[Q] Unable to flash recovery(?) - Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've used Universal Androot to root my HTC Hero (UK).
I then opened up Android Terminal Emulator, which asked for permission for SU as expected. When I put in the flash_image line, I get back:
usage: flash image partition file img
Which I'm guessing means it hasn't worked (esp since when I then try reboot recovery, it says not permitted).
I attempted
rm /data/local/rights/mid.txt
ln -s /dev/mtd/mtd1 /data/local/rights/mid.txt
which is recommended in the guide, but that didn't seem to make a difference.
I've also tried using ROM Manager to flash clockwork recovery, and with this is just shows the little spinning circle in the top right for a split second, and then nothing happens.
Really don't know what's going on :S
Could anyone help?

2 way's:
1. Try to flash recovery by ADB
2. Use ROM Manager

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How to flash_image Amon RA's recovery

i have had problems with Rom manager not flashing recovery correct leaving me with no recovery. so i had to manually flash recovery following these steps exact. I have personally bricked 2 ERIS phones lucky me.The first i thoought it was just something i did, lucky i had another to replace it...(the second BRICK eris).
So here is a solution to keep from having a BRICK
USE Amon RA's Recovery PERIOD.
credit to northmendo @droidforums
1. download flash_image Here Updated Link 3/17/10
2. Open the terminal and copy and paste the following commands.
adb shell [hit enter]
su [hit enter]
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system [hit enter]
3. In a new terminal window (don't close the original one).
adb push flash_image /system/bin [hit enter]
exit [hit enter]
4. Now in the original terminal window
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image [hit enter]
5. Now exit all termainl windows and reboot your phone.
6. Download
Amon_RA's recovery Here.
7. Mount your phones sd card and drop recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img on to it and eject
your phone.
8. Open the Terminal and copy and paste the following commands with the phone connected
to your computer.
8. adb shell [hit enter]
9. su [hit enter]
10. flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img
11. To get into recovery turn off you phone and hold the Volume Up + Power until it boots into recovery.
That's it.
ROM Manager and Clockwork recovery does not work for the Eris.
ROM Manager and Clockwork recovery does not work for the Eris (as far as I know).
Edit: Oops, sorry for the double post.
I currently have the clockwork recovery installed on my eris, can I just download amon's recovery image and install it to switch to it? Or do I have to uninstall clockwork recovery and then install amon's?
trishuhh said:
I currently have the clockwork recovery installed on my eris, can I just download amon's recovery image and install it to switch to it? Or do I have to uninstall clockwork recovery and then install amon's?
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try to flash it from rom manager,(under other recoveries) if Rom manager has worked for you with no problems. if it doesnt work follow instructions as listed in 1st post
I wouldn't use clockwork recovery, it messed up my installation to the point i couldn't flash any rom or restore any nand. When i would try to flash anything it would fail, It failed when i tried to use the root rom....After I tried flashing root rom i had a nice looking brick on my desk....(I even changed back to RA but Clockwork had messed up my phone so bad that RA didn't even work either....
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!
Yeah, use Amon's. It does every job you need, and is 100% stable and reliable.
t2noob said:
I wouldn't use clockwork recovery, it messed up my installation to the point i couldn't flash any rom or restore any nand. When i would try to flash anything it would fail, It failed when i tried to use the root rom....After I tried flashing root rom i had a nice looking brick on my desk....(I even changed back to RA but Clockwork had messed up my phone so bad that RA didn't even work either....
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!
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yea you beat me too it, , i only used it because i had it for my DROID and thought maybe devs would try to add it to the list on rom manager.
ok, obviously a bit of an amateur here, how do you know which recovery image you have, i installed amon's, but i'm not sure if clockwork made it to my phone somehow, thinking about unrooting soon, that's why i ask, thanks.
jrhoades858 said:
ok, obviously a bit of an amateur here, how do you know which recovery image you have, i installed amon's, but i'm not sure if clockwork made it to my phone somehow, thinking about unrooting soon, that's why i ask, thanks.
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reboot into recovery and read the bottom
Ok Please help a newbie out here im losing my mind. I downloaded flash, plugged phone into mac and set phone to debugging and mounted. Opened terminal from utilities on Mac. When I enter adb shell it says "command not found" if I try using ./ before adb as suggested on another forum for macs when i enter su it asks for password? Any how please help a brother out. Thanks
I flashed amons ras recovery from my phone it was easier for me I didn't use rom manger or terminal emulater
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
Can someone help me get rid of clockwork recovery it showed up after I flashed a rom. How do you flash Amons recovery?
tkryan said:
Can someone help me get rid of clockwork recovery it showed up after I flashed a rom. How do you flash Amons recovery?
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You do exactly what the first post says
Sent from my Eris
ufccowboyfan said:
Ok Please help a newbie out here im losing my mind. I downloaded flash, plugged phone into mac and set phone to debugging and mounted. Opened terminal from utilities on Mac. When I enter adb shell it says "command not found" if I try using ./ before adb as suggested on another forum for macs when i enter su it asks for password? Any how please help a brother out. Thanks
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When you are doing this, are you in the correct directory? For example, my SDK is installed in /android , so first I would:
cd /android/tools
then
./adb shell
could someone help me with this. i really need to get the stock recovery image on my eris and im alittle noobie at this stuff. if any one could help id be sooooo happy
I'm not sure how to flash amons on a mac. I know for windows you put the recovery.img in the sdk tools folder, boot into fastboot and type
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
To get stock recovery (I assume you want your phone back to stock) then flash the official ruu. Will return your phone to 100% stock. You can find it on a sticky in the Eris general forums I believe.
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
I'm not sure on a mac, but on Windows you put the img in the tools folder of your sdk, boot into fastboot and type in adb:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
To get stock recovery back, simply flash the official ruu found on a sticky in the Eris general forums I believe. Flashing the ruu will unroot your phone.
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
I installed Amon Ra as part of the root for leakers instructions some time ago. -- Is there a new version out? (Search was surprisingly not helpful) And what is the best way to update recovery?
Slugdoc said:
I installed Amon Ra as part of the root for leakers instructions some time ago. -- Is there a new version out? (Search was surprisingly not helpful) And what is the best way to update recovery?
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There is no new version out; the first version (v1.6.2) is the only one that Amon_RA published.
IF there was a new version, you could flash it by using adb with the existing Amon_RA. You don't even need to push a version of "flash_image" to the phone, because it is already in /sbin in Amon_RA recovery. Just get the recovery image to your SD card, start an interactive shell (adb shell), and then
flash_image recovery /sdcard/<wherever-you-put-it>/recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img
Yes, you can "flash a recovery partition by using the recovery" - because when you are interacting with it (the recovery boot), it lives entirely in a ramdisk.
The second easiest way is to have the engineering bootloader (1.49.2000 S-OFF) installed on your phone, and flash it with fastboot from the PC, as in
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img
Note that neither of these two methods perform any integrity checks on the recovery image file that the normal "Flash .zip from sdcard" ROM installation method does. Therefore, it is imperative that someone using these methods is extremely diligent in cross-checking image MD5 signatures after it has been transferred to the SD card. Amon_RA also has the "md5sum" utility built into it's shell, BTW.
I mention this last point as a warning to newbs - they seem to routinely corrupt files when they transfer them to the SD card. (I suppose they are not using the "safely remove hardware" controls correctly, or they are getting truncated downloads).
bftb0

[Q] Updating Custom Recovery

Hi
I was wondering what the easiest method was to replace the custom recovery. I have an older Amon Ra recovery image and want to update it.
Do I just follow one of the methods to install it, in other words as if I didnt have it? or is there an easier way of doing it
Thanks
yeah, just flash it - for example using clockwork rom manager, or android commander, or adb ;]
cheers!
brat.haneq
Just a quick question
I need to follow these instructions
Copy recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img to the root of your sdcard
Boot into your current custom recovery (boot while holding HOME)
Connect your Hero via usb to your pc/mac/...
adb shell
$su (not required if you have root already)
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.7.0.1.img
just wondering, where do I type the code part?
You can type it in command prompt, simply in windows do "cmd" in run
But I urge You to use android commander, don't know why, but gui is better for me, and flashing is just 2 clicks
chers!
brat.haneq
Will give that a shot, cheers

Thunderbolt Rooted with S on HELP!!!

I rooted my thunderbolt. After flashing clockwork mod, I downloaded the rom of my choosing. Then when booting to recovery to flash the rom, I get kicked to the bootloader. Help!??!?
Ps: It seems its that clockwork mod wont take even though rom manager says flashed sucessfuly
EDIT: I did some more investigation and after redoing this
"Step 5
Next, enter the following commands:
adb shell
/data/local/psneuter
To unlock eMMC:
adb shell
/data/local/wpthis
exit
Step 6
Please pay attention – this is very important. This step involves a small chance of bricking if you mess up.
To push the eng bootloader:
adb push hbooteng.nb0 /data/local/
adb shell
/data/local/busybox md5sum /data/local/hbooteng.nb0
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb" exactly, stop, delete it, and re-download it. Otherwise, continue.
Now we will write the new bootloader.
dd if=/data/local/hbooteng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Confirm proper write:
/data/local/busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb," try again; if it still doesn’t work, seek help from chat.andirc.net in channel #thunderbolt. DO NOT REBOOT.
Now, reboot your phone and put the custom RUU (PG05IMG.zip) on your SD card. Then flash it. This will upgrade you to release firmware with an S-OFF bootloader.
Next, run this command:
adb reboot bootloader
After it flashes, you will be running release firmware with S-OFF."
I have working recovery with S-Off. Just thought I would update incase this happens to anyone else
I'm having the same issue after rooting but I used the one click process. Guess at this point I should just try to go.throughit again? Or should I go.through adb and follow your steps?
Thanks you!
Nevermind
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

Wrong recovery, now can't install any rom or recovery

Guys,
I need help. I tried to work the solution myself and spend days reading different forums and tried different tricks but no luck.
So basically I was asked by my wife to root her Hero as she wanted a higer version of Android to install Viber and some other programmes. I did that using instructions on a Cyanogenmod wiki and everything went fine. However the new rom made the phone a bit slow and clumsy, so I thought I'd look for a different older version that works. I tried numerous roms and they all for some reason were not suitable - either wouldn't boot or were force closing etc...
So at the end of the day I read somewhere that for some ROM you need to install a CWM recovery and I was running a RA 1.7. So I tried to download a newer version of a recovery (to be honest I forgot which one - it was a week ago) and I flashed it and then I realised I have installed a recovery for CDMA and I have a GSM.
So, currently the phone boots and gets stuck at the HERO logo forever. There is no way I can boot into recovery. I have no problem to boot into fastboot, but any attempt to install a different recovery brings a failed signature error. I tried fastboot erase recovery and it did work, but no instalation is possible. When the phone is powered on and while on HERO logo I can run adb and can make it reboot from the command line, but when I try the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630519 I get past the first two lines:
Code:
adb push recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-hero.img /data/local/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
and then when I attempt this
Code:
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-hero.img
I get an error message
-exec /system/bin/sh failed no such file or directory
Please help!
PS. A screen shot in fastboot:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/tsvet/fastboot.jpg
I managed to fix that with a stock rom and Hboot installation.

[Q] Complete wipe through ADB

OK, here's the deal. My i777 was running SlimROM, updated, and now my power button is inop. Flashed back to stock ICS, but I forgot to do one critical step - a complete wipe before installing. Now my phone gets stuck at the "Rethink Possible" screen, and I can't do anything else.
I've booted into 3e recovery and tried recovery --wipe_data through adb, but it still hangs. (as suggested here). I've got a jig, forced it into download mode, and tried flashing another ROM, but I still get stuck on the Rethink Possible screen.
Is there a way that I can basically nuke all the contents of the phone so I can use it again? I've read through most of the documentation for adb, but I don't see an option.
steelforce said:
OK, here's the deal. My i777 was running SlimROM, updated, and now my power button is inop. Flashed back to stock ICS, but I forgot to do one critical step - a complete wipe before installing. Now my phone gets stuck at the "Rethink Possible" screen, and I can't do anything else.
I've booted into 3e recovery and tried recovery --wipe_data through adb, but it still hangs. (as suggested here). I've got a jig, forced it into download mode, and tried flashing another ROM, but I still get stuck on the Rethink Possible screen.
Is there a way that I can basically nuke all the contents of the phone so I can use it again? I've read through most of the documentation for adb, but I don't see an option.
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Id wait until a dev chimes in, but my understanding is that as you can still get into DL mode, ODIN would be your best bet. Id flash one of the all in one ODIN ICS packages that also contain boot loaders (LL6 would be most recent). As a last resort you can also flash the stock .pit file and repartition the whole phone, BUT BE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR EFS FOLDER if possible. I say this as I did not do this and now have a generic IMEI on my phone, hindering some aps from working.
ADB is able to reformat and flash ROM packages as far as i know, though it should be unnecessary as long as you can still use ODIN. The only reason i used ADB was to resurrect a S2 i bought of someone that flashed a ROM from a i9100.
steelforce said:
OK, here's the deal. My i777 was running SlimROM, updated, and now my power button is inop. Flashed back to stock ICS, but I forgot to do one critical step - a complete wipe before installing. Now my phone gets stuck at the "Rethink Possible" screen, and I can't do anything else.
I've booted into 3e recovery and tried recovery --wipe_data through adb, but it still hangs. (as suggested here). I've got a jig, forced it into download mode, and tried flashing another ROM, but I still get stuck on the Rethink Possible screen.
Is there a way that I can basically nuke all the contents of the phone so I can use it again? I've read through most of the documentation for adb, but I don't see an option.
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You need root access to format the data partition. I don't use adb a lot, but I think you can boot into recovery, then "adb shell", then "format data." You might have to type "su." If that doesn't get you out of the Rethink Possible screen, the I would format data, format system, and format cache. Then turn the phone off, by pulling the battery if necessary, and enter download mode and flash the full stock distribution. As the previous poster suggested, UCLL6 would be a good choice. You can get it from the download repository. See the link in my signature.
creepyncrawly said:
You need root access to format the data partition. I don't use adb a lot, but I think you can boot into recovery, then "adb shell", then "format data." You might have to type "su." If that doesn't get you out of the Rethink Possible screen, the I would format data, format system, and format cache. Then turn the phone off, by pulling the battery if necessary, and enter download mode and flash the full stock distribution. As the previous poster suggested, UCLL6 would be a good choice. You can get it from the download repository. See the link in my signature.
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Thanks. I forgot to grab the phone before I left for the office this morning, so I'll try it when I get home later tonight.
steelforce said:
Thanks. I forgot to grab the phone before I left for the office this morning, so I'll try it when I get home later tonight.
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So, home with my phone. When I get into the shell, format isn't a valid command:
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ format
format
/system/bin/sh: format: not found
Trying to su ends up segfaulting, so I don't think it's a permissions issue. Other sources suggest using fastboot, but as I understand it, the i777 doesn't support it.
I'm looking at the mounts - is there documentation on which of the /dev/block/mmcblk0pX partitions map to the mount points? I'm familiar with Linux (at least enough to get me in trouble), but I'm lost on where to go next.
You have to have root access to do the format command. Requires the # prompt, like this:
Code:
adb shell
$ su
# format data
# exit
$ exit
Probably, cache is mounted but system and data are not mounted. It shouldn't make any difference though, if I remember right.
If you can't get the su command to give you the # prompt, then maybe adb is not connected to the daemon correctly?
Edit:
I have never used adb in recovery before, so for my own interest, I decided to do a little experimentation. First of all, to get a hash prompt in shell try
Code:
adb root
followed by
Code:
adb shell
From reading, it seems some people say both wipe and format commands should work in shell in recovery, but I couldn't get them to work. I would get "/sbin/sh: format: not found" error. So the work around is this:
Code:
adb shell
~ # mount /data
~ # rm -rf /data/*
~ # reboot
This will recursively force the removal of the contents of the data directory. I did not test this, but I did test "rm -rf /cache/*" and successfully removed the contents of the cache directory, so I know it should work.
If your system still doesn't boot, you could wipe cache and system as well as data and then reboot into download mode and flash the full stock tar
Code:
adb shell
~ # mount /data
~ # mount /system
~ # rm -rf /cache/*
~ # rm -rf /data/*
~ # rm -rf /system/*
~ # reboot download
creepyncrawly said:
Edit:
I have never used adb in recovery before, so for my own interest, I decided to do a little experimentation. First of all, to get a hash prompt in shell try
Code:
adb root
followed by
Code:
adb shell
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Ugh - adb root fails with the following error:
Code:
D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
Looks like it's because the build that I have flashed doesn't have root. Wicked catch-22, since I can't root the phone until I wipe the cache to actually boot.
steelforce said:
Ugh - adb root fails with the following error:
Code:
D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219\sdk\platform-tools>adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
Looks like it's because the build that I have flashed doesn't have root. Wicked catch-22, since I can't root the phone until I wipe the cache to actually boot.
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Well, yes, you need root. You could flash one of the stock plus root packages, probably Entropy512's original uckh7 plus root since it has busybox, with odin, see links in my sig. I didn't see anything in your original posts that indicate the flash would fail.
creepyncrawly said:
Well, yes, you need root. You could flash one of the stock plus root packages, probably Entropy512's original uckh7 plus root since it has busybox, with odin, see links in my sig. I didn't see anything in your original posts that indicate the flash would fail.
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The flash doesn't fail, but it's never able to boot past the AT&T "Rethink Possible" splash screen. I've tried flashing a couple of different packages, but i'll try some more tonight.
steelforce said:
The flash doesn't fail, but it's never able to boot past the AT&T "Rethink Possible" splash screen. I've tried flashing a couple of different packages, but i'll try some more tonight.
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Flash the rooted package and you will then have root. Whether the phone boots or not, the system will then contain the superuser.apk and the su binary. I suggested Entropy512's package because I'm not sure but I think you need busybox to use the unix commands in adb in recovery. My stock plus root packages don't have busybox, and if you can't boot, you can install it from the play store. Once you have root in the system, then adb root should succeed.
creepyncrawly said:
Flash the rooted package and you will then have root. Whether the phone boots or not, the system will then contain the superuser.apk and the su binary. I suggested Entropy512's package because I'm not sure but I think you need busybox to use the unix commands in adb in recovery. My stock plus root packages don't have busybox, and if you can't boot, you can install it from the play store. Once you have root in the system, then adb root should succeed.
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I tried both of Entropy512's packages from here. Flashed them and tried to boot, both hung at the Rethink Possible screen. Rebooted into recovery, was able to connect to it via adb - but adb root failed on both.
I'm getting closer and closer to punting and picking up a Nexus 4 after this....
With lineage recovery I do a full wipe like:
Code:
mkfs.ext4 -qFF /dev/block/by-name/userdata
mkfs.ext4 -qFF /dev/block/by-name/cache
mkfs.ext4 -qFF /dev/block/by-name/system

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