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Help, can't flash 'fixed' sbf files except for one. Telstra Au MB525.

I just tried to flash the Telstra (Australia) SBF. No info comes up in file properties and it gives an instant 'failed flash' message.
I am a bit stuck- i can only flash the China Froyo and the GB Froyo, the only 'Fixed' SBF I can ever flash is the 2.2GB_NoCG_31_39.sbf -(Higgsy fix). The China rom is the first and only Froyo rom I flashed with the above fix.
1a. :I want to know why I cannot flash 'fixed SBF's' that come with JBoogie, ADXLmod, barebones etc roms.
1b :Why do I still have to use the 'Higgsy fix' 2.2GB_NoCG_31_39.sbf? It appears that I am somehow locked to it.
1c :Is it because of the Telstra rom I am on- with all rom flashing instructions, it is mentioned eg 'if you are on 2,21 or 2.34 fw etc- no reference is ever made to the 2.26 fw.
2: I want to know how flashing a rom without the corresponding SBF actually affects the operating of the rom- eg: I get random reboots, black screens, freezups=- is this likely an issue with the rom or because I cannot flash the fixed SBF.
3. Will restoring a Telstra nanodroid on top of the China Froyo SBF that I am running, then applying the fixed Telstra SBF that racca graciously provided make my Defy exactly like stock- or will there still be remnants of the China Froyo etc rattling around under the hood and potentially affecting stability and continuing to affect my ability to flash fixed SBF's as per Q 1 & 2.
4. Does anyone have a FullTelstra SBF that works unlike the one already posted on XDA.
I have tried renamimg and moving sbf to root folder as per a suggestion for 64 bit windows, though i am only on 32bit, it didn't work for me- 'start' is still greyed out in RSDLite..
I have also tried different rsdlite versions.
I welcome any other suggestions or questions.. At least I would like to know what is going on and how it affects my phone as I have spent hours and hours searching these and other forums and am none the wiser..
Cheers
Gavin

Accidental 2nd post-ignore.

what exactly are you trying to do?
i can't make much out of your long and pointless statements.
be specific about what you need, then maybe we can help.
all i can understand is that you might want the fixed sbf, so here it is.
http://mir.cr/6MJBVDCN

Thanks for that, pointless is a bit harsh though, long maybe- i was trying to give some background to prevent 'have you tried that, just do this- when it is clearly not applicable to my situation.
I will try to put it in point form.
I hope that is a bit clearer, but it is a complicated situation- there are alot of threads dancing around similar themes, but I cannot find specific answers to these questions- i can't see how I could provide less information without having 5 pages of people directing me to posts that I have already looked at but aren't applicable, so yes it is a bit long, but by doing this much misdirected effort is saved by myself and those helping.
Thanks again

Looking at my original post again, it was hard to see what I was asking, thanks racca.

I just restored the Telstra factory reset nanodroid- the start button was greyed out with the Telstra SBF , so i can't use it. Had to use the 'Higgsy fix' to get it to boot. Weird, i just don't understand it.
To be honest, with all the eventual issues with any rom i use, i would prefer to go back to stock (i will have to put up with the grey status bar, short battery life and no flash). I am tired of getting crashes at the most inopportune times.
Can't wait until the bootloader is fully cracked- I have put Gingervillain (CM7 base) on her Desire, which is much more stable than any rom when i was using it.
Update- it just won't boot now, have to reflash the China Froyo SBF, looks like I am stuck with daily @ 3x daily reboots, bluetooth that works 60% of the time, dropped calls etc....

Change SBF file name
Hey there,
I kinda have the same issues as you do, I think...
The RDS lite gave me an instant ROM-flash error when trying various SBF's. I simply renamed the file name to an SBF file name that was working, yes it got a little confusing... first I renamed the original working SBF to *.old.
Suddenly the flash process was working, I've renamed SBF-files on 4 different occasions in order to get it to work.
I'm not quite sure whether you have this issue or you have something different going on, but feel free to try it.
//Dave

Sounds like a plan, I will give it a go. Thanks.

Thanks Dave69 and Racca, i just renamed the TElstra fixed sbf to the higgsy fix; restored the stock nanodroid and flashed it and it worked. It at least gives me the confidence to flash others now, but will sit on this for a bit- don't have time for more tinkering this weekend.

Titanium wouldn't work with the Telstra rom- said it had restored apps, but wouldn't restore evn one.
Thankfully I got Barebones running, SBF and all. Looks great. Thanks guys.
I would still like to know what's going on though, I haven't tried the TElstra full SBF with the rename yet- it had a different issue than others- just failed. May try again later.

Sounds like you have the same problem as me, was on the telstra on. Not being careful enough I flashed a non downgradable 3.4.2_155-002 sbf. So now I can't downgrade back to the stock Telstra one. I have tried both nandroid backups and flashing the stock telstra sbf and neither work. so am stuck on this rom running JBoogie GingerBlur
Not compaining, for a blur rom it is quite fast, only thing is I can't downgrade back to telstra if the phone needs to be returned for anything.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.

Try following the renaming method-though i had titanium issues, it os enough to get me through a warranty claim- i did it before with the same nanodroid backup from xda. Btw, i just flashed the 3.42 out of frustration and it let me go back with the renamed fixed sbf.
I am very impressed with barebones, even the xda app is quicker...

superfastmonkey said:
Try following the renaming method-though i had titanium issues, it os enough to get me through a warranty claim- i did it before with the same nanodroid backup from xda. Btw, i just flashed the 3.42 out of frustration and it let me go back with the renamed fixed sbf.
I am very impressed with barebones, even the xda app is quicker...
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ok, now where do i begin. i'll just say what i can think of instead of answering every single question.
sbf's contains various code groups as you may noticed while flashing it slipts into smaller pieces.
out of those, cg31&39 are non-downgradable and the pair of them must match. all other partitions on the phone are either not flashed by the sbf (e.g. bootloader/mbmloader, pds), useless (cdrom) or downgradable (kernel, recovery, lbl, devtree).
there are no hardware incompatibilities except the chinese ones, but if you don't update cg31(cdt) to match your /system(cg39) you might have some minor issues (i singles these out because they are not downgradable, of course you'll have issues if you don't match all other things).
you might have a chance fooling tel$tra by flashing the sbf i provided (stock 2.26.0) and restore the nandroid. it should be almost identical except you'll get busted when they try to do flash their service sbf.
the bottom line is,
1. if you flashed any sbf larger than 50MB it must have cg39 in it, and you can't downgrade.
2. you must use matching kernel/devtree with the system: the chinese ones will not be compatible with any other roms, you can't mix match froyo with eclair.

Thanks racca, it makes things a bit clearer. I didn't think I had flashed the GB rom, but I must have-it was 3 or 4 mths ago- it explains why I used the Higgsy fix...i think the China one came out very shortly after..
I should probably try flashing a 2.1 rom b4 restoring the telstra nano if I want stock-( with Telstra, we will have to wait until 3 mths + after the rest of the world gets Froyo for them to fill it to the brim with bloat ware..)..
It looks like the Higgsy fix didn't work for our devices anyway-i suspect my phone believes it is a 3.42 fw now.
In any case, I am relieved to have a way to flash the fixed sbf's now.. Barebones is very impressive, no hint of an issue, but need to run it for a week to really see.
Thanks.

I have a Telstra phone too and after a week of owning it back in January, I had already installed a 2.2 De-blurred ROM. I did have radio issues at first and also remember a non-stop reboot issue. I think it was the USB debugging somehow but I could be wrong.
Now I install new ROMs with ease when the need strikes me.

Are you able to flash the fixed sbfs for roms you install?

I've just put the CM7 rom on mine, best rom I've used. Also flashed a fixed rom with it.
Next thing i tried was restoring a nandroid backup of the default telstra rom, then flashed a fixed stock telstra sbf, this worked and was able to at least make the phone look like it was stock. Whether or not that would be enough if i had to send the phone in for repairs. Can only try if it needs to go in.
CM7 is by far the fastest rom I've tried. Only used for a day so far and no problems yet. Highly recommend this one.
Cheers
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App

I flashed the fixed sbf by renaming after restoring the telstra nano and it worked, but didn't run properly, I did it a couple of months ago with just the nano after having jboogies blurless ginger and it passed for warranty. Haven't tried renaming the full telstra sbf yet. I might over the long weekend.
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That's what I was hoping, but for now I'm staying with cm7.
Will go back to the telstra one only if it needs warranty work.
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samorgs said:
That's what I was hoping, but for now I'm staying with cm7.
Will go back to the telstra one only if it needs warranty work.
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You'll be fine.
On a side note, it's ridiculous that Optus have official froyo already, Telstra due in July.
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[SBF-ROM]MIUI 1.5.27 English

Here is a test SBF version of MIUI latest (27/5/11) with English patch applied and including Swype and full battery percentage display too. Replaced data icons with sense ones as the green ruins the whole look!
Please do a nandroid first as i'm not sure if this even works on other peoples Defy. I tested and it works on mine.
To install:
You need to be on Nordic rom or be using it as a base for your current rom such as CM7
Install my sbf through Moto flasher. Let boot. Report.
Note: May not be full English on first boot. Go to settings and re-set English language, reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache it seemed to do the job for me.
DOWN!Download me now!

Thanks, man

Remember this is a test please don't blame me if your wife leaves you.
Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.

sounds not good. after flashing bootloader error . restart same error after moto logo.

Good Job.
Thx

is it working?

Is there only english/chinese? Any other languages like Polish?
Sent from DEFY running Quarx's CM7

joker20 said:
sounds not good. after flashing bootloader error . restart same error after moto logo.
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Same
Swyped by my Defy using CM-7 beta 6 with the XDA premium App

Hmm seems to not work for others... I wonder what would need to be done differently.
Removed download link for now.
Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.

ephumuris said:
Hmm seems to not work for others... I wonder what would need to be done differently.
Removed download link for now.
Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
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i think the problem is when we make a data factory reset from normal recovery which makes 2-nd init unusable. i am trying this baut for build spanish miui, and i think a method that would work is first install an original froyo->boot it completely->reboot to bootloader and flash the moded sbf. i will report back if works.

I tried it, flashed over CM7 without wiping and it worked. Then tried a full wipe with stock recovery and it sticks at the M logo.
I was on nordic 3.4.2.177 base before I flashed. After wiping had to reflash full nordic and tried again, still stuck on Motorola logo.

I made a Custom sbf with CM7 nightly build before,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14199021&postcount=14
Came across the same problem, it seems that we should modify the dumped CG39 a bit.

I think it would be greate&enough if we would have a SBF which only contains Custom Bootmenu so it's small and flashes very fast.
After flashing that CWM can be used to flash.

m11kkaa said:
I think it would be greate&enough if we would have a SBF which only contains Custom Bootmenu so it's small and flashes very fast.
After flashing that CWM can be used to flash.
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This is what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14223629#post14223629

That Thread was created 2 minutes before my post
Thank you very much

I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, I'm new to this, what's the point of a sbf? Why not just a nandroid?

It's quite useful to have a SBF. If something is going wrong, let's say you'll try to put one nandroid which is not successfully applied or you by mistake wipe your phone using stock recovery you'll have to flash fist a Froyo SBF and then you can install 2nd Init and apply the nandroid, while by having the CM7/MIUI SBF you'll have only to apply it and that's it.

So, basically , it's for the lazy ones instead of flashing nordic, root, install 2ndInit and Miui, you just flash this sbf. 5 minutes less and a chance of bricking the phone. I'm going for the long way.
We should focus on finding and reporting bugs on the basic Miui, this would really help make a better release.

wife vs modding
ephumuris said:
Remember this is a test please don't blame me if your wife leaves you.
Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
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u got me there.my wife
is starting to bothered by my modding schemes on my defy.
she said im so poor of me,if i get my defy brick she will buy me iphone4..
but i say no,buy me more defys.she said how many defys u want-2 more defys.
thats 3 total ^^ then she raised her brow & silently smiles.
maybe she think im going nuts.
little offtopic fun

[Q] P999 after CM7, or any custom ROM

I've decided that I would love the customization stuff in Cyanogen7, so I'd like to root, flash and install a custom ROM. I'd love to have the customization of CM7 vs the stock Froyo I have from WIND. Right now, there is no crapware, and the phone is quite fast. The only thing that I wish worked is the Skype front camera, which is supposedly to work in Gingerbread. Apart from that, everything works great. I am afraid to lose the functionality, so I'd like if someone has the WIND LG with CM7, to try to answer if there are any issues with the following points:
* phone of course
* GPS, Google Maps, Market, Messaging
* both cameras, 1080p recording and HDMI output
* video talk in Skype
Also, feel free to leave a short feedback about CM7 and a recommendation. Thanks.

Skype front camera doesn't work in Gingerbread... GTalk video chat works on CM though.

Rusty! said:
Skype front camera doesn't work in Gingerbread... GTalk video chat works on CM though.
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Does that generally mean that there is no problem with the lack of Nvidia's code? Does that mean Microsoft's to blame?

Skype just needs updating to support nVidia camera

OK, I'm assuming all the above works. If the general procedure is to root, flash, install, when does the unlocking of the phone happen? Also, do you need to upgrade to 2.3 stock, before loading CM7, or ca you do it off 2.2?
Also, since no one has said anything about the points above, are there ANY bugs with CM7 or EB?
Also, is there a unified guide to custom ROM loading from stock?
Does everyone use this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715 ?

Hello fellow WIND user.
I am using CM7 nightly build 123 on my G2X and almost everything works fine. Save for the camera issue stated earlier and the impossibility of getting a GPS lock. I have tried several 'fixes' posted in the forums for this issue but I can't seem to get GPS lock regardless.
I still recommend switching away from stock ROM because it grants your device more flexibility and possibly a longer battery life.
Rooting and installing a custom ROM does not unlock your phone. You will still need to obtain an unlock code from either WIND (free after 3 months I think) or the web (for a price).
You do not need to upgrade your Android OS before flashing. The OS is part of the ROM you will be flashing onto your device. You will however, need to root, backup, and wipe your device. Just follow the guides on the forum which you have found.

If the wind version is the same procedure-wise, rooting is a redundant step. Installing CWM via nvflash does not require root. Once that is installed, you may backup, restore, and flash to your heart's content.
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk

Darcho said:
Hello fellow WIND user.
I am using CM7 nightly build 123 on my G2X and almost everything works fine. Save for the camera issue stated earlier and the impossibility of getting a GPS lock. I have tried several 'fixes' posted in the forums for this issue but I can't seem to get GPS lock regardless.
I still recommend switching away from stock ROM because it grants your device more flexibility and possibly a longer battery life.
Rooting and installing a custom ROM does not unlock your phone. You will still need to obtain an unlock code from either WIND (free after 3 months I think) or the web (for a price).
You do not need to upgrade your Android OS before flashing. The OS is part of the ROM you will be flashing onto your device. You will however, need to root, backup, and wipe your device. Just follow the guides on the forum which you have found.
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NOOO!
The camera and the GPS are two thing I love about this phone...
1080p not resolved since May? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074795&page=2
Is this issue universal across all custom roms with p999, or just with CM7, or just with you? Can an EB or another CM7 chime in? Wouldn't EB be more stable than CM, since it is not rewritten?

r4d14n7 said:
If the wind version is the same procedure-wise, rooting is a redundant step. Installing CWM via nvflash does not require root. Once that is installed, you may backup, restore, and flash to your heart's content.
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
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So, intuitively speaking:
1. Install CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
I'm not familiar with the terminology, can you point out the helping threads about backing up, restoring and flashing?
Also, can the whole procedure be done on Linux, or do I have to install VBox?

You can do it from Linux. You just type some commands in a terminal to push an img file over to the phone.
Backup/Restore is a menu option in the clockwork recovery. Pretty straight forward stuff.
Flashing just on your phone just entails downloading the rom file (zip format) to your SD card and going in clockwork recovery and selecting it (flash zip from SD) via the menu.
Quick steps
-NVFlash
-Backup
-Download CM7 to SD
-Flash CM7
After you flash CM7 you'll have root access thus allowing you to use easier methods of downloading and flashing using Rom Manager
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player911 said:
You can do it from Linux. You just type some commands in a terminal to push an img file over to the phone.
Backup/Restore is a menu option in the clockwork recovery. Pretty straight forward stuff.
Flashing just on your phone just entails downloading the rom file (zip format) to your SD card and going in clockwork recovery and selecting it (flash zip from SD) via the menu.
Quick steps
-NVFlash
-Backup
-Download CM7 to SD
-Flash CM7
After you flash CM7 you'll have root access thus allowing you to use easier methods of downloading and flashing using Rom Manager
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Thanks you.
And by backup, you mean this? source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
Perform a Nandroid Backup of your Phone (Optional but suggested before you flash any ROM or make any O/S changes):
1. Bootup to NvFlashed Clockwork Recovery using the button method.
2. Choose backup/restore and run a backup.
3. This will save the backup to your internal or external SD Card depending on which version of CWM you selected in the One-Click App.
aplsux said:
NOOO!
The camera and the GPS are two thing I love about this phone...
1080p not resolved since May? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074795&page=2
Is this issue universal across all custom roms with p999, or just with CM7, or just with you? Can an EB or another CM7 chime in? Wouldn't EB be more stable than CM, since it is not rewritten?
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These questions are a bit more interesting to me.

Wouldn't this fix the camera? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094424
It is for the Optimus 2x, will it be different? Is the camera different? The thread itself says yes, it works for g2x, has anyone field-tested it? For let's say latest CMs? 2.3.5?

That's built into CM

TO THE OP... Hi there, did u ever end up installing cyanogenmod on your device?
I'm running a cm7 variant & have had no problems w gps or camera or anything of the sort

Dave778 said:
TO THE OP... Hi there, did u ever end up installing cyanogenmod on your device?
I'm running a cm7 variant & have had no problems w gps or camera or anything of the sort
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Yes, I did 2.3.5.
GPS is fine. Battery is good. Camera is OK, but LG one was better. I haven't recorded HD to see if there's a sound mismatch, yet. Is there 1080p? Assuming change after the official LG 2.3

aplsux said:
Yes, I did 2.3.5.
GPS is fine. Battery is good. Camera is OK, but LG one was better. I haven't recorded HD to see if there's a sound mismatch, yet. Is there 1080p? Assuming change after the official LG 2.3
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Everything is fine, stop being a worry wart

aplsux said:
I am afraid to lose the functionality, so I'd like if someone has the WIND LG with CM7, to try to answer if there are any issues with the following points:
* phone of course
* GPS, Google Maps, Market, Messaging
* both cameras, 1080p recording and HDMI output
* video talk in Skype
Also, feel free to leave a short feedback about CM7 and a recommendation. Thanks.
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In short, go for it. I bought the phone back in late June, had CM7 running on it a few hours later, and haven't looked back. I've currently got nightly #123 along with Faux's undervolted DS battery driver kernel and am very happy with the responsiveness, the added features, and so on. There's been a slowdown in nightlies recently due to a problem with the repository, but the features being prepared in the interim will continue to refine what is already a great phone. Battery life is way, way up compared to stock, thanks to refinements in the kernel and using SetCPU profiles to cut power use when the screen is off.
Messaging is fine, although I'm using Handcent rather than stock. Maps is fast (GPS aside) and the camera is good (again, using aftermarket, currently Vignette). I've only recently begun to use video talk - Skype doesn't support this phone yet but Google Talk now works. There are some issues, of course. The GPS continues to be slow - locks range from 10-20 seconds outdoors in an open space to virtually never indoors (in places where my older, cheaper phone did lock).
Tv

Yeah, yeah... CM7
Honestly, this ROM goes over the roof when it comes to customization.

[Q] ROM or 2g fix for India

Hi. I am in India now.
Guyz finally i registered here for serious help...
I have xt720 made in korea, fccid - HDP56KC3, i flashed it first with eu ROM, as i was noob, i dint take any backup, just what i remember from original settings is, it was 2.1 update 1, i know this will not help me, now after trying many rom's even the korean one, i am unable to get any singnal(only emergency calls).....i tried almost everything, i tried the 3g fixes from this forum, but those were for defy, so dint work when i tried to update through open recovery, so i copied manually the audio_files* /system/etc/motorola/..... still no signal I even tried the baseband switcher that simply brick my phone(even if i select the correct country in tht app), I will jump from my seat if i get to know the correct ROM or an exact fix for atleast 2g......
Thanks in Advance
Adeeb

adeeb.alex said:
Hi. I am in India now.
Guyz finally i registered here for serious help...
I have xt720 made in korea, fccid - HDP56KC3, i flashed it first with eu ROM, as i was noob, i dint take any backup, just what i remember from original settings is, it was 2.1 update 1, i know this will not help me, now after trying many rom's even the korean one, i am unable to get any singnal(only emergency calls).....i tried almost everything, i tried the 3g fixes from this forum, but those were for defy, so dint work when i tried to update through open recovery, so i copied manually the audio_files* /system/etc/motorola/..... still no signal I even tried the baseband switcher that simply brick my phone(even if i select the correct country in tht app), I will jump from my seat if i get to know the correct ROM or an exact fix for atleast 2g......
Thanks in Advance
Adeeb
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i think your phone is the korean motoroi xt720, not the milestone xt720. these 2 phones look almost the same but are slightly different inside. try using rsdlite to flash a motoroi sbf back, and then look at some of the ROMs for the motoroi such as jydaddy's cm7.

i think your phone is the korean motoroi xt720, not the milestone xt720. these 2 phon
Thanks for the quick reply....Here GSM works on 900/1800 frq, So is that rom suitable....

adeeb.alex said:
Thanks for the quick reply....Here GSM works on 900/1800 frq, So is that rom suitable....
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I am using HO!NO!-CM7.1.0-RC15-11.09.14-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip with my Korean motoroi XT720 which i purchased in Korea. It works fine,all functions are working.
But you need to do bases band update with central Europe zip file.
you can download these Rom's at the below link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1227835.html

chi_Xt720 said:
I am using HO!NO!-CM7.1.0-RC15-11.09.14-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip with my Korean motoroi XT720 which i purchased in Korea. It works fine,all functions are working.
But you need to do bases band update with central Europe zip file.
you can download these Rom's at the below link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1227835.html
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I downloaded CM-7-11.09.21-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy, i need the steps, its isnt a .sbf, nor nandroid type, how to??
and one more thing is tht i like the eu ROM(stock), i want it to just work for calls and msgs atleast, remaining all is fine...
Thanks

Above ROM also not working
Anyone please, gsm fix for 900/1800(India)...

adeeb.alex said:
I downloaded CM-7-11.09.21-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy, i need the steps, its isnt a .sbf, nor nandroid type, how to??
and one more thing is tht i like the eu ROM(stock), i want it to just work for calls and msgs atleast, remaining all is fine...
Thanks
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you need to first flash back to the korean motoroi sbf which can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPJTLR5F
after you're done with that, root your phone using superoneclick root or universal androot (my personal preference because you just have to install the app and root from the phone itself). for universal androot, just google universal androot apk.
install openrecovery and copy your cm7 and the google apps update.zip into sdcard/openrecovery/updates then reboot into openrecovery from the app. ive attached openrecovery.apk from Dexter's rom.
once you're in openrecovery, use the volume buttons to scroll and camera to select. go wipe your phone, go to updates and flash both the cm7 and gapps, wipe again and reboot.
also, for the gsm fix, look around this forum for baseband updates and follow whatever instructions there are.
hope this helps

eejin2 said:
you need to first flash back to the korean motoroi sbf which can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPJTLR5F
after you're done with that, root your phone using superoneclick root or universal androot (my personal preference because you just have to install the app and root from the phone itself). for universal androot, just google universal androot apk.
install openrecovery and copy your cm7 and the google apps update.zip into sdcard/openrecovery/updates then reboot into openrecovery from the app. ive attached openrecovery.apk from Dexter's rom.
once you're in openrecovery, use the volume buttons to scroll and camera to select. go wipe your phone, go to updates and flash both the cm7 and gapps, wipe again and reboot.
also, for the gsm fix, look around this forum for baseband updates and follow whatever instructions there are.
hope this helps
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I flashed with that korean ROM, but my phone gives error message.....and it is struck. Now what??
I am unable to install Openrecovery also as it is totally stuck, and rsdlite shows still in process, it isnt passed....

boot into stock recovery and wipe everything.
Turn off phone
Press Power key + Camera Key + GalleryKey to power on the phone and bring up the recovery screen
When the Triangle/Exclamation point screen appears, press Volume Up + Gallery Key down and tap the camera key to show the recovery menu.
When the recovery window appears, use the volume up/down keys to navigate the menu and the camera key to enter your selection.
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Reboot Phone.
if you cant go into stock recovery, boot into bootloader mode and flash the sbf again.

eejin2 said:
boot into stock recovery and wipe everything.
Turn off phone
Press Power key + Camera Key + GalleryKey to power on the phone and bring up the recovery screen
When the Triangle/Exclamation point screen appears, press Volume Up + Gallery Key down and tap the camera key to show the recovery menu.
When the recovery window appears, use the volume up/down keys to navigate the menu and the camera key to enter your selection.
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Reboot Phone.
if you cant go into stock recovery, boot into bootloader mode and flash the sbf again.
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i was unable to go, i am flashing again, one of my friend have xt701, so can i copy his gsm files on my xt720, if so, may i know which are those files to be copied.....

k guyz i installed the korean rom, n i get signal if i reboot ma phone, only for 15 sec then again goes away.......
and also i dont want that ROM, I need eu,sn,french and copy those radio files in it, is any thing like that possible...

I request some one to look into this problem, as many others will also get help, there is no solution on net as far as i know, caauz i am trying from 3 dayz......and guyz with ur help i got to see only the signal bars, that to only for sometime.... i think that the 2g fix for India may work, bt i cldnt find one....
Moreover when i am trying to apply 3g fix from open recovery, i am getting this error
" (status 4) Installation aborted"
why??

Help me please, i have applied all basebands one by one, but no change, i get only emergency calls, then i also manually replace files in
/system/lib/libril-moto-umts-1.so
/system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/*
/system/etc/motorola/comm_drv/*
but also dint work, can anyone tell at least what the prob is..... and will be thankful if i know what other files i need to replace, i am noob :d

Try swapping sims with your XT701 friend. If your sim works in his phone and his sim doesn't work in yours, I think that rules out the sim as the source of the problem.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium

Mioze7Ae said:
Try swapping sims with your XT701 friend. If your sim works in his phone and his sim doesn't work in yours, I think that rules out the sim as the source of the problem.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium
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ya i have done that and also i have used 5 diff sims from diff providers, same problem exists, for few i get the network bars, when i try to call, it says mobile network not present, baseband version is 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.07.56I, can i get a update for that????
Thanks..

Samsung Galaxy Discover S730M (and S730G) Custom ROM - by doctor_evil

No longer own this phone, and no longer have a copy of the rom so this is no longer being developed.
Thanks to @shifattk and @FitAmp for the overclock
Thanks to @Restl3ss, who is working on a rooted and overclocked, otherwise bone stock ROM
Thanks to @atmu5fear, who made the first flashable rom for the S730M, I based my Rom off your original release.
changes I made from the stock 4.04 image
Rooted
BusyBox
Overclocked to 1000mhz
Nova Launcher
Default Ringtone: Crank
Disabled power on and power off boot sounds
Bloat Removed
Theme Changes
Zipaligned
Replaced Samsung keyboard with the google keyboard (much better IMHO)
Stable
Working and tested. Tested on a S730M as well as a S730G
Flashing instructions:
1. Use CWM 6.0.3.1 Get it here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1BxFtN0QItNUExLMHBWT1loQjg/edit?usp=sharing, flash with Odin)
2. Make a backup, if things go wrong for you, you cause use the backup to restore your phone's original firmware.
3. WIPE DATA/CACHE
4. Flash
5. Wipe Dalvik.
6. Reboot
NOTE: I can not and will not be responsible for any damage this rom could potentially cause on your phone, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptor
Download Version 1.0 here

Good to see someone still working on this device
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

FitAmp said:
Good to see someone still working on this device
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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It's a nifty little phone. I personally think it's better than a Nexus S but just suffers from the typical Samsung pump and dump routine where they sold all their inventory to the carriers then stopped supporting it with any updates.

Good job! I have 3 versions of the stock ROM available for this device as well, may have been more appropriate for a base, there's stock, stock + root + Busybox, stock + root + Busybox + overclock. Find them here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677332
Sent from my SGH-T989D using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

r740c
Will these ROMS work with the Cricket version?

kadeleblanc said:
Will these ROMS work with the Cricket version?
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If the cricket model you have is a GSM version then yes it should so long as its a S730M or S730G. If its a CDMA model then no.

CDMA
doctor_evil said:
If the cricket model you have is a GSM version then yes it should so long as its a S730M or S730G. If its a CDMA model then no.
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It doesnt take a sim card so no GSM. Is there any other ROMs that you would know of? We are kind of stuck out with this model, it kinda sucks lol.

kadeleblanc said:
It doesnt take a sim card so no GSM. Is there any other ROMs that you would know of? We are kind of stuck out with this model, it kinda sucks lol.
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You may be able to use the same CWM recovery on that model,
you should be able to probably use the same kernel to overclock your model too, and you can probably use the kitchen app we used to cook these different version roms for the 730M and 730G models to do your own custom rom, just remember before you start working, to do a full nandroid backup of the current rom so you can restore it back to the original (mostly stock except for the cwm recovery) firmware if you need to later on.

By any chance this will unlock it or do you know a way for me to get the unlock using hex?

Thanks to doctor evil for this ROM I was able to flash my phone but not before removing more apps (bell apps and oothers ).
I was wondering if anyone was successful in unlocking the tethering? Tried a few things out there and the best I could get was Bluetooth tethering with foxfi.

And it works!
@doctor_evil: I flashed your set after having played with @atmu5fear's version (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2673097). I like them both very much and am still looking which one I will keep. I have not wiped data/cache (i.e. Factory Reset) before overlaying your version over @atmu5fear's one, and it did not hurt. I noticed the following:
Flashing your ROM did not again trip the ROM counter after applying the triangleaway script after @atmu5fear's ROM load (it did go off then).
When having a SIM in the S730M and after putting in the phone unlock password, the keyboard stays on top (this does not happen when no SIM is present)
My Battery-drain problem when having the phone powered fully off with a SIM installed is still there. Probably need to await a cooked custom ROM for this to be solved
The triangleaway script for the S730M can be found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420184
The Battery-Drain S730M issue has been noticed by quite a few people (TELUS and BELL, both in Canada), and is unexplainable. When the phone is on (with SIM installed), power usage is normal, but when you power off the phone (with SIM still installed) the power-drain goes up dramatically (draining the battery completely within a few hours). When the SIM is removed, or when the battery is removed there is no abnormal drain perceived. The other thing is, that, when the device, with SIM and battery installed, is powered off, both the battery area and the SIM area get warm (not really hot), indicating SIM activity WHILE THE DEVICE IS OFF... Very odd. I am hoping that a new KK custom ROM would fix this issue as both 'custom' 4.0.4 ROMS I have tried now show the same issue, indicating it is either a hardware or a 4.0.4 implementation issue...

I am sorry I never responded back to you. I had my Cygwin install with my kitchen build environment running on a SSD hard drive with my OS and the drive crapped out on me and had to be sent in for a RMA. I had a easus todo workstation backup of my drive I was able to restore, but the backup wasn't current so I lost my kitchen environment. I never tried to set it up again as I had hoped that someone would have ported Cyanogenmod to the phone.
I may give it a try again as I just setup a vmware ESX host server here at home and I can allocate multiple cores and plenty of ram to the linux Virtual Machine I created on it once I figure out the best build environment and how to actually go about building CM successfully. Anyone know of a porting cyanogenmod for dummies guide I can use? LOL