please excuse my terms as im still not upto date with the language used when talking about this subject im a complete newbee but eager to learn
ive got a hd2 and ive be playng about for a couple of weeks ive managed to flash NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.1 NAND [App2SD+][720p][Kernel: tytung_r2_oldcam] onto and it works great however im still unsure on a couple of items
what is CWM ?
how do i install CWM ?
do i need CWM ?
do i already possess it with above NAND ?
how do i change from one nand to another without losing contacts, pictures etc?
thanks for your time
thumbtoro
This thread will answer your questions, but...
CWM is the means by which you can flash a ROM, backup your existing ROM with all your data and settings, or restore your ROM (with data and settings) if you mess things up or want to go back.
You don't need CWM but it is now increasingly common for chefs to release their builds as CWM flashable .zip files.
If you have a MAGLDR version before 1.13, you needed to flash CWM to use it. MAGLDR 1.13 has a feature called 'AD Recovery' which means you no longer need to flash CWM seperately (it is included). However, sometimes a chef's build requires that you flash a different partition to enable his build to work.
Always read the chef's instructions carefully.
Like I said at the top, the link I provided and the other Stickies included in the HD2 Android NAND section have all the information you need. Just take your time reading them (more than once).
PS Never apologise for asking a question. That is how we all learn (well, that and by reading stickies )
Thanks for your help one more question. When I press ad recovery it says no boot source and won't let me do anything any ideas
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In which case your build uses the traditional CWM recovery method. This requires you to have the initrd.gz and zimage files on the root of your SD card to boot into CWM revoery.
You normally use either AD Recovery or CWM reovery. Which you use depends on your original method of flashing your Android build. If you can't remember, see the instructions from the post where you downloaded the ROM.
nobnut said:
In which case your build uses the traditional CWM recovery method. This requires you to have the initrd.gz and zimage files on the root of your SD card to boot into CWM revoery.
You normally use either AD Recovery or CWM reovery. Which you use depends on your original method of flashing your Android build. If you can't remember, see the instructions from the post where you downloaded the ROM.
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If he is using magldr 1.13 and cwm 1.3, you don't need to copy initrd.gz and zimage on the root of you sd. Just follow the instructions in cwm and magldr threads.
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thumbtoro said:
Thanks for your help one more question. When I press ad recovery it says no boot source and won't let me do anything any ideas
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Did u unzip the android build? Do not..just copy the zipped build directly to ur sd card.
So how do I save all my content and will all my contact and apps automatically come onto my new rom
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Hi All,
I've been looking for an answer and have not found one yet.
I have an existing NAND build (MDJ cyanogen 7) of android that I flashed via magldr 1.11. I know I can update magldr to 1.13 safely without messing deleting the the nand rom i have already. But if I want to install Clockworkmod 1.3 onto the nand will I lose my existing rom need to reflash my rom again or does magldr know to flash clockworkmod onto another area of nand that wont overwrite my existing rom?
also with clockworkmod it says:
Download recovery with partition size for the type of rom you plan on using, see guide below if unsure.
it says to use the 150MB partition just wanted to see if anyone else using mdj's cyanogen 7 is using the same thing?
Your help is greatly appreciated
ascrackoo1 said:
Hi All,
I've been looking for an answer and have not found one yet.
I have an existing NAND build (MDJ cyanogen 7) of android that I flashed via magldr 1.11. I know I can update magldr to 1.13 safely without messing deleting the the nand rom i have already. But if I want to install Clockworkmod 1.3 onto the nand will I lose my existing rom need to reflash my rom again or does magldr know to flash clockworkmod onto another area of nand that wont overwrite my existing rom?
also with clockworkmod it says:
Download recovery with partition size for the type of rom you plan on using, see guide below if unsure.
it says to use the 150MB partition just wanted to see if anyone else using mdj's cyanogen 7 is using the same thing?
Your help is greatly appreciated
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Yes you will lose your current rom, so do a cwm backup first. After flashing the partition for cwm, you will get a kernel error on first boot, so boot into AD Recovery and restore the boot, system and data backups and all is back to normal. As for the partition size, use the same size as you did for the sd version. The guide suggests a 400mb partition for an unsquashed desire hd build, but I used the 250mb partition on my current rom and all is perfect.
PS! Please don't post questions in the ROM Dev section, there's a reason why there is a Q&A section.
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PS! Please don't post questions in the ROM Dev section, there's a reason why there is a Q&A section.
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Its so frustrating, why on earth would anybody post a question topic in here when we have dedicated Q&A forum??
It should be obvious to anybody that this is a "dev" forum for posting developments not for asking questions.
Since the rom was originally flashed via DAF, will CWM still allow me to do a backup?
Was hoping for a guide, it's so confusing.
No, from what I understand you don't have CWM installed yet, so you can't use it now. Use titanium backup (market), and then flash cwm so you can use it in the future.
ascrackoo1 said:
Since the rom was originally flashed via DAF, will CWM still allow me to do a backup?
Was hoping for a guide, it's so confusing.
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It seems confusing at first but it is not really that difficult.
StephanV said:
No, from what I understand you don't have CWM installed yet, so you can't use it now. Use titanium backup (market), and then flash cwm so you can use it in the future.
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Correct, on first flash of cwm it will erase all data/roms etc on NAND. You will not be able to backup the rom if it was initially flashed via daf. As StephanV says, use Titanium Backup or MyBackup Root to back up your data/apps etc and you can restore them after.
Once you have cwm installed and have flashed a new rom and set it all up, then you can do a cwm backup.
So if i use cwm then I can only flash zip based roms from that point on? I cant use the daf ones anymore then.
You can still use daf, but each time you run a daf file it will remove the cwm recovery partition and you will need to reflash it to use cwm again.
I'm finding that if i flash cwm ontop of a daf rom the rom becomes unbootable. and the only way to get it to work again is use a cwm version of the rom.
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So if i use cwm then I can only flash zip based roms from that point on? I cant use the daf ones anymore then.
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i'm not sure about the rom you are using but i was able to back up a few different roms with cwm which i installed using daf. this is what i did:
1. create a folder on sdcard name "cwm" (you can name it whatever you want). i actually have a folder for each clockwork recovery version.
2. put the zImage and initrd.gz for cwm (version 1.0,1.1,or 1.2) in the folder you just created. (do not flash anything at this point)
3. boot into magldr and go to services, boot settings, ad sd dir and select the directory you just created
4. now in magldr menu boot ad sd, and you should hopefully boot into clockwork
5. go to backup and restore and backup your rom. if you try cwm 1.2 and it doesn't work try 1.0 to back it up, you can then update to 1.2 again and it will still restore just fine.
6. before restoring your rom, install cwm1.3 and choose a partition size bigger than the size of the system.img of the rom that you backed up. clockwork backs up your rom in your sdcard->clockworkmod->backup. it creates a folder with the timestamp.
7. now you can follow the steps from the clockworkmod thread to load cwm1.3 and restore from there.
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You can still use daf, but each time you run a daf file it will remove the cwm recovery partition and you will need to reflash it to use cwm again.
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I'm finding that if i flash cwm ontop of a daf rom the rom becomes unbootable. and the only way to get it to work again is use a cwm version of the rom.
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dont bother 'installing' clockwork, just put the two files on your sd card, then go into your MDJcyanogen rom folder on the PC, open (in notepad) flash.cfg and it will look something like
boot ya|boot|ro filesize+1M boot.img
misc ya 1M
recovery ya|ro 3M
cache ya 3M
system ya filesize system.img
userdata ya|asize|hr allsize
the partitions 'recovery' and 'misc' will allow cwm to work, they arent needed for this rom, they are only there for compatibility however if you plan on flashing to a different rom using sd card/cwm, (rather than simply using cwm to do backups of MDJcyanogen) you will want to edit the
system ya filesize system.img
and maybe set it to one of teh recommended cwm sizes, example
system ya 150M
this is because the original line
system ya filesize system.img
will set a system partition of the same size as the MDJcyanogen system.img, (about 130meg) but if your next rom has a bigger system.img, when you try load it from cwm it wont fit, so wont work. by setting it to 150 (or whatever you want) you are allowing for different size system.img in various roms.
Whenever you flash a nand rom, so long as you edit the flash.cfg and make sure those two partitions, misc and recovery (and maybe cache too, i do) are there, then cwm will work.
how do u get 1.13
sbgleeko said:
how do u get 1.13
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Go to nand development and its in the thread called (quite cunningly) "magldr 1.13 released "
Hello.
I have tried several times to flash a CWM ROM (I follow the instructions fully) from my sd card every time it reboots after the unzip from my sd card it just goes to the lock screen then just shuts down. Any ideas why this is happening?
Thank you for your help.
read the rom guide in relation to the build you're trying to flash.
You need to make sure if using MAGLDR 1.13 that you are flashing the correct partition to start with, what rom are you trying to install?
some roms require specific partition sizes. i had the same problem kinda with my current rom until i applied the specific CWM partition.
bates_1974 said:
read the rom guide in relation to the build you're trying to flash.
You need to make sure if using MAGLDR 1.13 that you are flashing the correct partition to start with, what rom are you trying to install?
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CMYLXGOs.Stock.Desire.HD.v2.0.9n.NAND.RMNET.NO-SQUASH-MDJ.S10.4OC_CWM
He uses special cwm thingS. He should have .zips posted. I'm using his desire HD rom
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What I'm trying to say is, when I got my hd2 It already had magldr 1.13 and a nice gingerbread rom installed. What I want to know is how can I go back to a clean Leo and start fresh so that I can learn how to install android myself. I could use some help with the i android install afterward as well. thanks in advance.
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You could use the hd2 toolkit from this post. It will wipe your rom (task29 option), install mgldr, then you would be good to go to install recovery and another rom.
I have just been using it, its a great tool. I think this would only apply to nand roms, sd roms maybe do it differently?
Peace
Edit: also, I found post #4 from this thread invaluable help for flashing my first leo android rom.
If you truly want to go to a "Fresh LEO" download a stock leo winmo rom, change the .exe to .zip find the RUU or something like RUU_signed.nbh ( should be like 270MB in size) and change the name to LEOIMG.NBH and transfer it a 4GB or less microSD card and insert into phone. Start the phone holding the red power button and the volume down button. it should go into the bootloader and flash stock radio/spl/rom and you can start from scratch. CM7 was the best thing to happen to the HD2. CAN'T WAIT FOR CM9!!!!
Okay people now I REALLY need your help, okay so I flashed clockwork mod recovery through magldr, and thats working fine, but after doing so, when it tries to boot it says something like failed to load kernel, so I figured that roms toast so I used the option in magldr to "Ad hard reset" because the hd2 toolkits task 29 wipe kept failing as well. So I need help finding a rom that will install from clockwork mod recovery. Im hoping it will take care if my kernel problem. Any links to Cwm roms would be great and thanks in advance.
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Truth650 said:
Okay people now I REALLY need your help, okay so I flashed clockwork mod recovery through magldr, and thats working fine, but after doing so, when it tries to boot it says something like failed to load kernel, so I figured that roms toast so I used the option in magldr to "Ad hard reset" because the hd2 toolkits task 29 wipe kept failing as well. So I need help finding a rom that will install from clockwork mod recovery. Im hoping it will take care if my kernel problem. Any links to Cwm roms would be great and thanks in advance.
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Pretty much any newer ROM will be flashed through CWM. Just look at the OP and flash the correct partition size, then place the 'MAGLDR' version of the ROM (zipped folder) on your SD card and flash
Wait lemme see if I have this correct. When I see roms that say magldr version, I can flash THOSE through CWM recovery? If u could help me find cm7 that I can flash through cwm I'd be most appreciative. Thanks again.
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Truth650 said:
Wait lemme see if I have this correct. When I see roms that say magldr version, I can flash THOSE through CWM recovery? If u could help me find cm7 that I can flash through cwm I'd be most appreciative. Thanks again.
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Any CM7 ROM in the NAND Development section really. Typhoon, Hyperdroid, Dorimanx etc.
first check the CWM recovery requirements of the ROM(it will say something like CWM 5/120/5) then check your current recovery if its the same. If not you need to download the zip file for the CWM recovery required by the ROM. unzip the file on a computer and run the .exe and follow prompts on the screen(doing this will completely delete the current ROM install on your phones internal memory). Once the correct recovery is flash on your phone, you can flash the ROM itself
I have the latest version of rom manager but when i try backup my current rom it just shuts down the phone and reboot. I got the 3e recovery and followed the instructions to copy to my sd. at the point where i should rename the original recovery file i could not find one. I'm not sure how to proceed. I want to purchase rom manager premium but need to be sure it will work
I'm not sure but regardless of cLK or magldr you need to use cwm only. Not rom manager. Rom manager reads what phone you are using and goes from there. It reads phone device rather than rom or build.
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bookyjam said:
I have the latest version of rom manager but when i try backup my current rom it just shuts down the phone and reboot. I got the 3e recovery and followed the instructions to copy to my sd. at the point where i should rename the original recovery file i could not find one. I'm not sure how to proceed. I want to purchase rom manager premium but need to be sure it will work
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First, this is the wrong section to post this. Second, if you have a rom already installed then you should have clockworkMod already installed, use that to back up.
You will probably have to change the partition size of your nand if you want to move to ics.
The are plenty of guides on xda of how to do this, search before you post anything, everything has been answered before, you just have to find it.
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bookyjam said:
I have the latest version of rom manager but when i try backup my current rom it just shuts down the phone and reboot. I got the 3e recovery and followed the instructions to copy to my sd. at the point where i should rename the original recovery file i could not find one. I'm not sure how to proceed. I want to purchase rom manager premium but need to be sure it will work
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1. Q&A, not here
2. CWM backup, ROM manager is not compatible with MAGLDR
Moved to proper forum.
bookyjam said:
I have the latest version of rom manager but when i try backup my current rom it just shuts down the phone and reboot. I got the 3e recovery and followed the instructions to copy to my sd. at the point where i should rename the original recovery file i could not find one. I'm not sure how to proceed. I want to purchase rom manager premium but need to be sure it will work
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ROM manager requires clk and clockworkmod recovery to function. It may work with other recoveries but im not sure. CLK is definitely needed.
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Hello there,
I have a HD2 with MAGLDR 1.13 and a 2.3.5 Android ROM (don't know what is). I cant seem to find any rom with the DAF.exe for use in the USB Flasher mode (nº 4) (following the Newbs Tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948 - Point 3. FLASHING A NEW NAND ANDROID ROM OVER A PREVIOUS ONE).
I want to put a newer ROM on the phone. Can you tell what I need to do, please? Basic steps/tutorial link?
Thank you so much.
GreenDaZe said:
Hello there,
I have a HD2 with MAGLDR 1.13 and a 2.3.5 Android ROM (don't know what is). I cant seem to find any rom with the DAF.exe for use in the USB Flasher mode (nº 4) (following the Newbs Tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948 - Point 3. FLASHING A NEW NAND ANDROID ROM OVER A PREVIOUS ONE).
I want to put a newer ROM on the phone. Can you tell what I need to do, please? Basic steps/tutorial link?
Thank you so much.
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that thread you linked to will tell you all you need to know
99.9 percent of the roms now are flashed thru CWM and there is a link for it right at the top of his thread
in fact i dont know of any new roms that use the daf.exe anymore
Actually you should follow the guide in my sig, which is basically an updated version of the one you linked
Nigeldg said:
Actually you should follow the guide in my sig, which is basically an updated version of the one you linked
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Thank you both,
How to check if my phone has CWM installed, i have the "8.AD Recovery" option when boot MAGDLR
Also, can you tell me a CWM ROM for 4.x.x Android Version?
I have ClockworkMod Recovery v3.2.0.0, how to check the partition size installed?
Thank you
GreenDaZe said:
How to check if my phone has CWM installed, i have the "8.AD Recovery" option when boot MAGDLR
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errr, , , , when you select 8 AD recovery, , does cwm load? if it does, then yes you do, if it doesnt, no you dont.
You can't check the partition size in CWM as far as I know, just flash CWM again with the correct partition size and carry on with the installation procedure.
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You can't check the partition size in CWM as far as I know, just flash CWM again with the correct partition size and carry on with the installation procedure.
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Thank you everyone. Ive managed to install a 250M partiton with CWM v5.x and i am runnind Android 4 with Ext4 on SD Card.
Thank you again.