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rom manager wont reboot to recovery

Is there a particular reason why quickboot and rom manager won't boot to clockwork?
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Well is your rom compatible with rom manager and did you flash the epic version in rom manager?
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I did the one click flash not sure about the rom though...ill check on that
Its the experience rom didn't see anything in the op about compatibility
Anyone know?
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That might be the reason try noobnl's anormedia rom I'm pretty shure its compatuble did you do the one click clockwork too?
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Go into the clockwork mod app and click flash clockwork and choose epic but make sure that the rom zip is on the root of your sd card not a folder. Yeah the epic experiance rom never says anything about being compatible with clockwork tho.
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Yes I did one click clockwork as well
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Idk what's wrong then sorry
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To be able to use rom manger to reboot into recovery you need to have a boot kernel that works with rom manager. If you flashed recovery the only way to get to it is by the volume down camera buttonv power button combo. Using quick boot or adb reboot recovery will take you into stock recovery in the boot kernel if you do this you need to select the flash update.zip line in recovery to get into clockwork.
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skeeterslint said:
To be able to use rom manger to reboot into recovery you need to have a boot kernel that works with rom manager. If you flashed recovery the only way to get to it is by the volume down camera buttonv power button combo. Using quick boot or adb reboot recovery will take you into stock recovery in the boot kernel if you do this you need to select the flash update.zip line in recovery to get into clockwork.
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i tried this and it says not signed or something
it fails
update i got rom manager to work but quickboot still boots to stock recovery

[Q] Problem with CM RC1

I rooted my phone today, then installed Rom Manager. Using Rom Manager I tried to install Cyanogen Mod 7 RC 1. It seemed to install fine, but when it starts up it goes to the Cyanogen Mod 7 splash screen and loads for a few seconds, then restarts(not the phone, it just replays the splash screen). I backed up my previous Rom, but I don't know how to restore it. Can someone help me get CM7 working or tell me how to restore my previous rom.
EDIT: I got the standard rom recovered, so I don't really have to worry about that part anymore? But how could I get CM 7 to work if I wanted to re flash it?

Do a nandroid backup through ROM manager first off if you haven't already.
Did you do a full data/cache/dalvik cache wipe before you flashed CM7RC1?
Did you flash Gapps at the same time as the ROM?
btw the RC2 has been out for a while.

Er...no. How do I do wipe the cache data? Also, I don't even know what Gapps is. I'm quite ignorant on the subject of roms.
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BlawkHawk said:
Er...no. How do I do wipe the cache data? Also, I don't even know what Gapps is. I'm quite ignorant on the subject of roms.
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It really is good to do this through recovery, although if you're not comfortable with general use of recovery, I think if you flash the CM7 zip through ROM manager you can check the box for "wipe data + cache".
Gapps is "Google Apps" aka market etc. etc.. These aren't included in the ROM, and I bet you'd like to have them . The link for the latest Gapps is in the CM7 ROM thread in the dev section. Haven't used ROM manager to flash in a long time (I do it through recovery manually) but I think you can check the box to install Gapps at the same time too if you don't wanna do it manually.

Yeah, I chose to install Google Apps. But are you saying if I download the zip file for CM7 like on my pc, then transfer it to my sdcard then fflash it that way, then I should be able to wipe the cache?
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BlawkHawk said:
Yeah, I chose to install Google Apps. But are you saying if I download the zip file for CM7 like on my pc, then transfer it to my sdcard then fflash it that way, then I should be able to wipe the cache?
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And data. it is extremely paramount (imho) that you wipe all of your data/cache/dalvik before flashing to ensure you get a good quality install.
Also, make sure you have the latest CWM recovery installed via ROM manager (assuming that you do already). Its 3.0.0.5 .
Like I said ROM manager can do this, but for nightlies/RC I just do it through recovery and make sure it gets done right.

You don't have to root to install recovery and rom

Okay so
If you have cm and go back to stock you will still have the update.zip file from cwm just reboot recovery and reinstall packages this will install cwm without rooting now install your rom!
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Alanrocks15 said:
Okay so
If you have cm and go back to stock you will still have the update.zip file from cwm just reboot recovery and reinstall packages this will install cwm without rooting now install your rom!
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I just realized this the other day as well. In the past, I've always Odin'ed to factory 2.1, rooted, flashed Recovery with Rom Manager, and installed whatever ROM. I now have the update.zip saved and can skip the other steps.

Ummm yea, maybe thats why the roms come pre-rooted
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I just flash from one rom to the next. Once in a while I will odin just to get rid of some ghosts. Most roms you dont need to do a thing with voodo. Just flash and go. Of couse I use TB for my apps

Wow that's really good to know. I always hated having to root, install CWM and then install rom. This will save me so much time. Thanks!

muathib said:
Wow that's really good to know. I always hated having to root, install CWM and then install rom. This will save me so much time. Thanks!
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If you flash a lot you might want to odin back to stock once in a while in case there is some ghosts left on your phone.

Yeah, i knew this back in the Obsidian/Onyx days
Saved lots of time

Cwm not recognizing micro sd card?

Hello. I have successfully rooted my acer a 500, i have used root checker to confirm this and also have app for superuser. I have successfully installed cwm via acer recovery app. I was able to backup the current rom, but am having issues flashing a new rom. Im dlashing from extenal sd card. But when i run cwm i notice that when i backup or attempt to flash cwm says "no sd-ext found" any thoughts?
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Update to RA Recovery or the latest WM.
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If i use ra recovery, do i need to remove cwm?
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Htcuser8740 said:
If i use ra recovery, do i need to remove cwm?
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Try to format the card in a phone

Shaun thanks for the reply. I did that and then did it on pc. Seems to be okay. Its fat32
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Idk, maybe i was just tired. I was able to successfully flash flexreaper ics. I guess my only concern now is my backed up roms dont show up in rom manager, running v 5.0.0.6. Any idea why? (cwm is version 5.5.0.4, if it matters)
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Htcuser8740 said:
Idk, maybe i was just tired. I was able to successfully flash flexreaper ics. I guess my only concern now is my backed up roms dont show up in rom manager, running v 5.0.0.6. Any idea why? (cwm is version 5.5.0.4, if it matters)
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Rom Manager is a phone app. I'd advise not using it for the 500/501. Unless they changed something in the past month, you could really wonk up your tab.
Check your Ext SD card. You should have a folder called Clockwork, which contains your recovery backups. (unless you already formatted your SD card)
When you make a recovery (either CWM or RA), you should boot to the recovery, and do your recovery backup/nand backup from there. NOT through Rom Manager.

Help flashing ROM?

Hey guys! I need some help flasing this ROM on my Nexus 7, [ROM] Eclipse 2.1 Grouper - Build 1 - Welcome to the Dark!! (10/12/12)....
Every single time I try to flash it, it never works. I do the following, I install goomanager and flash TWRP recovery. I install all the necessary things to get it running. I transfer the ROM along with the zip file to flash google apps to the internal storage. I then boot to recovery, wipe/cashe/factory reset/devlik. But then I lose the files and cant flash the ROMs. I just flashed stock google jelly bean. Any suggestion/help with this?

Install Clockworkmod recovery, then make a full wipe and flash the rom
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I find it easiest to download directly to my N7 "sd card". I use CWM but reboot to recovery, wipe data and then flash ROM from zip on the "sd card" and then reboot.
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alkemist80 said:
I find it easiest to download directly to my N7 "sd card". I use CWM but reboot to recovery, wipe data and then flash ROM from zip on the "sd card" and then reboot.
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So, when I do the factory reset, it'll wipe the internal storage but not the 'sd card'?

Yes, only internal storage
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alkemist80 said:
I find it easiest to download directly to my N7 "sd card". I use CWM but reboot to recovery, wipe data and then flash ROM from zip on the "sd card" and then reboot.
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Kingstonfx said:
So, when I do the factory reset, it'll wipe the internal storage but not the 'sd card'?
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Alright, now how do I get there? I used EZ File Explorer and placed the 2 zip files in the download file. Is that the correct place?

Any location is good, just to be on the sd card
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I normally just leave it in the download folder. In order to flash it, you just go into recovery and do your steps. When it asks for a location, just direct it to the folder you placed it in and flash.
p.s. don't forget about wipe
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alkemist80 said:
I normally just leave it in the download folder. In order to flash it, you just go into recovery and do your steps. When it asks for a location, just direct it to the folder you placed it in and flash.
p.s. don't forget about wipe
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So flash ROM first, then factory/data reset/cashe/devlik, right? sorry for all the questions, totally new to this

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alkemist80 said:
I normally just leave it in the download folder. In order to flash it, you just go into recovery and do your steps. When it asks for a location, just direct it to the folder you placed it in and flash.
p.s. don't forget about wipe
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Kingstonfx said:
So flash ROM first, then factory/data reset/cashe/devlik, right? sorry for all the questions, totally new to this
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Nevermind! I got it to work! I left it out in the root folder like you guys said and the file was still there after the reset! Flashed ROM to the eclipse ROM! Thanks for all your help! :victory: ^_^

Glad you got it to work, but to answer your question, you wipe first then flash the new rom (so you have a clean slate). You don't want to install over other roms unless maybe if it was a minor update of the same rom.
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