i think this should be a yes or no question / verify i understand this
if i root my eris ( just the root image NO recovery imgs or anything just root image) ...i can just boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup, save it onto my sd card and computer then i can flash back to stock whenever if i choose to, correct?
im not missing anything?, i dont need to download a nandroid app or a recovery image?
sorry if its been asked before but i have been searching and need to clarify this because everything on here is spread out and unclear to me.
If I understand what you're saying the answer is no... maybe I'm wrong. You can't boot into recovery without your "recovery image."
I would just install the recovery image because then you can make a nandroid backup. And it can do the exact same as the original one, just more options, but normally, no, you cannot make a nandroid backup without installing the recovery image.
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Hi guys,
I bought a new SD Card(8gb) for my new T-mobile G2 before I had 2gb and I made a nandroid backup.
I have the Modaco firmware 3.1 on my phone( I bought it with that firmware from ebay) and when I try to restore( with fastboot''fastboot flash system system.img) it loads a while and after sending the file it makes this error
''writing 'system'....INFOsignature checking...''
FAILED (remote: signatur verify fail)
What can I do?!
I searched now for hours how to restore it plz guys just give me a tutorial...
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there should be a restore option in the recovery image. do you have the latest recovery image v1.5.3.1? if not, update!
kendong2 said:
there should be a restore option in the recovery image. do you have the latest recovery image v1.5.3.1? if not, update!
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Hi yea I have the ra-hero-1.5.2 installed...
Is there another Programm to restore the data I made with nandroid? Can you give me a tutorial how that to restore directly in the nandroid recovery?
First, you need to copy the "nandroid" folder from your old SD card to your new one. Then, boot into Recovery Mode by shutting the phone down, then hold the Home button while you turn on the phone. (you can let go of the Home button after you get the start-up vibration.) From the Recovery Mode, select "nandroid restore" or whatever the similar option is. This will restore your most recent backup.
Hello! I'm in a pickle here, I gotta restore my backup that I've made with Clockwork recovery. The problem is that later on I've flashed Amon_RA and now I can't get it to restore the old Nandroid backup. Help?
From what I gather you can't. You could use ADB (from the SDK) and reflash Clockwork
Thank you very much Do you have a link on a guide on how to flash a recovery image via adb?
Proz0r said:
Thank you very much Do you have a link on a guide on how to flash a recovery image via adb?
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you don't have to...
make sure you have that restore somewhere safe, reinstall clockworkmod (CWM) from the market,
use the line that says: install (latest) recovery (normally it's the first option in CWM)
it should replace your amon ra with CWM Rec
then u can use your nandroid again you made with CWM
after that, you can still decide wich recovery u use (but if it's amon ra, make a new nandroid!!)
hope this helps..
I have a rooted TMo Vibrant running 2.1. I want to install a custom ROM and have the paid version of ROM mgr installed. I have downloaded the new ROM and I also have a (separate) zip of a different ROM on the SD card. The beginning steps of the installation go smoothly. But when I get to the point where ROM mgr says "Do you want to go into recovery mode to continue installation?" and I Select YES, the phone reboots into NORMAL mode and the installation ends. Same thing happens if I try to install manually from the SD card. I scroll down and select "install zip ...". Then the next screen that pops up has "reboot", " delete data", "reinstall packages", etc . I have tried all those options. But ultimately I end up back at the point where the only option I haven't chosen is "reboot system now". When I select reboot, the phone reboots in normal mode again. What am I doing wrong?
Not sure if this is your problem, but sounds like you need clockwork mod recovery update.zip on your phone.
Here is the trick though, when you get into normal recovery, sometimes you have to apply the cwm recovery update.zip TWICE to get into cwm recovery.
Boot up phone into stock recovery
apply the cwm recovery update.zip
phone reboots into stock recovery again
apply the cwm recovery update.zip again.
Hope that helps.
I would suggest doing this.
First and foremost make a nandroid backup, you can use cwm to do this. place a copy of the backup on your computer.
Backup your /efs folder which contains your nv_data.bin and imei information. You loose this you are f*cked.
Get the cwm recovery update.zip and put it on your internal sd root. If you have multiple update.zip files, just delete them all, just make sure the cwm recovery update.zip is there.
Also place the zip file of the rom onto your internal sd root also.
Disable voodoo lagfix if you have that installed.
Odin back to stock jfd 2.1. When finished next..
Apply cwm recovery update, apply TWICE to get into cwm recovery.
Then you can go into cwm recovery and select the zip of the rom you want to flash.
Follow all install directions of the ROM developer, they may want you to be on 2.2 first, which would mean odin to stock jfd 2.1, flash stock 2.2, then install whatever rom you are trying to.
That is how I do it.
I have a question about Clockwork recovery and this phone. Above you say that if any .zips are on internal sd to delete them and leave CWR on there only. I have this. Then if we want to go into the CWR we have to apply the update.zip twice. I do this also. Why can't we just replace the stock recovery with the Clockwork one and bypass the having to reinstall the packages twice. Maybe an sh init_hijack or something like that. I have been trying to find where the stock recovery "lives" to no avail. If you know where it is, then I can work on this and post the results.
Seems reasonable that if we replace the stock files with the CWR files and hijack the rocvery at boot it should work to boot right into CWR directly.
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I have a question about Clockwork recovery and this phone. Above you say that if any .zips are on internal sd to delete them and leave CWR on there only. I have this. Then if we want to go into the CWR we have to apply the update.zip twice. I do this also. Why can't we just replace the stock recovery with the Clockwork one and bypass the having to reinstall the packages twice. Maybe an sh init_hijack or something like that. I have been trying to find where the stock recovery "lives" to no avail. If you know where it is, then I can work on this and post the results.
Seems reasonable that if we replace the stock files with the CWR files and hijack the rocvery at boot it should work to boot right into CWR directly.
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Well with MiUi and CM it goes directly into clockwork mod recovery. I guess that's the stock recovery on MiUi and CM.
For me, only on 2.1 and 2.2 roms did I have to apply cwm recovery.zip twice.
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Well with MiUi and CM it goes directly into clockwork mod recovery. I guess that's the stock recovery on MiUi and CM.
For me, only on 2.1 and 2.2 roms did I have to apply cwm recovery.zip twice.
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I have not used either for this phone but have with other phones and I think that it is b/c they reworked the services and framework.jars into an expanded power menu. I will see it that hack works on this one, so it will be easier on 2.1 and 2.2 for "relative" noobs. I have done it once for another phone and then my computer crashed (not issue related). I'll let you know what I find out this weekend b/c it'll take some time to get the pathways correct.
I appreciate you quick replies and have taken the first part of the advice and tried to backup everything (Which I thought I did using CWM). Just to be safe I have now installed Root Explorer and will back up everything this evening. Can't do more right now. Need to get back to work. Wayne
That did it. I now have my new ROM installed and a back-up of my efs file (which I mistakenly thought was included in my Nandroid back-up). BTW my nandroid, back-up produced by CWM doesn't include a boot image (or at least there is no image called "boot"). I thought there should be a boot image. In any case, I'm finally over the problem I've been trying for days to overcome. Thanks sooooo much. Wayne
Ok, so the (non-existent) recovery menu on the G-Slate is absolutely unacceptable. I mean really, really? This is what I get when booting into recovery mode:
Entering LG MDP Mode
DO NOT POWER DOWN
downloading NOW......
No options to reboot, Factory Reset, or to do anything and it is assuming you have the file in the right location and know just what the hell it is downloading. This sucks.
So I wanted to get Clockwork on there and found a clockwork recovery I can boot into temporarily using fastboot. The problem is I can't flash it to the g-slate and overwrite the existing recovery.
I can flash it using fastboot but when I put the G-Slate into recovery mode it loads the original recovery as if it didn't actually flash.
So I tried to replace the recovery.img in the nandroid backup and then restore from that backup, but as I suspected I get an md5 sum error. So I figured out how to trick the nandroid into thinking it is still valid after replacing the recovery.img. I restored the modified nandroid but still the g-slate recovery 'menu' is the same.
That's about the extent of my skills. They must have the recovery image locked down tight on this thing. I know there are people out there working on getting the recovery partition hacked. Hopefully we'll have something soon.
So I guess my question now is, does anyone know of a CWM recovery that will flash to the G-Slate, or a method to flash an existing recovery that will work, or is it still a waiting game?
Thanks
My phone is 100% stock aside from the unlocked bootloader.
I want to create a complete backup of my phone before I perform any mods.
I am aware of how to boot into TWRP without flashing the recovery image to my phone by running "fastboot boot TWRP*.img" from my computer .
My questions is, which options must I select in TWRP to ensure that EVERYTHING is backed up so that if I want to revert to 100% stock again at some point in the future (for OTA's or any other reason), I can simply fastboot TWRP and restore my backup.
You can't back it up. I already tried it before trying a custom rom. When I was done I found that none of my stock backups would restore and boot successfully. Unfortunately, twrp backups really suck and you can't call them a "nandroid" because it isn't copying the nand at the lowest level, it does it file by file which totally screws up when you back up in many cases. I wish someone would build a recovery that did actual images of the flash but for some reason that hasn't happened.