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Searched, but couldn't find an answer to this. I rooted and installed ROM Manager so I can do a nandroid backup before installing a custom ROM. However, when I press back up in ROM Manager, it restarts and hangs/freezes on the HTC MyTouch 4g splash screen.
What am I doing wrong?
Have you flashed CWM recovery after installing Rom Manager. You must flash the recovery before you can backup/restore or install roms. I almost did that myself but luckily i read the thread concerning it again and flashed REcovery before trying to back up rom.
Yeah, I did that first and the problem remains. I just uninstalled and reinstalled ROM Manager and am about to try "backup current rom" again (unless I should reboot into recovery and back up from clockwork recovery?).
FWIW; Current recovery is ClockworkMod 2.5.1.2
anyone?
Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I just started getting exactly the same. Cant reboot manually into clockwork recovery or from Rom manager :/
If you have flashed a recovery beyond that supported by ROM manager, you will not be able to perform recovery functions from the app (i.e. backup). CW3 is required for CM7 ROMs, but will not be supported by ROM manager until the CM7 RC drops. You can still manually boot to recovery (I always Vol up when powering then select Recovery) and if you have CM7 nightly installed, it has a "reboot to recovery" option in the reboot menu.
You need CWM3 to use CM7.
neronian said:
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Sometimes it is necessary to flash clockwork recovery more than once before it will actually stick. Also, occasionally it will freeze on the splashscreen after a backup, but a battery pull and turning out the phone should be fine.
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Here's what's going on:
The Clockworkmod Recovery that you can download from the Market only supports up to CyanogenMod 6.x. For CM7, you need to install Clockworkmod Recovery 3.x, but that version isn't available on the Market yet.
What this means is that you need to find the image file for a CWR 3.x on these forums and manually install it through either a terminal emulator or fastboot. The post below explains how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10862819&postcount=3
If you flash CM7 using CWR 2.x, your phone won't boot. There's just no way around it.
hammondnav said:
Here's what's going on:
The Clockworkmod Recovery that you can download from the Market only supports up to CyanogenMod 6.x. For CM7, you need to install Clockworkmod Recovery 3.x, but that version isn't available on the Market yet.
What this means is that you need to find the image file for a CWR 3.x on these forums and manually install it through either a terminal emulator or fastboot. The post below explains how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10862819&postcount=3
If you flash CM7 using CWR 2.x, your phone won't boot. There's just no way around it.
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Careful with the terminology there. ROM Manager, the app you download from the Market, is a GUI front-end to the CWM recovery image, but you can download and install CWM without using ROM Manager at all. Just because you have ROM Manager installed doesn't mean that CWM recovery is also successfully installed.
TeeJay3800 said:
Careful with the terminology there. ROM Manager, the app you download from the Market, is a GUI front-end to the CWM recovery image, but you can download and install CWM without using ROM Manager at all. Just because you have ROM Manager installed doesn't mean that CWM recovery is also successfully installed.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't imply that CW ROM Manager and CW Recovery are the same thing though...
hammondnav said:
Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't imply that CW ROM Manager and CW Recovery are the same thing though...
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You said "the Clockworkmod Recovery that you can download from the Market", and that kinda does. No biggie though.
Just an update for my problem, it turned out that clockwork recovery had corrupted for whatever reason and couldn't be reinstalled from rom manager. As I wanted to test Cm7 anyways I just ended up flashing clockwork recovery 3 manually through fastboot and its all gravy again
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How to flash clockwork recovery from fastboot or fron clockwork recovery 2.51?
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Thanks, everyone. What happened with mine, I have no idea, but I randomly opened rom manager and was greeted with an update to the recovery. So I downloaded it and voila - I can now boot into recovery and do backups, etc...
how do i install clockwork recovery?? i can't install it using rom manager and havent been able to update my phone
does it give you an error in rom manager? what is your current recovery? does rom manager have superuser privilege in superuser?
Are you trying to restore a backup using ROM Manager? If you rooted your phone using unrEVOked it automatically installs Clockwork Mod recovery version 2.6.0.1. This is the recovery program you may have used to make your first backup. If you've recently updated ROM Manager beyond 2.6.0.1 and flashed a recovery you will not be able to restore a backup initially made with CWM recovery 2.6.0.1. The article below explains it all. You may need to re-flash CWM recovery 2.6.0.1 again and try and restore the backup manually booting up through recovery and not through ROM Manager. ROM Manager has been causing problems for some people. This version is found at the bottom of Koush's article. I hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897026
Earlier today I installed the "Royal Ginger" ROM using ROM Manager + CWD 3.0.0.5. I made a backup of my previous ROM prior to this.
After the install was completed (as it said in recovery), I tried booting up. I'm in the boot screen for the ROM, and it keeps repeating over and over. I went back into recovery, wiped cache and delvik, and rebooted. Same problem.
Again in recovery, I installed my previous working ROM (the one I have been using for months), and I'm in a bootloop again.
After some google searches, I traced the problem to be CWD 3.0.0.5 and found out that I should flash 3.0.0.6. However, I can't as there is absolutely no way for me to get back into Andriod (stuck in bootloop no matter what ROM is installed.)
Is there anyway to manually flash it? I have the file on my SD card, I just don't know how. Or is there a compatible ROM with 3.0.0.5 that will allow me to install, get in to the market, and use ROM manager to update to 3.0.0.6?
This is very frustrating and would greatly appreciate any help you guys have to offer.
did you make a nandroid of your stock rom, or at least previous rom?
I don't know what a nandriod is unfortunately. I tried a manual flash of 3.0.0.6 using adb shell method, and now the recovery won't even load. FML. I guess I deserve this.
Follow this link to restore back to stock and start again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
Good luck
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I don't know what a nandriod is unfortunately. I tried a manual flash of 3.0.0.6 using adb shell method, and now the recovery won't even load. FML. I guess I deserve this.
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Nandroid will back up you're current rom in the state it is. it is HIGHLY suggested to do so before flashing another rom, so you can always revert back to what you had incase there is such problems. It's in the menu of CWM. I would suggest doing it before flashing any rom, it will save you from taking more steps backwards than needed
There is no Nandriod option on my CWD, though I did make a backup of my Old rom. I can't get into CWD anymore anyways, so I guess the only option is to go back to stock?
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Earlier today I installed the "Royal Ginger" ROM using ROM Manager + CWD 3.0.0.5. I made a backup of my previous ROM prior to this.
After the install was completed (as it said in recovery), I tried booting up. I'm in the boot screen for the ROM, and it keeps repeating over and over. I went back into recovery, wiped cache and delvik, and rebooted. Same problem.
Again in recovery, I installed my previous working ROM (the one I have been using for months), and I'm in a bootloop again.
After some google searches, I traced the problem to be CWD 3.0.0.5 and found out that I should flash 3.0.0.6. However, I can't as there is absolutely no way for me to get back into Andriod (stuck in bootloop no matter what ROM is installed.)
Is there anyway to manually flash it? I have the file on my SD card, I just don't know how. Or is there a compatible ROM with 3.0.0.5 that will allow me to install, get in to the market, and use ROM manager to update to 3.0.0.6?
This is very frustrating and would greatly appreciate any help you guys have to offer.
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You need to flash a rom that is ext3.. More or less a froyo rom.. After you do that you should update to cwm 3.0.2.4
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I can't get into recovery. I tried doing the stock method and the following occured:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery2.img
sending 'recovery' (3948 KB)... OKAY [ 1.357s]
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.378s
C:\adb>
What happens if I press the factory reset option from the power screen?
Also, how can I push a recovery image using ADB, and then following it up with an installation using ADB commands? I cannot mount the SD card as the recovery is stuck at the splash screen, so the only option is to run a command through ADB installing an image pushed onto the phones main memory.
Why are u using 3.0.0.5? There is a newer version in rom mgr.
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I didn't know there was. I can't get back into android to do anything about it though, no matter what I try. Recovery gets me stuck at a splash screen,as does a normal boot.
Can u not boot into recovery from hboot (volume down + power button)?? If not, flash the new recovery in fastboot
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i just installed cm7 (Mills00013's cdma version) and was wondering if i go to the clockwork mod recovery app that was installed with it, would flashing clockworkmod recovery mess up my phone, or would it work because i heard that cm7 for xplay can use cmw recovery?
thanks in advance
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loismustdie555 said:
i just installed cm7 (Mills00013's cdma version) and was wondering if i go to the clockwork mod recovery app that was installed with it, would flashing clockworkmod recovery mess up my phone, or would it work because i heard that cm7 for xplay can use cmw recovery?
thanks in advance
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Old thread, but Clockwork red is normally needed to get CM7 or MIUI started, then Clockwork Blue is installed, and you re-install the ZIP for CM7/MIUI full functional. Clockwork just replaces the stock recovery files.
You can't flash clockworkmod recovery. When you open rom manager, you'll notice that there is no available recoveries for our phones. In addition to that, there is no way for the system to flash a recovery if it wanted to because there is no actual recovery partition to overwrite for our devices. The recoveries we are blessed with using now use a kernel modification to allow recovery to boot from the boot partition, which cannot be touched except with fastboot.
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So apparently I have two different versions of ClockWorkMod Recovery on my Droid X. ROM manager says I have 5.0.2.0, but when I reboot into Recovery (via ROM Manager, or manually) it boots into CWM 2.5.0.8. I can then Flash the 5.0.2.0 zip, and use it normally, I just can't boot directly into it. I recently got a replacement Droid X off ebay because my screen developed a huge black blob in it, but it didn't have the same CWM weirdness going on..
Is there any way to get rid of the 2.5.0.8? Everything works correctly once I flash into 5.0.2.0, but it would be nice to be able to get there directly.
TIA
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same here
Hello i have the same issue just by me i cant do any thing in recovery it will just always go to a blank screen in rom manger it will show 5.0.....
in recovery it shows 2.0....
pls help will love you for ever :crying:
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IndyRoadie said:
So apparently I have two different versions of ClockWorkMod Recovery on my Droid X. ROM manager says I have 5.0.2.0, but when I reboot into Recovery (via ROM Manager, or manually) it boots into CWM 2.5.0.8. I can then Flash the 5.0.2.0 zip, and use it normally, I just can't boot directly into it. I recently got a replacement Droid X off ebay because my screen developed a huge black blob in it, but it didn't have the same CWM weirdness going on..
Is there any way to get rid of the 2.5.0.8? Everything works correctly once I flash into 5.0.2.0, but it would be nice to be able to get there directly.
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i think it has something to do with bootstrap did you try using 2.5.0.8 not sure but i think you should be able to use it the same as 5.0.2.0
tzvblsm said:
i think it has something to do with bootstrap did you try using 2.5.0.8 not sure but i think you should be able to use it the same as 5.0.2.0
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Both work, just you can't Restore backups made in 5.0.2.0, using 2.5.0.8.. So ever time I want to do a Back Up, or a Restore, I boot into Recovery and it loads 2.5.0.8, then I flash 5.0.2.0, then run my Back Up or Restore..
It all works, it's just a pain..
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Both work, just you can't Restore backups made in 5.0.2.0, using 2.5.0.8.. So ever time I want to do a Back Up, or a Restore, I boot into Recovery and it loads 2.5.0.8, then I flash 5.0.2.0, then run my Back Up or Restore..
It all works, it's just a pain..
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Why don't you Boot in to recovery and backup from recovery instead of ROM manger to my understanding that will solve all your problems.
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tzvblsm said:
Why don't you Boot in to recovery and backup from recovery instead of ROM manger to my understanding that will solve all your problems.
if i helped hit the thanks button
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That's what I am doing.. Any way I get into Recovery, by booting directly into it, or via ROM Manager, it boots into 2.5.0.8.
Got it worked out, thanks to this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133052&page=2