Finally here is CyanogenMod 7.1 – the best Custom Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM for Motorola Backflip / Motus / MB300. This Custom ROM is built from source so it is completely free of AT&T crap and MotoBlur! Thanks to Jared
Features:
- Overclocked Kernel
- Tethering Enabled
- JIT Enabled
- Camera Enhancements
- Optimized ROM for speed
- And many many more for you to discover
So all the Motorola Backflip users who previously updated with the Froyo tutorial enjoy this Gingerbread 2.3.4!
Now all Motorola Backflip users can enjoy Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 along with all the goodies that come along!
Screenshots of Gingerbread 2.3.4 on my Motorola Backflip
Required:
- Download the recovery j_r0dd-mb300-v2.0, unzip and copy to your phone’s SD card.
- Download the Custom ROM : Gingerbread 2.3.4 for Motorola Backflip. And copy to your phone’s SD card.
- Download the Gapps : GApps for Gingerbread 2.3.4 – Motorola Backflip. And copy to your phone’s SD card.
- Download Motorola Backflip USB drivers for 32bit/x86 or 64bit/x64 and install.
- Download the android sdk adb tool and extract it in your C drive.
- Backup all your data (songs, images, videos, contacts, etc.) on phone and sd card.
new Gingerbread releases (issues fixed, features added)
and major releases for Backflip
If you are a VIVO, Oi, TIM, Personal Móvil Argentina, Optus & Telcel user then download signed-IT_radio.zip and copy to sd card, and flash this before step 11 and reboot, then continue from step 10. It will update your outdated radio version, which is needed for this ROM.
Procedure to get Gingerbread Up and Running:
- First of all you should root your Motorola Backflip, if not already have.
- Open command prompt, by typing “cmd” in run.
- Open C drive and navigate to “C:\adb\”.
- Drag n drop the adb.exe file in command prompt and in the same line type “start-server”, and hit enter. The ADB server will start. Now plug in your phone make sure its in USB Debugging mode.
- Drag n drop adb.exe again in command prompt and type “shell” and hit enter.
- type “su” enter and approve the request on phone if prompted, then type
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
- Now you have custom recovery on your phone. #Milestone – 1
- Reboot phone in recovery mode – power off phone –> press and hold camera button –> switch on phone while keeping camera button pressed.Phone will enter fast boot, immediately press volume down key(though will say up pressed) and wait until recovery loads.
- On your recovery menu goto Wipe and select “Wipe all” this will delete all data and cache off your phone.
- Press back button to go back to main recovery menu and select “Flash zip from SD”. You’ll see the text “SDCARD: update-cm-7.1.0-BACKFLIP-signed.zip”. Press the home key. ROM will begin flashing 🙂
- After flashing the Gingerbread you will have to flash the Gapps you downloaded to get Android Market etc.
- After completion, select “Reboot system now”. It may take up to 10-15 minutes to boot for the first time.
Enjoy your new Motorola Backflip phone with this fast Custom Gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM and the goodness of CyanogenMod 7.1
Keshav Gupta is a technology enthusiast. He is always on the verge of remaining updated with new technologies. By education he is a computer software engineer, and left his job in November 2009 to venture in his own interests. Now he blogs at Techgeekguy about Technology,Mobile, Computers, Software...
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Awesome.. thanx bro
Can I directly upgrade my mobile system from android 1.5 to gingerbread
yes, you can
is it also for indian customer or only for outside indian customer
yeah it says that the ‘adb server is out of date. killing…..’ when i put the information into the command prompt. can someone help?
hey did u unzip into ur disk c and if so make sure its right in the beginning by itself not in any folder…..if that didnt work u may not have ur phone rooted right i used superuser of the market and it worked fine for me
It worked perfect… thanks man!!!!
iits working great !
no issues so far!
Thanks for this update! I just updated my phone to froyo last week and I will now try upgrading to gingerbread today. ^^
Does it include features like multi-touch and everything else that froyo has?
Thanks for this gingerbread update. The phone is working fine. It is faster than froyo. No issues till now.
my quadrant score is 382
overclocked to 691MHz, compachee 18% and VM 24M
this upgrade is super….
thanks
Dear Keshav, How much battery time is compromized with over clocked kernal? Thanks.
Can I update a AT&T backflip from android 2.1 to 2.3?
Thanks
I did the same and found no problem.
i think this latest ROM is without MT ? Correct me if I’m wrong. Update if direct from 1.5.
Everything else is excellent. boot up time reduced significantly from 2.5mins (froyo) to 1.25mins
Works perfectly and faster than froyo… thanks a ton brother…
I have the Gingerbread running on my Backflip(Indian)….
Simply Awesome!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot!!
Hi,
I a really Thankful to you for providing this update.
As for in India, there won’t be any upgrades from 1.5 from motorola, which is disheartning. So, work like this is commendable.
Bravo..
Thanks,
Himanshu parihar
hi,
does this update work on New Zealand models of the backflip
Yes, works on all backflips
Is Flash Player 10.3 supported with 2.3.4? I can’t install it on my Backflip.
Not supported, as the CPU in backflip is ARMv6 and minimum ARMv7 is required for flash as of now!
Can I delete the GApp, CM7, and recovery.img zip files after I have finished the update?
yes, you can delete them
Hi Keshav,
My mistake. Instead of copying the zip of update and gapps on the SD card, I unzipped it on the PC and then copied it on to SD. Thanks you very much for this update. Ive just installed it and it works great – no issues so far. Thanks again.
Regards,
Sanjeet
thanks you are the best congratulation. really thanks so much
Epic
Is that posible to work on a Cliq MB200 ?
Problem, can you please help?
I’ve followed instructions step by step, and at 12th step comes problem, it won’t to reboot. There is some kind of loop, starts to reboot and it comes to android, and the restart and all over again..
I would be very thankfull if you could somehow help.
My mobile doesn’t show the option “Flash zip from SD” instead it shows
“Install zip from sdcard”.
After step 7 can I disconnect my Motorola MB300 (Backflip (Indian Handset))from the computer….or should I keep it connected.
hello guru..
since 1 yr am thinking n hoping for help.
read this article n was dreaming to update.but i couldnt coz am not that familiar with os dos .ive downloded d file but culdnt update change .plz any one here help me out n do me favour so that i can use Gingerbread 2.3.4 or CyanogenMod 7.1… n will b part of user of that.
thnx .i can give u acess(full control)of my laptop via team viewer n communicate over skype(vilas.skype).
am hoping for intiative n helping me out..
thnx in advance..
due to my old default version am unable to install .apk file .
due to this currently am unable to use whatsapp .where i mailed whatsapp regarding the prblm n got reply saying to install .apk . my phn denies to instaling such kind of files. any 1 plz help me out updating my phone
I have been trying to find a copy of Z4root for my Motorola Backflip MB300. Unfortunately when I download from links I find on the internet my antivirus software identifies a virus in the download and deletes the file. I tried the “One Click Root” website it tries to root but is unsuccessful. Their list of phones supported does not include the backflip. Mediafire has deleted the software.
Do you have a copy or know where I can download one?
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Steve
Hi Keshav ,
I am not able get the z4root o android market need help here ….as I really want my Backflip to taste gingerbread
I’m trying to root your Motorola Backflip using this steps :-
1 – Open command prompt, by typing “cmd” in run.
2 – Open C drive and navigate to “C:\adb\”.
3 – Drag n drop the adb.exe file in command prompt and in the same line type “start-server”, and hit enter. The ADB server will start. it means ( C:\adb\adb.exe start-server ) and starting no problem( BUT I DON”T KNOW HOW TO PLUG IN TO USB DEBUGGING MODE
4 – when type ( C:\adb\adb.exe shell ) telling me ( error: device not found )
what i have to do ?? :S
when type “su” reply me ( su: permission denied )
what i have to do ??!
Thanks for the info but i cant do this as am not good in this so please can u give your any contact no. so that i can contact you and do it in easy way……….????
can i update my motorola backflip from 1.5 to 2.3.7 or any adndroid please guys help me……….
im new i have moto backflip blur mb 300 and i cant get wifi or bluetooth at all some times says somthing wrong with the radio andthe phone is blocked please help thanks.
when I type shell and hit enter, the dollar sign will appear and after that I type su nothing will be happened no request on phone will be shown please solve my problem – my phone is motorola backfilp mb300 and android on that phone is 1.5 cupcake. I root my phone already with kingo root app
Is there any way I can downgrade to the original 1.5 version.Currently my backflip(indian) runs 2.3.4 . Please help.
thank u so much