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Hey friends...
My friend has recently bought a defy in India... It came with eclair...
Now he wants to upgrade to gingerbread... But he doesn't want to root... So can anyone please help me? As I'm a Samsung user, I don't know anything about Motorola devices or how to upgrade them... So I would appreciate a noob friendly guide...
Thanks...
u cannot upgrade to gingerbread w/o rooting...defy has got the official froyo, not gingerbread..
please read the pinned posts if u wish to know how to flash a custom gingerbread rom..
adiles said:
Hey friends...
My friend has recently bought a defy in India... It came with eclair...
Now he wants to upgrade to gingerbread... But he doesn't want to root... So can anyone please help me? As I'm a Samsung user, I don't know anything about Motorola devices or how to upgrade them... So I would appreciate a noob friendly guide...
Thanks...
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He can update to Froyo, but there is no official Gingerbread update from Motorola for the Defy (and there will never be one).
If he doesn't want to tinker a bit he won't get Gingerbread (there are also 2.3 ports of the Defy Plus that work quite well, but rooting is necessary to install anything like that).
adiles said:
Hey friends...
My friend has recently bought a defy in India... It came with eclair...
Now he wants to upgrade to gingerbread... But he doesn't want to root... So can anyone please help me? As I'm a Samsung user, I don't know anything about Motorola devices or how to upgrade them... So I would appreciate a noob friendly guide...
Thanks...
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You should read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
Thanks for your replies... one last question...
After rooting and flashing a gb rom, is there a way to go back to fully stock?
Thanks...
adiles said:
Thanks for your replies... one last question...
After rooting and flashing a gb rom, is there a way to go back to fully stock?
Thanks...
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I still think you got everything you need in ChirmiPlay's post with link just above your last posting
adiles said:
Thanks for your replies... one last question...
After rooting and flashing a gb rom, is there a way to go back to fully stock?
Thanks...
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You can mess around with your Defy s much as you want, root, install ROMs, flash sbfs... And you can ALWAYS go back to the stock Foyo/ Eclair firmware your Defy came with. Even if something went wrong and the phone doesn't boot anymore, just flash a stock clean Motorola firmware and everything's gone (the ROM you had before, also the root). So also if your Defy has a hardware problem and you want to send it back, just go back to stock before and you don't have to worry about the warranty.
Arjoma said:
You can mess around with your Defy s much as you want, root, install ROMs, flash sbfs... And you can ALWAYS go back to the stock Foyo/ Eclair firmware your Defy came with.
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I don't think so. if you changed the bootloader version you will be stuck on some higher kernel and can not easily go back.. (that was what happend to epsylon3 - one of the main devs of CM9 for defy) - so if you flashed official froyo - you will not be able to go back to eclair for example. (as is also pointed out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537)
A piece of advice: read a lot (here in this forums) before you flash something. It help you not getting in trouble with your phone.
adiles said:
Thanks for your replies... one last question...
After rooting and flashing a gb rom, is there a way to go back to fully stock?
Thanks...
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There is no point in using defy with the buggy stock Eclair/Froyo ..
If u want to see the complete potential of defy Root it and Install CM7..
and yes you can go back when ever you want but make sure u take the Nandroid backup of the stock ROM that u r using and check whether the official sbf of ur region is available to download.so that u can flash it and restore the nandroid backup .. !!
mearoth said:
I don't think so. if you changed the bootloader version you will be stuck on some higher kernel and can not easily go back..
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Right, that was the only thing I wasn't thinking about. That is what is usually written in big red letters when there's something about these sbfs. But normally there is no need to change the bootloader version by installing the (not fixed) 2.3.4 sbf.
The only really current reliable options for the Defy imho are CM7.1, MIUI (and some versions based on it) and the Defy+ based ROMs (like MS2Ginger). With none of them you risk to be stuck somewhere - I flashed stock Froyo a dozen times without problems.
Thanks all for your replies....
I'll root and flash cm today....
adiles said:
Thanks all for your replies....
I'll root and flash cm today....
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Good luck!
Hello xda developers!
So I had a quick question that I am really hoping that someone here can help me out with...
I have my N7 2013 32GB WiFi only model FLO tablet running Android 4.4 rooted (of course) with Multirom installed.
Okay so when I rooted my N7 I flashed the kexec kernel patch so I could install Ubuntu Touch...not knowing that Ubuntu Touch is only available for the N7 2012 tablet. So a few days after installing the kexec-patch an upgrade was available for Nexus 7. I tried installing the 4.4.2 upgrade but I knew that it was not going to work....
What I am wondering is, is there a way I can download the official ROM for the Nexus 7 (I want the official) and flash it with TWRP and Multirom? Will Multirom allow you to flash to the "internal" ROM?
If I can flash an offical nexus 7 flo rom I can then just root it again with the Nexus Root Toolkit.
I have done a lot of work with other ROMs on my Nexus 7 tablet that I have installed with MultiRom and I really don't want to have to erase everything just to put the official 4.4.2 upgrade on my N7. Yet...I really want the upgrade because I have heard they fixed a lot of issues with the camera.
Has anyone uploaded an apk for the official Nexus 7 4.4.2 camera app? If I can't flash an "official" nexus 7 flo ROM could I just install the camera apk from the Nexus 7 4.4.2 update?
I am really hoping someone can point me in the right direction here...
On a personal note I just want to say how much I enjoy this place and I am so thankful for xda and all the amazing work contributed by the developers and testers. Thank you all so much!
You all are the reason I will never buy an iPad or iPhone!
I thank you all for your time and your assistance.
-droidshadow
Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
You can download factory images here. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#razor
The included flash-all.bat will also restore the stock recovery, but you can always flash TWRP afterward. Someone else will have to chime in about MultiROM, which I've never used.
Pandae thanks so much for the reply...
I will check the link out further when I get home.
I am really looking for something like an official OTA zip that I can flash where I can keep my other installed ROMs with twrp and Multirom.
If anyone has done anything like that please let me know...
Thanks again,
Droidshadow
Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
stock kernel for 4.4?
I am thinking now that maybe if i can get a hold of the stock kernel for the Nexus 7 on Android 4.4 i could re-flash the stock kernel to remove the kexec-patch and then i could apply the official OTA update to 4.4.2
Does anyone think this would work?
Does anyone happen to know where I might be able to get the stock kernel for the Nexus 7 FLO for Android 4.4?
Thank you all so much for your time...
-droidshadow
droidshadow said:
I am thinking now that maybe if i can get a hold of the stock kernel for the Nexus 7 on Android 4.4 i could re-flash the stock kernel to remove the kexec-patch and then i could apply the official OTA update to 4.4.2
Does anyone think this would work?
Does anyone happen to know where I might be able to get the stock kernel for the Nexus 7 FLO for Android 4.4?
Thank you all so much for your time...
-droidshadow
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I haven't seen a flashable zip for the stock 4.4 kernel. If you have adb setup you can extract the boot image from inside the factory image and fastboot flash that. Did you make a backup (nandroid) after you rooted? Of course you did! Just restore "Boot" from your backup made with TWRP. To get the OTA to work your "system" will also need to be stock and you need to have stock recovery. If you don't have stock recovery and you have TWRP for instance you can flash the OTA zip with TWRP. At the very least your system and kernel will have to be stock to get an OTA to work. Edit: I just saw this ROM Stock Rooted 4.4.2 - KOT49H and it looks like you have to flash the bootloader seperatley. Flash the ROM and bootloader with TWRP.
droidshadow said:
Hello xda developers!
So I had a quick question that I am really hoping that someone here can help me out with...
I have my N7 2013 32GB WiFi only model FLO tablet running Android 4.4 rooted (of course) with Multirom installed.
Okay so when I rooted my N7 I flashed the kexec kernel patch so I could install Ubuntu Touch...not knowing that Ubuntu Touch is only available for the N7 2012 tablet. So a few days after installing the kexec-patch an upgrade was available for Nexus 7. I tried installing the 4.4.2 upgrade but I knew that it was not going to work....
What I am wondering is, is there a way I can download the official ROM for the Nexus 7 (I want the official) and flash it with TWRP and Multirom? Will Multirom allow you to flash to the "internal" ROM?
If I can flash an offical nexus 7 flo rom I can then just root it again with the Nexus Root Toolkit.
I have done a lot of work with other ROMs on my Nexus 7 tablet that I have installed with MultiRom and I really don't want to have to erase everything just to put the official 4.4.2 upgrade on my N7. Yet...I really want the upgrade because I have heard they fixed a lot of issues with the camera.
Has anyone uploaded an apk for the official Nexus 7 4.4.2 camera app? If I can't flash an "official" nexus 7 flo ROM could I just install the camera apk from the Nexus 7 4.4.2 update?
I am really hoping someone can point me in the right direction here...
On a personal note I just want to say how much I enjoy this place and I am so thankful for xda and all the amazing work contributed by the developers and testers. Thank you all so much!
You all are the reason I will never buy an iPad or iPhone!
I thank you all for your time and your assistance.
-droidshadow
Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Hello, There is a way to download the stock ROM. I will leave a link and a tutorial on how to install it below. If you just want to flash it with TWRP then copy the .zip to your flash drive or whatever. I prefer to use fastboot because then I can flash only certain parts of the update and preserve my root. Hope this helps.
Download Link: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Tutorial: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uO7HkTrRzwM
ztdroider25 said:
Hello, There is a way to download the stock ROM. I will leave a link and a tutorial on how to install it below. If you just want to flash it with TWRP then copy the .zip to your flash drive or whatever. I prefer to use fastboot because then I can flash only certain parts of the update and preserve my root. Hope this helps.
Download Link: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Tutorial: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uO7HkTrRzwM
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ztdroider25
thank you so much for the link and the link to the tutorial! I will check it out tonight after my pizza gets here. Thank you so much for taking the time to help out. This is why i love XDA!
I will let you know how it works out...
-droidshadow
droidshadow said:
ztdroider25
thank you so much for the link and the link to the tutorial! I will check it out tonight after my pizza gets here. Thank you so much for taking the time to help out. This is why i love XDA!
I will let you know how it works out...
-droidshadow
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Hey DroidShadow,
If none of these worked for you, i have newer and better ROMs that ive come across over the past three months. Let me know if u want a list of them.
Hello all the Tech-Gods,
I need help...Hope to get my grave query answered..
The problem is my nexus 7 2013 restarts all the time whenever i uninstall any app in my nexus 7. My nexus is not rooted and i have been using it for 7 to 8 months without any major problem.hope to get my problem sorted please dont reply my questions with hyperlinks taken from the net because i have tried it all out, I mean most of the them. Still any kind of answer will be highly appreciated
robin 33111 said:
Hello all the Tech-Gods,
I need help...Hope to get my grave query answered..
The problem is my nexus 7 2013 restarts all the time whenever i uninstall any app in my nexus 7. My nexus is not rooted and i have been using it for 7 to 8 months without any major problem.hope to get my problem sorted please dont reply my questions with hyperlinks taken from the net because i have tried it all out, I mean most of the them. Still any kind of answer will be highly appreciated
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Assuming you are at 4.4.4 (because reboots were supposed to be fixed in 4.4.3), the only real advice I can give, is to backup whatever you care about (you can use Helium from Koushik, does not need root), and do a factory reset, reinstall the OS from factory images, if it still happens and it's under warranty, send it back.
I am still 4.3
mdamaged said:
Assuming you are at 4.4.4 (because reboots were supposed to be fixed in 4.4.3), the only real advice I can give, is to backup whatever you care about (you can use Helium from Koushik, does not need root), and do a factory reset, reinstall the OS from factory images, if it still happens and it's under warranty, send it back.
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I didn't update my nexus at all and still in jelly bean coz of the big list of bugs which had come with KitKat and am happy with that decision coz this is my 2nd real problem in 8 months. One question, when I tried for looking at a factory image I didn't get one for tmy nexus build JNR66N from the Google developers site..Can u help me find me link for the wifii nexus 7 2013 version factory image for JNR66N build? Your help'll be highly appreciated.
robin 33111 said:
I didn't update my nexus at all and still in jelly bean coz of the big list of bugs which had come with KitKat and am happy with that decision coz this is my 2nd real problem in 8 months. One question, when I tried for looking at a factory image I didn't get one for tmy nexus build JNR66N from the Google developers site..Can u help me find me link for the wifii nexus 7 2013 version factory image for JNR66N build? Your help'll be highly appreciated.
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Sorry no, I do not know of where to get that image anymore. Good luck with the reboot thing.
KitKat > JellyBean. Time to let it go.
But
mdamaged said:
Sorry no, I do not know of where to get that image anymore. Good luck with the reboot thing.
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Can we download any image of any other build into nexus ?
robin 33111 said:
Can we download any image of any other build into nexus ?
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If you mean can you use another ROM for a different device, no. There is maybe one exception , people have reported that they have flashed flo ROM onto deb (minus a working radio), and assuming this works, it is a anomaly, and I still would not recommend someone do it, even if it does work.
If you mean a new version meant for your device, then yes, of course you can.
ok
mdamaged said:
If you mean can you use another ROM for a different device, no. There is maybe one exception , people have reported that they have flashed flo ROM onto deb (minus a working radio), and assuming this works, it is a anomaly, and I still would not recommend someone do it, even if it does work.
If you mean a new version meant for your device, then yes, of course you can.
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Dude am gonna flash factory image of nexus 7 2013 wifi of 4.4.4 KitKat version of different build though...It was this which could cause any problems or not, MY Question
robin 33111 said:
Dude am gonna flash factory image of nexus 7 2013 wifi of 4.4.4 KitKat version of different build though...It was this which could cause any problems or not, MY Question
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I still don't understand, I think we're having a language barrier issue or something, you specified which build you're going to use (4.4.4 KK for flo) then you say you're going to use a different build, which is it?
If you have a N7 2013 wifi device, then flashing 4.4.4 for N7 2013 wifi ROM is OK, and will not cause issues.
Friends (My A520W) I have a doubt because when I installed a Custom ROM Android 7 on the modem in Android 8 I'm going the IMEI?
There is some way to recover the IMEI in that Custom ROM
There is some way to work like this or it is impossible????'
Why is the IMEI broken?
your phone is dead. samsung will reject it.
offline store will ask you to throw your phone away.
but i, i will pay for your phone. us$10?
flakomix said:
Friends (My A520W) I have a doubt because when I installed a Custom ROM Android 7 on the modem in Android 8 I'm going the IMEI?
There is some way to recover the IMEI in that Custom ROM
There is some way to work like this or it is impossible????'
Why is the IMEI broken?
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You need to flash android Nougat bootloader and modem. Those two versions need to be the same as the android version. There is a guide in the guides section that can help you. Also, you can't install earlier version of bootloader and modem if those are the newest versions right now. If that is the case, you can install an 8.1 custom ROM and it should be fine.
sheepkill15 said:
Stop talking bull****, trying to scam people this way.
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u need to take holiday sir, seriously..
its getting funnier here.
since you are also a senior member here. u could see all posts i posted, right?
and... i face the same problem. but i solved this problem by my own.
do you think im serious want to buy his phone? hell no....
leo31 said:
u need to take holiday sir, seriously..
its getting funnier here.
since you are also a senior member here. u could see all posts i posted, right?
and... i face the same problem. but i solved this problem by my own.
do you think im serious want to buy his phone? hell no....
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I see. I couldn't realize the irony... Looking back on that, I feel bad, please forgive me.
flakomix said:
Friends (My A520W) I have a doubt because when I installed a Custom ROM Android 7 on the modem in Android 8 I'm going the IMEI?
There is some way to recover the IMEI in that Custom ROM
There is some way to work like this or it is impossible????'
Why is the IMEI broken?
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just flash whole nougat rom. and then flash oreo using odin.
it will solve the problem
But I could not because I have Bit5 in Oreo and I did not find a bit 5 in nougat. Can someone help me? A520W Baseband Version A520WVLU5CRJ3 Android Security pacht 1 Nov 2018
I need help on installing AOSP Extended v8.0 (Android 11), cuz all the tutorial videos i watched are either complicated or miss links and files necessary
So, can somebody guide me on intsalling it?
Thanks in advance!
P.S.1: The phone is Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo), unlocked bootloader, rooted
P.S.2: Preferably send links of the files and dont attach them for security reasons
gabtit7 said:
I need help on installing AOSP Extended v8.0 (Android 11), cuz all the tutorial videos i watched are either complicated or miss links and files necessary
So, can somebody guide me on intsalling it?
Thanks in advance!
P.S.1: The phone is Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo), unlocked bootloader, rooted
P.S.2: Preferably send links of the files and dont attach them for security reasons
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Any reason you cannot just follow the instructions in the OP for this ROM?
Also did you notice the thread is locked due to some issue with kernel?
sabei said:
Any reason you cannot just follow the instructions in the OP for this ROM?
Also did you notice the thread is locked due to some issue with kernel?
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Yes I noticed it. It says it's due to a source link missing. I was wondering if you could give me that link and any link needed.
gabtit7 said:
Yes I noticed it. It says it's due to a source link missing. I was wondering if you could give me that link and any link needed.
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Sorry I am on v7.3 for 10 and have no interest in upgrading.
Even if I was why would you think I would have the link when a mod has closed it because it is not available - seems a good enough reason to avoid no?
seems some people want to hardbrick their devices