I've rooted my Vibrant, and am ready to flash the BionixFinal_R1_Stock.zip with ROM Manager (Clockwork Mod Recovery), but first I'm supposed to do a nandroid (complete) backup, and I cannot. It doesn't work like they say it will.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...nandroid-backup-and-clockworkmod-rom-manager/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7324731&postcount=1
I always end up back at the place where I have to choose re-boot, reinstall, etc., and whatever I pick the backup does not occur, I just end up with a re-boot. Help?
Someone told me I should try again, so I did, recording all the steps ... same result:
USB Debugging is 'on'.
ROM Manager Premiun v 3.0.0.2: started.
Pressing "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" (text says "current recovery: ClockworkMod 2.5.1.2
Pressing "Galaxy S. Vibrant"
Popup window: Successfully downloaded ClockworkMod recovery! Pressing "OK"
Pressing "Reboot into Recovery"
"Are you sure you want to reboot into ClockWork Recovery?" Press Yes.
Screen appears with blue top and yellow/green text at the bottom.
Android System recovery <2e>
Samsung Recovery utils
- for BML -
VOL UP - up
VOL DOWN - down
POWER - select item
<choices, in blue:>
reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
<text, in yellow/green:>
__Movi_check Start ..!!
checksum confirmation need_checksum[0]
Not need checksum confirmation
-- Movi-check already executed!...
-- movi-checking done! ...
update media, please wait
update media, finished
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
<selecting "reboot system now">
addt'l yellow/green text: ~"phone reset done" (it didn't last so not sure if I got this exactly right)
Getting now a regular re-boot ("Vibrant", then the Galaxy S graphic, etc.)
Run ROM Manager
Press "Backup Current ROM"
Popup: Backup Name; New Backup Name 2010-12-27-18.56.11
Press OK
Rebooting: "VIBRANT"
Back to the same blue and yellow/green window, witn the same text.
Selecting "reboot system now
Standard reboot.
Back to where I started (my phone is on, but checking the memory, no backup occurred).
The blue text recovery is stock recovery, here you select "reinstall packages", and this flashes the update.zip that should be on your sd card, back when you were in rom manager and selected "flash clockwork recovery" rom manager puts this file on your phone, leave it there. Anyways, when you reinstall packages in stock recovery, your phone may reboot, to stock recovery again, select reinstall packages again and you should now be in clockwork, you can tell by the expanded menus and green text. It should say clockwork recovery at the bottom as well.
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Sorry if I've posted so much that my question got lost:
What should I do if ROM Manager won't do a nandroid backup for me, before I flash a new ROM?
[ ] Ignore the problem and proceed to flash the new (Bionix) ROM
[ ] Give up and live with a phone that freezes, delays, and is great the rest of the time?
[ ] Other (please explain)
Try performing the Nandroid backup from CWM Recovery instead of ROM Manager.
1.) Boot into CWM Recovery either via ROM Manager, adb reboot recovery, or using the hardware buttons.
2.) If you are at the stock 2e recovery (blue text) select reinstall packages.
3.) CWM Recovery will be loaded and you should be at the CWM Recovery (green text). If not repeat step 2.
4.) Select backup and restore.
5.) Select backup
6.) CWM Recovery will proceed to perform a Nandroid backup. After it finishes reboot your phone
Turns out that, after I thought I'd tried everything, correctly, I archived a file called update.zip, thinking it was causing a problem. Turns out that CWM Recovery is actually in update.zip. When I put it back ... Voila! Found this on a tip from the author of a very nice, alternate tutorial on rooting/flashing:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...resent-Tired-of-all-the-2-2-hoopla/m-p/607377
i pointed that out in my response to you, at any rate, glad you got it fixed.
on my desire hd i just get a red triangle over a phone image when i try to perform a backup.i have rooted the phone. can someone please help?
riaan80 said:
on my desire hd i just get a red triangle over a phone image when i try to perform a backup.i have rooted the phone. can someone please help?
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I had the same problem.
what i did not understand was that in order to apply the ClockWorkMod you have to install it from the normal recovery. It is not installed after you have downloaded it in the Rom Manager. (the update.zip file will be on your SD card if you have downloaded CWM in Rom manager)
So.. go to normal recovery mode (press up-volume + Power) and select "apply update.zip" (wording may vary).
Now you will be able to use CWM and backup \o/.. hope this helps.
Rooted you only get Blue recovery download "ROM manager" as stated
1) Open ROM manager first option should be "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" pick it! Up at top you should see green progress bar as it downloads.
2) Second option should be "Reboot into Recovery" , pick it!
3) In Blue recovery pick "reinstall packages"
***At this point phone should reboot into Green recovery***
- You may need to repeat these steps until you get Green recovery. I just had to do it like 3-5 times b4 my phone booted into Green recovery. In Green recovery you should have the option to Backup now. Create nandroid and move on.
(Tip: Nandroid backups are stored in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup..... Nandroids are default named as the date and some other numbers for example 26042011xxxxxxx It can get confusing if you do multiple nandroid backups I personally rename them all to whatever ROM that particular nandroid is along with the firmware type at the end. Example of one of mine: Bionix1.3.1TBv3FW2.2. Bionix1.3.1 is the ROM / TBv3 is the kernel / FW2.2 is the firmware.)
4) Once you get into Green recovery you should now have the option to "apply sdcard:update.zip" pick it!
*** At this point the phone should have Red recovery. You may need to go into "advanced" and pick "reboot recovery" either way this should get you into Red recovery where you should be doing all flashes. Good luck!
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hello all,
Just flashed this ROM using clockwork, only problem I ran into was clockwork will not reboot into recovery. Instead it reboots into samsung recovery.I would like to re-flash ROM. I am new to this, I was an iPhone user and it was pretty simple to reinstall operating system.
I use a macbook with snow leopard, what is going to be my best option to re-flash with the macbook. I have read about Odin, and ADB. But not really sure which to use or how to use them for just flashing a custom ROM.
Any help would be great!!!!1
RAMROD
Search "boot into recovery"....using buttons.
Power off
Hold vol+/vol- (keep holding)
Hold power (keep holding all three buttons)
Wait vibrant screen...wait for black...wait for second vibrant screen and release power button ONLY.
Should be set.
OR
Search for OS X...you can use Terminal to manually flash/reboot/etc. through utilities. Be careful though, the commands are slightly different.
I'm running OS X 10.4 (tiger) and never have to use the computer (outside of TGA_Gunman's one click root program)...everything can be done through the phone in most cases.
I have no problem getting it in this mode. I am trying to get it to boot into clockwork recovery, and the only thing that is loading is the stock kernal recovery menu.. So I am looking for a method that I can do it with my macbook. I have searched in google, and found other tutorials for other phones, but not the vibrant. If you know of one please let me know..
thanks
in sammy recovery hit 'reinstall packages' (may need to do this more than once) and it will reboot you to clockwork. then flash through clockwork like normal. this is why you need to leave the update.zip file on your sdcard after installing clockwork.
funeralthirst said:
in sammy recovery hit 'reinstall packages' (may need to do this more than once) and it will reboot you to clockwork. then flash through clockwork like normal. this is why you need to leave the update.zip file on your sdcard after installing clockwork.
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I never removed the zip file from sd card, in fact while looking at the files contained in clockwork mod file. It contains the same files as my other Vibrant that is running fine. Just doesn't have Bionics Obsidian 2.2 running on it..
I tried what you said about clicking on re-install and did that 5-6 times. That didn't improve the problem.
thanks for the idea,
Back to the original Question, what is the easiest way to load different rom on my phone with my macbook?
Does the phone still boot up normally? If so, open Rom Manager and select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". Then select your device. Reboot into recovery and if you are still in the stock recovery, hit "Reinstall Packages". If that doesn't work, then I have no idea...
So I'm having this problem with these 2 things.
If I install MDJs gingerbread nand rom after recovery, my recovery breaks and I can't backup or restore or pretty much anything useful in it. Nothing works and I keep getting errors like can't find MISC, can't mount cache/recovery/log or something like that and a bunch of other errors, so I reinstall the recovery but then my room gets an error loading from MAGDLR which says "nand kernel open failed" in red and my rom won't load so I have to reinstall the rom, and then recovery breaks again.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I don't think it's just a problem with MDJ's rom, but then again I don't know enough to figure out what the problem is. Any help is appreciated, thanks
You don't just find a nand build and flash it on... You need to use specific builds that support clockwork to be able to boot successfully. They're zip files, and there aren't many in the nand section.
To install it, you have to copy the zip file to your sdcard, and through magldr, Boot to SD by holding down the power button, using the volume rocker to navigate, and then through clockwork, flash the zip onto nand.
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You don't just find a nand build and flash it on... You need to use specific builds that support clockwork to be able to boot successfully. They're zip files, and there aren't many in the nand section.
To install it, you have to copy the zip file to your sdcard, and through magldr, Boot to SD by holding down the power button, using the volume rocker to navigate, and then through clockwork, flash the zip onto nand.
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So how do I get the clockwork recovery to work after installing the nand rom?
The mistake you're making is that you're flashing on a "NAND" build after installing clockwork. YOU DO NOT INSTALL A ROM WHERE YOU HAVE TO RUN a DFT.exe or AndroidInstaller.exe or anything of the sort.
To access clockwork again, reboot, hold down the power button, and choose boot Android from SD.
Note: Future magldr versions may have another menu for this build in.
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So how do I get the clockwork recovery to work after installing the nand rom?
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Buddy if you are getting "All Done" message after installing a NAND rom through Clockwork Mod Recovery but still not able to boot( i faced this problem before), then I am afraid you will have to do what they call "task 29"...do some searching on xda for links, i'll give you the procedure -
Basically, task 29 is to cleanup the system completely and start all over again...which means that after doing task 29 you'll having nothing but hspl on the system. As scary as it sounds, since HSPL will not be wiped, you have nothinng to fear but only follow each instruction carefully:
1. back up and format your sd card to clean it up.
2. download Task29 and put your own RADIO file(if you don't want to use the provided radio file in Task 29 folder). e.g. i'll replace my radio rom 2.15.50.14's ".nbh" (new Radio) in the folder which had some 2.08.xx(.nbh)(older radio).
3.a. Restart phone by pressing volume down button and power button simulatenously, this would bring the red/green screen - connect USB to the pc and phone.
3.b. Run the update utility, after which white htc screen would boot and basically your system is completely clean. just pull out the battery and retart system by pressing volume down button and power button simulatenously, this would bring the red/green screen.
4. Now one by one install MAGLDR 1.11 (DAF.exe installation)
5. then install clockwork recovery for hd2 (DAF.exe installation, which gives you partition messages)
6. boot into clockwork recovery, you will notice the mounting errors will be not there now
7. Install your NAND rom from sd again and reboot, it shud work this time
Getting to Recovery in GB
Besides using a reboot into recovery app, you can also shut down the phone, then pull the battery, put the battery back in and the normal Vol Down + Power will get you into Clockwork Recovery. Seems like GB is in some kind of stand by mode even when you power it down.
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put the battery back in and the normal Vol Down + Power will get you into Clockwork Recovery.
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No it won't, it will put you into bootloader.
I can't seem to get CWR to install on my Vibrant.
I've used these steps to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
And this step to fix the Android system recovery 3e
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
Then these steps to install CWR.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
However, this last section doesn't seem to work. Here's exactly what I'm doing:
Get ROM Manager from the market
Open ROM manager
Select 'Flash ROM'
Select 'Galaxy S Vibrant'
I grant su privileges.
It appears to download okay.
I get a pop up that says 'Successfully Downloaded'
Hit 'Reboot Into Recovery' and hit 'OK'
I immediately see the 'Vibrant', then some yellow text, then the ASR screen.
I hit 'reinstall packages'
The yellow text moves quick, but it looks like it says 'replacing stock with Clockwork Mod Recovery'. I don't see the progress bar fill up. I see 'Vibrant' again
I'm pushed back to the ASR 3e screen and hit 'reboot system now'. The phone reboots.
When the phone is done rebooting, I try holding the power button to see if the CWR options are on the shutdown menu, they're not.
If I go into ROM Manager and hit 'Install ROM from SD card', the phone reboots and takes me to the ASR 3e screen.
I'm obviously missing something. When I first started playing with my phone, I found a how-to that listed some root steps. I had CWR working at one point, but had to flash back to stock.
Thanks for the help,
I kind of figured it out. I used odin to flash back to 2.1 (and subsequently Android Recovery 2e). After this, I reran the above instructions and CWR installed.
After I flash back to 2.1, I can't find ROM Manager in the market?
shelbydz said:
I can't seem to get CWR to install on my Vibrant.
I've used these steps to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
And this step to fix the Android system recovery 3e
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
Then these steps to install CWR.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
However, this last section doesn't seem to work. Here's exactly what I'm doing:
Get ROM Manager from the market
Open ROM manager
Select 'Flash ROM'
Select 'Galaxy S Vibrant'
I grant su privileges.
It appears to download okay.
I get a pop up that says 'Successfully Downloaded'
Hit 'Reboot Into Recovery' and hit 'OK'
I immediately see the 'Vibrant', then some yellow text, then the ASR screen.
I hit 'reinstall packages'
The yellow text moves quick, but it looks like it says 'replacing stock with Clockwork Mod Recovery'. I don't see the progress bar fill up. I see 'Vibrant' again
I'm pushed back to the ASR 3e screen and hit 'reboot system now'. The phone reboots.
When the phone is done rebooting, I try holding the power button to see if the CWR options are on the shutdown menu, they're not.
If I go into ROM Manager and hit 'Install ROM from SD card', the phone reboots and takes me to the ASR 3e screen.
I'm obviously missing something. When I first started playing with my phone, I found a how-to that listed some root steps. I had CWR working at one point, but had to flash back to stock.
Thanks for the help,
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instead of "reboot system" try hitting "re-install packages again and possibly a 3rd time if it takes you back to the stock recovery again. by the third time (always the second for me) it should go into Clockworkmod recovery.
also I always use this method instead of ROM manager from s15274n's guide found here
"B: Download this update.zip file to flash CWR... you will need to flash a custom ROM for Root. I prefer this method."
you'll need to download the file onto your internal sd card.
then boot to recovery holding volume up + down + power
then hit re install packages, and then hit reinstall packages again (and once more if needed)
once your in clockworkmod recovery you should be ok to reboot and you'll be rooted with CWM recovery
s15274n's guide is really good and worth a read for things like this.
its always good to keep handy
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After I flash back to 2.1, I can't find ROM Manager in the market?
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just goto the play store on PC and log in and it will download it to your phone if you still cant find it here it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager&hl=en
I've spent my entire day trying to flash a recovery image on my streak to no avail. I've rooted it using the super one click, have superuser on my device, along with clockworkmod.
I've confirmed my device is rooted using z4root.
I've tried flashing the recovery via clockwork, it says it was successful, yet when I reboot to recovery, I always end up in the regular OS, like all it did was reboot. Furthermore, trying to manually get there, holding down the buttons, tells me that the stanard recovery wasn't actually overwritten. When I go through fastboot and flash it that way, both computer and streak tell me that everything was successful. Yet, the recovery was still not overwritten.
My end goal is to put Steve's ROM on the streak, but I can't even get the recovery overwritten with clockworkmod.
I have a Dell Streak OEM:340. Thats the locked ATT version, which I think might be a part of the problem.
How do I end up with Steve's rom?
Sounds like you are using ROM manager? That does not work well with the Streak. See this article. ROM manager may actually flash your recovery, but does not work to start the phone in that mode.
You can flash the recovery image to your phone in fastboot mode. Here is a tool to help.
You get to fastboot mode by starting the Streak while holding the camera and power buttons at the same time. Then select fastboot from the top right of the screen and plug your phone into your computer. You will need the Dell drivers for this.
Also be aware that you need to rename install-recovery-sh to something else to prevent the stock recovery from being installed when the phone restarts. It's in the folder /etc. You have to use root explorer or an alternate method to do this, but it requires root.
I am using a ROM manger, but if that doesn't work as well, I'll stop.
I've been fastbooting it the majority of the time, flashing the ROM, but it says I've done it correctly, even though I obviously haven't. So far, all I know is that it's been rooted, and the recovery flashed via fastboot.
kyrillos27 said:
I am using a ROM manger, but if that doesn't work as well, I'll stop.
I've been fastbooting it the majority of the time, flashing the ROM, but it says I've done it correctly, even though I obviously haven't. So far, all I know is that it's been rooted, and the recovery flashed via fastboot.
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Have you renamed the install-recovery.sh file so that the custom recovery won't be replaced by the stock recovery when you reboot? If not - do so.
Make sure that the Streakdroid rom you want is in the root of the SD Card along with the install.txt file.
If you can get into fastboot mode and connect to your computer I suggest using MultiRecoveryFlasher Streakmod recovery. You can reboot the phone from there also.
When you reboot you want to get to recovery mode. Turn your phone off then press the power button tile the leds light up and as soon as they do hold down BOTH volume buttons. See this gallery for what Streammod recovery should look like. Selecting the #2 option will take you to the streakmod recovery options. You use the "apply sdcard:update.zip" to install the ROM.
See the release thread for the ROM you are installing for more info and post any problems or questions you have with the ROM in that thread.
I have not renamed the install-recovery.sh file. in fact, haven't seen one through the process. To be honest, I'm not sure this part has been done at all by me. How do I go about doing that?
Furthermore, choosing the second option in recovery doesn't give methe streakmod options, it just tells me everything will be erased (stock Dell recovery). How do I make sure that this gets corrected?
For the record, marvin02, thank you thus far for the amount of help you've been giving me.
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I have not renamed the install-recovery.sh file. in fact, haven't seen one through the process. To be honest, I'm not sure this part has been done at all by me. How do I go about doing that?
Furthermore, choosing the second option in recovery doesn't give methe streakmod options, it just tells me everything will be erased (stock Dell recovery). How do I make sure that this gets corrected?
For the record, marvin02, thank you thus far for the amount of help you've been giving me.
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The file install-recovery.sh is a script that runs each time your phone is started. It will replace a custom recovery (streakmod) with the stock recovery when your phone starts, so the next time you enter recovery mode you are back at the stock recovery.
If you are going to dstay with a stock ROM, but want a custom recovery you have to rename the file. The easiest way (IMO) is to use Root Explorer which is an app you have to buy. You just open root explorer and the open the folder named etc and find install-recovery.sh long pres on it to get a menu to pop up and then select rename.
You don't have to do that to get a streakdroid rom installed if you enter recovery without letting the phone restart first.
Put the streakdroid rom file and the install.tx on the root of your SD card
Turn your phone off
Turn phone on in fastboot mode (camera and power buttons at the same time)
Use this tool to to flash the recovery you want
Using the same tool you can reboot the phone
As the phone reboots (wait for the leds to turn on just like they do when you restart the phone) hold down BOTH volume buttons to enter recovery. If you let the phone boot normally and you have not renamed install-recovery.sh the custom recovery will be over written.
Select option 2 and you should be taken to the streakmod options (images here)
Select apply sdcard:update.zip from the recovery menu
There will be two options on the next screen, select the one that lets you navigate to/select a file and then select the ROM file you put on your SD Card.
The ROM should install, be patient when it reboots it can take a few minutes.
Root went fine. I installed Rom Manager and flashed CWM straight away, but I can't access recovery. I've tried through RM and adb, but it just gets stuck at the white screen with the htc logo. I deleted PG05IMG from the SD card.
Any ideas?
Did you give Rom Manager permissions in Super User? It asks for it at the very end, maybe if you weren't paying attention you could have missed it? If you open Rom Manager where it says "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" It should say in small letters underneath it what the current recovery is. Does it say that the current recovery is ClockworkMod 3.1.0.2?
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Did you give Rom Manager permissions in Super User? It asks for it at the very end, maybe if you weren't paying attention you could have missed it? If you open Rom Manager where it says "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" It should say in small letters underneath it what the current recovery is. Does it say that the current recovery is ClockworkMod 3.1.0.2?
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Yeah, the first time I tried to flash it, it gave me a privileges error, but the second time it worked. It says the current recovery is CWM. TitaniumBackup even says that root/busybox is ok, so that's not the problem.
Just flash it over again.
Open RomManager settings and select "Erase Recovery".
Hit menu in RomManager and select "Clear DL Cache" (so it will DL the recover image again).
In a good data area select "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" again (you can do it a second time to make sure if flashed if you want, doesn't matter).
Sometimes even if RM says it successfully flashed it didn't.
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[email protected] at the spelling/grammar errors. My bad
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Just flash it over again.
Open RomManager settings and select "Erase Recovery".
Hit menu in RomManager and select "Clear DL Cache" (so it will DL the recover image again).
In a good data area select "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" again (you can do it a second time to make sure if flashed if you want, doesn't matter).
Sometimes even if RM says it successfully flashed it didn't.
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Thanks! Worked perfectly.