Hi all ok i installed clockwork about 3 month ago and i been checking out all the differnt roms out there i've had no problems evry thing is good. I have been reading alot of post about clockwork and how you should get read of it.Should i got back to the other ra recovery v1.6.2
clockwork <= amon ra
If its working for you i see no reason to switch.
Thats just more flashing which woud seem to be more risk to me.
But the general consensus as far as I've read is that amon ra is better for the Eris, here-say perhaps but thats what most people seem to agree on.
With that said if you have amon ra, you can still use clockwork from rom manager, but not vice versa. so in my opinion amon ra is better as you can have the best of both worlds.
Yes, you have nothing to lose and only piece of mind to gain.
If i want to go back to ra recovery v1.6.2 can i flash it threw clockwork.There is a spot on clockwork were it says flash alternate recovery.
skd05 said:
If i want to go back to ra recovery v1.6.2 can i flash it threw clockwork.There is a spot on clockwork were it says flash alternate recovery.
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I would recommend flashing amon ra through fastboot instead. Instructions should be on the thread containing the amon ra recovery image. I don't have a link - should be in the eris roll-up thread sticky. Then you can use rom manager to install clockwork and temporarily boot into it whenever you want to use clockwork.
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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 rooted my eris awhile back and my first recovery i had was ra recovery v1.6.2 i herd about clockwork so i installed it on my phone all i want to do is go back to re recovery v1.6.2 but i want to do it the write way my phone has been running so good that i dont want to screw it know.Half way down on clockwork it says flash back to alt.recovery ra v1.6.2 would that be all i had to do.
that should work for you
Yes you can use flash the alt recovery option and flash amon ra back onto your phone. You will be unable to use ROM Manager anymore since it requires clockworkMod to be on the phone. You are safe to flash amon's.
I recently encountered several problems with both amon ra and clockworkmod recoveries.
First I can't seem to successfully flash either using rom manage. I can flash them with adb so it is not that big of a deal except for the other problem I am having with them.
I can't get a successful backup with clockworkmod recovery though it will restore them just fine, and I can't restore with amon ra even though it backs them up without a problem.
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I am currently in the process of perm rooting a Rezound and successfully flashed AMon Ra recovery. The problem is I can only load recovery, ive tried battery pulls and restarts and Amon Ra is all i get, any suggestions?
Were you trying to flash a ROM? Whatever you were doing, sounds like your OS is toast. Try flashing a new ROM in the recovery, then it should boot into the new ROM you installed.
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No, I was trying to perm root and literally just went through ADB and flashed the recovery img. still stuck in Amon Ra. any other ideas, Im thinking about putting a rom on the External SD card and flashing that way.
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any other ideas, Im thinking about putting a rom on the External SD card and flashing that way.
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That's exactly what you should do. You'll be able to boot after that.
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Yep. But first, if you haven't already done so, go into the developer menu of Amon Ra and install su. That gives you root. If you were trying to use OneClick root, that doesn't work if you have the OTA.
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.