Hi everyone, I want to buy Moto Defy, but at some reasons (in our country we have no motorla phones), i can't it buy in our country. Also i heard about diffirence in Defys about Defy+ , and i want to buy Defy with red camera, and unlocked butloader(it would be good if it will ready for flashing roms).
So i need some help.
Used
Defy (prefer black color)
Red Camera
Unlocked bootloader
And ability to send it to my country (its not in Europe, its Azerbaijan(Near Russia))
So who can help me in this??
ps(sorry for my eng)
Sorry, but it isn't possible to get a defy with unlocked bootloader, because of motorola. We are locked to the motorola kernels, so it's a little tricky to flash other roms. You can only use the roms from this forum.
Sent from my MB526 using XDA App
No unlocked bootloader doesn't exists. There is no reason to not want a defy+. It's only better. You can loot for them on ebay. Many do international shipping.
For the variations, you have no problem using a defy from an other country. You can always flash a rom witch have your frequencies or even use a simple app that changes the frequency to the one you want.
You do want to watch out for phones locked for a carrier althow I think they managed to get these to work on every network with CM7
Only chinese(maybe other asian countries) defy's are a bit different (not that much).
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Sorry, but it isn't possible to get a defy with unlocked bootloader
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He asked for an unlocked buttloader red lensed Defy.
You can buy a Motorola Defy online at www.dealextreme.com.
Mmm guys when i asked about unlocked bootloader i mean roms flashing ability.
With online stores like ebay or dx, we have some problems. Thats why i wrote here, i mean on this part of forum many people who know this phone good, who live in EU.
So i just asked for "who can buy me a phone and send via post, ofcourse i will pay " , it would be great if somebody can do it for me. tnx
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Hi all,
i am thinking of selling my galaxy ace (1month old) and buying a defy. Though the problem is there is no service center of motorola in my whole state. I am from India. What i want to ask is this-
does this phone has any bugs or shortcomings which may lead me to visit a service center. Samsing galaxy ace has a sod bug.
I really cannot take the risk of buying this phone if it has any bugs which might appear later.
Scanned the forum. Seems like phone can have earpiece issues. Can any Indian user confirm that we are not hving this issue.
About mb525 or mb526, Is there any way to check this on the shop?
Thanks.
seems like mb526 hasn't released yet but there are leaked roms of 526 which are compatible with red lense defy.
If before buying, you can check that the phone has red lens, then there shouldn't be a problem for the earpiece. (most red lens donot have earpiece problems) you can also check by entering the IMEI # on the box, here: moto110.com check if your phone is manufacuted in late jan -feb or later, 2011, then there shouldn't be a problem.
apart from doing something that may brick you phone, there is not a high possibility that may lead you to a service center. Make sure you keep all the ports closed when not using them. ( USB and Headphone slots)
Regarding MB526, there is no official news from moto about that, but there are leaked versions of Gingerbread (2.3.3 & 2.3.4) which have device name set to MB526 by default. This may be a hint to a new Defy+ or Defy2. Just a hint.
In a shop in india, you probably wouldn't be getting defy as MB526. But who knows, maybe the shop is selling defys with 2.3.4 already flashed. Only way to check is by switching it on, then going to system settings to find that out. It would say:
Model number: MB526
Android version: 2.3.4
dude defy is the best handset..i surveyed alot b4 buying this beautiful handset..defy is worth it..dint have any probs till now..and dude motorola has service centre in every city..
MB526 is not yet out in the market...only leaked android 2.3.4 is out which was for mb526(which also runs on mb525).
no ear piece problem till now...everything runs smoothly
btw ACE sucks to be frank...even u will think like me once u use defy with custom ROM
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dude defy is the best handset..i surveyed alot b4 buying this beautiful handset..defy is worth it..dint have any probs till now..and dude motorola has service centre in every city..
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dude moto doesn't even have a single showroom in UP & Uttarakhand, let alone a service center. This was the main reason of me buying ace.
I will be buying defy online. And they have a june model. So I think I am sold. Thanks a lot guys.
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dude moto doesn't even have a single showroom in UP & Uttarakhand, let alone a service center. This was the main reason of me buying ace.
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moto doesnt have exclusive showroom anywhere in india i guess..but as far as i know they have service centre in all cities..at my place there r 2 service centres..
same case with sony ericsson..they dont have exclusive showroom..coz they cant keep a whole shop just to showcase few mobiles..
i understand that sellers dont keep moto phones after they backed out of indian market..they say no one buys moto..
even i bought online as models were not available at my place..i had to go to bangalore just to see defy with my naked eyes ..to feel it in my hands..but online price was cheaper..so i bought it
arpith.fbi said:
moto doesnt have exclusive showroom anywhere in india i guess..but as far as i know they have service centre in all cities..at my place there r 2 service centres..
same case with sony ericsson..they dont have exclusive showroom..coz they cant keep a whole shop just to showcase few mobiles..
i understand that sellers dont keep moto phones after they backed out of indian market..they say no one buys moto..
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hey dude, how to check for a service center in my city?
no one buys moto because there are no ads. you know i can have near 10 exceptional ads keeping in mind water resistant features of defy.
The biggest complaint I see on the non-us moto forum for Defy Indian users is the phones they're buying for (or from) their carrier are all 2.1.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/50767?tstart=0
[Q] Purchasing a new Phone
I'm also planning to buy Motorola Defy. But am not sure whether it would be a good decision or not. I live in India (presently at Kolkata, but would be shifting to Bangalore in a couple of months).
I have heard that the support of Moto over here is not impressive & I may land into trouble if there are some issues with the phone after the expiry of warranty period (coz many believe that most of the hardware inside moto aren't discrete & thus the whole board needs to be replaced). If this is true, the cost for repairing can be very high!
My second concern is the OS support. I don't know whats MB526 is actually. Do the new phones come with MB526 & no earphone problem?
What are the prerequisites, that I must check before buying this phone?
please guys this is moto and thats samsung !!
how u can compare ??
motorola = benz - bmw -
samsung = kia motor - lifan - ...
hei!how to check my moto defy manufracture date!
i used my imei and all of the code got behind the phone and i duno which one is msn number!
the site require msn number to check the manufracture date!help pls
edit: just checked with msn code on box
it is manufracture on january 2011
suppose not be problem for earpiece rite @@
Finally after a couple of months of deliberation i got my new Defy!
First check was camera lens colour and it was red! A check of the MSN number revealed that mine is manufactured on March 2011
After that i was pretty certain i got the BAYER camera but wanted to check that too so i ran adb and i got:
Code:
07-09 21:24:17.163 1233 1233 D LibCommonCamera: CameraCommon: Detected BAYER device
Gingerbread! Here i come!
Hi football fan, where did you buy from? And @ what price?
Hi football fan..me also looking forward to buy Defy after months of research
Well did u buy it from online..?'m looking it to buy from letsbuy or flipkart..!
and hows u r DeFy??
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hey dude, how to check for a service center in my city?
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just google
pritishnanda said:
My second concern is the OS support. I don't know whats MB526 is actually. Do the new phones come with MB526 & no earphone problem?
What are the prerequisites, that I must check before buying this phone?
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MB526 is a new defy model which will be released soon..
present defy model number is MB525.
OS support will always be there for defy officially or unofficially
As far as i know earphone problem is not an issue here.. very few people got this problem.
before buying a defy just make sure that it has red lens..coz all the new defy are red lens and will be red lens only.so support will only be fore red lens in future.
All the best
arpith.fbi said:
just google
MB526 is a new defy model which will be released soon..
present defy model number is MB525.
OS support will always be there for defy officially or unofficially
As far as i know earphone problem is not an issue here.. very few people got this problem.
before buying a defy just make sure that it has red lens..coz all the new defy are red lens and will be red lens only.so support will only be fore red lens in future.
All the best
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Dude any confirmation about MB526 releasing??actually 'm planning to buy defy if MB526 come i will wait..
read in some forums that it has speed of 1Ghz with gingerbread OS..
really confused now..
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Dude any confirmation about MB526 releasing??actually 'm planning to buy defy if MB526 come i will wait..
read in some forums that it has speed of 1Ghz with gingerbread OS..
really confused now..
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hardware is same in both mb525 and mb526...CM7 also comes with default overclocked to 1Ghz and gingerbread OS
well cant say when they will release mb526..still development in its OS is going on..final touches..u may have to wait alot !
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hardware is same in both mb525 and mb526...CM7 also comes with default overclocked to 1Ghz and gingerbread OS
well cant say when they will release mb526..still development in its OS is going on..final touches..u may have to wait alot !
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Thanks for the info dude..
Seems to be go with MB525 is a better option i think..
Well MB526 got 1Ghz OMAP "3620" and 1700mAh battery these are the hardware differences i think..
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Thanks for the info dude..
Seems to be go with MB525 is a better option i think..
Well MB526 got 1Ghz OMAP "3620" and 1700mAh battery these are the hardware differences i think..
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not a big difference dude...CM7 in mb525 will deliver btr performance and hardly u may get 2 hrs extra on battery with 1700mAh
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not a big difference dude...CM7 in mb525 will deliver btr performance and hardly u may get 2 hrs extra on battery with 1700mAh
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How will it deliver better performance? Does this oc the cpu to 1GHZ (the same as Gingerbread)?
Need a new brand new Moto Defy+ ?
Folks in the UK can get one from Three network (Edit: NOT locked to that network) for £69.99 plus £10 PAYG top up.
Top Cash back site gives £13 cashback too
http://store.three.co.uk/view/produ...C68E1D2891602D6320F36A761F02DB?priceplan=PAYG
Found this over at HotUKdeals website. HURRY!!!
Screenshot for the doubters out there
Super deal ...
spannerz said:
Need a new brand new Moto Defy+ ?
Folks in the UK can get one from Three network (locked to that network) for £69.99 plus £10 PAYG top up.
Top Cash back site gives £13 cashback too
http://store.three.co.uk/view/produ...C68E1D2891602D6320F36A761F02DB?priceplan=PAYG
Found this over at HotUKdeals website. HURRY!!!
Screenshot for the doubters out there
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Thats very nice of you to tell us .... I actually bought my DEFY not (Defy+) from oarageUk 2 yrs ago for £100 ...
But this one is the best ... Defy+ for less than £100 and Brand New ... Thanks a lot well get mine now ...
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Thats very nice of you to tell us .... I actually bought my DEFY not (Defy+) from oarageUk 2 yrs ago for £100 ...
But this one is the best ... Defy+ for less than £100 and Brand New ... Thanks a lot well get mine now ...
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No problem! I just ordered mine via TopCashBack and it shows £13.71 cashback should be received after a few weeks (not always guaranteed though) so although I had to get a £10 top up plus the phone, it should cost about £67 with cashback recieved etc so I think that's not bad for a brand new Defy+, albeit locked to the Three network.
Well it arrived, totally unbranded and unlocked to any network. It's identical in every respect to the retail unlocked Defy+ that I bought from Amazon last year.
So, no sign of any network branding or locks whatsoever. A great deal I think.
I have ordered one too.
Hope it comes unlocked the same. Ordered mine from 3 online, where did you order yours from?
Chill.......
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chill today said:
I have ordered one too.
Hope it comes unlocked the same. Ordered mine from 3 online, where did you order yours from?
Chill.......
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah I got mine from Three as well as per the link in my first post.... I'm very pleased with it.... I guess they're just shifting old stock, the battery manufactured date was July 2012.
Just bought one form a three shop, as my old defy is battered - scrathed screen, broken battery cover, dust under the screen missing usb port cover adn so on.
As i am already on three, i didnt have to pay for a £10 top up, and it only cost £69.99, the phone is completly unlocked and will work with any sim card.
here are a few stats from the about screen
system version 45.0.2310.MB526.Retail.en.GB
Android Version 2.3.6
Baseband version EPU93_U_00.60.03
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-ge281b6e [email protected]#1
Build number 4.5.1-134_DFP-231
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Just bought one form a three shop, as my old defy is battered - scrathed screen, broken battery cover, dust under the screen missing usb port cover adn so on.
As i am already on three, i didnt have to pay for a £10 top up, and it only cost £69.99, the phone is completly unlocked and will work with any sim card.
here are a few stats from the about screen
system version 45.0.2310.MB526.Retail.en.GB
Android Version 2.3.6
Baseband version EPU93_U_00.60.03
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-ge281b6e [email protected]#1
Build number 4.5.1-134_DFP-231
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Yep, exactly the same as what I got..... when you went into the 3 store what proof do they need that you're an existing customer? I'm just wondering if I can go in with my new 3 PAYG sim that I got with my new Defy+ and buy another one without buying a topup?
All they asked for was my phone number and my name that was it.
at the moent im now trying to root the thing, BL7s a different beast.
As for the rest of it, the differnce in feel between a well used Defy thats had more than its fair share of knocks and one fresh out of the box is substantial
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All they asked for was my phone number and my name that was it.
at the moent im now trying to root hte thing, BL7s a different beast
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I recently rooted my other BL7 Defy+ using a guide from here, it wasn't hard and I'll try to find the info. I just used RSDLite, the two files and bingo.
Well, actually I loaded the second file first and got the phone stuck, rebooted and tried again and bingo!
Here's the link that worked for me, choose the two files for EU and don't use one CN and one EU file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820282
Ive found the guide, just waiting for the files to download - 4 minutes to go ( alegedly)
went to CEX just out of interest to see if my old defy was worth anything - and the answer was no.
The only reason why im still using an old 'outdated' phone is that there is nothing on the market that has the following
Rugged ( water resitant)
SD card
removable battery
Doesnt look pig ugly
As for stock in the three shops, out of Three stores available, only one had stock - as they had been selling like 'hot cakes' to quote one store sales bod.
currently using this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542956
Having never had a Motorola android before, what is the best info regarding root and ROM installing.
Have done it to death on HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S.
Going to read through the link from your post spannerz, and maybe see from there.
I usually like to watch a YouTube video for first timer like me.
Chill........
Now rooted, what ROMs can I installed now?
All seems a bit confusing really. Would like to install CM7 or CM10, but all this Defy+ and BL7 etc has got me stumped.
I have been reading page after page, but not tryed yet.
Any advice?
Chill.........
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guy's i'm using a Bravo here in Pakistan, its on 2.2.1 i've rooted with recovery, the issue is that everytime i flash another rom it asks for the "input network pin" prompt and i got no signals and no network, no one can unlock the phone here, but yes on froyo i've got my network, thankfully i restored a backup that i made and i get my network back... any one can help me get my phone fully unlocked so i can flash other roms other than froyo?
I would move this topic from Bravo Android Development over to Bravo General because there is where all of the Q&A topics should go. Just my suggestion, tho.
yes this should be moved, but answering your question @jafferkhan, it happened to me before, it is because you bought an cheap unlock code, everytime you flash it, it will ask for the unlock code, buy the code from another server, I know one that worked for me before, or try direct unlock with sigma key, all this methods are paid services
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yes this should be moved, but answering your question @jafferkhan, it happened to me before, it is because you bought an cheap unlock code, everytime you flash it, it will ask for the unlock code, buy the code from another server, I know one that worked for me before, or try direct unlock with sigma key, all this methods are paid services
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hey juan, thanks for the prompt response, you guys have helped me understand a lot about this phone, yes you're right, i think i will need to get it unlocked, but the entire phone cost me less than 15 dollars here where i am, and i know that it's been softunlocked, to run on 2.2.1 which is why when i upgrade it, it won't unlock, if you can, how to soft unlock it on CM7.2? so i will keep it on that only and it stays unlocked to use it on that
I don't think you could soft unlock this because there is no soft unlock for the Bravo yet like there is for the Defy. Yes, I did suggest you try the Defy soft unlock as a last resort thru PM but it didn't work. Juan seems to know more about this than I do, even I had no idea there was a difference between normal unlock codes and "cheap" ones that only work once. If anything, just find a ROM you would be comfortable staying on and buy another one of those cheap one time use unlock codes Juan talked about in his previous post. I know in my country I have seen cheap unlock codes go for around 2 US Dollars but I don't know how that would translate to Pakistan currency.
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Well @jafferkhan there is not free unlock way for mb520, do you have any web store where I can buy a mb520 by 15usd?
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Well @jafferkhan there is not free unlock way for mb520, do you have any web store where I can buy a mb520 by 15usd?
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If you are interested there is a used Motorola Bravo that is about 55 USA dollars on Amazon (and there's a new version for about 80 USA dollars). It is locked to Consumer Cellular, but it is running 2.2.2 Froyo which a lot of Motorola Bravo developers REALLY REALLY want. You see, most Motorola Bravo phones only run Android 2.2.1 but ONLY CONSUMER CELLULAR VERSIONS RUN ANDROID 2.2.2 SO FINDING ONE WITH 2.2.2 IS VERY RARE AND VERY SOUGHT AFTER. Here is a link to the Amazon product page:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846
EDIT: I actually made a mistake. The one for 50 USA dollars is actually not used, it is new as well.
If you were to get this and it is running 2.2.2 Froyo as its Android version, me and the rest of the Motorola Bravo fans out there would ask you to first perform a system dump of all the Android 2.2.2 files before replacing the Android version with another ROM. To see what I am talking about with the whole Android 2.2.2 on Motorola Bravo thing (and to learn how to perform a system dump as well) take a look at this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200602
@jasonmerc 55usd is too high, you can buy an atrix by 60
It was the lowest price I have seen for this phone anywhere. He told me he bought his phone in Pakistan where he is, and he said he bought it off of some guy and not on an online service like Amazon. So when it comes to buying one where you are (Santo Domingo) an online service might be your only easy option to buying a phone.
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Well @jafferkhan there is not free unlock way for mb520, do you have any web store where I can buy a mb520 by 15usd?
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jason answered your question before me ... thanks jase, but yeah i got it here from a dude who imports these phones and sells them cheap, i got it for very cheap since it was in a rough condition, almost for free but since i've been using it, it's a very capable small cute phone, here you can get it for as low as 20 in good condition, and yeah an atrix HD for like 70 dollars here
Hello there.
I'm about to receive one of these from Gearbest, and from what I've read, it's likely that it will come with WW software but the device itself it's the CN version.
I already have bookmarked the tutorial to flash everything to WW, but my doubt is, what about LTE bands? Is it really possible to unlock all bands? How?
Is there anything anyone can recommend for this device regarding roms and mods?
Thank you in advance.
I know that the question may be a little noob-ish, or even a bit stupid (I don't know), but please, can anyone help?
its seems that nobody have this phone. Im going to buy one in aliexpress, it looks like a great phone but, without suport.
When and if you two get these phones and depending on what they are which you dont know at the minute, there is a forum for ze551ml which covers everything from bricked devices to changing LCDs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2
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When and if you two get these phones and depending on what they are which you dont know at the minute, there is a forum for ze551ml which covers everything from bricked devices to changing LCDs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2
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No need to be ironic man, I have my fair share of XDA experience, I just never came across a region-specific device that inspite having the same hardware worldwide, doesn't have all network frequencies available on every baseband... What I asked basically was, is it really possible to have all LTE bands available on a CN device, and secondly, based on users experience here, is there any rom, kernel or mod that you can recommend...
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No need to be ironic man, I have my fair share of XDA experience, I just never came across a region-specific device that inspite having the same hardware worldwide, doesn't have all network frequencies available on every baseband... What I asked basically was, is it really possible to have all LTE bands available on a CN device, and secondly, based on users experience here, is there any rom, kernel or mod that you can recommend...
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Wasnt being ironic , aliexpress - coff , better wait till you get you device
To prove i wasnt i will use the search button and see what i can find re changing bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/discussion-unlock-lte-bands-ww-tw-cn-t3259422
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Wasnt being ironic , aliexpress - coff , better wait till you get you device
To prove i wasnt i will use the search button and see what i can find re changing bands
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/discussion-unlock-lte-bands-ww-tw-cn-t3259422
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Mine is from Gearbest, it's not a fake, but the problem is... They only sell the CN version of the Zenfone, and what they do to sell it to Euro users is flash the WW version of the firmware but they don't convert the device fully. Anyway, for 123 euros is still not a bad deal, considering its the 4gb ram version.
Thanks for your help
Hello,
i have recently bought a G8S Thinq. I didnt found the forum for the G8S so i took this. Hope its okay.
If this is also the wrong one for the overclocking thread please move it to the right one.
My question is very simple... After a few years of iPhone use i decided to go "back" to Android. I overclocked all my devices, like Huawei Ideos X3, Google Nexus 7, Sony Xperia sola, etc.
Now I want to overclock my g8s but i dont find any Information about. Its like no one did it.
So, is one of you knowing how to Do it? This would be very cool
Currently without boot-loader unlocke we cant(sprint,tmobile,att,verizon, and some other variant i am forgetting), unless you have a variant that can be bootloader unlocked. (i think there 2 the korean and the European one).