Adlxmod yesterday pushed an Android 2.2.1 based custom ROM for Motorola Defy. I am not sure if there are other FroYo ROMs floating around, but this seems to be very polished and can be applied on a daily use phone, but you need to be sure with what you are going otherwise you might end up bricking your phone. Dev has used a Chinese FroYo release for the phone as the phone and applied tweaks.
Features of this ROM:
- Fully Deodexed -> Theme ready
- Optionally a dark notification bar patch can be installed
- Rooted
- Phone can be used with no SIM
- Include Motoblur, which can be skipped
- Removed Chinese Bloatware
Pre-Installed:
- Adlx Protips Widget
- Google Apps
- Swype (OEM version from Defy’s Eclair rom)
- HTC_IME Keyboard
- Gingerbread Keyboard
- Android Terminal Emulator
- Wireless (Wifi & Bluetooth) Tethering
- Busybox 1.16
- AOSP Email App
- Titanium 3.6.7.1
- LauncherPro 0.8.2
- Tenfar ClockworkMod Recovery
- 3D Gallery (my mod)
- Overclock support (phone won’t be OCed by default)
- SetCPU (free from XDA, please donate on the Market)
- Milestone Overclock
- Lots of APNs added
- Ad-Blocking
- AOSP Eclair icons
To use this ROM on your Motorola Defy, you will have to follow the following steps:
- Flash Chinese Froyo sbf using RSD Lite
- Root using SuperOneClickFor2.1
- Reboot
- Install Tenfar Recovery application
- Run Tenfar Recovery
- Install Recovery
(If you are using already a Froyo rom for Defy, you can jump directly to these steps)
- Reboot into Recovery
- Restore nandroid
- (Optional) Flash the DarkBar patch
- Wipe All!
- Reboot
You can get ROM ownload and more at its original thread.