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Cannot flash ClockworkMod recovery

I'm getting an error "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." when I try to apply ClockworkMod recovery 2.6.0.1. No problems applying AR 2.2.1 or CWM 3.0.0.5.
Any ideas?
Already tried factory restore (wipe) and 2 different ROMs.

alex800 said:
I'm getting an error "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." when I try to apply ClockworkMod recovery 2.6.0.1. No problems applying AR 2.2.1 or CWM 3.0.0.5.
Any ideas?
Already tried factory restore (wipe) and 2 different ROMs.
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the 2.6.0.1 is the current recovery. This one backs up your wimax keys.

I know 2.6.0.1 is current. That's why I want to flash it.
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alex800 said:
I'm getting an error "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." when I try to apply ClockworkMod recovery 2.6.0.1. No problems applying AR 2.2.1 or CWM 3.0.0.5.
Any ideas?
Already tried factory restore (wipe) and 2 different ROMs.
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I'm assuming you are trying to flash through ROM Manager? Never worked for me either. I flashed mine through fastboot, you just need to find the .img for 2.6.0.1. A google search should help.

Just download rom manager from the market. You can flash it from there.

speedy0339 said:
Just download rom manager from the market. You can flash it from there.
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I'm pretty sure that's what he's doing when he encounters the error.

-viperboy- said:
I'm assuming you are trying to flash through ROM Manager? Never worked for me either. I flashed mine through fastboot, you just need to find the .img for 2.6.0.1. A google search should help.
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Yes, trying from manager and getting that error. Where can I find the IMG file? Right now I have CWM 3.0.0.5. Should I go back to 2.6.0.1?

Koush posted this last month explaining why this is an issue... it's gonna grow until others follow suit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897026
Thread has link to all CM issue
CM updated to 3.0xx yesterday and is not supporting older versions - you can still find them, just will lose support

i noticed this the other day but then yesterday i had to restore to stock (i made a back up right after i rooted so i can always go back to the beginning) and when i reinstalled rom manager from the market the older recoveries where on there and i got it flash back to 2.5.7.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I updated my Clockworkmod Recovery today and I am now unable to restore it to the 2.6.0.1 version I had been running. I've searched the forum and found numerous .zip files and .img files but they are either broken or I am not going through the flashing process correctly. I followed the directions posted alongside the files but still cannot fix this. Could anyone help?

A little help.. I400

aSo heres my issue. I installed Rom manager and when I try to apply update.zip it says its not found. So I found a update.zip that was supposed to be for the continuum put it in the root of the SD card then reboot in recovery mode. It applied the update.zip but now when I try to reboot into recovery mode I get stuck there. I have to take the battery out over and over. Any ideas? I cant flash any other roms or do any backups because I get stuck at the recovery screen..

What kernel do you have installed?
Sent from my SCH-I400 using XDA Premium App

Stock kernel.. Everything is stock.

What update.zip did you download?
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^ that... did you use the one from the post on this forum?
Also, is your recovery stock also? Because that would be why........
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The recovery I was using is Clockworkmod, and the update.zip file that I used was from a website I cant remember right off the top of my head but it said it was specifically for the I400 Continuum. I was unaware that there was an update.zip in this forum. As of today I've uninstalled Clockworkmod and deleted update.zip from my SD card. As long as I dont go into recovery the phone shuts down and reboots just fine. But if i go into recovery it gets stuck there and I have to take the battery out a few times to get it to reboot.
P.S. you help with this is greatly appreciated as I am very new to the Android platform. I have a lot of experience modding and flashing roms in WM6 but none with Android.
Thanks,
Justin

what screen does it get stuck on? have you even flashed odin yet?

Lets make this easy.. Is there a post in this forum that gives all the files and step by step instructions on how to install the recovery and do the flashing?

YAY! I got it figured out. All is well! Thank you guys for your help. I think we can consider this case closed.
Thanks again,
Justin

Ok maybe not... I got through the recovery but now when I try to flash in CWM it aborts the installation and says this:
-- Installing: /sdcard/DL17_clean.zip
Finding update package
Opening update package
Installing update...
Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported.
Amend scripting was depreciated by Google in Android 1.5.
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockWorkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages.
Installation aborted.
Any ideas?

Download the update.zip from the thread with the CWM kernel and replace the one on your SDCard. I'll get CWM 3.x out eventually then as well, as soon as I have some time to test it and get the few mods out there updated to edify.

Id love to but now its stuck at the 'samsung' screen. when I try to apply the backup that I just made it says:
ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.8
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Error while erasing boot image!
When I try to reboot it just gets stuck at the 'samsung' screen again.

Setup ADB on your computer and download the update.zip from the CWM thread in the Development forum. Open up command prompt and navigate to the directory where the update.zip is located. Boot into Recovery and plug your phone into your computer. Then run "adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip". After it finishes pushing, reapply the update.zip and you should be in CWM 2.5.x again. The reason you can't boot past the Samsung screen is because, based on your other thread, CWM 3.x that you tried to use wiped the kernel partition, so it has nothing to boot too. Until you get CWM 2.5.x back, you can't flash anything here via CWM without changing it over to edify scripting.

It says "device not found" Should I be in the stock recovery or CWM? Meaning should I apply update.zip on the phone or no?

You should be in CWM. If it's still not working, you'll need to get an ODIN package that has the kernel in it to flash. I'd post one, but I'm at work and can't put one together.

Yeah it still isnt working. Hey I appreciate all your help I understand you are working. Ill leave it alone for now but if (when you have time of course) you could put that together I'd be beyond grateful. If its as easy as flashing with odin and having the right CWM to flash the DL17 then I think I can handle that but if there are further, more complicated steps to correct this then I may need your assistance further.
Your help is greatly appreciated,
Justin

Continuum BRICKED
I was using Odin and Froyo to start the ROM and my phone bricked. I go to download mode and it went into CWM recovery. I followed instructions on the forums but now my phone goes from Downloading to Black REALLY FAST!
What do I do and how do I fix?
My phone wont read in Odin, it wont show brick screen, not showing CWM. wont charge. WHAT DO I DO?????????
I NEED MY PHONE!!
PLEASE HELP.

angryuserwhosephonehates. said:
I was using Odin and Froyo to start the ROM and my phone bricked. I go to download mode and it went into CWM recovery. I followed instructions on the forums but now my phone goes from Downloading to Black REALLY FAST!
What do I do and how do I fix?
My phone wont read in Odin, it wont show brick screen, not showing CWM. wont charge. WHAT DO I DO??????
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Wait in Irc. Txwolf1980 is the resident fixer. But clarify what exactly you have done flashing wise. Read the sticky tread about bricked device. All of them.
And what's Brock screen?
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angryuserwhosephonehates. said:
I was using Odin and Froyo to start the ROM and my phone bricked. I go to download mode and it went into CWM recovery. I followed instructions on the forums but now my phone goes from Downloading to Black REALLY FAST!
What do I do and how do I fix?
My phone wont read in Odin, it wont show brick screen, not showing CWM. wont charge. WHAT DO I DO?????????
I NEED MY PHONE!!
PLEASE HELP.
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Ok. 1. What froyo file were you trying to flash?
2. At what point did it fail?
3. You say you outfit in DL mode, andvitvwent to CWM. On its own? I'm not sure that's possible. Please clarify
4. You say it now goes from download to black screen "really fast". Again, clarification.
5. Ifvyou have downloaded mode, and drivers, we can get a read in odin. It may take a few tries. When you say you don't have cwm, do you have stock recovery? When will you have an hour or so to get into IRC?

Error when flashing a rom!

I've flashed many roms and this has never happened to me before. I went to flash cm nightlies 73 and I get an E:Cant open /sdcard/cm_heroc_full-73.zip (bad) Installation aborted. I tried to download the rom again and flash it and it did the same thing again. I flashed to stock and then rooted my phone again and still got the same error. Ive looked online for a fix to this and couldn't come up with anything. Anybody know a fix for this? The recovery I used was clockworkmod 3.0.2.8, I thought it might have been the recovery so I went to an older clockwork recovery and the same thing happened.

ehusidic said:
I've flashed many roms and this has never happened to me before. I went to flash cm nightlies 73 and I get an E:Cant open /sdcard/cm_heroc_full-73.zip (bad) Installation aborted. I tried to download the rom again and flash it and it did the same thing again. I flashed to stock and then rooted my phone again and still got the same error. Ive looked online for a fix to this and couldn't come up with anything. Anybody know a fix for this? The recovery I used was clockworkmod 3.0.2.8, I thought it might have been the recovery so I went to an older clockwork recovery and the same thing happened.
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I just D/l #73 and flashed ok for me,but I'm using darch's 1.7 amon Ra recovery so I don't know if it your recovery.Are you running Firerat's,If so you may have to resetit up from the instructions in the firerats thread.also if you are running firerats don't wipe your sd ext.,and make sure you have mtd partion setup with enuff room.Some one that knows more about it will speak up!

I know I had this happen to me a while back. My fix was that I had to download it from a computer, than transfer it over to my phone.

nm Saw you got it corrected over in the nightly thread. He formatted his SD card and it started working.

oohaylima said:
nm Saw you got it corrected over in the nightly thread. He formatted his SD card and it started working.
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Yes sir everything is working great all I had to do was format my sdcard. I have no idea why the problem occurred but I guess that simple format fixed it. I copied most of the files that were on the sdcard and returned them after the flash and tested it again and its working still. Hopefully this information can help anyone who unfortunately will come across that problem.

i9020a stuck on 2.3.1 Please HELP

Hey guys I was rooting my new nexus s i9020a and flashed a bad rootboot.img
I then restored to the WRONG recovery image (2.3.1). Now the phone is stuck in airplane mode, will not get a signal, and the market will not do anything.
I downloaded the stock i9020a 2.3.4 from this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
When I try to restore in ClockworkMod it says md5 mismatch. I've been fighting with these various issues for a few hours now and would like some advice. I don't have a spare phone at the moment so I'm really at a loss untill I correct this. Thanks in advance!

I tried installing the image from clockwork mod by manually selecting install zip from sd. That ran and I am now in a bricked state. Put clockwork mod recovery back on and haven't got any Further.

harda toenail said:
I tried installing the image from clockwork mod by manually selecting install zip from sd. That ran and I am now in a bricked state. Put clockwork mod recovery back on and haven't got any Further.
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What do you mean you're in a bricked state? If you can get into clockwork, or even the bootloader, it's not really bricked.
Are you able to get into clockwork recovery? If so, I'd try transferring over a new ROM, maybe even a custom one like CM7, Oxygen, or one of the others from the Dev section... just to see if it'll flash and boot.

I am in the same boat as the op on this thread. I have tried everything and googled for every answer with no luck. right now I am on grh78 on an i9020a and am stuck in airplane mode.

I'd suggest re-flashing CWM recovery from this thread.
After that you should re-download and flash the full OTA package that says "Android 2.3.4/GTJ61/UCKE1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader" from the thread that OP mentioned.

suksit said:
I'd suggest re-flashing CWM recovery from this thread.
After that you should re-download and flash the full OTA package that says "Android 2.3.4/GTJ61/UCKE1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader" from the thread that OP mentioned.
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thanks but this option is no good either. It just aborts the install

[Q] mja wont boot into android or recovery!!

i really need help as ive searched around and have had no luck. my phone wont hold stock tar flash and i cant boot into android or recovery, i believe i need to wipe data but without recovery i dont know what else to do. have tried flashing several custom recoveries. no luck. stuck with a blue "booting into recovery" message and hangs up. any help would be appreciated. thanks

Download the new TWRP and flash
fearthemarchx said:
i really need help as ive searched around and have had no luck. my phone wont hold stock tar flash and i cant boot into android or recovery, i believe i need to wipe data but without recovery i dont know what else to do. have tried flashing several custom recoveries. no luck. stuck with a blue "booting into recovery" message and hangs up. any help would be appreciated. thanks
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Download the new TWRP recovery and flash using Odin 3.x in the PDA tab.
You can google new TWRP rec links

M星空 said:
Download the new TWRP recovery and flash using Odin 3.x in the PDA tab.
You can google new TWRP rec links
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i tried that no luck. only recovery to stick and boot its philz. so at this point, ive tried odin mja,mk2, and nae. and recovery flash them as well. no luck. maybe bad downloads?

sorry
fearthemarchx said:
i tried that no luck. only recovery to stick and boot its philz. so at this point, ive tried odin mja,mk2, and nae. and recovery flash them as well. no luck. maybe bad downloads?
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Sorry,I don`t have better idear.