Motorola Defy and Defy+

[giprabu]

If the smartphone is giving you excellent battery, thn the user is not making full use of a smartphone.

well said.

On moderate-heavy usage, defy stood upto 24-30 hrs. Whatever may be the case, it'll surely give you over a day's backup.

[AhamBrahmasmi]

Thanks lll_aritra_lll, Big Stack

I ordered it yesterday night !!!

@Big Stack - where in kerala ?

[Big Stack]

@calicut

where are you from?

[AhamBrahmasmi]

@Big Stack - Tirur Re

[lll_aritra_lll]

i have downloaded a lot of widgets.. different weather widgets on diff home screen, may be thats why battery is draining, and i am using internet a lot, trying different apps.. till now PowerAmp is the best one i have encountered for, it enhanced my music experience by 500%. Is there any option to use cracked version or should I buy it from marke, it costs around Rs 250. I have not rooted my phone yet.
There are some unexpected issues I got though, like black screen, lagging few times, but I am loving it

[Soumik]

@aritra - Dont go for cracked software. PowerAmp is awesome player, but u should buy it if you want to use it. Try cubed(3) player or Mixzig.. They are free.

I am using WalkIUI 1.9.23... Its based on 1.9.23 MIUI, but slightly modified. Battery life, as with the case with MIUI, is a little worse than 1.9.9 version, but is still giving me a day and a quarter day easily . Its overclocked to 1.1 GHz. The load includes around 1 hr of gaming (Asphalt 5 and Fruit Ninja), around 3-4 hours of music, abt 1 hr of calls, few sms, around 30 min wifi browsing and 20-30 mb download at night with Wifi sleep policy on.
Thats good enough for me.
I do have quite a few tasks in my auto kill list of Task Manager... may be that helps.

[arjundg]

I am using WalkIUI 1.9.23... Its based on 1.9.23 MIUI, but slightly modified. Battery life, as with the case with MIUI, is a little worse than 1.9.9 version, but is still giving me a day and a quarter day easily. Its overclocked to 1.1 GHz. The load includes around 1 hr of gaming (Asphalt 5 and Fruit Ninja), around 3-4 hours of music, abt 1 hr of calls, few sms, around 30 min wifi browsing and 20-30 mb download at night with Wifi sleep policy on.
Thats good enough for me.
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I saw the screenshots of WajkUI, it looks good. How is the overall performance? And, can you post your Quadrant score?

[lll_aritra_lll]

i got it a week ago.. I am planning to use the stock ver for a few months, will change it after I get bored, I hvn't installed any launcher till now, but the stock music player is crap.. I am gonna buy poweramp after 15 days trial period is over. I need a few suggestion on apps.

[Soumik]

@arundg - It looks awesome. MIUI themes mixed with Launcher Pro makes it really special. Performance over all is impressive. I actually didnt have much of a performance problem in the stock rom itself.. with GO Launcher on top. But WIUI does feel a lot more smoother. Nothing hangs up to the point where i have to hard restart the phone. (There were a few instances with stock ROM). So far with almost 1 month usage.. only faced 3-4 FCs in total. I think its pretty normal as its a problem with the apps rather than with the OS. Posting my quadrant score taken just now...

[lll_aritra_lll]

Jealous.. btwn any free software for benchmarking?

[Soumik]

quadrant standard... just needs internet while computing results.

[lll_aritra_lll]

Ran Benchmark, its 1172. just over galaxy s

[arjundg]

@arundg - It looks awesome. MIUI themes mixed with Launcher Pro makes it really special. Performance over all is impressive. I actually didnt have much of a performance problem in the stock rom itself.. with GO Launcher on top. But WIUI does feel a lot more smoother. Nothing hangs up to the point where i have to hard restart the phone. (There were a few instances with stock ROM). So far with almost 1 month usage.. only faced 3-4 FCs in total. I think its pretty normal as its a problem with the apps rather than with the OS. Posting my quadrant score taken just now...

Thats great, I got 2260 highest in Quadrant....good to know our Defy is such a capable device...in stock Froyo, I used to get about 1500, the Application list used to take a long time to load, now in LiquidArc GB by JBoogie3, its loading in in seconds!

[Soumik]

@ aritra - yup.. i used to get similar scores running stock froyo. wait till u put on a custom rom on it. It will become a monster that its meant to be.

@arundg - cool. Thats a decent score... Defy is an amazing device which can stand upto almost anything available right now in terms of performance... other than the dual cores offcourse...

[bhushan2k]

no doubt defy is such an awesome phone..btw, defy+ has an advantage that it has got powervr sgx530 graphics..will it provide a big improvement over defy which has no dedicated gpu while playing games or in UI speed??

[Soumik]

^^... It does actually... both use the same chipset, Defy using the underclocked version, hence the lower number. Defy too is powered by PowerVR SGX530.

UI is still not rendered in Androids using the GPU... AFAIK, that feature is coming from ICS. Hope that make my device even faster.

[bhushan2k]

^^ no dude..it doesn't have dedicated gpu afaik..

[anshul_sood]

IT has a GPU check out this wiki link Texas Instruments OMAP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[bhushan2k]

^^awesome..i should have checked wikipedia before other links..defy is must buy phone for 15k

[Big Stack]

I got my defy after fixing the front glass panel today

i bought 16gb samsung class 6 memory card.(today only)

my phone freezes after using for half an hour with memory card inserted

does this has anything to do with memory card
(stock rom 2.2)

Should i approach for customer care?
thanks in advance

[arjundg]

I got my defy after fixing the front glass panel today

i bought 16gb samsung class 6 memory card.(today only)

my phone freezes after using for half an hour with memory card inserted

does this has anything to do with memory card
(stock rom 2.2)

Should i approach for customer care?
thanks in advance

Have you tried changing the memory card to previous one and checked? Also, I think all stuffs from the previous memory card needs to be copied to the new one before inserting. Try doing that as well.

[socrates]

I know the cards are pre formatted but I would suggest that you format the card in your phone before using it.

[Soumik]

If any important app was moved to the previous card before u changed it, it will cause problems.
Either format your phone (do rooting and get a new OS) and use your new card from scratch...
Or put back your old card, check for each app if they have any tie up with the card. move the apps back to the phone and severe dependancies on that card, then change the card to the new one... and do format it before inserting.

[jonev]

Just few days back got defy with green lense.Pl let me know steps to root.Which cynogen mod is stable and how to get 720 p recording for green lense.Also i got froyo 2.2 if i root and which is best software to increase speed from 800 to 1 ghz without installing cm7.if i change will it effect battery.Which is better option just rooting froyo 2..2 and overclocking to 1 ghz or cm7 option pl.

[giprabu]

^^overclocking on stock rom will not give you much fun... jump to cm7 or miui and you will enjoy whole new world of pleasure... there are hell lot of customizations...
for rooting follow these steps..
How to root motorola defy - Motorola Defy Forum

When you get a prompt box as "run test ?", click cancel...

[lll_aritra_lll]

Just few days back got defy with green lense.Pl let me know steps to root.Which cynogen mod is stable and how to get 720 p recording for green lense.Also i got froyo 2.2 if i root and which is best software to increase speed from 800 to 1 ghz without installing cm7.if i change will it effect battery.Which is better option just rooting froyo 2..2 and overclocking to 1 ghz or cm7 option pl.

u can't record 720p hd recording with green lens (which i hv too). and ur green lens wont work with cm7. use other mods... then u can use your camera at least.

If any important app was moved to the previous card before u changed it, it will cause problems.
Either format your phone (do rooting and get a new OS) and use your new card from scratch...
Or put back your old card, check for each app if they have any tie up with the card. move the apps back to the phone and severe dependancies on that card, then change the card to the new one... and do format it before inserting.

I have changed my card.. I just copied the contents of the old card to the new card. it runs fine. I have every app which can be moved to card already moved.. no problem for me

[giprabu]

u can't record 720p hd recording with green lens (which i hv too). and ur green lens wont work with cm7. use other mods... then u can use your camera at least.

wrong.. all lenses work fine with cm7. i'm using it... but yes, you can't have the 720p feature.

[lll_aritra_lll]

are u using cm7 leaked GB version and your camera working with green lens? plz confirm. bcoz according to XDA green lens(color doesn't matter) wont work. if you have bayer lens( green, red, yellow) it will work

[mitraark]

Woah i have been reading a few posts here and it seems Defy is definitely the phone to go for for a Power User .... all PROs listed , really seems to good to be true ... When someone asks for a good Android phone within this budget i useally say Samsung Ace and Google Nexus for a bit higher budget . But this one seems great !

Can anyone mention any of the COns >?

[Soumik]

^^ Hold on... For this budget... Google Nexus what? One and S became history long before they hit Defy's price mark... And certainly Prime wont be even within twice the price.
And Defy certainly pawns Ace in every way. There has been a lot of discussions on it.

Cons.... hmmm. For its price. You cant really complain about anything. Still if you want it... improvement areas in Defy - PowerVR SGX530 isnt the most powerful of GPUs, screen isnt the best in class, needs more RAM, sound quality with default headphones leaves a lot to be deserved. But i would be looking at a Galaxy S equivalent device with more RAM then.. which certainly is a lot more costlier.

@aritra - I think the latest GB ROMs in XDA have separate builds for green lens and red lens. So, u can certainly get a working camera with the latest (7.1) version, whichever lens u have.