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Motorola Defy

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Motorola Defy
Defy
Motorola Defy.jpg
Specification
Manufacturer: Motorola Motorola-icon.png
Release Date: 10/2010
Operating System: Android Android-icon.jpg
Dimensions: 107 x 59 x 13.4 Millimeters
Weight: 118 gramms
Chipset: Texas Instruments OMAP3610
Display: 3.7 inch (9,40 cm), 854 x 480 Pixel, 265 ppi (pixel per inch),68Hz Refresh Rate
Networks: Quadband GSM
Wifi: TI wL1271 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: 2.1 + EDR
NFC: Not Known
GPS: Yes
Video out: Not Known
Camera: 5.0 megapixel with LED Flash
Secondary Camera: no
Internal Memory: 512 MB RAM / 2 GB ROM (1.2GB available)
Memory Card: MicroSD upto 32GB
Battery: 1540 mAh
Additional Features: "Lifeproof" IP67, but not certified


Contents

Introduction

XDA-Developers Forums for the Phone

The sub-forums on XDA Dev are located here.

There are four sub-forums:

  1. Defy General
  2. Defy Android Development
  3. Defy Themes and Apps
  4. Defy Accessories

Guides, How-Tos & Tutorials

Guides

  • Unsimlock your Defy Make your Defy work with different providers for custom roms based on CM. (original SIM is needed)

Network issues:

Mod Stock Firmware

Old: (usable to a certain point)

Tutorials

How to root your Defy

See:

How to enter bootloader menu

Switch phone off, press and hold volume-up button then switch phone on. From here, you can flash Motorola's official rom's (check sbf sticky threat and All-in-one defy beginners guide)

How to start the 2ndinitdefy bootloader/recovery menu

Download 2ndInit Recovery Installer v2.0 and install, reboot and when the blue led lights hold volume-down (usb debugging has to be off).

How to enter recovery mode

There are two different recovery's for the Defy. The stock and the custom recovery.

To get in Stock recovery

Switch phone off, press and hold volume-down button then switch phone on. When the android with the exclamation mark appears, you have to press both volume keys (for more info, check All-in-one Defy beginners guide)

To get in Custom recovery

Check 2ntInit and All-in-one Defy beginners guide.

Old custom recovery's:

How to backup your current ROM

Enter custom recovery in 2ntInit bootmenu (press vol-down on blue let, else see 2ntInit bootmenu) and chose recovery => custom (or latest) recovery and chose Nand backup from there.

How to get rsdlite to recognise a phone that won't boot

You flashed, something happened, now screen is black, phone doesn't react, u are in a boot loop, rsdlite cant recognize the phone. you're right here.

To get RSDLIte to recognize your phone you have to enter boot loader mode. this means press VOL-UP + POWER If nothing helps, try pushing VOL UP before!' you put the battery in (RSDLIte should be running and awaiting a new connection at that time) If you are using Windows 7, try seting RSDLite to "compatibility mode: Windows XP SP3".

Fixing "Battery Low - Cannot program" on bootloader aka McGyver Hack

U ran out of battery during flashing or similar. In flash progress (boot loader mode) the phone isnt able to load the battery, u got stucked because u ran out of it. Indicators: 

 - just see white led, 
 - screen black, 
 - phone doesnt boot?
 - never ever see a motorola logo

may try this:[1] some pics how this should look like: [2]

ROMS & Recoveries

Android 2.1 (Eclair) Stock ROMs

A list of currently known stock ROMs can be found at http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy.

On XDA:

Android 2.1 (Eclair) Custom ROMs

Android 2.2 (Froyo) Stock ROMs

Android 2.2 (Froyo) Custom ROMs

Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Stock ROMs

Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Stock ROMs

Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) Custom ROMs

Android 4.0.x (ICS) Custom ROMs

Other

Themes

Modifications

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