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[Q]Update fixed Clockworkmod isn't working

Update fixed the SD was broken I don't exactly know why but it explains everything so thanks for all your help and sorry for not being very
clear.
Hi I'm having issues with clockworkmod.
See the problem is while trying to flash cyanogen mod I was getting the endless loop so I kept
at it until I managed to flash it. The problem is I flashed Cm6.1.0 so easy fix right? Well I thought so too until clockworkmod wouldn't find the zip. So I tried nandroid and it again couldn't find any zip so I checked the partitions menu and clockworkmod had mounted the
Sd card and the cache. So I unmounted both and still nothing so I looked at the setting's again and it remounts the cache and sometimes the Sd card. Well my problem is worsened by
the fact that the version of cyanogen mod that did flash doesn't have the market or flash.
Any help will be welcome. HTC aria.

place name here- said:
Hi I'm having issues with clockworkmod.
See the problem is while trying to flash cyanogen mod I was getting the endless loop so I kept
at it until I managed to flash it. The problem is I flashed Cm6.1.0 so easy fix right? Well I thought so too until clockworkmod wouldn't find the zip. So I tried nandroid and it again couldn't find any zip so I checked the partitions menu and clockworkmod had mounted the
Sd card and the cache. So I unmounted both and still nothing so I looked at the setting's again and it remounts the cache and sometimes the Sd card. Well my problem is worsened by
the fact that the version of cyanogen mod that did flash doesn't have the market or flash.
Any help will be welcome. HTC aria.
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With CM 6, the Market is in the GoogleApps zip which must be installed after the ROM.
Also Flash 10.x does not run on the Aria; the CPU is not supported by Adobe.

Well clockworkmod won't find any zip not even nandroid and so my problem deepens so now can't get the market crap.

place name here- said:
Well clockworkmod won't find any zip not even nandroid and so my problem deepens so now can't get the market crap.
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Some of your terminology in your post is very confusing. First of all, ClockworkMod will only find ZIP files that are copied to the root directory of your SD card. If you copied them to a folder on your SD card, CWM will not find them.
Second, Nandroid is a backup and restore utility and it does not use ZIP files. It creates backup folders on the SD card under /clockworkmod/backup and contains image files of the various partitions on your phone.
So what is the exact state of your phone? You stated that you have flashed CM 6.1? If you boot your phone normally, does CM 6 start up and are you able to use your phone? In order to install gapps.zip file to get the Market app, copy the gapps.zip file to the root of your SD card and see if ClockworkMod can install it. BTW, in CWM you are select "install zip from sdcard" and then "choose zip from sdcard", right?

tpbklake said:
First of all, ClockworkMod will only find ZIP files that are copied to the root directory of your SD card. If you copied them to a folder on your SD card, CWM will not find them.
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Not true, you can install ZIP files from any directory.

drumist said:
Not true, you can install ZIP files from any directory.
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+1. I keep all my zips in a subdirectory on my sdcard.
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drumist said:
Not true, you can install ZIP files from any directory.
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CallMeAria said:
+1. I keep all my zips in a subdirectory on my sdcard.
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Thanks for correcting my misinformation. I guess the root location only applies to "update.zip", right?

Yup. And it actually must be named "update.zip"

Oh crap I just formated the boot partition and now my phone won't boot at all!
It still won't find any zip. What now? Is there any way to restore clockworkmod?

place name here- said:
Oh crap I just formated the boot partition and now my phone won't boot at all!
It still won't find any zip. What now? Is there any way to restore clockworkmod?
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Mount sdcard in clockwork and transfer from PC then reboot recovery and choose the zip
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that's my problem i can load many zip files but it won't find any of them.
it just keep's saying no files found.

place name here- said:
that's my problem i can load many zip files but it won't find any of them.
it just keep's saying no files found.
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Are you copying the zip files from your PC to the sd card? Have you tried downloading a ROM zip file directly to your SD card using your phone's browser?

I have exactly the same problem...Clockwork will not see any .zip files....even tried mounting usb storage from cwm, it mounts and the zips are there, yet it can not find any of them when i try to find them (all are in the root of the sdcard)...any ideas?

So if you pick "choose zip from SD" you can't manually pick a zip?
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Found a solution:
1. Get SD card formatter from HERE
2. Plugin your phone (as USB drive), start up the application and format the card (default options selected) NOTE: backup your SD card to your PC first (obviously)
3. Unplug the phone (or put it into charge mod, whatever)
4. The phone should now try (and fail) to mount the card...go to the SD options and format the card using the phone function
The .zip files should now be visible in ClockworkMod Recovery (it worked for me and a few others as far as i know)

Formatting the SD card

I just recently got the MyTouch4G, got it permrooted and did a full back up of my sd card to my pc, but it's still on stock rom. I want to flash cyanogen7 but there's a lot of junk on the sd card first
My question is if it is okay to do a full format and if so, any advice on important folders or files I should copy back after the format, apart from the clockwork folder (i know that one is important)
Thanks for any help...
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Well do as I do just create a dir called Files and inside it make sub dir's and put all stuff you want in it like aduio, video, photo, ect. Also dont worry about the other folders in your root /sdcard. Far as format goes as you backed it up to your PC just format sdcard and if you missed something it will rebuild itself. Make sure you backed up video/photo whatever if you took any. Usually once you install something that requires you to place elements in the root of your sdcard after its complete always remove it this way you save yourself a lot of headaches later on. I always keep my dir nice and clean old habit of *nix world

STHNS said:
Well do as I do just create a dir called Files and inside it make sub dir's and put all stuff you want in it like aduio, video, photo, ect. Also dont worry about the other folders in your root /sdcard. Far as format goes as you backed it up to your PC just format sdcard and if you missed something it will rebuild itself. Make sure you backed up video/photo whatever if you took any. Usually once you install something that requires you to place elements in the root of your sdcard after its complete always remove it this way you save yourself a lot of headaches later on. I always keep my dir nice and clean old habit of *nix world
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Thanks for your response. Just curious but clockwork recovery on Vibrant saves itself as update.zip (if I remember correctly) on the root of the internal sd card. Where does it save recovery on MT4G? I didn't see an update.zip file after flashing recovery. Thanks again for your response
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Its saved under /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup you will see the dir with timestamp. Normally I don't waste time backing up as I know what I am doing but if you do want it then go ahead and just mv the dir to your PC temporarily then sync back to sdcard once you are done.
Whatever data is saved even the cache on SD I know so if I find data that is valuable I still mv it to /sdcard/files and redirect that path. This way I have clean data scheme as you don't want 9000 bs on your root directory.

Thanks again for replying. I know where the nandroid backups are stored but what I was wondering about is the actual clockwork recovery that you boot into in order to flash roms, make backups, etc. On Samsung Vibrant, when you go into rom manager and flash recovery, it creates a zip file on the root of your internal sd. When you do this with MT4G, it puts that recovery flash somewhere.
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m00nshake said:
Thanks again for replying. I know where the nandroid backups are stored but what I was wondering about is the actual clockwork recovery that you boot into in order to flash roms, make backups, etc. On Samsung Vibrant, when you go into rom manager and flash recovery, it creates a zip file on the root of your internal sd. When you do this with MT4G, it puts that recovery flash somewhere.
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I think CM comes with clockwork rom manager preinstalled. Your recovery won't change when you flash a rom. There's no need to back up recoveries because they're available in rom manager. If you need cw 3.0.0.5 just download the flashable version from the cm7 forum and save it.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G

Since the mytouch 4g installs some of the apps on the microSD card, does a nandroid backup include those in the system image? Or should I use something like titanium backup for those?

pstu said:
Since the mytouch 4g installs some of the apps on the microSD card, does a nandroid backup include those in the system image? Or should I use something like titanium backup for those?
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Nandroid will back everything in the system including apps but some data is stored on the sd card as well. My advice is to a nandroid and backup your entire sd card to your pc as well
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XfooYen said:
I think CM comes with clockwork rom manager preinstalled. Your recovery won't change when you flash a rom. There's no need to back up recoveries because they're available in rom manager. If you need cw 3.0.0.5 just download the flashable version from the cm7 forum and save it.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G
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This is not really in reference to cyanogenmod but any rooted MT4G. When you root your phone you download and install clockwork. From rom manager, you choose ' flash recovery'. You choose your phone from the list and it flashes the recovery image somewhere on your phone. My question was to find out what directory does it flash recovery to and as what the file is called.
I am currently running gorillasens final but this would be the same as any rom here, possibly the exception being cyanogenmod
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m00nshake said:
Nandroid will back everything in the system including apps but some data is stored on the sd card as well. My advice is to a nandroid and backup your entire sd card to your pc as well
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I understand that, my question was whether or not a nandroid backup includes the app data stored on the sd card?

pstu said:
I understand that, my question was whether or not a nandroid backup includes the app data stored on the sd card?
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No it does not have data stored on sd card
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What is list files/folders that came stock on the MT4G micro-SD card?
Thanks

[Q] Where is CWM Folder + Acer Recovery

1. I did the backup with cwm and I am looking for that image so I can save onto anoher place as double backup but can't find the folder and image but when boot in cwm is there unlike my Epic cwm folder is on sd card.
2. Why do I need Acer Recovery Installer when I have CWM what is the difference do I really need it.

dito33 said:
1. I did the backup with cwm and I am looking for that image so I can save onto anoher place as double backup but can't find the folder and image but when boot in cwm is there unlike my Epic cwm folder is on sd card.
2. Why do I need Acer Recovery Installer when I have CWM what is the difference do I really need it.
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Aver recovery installer installs cwm, and allows you to go back to stock recovery system instead of cwm as well.

Ok that explains but where I can find cwm folder with saved image.

dito33 said:
Ok that explains but where I can find cwm folder with saved image.
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Cwm saves to external SD card

Now appear in it, I don't understand was looking for it I couldn't find it, I am ok now thanks anyway for confirming that.

dito33 said:
Now appear in it, I don't understand was looking for it I couldn't find it, I am ok now thanks anyway for confirming that.
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You're welcome, glad you found it

[Q] Mirage-Kang theme installation

Noob question.
I d/l the theme from MiRaGe - KANG build of CyanogenMod
- transparency theme with circular battery indicator for 01262012 build. MD5sum: 6bc8eb898c39a303189d335b8d015afe Flash this theme after booting once with the new ROM.
but don't know how to install this theme. I unzip the files and copy it to a new directory on the uSD card. I tried using Astro file manager and locate the APK files but no option to install.
Can any1 point me in the right direction?
Thanks.

don't unzip the file.
Use clockwork mod recovery and install the zip file.
1. Boot into recovery.
2. Choose install zip from sd card
3. Navigate to where the zip was downloaded.
4. Select zip file
5. Confirm and install.
6. Reboot nook.
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Slow typing gets the best of me.
What he said. And right on the mark.

k8108 said:
don't unzip the file.
Use clockwork mod recovery and install the zip file.
1. Boot into recovery.
2. Choose install zip from sd card
3. Navigate to where the zip was downloaded.
4. Select zip file
5. Confirm and install.
6. Reboot nook.
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I don't see Clockwork mod recovery anywhere on the NC. I did reboot into recovery mode but there is no option to choose install zip... the NC went straight into auto shutdown. What am I doing wrong? BTW, I'm running from my uSD. I saw another post saying that Clockwork mod doesn't work if running from uSD. Is that correct? If so what is my option to install the theme.
Thanks.

I hope someone else can help you. I run this from from emmc not SD card. You might check the thread in the development section about running this from from SD.
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Do you still have the original bootable uSD you rooted and installed CM from? If so, you can boot off that uSD directly into CWM. That's how I just installed CM9. I set up the bootable on an old 1GB that I always keep as an emergency back up.

Bushflyr said:
Do you still have the original bootable uSD you rooted and installed CM from? If so, you can boot off that uSD directly into CWM. That's how I just installed CM9. I set up the bootable on an old 1GB that I always keep as an emergency back up.
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I think this person is trying to run cm9 from an SD card, which requires another method. Cm9 is not installed on emmc.
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Thank you all for the inputs. I will look into loading CM7 onto the eMMC instead of SD.

Dont know if I should of stated my own thread but here is my question: How do I remove the theme if I dont like it?

Before installing on emmc, I would try dropping the zip on the card in boot and then boot into recovery and see if it works. Then check theme changer.
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prettedda said:
Before installing on emmc, I would try dropping the zip on the card in boot and then boot into recovery and see if it works. Then check theme changer.
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I tried and it doesn't work. The Clockwork Mod doesn't work with SD install. I did the eMMC install and everything works fine now. My NC is out of warranty so I'm not worry about the stock image but I did back it up with Clockwork Mod just in case. Again thanks every1 for the inputs.

Where to place Rom file and Gapps in Internal storage?

hi i just root my N4 i place rom file in internal storage but when i try to install..i do not see rom file from CWM recovery.

The files are probably still in the downloads folder

PatientP said:
The files are probably still in the downloads folder[/QUOTEi
i just drop it in internal storage of phone and i am see it from ES file explorer but when i try to install from recovery i do not see it there.
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Are you trying to flash a ROM in recovery or in the clockwork mod app?

PatientP said:
Are you trying to flash a ROM in recovery or in the clockwork mod app?
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i found it thanks i am useing recovery

Make sure to navigate to the 0 directory when installing ZIP from SD card.
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