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[Q] Bricked Defy stuck on M menu. Help!

Hello, I am really new to the whole flashing roms business but decided to go for it last night. So I followed the instructions to flash CM7 on my Defy. Worked great but needed the Android Market but could not access the .zip i put on my SD card. So without thinking much I installed a custom recovery defy_recovery-1218-0326-signed (1).apk but I believe that 2nd init is the custom recovery ( but I couldn't access it after flash was complete). After I installed the custom recovery I rebooted my phone and it got stuck on the M logo. I can access the bootloader menu and the recovery menu but have not been able to do anything that helps. I have RSD lite but does not recognize the .sbfs that I have downloaded. Please help me. I am out a phone and we all know how crappy that is. Thanks so much!
I was able to flash a version of Froyo and from there go back to Ginger! Thanks guys!

Cant help with Cm7 but can offer my advice, Walters version of newest 2.3.4 Defy + ROM works great and very easy to install, instructions are in the thread, I recomend using that ROM ;-p
See link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285007
Djc
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Go to stock recovery and do a data and cache wipe.
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Thanks for the advice. Ill look into it as soon as I get RSD lite working

shgu0132 said:
Go to stock recovery and do a data and cache wipe.
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Yeah I already tried that, nothing...

You've run yourself out of options, you should never wipe using stock recovery when using CM7. Flash a stock 2.2 sbf.
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defy_recovery-1218-0326-signed (1).apk but I believe that 2nd init is the custom recovery ( but I couldn't access it after flash was complete).
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Why'd you install another recovery when CM7 comes with it preinstalled as 2ndinit?! The 2nd init bootmenu consists of a custom recovery. You should have read FAQs properly.
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Yeah, like I said, im extremely new to this hole thing. I wasn't thinking when I put the new custom recovery. Im going to try to flash a new 2.2 rom and go from there if my battery will hold up...

[Q] CM7 stuck on FreeXperia logo

Don't understand why..
I flashed the boot.img included in the zip via fastboot
then i went into recovery and installed FXPCM7
rebooted
Stuck on FreeXperia logo for 30mins.
Whats going on?

After you flash the kernel boot into recovery...
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
then go into advanced then wipe dalvik cache
Then flash the CM7.zip
Let me know how it goes - good luck

- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- advance > dalvik cache
install FXPCM7

tried it, still stuck on FreeXperia logo
do i need to be on stock when installing it?
I am currently on the enhanced v2 firmware with doom kernel..
update:
tried stock too, doesnt work..

Hm try this
Redownload CM7
using flash tool flash this FTF - It has the newest baseband and largest user partiton
flash the kernel that came with CM7
Enter recovery and..
> factory reset
> wipe cache partiton
go into advanced and
>clear dalvik cache
Then install the CM7 zip from sd-card let me know how it goes

Thanks, but that was the firmware i was on.
I tried that method twice but the same thing kept happening to me
stuck at FreeXperia logo

Just to check if the problem is specific only to CM7 rom itself try installing another rom like Gin2Jellybean - Good luck

I have used various ROMS (all working perfectly) such as:
Gin2ICS/JellyBean
xDarkICS 4.0.3
Xperia NXT
JokaWild
Advanced Stock
So I think it may be just a problem with CM7?

Oh that's strange, try to download it again or try another build from here

tried the stable build now.. same problem :/
EDIT:
Tried flashing doom kernal, this time it actually boots.. touch screen doesnt work but it boots..
Is there another kernal i can use that works?

help please? would love to get cm7

Gamepad doesn't work on CM7. Flashing the ICS fixes kinda works
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CTU_Loscombe said:
Gamepad doesn't work on CM7. Flashing the ICS fixes kinda works
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lol?
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AudioCreaper said:
lol?
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Why lol?
I couldn't get the pad to work so I flashed the ICS Circle fix and the CM9 gamepad one and it worked. For emulators anyway
If theres a proper fix please let me know
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I finally figured out how to do it. Go in CWM and delete user data, dalvik cache, cache, and then go to the Mounts and Storage menu, and Format the System Partition. Make sure not to clear the SD partition on accident. Anyways, this is the only way I could get it to work
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Phascinate said:
I finally figured out how to do it. Go in CWM and delete user data, dalvik cache, cache, and then go to the Mounts and Storage menu, and Format the System Partition. Make sure not to clear the SD partition on accident. Anyways, this is the only way I could get it to work
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didnt work for me >_<

CTU_Loscombe said:
Why lol?
I couldn't get the pad to work so I flashed the ICS Circle fix and the CM9 gamepad one and it worked. For emulators anyway
If theres a proper fix please let me know
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Isnt the topic of this thread helping the op to get cm7 working on his phone? And you're talking about the circle button.
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BOOTLOOP HELP xperia play

i was trying to flash the PLAY-ICS-Beta-AdvStockKernel-
i done the last step which was click "reboot device into system on the flashtool programme, and from then my phone just reboots, and wont turn on, the boot is different to how it used to be so im guessing the kernal works. pleease help me

You need to flash a ICS rom from CWM.

Have you got a nandroid backup?
Xperia-Play
NXT 1.3 LE
YNWA!

jeff7424 said:
You need to flash a ICS rom from CWM.
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okay how do i go about doing that?

ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
Have you got a nandroid backup?
Xperia-Play
NXT 1.3 LE
YNWA!
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no i havnt... is that needed?

CurtyB2212 said:
no i havnt... is that needed?
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Yes that was needed before flashing custom roms and now your stuck. You need to pull out your battery and start learning how to use flashtool.

Okay no need to be rude! And i havnt flashed a rom just the kernel, can it be fixed?
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CurtyB2212 said:
Okay no need to be rude! And i havnt flashed a rom just the kernel, can it be fixed?
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Yeh a nandroid is kinda like a system restore for a pc which is useful if you get bootloops and such and there loads of threads on heere on how to flash custom roms ect and therre not ttoo hard to understand
Xperia-Play
NXT 1.3 LE
YNWA!

But you said i need it before i flash, im askin if the bootloop can be fixed now
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CurtyB2212 said:
But you said i need it before i flash, im askin if the bootloop can be fixed now
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What you need to do is reboot the phone when the boot logo comes on continuously hit the back button... That should get you into recovery. Then install rom from sd.
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When you flash a kernel it removes everything you had on the phone... Thats why you have to do a backup before... But if you didn't its no big deal unless you had apps that you don't have backed up.
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Okay thanks i'll try this tomoro and then let you know how it went,
And i moved everything important i needed to my laptop so i guess the back up isnt that important to me
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try changing kernel and flash the rom agian try my fav doomloadsics kernel

CurtyB2212 said:
Okay thanks i'll try this tomoro and then let you know how it went,
And i moved everything important i needed to my laptop so i guess the back up isnt that important to me
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The backup is important when things go wrong eg bootloops
Xperia-Play
NXT 1.3 LE
YNWA!

Lordomn said:
What you need to do is reboot the phone when the boot logo comes on continuously hit the back button... That should get you into recovery. Then install rom from sd.
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When you flash a kernel it removes everything you had on the phone... Thats why you have to do a backup before... But if you didn't its no big deal unless you had apps that you don't have backed up.
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right im finally home to sort all this out, im in recovery mode, but i must have accidently unzipped the rom before puttting it on my sd card, so when i click choose a zip to apply, then click 'xperia play stock ICS 4.0.4, it comes up with 3 options meta-inf , data and system. is it suppose to do this, with any of the option on the first menu can i remove the kernel? like factory restest or anything?

ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
The backup is important when things go wrong eg bootloops
Xperia-Play
NXT 1.3 LE
YNWA!
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ahh i see i see

CurtyB2212 said:
right im finally home to sort all this out, im in recovery mode, but i must have accidently unzipped the rom before puttting it on my sd card, so when i click choose a zip to apply, then click 'xperia play stock ICS 4.0.4, it comes up with 3 options meta-inf , data and system. is it suppose to do this, with any of the option on the first menu can i remove the kernel? like factory restest or anything?
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You don't have to unzip it. Just throw the whole zip into sd card then flash it with CWM.

jeff7424 said:
You don't have to unzip it. Just throw the whole zip into sd card then flash it with CWM.
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i know that now... but i already have, so im saying what can i do from the place im at. i can get onto recovery, but can i stop the bootloop from here

CurtyB2212 said:
i know that now... but i already have, so im saying what can i do from the place im at. i can get onto recovery, but can i stop the bootloop from here
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Get to recovery
Wipe cache, factory reset, dalvik-cache (under advanced tab)
Install zip from sd card
Select the zip
Install
Reboot

jeff7424 said:
Get to recovery
Wipe cache, factory reset, dalvik-cache (under advanced tab)
Install zip from sd card
Select the zip
Install
Reboot
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ive wiped everthing, but like i said before, when i click install zip, i then click xperia play stock ics 4.0.4. which is the zip, but i may have unzipped it,.
then i get 3 more folders/options 'meta-inf' 'data' and 'system' so can i click on one of these to install the rom? or what? do i have to click on one then reboot then do the other one? what?

You have to rezip the three files then install it in recovery.
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Q:- So Important Xperia S WiFi Not Working

I Installed Paranoid (Last Ver.) WiFi Not Working ..
Then... I installed Nova ( Last Ver..) WiFi Not Working..
What i Have To Do

How is it not working? You can't acces wifi settings? Scanning doesn't result anything? You can connect but internet still doesn't work? Which kernel are you using?

Try re flashing this way....
Assuming you did a backup before... (and was on pac18)
Wipe data factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dvalik
Format system
Flash rom
Fix permissions
Reboot up to start screen (as if it is first loaded screen)
Hold volume up and power to reboot into recovery.
Advanced restore the data only from your backup.
Wipe cache and dvalik again
Reboot
(will probably work from just backing up what you have now)
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Ben36 said:
Try re flashing this way....
Assuming you did a backup before... (and was on pac18)
Wipe data factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dvalik
Format system
Flash rom
Fix permissions
Reboot up to start screen (as if it is first loaded screen)
Hold volume up and power to reboot into recovery.
Advanced restore the data only from your backup.
Wipe cache and dvalik again
Reboot
(will probably work from just backing up what you have now)
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i already did what u said ... and it Just keep searching for networks for hours and nothing Happens.... :S Really i got Mad

Keep In Mind That I Have Backup For Ice cream Sandwich Rom On That Rom WiFi Working Normally
And Installed Nova Kernel... And Nova Rom.... Before Nova I Installed Paranoid and its Kernel and The Same Prop.
What I Have To Do....

That's very strange. Ask the devs on the actual pax thread itself. Any times I've seen wifi problems its that wifi itself won't turn on at all. But you're saying it does turn on fine. But just won't find anything
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Surf in net and try to find WiFi modules.zip file for xsx and flash it that might help
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anadarco7 said:
Surf in net and try to find WiFi modules.zip file for xsx and flash it that might help
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Bro I cant Find any module Working.. What To Do???

Ben36 said:
That's very strange. Ask the devs on the actual pax thread itself. Any times I've seen wifi problems its that wifi itself won't turn on at all. But you're saying it does turn on fine. But just won't find anything
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OkaY But I Know No One Will Answer Me

Ask in the xsspeed kernel thread as there was definitely a flashable zip of wifi modules in there somewhere. But ages ago
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Found this -
http://db.tt/q6pBu6Ub
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Here is the WiFi module link
http://www.sendspace.com/file/56jxga
Flash/paste it to /system/lib/modules
With correct permissions
X X
X
X
Reboot and than report

paste what????

after flashing and coping and fixing i reboot then its stopping on boot animation ... :S

Any 'help???

MaDa.. said:
Any 'help???
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I'd say do a nandroid backup from recovery so you'll have it booting up again. If you have a backup that is.
Then either flash or copy the files don't think you have to do both. And its usually safer to flash as you'll gett the right permission on the files.
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Jmjguru said:
I'd say do a nandroid backup from recovery so you'll have it booting up again. If you have a backup that is.
Then either flash or copy the files don't think you have to do both. And its usually safer to flash as you'll gett the right permission on the files.
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i didnt understand ...

I think he means restore your backup so its 'as before you tried the wifi mods'
Then just do one, like flash my zip and reboot rather than do it all at once
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MaDa.. said:
I Installed Paranoid (Last Ver.) WiFi Not Working ..
Then... I installed Nova ( Last Ver..) WiFi Not Working..
What i Have To Do
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Can you change baseland on Xperia S ? Because I've got the same problem On my HTC and it was because of the Baseland...
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seb_labine said:
Can you change baseland on Xperia S ? Because I've got the same problem On my HTC and it was because of the Baseland...
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How May I Change My Baseland....

Ben36 said:
I think he means restore your backup so its 'as before you tried the wifi mods'
Then just do one, like flash my zip and reboot rather than do it all at once
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I Tried To Clean Install With Out Any More Data Its Same Prop..

[Q] Bright problem in 4.2.1 CyanogenMod 10.1

Well look I installed that rom and after a few time of use the screen turn off for a moment and when the screen turn on again the bright turn higher and its very annoying please someone know why is it? and how can I fix it? please help me, thank you

holayoo said:
Well look I installed that rom and after a few time of use the screen turn off for a moment and when the screen turn on again the bright turn higher and its very annoying please someone know why is it? and how can I fix it? please help me, thank you
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auto brightness turned on maybe?

why do you guys make all these treads about CM 10.1 when there is a tread for general talk about this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061971

CataHd said:
why do you guys make all these treads about CM 10.1 when there is a tread for general talk about this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061971
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¬¬ Maybe because the new members (like me) we must have at least 10 threads to comment on a topic

we are noob
CataHd said:
why do you guys make all these treads about CM 10.1 when there is a tread for general talk about this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2061971
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and because we have a right to post where ever we want we are just looking for some answers and suggestions for the thread that we are looking for

CM9 Final 3
holayoo said:
Well look I installed that rom and after a few time of use the screen turn off for a moment and when the screen turn on again the bright turn higher and its very annoying please someone know why is it? and how can I fix it? please help me, thank you
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why don't you try CM9 final3 by: maclaw studio?
here the link if you are interested http://galaxyics.com/

badagila said:
why don't you try CM9 final3 by: maclaw studio?
here the link if you are interested http://galaxyics.com/
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it's actually what I just did, got here because I'm having issues with the encryption unsuccessful... how'd you get around that?
I went with CWM 5 (signed version 5.0.2.7 ext4+rfs) and then proceeded to install CM9 final 3.
all went according to directions but then I got that msg and the reset button that doesn't do squat...
tried a search for the error message there but couldn't really pinpoint a working solution. so for now i just odin'd back the latest fw for the S5660 (ie S5660XXKTL_S5660XXKT7_S5660DBTKT1_HOME - Germany)
Reason i'm doing all this is because I believe the German baseband is different that the Canadian one (for Telus) since I'm not getting any reception from my provider but i'm able to get (detect) another one...
thanks for your time...

Did you wipe/factory reset?
And wipe dalvik cache?
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badagila said:
Did you wipe/factory reset?
And wipe dalvik cache?
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I did the wipe/factory reset after the flash (just following the directions)
I tried to wipe the dalvik but it would go back to the main cwm menu, not letting me select yes

Try this steps:
1. Wife/factory reset
2. Wife cache partition
3. Advance wife dalvic cache/ bat stats
4. Install from sd car
5. Choose from sd card
6. Choose the rom that you want to install wait untill its finish and reboot your phone
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Try to do that befote installation and not after installation dude
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badagila said:
Try this steps:
1. Wife/factory reset
2. Wife cache partition
3. Advance wife dalvic cache/ bat stats
4. Install from sd car
5. Choose from sd card
6. Choose the rom that you want to install wait untill its finish and reboot your phone
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Try to do that befote installation and not after installation dude
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Sorry but the real answer is that op might be coming from stock rom so he needs this file for sucessful installnation
ext4-fomatter.zip(thanks to phiexz)
http://www.mediafire.com/?8p6s9mlpqwowq51
How to install this?
1.Wipe data and cache
2.Install this ext4-formatter
3.Install ur rom
4.Reboot and no more encryption unsucessful problems!
NOTE: Dalvik cache is wiped when wiping cache so its not needed!
press thanks if it helped!