Stuck on boot after wiping then restoring nandroid using clockwork recovery image.
Had to do a fresh zip install.
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Don't use clockwork recovery....I think thats what caused my brick on one of my old eris.
I wasn't able to flash boot.img or restore/flash any rom.
I was talking to devs and they told me that clockwork might have messed up my install.
I say stick with RA.
Don't use clockwork recovery....I think thats what caused my brick on one of my old eris.
I wasn't able to flash boot.img or restore/flash any rom.
I was talking to devs and they told me that clockwork might have messed up my install.
I say stick with RA.
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I know this problem is probably in other threads somewhere, but I've been looking and I haven't been able to find this same situation in any of them, sorry for being such a noob.
I was running aloysius v12, used clockwork mod to do a nandroid backup. I tried flashing a purehero ROM, and got stuck on the white startup (skateboard) screen for about 30 minutes. I pulled the battery, booted into recovery, and tried restoring the nandroid file, but every time I try it says "Error while flashing boot image!" and won't continue.
I have it plugged in, so it isn't low on battery. I still had 4 gb free on my sd card, so it's not low on memory. When I try to look at the files on my sd card on my computer, it won't recognize my phone at all. I also tried restoring my original stock rooted backup, but had the same problem. I'm not really sure where to go next, what do I do?
I don't use clockwork but in amon ra you can't put spaces in the file name if you rename it. If you can't access your sd card on your computer, maybe your sd card is corrupt.
I STRONGLY recommend you get rid of clockwork and install amon ra. I've read horror stories of bricked phones using clockwork. I do not know if clockwork recoveries will boot in amon ra, so it would probably be best to install amon and boot a fresh rom.
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...you did turn enable usb when you plugged your phone into the computer right?
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How do I do that from the recovery screen? That's all i can get to right now.
And i'm still really new to this whole rom/rooting thing, sorry to be so clueless, but once i can open my sd card on the computer, then i download a new rom to it and flash it right? do i need to get amon ra before i flash a new rom? is that even possible? maybe i shouldn't have done all this without completely understanding it haha
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I found how to mount USB mass storage device. Now do I just need to follow the instructions on installing amon ra, or will they work while I'm in recovery?
You should be able to select usb ms toggle from recovery (at least you can in amon ra) when the phone is connected to the computer and move files to your sd card. If not, power the phone off, eject the sd, insert it into your computer, and put the file on that way. Make sure you wipe data, dalvik, and ext partition (only necessary if you have a partitioned sd and you're using app2sd on a 2.1 rom). Then flash your new rom and enjoy.
There are a couple ways to change your recovery from clockwork to amon ra. There's a how to floating around xda somewhere for changing from clockwork to amon ra. I'd link it but it's late and i don't feel like searching for it. You could also use the RUU method to unroot your phone and then do the 1 click method to root it again. This would automatically install amon ra. I have not tried either method, so please read and fully understand them before you attempt it.
I'm just curious, which method did you use to root your phone and how are you getting into recovery?
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I used the 1 click method. So apparently i already have amon ra... but i've been using rom manager, and the clockwork backup feature in there.
And i'm getting into recovery by holding the volume down and power buttons.
Thanks for the help, I'll try it out
When you you boot into recovery using power and vol up do you see anything on the screen about amon ra (I think it says amon ra 1.6.2)? I'm not the most advanced user but it seems to me that clockwork would replace amon ra if you installed it through rom manager. Maybe both recoveries are on your phone?
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I followed this guide here to root my EVO 3D:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
Then my friend who already had a rooted Galaxy S told me to get ROM Manager and it installed Clockwork Recovery. I didn't know you only needed one recovery since I'm noob at this and when I tried to install a Custom ROM with Clockwork, it just boots and I get the Sprint logo and nothing happens. I try to boot into TWRP and nothing also happens. I think having two recoverys is going a major issue with my phone and I'm unable to install any roms. Is there anyway to go back to just having the TWRP Recovery and get rid of the ClockWork/ROM Manager? Or will I have to reset everything and root again?
Huh... Sounds like the hboot 1.5 is giving you issues... Use image GUI app for 1.5 to flash right from normal android mode( everyday user mode) look the thread in themes and apps to get it installed. Let me know how it goes here. No link as I'm using the tapa app
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r2thek said:
I followed this guide here to root my EVO 3D:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
Then my friend who already had a rooted Galaxy S told me to get ROM Manager and it installed Clockwork Recovery. I didn't know you only needed one recovery since I'm noob at this and when I tried to install a Custom ROM with Clockwork, it just boots and I get the Sprint logo and nothing happens. I try to boot into TWRP and nothing also happens. I think having two recoverys is going a major issue with my phone and I'm unable to install any roms. Is there anyway to go back to just having the TWRP Recovery and get rid of the ClockWork/ROM Manager? Or will I have to reset everything and root again?
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You can't have 2 recoveries installed at the same time...if you initially had TWRP, when you flashed clockwork it would've over-written TWRP. You don't need to reset anything or re-root to get back to TWRP. You should just be able to flash TWRP again. Use the method from the thread you initially followed. Just the part about flashing TWRP is all you need to do. I've never tried it, but you could also try flashing it with the app flash gui image, or something to that nature. Joeykrim developed it and I've heard it works nice, here's where to find info about it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192527. If your phone won't boot, the flash gui image app prob wouldn't be the best way. I would just boot your phone to fastboot, re-flash TWRP recovery, then flash a rom and try rebooting.
I don't have hboot 1.5, so I'm not up to date on the 'special' ways you need to flash, but I know that you need to boot into recovery from fastboot in order to flash a kernel, and I'm not sure if there's other steps you need to to take in the flashing process, so research that and make sure you're doing it correctly. If you don't boot to recovery from fastboot, the kernel won't flash and you'll be stuck in boot loops or something like that. Good luck.
Thank you guys! The flash image gui thing made the fix very seamless. I just flashed TWRP again and now it's showing up. Flashing synergy nitely now. Woot!
I have a G2 rooted with the Desire Z HBOOT and clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.7 and everything was working perfectly when randomly out of nowhere my backups no longer restored properly. It would either say md5 sum mismatch or it would restore and get stuck at HTC bootscreen. This happens with any rom i flash. I've tried wiping/factory reset/formatting sdcard/flashing older cwm/ and even removing and creating new md5 images. NOTHING works. This is important to me because I ususally flash back and forth between different roms and I like being able to back them up.
this happens whether i use ROM manager (4.8.0.2) to do the backup and/or restore; or if i use cwm recovery console to do the backup and/or restore. sometimes with ROM manager i get an error that says either it can't process the request or it says can't find SD card marker or something like that.
I recommend using an older version of CWM, like 2.xxx
i have tried using all the versions of the recovery. none work.
okay, randomly some of the backups will be good and some will be broken. I don't know why.
i feel like nobody is going to respond to my problem just because i am a fairly new member. I really can't stand this problem because i test different roms so often and if i dislike them i like being able to go back to my old one with all of my data still there and not having to start over. its been driving me nuts for all this time. I have tried everything and nothing works.
i had this same problem on my droid incredible. my fix was a fresh wipe (factory reset, system, boot, and dalvik cache) and a fresh install of rom manager from which i reflashed my recovery. (the option that says Flash Clockworkmod Recovery) my install was messed up initally. maybe yours is similar.
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what do you mean when you say boot? how do you wipe that?
SnapplerX said:
what do you mean when you say boot?
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See here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...plained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/.
SnapplerX said:
what do you mean when you say boot? how do you wipe that?
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I also have the Vision and I would highly recommend you try 4EXT Recovery instead of ClockworkMod. It's based on CWM, but with more options and great support. See my signature for the thread link.
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in clickwork recovery select 'mounts/storage' then select 'format boot' same for system. you will only want to do this when youve already got your rom zip file on your phone. the inc might have a different option list, cause that was automatic on my og droid
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I had the same problem with clockwork, I just switched to Amon RA recovery! You will lose your clockwork backups, but Amon is so much nore "hassle free"
is Amon RA recovery supported in ROM Manager?
im going to try 4EXT and Amon Ra recovery ill see which works best for me
okay so apparently there is no amon ra for the g2/desire z. I tried ext4 recovery and i have the same problem. it is an md5 sum mismatch every time i create a back up the md5 sum is never a correct match no matter the recovery i use. I'm starting to think it might just be my sd card.
If anyone is still interested, I ended up buying a new sdcard and it works perfectly now. I am using 4EXT recovery and I recommend it to everyone.
The title says it all!! Each time I make a backup with CWM i get stuck in a bootloop after I reboot. The only way to get out of it is to restore with the backup I just made. That solves the problem.
Any fixes or reasons as to why this would be happening?
I would try a different recovery. Cwm is a little buggy atm
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I was thinking the same thing after looking around. Since I have CWM installed can I just install Amon Ra? Wasn't sure if I needed to uninstall CWM before to avoid any conflicts.
I flashed twrp.img during unlock/root process. I have seen some mods/roms that say I should use CWR and not twrp to flash.
is it ok to install cwr even though I am running twrp already?
I fear conflicts like when I click reboot to recovery, wouldn't my device be confused which to use?
If you flash cwm it will replace twrp
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jasonpascoe said:
I flashed twrp.img during unlock/root process. I have seen some mods/roms that say I should use CWR and not twrp to flash.
is it ok to install cwr even though I am running twrp already?
I fear conflicts like when I click reboot to recovery, wouldn't my device be confused which to use?
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Go ahead and flash cwm youll be perfectly safe. the recovery.img's overwrite eachother so the phone will only boot to one or the other depending on what you have flashed most recently. TWRP has known errors, i've actually contacted the primary dev of twrp to resolve this but havent had time to follow up with him. Anyway CWM is much safer for now.
Don't forget that backups made with one recovery won't restore with a different recovery. So if you switch from TWRP to CWR, make a new backup
I would really like to see Amon Ra ported to the DNA. Anyone know how, or someone who could? It worked really nice on the Rezound.