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On my AT&T Tilt, once you had installed HARDSPL, you could simply run RUU's which were packaged simply as EXE files on your PC and boom ... new ROM.
For those of us who have rooted and run unrEVOked(2) to get us the custom recovery, can someone please explain generally how a new ROM would get flashed.
<edit> tcberg2010 posted a wonderful analysis in a thread with a heading which will guarantee no one reads it... this is what tcberg2010 said:
Download one of the roms from here. http://inc.sodpit.com/. They are mostly stable might get a few random reboots.
Steps:
1. Download Rom of your choice, unrevolved and JagerRomSense are the 2 newest right now.
2. Copy and Paste onto sdcard. Make sure it is not in any directory's of SD card, just on the sdcard.
3. Verify it's there using Astro or some other File Manager.
4. Run Titanium Backup if you haven't already. (If you don't have it, get it, it's must have for root users.
a. Select Menu, Batch, Backup user apps.
b. let it run, this will take some time.
5. When that's done use Rom Manager to reboot into recovery.
6. Do "Wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"
7. Select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, then select whatever rom you downloaded.
8. When that's done reboot your phone, once your done setting up, download titanium backup, set that up.
9. Select Menu, Batch, Restore User apps.
After that's done you'll have all your apps that you had before, data included, with a fresh new rom to try out. Hope this helps!!
Wipe, Put rom on the root on your sdcard, then re-name the rom update.zip or leave it, go into recovery, flash update.zip, reboot. Very simple.
All you need to do to flash a custom ROM is:
1. You CAN use ROM Manager to flash one by going to Install ROM through SD Card.
2. You can place the .zip file onto your SD Card (it can be named anything) and then go to Install .Zip from SD Card in the Custom Recovery and select Choose File. This will allow you to browse through the files and select the one you want.
Hope this helps.
its easy... Wipe data....then put on SD card search for it with rom manager or with the custom recovery .. and installl its easier than u think i did for the first time ever yesterday no problem
So far I have used update.zip files from the sd card... you can either flash this from Rom Manager or use Clockwork Recovery to flash update from sd card.
In clockwork you select install from sd card- then navigate to where the update is saved on the card and select the .zip you want to install.
In Rom Manager just select the option "Install ROM from SD card" - all you do is direct the app to the .zip you want to install and it takes off from there.
Just remember to backup first.
eezy peezy...
New ROMs stick- updating recovery does not...
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
j1000 said:
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
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h t t p ://w w w.appbrain.com/app/com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
SMS Backup and Restore
Works great and fast
sms backup in the market
???
I thought it was a super bad idea to try to restore data, am I in error?
I thought one would either use MYBACKUPPRO or TITANIUMBACKUP to take only APPS + App Data; but NOT to backup data itself to be restored on a different rom.
All SMS Backup restores is your txt messages, used it on my wives phone and had no adverse affects. I see everyone say flash update.zip, you may already know this, but the recovery that we use does not require us to change to name to update.zip, you can flash any zip, just know what the name is and flash it.
Hi Guys
I root my wildfire i think so I get a notyfcation from unrevoked 3.21 "Done".Than I try to install WildPuzzleROM but when a follow to the instruction for ex. i try to Go to "partitions menu", choose "mount USB storage" but when i chose "partitions menu" the screen change to black and nothing hapend.When i putt POWER button once more it go back to ClockworksROM menu and the same hapend whith oders commend in ClockworksROM menu.
I'm new in this stuff so i will be grateful if someone can what exacly i must do to install a new rom
Press trackball button, not power button
trackpad to scroll through menus, press trackpad to enter menu, power button goes back.
ok i make a backup but i have a message:
Backing up cache
No sd-ext found skipping backup of sd-ext
Genereting md5 sum...
Backup complete!
I think it didn't make a backup am I right??
tomasek77 said:
ok i make a backup but i have a message:
Backing up cache
No sd-ext found skipping backup of sd-ext
Genereting md5 sum...
Backup complete!
I think it didn't make a backup am I right??
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Ok i look on sd card and in the clockwork catalog i have backup of 6 file boot,cache,data,nandroid,recovery,system .But the message "No sd-ext found skipping backup of sd-ext" after Backup it still bothers me.
tomasek77 said:
Ok i look on sd card and in the clockwork catalog i have backup of 6 file boot,cache,data,nandroid,recovery,system .But the message "No sd-ext found skipping backup of sd-ext" after Backup it still bothers me.
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it doesn't matter, but you need an ext partition if you want to have app2sd.
So what should I do now ?
3.Go to "partitions menu", choose "mount USB storage" when i go there i have only unmount and go back
4.Upload rom and patches to sd-card, for example in a dir named "-install-"
5.When files are uploaded, unmount phone on your computer, click power to go back on phone
a make next step from instruction??
If you have backed up, you are ready to got for ROM Installation.
I prefer to copy the backup files on my pc to have them at 2 places.
The warning about ext partition is ok. There is no such partition on stock phones/sdcards. But ext partition is necessary if you planning to use App2sd.
But at your current point, you can ignore that warning.
Next step for you is to install the rom files+patches you copied to your sdcard.
tomasek77 said:
So what should I do now ?
3.Go to "partitions menu", choose "mount USB storage" when i go there i have only unmount and go back
4.Upload rom and patches to sd-card, for example in a dir named "-install-"
5.When files are uploaded, unmount phone on your computer, click power to go back on phone
a make next step from instruction??
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all you have to do is, dl the rom and patches to your pc, mount your phone via usb normally and put them on your sd card. then reboot your phone into clockworkmod recovery, and do a full wipe, then go to install zip from sd card, and then flash the rom.
kevin2516 said:
all you have to do is, dl the rom and patches to your pc, mount your phone via usb normally and put them on your sd card. then reboot your phone into clockworkmod recovery, and do a full wipe, then go to install zip from sd card, and then flash the rom.
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@kevin2516
the most easy way ive come across to load a rom! thanks, and appreciate ur contribution to noobs like us. could u shed some light on what is clockwork mod recovery (is it the manual mode to put it in recovery with "volumne down & power button"?) and how to change the clockwork mod recovery on a htc wildfire?
WBR
ReyTech.
hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help
erick3000 said:
hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help
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You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.
TheATHEiST said:
You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.
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wow so there is no way ha....
Thanks for your help buddy
edit - oops, my bad, corrected
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
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip
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.
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.
samsamuel said:
yes there is a way, go to the thread
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.
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You Made my Day buddy!!!
.*takes a bow*.
i did everything but on cwm when i try to install the flash image zip it says installing update.... installation aborted....
help
perhaps recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip should work?
yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&
samsamuel said:
yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&
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it worked!
aaaaaand relax.
Please, confirm if I get this right - the only way to make Rom manager work with HD2 is to use CLK bootloader, is that right. I had similar troubles to these decribed in the above posts and solved them in similar manner. I dont want to go all the way and install CLK and rom, restore back-ups and see it is too not working with Rom manager.
I want to re-partition my NAND, and don't have windows around. So I downloaded cwm-sd.zip and cwm.zip. I extracted cwm-sd.zip to the root of my sd card , copied cwm.zip with appropriate flash.cfg inserted. I will reboot, go to Mahler, ad sd. (As described)
But I will get sd kernel open failed.
I try with the latest stable clockworkmod. 5.0.26
Any ideas what the problem might be.
I want to repart nand only, so any other ideas not including windows pc are welcome, I have pc with Ubuntu on it.
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1st-sorry, don't know why its not entering cwm
But
2n- it doesn't work like that. you can't repartition magldr from SD. If it did boot "ad SD" it would run cwm, nothing more. The SD cwm is so you can backup/flash roms without having nand cwm, but it relies on the nand already being partitioned.
If you want to partition from SD use clk instead of magldr.
I have a working CWM installed. I just want to re-part, really.
According to this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987531
it seems this should be possible. I dont want to re-install CWM though, I just want to re-part. I can cope with terminal and adb , I think, and these options are (I think) available under linux, but I dont know how to do it
Well, I disagree, but hey, you have the info. I'll be interested in reading your how-to if you manage it.
(Also, from your other threads you seem not to have noticed that partitioning also installs cwm at the same time)
deckoff said:
I have a working CWM installed. I just want to re-part, really.
According to this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987531
it seems this should be possible. I dont want to re-install CWM though, I just want to re-part. I can cope with terminal and adb , I think, and these options are (I think) available under linux, but I dont know how to do it
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Even with this link i failed at setting up ADB on my Ubuntu machine but you may have better luck than i.
I am almost 100% sure I managed to do this way back in time. What I don't know is if I can use adb to partition NAND , and if so, how. Not to mention that the phone is not the typical android phone.
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samsamuel said:
Well, I disagree, but hey, you have the info. I'll be interested in reading your how-to if you manage it.
(Also, from your other threads you seem not to have noticed that partitioning also installs cwm at the same time)
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I have noticed it, I assume it will install over the existing one...
I dont have any info, I just cite a source. The process apparently fails for me, so I am stuck. I am probably misunderstanding it.
You CAN install cwm over the current one, by booting into cwm and then using flash zip from sd card, and selecting the new cwm.zip from your sd (just like flashing a rom), BUT this doesn't partition anything, it is just loading the contents of the zip into the recovery partition that already exists.
trust me, if you want to partition the phone without a pc, you need to be using cLK.
From the link above:
For MAGLDR up to 1.13, booting from SDCard (SD-files version):
Download the file attached
Extract the files to the root directory of your sdcard
Start recovery within MAGLDR with menu point "AD SD"
Recovery should start
You're done
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What exactly is this used method used for? It is described in the Install CWM methods(if I am not wrong)
Flash.cfg files in clockworkmod.zip are used to re-part data and user partitions. What happens if I re-flash CWM.zip with custom flash.cfg file inside via method at the top of the post. Or just flashing CWM.zip with flash.cfg via the installed CWM. What and when reads the flash.cfg files and act accordingly?
It is not a question of trust, I would love to know the basic workflow of the process
The cwm that comes with a flash,cfg is for flashing to nand via usb - magldr - usb flasher, or the cLK equivalent.
the cwm-sd version, and the process outlined in your quote, is used to boot into a valid working copy of cwm from sd card instead of the nand recovery partition.
For example if your nand version of cwm gets corrupted, .. for example trying to use rom manager under magldr, corrupts the nand copy of cwm, so you can load to the sd version of cwm, and use that to do a backup of your rom and/or reinstall cwm into the nand partition. It does NOT let you repartition the nand in the process. The partitioning happens via teh daf.exe and flash.cfg, , its daf.exe that does it. cwm just works with teh contents of teh partitions, not teh actual partitions.
If you were really tight on space, you could omit the nand recovery partition altogether and only ever run cwm from sd, gaining a whole FIVE MEG to put towards the data partition!
Hi,
I without much thinking and reading, searched the keyword "backup" on the play store, installed the first application I found (nandroid) and made a backup of my OS and wiped everything afterwards because I had to get my display replaced after the digitizer started not responding.
But after I got my phone back I realized that I can only flash CWM 3x on HD2 while the backup that nandroid created was for cwm5.
So, I have a backup made for cwm5. Any suggestions on how can I restore this on a hd2?
thanks in advance
Did you try to simply restore the backup?
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rivercat said:
Hi,
I without much thinking and reading, searched the keyword "backup" on the play store, installed the first application I found (nandroid) and made a backup of my OS and wiped everything afterwards because I had to get my display replaced after the digitizer started not responding.
But after I got my phone back I realized that I can only flash CWM 3x on HD2 while the backup that nandroid created was for cwm5.
So, I have a backup made for cwm5. Any suggestions on how can I restore this on a hd2?
thanks in advance
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If you can flash v3 you can flash v5 the same way.
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Marvlesz said:
Did you try to simply restore the backup?
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ny_limited said:
If you can flash v3 you can flash v5 the same way.
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Well, that's what I thought, but I can't. It won't let me. CWM3 keeps giving the file not found error, and I thought the fact that it's cwm3 is must be the reason why. I'm confused now.
rivercat said:
Well, that's what I thought, but I can't. It won't let me. CWM3 keeps giving the file not found error, and I thought the fact that it's cwm3 is must be the reason why. I'm confused now.
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Be more specific. What exactly are you doing and what is the error?
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Be more specific. What exactly are you doing and what is the error?
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I get into the ad recovery section in magldr, cwm opens, I then choose the backup restore section, it checks my sd card and finds the backup I made, no problem up to this point, I choose the backup I want to restore, the process starts, and then I get the file not found errors, but everything's there in the sd card, I checked.
The errors are like this:
system.img not found. Skipping restore of /system.
data.img not found. Skipping restore of /data.
etc. etc.
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eventually it skips everything and restores nothing.
rivercat said:
I get into the ad recovery section in magldr, cwm opens, I then choose the backup restore section, it checks my sd card and finds the backup I made, no problem up to this point, I choose the backup I want to restore, the process starts, and then I get the file not found errors, but everything's there in the sd card, I checked.
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OK, no problem. You misunderstood what I said.
Go to AD Recovery and CWM v3 will open, correct?
Do NOT select /BACKUPRESTORE!
Select INSTALL FROM SD CARD
Of course, you need to have a copy of CWM Recovery v5 on your SD Card - if you do not have it or you have an older v5 download this file and place it on your sd card before you start.
After you install that file reboot and you will have CWM Recovery v5.
Does it make more sense now?
ny_limited said:
OK, no problem. You misunderstood what I said.
Go to AD Recovery and CWM v3 will open, correct?
Do NOT select /BACKUPRESTORE!
Select INSTALL FROM SD CARD
Of course, you need to have a copy of CWM Recovery v5 on your SD Card - if you do not have it or you have an older v5 download this file and place it on your sd card before you start.
After you install that file reboot and you will have CWM Recovery v5.
Does it make more sense now?
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Yes it does. I will try see if it works tonight. Thanks for your help!
ny_limited said:
OK, no problem. You misunderstood what I said.
Go to AD Recovery and CWM v3 will open, correct?
Do NOT select /BACKUPRESTORE!
Select INSTALL FROM SD CARD
Of course, you need to have a copy of CWM Recovery v5 on your SD Card - if you do not have it or you have an older v5 download this file and place it on your sd card before you start.
After you install that file reboot and you will have CWM Recovery v5.
Does it make more sense now?
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this is what happens after I choose install zip from sd card option:
Code:
-- Installing: recovery_5.5.0.4-20120909_leo_CWR.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Clockworkmod Recovery for HD2
Presented by arif-ali , seadersn at xda-developers
Writing recovery partition...
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/recovery.img", "recovery")
E:Error in /sdcard/recovery_5.5.0.4-20120909_leo_CWR.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
after I rebooted my phone I found out that cwm was corrupted and gave an error when starting, so I had to install it again.
What do I do now?
rivercat said:
this is what happens after I choose install zip from sd card option:
Code:
-- Installing: recovery_5.5.0.4-20120909_leo_CWR.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Clockworkmod Recovery for HD2
Presented by arif-ali , seadersn at xda-developers
Writing recovery partition...
assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/recovery.img", "recovery")
E:Error in /sdcard/recovery_5.5.0.4-20120909_leo_CWR.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
after I rebooted my phone I found out that cwm was corrupted and gave an error when starting, so I had to install it again.
What do I do now?
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Well now have less possible issues. This is good.
The error shows you had a problem extracting the image from the zip. That suggests a bad zip or a bad sd card. Have you tried to download another copy of the zip file?
How big is your recovery partition? To flash that recovery you should have 5 MB, 8 if you might want to try other recovery apps later.
How was your device partitioned? Did you use DAF.EXE? If yes, take a look at the flash.cfg file, the line for recovery. If it has "filesize" (or something like it) instead of a number that partition was created to match last image flashed. The word filesize should read 8 MB or at least 5 mb.
If using the hd2 toolkit there should also be a flash.cfg file someplace.
Check that zip file first, however. I can give you a known good recovery and DAF.EXE but you will have to set the correct partition sizes for what you need.
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