Recent content by andrewr77

I have tried a couple from eBay and they have both been cheap Chinese copies or second hand ones, neither of which hold the charge for very long at all. Also, how can I enable gesture typing with this new update? it's enabled in the settings, and the trail appears on the keyboard while...

Thanks I'll keep these in mind, probably need something at some point. I don't suppose anyone knows a good source of genuine Motorola (presumably new old stock) batteries for this phone in the UK? It would be great to have a spare!

I haven't put any GApps on there, not required, any apps I really want I'll just download from https://www.apkfiles.com/ :)

Bingo! I left it with 2.6.3, all other installs went through without a hitch, now running KitKat 4.4.4! Thank you so much for your help! I've bumped your Thanks Meter up a few, I'd buy you a pint or two if I could! :highfive:

Thanks TWRP 2.6.3 installed and running. If 2.8 isn't required then I don't want to push my luck. The link you shared shows two options but doesn't make it very clear what the actual differences are. Are they both KitKat but first is more stable than the second? or is there more to it than that...

You certainly don't need to feel bad, it's not my primary phone and now I know I can always go back to factory settings if all else fails. I'm extremely grateful for all of your help! :good: I have installed Framaroot-1.9.3.apk and everything was successfully running that. I then followed your...

fuchrist On the third computer (an old XP one) I managed to get RSD Lite to recognise the phone. I downloaded an SBF file from https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Defy%2B%20%28MB526%29/Stock/ but there are so many to choose from with no obvious differences between them, I just went with...

fuchrist I downloaded your link to "moto_defy_RSD_DRV.rar" and have tried the phone in ALL USB ports but RSD Lite still won't recognise it, nor any acknowledgement from Windows. The phone always appears in the same place in Device Manager under "Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0...

I checked Device Manager for any unknown devices but nothing was showing. The phone is saying the battery is too low to program now, even though it's been connected to the computer most of the day! I'll leave it on charge tonight and maybe have another look at it tomorrow with fresh eyes, if I...

I have been trying to get RSD Lite to recognise the phone without much luck. I hear the Windows noise to acknowledge a device has been connected, but RSD Lite can't see it. The phone is in the power + vol-up black screen white text Bootloader. I've tried installing the Motorola Device Manager...

I downloaded and installed TWRP 2.6.3.0 successfully and started installing PrepareZip_1.zip, but it seemed to reboot half way through and now it won't boot up, it freezes at the Motorola logo, it doesn't get as far as the blue led coming on, so I can only get to the power+vol down recovery menu...

I'm using TWRP v2.1.1, which I enter by pressing volume down when the blue light comes on then pressing Recovery then Custom Recovery.

Good question! I should really make notes! I think I just used Google to find it elsewhere. I would give a working link but it won't let me until I've reached 10 posts. Thanks for this link, I have followed the instructions but I'm still getting exactly the same error message when trying to...

Team Win - new_bootstrap.zip - Failed Hello. I'm trying to install KitKat onto a Defy+ following the guide at the start of this thread. I have installed TWRP but when I go to Install and select new_bootstrap.zip I get "E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip" and the whole process fails. I have...