Hello.
Just yesterday, I installed CM 7.1 on my Defy, which was on stock froyo. It started up normally, and was working perfectly, until I had to reboot it, in order to get the google apps, when it went into boot loop.
I've tried going into stock recovery and wiping the data/ factory reset and wiping the cache, but even then it's stuck on boot loop on the CM 7 logo. What should I do?
Ps. It's the Indian Defy, which is without Blur, if that makes any difference.
EDIT: Just got it to work, I flashed the stock Froyo SBF using RSD lite. I think my mistake was installing Clockworkmod on it, because it has it's own custom recovery. Can anyone tell me how to get into it?
Ya installing CWM on top of CM7 will screw up the pre-installed Custom recovery. While the phone is just starting to boot watch for a blue LED to flash at the top of the phone. Right when it flashes blue, press volume down. From here use your volume rocker to select recovery, use the power button to make your selection. Next choose custom recovery.
Thanks mate
Though sadly, after rebooting it, it keeps on showing the message - process com.android.phone has stopped working, and I get no network. What do I do?
Wipe data and install the zip again...
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I tried to install CM nightly off the official CM mirror network.
I already had my phone rooted with Liberty ROM installed, so I simply rebooted into clockwork, did a backup, wiped the phone, and then installed the cm_droid2_full-21.zip from SD card.
Something is really buggy with the ROM and it FC's upon loading the home screen and then automatically reboots. I cannot get into clockwork by pulling the battery or holding down camera and power, or power and volume down---nothing works. I'm stuck in this bootloop and as of now my phone is useless....please help!!
Sounds like you have no option but to boot the phone in bootloader mode and flash froyo build back on your phone.
U try to get into stock recovery and wipe cache and data? Its usually the cache
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So, I just flashed the latest CyanogenMod nightly. All went according to plan until the phone rebooted. Now I can't boot into anything. Neither the mod nor recovery. When I press "X" and Power to boot into recovery I just get stuck on the triangle screen and when I power up normally I get suck on the "M" logo.
I have no idea how to flash the SBF from here. Thoughts?
Same Problem!
I flashed the latest CM7 from the website. I can get to the standard recovery and to the bootloader, but have no idea how to get my phone back to a working condition. I already flashed the Droid bootstrap recovery, but can't seem to boot to it to install another ROM. Anyone help?
did you try wiping cache and data in android recovery?
edit: if that doesn't work, try
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global-hacks/184272-bootloop-help-tutorial.html
or the ABD boot to revovery in the FAQs
I did format the Data and Cache with the recovery tool. I ended up following the instructions at the CM7 Wiki to reinstall the factory image, now it's working OK.
I think the reason you were having trouble with the recovery was because its a different method on gingerbread. On froyo you just press the search key and it boots you into recovery, on gingerbread you have to hit both volume keys at the same time. I know this is a mute point to you know but maybe someone else has a similar issue.
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I can get to the standard recovery... I did format the Data and Cache with the recovery too
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and that didn't fix it, so he got into recovery ok
I attempted to flash a Liquid Smooth rom yesterday. I rebooted into the bootloader, and chose recovery mode. I wiped all cache, then installed the zip. I followed this by installing the gapps zip immediately, which I think I shouldn't have done.
When I rebooted it, it was stuck on the liquid smooth screen for a while, I know this is normal, but when it sat there for an hour and fifteen minutes I knew something was wrong. If I hold down both volume keys and the power button I can reboot into the bootloader again, but when I now choose recovery mode, it gets stuck on the google load screen.
Can anybody help me out?
danlk2 said:
I attempted to flash a Liquid Smooth rom yesterday. I rebooted into the bootloader, and chose recovery mode. I wiped all cache, then installed the zip. I followed this by installing the gapps zip immediately, which I think I shouldn't have done.
When I rebooted it, it was stuck on the liquid smooth screen for a while, I know this is normal, but when it sat there for an hour and fifteen minutes I knew something was wrong. If I hold down both volume keys and the power button I can reboot into the bootloader again, but when I now choose recovery mode, it gets stuck on the google load screen.
Can anybody help me out?
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Plug the N7 into your PC before you boot into the bootloader.
You were correct to flash gapps immediately after flashing the ROM. Maybe the ROM didn't flash correctly because you only wiped caches. If you are coming from a different ROM you will need to do a factory reset. If you didn't back up your apps and don't have a nandroid, then you might want to wipe caches, format system, and reflash the previous ROM and try to boot in and backup your apps. Might not work but worth a shot if you got stuck where you are now with no app backups.
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Plug the N7 into your PC before you boot into the bootloader.
You were correct to flash gapps immediately after flashing the ROM. Maybe the ROM didn't flash correctly because you only wiped caches. If you are coming from a different ROM you will need to do a factory reset. If you didn't back up your apps and don't have a nandroid, then you might want to wipe caches, format system, and reflash the previous ROM and try to boot in and backup your apps. Might not work but worth a shot if you got stuck where you are now with no app backups.
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Wow, that didn't even cross my mind, I did this and I've got the rom up and running now. Thanks a lot.
This is another of those bricked defy thread.
Everything was fine. I was on 4.3 (a couple of nightlies earlier version) and just downloaded the latest one from Quarx.
I went to TWRP and wiped cache, dalvik, system and data.
Now, what was strange is that I got a prompt that you do not have root, do you want to have root or something. I swiped for that.
The next thing I remember is that the phone rebooted and stuck on the red M (with honey bee) and showing version 7.1-11 (which has always been the boot up screen for me for last two years).
So, I removed the battery, pressed volume down and then Power button. I was in the green android bot screen. Pressed volume up and down and got into some recovery screen.
There are options to wipe cache, wipe data/ factory reset, install update.zip and reboot. I have tried all of these. Unfortunately none of those help me in getting back to normal.
I have an SD card, where I can copy the latest 4.3 ROM from my computer and rename it to update.zip. Will that help?
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This is another of those bricked defy thread.
Everything was fine. I was on 4.3 (a couple of nightlies earlier version) and just downloaded the latest one from Quarx.
I went to TWRP and wiped cache, dalvik, system and data.
Now, what was strange is that I got a prompt that you do not have root, do you want to have root or something. I swiped for that.
The next thing I remember is that the phone rebooted and stuck on the red M (with honey bee) and showing version 7.1-11 (which has always been the boot up screen for me for last two years).
So, I removed the battery, pressed volume down and then Power button. I was in the green android bot screen. Pressed volume up and down and got into some recovery screen.
There are options to wipe cache, wipe data/ factory reset, install update.zip and reboot. I have tried all of these. Unfortunately none of those help me in getting back to normal.
I have an SD card, where I can copy the latest 4.3 ROM from my computer and rename it to update.zip. Will that help?
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You softbricked your phone by allowing it to reboot with an empty system partition. Flash SBF, root and you should be fine.
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hotdog125 said:
You softbricked your phone by allowing it to reboot with an empty system partition. Flash SBF, root and you should be fine.
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So, I assume I should not have deleted the system partition.
Anyway I flashed full sbf (JRDNEM_U3_3.4.3-36-1.7_CHINESE_SIGN_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B50AA03A.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNFRYORTINT15_P002_A014_HWp3_Service1FF.sbf)
RSD lite was the main problem - did not detect the phone. I was pressing the volume down key to enter the boot loader menu, but I should have pressed the volume up key.
Finally realized my mistake and then corrected it.
Now I am on 4.1.2 (again, downloaded the wrong file) and hopefully the 4.3 (30 Oct) file won't take much time to download.
So, all is well.
I have the 2ndbootin thing, the stock moto recovery, and never ending boot animation. If I wipe the cache using the moto recovery, I can get it past the boot loop and then it gets stuck in "android is upgrading". I figured I can flash a custom recovery using RSD, the problem is I don't know, and googling the problem didn't came up with useful solutions. My top priority is to get the phone working again, and that it will have the data is got now (though I did a backup of the data before starting this failed upgrade).
Also relevant:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48088388#post48088388
Achiron said:
I have the 2ndbootin thing, the stock moto recovery, and never ending boot animation. If I wipe the cache using the moto recovery, I can get it past the boot loop and then it gets stuck in "android is upgrading". I figured I can flash a custom recovery using RSD, the problem is I don't know, and googling the problem didn't came up with useful solutions. My top priority is to get the phone working again, and that it will have the data is got now (though I did a backup of the data before starting this failed upgrade).
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Man, you need to start again from stock.
Install the stock SBF using RSD, root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install the updaterecovery.zip package, reboot (don't wipe), then install CM11 and Gapps. It worked for me, it worked for other defy users, it will work for you.
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Man, you need to start again from stock.
Install the stock SBF using RSD, root, install 2ndinit, install CM10, install CM10.2, install the updaterecovery.zip package, reboot (don't wipe), then install CM11 and Gapps. It worked for me, it worked for other defy users, it will work for you.
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I gave up and went to the RSD, downloaded what I thought was he right SBF, flashed it in RSD, and after it finished the device is BRICKED. No lights, it doesn't turn on. :crying:
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I gave up and went to the RSD, downloaded what I thought was he right SBF, flashed it in RSD, and after it finished the device is BRICKED. No lights, it doesn't turn on. :crying:
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The defy doesn't really brick, because the bootloader is locked.
It may be no charge in the battery...
You need to use an external charger, or McGyver method, because the defy won't charge by the usb or wall charger...
After you make it, try RSD again, and choose the right SBF, from your carrier.
Hope it helps... gogogo defy :victory: