Before any actions, be sure to charge the phone and make a backup in Custom Recovery! Custom Recovery based on CWM, builds up to 20130507:Backup and Restore>Backup (all), if the error Can not mount backup path appears -
go to Advanced Backup, go back and try again.
Custom Recovery based on TWRP, build after 20130507:Backup menu, select all sections.
Note: CWM and TWRP backups are not compatible with each other. If you need to restore the backup CWM, but firmware with TWRP, you must first
install CWMfrom TWRP.
How to install CyanogenMod on Defy and Defy +? Basically, your phone should have Android version 2.2 or higher (Froyo)
Pre-download the CyanogenMod archive and put it in the root of the memory card.
If you need a Play Store (Market) and synchronize your contacts and calendar with your Google account - download this additionally
Google appsfor your version of Cyanogen (Gapps from previous versions of Cyanogen are not suitable).
1. Install
rootand
bootmenureboot the phone;
2. During the reboot, the blue diode will light up, click on 'turn down the volume' - you will be taken to the bootmenu;
3. Go to Custom Recovery, do a full reset -
wipe data \ factory reset ;
4. Install the CyanogenMod and Gapps archive (if necessary) through the menu
Install .zip from SD Card ;
5. Restart the phone, the download may take up to 5 minutes.
Instructions for getting root.Tip for Defy:Can use universal
script to install root and bootmenu, it is enough to enable USB Debugging in the phone settings and run runme.bat.
Step-by-step instruction for Defy + from Gamer48How to update CyanogenMod? Through RomUpdater, you can not automatically upgrade, just download and install manually, or put the firmware archive in / sdcard / RomUpdater.
Pre-download the CyanogenMod archive and put it in the root of the memory card. If you update the previous version of Cyanogen (CM7, CM9) and you have gapps installed, download it
Google appsfor your version of cyanogen.
1. Restart the phone in Custom Recovery, do
wipe cache and
wipe dalvik cache ;
2. Install the CyanogenMod and gapps archive (if necessary) via the menu
Install .zip from SD Card ;
3. Restart the phone, the download may take up to 5 minutes.
When switching from another version of Cyanogen (CM7, CM9) or another firmware, in order to avoid problems, it is recommended to do a full reset -
wipe data \ factory reset of
Stock recovery .
Be sure to remove the old gapps.
How to return to the official firmware or a previous version of Cyanogen? To return to the official firmware -
flash the phone via RSD Lite.
To return to the previous version of Cyanogen -
install the necessary version of Cyanogen through Custom Recoverymake a complete reset of
Stock recovery- wipe data \ factory reset.
Note: CWM and TWRP backups are not compatible with each other. If you need to restore the backup CWM, but firmware with TWRP, you must first
install CWMfrom TWRP.
Error bootloader Err: A5,69 .. It means that
version of the firmware on the phone(Bootloader, BL) is higher than the version of the bootloader on the firmware you are installing. You need to install the firmware with a later version of BL (see below). To determine your BL version, you need to remember which official firmware (SBF) was last RSD Lite stitched:
BL4: Starting from 3.4.2-164 to 4.5.1_112
BL5: Starting from 4.5.1_128 to 4.5.1-134_DFP-82 + 4.5.2-109_DHT-22, 23 and 4.5.3-109_DPP-6, 11
BL6: Starting from 4.5.1-134_DFP-125 through 4.5.1-134_DFP-161 + 4.5.2-109_DHT-25 and 4.5.3-109_DPP-14-17
BL7: Starting from 4.5.1-134_DFP-188 to 4.5.1-134_DFP-2312
Official firmware for DefyOfficial firmware for Defy +The bootloader version (BL) only affects the ability to roll back to previous official firmware versions. At work CyanogenMod does not affect.
It is impossible to downgrade the bootloader version (BL).
Error E: signature verification failed, what to do? You install * .zip from Stock Recovery, firmware installation is done from Custom Recovery, you need to enter
Custom recovery.
Does not load further than the Motorola or Cyanogen logo, what does the red diode mean? Assemblies after CM10-20121010 are loaded via the 2ndboot, the red diode indicates operation in the 2ndboot mode, i.e. this is normal.
If the phone reboots cyclically, the download hangs on the Motorola logo, Cyanogen or you have a red diode with an empty black screen lit - you need to do a full reset from
Stock recovery.
In the Recovery message E: Cant mount cache / recovery / * In Stock Recovery this message is always there and it is normal.
In Custom Recovery, this happens after wipe cache from native Recovery, it does not bear negative consequences.
You can get rid with
Wipe cache of
Custom recovery , if it does not help, with firmware from scratch via sbf.
Recovery does not see the sd card, I can not install zip CWM does not understand the sections ntfs and exfat, you need to format the card in fat.
How to switch tabs in bootmenu? Tabs are switched by the Home button (lodge).