Installing Custom ROM on Motorola Defy MB525

Before You Begin: Your device should have at least 60% of battery life left so it doesn’t get turned OFF while the process is going on.

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I. ROOTING STEPS
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1. Download SuperOneClick from the link below and save it on your desktop.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/73gt35e79h2oa4x/Superoneclick+2.1.rar

2. Connect your phone to the computer. Note that after connecting the phone, you must not mount SD card.(choosing 'none' or 'charge only' in the USB connection window on the Defy should ensure the SD card is not mounted).

3. Extract the .rar file using winrar or similar, and launch SuperOneClick.exe on your PC.

4. Simply click on Root tab. The process will begin. Once you see "waiting for device", in your phone go to Settings > Applications > Development and enable USB Debugging.

5. During the rooting process, the program will ask you whether to install busybox. Select yes.

6. Wait for the rooting process to finish. It will take some time so hang in there.

There you go! You now have a rooted Motorola Defy ready to accept a custom ROM.

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II. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery and Custom ROM on the Motorola Defy:
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1. GO TO SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS > ENABLE UNKNOWN SOURCES

2. Download following files from the below link to your desktop

http://www.mediafire.com/download/5f1i2rsokfug1hk/SndInitDefy_2.3.apk

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/2922/cm-7.2.0-jordan.zip 

http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip

3. Transfer the downloaded files to the root of your MicroSD Card in the phone.

4. On the phone install "ES FILE EXPLORER FILE MANAGER" from android markets

5. open ES File Explorer and click on  SndInitDefy_2.3.apk to install it.

6. open Defy2ndInit app and then click on "Install 2ndInit Bootmenu" (The led light at the top left will change from red to green and word success will be displayed on the screen).

7. Turn the phone off.

8. Switch on the phone and once the blue LED is ON immediately press vol-down button.

9. Go into Recovery =>Select Custom Recovery  (press Volume Up and Down keys to Navigate and press the Power button to Select)

Wipe Data/Factory Reset 
Wipe Cache Partition
Go into Advance => Wipe Dalvik Cache
+++++Go Back+++++

10. Select "Install Zip from the SD Card"

11. Select and install - cm-7.2.0-jordan.zip

12. Select and install - gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip

Wait for installation to complete then select Reboot from the menu. 

Please Note:- Phone may take a while to reboot. Do not try to switch off or remove the battery.