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Having a big problem with rom manager and bootstrapper

I have both of these on Apex 1.0.2. My problem is I can not get ROM Manager to boot into Recovery by its self when doing backup and restore and such. Also the reboot into recovery button under ROM Manager doesn't do it either. I've tried doing it with and without hitting the bootstrap recovery button first. Sometimes it boots with the green droid and the progress bar that starts and then a warning triangle comes up and the phone reboots as normal.
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Optimus_droid125 said:
I have both of these on Apex 1.0.2. My problem is I can not get ROM Manager to boot into Recovery by its self when doing backup and restore and such. Also the reboot into recovery button under ROM Manager doesn't do it either. I've tried doing it with and without hitting the bootstrap recovery button first. Sometimes it boots with the green droid and the progress bar that starts and then a warning triangle comes up and the phone reboots as normal.
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Which ROM manager? FRM? other ROM managers aren't made to work with the D2 and similar devices because the devices have to be bootstrapped. If you want to get into recovery it's best to stick with koush's bootstrap only as the others will mess up the way it's setup and reboot into recovery that way. It hasn't done me wrong yet and I've had my phone since September and I've flashed a little bit of everything and I've never used a ROM manger (D2 is my first android phone so no need) they may be fine for downloading but installing is always best done with koush's bootstrap.

ROM Manager from the market does not work with the Droid 2. You need to use Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.

I have koush's bootstrapper and koush's rom manager. Not even bootstrapper works to boot recovery. When click on boot recovery nothing happens
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Spitemare said:
ROM Manager from the market does not work with the Droid 2. You need to use Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
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It worked fine on my droid 2 fine until I flashed the apex rom onto it
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Optimus_droid125 said:
I have koush's bootstrapper and koush's rom manager. Not even bootstrapper works to boot recovery. When click on boot recovery nothing happens
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have you pressed bootstrap recovery and received the "success" toast (notification)?

Yeah,everytime I press it it says it.
And when im on rom manager and I press reboot into recovery it will boot show me a progress bar with the little android guy on it, it will go like a quarter of the way. Show me a triangle with an exclamation point inside the boot again normally
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Optimus_droid125 said:
Yeah,everytime I press it it says it.
And when im on rom manager and I press reboot into recovery it will boot show me a progress bar with the little android guy on it, it will go like a quarter of the way. Show me a triangle with an exclamation point inside the boot again normally
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Like I posted before I've never used a ROM manager other than Fission ROM manager so I would try and uninstall the ROM manager and re-bootstrap because I think having two recoveries on there will mess each other up especially because the ROM manager has not been made for the D2 which has a locked bootloader. You might even have to sbf to get rid of the install of the ROM manger recovery I'm not sure. Take it in steps though don't try to do it all at once.

Thanks ill try it
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Optimus_droid125 said:
Thanks ill try it
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No problem hope it works out for you.

Thank you works perfectly. Got the apex gingerbread theme.
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Optimus_droid125 said:
Thank you works perfectly. Got the apex gingerbread theme.
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Great! Bootstrap is all you need for install at least.

ClockworkMod Recovery Problem in GB leak.

I am assuming this may be something simple to most but I can't figure it out.
In the rooted version of GB I just flat out can't get into CWR.
I have tried all different button combos at startup as well as the Reboot into recovery option in Rom Manager and just can't get there.
Suggestions?

Use the droid 2 bootstrap,i was having problems with the rom manager one too, the droid 2 bootstrap works fine
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D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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irishyamaha said:
D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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Gotta mirror? Site link is down.

Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I wholeheartedly agree he is a great dev! And for that I have already donated a considerable amount of cash to his beer fund.

Poppareilly said:
Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I'm sorry...I just had to comment because this made me laugh. I'm assuming you meant 'pay' but just the mere thought of having to party for an app made me chuckle. I'll party for apps all day lol.

See my signature for free apps.

Problem solved. Thanks everyone

I found out that if you turn off debugging on the phone the DX Bootstrap will work fine.

Phone Hangs on Motorola Logo
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris

maly01801 said:
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris
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When you get into stock recovery, perform a factory reset/wipe multiple times. It works the same as Clockwork on this aspect.

I have the same problem. Ron manager never got me into cwm. I can use bootstrap to get into cwm but it will only allow me to use the volume buttons. When I use the power button it will appear to work but all that happens is the screen flashes. I have Uninstalled Rom manager but I think I have to delete the cwm file for it to actually function. Anyone have some ideas.

[Q] cannot boot into recovery DROID X

Hi,
I am new at this but from reading how to install custom roms, it seems easy enough. I downloaded fission rom manager and bootstrap from the market for $2 and went along with installing fisson through the rom manager. When it reboots, it goes from the Motorola M to the Circling droid red eye. It doesn't install fission at all. I also tried to do it manually with no success as well.
am i doing something wrong? do i need to do a full factory reset before doing this?
thanks

aznvietboy725 said:
Hi,
I am new at this but from reading how to install custom roms, it seems easy enough. I downloaded fission rom manager and bootstrap from the market for $2 and went along with installing fisson through the rom manager. When it reboots, it goes from the Motorola M to the Circling droid red eye. It doesn't install fission at all. I also tried to do it manually with no success as well.
am i doing something wrong? do i need to do a full factory reset before doing this?
thanks
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Are you rooted? If you are did you launch bootstrap and click "Bootstrap Recovery"?

yes i rooted with z4root through 4 shared

aznvietboy725 said:
yes i rooted with z4root through 4 shared
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Did you download clockwork recovery?

i just got the droid x bootstrap in the market. hit the bootstrap recovery then went into fission rom manager and downloaded the latest fission and tried installing it with backup and wipe data+cache. and nothing.

aznvietboy725 said:
i just got the droid x bootstrap in the market. hit the bootstrap recovery then went into fission rom manager and downloaded the latest fission and tried installing it with backup and wipe data+cache. and nothing.
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Download Clockwork Recovery and Install it. Then click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and make sure you select Motorola Droid X. After that try using Fission again.

didnt work. im trying to install fission black edition 2.5.7 droid x if that helps.

aznvietboy725 said:
didnt work. im trying to install fission black edition 2.5.7 droid x if that helps.
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Did you click bootstrap recovery?

still goes to the red droid eye.

aznvietboy725 said:
still goes to the red droid eye.
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Thats weird.

i just rooted my sister droid x and im having such a hard time getting it to recovery mode...
its doing the same issue...
DO I NEED TO TURN OFF DEBUGGING????

danumber2 said:
i just rooted my sister droid x and im having such a hard time getting it to recovery mode...
its doing the same issue...
DO I NEED TO TURN OFF DEBUGGING????
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Use Droid 2 Bootstrapper and not the Droid X version.
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If it's a 2nd init rom you use rom manager or power button to reboot into recovery
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I was having the same problem with my wife's dx. Then I remembered with the DX & dx boot strapper a bug. Go to settings/applications/development & UN-check usb debugging. Then try boot strap recovery/reboot recovery.
Worked for me.
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Hey..I've tried lots of roms and have been rooted for.quite a while...but since 2.3 I can't her Into recovery. I've.tried everything. Please help
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bigshotrob22 said:
Download Clockwork Recovery
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download WITHOUT market access:
this is not covered in the wiki article on Droid X
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=639153
[manual link]

thepolishguy said:
I was having the same problem with my wife's dx. Then I remembered with the DX & dx boot strapper a bug. Go to settings/applications/development & UN-check usb debugging. Then try boot strap recovery/reboot recovery.
Worked for me.
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This helped!!!!! Finally after 30 minutes of searching the forum. Thanks!

[Q] What step am I missing CWM

Hey guys.
Sooooo sorry if i am missing something obvious.. Im trying to do a backup after a fresh rooted .605 from Tom Tools thread.
Rooted fine. (see superuser)
Downloaded Rom Manager
Clicked Flash Clockworkmod Recovery
Chose Droid X
Said it did
Reboot into recovery just boots back to the OS.
Is there something between here and there I need to do?

just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.

mrhunters said:
just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.
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You must use Droid 2 Bootatrapper instead of the Droid X version.
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ok thanks. got that , got into recovery... now the camera button doesnt (or any other button) select an option. i can just toggle up and down using vol keys

looks like my camera button is broken and I just called to find out my warranty expires in 6 days! I'm not usually a lucky person so that is pretty lucky for me
Will revisit this with the new phone

ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?

mrhunters said:
ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?
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You shouldn't need the camera button to SBF.
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you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?

mrhunters said:
you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?
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If on Gingerbread, holding both volume keys and pressing the power button gets you into bootloader mode. I believe it's different if you're on Froyo.
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that worked... sbf'ing as i type this.

[Q] Can't load custom Rom

I can't get this bootstrap program to work on my Droid 2...it will not give me all the options when I reboot into recovery in order to load a custom rom...I am rooted...Pls help..

are you using Droid 3 bootstrap?
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4792-release-cwm-recoverybootstrap-for-the-droid-3-by-hashcode/

Nope, we purchased Droid 2 Bootscrap Recovery..we installed the gummy rom and now nothing works...do we need to re-root, if so, what steps do I need to take?
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Why buy it? I downloaded the d2 app from 4shared and it works like a dream. Search it on there and install it. Also, click the bootstrap button before the boot into recovery button. (Duh, but it doesn't hurt make sure haha)
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Jesushaxyou said:
Why buy it? I downloaded the d2 app from 4shared and it works like a dream. Search it on there and install it. Also, click the bootstrap button before the boot into recovery button. (Duh, but it doesn't hurt make sure haha)
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Hey, don't ever suggest stealing/pirating on this website again.
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Sorry. Thought it was kosher considering the purpose of this forum. Ok, disregard the first half and read the second half.
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return to stock
how do i return to stock if i cant get to my bootstrap?
Verzion Droid 2 (Rooted - Zroot)
system ver-2.3.20.A955.
android ver-2.2
baseband - BP_C_01.09.07P
kernel ver-2.6.32.9-g462500f
build#:squildly 2.3.20.2
eri:5 prl:52363

Have you tried to SBF?

Jesushaxyou said:
Have you tried to SBF?
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What is that?
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How are you getting to recovery?
What does the screen look like in recovery?
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Jesushaxyou said:
Have you tried to SBF?
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http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Droid_2:_Full_Update_Guide

sd_shadow said:
How are you getting to recovery?
What does the screen look like in recovery?
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I am pressing the Power + X down, then the Search button to get to the recovery menu...
The only option I have is:
Reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
At the bottom of screen, I am getting
error: E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
We have the Bootscrap recovery for droid 2 loaded and it doesn't work.
Another thing I just found out is my daughter tried to accept an ota system update...This is when the problem started..
Pls help..
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Verzion Droid 2 (Rooted - Zroot)
system ver-2.3.20.A955.
android ver-2.2
baseband - BP_C_01.09.07P
kernel ver-2.6.32.9-g462500f
build#:squildly 2.3.20.2
eri:5 prl:52363
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ok you can try to get to Clockwork Recovery
phone off
press and hold camera button plug in charger
How to flash sbf-file (standard binary file/ return to stock rom)
- Download and install Motorola driver
- Download and install RSD Lite 4.9
- Open RSD Lite
- Enter Bootloader Mode on you phone (Power+both volume buttons)
- Connect phone to your PC (USB)
- Open RSD - Lite
- Flash new SBF

JDunc said:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Droid_2:_Full_Update_Guide
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This is the easiest method to sbf_flash.
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