Motorola Defy MB526 - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

I have an old Motorola Defy MB526. It's rooted but is running old 2.5 android. or some 2. something. I want to upgrade to the highest possible. Found Jelly bean links but they are dead. Anyone have any valid links to download a newer android. Also gapps and which supersu. Again, it's rooted with recovery. I just need those three zips. Thanks.

DroidDavid said:
I have an old Motorola Defy MB526. It's rooted but is running old 2.5 android. or some 2. something. I want to upgrade to the highest possible. Found Jelly bean links but they are dead. Anyone have any valid links to download a newer android. Also gapps and which supersu. Again, it's rooted with recovery. I just need those three zips. Thanks.
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Here's a few links to help you get a start. The downloads look like they all work too.
https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Defy+ (MB526)/Stock/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421526
Good Luck!
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new to the samsumg epic

so i just got this awesome phone after being a loyal inc2 user, and i got to said is amazing but i do have a few question if anyone could help me I would greatly appriciated.
model number sph-d710
android version 2.3.6
build number: gingerbread.eko2
I am a miui user and loving it i will like to return to it as soon as possible but i would have to root first can somebody point me to the right guide or tutorial to do so thanks in advance
i try looking around but some of the guides are different and a bit confusing
Make sure you put questions in the Q&A section next time.
Rooting thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
MIUI Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390057
Read, read, read, and read some more.
---My opinion for the easiest way to root is:
-Odin a pre-rooted rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101)
-Flash CWM with the auto-root method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728)
-Then flash the custom rom you want (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390057)
^ great post..... thx for help
thanks bro time to read i guess
got root oh yeahh time to play
Very heplful
globalninja said:
Make sure you put questions in the Q&A section next time.
Rooting thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
MIUI Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390057
Read, read, read, and read some more.
---My opinion for the easiest way to root is:
-Odin a pre-rooted rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101)
-Flash CWM with the auto-root method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728)
-Then flash the custom rom you want (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390057)
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Just want to say thank you for a helpful post, and not "noob can't you read!" or the most played out one "cool story bro".
---Jay--- From the Samsung Galaxy II E4GT

superoneclick 2.3.2? you got a backup? please upload

Where is 2.3.2? I m having trouble rooting with 2.3.3
some people said it has to do with security issue?
Anyone has a back up of 2.3.2 so I can try?
On the 2.3.3 I'm stuck on step 7...
I can look on my laptop when I get back to it tonight. It might be 2.3.2.
If you can't get superoneclick to work at all try DoomLord. I got impatient and rooted with DoomLord. It worked on the first try.
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so instead of typing that into google or bing, finding several 2.3.2 sites to choose to download it from, doing that and getting on, you choose to start a thread and expect someone to upload a copy and you'll just wait for them to take care of it for you.
got it.
dustin4vn said:
Where is 2.3.2? I m having trouble rooting with 2.3.3
some people said it has to do with security issue?
Anyone has a back up of 2.3.2 so I can try?
On the 2.3.3 I'm stuck on step 7...
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Well what version is your phones software? If its v10J I've read its unrootable and so I used the ubricking guide sticky at the top to downgrade my phone to the Korean rom and get root and ADB'd back to stock ATT 2.3.5. But to answer your question you can get Superoneclick 2.3.2 from - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597488 the nitro unbrick guide sticky its in post #1 try mirror 2 it worked for me.
dude? I actually searched several different websites. The official download from the website leads to some random weird website. Found one on 4shared but the link isn't working, another one on 4shared and it's dead. I also went to a website under a user signature which lead to a german forum, link also dead...
scott0 said:
so instead of typing that into google or bing, finding several 2.3.2 sites to choose to download it from, doing that and getting on, you choose to start a thread and expect someone to upload a copy and you'll just wait for them to take care of it for you.
got it.
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superoneclick 2.3.2
I found it but cant post it, cuz im a new user
Please use 4shared or Depositfiles
kingofgames13 said:
I found it but cant post it, cuz im a new user
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I have google search every webpages on the internet, I can not find this version, so please kindly upload to 4shared.com or depositfiles.com and shared the link.
Please anyone else help too as I cant do any real thing with my phone help to put a on my face....
As far as I know and I'm not 100% sure but SuperOneClick does not work for this phone, thats the understanding I have or we'd all be done with posting the same question that I have been guilty of posting and that is 'How to Root' our LG Nitro HD/ LG Optimus LTE or what ever they want to call our phones lol
SuperOneClick v2.3.2
Hello everyone.
There is anyone who could post a link for downloading SuperOneClick v2.3.2.
So far, I could not be able to download such file from any sources...
Many thanks in advance!!!
salvadorres said:
Hello everyone.
There is anyone who could post a link for downloading SuperOneClick v2.3.2.
So far, I could not be able to download such file from any sources...
Many thanks in advance!!!
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You don't need it. In other words its not needed to root. Besides it only worked on ATT's v10f Gingerbread dated Nov 2011. Any newer version, doesn't work.
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Stock Odin rooted Rom?

I there a rooted stock Odin flashable rom?
My pc broke and i need to revive my phone from Mobile Odin because all of the sudden my battery life went from 6hrs to 4hrs of screentime.I tried flashing different roms and no imrovement.I think Odin is my only answer.
This should be in the Q&A thread ull get more help in that thread. But I'm so confused on ur question r u asking for a good rom that has good battery life? Or a custom recovery? Or go back to stock unrooted?
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Rooted Evo dead.
Rooted Evo shift dead.
Rooted Galaxy s3 alive and well!
He wants a ROM that can be pushed/flashed through ODIN, I think...
My question is do you have Mobile ODIN Lite, or Pro? If Pro, MO will root the ROM for you as it's being flashed....best money I've spent on an apk (along with the pro versions of several other XDA Developer developed apks)! If you're Lite, you may need to root after flashing the ROM I linked to, below (if you want the latest official TW build).
Here's some ODIN flash able recoveries (CWM, TWRP, & Stock): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31894089
Here's an unrooted stock ROM, LI3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32367856
Here's a rooted stock ROM, LEN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28807761
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DrgnRebrn said:
He wants a ROM that can be pushed/flashed through ODIN, I think...
My question is do you have Mobile ODIN Lite, or Pro? If Pro, MO will root the ROM for you as it's being flashed....best money I've spent on an apk (along with the pro versions of several other XDA Developer developed apks)! If you're Lite, you may need to root after flashing the ROM I linked to, below (if you want the latest official TW build).
Here's some ODIN flash able recoveries (CWM, TWRP, & Stock): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31894089
Here's an unrooted stock ROM, LI3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32367856
Here's a rooted stock ROM, LEN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28807761
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Thanx just what i was looking for.
I found everything there by using search....
...just sayin'...
Good luck!
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DrgnRebrn said:
I found everything there by using search....
...just sayin'...
Good luck!
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I never find anything im lookinG. using search on xd.
Can you confirm that Mobile Odin Pro will root latest stock rom?
Or is there already rooted stock rom(yes i searched)?
lviv73 said:
I never find anything im lookinG. using search on xd.
Can you confirm that Mobile Odin Pro will root latest stock rom?
Or is there already rooted stock rom(yes i searched)?
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I posted links to both rooted & unrooted stock roms....did you even read my post?
Here's a link to the Mobile ODIN thread from chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
Read through it!
.... AGAIN... I found that link by searching... I'm not tryin' to be rude, but I'm not going to continue searching for you, and providing you with the answers you'd find if you simply did the same.
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I posted links to both rooted & unrooted stock roms....did you even read my post?
Here's a link to the Mobile ODIN thread from chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
Read through it!
.... AGAIN... I found that link by searching... I'm not tryin' to be rude, but I'm not going to continue searching for you, and providing you with the answers you'd find if you simply did the same.
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Yes i did read through it,sry i need some rest,lol.You did post link to rooted version.Is there any differnce between LEN and Li3?
DrgnRebrn said:
I posted links to both rooted & unrooted stock roms....did you even read my post?
Here's a link to the Mobile ODIN thread from chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
Read through it!
.... AGAIN... I found that link by searching... I'm not tryin' to be rude, but I'm not going to continue searching for you, and providing you with the answers you'd find if you simply did the same.
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
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Did not work,i tried flahing rooted rom and only thing it flashed was stock recowery and got stuck on rom part.So now i have a phone with stock recovery and no pc.Is there any signed cwm or roms that can be flashed from stock recovery?
Did you read through all of the posts on the threads you went to? More often than not, someone else has experienced the same issue and a solution has already been found. You should not do anything on your phone until you are as prepared as possible in knowing what you'll do and what to expect - including the possible negative outcomes.
You obviously have access to the forums, so why not put ODIN on that PC and start over?
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Any luck?
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
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DrgnRebrn said:
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Any luck?
Samsung Galaxy S3
OdexedBlue ROM
LI3 Stock Kernel
LIF Baseband
XDA Premium - Support our developers, modders, & themers!
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Not unless i get a pc and Odin or i can find signed flashable cwm or rom that i can flash in stock recovery.
Right now all i can get is stock recover(because rom did not flash) and download mode.
I have another unrooted S3 and rooted S2,i wonder if its possible to root a android phone from another android phone by terminal and by connecting two phones together with usb,can it be done?
lviv73 said:
Not unless i get a pc and Odin or i can find signed flashable cwm or rom that i can flash in stock recovery.
Right now all i can get is stock recover(because rom did not flash) and download mode.
I have another unrooted S3 and rooted S2,i wonder if its possible to root a android phone from another android phone by terminal and by connecting two phones together with usb,can it be done?
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I could see MAYBE being possible on an older/less secure phone where the superoneclick or zergrush exploit worked but in this case no way unless your kernel is insecure and looking at both roms you were linked to, yours is not.
altho u say u flashed the rooted one so u probably have root and just can't boot. How far do you get into the boot process. Cuz if i had to guess you flashed the Rom and didn't wipe data and you're hanging on the glowing Samsung logo. Some hope lies there. If im right, try wiping data in stock recovery. Either way what your attempting may just be possible so report back
billard412 said:
I could see MAYBE being possible on an older/less secure phone where the superoneclick or zergrush exploit worked but in this case no way unless your kernel is insecure and looking at both roms you were linked to, yours is not.
altho u say u flashed the rooted one so u probably have root and just can't boot. How far do you get into the boot process. Cuz if i had to guess you flashed the Rom and didn't wipe data and you're hanging on the glowing Samsung logo. Some hope lies there. If im right, try wiping data in stock recovery. Either way what your attempting may just be possible so report back
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Tried it already,i wiped data and cache.No moro MobileOdin for me,lol.

[NO LONGER REQUIRED] Testers for dsixda's Android Kitchen (for Sprint GS3)

Hi guys,
I have recently added support for the Galaxy S3 for my Android ROM kitchen, and have confirmed that ROMs can successfully be built and flashed for the GS3 variants for AT&T, T-Mobile and International.
Since I don't have the Sprint device, I was wondering if some of you can confirm it works for the SPH-L710 (and also the C Spire SCH-L710).
Please follow the instructions below to use the kitchen for your GS3. These are T-Mobile instructions but should also work for the Sprint model:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1939420
Would be greatly appreciated!
No one wants to give this a shot? It should definitely work, since the file format of the Sprint S3 custom ROMs are similar to that of the other S3 variants.
dsixda said:
No one wants to give this a shot? It should definitely work, since the file format of the Sprint S3 custom ROMs are similar to that of the other S3 variants.
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I will give it a try this weekend. Sorry I can't do any sooner than that. I figured people would be all over this. Thanks for everything that you do.
What experience level is required to effectively use this?
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DrgnRebrn said:
What experience level is required to effectively use this?
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No ROM customizing experience required, maybe some basic Linux/UNIX command knowledge... but the FAQ should help you out.
Excellent! I've been studying up on Android development. I can't wait to get familiar with this! Thank you for this opportunity!
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Running this right now on a Linux box(Mint 13 Cin.). Will report back. Attempting to do the latest jelly bean leak.
How'd it go? Make sure you have latest version of kitchen.
Ran it and it wouldn't flash on my phone. Attempting to use my windows box just to see if it wasn't something that I did that made it not work.
Same thing happened on my other box. Keeps failing when it says updating cache. Says it expects an arguement of four but is only getting three.
lostcausenjtown said:
Ran it and it wouldn't flash on my phone. Attempting to use my windows box just to see if it wasn't something that I did that made it not work.
Same thing happened on my other box. Keeps failing when it says updating cache. Says it expects an arguement of four but is only getting three.
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Updating cache? What did you try to do to your rom? Did you start with a stock, unmodified rom? The error about the arguments has to do with the update-binary, but first I need to know what you are doing. Simplest thing to do is to just root it and then flash that.
I am definitely interested in this. I'll try to get it prepped if the gf relinquishes my pc to me =(. Wb dsixda. Saw your kitchen was on hiatus before. Now to cook up some custom roms for myself and friends.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
dsixda said:
Updating cache? What did you try to do to your rom? Did you start with a stock, unmodified rom? The error about the arguments has to do with the update-binary, but first I need to know what you are doing. Simplest thing to do is to just root it and then flash that.
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I had the stock deodexed LIH update. It was in zip format. All I did was run it through the kitchen. (Make a working folder and the option 99 to build from working folder). I made no edits whatsoever. I used the interactive mode to build the rom. Both times, it failed on me with the same code. I can upload the update-binary from the one I built if that will help.
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It was in zip format. All I did was run it through the kitchen.
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No no... that's not the way I intended it. I linked a guide on the first post, please do not ignore the instructions. The kitchen will not work with someone else's zipped ROM - everyone uses their own methods. Start with an untouched stock ROM image and root it, then flash it.
dsixda said:
No no... that's not the way I intended it. I linked a guide on the first post, please do not ignore the instructions. The kitchen will not work with someone else's zipped ROM - everyone uses their own methods. Start with an untouched stock ROM image and root it, then flash it.
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Ok got it. Read the instructions wrong. Only have the LG8 in tar format that I will try. I flash this via odin when I have problems. Will report back.
Ran the odin files through the kitchen and the rom booted up just fine.
lostcausenjtown said:
Ran the odin files through the kitchen and the rom booted up just fine.
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Awesome, you made the flashable zip? Root working?
If he doesnt confirm back with you, i'll take a shot at it... i'm really familiar with the kitchen because of my old evo view rom
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contradude said:
If he doesnt confirm back with you, i'll take a shot at it... i'm really familiar with the kitchen because of my old evo view rom
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
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That would be great..
dsixda said:
Awesome, you made the flashable zip? Root working?
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Yes the zip did flash and root is working. I even deodexed now and it works as well(not that I expected anything different). Thank you for your awesome work.
lostcausenjtown said:
Yes the zip did flash and root is working. I even deodexed now and it works as well(not that I expected anything different). Thank you for your awesome work.
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Thank you for your awesome work as well!

Restore from Custom Rom

Hi,
I am needing some help please, I recently restored back to stock rom T989UVLH1 running 4.0.4, Kernal 3.0.8, Build IMM76D.UVLH1
Done via Odin,
All is ok except I am missing Android Beam and NFC, is there somethig I missed? I am trying to get phone ready for sell.
Thanks
Lee
did you download the stock Firmware from SamMobile page ? I can't see how something like this could happen.
bsd1101 said:
did you download the stock Firmware from SamMobile page ? I can't see how something like this could happen.
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Agreed ^^^
Thanks will give that a shot, it was not from there I am sure, it was from a post in the ROMs section. Sorry for the n00b question.
I used to root and update alot back in my Moto Cliq days.

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