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[Q] Flashing Clockworkmod on MAGLDR 1.13

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.

ClydeB1 said:
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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+1
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.

ascrackoo1 said:
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.

ClydeB1 said:
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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ascrackoo1 said:
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 "

[Q] Backup HD2 Nandroid?

What is the best way to back up Nandriod on an HTC HD2? I have an aversion to trying most of the methods because they seem to all be specifically tailored to Native Android phones.

I take it that you have MAGLDR and Clockwork installed... why not just backup using the AD Recovery option in MAGLDR 1.13 and then choosing 'Backup and Restore'. Then just follow your nose.

So to clarify;
ClockworkRecoveryMod isn't its own ROM?
Nor will it override my current rom if I installed the rom before CRM?

You need to wipe your current rom to install clockwork. Flash clockwork from Magldr "usb flasher" then access clockwork with "boot ad recovery" option on magldr. Once in clockwork, install roms in zip format from SD card. You can also do full backup/restore and partition SD for sd-ext using clockwork.
Sent from my HTC HD2

polo735 said:
You need to wipe your current rom to install clockwork. Flash clockwork from Magldr "usb flasher" then access clockwork with "boot ad recovery" option on magldr. Once in clockwork, install roms in zip format from SD card. You can also do full backup/restore and partition SD for sd-ext using clockwork.
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So How do/can I save my ROM before installing clockwork?

omAcronAlpha said:
So How do/can I save my ROM before installing clockwork?
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I am also interested to know how to do it

Ironically the program in Clockwork is actually called 'Nandroid Backup' lol. It's not got to doo with HD2 and NAND Android though.
Basically you can't flash CWM and keep your current DFT ROM. It'll erase it as when you have clockwork you don't install ROM's by DFT flasher, you do it by .zip files on the phone.
Basically if you want to backup your settings and apps use a program like 'Titanium Backup' or 'MyBackup Pro'. Mybackup is my personal favourite, but it's up to you. It saves to your SD card so you can keep the file stored on your PC incase you need to back up.

Right Scellyyy and I also suggest to backup the SD card on the PC because for some ROM's you need to format or partition the SD card.
So if the Originial ROM is backuped you are now able to restore all the data.
1. Backup with Titanium or so
2. Copy whole SD card to PC
3. Be sure to have the actual installed ROM
4. Install Mag, Cwm and the NAND ROM of your choice with the certain tutorial for that
5. If you don't like it: Just flash the old ROM
6. Copy SD data back
7. Restore backup and your done
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nobnut said:
I take it that you have MAGLDR and Clockwork installed... why not just backup using the AD Recovery option in MAGLDR 1.13 and then choosing 'Backup and Restore'. Then just follow your nose.
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When i choose "AD Recovery" i get the message:"No boot source"

you have to flash clockworkmod recovery aka cwm. it's basically a separated partition for nandroid.
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omAcronAlpha said:
So How do/can I save my ROM before installing clockwork?
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try "mybackuppro" which is available in the market.u can backup ur data,but u cant backup ur current rom.u hav to use cwm dor that !
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[Q] how to install TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 nand

can anyone help me installing this, i have installed other rom before but i don't understand how to do whit this one.
i got MAGLDR on my phone and then i gonna download this verison http://www.multiupload.com/11VO5R7EM4
Right?
and load in to usb loader in MAGLDR and then what, how do i use the files in the zip i have download? use costumruu ? or how

You have to flash clockworkmod (short CWM).
With cwm you can flash zips to your nand and also make backups:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987531
Code:
For MAGLDR 1.13, booting from NAND:
Download the file attached and named "magldr_recovery_3.0.2.5.zip"
Download a partition layout incl. recovery from [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898913"]this thread[/URL] which fits your ROM you want to use best and unzip it into "C:\recovery" for example
Copy over "magldr_recovery.img" from inside the zip archive into this folder "C:\recovery", delete existing "recovery-raw.img" and rename "magldr_recovery_3.0.2.5.img" to "recovery-raw.img"
Flash the recovery and partition layout using "DAF.exe" as usual and described in the thread of raiderx or the ROM provider
Boot Recovery with menu point "8. AD Recovery"
You're done
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fischerben said:
can anyone help me installing this, i have installed other rom before but i don't understand how to do whit this one.
i got MAGLDR on my phone and then i gonna download this verison http://www.multiupload.com/11VO5R7EM4
Right?
and load in to usb loader in MAGLDR and then what, how do i use the files in the zip i have download? use costumruu ? or how
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I take it u want to install TyphooN_CM7_v3.1.3 rom?...Then simply visit the ROM's thread for clear instructions on how to successfully flash it...Its quite straight-forward.
Clean Install MAGLDR:
1. Task 29 (Just for measure)
2. Flash Radio(2.15 Recommended if u haven't alrd done so)
3. MAGLDR 1.13
4. MAGLDR 130MB System/4MB Cache (ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.4)
5. Install TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 .zip with CWM (boot in2 MAGLDR, select AD Recovery > Select Zip to install from SD card, Flash.)

i succeed install the rom. but now i am stuck on the Typhoon loading screen

fischerben said:
i succeed install the rom. but now i am stuck on the Typhoon loading screen
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has it something to do with my kernel?

fischerben said:
has it something to do with my kernel?
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You might have done something wrong along the way...Wat steps did take to flash the ROM? ...d kernel included in the ROM usually doesn't give problems as its been tested before release...did u flash another?

Yes i flashed hyperdroid and it worked, so i don't understand why it's getting stuck on boot with typhoon

Try the steps mentioned above by " voncrane " , make sure u do a task29 before everything and when u enter the recovery wipe full data / it should work if u follow the steps .

help
i cant find where the link to download typoon mod 7

[Q] Can i repair cwm recovery?

Hello,
Ive magldr cwm recovery installed, and a magldr NAND rom.
Yesterday i tried to play with rom manager.
I didnt know it only work with clk, and i made the mistake to update recovery throug rom manager.
So it broke my MAGLDR cwm recovery :-(
My question is : can i repair my MAGLDR cwm recovery without wiping my rom?(because i didnt recently do a nandroid backup)
Thx for your help.

Unfortunately, no you can't.
The only way to fix your cwm is to re install cwm. And that will wipe off your rom, data and everything else.
Edit:
wow, i never knew about that !

denseye said:
Hello,
Ive magldr cwm recovery installed, and a magldr NAND rom.
Yesterday i tried to play with rom manager.
I didnt know it only work with clk, and i made the mistake to update recovery throug rom manager.
So it broke my MAGLDR cwm recovery :-(
My question is : can i repair my MAGLDR cwm recovery without wiping my rom?(because i didnt recently do a nandroid backup)
Thx for your help.
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I think you can do it.
If your phone still don't boot, reflash your Rom without wipe maybe can help
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get a version of cwm that loads from sd card,
put it on your sd
from magldr choose 'ad sd'
flash a new cwm.zip using 'instal zip from sd' option.

samsamuel said:
get a version of cwm that loads from sd card,
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where can I find one ???
samsamuel said:
put it on your sd
from magldr choose 'ad sd'
flash a new cwm.zip using 'instal zip from sd' option.
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won't it wipe my rom data ???

We are just writing an image to the already created recovery partition,, not using daf to write a partition layout. It's just like flashing a rom, but only the recovery partition is affected.
In the android nand section, titled something like "clockworkrecovery, nand,SD, ver 5.0.2 yes/no stable" or something, (currently top post
Get both
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip (3.93 MB, 1153 views)
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip (4.25 MB, 3415 views)
Extract and copy the SD card ver onto SD card (copy the two files to SD, done)
And then copy the whole cwr.zip to SD card too.
Then, into magldr, "ad SD" will boot into the cwm files you placed on SD, and choose instal zip from SD,,, choose zip,, and select the cwm.zip you also placed on SD.
This will write the cwm image into the recovery partition without reflashing the cwm partition layout, so nothing lost.

it worked
thank you for your help and your very precise explanations

welcome. Its worth leaving those two files on the SD in case recovery fails for whatever reason, since you can backup and restore just like in nand cwm recovery.

samsamuel said:
welcome. Its worth leaving those two files on the SD in case recovery fails for whatever reason, since you can backup and restore just like in nand cwm recovery.
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yes indeed
I will keep those to files on my sdcard

Many thanks to samsamuel !
i could not get into the CWM menu, but with your help i was able to flash to a new custom rom.

In attempting this, I get the following error:
Writing recovery partition...
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/recovery.img", "recovery")
E:Error in /sdcard/recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any help?

Perhaps the recovery partition is too small? Perhaps you don't have a recovery partition? Check the flash.cfg you last used for partition sizes you used.
Alternatively, use the SD cwm to make a backup and do a fresh flash.

samsamuel said:
Perhaps the recovery partition is too small? Perhaps you don't have a recovery partition? Check the flash.cfg you last used for partition sizes you used.
Alternatively, use the SD cwm to make a backup and do a fresh flash.
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I have the same error as the person above you. Do you recommend using the SD cwm to flash Recovery_150M_system_44M_cache[v3.0.2.4].zip? I cannot recall what flash.cfg I used.
I think I may have no recovery partition if I recall correctly. I digged through my old files I think this was the flash.cfg I usd:
misc ya 1M
recovery rrecov|ro|nospr filesize recovery-raw.img
boot yboot|ro 5M
system ya 150M
cache ya 44M
userdata ya|asize|hr allsize
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I had the same error. I made a copy of the recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip and copied my original CWMRecovery's recovery-raw.img on top of the new zip's recovery_leo.img file. That got me past the error and AD recovery works now.

Thanks for that just fixing mine as well now

does not work for me, boot AD SD = ssSD Kernel open failed, no idea.
But manage to reinstall the recovery without wipe with Windows version software - HD2 Toolkit, connect USB cable to PC, while phone staying in Andriod, run Toolkit > MAGLDR update recovery > click "update" and done.

gl7 said:
does not work for me, boot AD SD = ssSD Kernel open failed, no idea.
But manage to reinstall the recovery without wipe with Windows version software - HD2 Toolkit, connect USB cable to PC, while phone staying in Andriod, run Toolkit > MAGLDR update recovery > click "update" and done.
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Same problem here??? Why?

I have the same problem. Add sd dir does not work. I only get back in the menu.
Using the toolkit and update the recovery shows this fault.
Look attachment.
I want to flash the new ics nexus rom without loosing data. Normal i would flash in ad recovery and make a update. Poorly i tried this Tom manager and now my recovery is broken.
Anyone can help? Sry for my german-english.

Wow, I didn't know that

Your radio links are blank
samsamuel said:
get a version of cwm that loads from sd card,
put it on your sd
from magldr choose 'ad sd'
flash a new cwm.zip using 'instal zip from sd' option.
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Kindly check on the status of your radio links as the seem to lead to a dead end.

How i can flash update for MAGLDR

Hello
I flash this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417472
and developer made an update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22349383&postcount=1123
I cant find how i can flash this update.
Can some one help me?

i need to rename this file to update.zip and copy it on SD card, after that in CWM chose "update"?
its correct?

you can flash it like you flashed your rom...

mickotomic said:
you can flash it like you flashed your rom...
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i think if i do this, i rewrite my rom and i can not boot after this.
are u sure, if this correct operation?

1 - do a cwr full backup (cwr - backup and restore - backup)
2 - flash the new rom as mentioned above, 9 times in 10 it will work fine, no data loss.
if it doesn't boot after the update
3 - in cwr do a 'wipe data factory reset'
4 - flash new rom - let it boot all the way to the android welcome screen, then reboot into cwr
5 - in cwr - backup and restore - advanced restore - restore the sd-ext and data partitions.

samsamuel said:
1 - do a cwr full backup (cwr - backup and restore - backup)
2 - flash the new rom as mentioned above, 9 times in 10 it will work fine, no data loss.
if it doesn't boot after the update
3 - in cwr do a 'wipe data factory reset'
4 - flash new rom - let it boot all the way to the android welcome screen, then reboot into cwr
5 - in cwr - backup and restore - advanced restore - restore the sd-ext and data partitions.
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its not a new rom. Its camera and browser update. Just 3mb.

drs.dp.ua said:
its not a new rom. Its camera and browser update. Just 3mb.
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Then follow the same steps but instead of wiping everything just flash the update file . Like in CWR choose install zip from sd card . then choose the zip which you just downloaded and flash it .
its actually really simple .
1. Boot into recovery
2. Choose "Install zip from sd card"
3. then "Choose zip from sdcard"
4. Choose the zip file which you just downloaded . the one that has the camera and browser update in it .

oh right, i see now, that option 'flash update.zip from sd' in cwm, , you don't need that one, a normal install zip from sd will do fine, without wiping anything.

samsamuel said:
oh right, i see now, that option 'flash update.zip from sd' in cwm, , you don't need that one, a normal install zip from sd will do fine, without wiping anything.
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Yes correct . All you have to do is select the zip you wish to install .
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Thank you all!
Everything turned out as you wrote.

drs.dp.ua said:
i think if i do this, i rewrite my rom and i can not boot after this.
are u sure, if this correct operation?
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Yes it will overwrite your original wmobile rom as booting winsows mobile 6.5 from magldr is not supported yet. You can boot only to windows phone 7 or android. It will not brick your phone it is just bootloader on the top of original bootloader for hd2.
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I am also wish to perform an update like the thread starter but I have read from the developer's thread mentioning that I need to reflash the file flash.cfg with a new partition before applying a new update. Would it clean my previous setting of the ROM if I flash a new flash.cfg? Or I still have to go through flashing the entire ROM again? I had previously flash 2 updates on my ROM and noticed a drop in performance speed. I had to do a task29 then reflash back the ROM to get the initial performance speed. Would appreciate anyone's help.

when you flash flash.cfg, you are re riting all teh partitions, so they will all be empty, so you need to do a full backup, flash the new rom, let it boot all teh way first boot, turn off, into cwm, backups and restore - advanced restore - restore sd-ext and then restore data.