sach1000rt
Journeyman
havent tested battery fully because im connecting it to pc frequently. but i can after charging fully it was at 56% after a day of normal use(some music listening, some calls, half hour internet). that means 2 day battery backup. but it depends on how you will use(light or heavy).@arundg - Thanks.. Do try it out.
@sach1000rt - Congrats man.. Have u tried using launcher over the stock rom? Is you have.. how much difference in performance does it make with your cm7 rom? Also, how is the battery life on it? I dont want it to decrease. I am quite happy with its performance, and dont want to sacrifice battery life for more performance. But if cm7 has same or lower juice thirst.. i would love to go for it.
And Im using go launcher x (on stock & cm7). not that much difference.
Now thinking to switch to miui rom. it looks excellent.
OP
Soumik
Padawan
^^ Thats cool. Try this ROM if you can. This too looks awesome. Modded MIUI ROM.
[ROM][MOD] WajkIUI 1.7.22 - MULTiLanguage - xda-developers
Battery seems good enough. I too get similar life from the stock ROM. I will eventually get a modded ROM. Just not getting the time to sort out and make enough space on my card and then read through the FAQs and stuff needed before putting a custom ROM.
BTW.. which mem card do you use?
[ROM][MOD] WajkIUI 1.7.22 - MULTiLanguage - xda-developers
Battery seems good enough. I too get similar life from the stock ROM. I will eventually get a modded ROM. Just not getting the time to sort out and make enough space on my card and then read through the FAQs and stuff needed before putting a custom ROM.
BTW.. which mem card do you use?
napster007
Padawan
i love the amount of stuff i'm able to do with this phone!!! it frekkin kills almost every phone even about 4-5k above its price range!!! Moto had really done it this time.... !!! i'm so glad i have this device!
just one question, i know this is a far shot, but can we mod it so tht it can support USB on the go? like the S2 and the nokia E7? could v attach pendrives to it... may it b possible? if not nw but later? is there a remote possibility?
just one question, i know this is a far shot, but can we mod it so tht it can support USB on the go? like the S2 and the nokia E7? could v attach pendrives to it... may it b possible? if not nw but later? is there a remote possibility?
sach1000rt
Journeyman
I dont remember exactly which one because i bought it a year ago and havent noticed it well but i think its trancend 4gb class 2 card.
arjundg
Broken In
@Vaibhav
Thinking of ordering the Molife screen cover from Flipkart. Does the screen cover hinders any touch experience? There is a comment on the Flipkart page that this one covers the sensors, and the screen remains off all the time during the call. What is your feedback?
There is also one screen cover in EBay:
Clear Screen Protector Guard for Motorola Defy MB525 | eBay
Does anybody has any review on this?
I will also be buying a leather pouch, but thinking of buying it from the local store.
sach1000rt
Journeyman
Iam having a screen guard which covers sensor, no problems with that for me.
meanwhile i flashed miui.us, its amazing and too much customization, feels like whole new os, downloaded whole lot of miui themes. benchmark score is 2056 on quadrant. all i have to see now is how battery plays if it is good then im gonna stay with miui. Amazing.
meanwhile i flashed miui.us, its amazing and too much customization, feels like whole new os, downloaded whole lot of miui themes. benchmark score is 2056 on quadrant. all i have to see now is how battery plays if it is good then im gonna stay with miui. Amazing.
@arjundg .. no problem at all for touch sensitivity with molife (even while playing modern combat 2 hd) ... its good .. about screen turning off, my screen remain on all the time during call while using speaker phone or bluetooth .. i dont trust ebay so dont know about that one. also share pics when u get leather pouch as i am also looking for thinner pouch ..
@soumik ... sorted out gprs problem while roaming, created new apn entered the values manually..done; but man my apps are data hungry so disabled it.. so now turns on only when i needed most or wait till i come into secure wifi range . gr8 work man keep up the experience coming .. I tried DLNA ... (dont have LCD but able to play songs on phone from desktop)
friends, not had a time to experiment much for last few days busy with work, hopefully this week get time
FYI : currently my apps (my apps mostly based on reviews and permissions required)
Air Attack HD Part 1 (Lags sometime .. need to free some memory before running), Angry Birds (classic,rio,seasons) (angry bird fan u can say), asphalt 5, astro file manager (good1), bluetooth file transfer (very handy), brightest flashlight (very good in blackouts), busybox installer (no experiment yet), camera 360 ultimate(nice creative), dictionary, dolphin browser hd, duck hunter, Es file explorer ( i like astro), evernote, exchange rates, fleya, defy fm radio, fring, fruit slice(very addictive), handscent sms, multi touch paint, my cars(new one for milage tracking), opera mini, ol file manager (new), OS monitor, Power amp(gr8 but hate it for being memory resident looking for alternative), pulse (rss reader), QR droid private(excelletly private), Quadrant Standard, Ring droid(not using it on the way for uninstall list), root check (apk for friends), setvsel, swiss army knife, system (task manger), wireless tether, whatsapp, where's my droid (gr8 app), titanium back up, some 2-3 forums apps
Looking out for root explorer ... to play with stock apps .apk files or removing them
also looking for nice video player ... uninstall rocket player when came to know about permission asking about call log.. so back to stock player ..
Vaibhav
@soumik ... sorted out gprs problem while roaming, created new apn entered the values manually..done; but man my apps are data hungry so disabled it.. so now turns on only when i needed most or wait till i come into secure wifi range . gr8 work man keep up the experience coming .. I tried DLNA ... (dont have LCD but able to play songs on phone from desktop)
friends, not had a time to experiment much for last few days busy with work, hopefully this week get time
FYI : currently my apps (my apps mostly based on reviews and permissions required)
Air Attack HD Part 1 (Lags sometime .. need to free some memory before running), Angry Birds (classic,rio,seasons) (angry bird fan u can say), asphalt 5, astro file manager (good1), bluetooth file transfer (very handy), brightest flashlight (very good in blackouts), busybox installer (no experiment yet), camera 360 ultimate(nice creative), dictionary, dolphin browser hd, duck hunter, Es file explorer ( i like astro), evernote, exchange rates, fleya, defy fm radio, fring, fruit slice(very addictive), handscent sms, multi touch paint, my cars(new one for milage tracking), opera mini, ol file manager (new), OS monitor, Power amp(gr8 but hate it for being memory resident looking for alternative), pulse (rss reader), QR droid private(excelletly private), Quadrant Standard, Ring droid(not using it on the way for uninstall list), root check (apk for friends), setvsel, swiss army knife, system (task manger), wireless tether, whatsapp, where's my droid (gr8 app), titanium back up, some 2-3 forums apps
Looking out for root explorer ... to play with stock apps .apk files or removing them
also looking for nice video player ... uninstall rocket player when came to know about permission asking about call log.. so back to stock player ..
Vaibhav
rohan_mhtr
Most wanted
I was also looking for a new mobile and defy was the top priority since all were in its favour but insted i increased my budget and got Samsung i9000 . Yesterday i had the chance to use defy and these were my feelings .
Music quality through headphones is just aweful , i dont know how everyone suggested this for me since music was one of my priority . Its volume is low and trebble is not nice . I am shifting from ipod touch therefore i must be harsh but my new I9000 doesnt dissappoint . Maybe on stalk headphones one cannot notice the difference but i was using philips she9800. Again i tested only 6-7 songs on default player and i didnt know their bitrate .
Touch response was fluid while scrolling but i had a hard time pressing play/pause button on the music widget in homescreen .
Also the scrren size is small ,altough its mentioned 3.7 ' but its breadth is less and length is more , as a result even my ipod touch's 3.5' screen looked bigger .
I know its wrong comparing it with more costlier i9000 but when i showed it to my friend ( owner of defy ) he was blown away , he is not much into modding and primary use is just music and camera but now he is a little disappointed . Is there a way to make him happy .
Music quality through headphones is just aweful , i dont know how everyone suggested this for me since music was one of my priority . Its volume is low and trebble is not nice . I am shifting from ipod touch therefore i must be harsh but my new I9000 doesnt dissappoint . Maybe on stalk headphones one cannot notice the difference but i was using philips she9800. Again i tested only 6-7 songs on default player and i didnt know their bitrate .
Touch response was fluid while scrolling but i had a hard time pressing play/pause button on the music widget in homescreen .
Also the scrren size is small ,altough its mentioned 3.7 ' but its breadth is less and length is more , as a result even my ipod touch's 3.5' screen looked bigger .
I know its wrong comparing it with more costlier i9000 but when i showed it to my friend ( owner of defy ) he was blown away , he is not much into modding and primary use is just music and camera but now he is a little disappointed . Is there a way to make him happy .
socrates
In the zone
I am thinking of buying this phone but when i went to their India site it does not show the list of service centers at all. I am from Mumbai. Can anyone who has used it for some time tell me about the quality of this phone & any issue I can expect
Also what ver of Andriod is it now running as I find the India site saying its Eclair where as many forums say its ver 2.1. Is 2.2 or 2.3 due for this handset in India?
Also what ver of Andriod is it now running as I find the India site saying its Eclair where as many forums say its ver 2.1. Is 2.2 or 2.3 due for this handset in India?
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sach1000rt
Journeyman
tell me which was the best android phone around 14k last year, compare that to defy. with good quality headset even my nokia 2690 gives very good output. dont take it seriously.
and tell your friend to install miui(dont hold me responsible if something goes wrong). it will open the new doors of pleasure of having defy.
Till now i didnt got any issues with the set. and as for build quality concerned just watch the videos on youtube about defy tests, there are videos of whole lot of people throwing, sinking, scratching their phone just to test if it breaks.I am thinking of buying this phone but when i went to their India site it does not show the list of service centers at all. I am from Mumbai. Can anyone who has used it for some time tell me about the quality of this phone & any issue I can expect
arjundg
Broken In
Your phone screen should remain off during calls when you put the handset at your ear, I guess the screen protector is blocking the sensor, which is just left of the speaker. I installed the screen protector from a local store, the guy who installed was a pro...took great pain in resizing it and placing properly, it works like a breeze
!The store had Molife leather cases, somehow I did not find the size suitable for Defy...also they were quite bulky, difficult when you put the phone in your pocket...so I opted for a simple pouch...
ES File Explorer works as a root explorer as well, you have to change the settings....but make sure you rename the apks, not deleting them...
Congrats sach1000rt
! I managed to brick my phone today
. The backup got messed up, then again flashed with the stock ROM using RSD Lite! Feeling very confused whether or not to install any custom rom, the stock ones are not bad....I overclocked to 1GHz, and got a Quadrant score of around 1500...@rohan_mhtr: You have to use a similar music player between the two sets to compare them....my non-overclocked defy with the stock rom defeats the Galaxy S any-day in Quadrant! The Galaxy Ace has a better screen, but Defy has better built!
@socrates: Refer to this pdf for the Motorola service centers in India -
*www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/IN-EN/Static_Files/Indian-Service-Centers.pdf. Defy is an excellent handset at 15k. The quality of call, screen, touch, responsiveness is quite good. Still, in any android phone, you have to tweak and mod it to get the most out of it. I am pretty satisfied with my purchase.
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rohan_mhtr
Most wanted
Is the nexus x better then galaxy s . I had no idea but i am happy with my purchase . I got 16gb Gs i9000 for 21.5k .
Thats what i ment , with good headphones the sound quality is not satisfying and unfortunately he is not into modding and all that stuff .
giprabu
In the zone
i noticed that people in tdf were praising that phone like anything..thats why asked(just curious to know
)....
Nexus s(it has 16gb too) dont have a 720p recording which is a let down and its camera performance is below average. On the other hand even galaxy s has some problem with its gps rite ?? How far it is resolved ?? And the one you have is a SC-LCD one or AMOLED one ??
socrates
In the zone
karthik239
Right off the assembly line
Motorola Defy
Hi. I am having motorola razr V3i. Brought four and half years back. Ever since then i became a big fan of motorola. Happy that there are so many defy users here. I am planning to buy defy now. i came to know that pictures are not displayed in full screen in defy. Is that true. And i have a few concerns regarding Android updates. Is there any kind of confirmation that Defy will get Gingerbread. I doubt it because motorola quench XT5 was rolled out with Android 2.1 and was never upgraded to 2.2 but its similar spec models like LG Optimus One, Samsung Galaxy Pop have already announced upgrade to android 2.3. I changed my mind from quench xt5 to defy. I use phones for quite a long term. So i don't like to be outdated in technology. Because other phones promise to be up to date.
Hi. I am having motorola razr V3i. Brought four and half years back. Ever since then i became a big fan of motorola. Happy that there are so many defy users here. I am planning to buy defy now. i came to know that pictures are not displayed in full screen in defy. Is that true. And i have a few concerns regarding Android updates. Is there any kind of confirmation that Defy will get Gingerbread. I doubt it because motorola quench XT5 was rolled out with Android 2.1 and was never upgraded to 2.2 but its similar spec models like LG Optimus One, Samsung Galaxy Pop have already announced upgrade to android 2.3. I changed my mind from quench xt5 to defy. I use phones for quite a long term. So i don't like to be outdated in technology. Because other phones promise to be up to date.
sach1000rt
Journeyman
defy comes with 2.2.2 here(atleast mine had it). may be it wil not get 2.3 officially but there are already leaked 2.3 roms and above that cm7 now supports defy which is 2.3.4 . and ofcourse my favourite miui which also runs 2.3.
No android phones will get updates after 1 year if they are not company's flagship phones. so outside dev support becomes critical which defy has.
and there are no hardware requirments for future version i.e. icecream. companies just dont update their phones because they dont want to invest resources on old phone instead they will release new one with latest version for example se x8 and htc wildfire s, both have same hardware, but one stuck with 2.1 and another 2.3. so external dev support is critical.
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arjundg
Broken In
Thanks. I searched on the website but could not find it
BTW How did you get this list
No problem, its from their site only....go to the home page, click Get Help/For Mobile Phones, and then click Service my product...i needed this while purchasing my set
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socrates
In the zone
No problem, its from their site only....go to the home page, click Get Help/For Mobile Phones, and then click Service my product...i needed this while purchasing my set
You are right. I don't know how I missed that. Thanks again