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Ice Cream Sandwich has finally been ported to the Defy by Epsylon3 @ xda forums. However, do note that this is an early build and a lot of features are currently dysfunctional. You can see what's working and what's not at the official thread here.
If you'd like to test it without losing your current OS, you can give MultiBoot a shot.
The source code for Ice Cream Sandwich has been released! This means that production of CyanogenMod 9 can officially begin and (hopefully) a port of 4.0 on the Defy is over the horizon...
The first one is obviously to discuss anything related to Defy's accessories.
The second one should be used to discuss any hardcore customization topics including rooting, ROM flashing, etc.
Some of the existing posts have been moved into these areas.
Further suggestions are welcome! (And if you have them, please post them in this thread!)
It's been a long time coming, but the next stable release of Cyanogen Mod 7.1 is now available for the Defy. RC 1.5
It's not yet been updated on the first post of Quarx's thread as Quarx is away, but see the FAQ for details. I'm downloading it as I type
EDIT: Ok so RC1.5 had some issues highlighted by the below posts. Now running on latest nightly cm7-110909-1641-NIGHTLY-Jordan.zip, and happy to say all the above issues have been fixed. Everything's running smoothly. Users wanting to upgrade to RC1.5 should use THIS NIGHTLY instead (or a newer one).
To get the list of latest nightlies to download, click here and download the most recent by date.
Yes, that's right. Today, Google announced that it is going to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This has been officially confirmed by Google chief Larry Page in a blog post. For further info, have a look at the source.
Did you know that your Defy holds an immense amount of potential and that it is capable of beating a large number of higher priced smart phones? No? Well, it is indeed true. This guide will help you unlock it's true potential and boost your gaming.
STEP 1: Before doing anything else, you need to root your defy. Rooting will enable you to assign superuser privileges to applications, much like administrative privileges in Windows. Rooting is not hard at all. Actually, all it involves is the click of a button. Follow these easy steps to root.
Download SuperOneClick. Now, make a folder called SuperOneClick on your computer and extract everything from that archive into the SuperOneClick folder which you made. On your Defy, go to Settings, Applications, Development and Enable USB Debugging. Connect your Defy to the PC and let it install the drivers if this is the first time you've connected. On your phone, extended the Notification bar, click on the usb icon and choose Portal mode.
Now, run SuperOneClick and click on the 'Root' button. Once it's done, reboot your phone.
Finally, disable USB debugging.
That's it! Your phone has now been rooted and is ready for some action!
STEP 2: Now that it's been rooted, it's ready for some overclocking. The term 'overclocking' here refers to increasing the clock speed of your CPU beyond what the manufacturer has set it at. Often, manufacturers under clock the CPU in lower end models so that they can use an overclocked version of the same CPU in higher models. Overclocking will unlock the true potential of your Defy. Let's get down to business now.
Go to the Market and search for 'Milestone Overclock'. Download and install it. Now, run it and press the Application button and choose Settings.
In the Custom rate(KHz) type in 1200000(which is 1.2GHz) or 1000000(which is 1GHz) and in custom vsel 75. Now, press ok and drag the red bar all the way to the right. You can experiment with lower vsels to get more battery life. However, if your phone crashes increase the vsel value. When you get a stable vsel, select Autoload on boot in the app.
Congratulations! You've just overclocked your Defy! Now let's go on to the final step.
STEP 3: This is the final and easiest step. Doing this will enable you to install a Task killer, which kills background tasks and frees up RAM (memory). This will boost your gaming performance even further.
Download and install Advanced Task Killer from the Market.
Run it and un-check Milestone Overclock and Superuser.
Click on kill tasks.
That's it! You're done! Make sure to run Advanced Task Killer each time before playing a game. Now you're all set to play the latest Gameloft games on your Defy! Thanks for reading! If you have any problems or suggestions, please post in the comments section and I will get back to you ASAP.
The mobile skin for this forum has been enabled. You don't need to do anything - by default, if you access this forum using your own phone, the forum will detect it, and flip over to the new UI which is much more phone-friendly.
For whatever reason if you want to switch back to the full-screen version from your phone, you can still do so by clicking on the "Full Version" link at the bottom of the screen.
In Q4, 2011, Google intend to combine Honeycomb for tables and Gingerbread for smart phones into one universal OS. Ice Cream Sandwich. Developers will be able to account for all form factors within this same version of the OS. This seems to be the end of the OS fragmentation that has plagued the Android system since its release! The announcement has been made around the same time that Windows Phone manufacturers Microsoft announce a universal OS in the form of Windows 8, and Apple's iOS5, which means universal operating systems are the way of the future. But the question is, will the Defy get some? Source
Due to a massive effort by loads of devs Quarx has managed to port cm7 to the defy using the 2int method bypassing motorolas locked bootlader. Cyanogen is an android community effort that is built from source code give a true android experience
what this means is that we can now load a 2nd init.rc file on top of the stock one which allows us to boot a custom kernell something that motorola desperatly try to stop us doing by locking the bootloader
the rom runs as smooth as grease but alot of things dont work atm. However watch this space because its going to be good!
if you want give it a try but its only a dev build so only for the experienced or the brave
The marketplace is still growing with a good rate. Even when you take out the shit its at about 100,000 and now that android is the most widely used OS we should see much better to come.
I think that recently their has been a much better influx of quality with lots of games being ported from iOS. lets hope to see some good innovation with android only titles.
Posted By:add.thebad
@ 06 February 2011 - 12:20 PM
The new android market is online now. Go tomarket.android.com where you can browse all the apps on the app store from your browser and at the press on a button the app will "automagically" download and install on your phone.
Its amazing try it out and let us know how you get on!!
Posted By:add.thebad
@ 03 February 2011 - 05:35 PM
Android 3.0 honeycomb unveiled by Google
Yesterday at their campus in mountain view California goggle unveiled their latest desert offering this time coming in the form of honeycomb which is specifically aimed at tablets. The new flavour of the mobile platform is the biggest overhaul to the UI since its release making it much more tablet friendly by making much more use of the extra screen space. They have also added many more tools to make it easier for developers to make new apps!
Take a look at the video of the release and take a look at that snazzy new UI
Plus new market place!
Froyo has taken a massive leap over Christmas and now boasts a 51.8% slice of the pie which is more promising. This has been helped by updates now being pushed to most major phones and alot are now shipping with froyo shame Motorola couldn't do the same. This is good news for developers because they have to woery less about legacy versions of android so hopefully we will see more game developers head over to android!
Hopefully we will get and official update in not too long now although their are a few custom froyo roms floating around over at XDA
Did anyone actually believe the rumor that Gingerbread will require 1GHz processor? Many did. No idea where this rumor came from. Check out the source and sleep peacefully!
The developers over at XDA have gained root access to the Motorola Defy. One of the XDA developers has posted directions using ADB commands to gain root access. There is also a one click root app called Z4Root that may work in the market.
Google is introducing two new cool features in the new version of Google Maps - dynamic maps updating and offline mode. Check out the source for more details!
Here's the Android Segmentation picture for the month of November, along with the picture of October for you to compare. Checkout the source link for the charts.
It is a little disappointing to hear that the Froyo is coming to the Defy so late in the game. Still, it is better than "no Froyo" that some older Android phones have been labeled with.
This release fixes the accuracy issue from the last update and also introduces an easy way to edit words. Also other minor features and bug fixes are included. Check out the source for more details.
Waterproof and attractive, the Defy is a solid smartphone with relatively rare selling points. It’s missing Froyo at the moment and MOTOBLUR isn’t for everyone, but I consider this thing a great value.
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