold the vol - button and then power button and then release it. you will get android logo with exclamatory symbol. Press vol - and vol + button at the same time to get in to stock recovery). Select wipe data/factory and wipe cache.
FAQ: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798
I am in no way responsible for anything that happens to your phone as a result of using this guide.
Happy Flashing!

Thank you so much.
I'll try it right now

Glad I could help if you think anythings missing from my guide feel free to say
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hi,
nice Guide
If you come from 2.51 and want to keep the downgradeability like me,
you can do the following:
-Do Step 1 and 2 of the initial Guide
-Download the fixed SBF and the CM Backup from here
-Copy CM Backup to your SDCard
-Root your Phone via Oneklick
-Install Defy Recovery and install the Recovery System
-Boot in Recovery Mode (pwr+vol_down)
-Install the copied .zip file
-Boot into bootloader (pwr+vol_up)
-flash the fixed sbf
-reboot
-proceed with step 5 of the initial Guide
greetings

So I can't use T-Mobile USA official 2.2 as my firmware? Then root and flash recovery, then flash cm7? No?
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great work, but 8. step is not necessary, 2ndInit has alredy been installed in the 5. step.

some 2.51 defys have sd card mounting problem in recovery 2.5.1.8
mine is one of them
i have to flash a rom above 2.51 and recovery works fine

Lol, if I had read this post I shouldn't pass all the morning trying to flash to CM7. At least I did it, hehehe. Thanks to all the posts here.

It's that possible to reflash the official 2.1 ROM after flashing this one?

4220 said:
It's that possible to reflash the official 2.1 ROM after flashing this one?
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I'm afraid not. The linked ROM is a full (i.e. not fixed) ROM. However, according to Quarx you can use fixed SBF (which preserves downgradibility). You can find one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537.
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Good tutorial thanks
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Yeah I know step 8 isn't really needed but people might think u simply install the app and leave it.
As for the question about the t-mobile ROM You should be able to use it, I just prefer to use the same base as the dev to avoid any potential problems
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nice tutorial
maybe you could add what to do if a new beta is coming out. what steps are necessary to install the new version but keeping the settings?

pkryger said:
I'm afraid not. The linked ROM is a full (i.e. not fixed) ROM. However, according to Quarx you can use fixed SBF (which preserves downgradibility). You can find one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537.
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If you're using the Aussie ROM then the fixed UK ROM doesn't seem to work unfortunately. I really want to give this a try to, but I'm afraid if I flash up to 2.2 and something goes wrong I'll never get my phone back to working order >.<

Fellow Aussie here, but got my phone outright off eBay. Lost downgradability ages ago. Anyhoo there's a thread on installing cm7 on a Telstra ROM So u might wanna check that out
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astalavista66 said:
nice tutorial
maybe you could add what to do if a new beta is coming out. what steps are necessary to install the new version but keeping the settings?
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You can restore all your application settings from titanium backup, I prefer to wipe before I install each new beta just to get rid of any potential bugs, but to retain all your apps settings etc simply install the new zip thanks for the tip btw
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thanks for the tutorial

everything went very well thanks to this tutorial
thanks

... and why would u want to downgrade? ;-)
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thank you! hope it will work

[Q] Is it possible to go back to the Eclair after update to Froyo via MSU????

Yep, I did a foolish thing (got too excited with the Froyo update), I did the update via MSU, but I did not even do a full background check on the pros and cons of this particular update (I have the latest). After experiencing very minimal problems with this update, I realized that I could have been better off with the stock eclair. After reading some threads here, I found that you could go back, provided that you did other update methods (nandroid, sbf, I don't really understand much.. I'm a noob! What can you expect?? LOL)...
so is there a chance that I could go back to the stock eclair? I'm from the Philippines.
Thanks!

yeah you can go on eclair. by nandroid+fixed sbf method..
Prerequisites downloads
nandroid folder and fixed sbf of your eclair rom
rsd lite 4.9
motorola drivers (or install motorola phone tools v5)
first root your froyo rom via super one click
install 2nd init (follow all the instr. on FAQ on CM7)
keep nandroid file (if available of your eclair in /clockworkmod/backup on your sd card.)
boot into 2nd init and then recovery>custom recovery.
wipe all data and cache..even go in advanced and wip davlik cache.
now restore the nandroid form back up and restore options.
after that reboot ...keep holding vol up key to get the bootloader mode...
attach via usb and run rsd lite 4.9 ( install all the req. motorola drivers first.)
and then flash the fixed sbf of the same (what you nandroided) eclair rom.

A detailed guide on it ...
I've make a detailed guide on it ...
You do not like to search ah .... don't you?
The XDA thread is here

SeaFargo said:
I've make a detailed guide on it ...
You do not like to search ah .... don't you?
The XDA thread is here
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hi! thanks for the replies guys!
@SeaFargo it's not that I don't want to.. It's just that I don't have much time in my hands these past few days. Hey, I've searched your guide, and you have the 3.4.2-177... thing is, my build is the 3.4.3-36-1.7, and I'm from the Philippines (my build is the SEA upgrade).
The Froyo's getting stable in my phone sometimes, but there are a few times when it gets a little hot and becomes slow. I've never experienced that with the Eclair. That's why I'm thinking of downgrading, or at least have a copy of the downgrade files. Oh, and hopefully it doesn't mess up the warranty, my defy's only a month old.

rachit2588 said:
yeah you can go on eclair. by nandroid+fixed sbf method..
Prerequisites downloads
nandroid folder and fixed sbf of your eclair rom
rsd lite 4.9
motorola drivers (or install motorola phone tools v5)
first root your froyo rom via super one click
install 2nd init (follow all the instr. on FAQ on CM7)
keep nandroid file (if available of your eclair in /clockworkmod/backup on your sd card.)
boot into 2nd init and then recovery>custom recovery.
wipe all data and cache..even go in advanced and wip davlik cache.
now restore the nandroid form back up and restore options.
after that reboot ...keep holding vol up key to get the bootloader mode...
attach via usb and run rsd lite 4.9 ( install all the req. motorola drivers first.)
and then flash the fixed sbf of the same (what you nandroided) eclair rom.
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I got your flow, thanks. I'm new to the technicals of these processes, and so I'm still trying to understand fully what is to be done and how it's done.
But, the thing is, I've done upgrade to Froyo without even doing backups. (Yeah, stupid me.) Can I still go back to the stock Eclair?

Yes you can
You will need to download a nandroid back-up and fixed sbf of eclair. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Motorola_Defy#ROMS_.26_Recoveries
Download the one you like and use the method already described in this thread.

Hmm. Thanks! Another thing, it's required to root the phone? Wouldn't it affect the warranty? I'd like to keep the warranty for one year. Phone's still new.

[Q] Defy stuck on Google logo wont go past it. Please help

So i installed CM 7.1 i think from rom manager but it wouldn't go past the boot logo with the skating droid. so i took battery out and went to recovery mode and i think i accidentally restored one of my Motorola Droid data and now my phone wont go past the Google CM boot logo i think I'm screwed any suggestions? please help. i guess I'm a noob and sorry if there was something similar to this posted already i just can't find the answer to my problem thank you.
additional info:
us - Tmobile
rooted with gingerbreak
2nd init boot-loader
was running perfect until i accidentally restore the wrong data
oh and yes I've tried data wipe not working

Do you happen to have a nandroid backup of your stock rom you've had before ?
A nandroid backup is what you should have created using CWM recovery. Just restore it with CWM.
You don't have a nandroid backup ?
Flash the full SBF of your original stock rom (the one you had before flashing cm7). This should be a 2.2 Froyo whatever rom. Connect defy to pc, open rsd lite, start the phone and enter the bootloader and flash the sbf using rsd lite.
Have you installed Froyo (2.2) before going to Cm7? If not (you still had Eclair 2.1) then this is the problem.
However, get 2.2 on that phone and flash cm7 again following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054447
Instructions for some of these steps can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
Also, be patient! When the phone boots for the first time after a flash that may take a while!

Try wiping data cache partition and Dalvik cache from the custom recovery..
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tdlr said:
Do you happen to have a nandroid backup of your stock rom you've had before ?
A nandroid backup is what you should have created using CWM recovery. Just restore it with CWM.
You don't have a nandroid backup ?
Flash the full SBF of your original stock rom (the one you had before flashing cm7). This should be a 2.2 Froyo whatever rom. Connect defy to pc, open rsd lite, start the phone and enter the bootloader and flash the sbf using rsd lite.
Have you installed Froyo (2.2) before going to Cm7? If not (you still had Eclair 2.1) then this is the problem.
However, get 2.2 on that phone and flash cm7 again following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054447
Instructions for some of these steps can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
Also, be patient! When the phone boots for the first time after a flash that may take a while!
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thanks alot for some reason rsd lite would not detect my phone on windows 7.
this is what my phone say at the time
Software Version: N / A
Flex Version: N / A
Bootloader Version: v0x000910
DRM Version: N / A
AP Die ID: 2190001435d15e010000d8ff2100
BP Die ID: 0000000000000000000000000000
AP Public ID: 67fb0d892ad966d841afedffd5eda9e7a1261a1a
BP Public ID: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I'm about to just flash froyo since that's what i had hope it works and thanks for the help i appreciate it.

crlx1906 said:
So i installed CM 7.1 i think from rom manager but it wouldn't go past the boot logo with the skating droid. so i took battery out and went to recovery mode and i think i accidentally restored one of my Motorola Droid data and now my phone wont go past the Google CM boot logo i think I'm screwed any suggestions? please help. i guess I'm a noob and sorry if there was something similar to this posted already i just can't find the answer to my problem thank you.
additional info:
us - Tmobile
rooted with gingerbreak
2nd init boot-loader
was running perfect until i accidentally restore the wrong data
oh and yes I've tried data wipe not working
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hello sir,
i am facing the same problem with my defy. want to know have you got any solution to that. i am having nandroid backup of my froyo rom. but how to install it with CWR when the phone is not even go beyond bootscreen. i am not much familiar with android. its my first android cell. please help me sir.
waiting for ur reply

are u getting any errors while booting up?

[Tutorial] Fast shifting from Froyo to Gingerbread & viceversa

WARNING:I will not be held responsible for any damage to your phone..Read this 3 times before you start doing something.If you still have doubts contact me via PM or ask a question .
Hi guys.. I see many of you are asking how to go from Froyo to Gingerbread and viceversa...This is a tutorial on how to do that as fast as possible with or without computer...
On a computer you will need RSDlite which you can grab here, Motorola drivers from here and this SBF if you are on Gingerbread BL6 and you want to go back to Froyo and Froyo nandroid backup or CWM zip flashable rom( CM7, MIUI, WIUI, CM9,...) based on froyo kernel.
Step 1: Connect your phone to PC and open RSDlite...Choose the sbf that you downloaded and flash(you can manually put the phone in bootloader mode by holding power and volume up when phone boots or the program will do that for you
Step 2: Root your phone using this tool and install 2nd init from here
Step 3: Reboot your phone in recovery, wipe data/factory reset and restore your nandroid or instal the zip flashable rom
If you already have a rooted phone just use the attachements and you will be able to switch between Froyo and Gingerbread without any help from a computer. The time of switching is also shorter , about 5 to 7 minutes . Before flashing a Froyo rom flash the Froyo-boot and before flashing a Gingerbread rom flash the GB-boot.
I repeat :this only applies if you are switching from Froyo to Gingerbread or viceversa.
You can also find the boot files here and a Froyo CEE nandroid here

[Q] Installing Clockworkmod over StockRecovery Mode

Hello,
i have a Problem with my Defy, i have no working Clockworkmod (CWM) or other Custom Recovery Mod.
Now my Defy have the Bootloop and the only thing i can reach ist the Stock Recovery Mode.
In there i can only install a update.zip, but all versions i would instal from CWM give a signature error.
Is it possible to install a Custom Recovery Mod only with the Stock Recovery Mode?
After this i can start the Custom Recovery Mod and install my last used Custom Rom, without losing my data.
Greetings.

Stock recovery can not flash anything that does not come from motorola, and it can not be replaced due to the fact that the bootloader is locked. Your only solution is to reflash/flash an sbf through rsdlite
Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy

Ok, that means that the thread on xda, do sign a update.zip, doenst work realy?
If i reflash the same sbf and the same custom rom, are the data deleted?
In most installation guides it says wipe manual?!
Thanks.

instantgip said:
Ok, that means that the thread on xda, do sign a update.zip, doenst work realy?
If i reflash the same sbf and the same custom rom, are the data deleted?
In most installation guides it says wipe manual?!
Thanks.
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The zips on XDA are to flash with the 2nd-init recovery. To install that you must be rooted and use an app on the market (2nd-init installer). But that custom recovery does not replace the stock one seen as we can't overwrite it.
In order to flash a new sbf:
In stock recovery wipe data/factory reset
Plug phone in PC in bootloader mode (power+vol up?)
Flash sbf with RSDLite
Pretty easy, find which sbf was for your contry/carrier .
Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy

Hello,
thanks, what a pity that after a bootloop the data are not accessible anymore.
Greetings.

Because i was in the Bootloop i risk to install the same SFB that i have all the time installed, without anything wiping.
It works! I have acces to all my Data! I make a backup of everything und then i wiped to make a clean install.
Now i am on a new sbf and a newer rom, without losing any data.

instantgip said:
Because i was in the Bootloop i risk to install the same SFB that i have all the time installed, without anything wiping.
It works! I have acces to all my Data! I make a backup of everything und then i wiped to make a clean install.
Now i am on a new sbf and a newer rom, without losing any data.
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How did you manage that without 2nd-init recovery?
Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy

I think he used titanium backup, SMS backup & Restore...
In fact I saw that there is a problem in the links for the 2ndInit apk in Pedrodh thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212
All the downloading files at the end of the first post are in zip format now.:-(
So without custom recovery its impossible to use them. But I can be wrong and there is a way to do that?

No i was in bootloop and have only acces to the stock rom manager.
I take the phone in the bootmodus and flashed my old used sbf with rds, without wiping.
Then I start the phone normaly and see that some things was from the stock sbf and some things was from the custom rom that i used before. In my case Pays Rom Defy 5.1 .
Then i look if the Data were accesible, and yes it was. it backup my sms and contacts with MyPhoneExplorer.
Reboot in stock manager again, wipe all data and installed a new sbf and new miui custom rom, like the install guide it said.

instantgip said:
No i was in bootloop and have only acces to the stock rom manager.
I take the phone in the bootmodus and flashed my old used sbf with rds, without wiping.
Then I start the phone normaly and see that some things was from the stock sbf and some things was from the custom rom that i used before. In my case Pays Rom Defy 5.1 .
Then i look if the Data were accesible, and yes it was. it backup my sms and contacts with MyPhoneExplorer.
Reboot in stock manager again, wipe all data and installed a new sbf and new miui custom rom, like the install guide it said.
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Ah ok, thanks for your answer... ;-)