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Two multiboot questions.

Hello XDA community, this is my first post here, I hope you can help me .
I've spend time reading the forums looking for the method to flash a custom rom in the Defy+, but before that I want to try the different ROMs alongside the stock rom using mutiboot since I'm new in the custom roms world, and don't want to do anything reckless.
I have already installed the latest version of 2ndInit (2.3) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212, now I should install multiboot from CWM but I have a doubt here, if I understand properly, multiboot need the existence of the boot entries 'Stable Recovery’ and ‘Latest Recovery’ but in the last version of 2ndinit, bootmenu has only "Custom Recovery" and "Stock Recovery", is it really important? I mean I can go to "Custom Recovery" which load CWM and install multiboot from there but for what I have read both entries are needed to manage the "real" system and the "virtual" system, so in my case it could only manage the virtual one? maybe I should update bootmenu? (according to the 2ndinit changelog it has the latest version from the CM sources but that was in April)
And my other question is, when I'm ready to install the custom ROM as my primary one, should I uninstall multiboot first? if so, how? maybe resintalling 2ndinit?
Thank you for your help

You dont have to deinstall it. Just erase the folder in /sdcard/multiboot of your virtual. And if you installed multiboot and flash a new rom on nandroid you have to install multiboot new, just telling cause the first time you will be scared about that.

You have installed 2ndinit... great, now install latest bootmenu to get three recovery options, I.e. latest/custom, stable and stock recovery.
Remember to install virtual rom via latest recovery.

rishi2100 said:
You have installed 2ndinit... great, now install latest bootmenu to get three recovery options, I.e. latest/custom, stable and stock recovery.
Remember to install virtual rom via latest recovery.
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OK, I thought that the latest version of 2ndinit had the latest version of bootmenu..
EDIT: what's the latest version of bootmenu? 2dinit has bootmenu 1.1.8 according with its changelog.
merhans said:
You dont have to deinstall it. Just erase the folder in /sdcard/multiboot of your virtual. And if you installed multiboot and flash a new rom on nandroid you have to install multiboot new, just telling cause the first time you will be scared about that.
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I asked because perhpas I would need "plain" CWM to install CM9 (or other ROM) but I guess CM would overwrite everything when I install it (since bootmenu is in the nand memory and not in the recovery partition) thank you.

Peri. said:
EDIT: what's the latest version of bootmenu? 2dinit has bootmenu 1.1.8 according with its changelog.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.

rishi2100 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.
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You can use Multiboot manager to install new virtual partitions.

rishi2100 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.
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Ok then but I want to be completely sure: is it totally safe to do a downgrade of bootmenuin in this case (with 2ndinit 2.3 installed)?
Sorry for keep bothering you, thank you!
ashish386 said:
You can use Multiboot manager to install new virtual partitions.
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yeah, I'll try it once I have this setup done

Peri. said:
Ok then but I want to be completely sure: is it totally safe to do a downgrade of bootmenuin in this case (with 2ndinit 2.3 installed)?
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Yes its totally safe.

Ok, I managed to install the latest quarx build in doble boot . Now I'll try the epsylon build since the quarx's has two annoying, one with the battery measurement (it shows less charge percentage than it actually is, for example when it is up to 4000 mV (actual 100%) it shows it is only 75% charged); and I can't send sms, but I'll look at this problems later.
By the way, the bootmenu downgrade was not necessary since it doesn't use "Latest Recovery" anymore (I was following an old tutorial) now you choose to enter in the virtual system recovery in "2nd-system" (inside the "boot" menu).
Thank you for your help, rishi2100

Can't Update ClockWorkMod Recovery

When I try to update my recovery from within the ROM Manager app it shows that I have the newest recovery installed. When I boot into recovery it shows the old version. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Flash the recovery.img manually via fastboot, or use the flashable zip (easier).
You can download the flashable zip of your choice (touch or classic) here.

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When I try to update my recovery from within the ROM Manager app it shows that I have the newest recovery installed. When I boot into recovery it shows the old version. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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ROM Manager boots a recovery from RAM, for that reason it does not boot to whatever recovery.img you may have flashed in Fastboot, *and vice versa. Not a bug, just the way Rom Manager works.
As mentioned above if you want to update the version your see when you manually boot to recovery, fastboot flash it.

Quiglesigles said:
When I try to update my recovery from within the ROM Manager app it shows that I have the newest recovery installed. When I boot into recovery it shows the old version. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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CMNein said:
ROM Manager boots a recovery from RAM, for that reason it does not boot to whatever recovery.img you may have flashed in Fastboot, *and vice versa. Not a bug, just the way Rom Manager works.
As mentioned above if you want to update the version your see when you manually boot to recovery, fastboot flash it.
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ROM Manager updates my recovery just fine, I flashed version 6.0.3.6 (downloaded through ROM Manager and transfered over to my PC) through fastboot and then just updated it to 6.0.3.8 through ROM Manager about a week ago. When I manually boot into recovery it's the updated version not the one I flashed through fastboot. So somethings not right that it's not flashing the newer recovery to the phone. Maybe try updating it again. Also do you have the free or paid version of ROM Manager? Not sure if it makes a difference or not but it was the first app I bought for my Droid Eris back in 2010 specifically to flash CWM to it as all other methods failed.
Been doing a little looking around and this link says you have to keep the version of CWM you downloaded on the phone. ROM Manager automatically downloads it and stores it in a download folder when you update. From what CMNein says you need it to boot from I would guess.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
Also I'm using Koush's superuser that I installed through ROM Manager and not chainfire's SuperSU maybe that makes a difference. Koush has been going a slightly different route with his su than chainfire.

[Q] Help with updating old CWM recovery vie flashable .zip?

Hello guys,
I have a rooted stock Nexus 7 2012 (3g GSM) model. I've Installed on it is a very old CWM recovery v6.0.2.3 when i first bought it. It's been a long time since i got this device, and i forgot every thing about rooting & what not, so i want to use this easy method below.
I want to update this old recovery to the latest version, so i can flash new ROMS like CM11, PA and many others vie the new recovery.
So, I need help finding a .zip file of the newest recovery so i can install the update from this old recovery, is it doable?
Thanks,

You can use RomManager App if your are root : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager

TarteMan said:
You can use RomManager App if your are root : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
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How good is this method compared to the .zip flashable file?
Isn't the flashable file more safe from errors and such compared to that app?

the method is exactly the same, it's the official app of clockworkmod : it will flash the zip of the last cwm avalaible for your device automaticaly.

[Q] Cant restore backup on gt-i9505

Hello!
I was running cyanogenmod 11 on my gt-i9505 and i decided to install stock gs4 rom (touchwiz).
Everything was ok untill i realised that i cant turn on wi-fi
Now i cant restore my backup because i dont have a custom recovery and i cant get it without wifi :crying:
I have already rooted my phone after instaling touchwiz...
I dont know what to do...
it would be great if someone could tell me how can i flash custom recovery (like clockwork recovery) using computer or gs4 without wi-fi.
Is there way to install cyanogen mod backups using odin?
I have already tried to install cyanogen mod with odin by coverting zip to tar...
Please awnser if you can!
Sorry for bad english

1. GUIDE for install one custom recovery
2. TWRP latest version -> HERE

Joku1981 said:
1. GUIDE for install one custom recovery
2. TWRP latest version -> HERE
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is there way to install clockwork recovery?

joku1981 said:
1. guide for install one custom recovery
2. Twrp latest version -> here
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thank you! You saved my life!

[Q] Recovery, CM11, Kernel installation?

Hi. I have been recenty using CM10 on my Defy and I wanted to change it. As I installed my CM with 2ndinit recovery it automatically changed to TeamWinRecoveryProject. So lately I was trying to flash this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515036
But as you can see, there is this line:
For CM10,10.1,10.2 < 07.11.13 users:
To install KitKat, need update recovery. Do not forget reboot, after install recovery.
http://defy.bytekiste.de/cm11-nightl...e-recovery.zip
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I don't actually know, how to install new recovery I tried to flash it with TWRP, but after reboot I wasn't able to open it at all I tried to use ROM manager and other apps like this, but nothing worked. And I don't know why, but after a couple of reboots, my system crashed somehow: as the CM logo showed up while booting it just didn't move farther and kept like that. So I used RSD Lite and flashed SBF file just as it was described in this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828639
OK, so now I want to install new recovery and ROM. Can anyone tell me, how to install recovery which is needed for QUARX's CM11?
And also: I don't know much about this, because I'm a newbie, but I heard that it's recommandable to change Kernel too. I heard that it would speed up my phone etc. Is it true? How can I do it? Which Kernel should I use? I didn't change anything while rooting my phone and/or installing CM10.

Just because you're a newbie, it doesn't mean you can't read through before asking questions. Read this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568325. No kernel change required.