I had an earlier version of cyanogenmod installed, I went into rom manager and pressed update (or something like that). It did the whole installation thing but now it's just hanging at the cyanogenmod splash screen.
What do?
silverback88 said:
I had an earlier version of cyanogenmod installed, I went into rom manager and pressed update (or something like that). It did the whole installation thing but now it's just hanging at the cyanogenmod splash screen.
What do?
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Have you tried to boot into recovery ? (turning it on by pressing the power button and the - volume button)
Did you backup? Always, always backup.
If not try downloading the ROM and flashing that, don't wipe just yet, if that fails you will probably need to wipe and flash again.
ok so i did a recovery of the backup i did just before trying to install cyanogen 7
FFUUUUU.... now everything is pretty much lost! even the old cyanogen is gone. What can I do?!
Was your old backup from a pre 2.3 ROM?
^^ how can i tell?
sorry for being a noob
What was the ROM you backed up before flashing CM7?
the backup i did just before trying to install cyanogen 7
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it was cyanogenmod 6.1.3
Ok, your problem now is that the file system changed from 2.2 (Froyo) to 2.3 (Gingerbread) and you will need to flash a new version of ClockworkMod Recovery to restore that backup.
Do you have ENG S-OFF? You will be able to flash it via fastboot, if not you will have to start again from CM7 and downgrade ClockworkMod Recovery from there, then restore your backup.
I flashed the latest ClockworkMod Recovery (3.0.0.6) - I think before I tried to install CM7.
Restoring the backup means almost everything is gone, apps, settings, etc (but not everything). Did I **** it up? Will I have to redo everything?
If I have to do that anyway I might as well use CM7, but installing that means the splash screen hangs (I had the same problem with CM6, I dont remember how I fixed it)
Your right, to flash CM7 you needed CWM 3.x.x.x
Restoring that backup 6.1.3 will take you back to pre-CM7 so yes everything will be gone.
Have you tried just flashing CM7 again?
ok, trying to install cm7 again...
Don't wipe just yet, if it still hangs after flashing again you will then have to wipe.
****, it's hanging at the CM7 splash screen again
Ok, you will need to perform a wipe.
In CWM you have "mounts & storage"
Format boot & system, then flash CM7 again, (btw which CM7 ROM are you flashing?)
I did that (through the recovery or w/e) and then it was hanging at the HTC logo....
I had to restore the backup once again and am back where I was before
What can I do?
btw it's CM 7.0.0-RC2
Ok sounds like a full wipe is needed.
Again in CWM "mounts and storage" format everything except scdard, then back out and go into "advanced" and wipe dalvik cache.
Flash CM7 again, it should work now.
can i flash CM7 through the recovery console? because if i wipe everything then obviously i cant boot back into it?
Don't worry you can't wipe recovery from within recovery, so after a full wipe it will still be available.
before I do that, how exactly do i install CM 7 from recovery console? I think it was downloaded to my SD card but I dont see a straight forward option in the recovery console
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everytime i flash a new rom do i have to do a clockwork recovery?
i understand i have backup everytime but do i have to do clockwork recovery?
ive done it with roms i flashed but most recently it says error to make sure i have a stable internet connection or my sd card is connected correctly
jbg1 said:
everytime i flash a new rom do i have to do a clockwork recovery?
i understand i have backup everytime but do i have to do clockwork recovery?
ive done it with roms i flashed but most recently it says error to make sure i have a stable internet connection or my sd card is connected correctly
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don't flash from the clockworkmod app... reboot the phone and hold the down volume to get into the bootloader. Then choose the flash a zip from sdcard. then find the zip and pick it... it's much easier... also you can do a nandroid backup before flashing... and you should do a factory reset/wipe before flashing usually.
oh i understand that i mean do i have to do a clockworkmod recovery every time i flash a new rom?
i cant just boot into recovery do a backup, wipe data, wipe cache, and install?
i ask because clockwork doesnt seem to be working anymore...and i tried to flash evils rom coming from iced glacier 1.1.2 and it didnt work i had to flash 1.1.2 again and then re do it because i kept getting fc
So I followed the guide to root with s=off and it seemed to work fine and I installed clockworkmod v3.0.0.5 through ROM Manager and had made 2 nandroid backups and everything seemed to be working great.
Then I tried to install CM7 RC1 through ROM Manager, thinking if anything went wrong I'd be able to restore the nandroid backups.
Something went wrong and I ended up stuck with the CM7 skateboarder animation infinitely repeating. So after pulling the battery I was able to boot into recovery. It looked like the stock recovery, but after selecting factory reset it went into Clockworkmod. From there I restored my backup, and everything seemed to work fine.
But when I reboot it just gets stuck forever at the MyTouch4G logo (the first one that comes up immediately on power up, not the second, round logo.
I've tried to restore both backups but always get stuck at the same screen.
Right now I need to get the phone working as fast as possible, hopefully to one of my backups (but if I can get it working I've also got MyBackup Pro and Titanium backups of my data and apps).
Can someone tell me what's the best way to get this working again and hopefully if it's possible to successfully restore my nandroid backup?
Thanks!!
Current:
Rom Manger (v3.0.1.0)
Recovery (v3.0.0.5)
When you go in Recovery from bootloader what color is the text green (2.x) or orange (3.x)? Keep in mind if your using 3.0.0.5 which has Recovery 2.5.1.2 then you can't flash CM7 as you need to use 2.5.1.4(Recovery) or 3.0.0.5(Recovery).
If you meet the basic requirement as you still have the rom on your SDCard. I want you to go in Recovery via bootloader. Then go in format and wipe /system, /data. Then go back in advance wipe dalvik and from main screen wipe cache, then do full factory wipe it will remount all. Once this is done select Install zip files> Choose zip files> Find and run the rom> select yes.
When you load for the first time give it some time as it will take few min but if it takes more than 5min than ya its in bootloop. If you get to the part here then it should be working but if you get stuck in mytouch 4g logo then it won't load. Now if you have green(2.x) text then what you need to do is install the Recovery 3.0.0.6.zip though Recovery as you won't be able to access Rom Manager and then try to flash CM7RC1. Let me know if you have any problem or its hard to understand. I know people always get Rom Manager and Recovery version number confused and the whole problem get started.
It says "ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5" at the top and bottom and has orange text on a black background (highlight line is white text on orange background).
This morning I managed to get it to boot by flashing PD15IMG.zip from HBOOT (took me a while to figure out I have to keep holding both down and power to get to HBOOT, just holding down and releasing power took me to ClockworkMod which wouldn't install the file).
Then I set up my account and downloaded MyBackup Pro which I used to restore visionary+ and rom manager to re-root and re-install clockworkmod then I rebooted into recovery and tried to restore my nandroid backup.
Same problem, stuck in the boot logo. So seems like these nandroid backups are useless.
Is there any way I can recover the backups? At this point I don't have much time to play with CM7 so I'd rather just get my phone back to where it was and play with CM7 a bit later when I have more time. If necessary I'll just go back to PD15IMG and manually restore using MyBackup Pro, but that backup isn't quite as fresh and it's a pain to restore the widgets, etc.
I'll try doing the wipes you suggested and see if that will bring back my backup...
Thanks!
To be clear:
ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 -- the orange text version -- CANNOT be used with Stock ROMs, or any other Froyo-based ROM. Not backup, not restore, and not install. It is only for Gingerbread-based ROMs, like CM7.
Froyo and Gingerbread versions of Android use different filesystem structures. CWMR 3.0.0.5 is for EXT4 filesystems, which the Froyo kernel cannot mount.
At boot up, the Froyo kernel tries to mount /system, and fails, because /system is in EXT4 format that it doesn't understand. So the Froyo kernel crashes, reboots .... and fails again. And again.
That explains it. Thanks.
So I installed ClockWorkMod 3.0.0.6 and used that to restore my last nandroid backup (even though it was made in 3.0.0.5) and that seems to have worked!
CM7 does look quite nice. I look forward to playing with it when I have more time.
Thanks for your help!
So, I'm a bit new around here and to rooting and flashing roms. I recently have been flashing rooms directly from rom manager. Everything was fine for weeks until I recentely tried flashing a rom by RVU. Now I'm stuck in the stock evo 4 g load screen and it keeps loading over and over. Any suggestions ? Is there away back into the boot loader ?
Turrubiates said:
So, I'm a bit new around here and to rooting and flashing roms. I recently have been flashing rooms directly from rom manager. Everything was fine for weeks until I recentely tried flashing a rom by RVU. Now I'm stuck in the stock evo 4 g load screen and it keeps loading over and over. Any suggestions ? Is there away back into the boot loader ?
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To get back to the bootloader, you'd need to pull the battery (won't hurt anything) and put it back in. Then hold the power button and volume down. That will get you to the bootloader
What do you mean you tried flashing a rom by RVU? I'm confused. RUU is rom utility update, or rom update utility, or something ike that. But if you ran an RUU it would put you back to completely stock.
If I were you, and in your situation, I'd pull the battery, boot to bootloader, and see if you can still get to your recovery. If you can, I'd try wiping everything then either restoring a nandroid backup if you have one, or a fresh install of a ROM. If you don't have recovery, post back and we'll see what needs to happen to get you back up again.
Well, the rom I flashed was created by team RVU....at least that's what it said. So, I made it as far as recovery. But by wipe you mean a wipe back to stock? I'm in as far as my clockwork mod recovery screen. Kinda lost now !!
Turrubiates said:
Well, the rom I flashed was created by team RVU....at least that's what it said. So, I made it as far as recovery. But by wipe you mean a wipe back to stock? I'm in as far as my clockwork mod recovery screen. Kinda lost now !!
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Okay I gotchya now, although I don't think I've been informed of RVU before, I'll have to check it out. Anyways, thats good that you can still get to recovery. So you have never used it before? Just did everything from ROM manager before huh? I'm not familiar with clockwork recovery, as I use Amon, I'm trying to remember the little differences. First, you don't have any nandroid backups do you? Prob not if you're not familiar with clockwork and had never created a nandroid backup before! I'm not sure if backups made with ROM manager can be restored using CWM, doubtful though. So by wipe, I mean wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe davlik cache. You will need to have a ROM on your sd card, so that you can install it from recovery. In order to wipe the dalvik cache using clockwork, i believe it is under the advanced section. Not sure though. Once you have everything wiped, and the ROM of your choice on the main directory of your sd card, choose 'flash zip from sd card' or 'install zip from sd card" or something to that nature, then find the ROM and flash it. If all goes well, you should be able to boot up after that. If you do indeed happen to have a nandroid backup, choose to restore that.
Yup, everything I've done has been through rom manager. Anywho, I peeked around inside some files. Inside my install zip from sd. I found a file labeled nandroid. Could that be the backup that your referring too ? If so, would i still have to wipe my phone ?
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Yup, everything I've done has been through rom manager. Anywho, I peeked around inside some files. Inside my install zip from sd. I found a file labeled nandroid. Could that be the backup that your referring too ? If so, would i still have to wipe my phone ?
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Nandroid folder is for amon RA backups. Clockwork backups are in the clockwork/backup folder.
Have you backed up your previous install? If so wipe all factory reset then restore a backup. Otherwise wipe all and flash a new rom.
This is why you do research and learn how to properly use your phone and any custom recovery before you reach this step. This is why manufacturers have crappy warranty policies because people ruin their phones by being stupid.
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Rem3Dy said:
Nandroid folder is for amon RA backups. Clockwork backups are in the clockwork/backup folder.
Have you backed up your previous install? If so wipe all factory reset then restore a backup. Otherwise wipe all and flash a new rom.
This is why you do research and learn how to properly use your phone and any custom recovery before you reach this step. This is why manufacturers have crappy warranty policies because people ruin their phones by being stupid.
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Thank for lending a hand. Instead of trial and error, I simply started a thread. Oh, and thanks for reminding me I'm stupid!!!
Hello. i am new to the android family
i have a nexus s GT-9020T
i have rooted my phone but without setting the clockworkmod reovery.
today i was playing with the rom manager and downloaded one of the rom from the list. after installation i was unable to start the phone only seeing the google logo with the unlock logo.
i went back into the recovery by typing flash recovery recovery.img etc.
run a restore and restart the phone but still not work
my nexus s is 2.3.4 by the way.
please assist
What "restore" did you run?
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
And download the full rom:
Model: i9020T
Full Rom: GRJ22, KD1
That'll revert your Nexus S to the latest completely stock 2.3.4
Then you can flash recovery again and go back to clockwork mod and go flash another rom or whatever.
Remember when you're flashing a new rom you need to wipe data and cache and dalvik cache.
i run an restore from the backup that i made before installing the new rom using clockwork mod recovery, its part of the option when installing the rom using the rom manager * click box - backup * etc something like that
sheunghko said:
i run an restore from the backup that i made before installing the new rom using clockwork mod recovery, its part of the option when installing the rom using the rom manager * click box - backup * etc something like that
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Next time don't use Rom Manager to make backups or flash roms. It's stupid and can get you issues like you're having.
Anyways, try wiping data and cache then restoring the backup, do it in Clockwork Recovery.
Let it boot, first boot always takes a while, 5-10 minutes. If you see the boot animation freeze, stop and restart, then yeah it's screwed up, otherwise, just let it is.
If still not working from your backup, do what I said in previous reply, just restore to stock 2.3.4 then re flash clockwork mod and start over with the rom you want to flash.
thank your nxt. i have found the real problem. it was not my backup problem or the rom that u provided. it was the version of my clockwork mod recovery. i was using an 2.x.x.x to restore the phone which is why it doesn't work. everything work fine now after i flashed with an 3.x.x.x and restore the phone. one question thou, where can i always find the newest clockwork mod recovery release ? thank you very much
sheunghko said:
thank your nxt. i have found the real problem. it was not my backup problem or the rom that u provided. it was the version of my clockwork mod recovery. i was using an 2.x.x.x to restore the phone which is why it doesn't work. everything work fine now after i flashed with an 3.x.x.x and restore the phone. one question thou, where can i always find the newest clockwork mod recovery release ? thank you very much
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http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/recoveries/
Or just use ROM Manager to get the latest.
That's the only thing I use ROM Manager for... getting the latest Recovery.
thanks again nxt. if you don't mind really ...i have one more question. i know the phone intend to uninstall clockwork mod recovery once its restarted. i know there is command type into the cmd to avoid the phone uninstall the clockworkmod reovery and make it permanent in another word. I didn't run those command when i root my phone because i don't know if its good to make it permanent like.... hmmm like if there will be a 2.3.5 coming next month..just saying ok... with a permanent unofficial recovery will cause a problem?
sheunghko said:
thanks again nxt. if you don't mind really ...i have one more question. i know the phone intend to uninstall clockwork mod recovery once its restarted. i know there is command type into the cmd to avoid the phone uninstall the clockworkmod reovery and make it permanent in another word. I didn't run those command when i root my phone because i don't know if its good to make it permanent like.... hmmm like if there will be a 2.3.5 coming next month..just saying ok... with a permanent unofficial recovery will cause a problem?
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Are you running custom ROM? If you are, it's already made to not revert back to stock recovery. If you leave it stock recovery you'll get notifications for firmware updates by Google, but remember that applying those to a rooted phone might screw things up too.
the blue one is stock recovery right?
sheunghko said:
the blue one is stock recovery right?
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Don't remember. It should only have like 3-4 options.
thanks again nxt. no i am not running an custom rom. i mean not yet. i planed to try one from the rom manager download section then my phone couldn't start after installation and now i have restored my phone from my backup using the clockwork mod recovery 3.x.x.x.
I recently flashed the ICS bugfilled build and I made a nandroid of CM7 beforehand. After a while I decided to try and nandroid back but cannot get to recovery. When I try it Hangs on the cyanogenmod screen and when I try to reboot it does the same thing. If I hold the keys for recovery I get to a dual boot menu and either option I choose does not work.
I have also tried the bootable clockworkmod sd to no avail either, it simply wont turn on when I do that.
Any Ideas on how to get back into recovery and nandroid back?
Edit: I got CWM installed but having trouble getting data to wipe?
I did this today and I just went straight to restore and didn't wipe anything and it worked fine.
Edit: I got CWM installed but having trouble getting data to wipe?
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What version? It should be 3.2.0.1 to properly wipe everything. I would start over with a bootable card to wipe everything and bring it back to stock.
CWR: http://www.multiupload.com/N5C1846GH3
Stock ROM: http://www.multiupload.com/3Y5MWE773D
Did you remember to set recovery boot partition to emmc, it defaults to external sdcard.
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