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Problem with Desire

Hey guys,
I went to flash a new stable build of Froyo on my Desire this morning.
And i backed up using Clockwork, and then the ROM all installed fine. But once the phone had booted up, it stayed on the custom boot logo, despite the keypad lighting up, the green charge LED coming on and me being able to lock and unlock the phone.
So i figured that this was a problem and went to back to restore my old ROM and carry on like i have done many times before. However once i have booted into Clockwork, and gone to the recovery section, i select my most recent backup and the device then says "No Files Found" in the recovery zip.
And when i try to install update.zip from my SDCard the device just flashes up with installation text for about 2 seconds then vanishes and goes back to the clockwork menu having done nothing
What can i do?

i wouldnt worry about it too much
your phone completely works and youre not restricted of any access
seeing that clockwork is not finding any files have you tried making a new backup?
have you tampered with the recovery lately?
if recovery is not finding any files then maybe there is a problem with it, and if i were you i'd reroot my phone with unrevoked to re-install recovery.
if your recovery actually just does not work it could mean that the recovery image is corrupt, this can be fixed by installing a RUU (note that this will unroot your phone but re-install the recovery image).
if this is not the case then im sure im soon to be corrected by someone more knowledgeable than me

Well, i wiped the Cache and Data and now the phone boots up and functions fine, however both mobile internet and Wi-Fi both dont work, but i figure this is just the rom i am using.
So i'm just gonna reroot, sideload clockwork and what not and then try putting the Desire HD rom on it haha.
Thanks for the help

Recovering dead Defy from Recovery

Okay, so I backed up and tried to use CM7, flashing it with a Recovery I don't remember the name. It looked a lot like Clockwork's Recovery. The bar didn't advance, it just said out of nowhere that flashing was done (I thought it was weird since it was too quick)
When I turned my phone on, the motorola logo would show up and nothing happen. I researched and found the way to get into the Recovery. Now I have these options:
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe partition
This isn't the same Recovery screen so there's no way to restore the backup, and I can't find a way to flash something new. What should I do?
::EDIT::
There's no clear indication but I take it I should try this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853674), since I can also get to the bootloader, am I right? Don't let me brick this phone further.

Yea, I was thinking if I'm on this situation as well. Since my SonyEricsson X10mini pro has this custom recovery installed where you can boot into it by repeatedly pressing the back button(even if bootloop occured), and you're safe to restore if anything goes wrong with your phone during modding. But this CWMrecovery doesn't have that as it only accessible via the app menu to boot into recovery, so if Defy fail to boot then you're stucked, end up you need to flash sbf file again as there's no restoring option under stock recovery.

Does your led turn blue for about a second while booting? it should do it while on the motorola logo.
If so press Vol.down with the led still blue and you'll enter custom recovery.
If still you can't do anything i guess the easiest thing to do would be to flash another SBF in the bootloader.

It didn't flash the blue LED, so I flashed another SBF, and it works fine now. Thanks guys. I'll try flashing CM7 again today.

[Q] Please Help... My Defy is stuck on android logo.

I've rooted yesterday my defy... insalled 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC...
everything was ok... installed a few apps..but the market wasn't working all that well ( it took a loot of time and couldn't connect most of the times) so i've decided to install CM7... whiped the caches and partition..installed cm7 rc0 and google apps from recovery boot... rebooted...and entered into CM7...
I've entered again into the boot menu to set the default method of boot 2nd Init but after i've done that the phone got stuck on the android logo... took out the battery..tryed again..same thing... tryed to enter into recovery boot but an android with an ! sign appeared and couldn't go in...
I decided to go back to 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC so i've managed to enter into bootloader and flashed the phone with 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC... but when RSD Lite finished and the status was: please power you phone manually the booting was still stuck on the android logo... tryed to power down... but nothing... took the battery off and powered the phone again.. and the same thing: STUCK ON ANDROID LOGO!
Also tryed to flash to the 2.2.1 original stock rom... but the same thing happened...
What can I do?
ps: now i'm trying to flash 3.4.2-179-2 DEBLUR CEE

You should of made default as normal not 2ndinit try to flash with Nordic When you see the little android press both up and down vol together to get stock recovery and factory reset and then try get into bootloader and flash nordic

yes...i found out the trick with the vol. up and down... i was a little confused when i saw the exclamation sign (!)...i tought recovery doesn't work... i managed to flash the nordic back and installed CM7 after... Thanks

So now click on normal boot instead of 2nd init boot as default should be sweet

vol up and down key together did it Thanks a log

need assistance ---defy just rebooting and rebooting after 2ndinit install
need assistance ---defy just rebooting and rebooting
i installed the rom amanger premium
after that i installed the 2ndInit from market for android and installed the latest version .....and after that i uncheck the usb debugging and restarted the defy
since then its auto rebooting from logo to black screen and back to logo ....
please help me i am new to this and really pissed off .......

Something was bound to go wrong...

Hello,
well I read a lot about rooting and flashing custom Roms the last few days and I figured I would give it a try.
I really hope I didn't break my phone, hopefully one of you Android / Defy Gurus can help me out
I rooted my phone with Super-One-Click and that worked fine, then I installed Recovery Bootstrap for Defy from a thread in this forum (can't find it at the moment) but it is this one: "bootstrap-recovery-clockwork-mod"
Anyway, that worked fine too... I make a backup (backup/restore->backup). Then did multiple factory resets and deleted the Cache as well as the dalvik cache multiple times. And then installed CM7 off the SD card.... the first time it didn't work, and it booted back to the setup of blur... I tried it again this time activating "Fix Permissions" before install... it then worked and it booted up CM7 fine.
I then wanted to go ahead and install The Google apps from here: goo-inside.me for CM7 ... did the same thing wiping the caches and then installing off of SD card... rebooted and I get stuck with the motorola logo... which just stays there and does not go away.
I rebooted multiple times (by taking out the battery) entered recovery mode with the volume button (this is the standard android recovery) tried clearing cache and rebooting, same problem... tried "wipe data / factory reset" same problem. No matter what I do it doesn't boot past the motorola logo.
Any ideas? I read about RSDLite and downloaded a stock sbf but my phone isn't recognized by RSDLite while not booted... even in the recovery utlitiy no connection is made (USB Debugging is off I think).
Any help would be very much appreciated. I am kind of freaking out, I just got the phone a few days ago
Thanks so much,
MrPink52

before u turn your phone on hold vol+ key until it loads the bootloader for rsd lite

Didn't want to make the first post overly long or complicated so here a quick update.
I read somewhere else that I could get a connection in RSDLite by holding volume up while booting and entering the bootloader... that seemed to work, so chose this SBF File "JRDNEM_U3_2.21.0" from and developers and told RSDLite to flash it... it said complete...the display then turned black... and now I don't have any image at all. It is still found in RSDLite but nothing happens when I boot... and I don't even see the logo anymore.
Now I will definetly stop trying until someone here can hopefully help me.... it seems like me trying by myself is only making things worse
Please tell me there is still hope for my Def.
Thanks,
MrPink52

When the red M logo is on the screen the led should turn blue for a few seconds, at this point press the Down Volume key & you should then go into ClockworkMod Recovery. I would try clearing the cache from there or maybe even doing a factory reset.

you will probably have to flash stock and start over

gramps50 said:
When the red M logo is on the screen the led should turn blue for a few seconds, at this point press the Down Volume key & you should then go into ClockworkMod Recovery. I would try clearing the cache from there or maybe even doing a factory reset.
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I already tried that, like I said it didn't start the ClockWorkMod but instead the standard Android recovery Utlity which only has limited options... but now as I have described, the problem has gotten worse... I can't even get in there anymore after flashing with RSDLite.
Help!
MrPink52

im in us and my stock file is this one p3_jordan_umts_jordan-user-2.2.1-3.4.2-107_JDN-4-000000-release-keys-signed-T-Mobile-US.sbf

pmp326 said:
you will probably have to flash stock and start over
im in us and my stock file is this one p3_jordan_umts_jordan-user-2.2.1-3.4.2-107_JDN-4-000000-release-keys-signed-T-Mobile-US.sbf
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I took the one listed for Germany. My phone isn't branded so I tried to flash it with the sbf that seemed to fit.
Can you tell me exactly how I can do this correctly?
I may be doing something wrong with RSD Lite... but slowly I am really affraid I have bricked my Defy for good
MrPink52

after you flash go into stock recovery vol- key and factory reset then reboot should work fine then

pmp326 said:
after you flash go into stock recovery vol- key and factory reset then reboot should work fine then
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That gives me hope... the problem is I can't press vol- after flashing... the screen just stays black... I can reflash it and I get white writing on the screen "Updating SW" but when its finished the screen just turns black again... and neither Vol+ nor Vol- during boot does anything.
Any further advice?

try another sbf the one ur flashing isnt the right one

it should show a gray motorola logo when u go to boot

i think this is the one u neeFull SBF name ::JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-6.1_TMNAB_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R_PD S03C_USAJRDNFRYOTMDE_P016_A013_M005_HWp3_Service1F F.sbfd

Do you have a direct link? I couldn't find it on the and-developers site... so a direct link would be great!
Until then I guess it can't hurt to try various sbf files to see if one works.
The only thing I am afraid of, is that my battery will dy during the flashing... is there a way to charge the battery in my current state? Or will it only charge when Android is booted?
Thanks for your support so far,
MrPink52

go here and follow directions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175801

after reading that is the only one i could find for ya hope it works for ya

if u can get into a recovery it will charge when plugged in

I have tried some of the sbf files... and tried this one: JOREM_U3_3.4.2_177-003
that seemed to work, at least I got the logo back and could enter the Android utilities... and it seems like it is booting up blur right now... wow... what a scare.
Don't know if I will try to move to CM7 again anytime soon... I don't know what went wrong since I tried to follow tutorials.
But again thank you for your help.. I will update here again when I know for sure that everything is working

your fine dont let that scare you just wrong file its not the end of the world anyways enjoy!!!

I just did mine last night and at times it was a little scary, being the 1st time I had tried to flash a phone. I followed these directions to a point.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897445 I also used these directions pretty much combined the 2 to get the job done. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798
When I got to the point where CM7 RC1v2 was installed along with Google Apps I then rebooted and let it all start and create all the necessary caches. I then flashed the nightly from the sd card.
I did NOT do the 3g stuff mentioned in the instructions, There is an app that will let you set your baseband for your country in the app drawer called Defy Baseband

[Q] not booting any sbf ?? help

hi
i have defy , new from box , tried to install CM7.1 , (after root and cwm) on loading , phone froze on google logo.
i couldnt go into recovery for wipe , so i tried reflashing it
i tried some 2.2 nordic sbf phone froze on red moto
i d/l 2.3.3 85 and 112 with fix , same all freez on moto logo
1 time only i got the phone to boot with the 233 /85 version
but after reboot again freez.
any correct way to do it ? any way to fix it ?
thx
(how long should way till boot ?)

trabel said:
hi
i have defy , new from box , tried to install CM7.1 , (after root and cwm) on loading , phone froze on google logo.
i couldnt go into recovery for wipe , so i tried reflashing it
i tried some 2.2 nordic sbf phone froze on red moto
i d/l 2.3.3 85 and 112 with fix , same all freez on moto logo
1 time only i got the phone to boot with the 233 /85 version
but after reboot again freez.
any correct way to do it ? any way to fix it ?
thx
(how long should way till boot ?)
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1. remove your battery
2. reinsert it
3. go in stock recovery by pressing power and volume down button at the same time.
4. when (!) this sign appears press volume down and up at the same time.
5.choose clear data
6.choose clear cache
7. flash any froyo rom
8. root it
9. install 2nd init (preferably 1.4)
10. reboot twice
11. install cm7.1 by choosing update (CM 7.1) from zip
12. install google apps
13. reboot
14. there you go
15. enjoy....

rishi2100 said:
1. remove your battery
2. reinsert it
3. go in stock recovery by pressing power and volume down button at the same time.
4. when (!) this sign appears press volume down and up at the same time.
5.choose clear data
6.choose clear cache
7. flash any froyo rom
8. root it
9. install 2nd init (preferably 1.4)
10. reboot twice
11. install cm7.1 by choosing update (CM 7.1) from zip
12. install google apps
13. reboot
14. there you go
15. enjoy....
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o.k
from what i wrote ....
phone not going into stock recovery ...
and it keep freezing on motorola logo.
i reinstall battery , press vol down and power (for how long ?) usely anroid icon should be in 5 - 10 sec ...
anyhow , no metter what rom or fix i flash i cant get the phone back on , or i get logo freez or i get boot loops
cant enter recovery menu in any of the flashes.
i dont want to try 2.3.4 roms as there are no coming back from them
please some ideas
thx

Can you spot a blue led blink at boot?
Sent from Android 2.3.7

ryan8r said:
Can you spot a blue led blink at boot?
Sent from Android 2.3.7
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I don't think the guy has 2nd-init installed properly. Or the rooting was not done correctly. He must go into the stock recovery to perform the wipe/clear before he can proceed on flashing another sbf. I would suggest the OP to flash any froyo 2.2.2 then.
Rooting and CWM could easily get ruin if one doesn't install it properly. Next time please confirmed root is working by installing apps that required root access before attempting installing CWM. Suggesting 2nd-init v1.9 is good to start with as it fairly stable which also come build-in custom recovery.

he posted that he can not enter stock recovery. This is caused (probably) by a bad sbf flash. I would try flashing the sbf you said that you actually got to boot. A properly flashed sbf will give you stock recovery. Pull battery for 30 seconds re insert it, then hold vol- and power the phone on. Continue to hold vol- for 5 seconds or so. If you insert your battery and the phone automatically starts to boot then it is too late and you should have already been holding down vol- in which case you would want to press and continue to hold vol- prior to inserting the battery.

zyxwvut said:
he posted that he can not enter stock recovery. This is caused (probably) by a bad sbf flash. I would try flashing the sbf you said that you actually got to boot. A properly flashed sbf will give you stock recovery. Pull battery for 30 seconds re insert it, then hold vol- and power the phone on. Continue to hold vol- for 5 seconds or so. If you insert your battery and the phone automatically starts to boot then it is too late and you should have already been holding down vol- in which case you would want to press and continue to hold vol- prior to inserting the battery.
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o.k
thx for any answer
but
phone not going into stock recovery , maybe root done well or not , now it doesnt metter , as i tried many stock romes
non of them get me to boot , none of them get me to stock recovery.
i tried romes that works for sure , and none of them are working for me
i d/l many of the romes , none of them working
all give me freez boot logo of motorola.
i see many fixes , what the fixes for ?
is there any way to do it all ? as i cant go to recovery and wipe phone

trabel said:
o.k
thx for any answer
but
phone not going into stock recovery , maybe root done well or not , now it doesnt metter , as i tried many stock romes
non of them get me to boot , none of them get me to stock recovery.
i tried romes that works for sure , and none of them are working for me
i d/l many of the romes , none of them working
all give me freez boot logo of motorola.
i see many fixes , what the fixes for ?
is there any way to do it all ? as i cant go to recovery and wipe phone
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any ideas ppl ??

I have seen in the past, people who report successful sbf flashing with rsd but still no boot or recovery. None that I tried or anyone else tried to help ever got their phones to boot. You are in a bootloop after flashing a sbf because you need to wipe in stock recovery, BUT you don't have stock recovery! There is only so much that you can do without having recovery when you are in bootloop. Not to rain on your parade but I honestly believe it is some sort of hardware issue. If RSD reports that all CG md5 checksum's match after it flashes then you should have stock recovery. But you don't????? I think it is hardware

I'm begining to start thinking your rsdlite might be the root cause here.
You might need to try another PC to flash or trying another rsdlite version.
Were you flashing this in sbf format??
i d/l 2.3.3 85 and 112 with fix , same all freez on moto logo
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Isn't these Gingerbread files???

farsight73 said:
I'm begining to start thinking your rsdlite might be the root cause here.
You might need to try another PC to flash or trying another rsdlite version.
I thought of this too however his situation isn't the first of its kind and other people with the same problem tried multiple combo's of RSD ver #s and different pc's with no success. Plus I would think if it were RSD problem it wouldn't reports a successful flash and then verify the flashed CG md5's. But I say definitely give it a shot on multiple different computers with multiple OS's! When I was having problems with RSD I started using sbf_flash in linux with GREAT success. Unfortunately this never helped anyone else with this problem! But anything is worth a shot.
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O.k
Its not seem to be h/w problem, as its a brand new phone from box....
But i took phone home, gonna install new rsd and will try on other pc.
I will post results.
As i read more ppl with same problem.
I will post later details of what i hD in the phone before, maybe someone can identify the original region and sfb phone came with

o.k
i got some progress...
i installed on a reformated laptop , new rsd 5.5
installed drivers , and tested flashing the orange 112 version.
phone is powered up after flash and goes to recovery .
i then wiped all and wait , phone is powered up.
but after about 10-20 secs it reboots.
i then wiped again , and flashed nordic 2.2.2 version.
phone is powered up , also recovery and wipe.
phone kkep rebooting after few secs from full turn on.
i can access menu .
i guess this is better then not booting and no recovery.
what should i try now to fix the reboots ?

o.k
last replay
fixed
flashed this sbf from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14762402&postcount=143
thx for all help

hmm. just seems weird that RSD would flash successful, verify CG md5s as "match" after flashing and still be the cause of the problem. I guess stranger things have happened! CRAPPY MOTOROLA SOFTWARE

zyxwvut said:
hmm. just seems weird that RSD would flash successful, verify CG md5s as "match" after flashing and still be the cause of the problem. I guess stranger things have happened! CRAPPY MOTOROLA SOFTWARE
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well , from old razar motor crapy phones , had weird flashing problems , try flashing newer/older or different from original soft phone will not boot , go back to original soft , all is o.k ...
only flashed 2-3 defy , so i cant say its a weird problem for me , thought rsd did flash the files , and only phone freez after reboot.
but funny is now , after phone is booted and rooted again , installed cm7 again , and lol phone froze on google again (dejavu)
btw ,on recovery (stock) i getting all the time
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
????
anyhow , i folowed the guide in first stickly, i'll finish it exactly
How to fix it:
Download this SBF and Flash it
Root your Phone
Download 2nd Init 1.4.2 and Install ClockworkMod Recovery
Download and install this Nandroid Backup
Enter Recovery, Wipe Data/Cache
After wiping, turn off your phone
Turn it on and get immediately into Bootloader mode
Flash this Fixed SBF
Delete Data/Cache again and reboot.
You WONT be able to install full SBFs of any Éclair or Froyo since these Androids have lower CG Versions.
**NOTE*: I just rephrased the original post since it can be a bit confusing, it is linked as source below.
**NOTE2**: If you are using a non-Chinese defy, DO NOT USE THE CAMERA FLASH while on the Chinese rom, it WILL kill your LED.
Source: ((Original post here))
How to Install CM7 after Installing a Full Gingerbread SBF: Ok, first of all do all the steps above on "Installed full Gingerbread SBF and can’t go back to another rom"
Root your Defy (Using SuperOneClick 1.7 and not 1.9).
Install SystemRecovery from GoAPK. If you install 2nd init, you'll just get into a boot loop and have to start over.
Reboot to recovery. Do a factory wipe, then do the cache wipe.
Install CM7 .Zip and then gapps zip file. DO NOT wipe again, you'll just go back to 2.2.2 CEE (if you accidentally do this, you can pick up again from step 3).
profit!
thx

Well, after long play with it.... Something is realy weird!
No metter what rom im trying to flash, orher then the jordan one that worked, both 2.3.3 i try before now give me black screen, the 2.3.4 give me phone restart every 10 secs. And i cant seem to install cwm without hqving boot loops . ...
Ideas?

Delete all drivers and redownload and install then uninstall RSD Lite and reinstall to 4.9 ( Google it) then reboot your pc.. dont connect your defy yet do it later as its says in my little guide
then open RSD Lite and boot your defy to bootloader (Power + vol up) dont Connect defy yet.
choose nordic 2.2.2 in to RSD Lite then connect your Defy and let it install drivers.. then Press Start...
that worked for me wen i got lost and no one told me what to do soo i indprovise