Can't boot into ClockworkMod - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I can't seem to boot into ClockworkMod recovery. It boots me into the android recovery screen (blue text, 4 options). I try re-installing packages but it doesn't work. How can I fix it?

Did u flash clockwork recovery on rom manager first?
ur update package could be corrupt!! download a new update package and reinstall new package twice like usual and it should turn green and if it doesnt do it after that. Then come back and we'll go from there.

movieaddict said:
Did u flash clockwork recovery on rom manager first?
ur update package could be corrupt!! download a new update package and reinstall new package twice like usual and it should turn green and if it doesnt do it after that. Then come back and we'll go from there.
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Yeah, I flashed it. It didn't turn green

flash clockwork recovery for vibrant not vibrant mtd. then after that download the update package and insert it on ur sd card. Go into ur rom manager and go into recovery from there and reinstall packages and do it twice.
Have u done this before? make sure ur phone isnt hardware locked??
downgrade with odin to 2.1 with the proper tar file and pit file. Then when ur on 2.1 its alot easier. Put the update package on ur internal sd card and turn ur phone off. Then hold down both volume buttons then power it back on and when u see vibrant come on let go of the power button. U will then see recovery then all u have to do is reinstall package and u may have to do that once or twice but then after that u will have the green recovery and ur phone will be rooted and ready to rock with some roms.
enjoy

movieaddict said:
flash clockwork recovery for vibrant not vibrant mtd. then after that download the update package and insert it on ur sd card. Go into ur rom manager and go into recovery from there and reinstall packages and do it twice.
Have u done this before? make sure ur phone isnt hardware locked??
downgrade with odin to 2.1 with the proper tar file and pit file. Then when ur on 2.1 its alot easier. Put the update package on ur internal sd card and turn ur phone off. Then hold down both volume buttons then power it back on and when u see vibrant come on let go of the power button. U will then see recovery then all u have to do is reinstall package and u may have to do that once or twice but then after that u will have the green recovery and ur phone will be rooted and ready to rock with some roms.
enjoy
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I flashed it for vibrant, not vibrant mtd. Where can I download the update package?

follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
it will have all the info u need
enjoy

movieaddict said:
follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
it will have all the info u need
enjoy
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I couldn't find anything relating to the update package. Still have the same problem.

Its right under rooting ur phone under eclair guide at that link
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it probably that u have the 3e recovery which prevent the clockworkmod from being signed therefore it wont boot into clockwork try download 3e recovery installer mod from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
just follow the instruction on that post

all my help ive been giving u i thought u were on stock 2.1 if u were on 2.2 then update package wont work on 2.2, thats why the guide is for 2.1 eclair..
Are u on 2.1 or 2.2?

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help e: cant mount /sdcard

hello,
I having a problem. Every time i go into cwm and try to flash a kernel or anything else it says e:cant mount sdcard but then i can reboot normally...can someone please help and also i cant replace the sdcard....? this problem only started to happen once i updated to nightly build #20
this is a known bug in build 20 of cm7 which also happened to me the easy way to fix this is getting ur phone into download modeand flash the cm7 initial kernel and then boot ur phone into recovery and it should work
kinzkarazy said:
this is a known bug in build 20 of cm7 which also happened to me the easy way to fix this is getting ur phone into download modeand flash the cm7 initial kernel and then boot ur phone into recovery and it should work
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but how do i flash without cwm ..?
man u just have bad luck....
Flash it with odin theres a guide on how to use odin in the forum
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with your understanding i would just odin to stock and start fresh.
sooooo the only way to go is to flash back to stock ...?
I agree with shred if ur understanding of odin is not that great then odin back to stock is the way to go and then flash cm7 from stock
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well just tell me how .....
Search function is ur friend im not at home right now soo too lazy to give u the link
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heres a great guide!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
heres how to get into dl mode
power off phone
pull out battery
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
i want to be able to fix this problem WITHOUT going back to stock is there any way???
yes, there is.
Flash pda tar initial cyanogen kernel witch will give you clockworkmod 3xx through odin and reboot to recovery and flash whatever version of nightly you want minus the #20 .
do you have a link to those files
Downloaded the old CM7 files:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gn4qoonoe3cjyp6
Extracted the cm7-vibrant-initial-kernel.tar
Fire up odin and load the tar file (pda section)
THIS IS IMPORTANT - UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT!!!
When done (success) pull usb cable and hold the 3 button combo (will take about 10secs to reboot) and enter recovery mode.
When in recovery mode flash the #19 Nightly
I found it at /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/download/download/download.cyanogenmod/get/(#19 full rom)
OR
Download it here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=vibrantmtd
and save to sdcard
please give thnx to moped_ryder for the instruction
thank you alot but one last one question ? will this wipe my apps?
No it will not it just only bring ur clockwork from 4.x to 3.x so it will read ur sd card btw i recommend u to upgrade straight to build 22 rather than flashing back to build 19 good luck flashing and keep us updated if it works
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well.. in that case cant you just delete cwm then reflash it to cwm3
Well the thing is u cant cm7 build 19 come preload with cwm 4x just follow the instruction i gave u to fix the sd problem so u can flash newer version of cm7
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lol i forgot to unchack auto reboot so in the end i hd to odin back to stock

[Q] Clockwork Recovery wont Flash

Tried to install CM7 on my Vibrant 2.2 Rooted using Superoneclick method - Phone has superuser, Busybox, rom manager premium. I tried to flash clockwork recovery...
Clicked on Rom Manager
Clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
Tried both Galaxy S Vibrant and Vibrant (MTD) options (seperately)
current recovery showed both versions after each flash and reboot
Clicked reboot into recovery
Phone boots into stock recovery
Tried reinstall packages like 5 times after each flash
always get signature verification errors
Im stuck here.. Could not figure out how to get past this issue
Any help greatly appreciated!
Only flash cwm recovery mtd 2.xxx since you're going from froyo to cm7.
Flash the recovery again, reboot into recovery, reinstall package, wipe data, reboot......sometimes this worked when I had issues a while ago.
Please back up everything before you flash...
I have just learned that I have the Stock 3e recovery on my phone... I have read that on the I9000 that you have to flash a new kernal... Im not sure if this is my problem, but last time I did this I bricked my phone where it would not power at ALL
On your phone, go to settings, applications, development, is debugging checked?
crazy25000 said:
On your phone, go to settings, applications, development, is debugging checked?
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Yes it is, I had to use that for Superoneclick
There you go.....I've used this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7324731&postcount=1
crazy25000 said:
There you go.....I've used this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7324731&postcount=1
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Thats the exact Thread I was using before
1. Download ROM Manager from the Market.
2. Flash Recovery.
3. Choose Vibrant as your phone.
4. Accept the Superuser prompt.
5. On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.
6. Watch the backup go!
After step 5 It always says signature verification failed, no matter how man times i click it or reboot phone
Even if I force reboot by holding all three buttons or reboot into recovery from rom managers menu it does this
Have you heard of this 3e recovery not working and only 2e works
Did you use Odin to flash the kernel that's posted?
Here is froyo that has modified recovery and it's rooted.....makes everything easier
http://www.4shared.com/file/dJiyRz3v/EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.html
crazy25000 said:
Did you use Odin to flash the kernel that's posted?
Here is froyo that has modified recovery and it's rooted.....makes everything easier
Well I decided to flash using the file you specified... this file gave me the GTI9000 software that bricked my phone last time... I hope it doesnt brick my phone --- This is not the SGH-T959 Firmware....
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spaceman8988 said:
crazy25000 said:
Did you use Odin to flash the kernel that's posted?
Here is froyo that has modified recovery and it's rooted.....makes everything easier
Well I decided to flash using the file you specified... this file gave me the GTI9000 software that bricked my phone last time... I hope it doesnt brick my phone --- This is not the SGH-T959 Firmware....
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Well I got it back to the original software because it did brick my phone again, but it was just a soft brick. I restored it back to 2.2 froyo and I have it rooted again.. Not sure what to do now, I think i need to try getting back to the 2e recovery system
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Ill be free later if you want to work on this.....sorry about the soft brick, I've done it this way and it never bricked, but not every phone is the same
if u want to install cm7 on ur phone its really quite easy! odin back to stock 2.1 as 2.1 is easier to root then froyo. Once ur at 2.1 root the eclair method by installing the update package twice and the second time it should turn green. Now go into Rom manager premium it wont u download the cm7 nightlies if ur on 2x! Pick Vibrantmtd and pick 3x not 2x. then when thats done go into downloads and download the newest cm7 nightlie which is 33#. For ur first nightlie always choose all three! Wipe data, wipe dalvik, backup rom. Then when u move on to #34 u only have to pick the 2-wipe dalvik and backup rom. As its always good to wipe data on ur first cm7 nightlie. With rom manager premium its as easy as 1.2,3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
movieaddict said:
if u want to install cm7 on ur phone its really quite easy! odin back to stock 2.1 as 2.1 is easier to root then froyo. Once ur at 2.1 root the eclair method by installing the update package twice and the second time it should turn green. Now go into Rom manager premium it wont u download the cm7 nightlies if ur on 2x! Pick Vibrantmtd and pick 3x not 2x. then when thats done go into downloads and download the newest cm7 nightlie which is 33#. For ur first nightlie always choose all three! Wipe data, wipe dalvik, backup rom. Then when u move on to #34 u only have to pick the 2-wipe dalvik and backup rom. As its always good to wipe data on ur first cm7 nightlie. With rom manager premium its as easy as 1.2,3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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Lol Tried this when I had to flash back to stock after I soft bricked my phone... For some reason, every time I tried to root it again it would always tell me I was already rooted, but would not let me actually reinstall the packages... I tried the update.zip method and the superoneclick with both exploits. Its like even if I wipe it something gets stuck behind..
crazy25000 said:
Ill be free later if you want to work on this.....sorry about the soft brick, I've done it this way and it never bricked, but not every phone is the same
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Was it the same software that you flashed? cause the Eugene software in your link always puts the I9000 software on it... Its a Vibrant(SGH-T959) and the boot screen changed to I9000 and it wouldnt boot past that when I flashed it with yours.
spaceman8988 said:
spaceman8988 said:
Well I got it back to the original software because it did brick my phone again, but it was just a soft brick. I restored it back to 2.2 froyo and I have it rooted again.. Not sure what to do now, I think i need to try getting back to the 2e recovery system
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very simple, if you have already done the "flash CWM" via Rom Manager, then you should have an update.zip file in your root. Odin back to stock and hit reinstall packages. It should reboot into recovery. Hit reinstall packages again and you should have green clockwork..
OR
You can try to flash a stock + voodoo kernel via Odin as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480
Good luck,.
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[Q] ROMS And 2.2

Hello XDA community , my name is Ethan. I was able to root my s amsung galaxy S today , using the method of the "modified 3e recovry method" my phone successfully rooted. Its super fast , I'm enjoying it. I later today tried to install custom ROM through Clockwork Mod Recovery , and was unsuccessful. My phone refuses to go into Clockworks Recovery ? Ive tried everything and its being a pain. Can someone with great knowledge of this help me ?
Here is my phone info.
Proof of root
Version of Clockwork
I couldn't put images , dont have 8 posts.
Ethancarerra said:
Hello XDA community , my name is Ethan. I was able to root my s amsung galaxy S today , using the method of the "modified 3e recovry method" my phone successfully rooted. Its super fast , I'm enjoying it. I later today tried to install custom ROM through Clockwork Mod Recovery , and was unsuccessful. My phone refuses to go into Clockworks Recovery ? Ive tried everything and its being a pain. Can someone with great knowledge of this help me ?
Here is my phone info.
Proof of root
Version of Clockwork
I couldn't put images , dont have 8 posts.
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did you pick vibrant when you flashed clockwork with rom manager ??
In order to get into Clockwork, you have to have Clockwork in your internal memory.
Go into the market and install the app ROM Manager. At the top of ROM Manager, there will be a button that says Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Press that and select your phone. Once that finishes, press the button under that, that says "Reboot into Recovery".
If it's your first time going into recovery, then it's going to popup with the stock recovery screen. Once you get to the stock recovery screen, select "Reinstall Packages" and select it with the power button. Now, my memory is a little fuzzy, but it should either take you directly back to the recovery screen, or reboot into the recovery screen, but either way, once it goes back to that same screen, select Reinstall packages again, and it should take you to the Clockwork Recovery.
EDIT: Oh, I just remembered this also. If you still have the update.zip in your internal memory, ROM Manager won't overwrite it. You have to plug your phone in to your computer, delete the update.zip, then go back into ROM Manager and reflash ClockworkMod Recovery. Then continue with what I said above.
(The update.zip that's in your memory right now is the update you applied to root your phone, just so you know. It's not required anymore.)
kyle51 said:
did you flash clockwork with rom manager ??
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Yes I believe , in ROM Manager I hit "Flash Clockwork Recovery" , chose my phone version. Superuser gave out access.
Ethancarerra said:
Yes I believe , in ROM Manager I hit "Flash Clockwork Recovery" , chose my phone version. Superuser gave out access.
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go to recovery and reinstall packages twice ??
that should take you to clockwork recovery
well im going to tell u wht to do from stock ok as its easier for me!
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
then after that go here and downoad the update package:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
u wanna download the eclair method of root update package.
then install that on ur internal sd card and go into recovery it should be blue, now click to reinstall packages u should have to do once or twice usually twice. After that it will trun green.
Then go into rom manager and as he said above flash clockwork recovery click vibrant. After that is done u will have clockwork and root access and able to flash any rom
I started using odin before I ever even properly updated to 2.2.... however I do remember having issues like this on a Captivate that was 2.2, I remember that you for sure have to "reinstall packages" twice after flashing CWM. after that you shouldn't have to do it again.....
Ethancarerra said:
Hello XDA community , my name is Ethan. I was able to root my s amsung galaxy S today , using the method of the "modified 3e recovry method" my phone successfully rooted. Its super fast , I'm enjoying it. I later today tried to install custom ROM through Clockwork Mod Recovery , and was unsuccessful. My phone refuses to go into Clockworks Recovery ? Ive tried everything and its being a pain. Can someone with great knowledge of this help me ?
Here is my phone info.
Proof of root
Version of Clockwork
I couldn't put images , dont have 8 posts.
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go to rom manager install recovery for ur device...then select boot into recovery ....or wtever the option is called...then reinstall package...if same screen appears selct reinstall package again...that should get you to recovery

Can't boot into clockwork recovery

Ok so i downloaded rom manager and selected the top option flash clockworkmod recovery and picked my phone ( im already rooted by using the one step click root) and then i picked install rom from SD card and picked my room (which is Bi-winning v3) and my phone turned off and rebooted and went into the samsung recovery screen i tried to reinstall packages but gave me a error , i even tried the "all clockworkmod" recoveries and no luck same thing happens boots me up to the samsung recovery.
Does any one know what am doing wrong or what i can do to fix this problem?? thanks in advance and im still on my stock android os have't changed anything.
First, you need to start with a clean SD card. Then, open ROM Manager, flash cwr etc. etc. When it is finished downloading, power off the phone and reboot into recovery. From there (this is where the clean SD card is needed) then hit "reinstall packages, then hit reboot. This should bring up the iconic green text. reply if there are any problems.
honoluluacx said:
First, you need to start with a clean SD card. Then, open ROM Manager, flash cwr etc. etc. When it is finished downloading, power off the phone and reboot into recovery. From there (this is where the clean SD card is needed) then hit "reinstall packages, then hit reboot. This should bring up the iconic green text. reply if there are any problems.
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hmm so do i need to clean my sd before i flash cwr or do i do it when i reboot my system?? from the android recovery screen??
Is not very clear to me. Did you flash your phone previously? have you done ODIN, kies, etc? have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423&highlight=recovery
-ODIN to stock
-go here> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157002 and download the link in the EDIT: POSSIBLE FIX (put this on root of internal SD)
-Re-install packages through stock recovery.
For some reason Rom Manager is not flashing CWR right. I couldn't get it to stick for hours. Just kept rebooting into normal load.
Follow the instructions above and you should be good to go. The 1.72mb update.zip should give you root and CWR
suchavibrantthang said:
-ODIN to stock
-go here> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157002 and download the link in the EDIT: POSSIBLE FIX (put this on root of internal SD)
-Re-install packages through stock recovery.
For some reason Rom Manager is not flashing CWR right. I couldn't get it to stick for hours. Just kept rebooting into normal load.
Follow the instructions above and you should be good to go. The 1.72mb update.zip should give you root and CWR
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Im not sure how to use odin and what does it do ?? and i read the the topic you linked and seems like im not the only one having problems
Just download that update.zip he referenced (that I put there), and flash it.. instead of using Rom Manager.
it will root and install CWR for you.
I need to update my guides.
s15274n said:
Just download that update.zip he referenced (that I put there), and flash it.. instead of using Rom Manager.
it will root and install CWR for you.
I need to update my guides.
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Nope no luck same thing happens , i guess i will wait for a fix for rom manager
xringo said:
Im not sure how to use odin and what does it do ?? and i read the the topic you linked and seems like im not the only one having problems
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i highly suggest you learn how to use ODIN in the Vibrant Bible. If you're doing anything that has to do with rooting and flashing your phone, be sure you know how to revert back to stock. You WILL NEED TO at some point or another or find out what if feels like to own a brick.
xringo said:
Nope no luck same thing happens , i guess i will wait for a fix for rom manager
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Please check the sticky in my signature for noobs... I updated and tested it last night, I know it works.
xringo said:
Im not sure how to use odin and what does it do ?? and i read the the topic you linked and seems like im not the only one having problems
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video regarding odin to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3K9my9kAvI
here is a link for the files you need for this procedure
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/

[Q] HELP!!! flashed CWM to my 2.3.5 Fascinate, now i cant get out of recovery

used oden to flash CWM. now i cant boot into android, it just keeps kicking me into CWM recovery.
anyone see this? any suggestions? would a wipe fix it?
did you flash a rom if so which one?
no ROMs, simply just tried flashing CWM via Odin
may i ask why 2.3.5?
what were you trying to do?
i am still able to get into Download mode to flash files via Odin, so i dont think all is lost. but, still just stuck in recovery. when i try to reboot it just takes me right back into recovery. i may have flashed an incorrect version of CWM which could be the cause of this problem. if that was the case, any ideas as to how i can get back into a proper boot?
xwhofarted said:
may i ask why 2.3.5?
what were you trying to do?
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I was trying to flash CWM so i could flash a custom ROM. Had this phone forever and was just looking to try out some ROMs out there.
As long as you odin cwm none of your os is really touched.
try the cwm 4 fixed for cm7. http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...2&d=1311907538
Now when you reboot your device the stock kernel will over right the cwm.
also make sure you put the odin file in the PDA section.
So basically flash the new cwm and try booting into normal that should get you back where you started from. 100% stock.
that link didnt work. tried searching for the thread without any luck
for some reason it truncated the link with a '...' and it thinks that is part of the hyperlink
dl.dropbox.com/u/14764513/cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar <- cwm 4 fixed for cm7
thanks.. so i flashed this via odin. same problem. i start the phone. the samsung logo comes up. it disappears for a second. then it comes back up and kicks me into recovery.
weird right? any suggestions
ok then what is your endgame?
Now before you said you flashed just the CWM, may i ask why...if you did not intend to flash a rom? were you going to flash a Kernel or obtain root?
Perhaps you should try this
Download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278838
It is a custom kernel.
Now Flash CWM with odin
Put battery back in [dont touch power button yet]
Hold down BOTH volume and Power all at once * Dont let go until you see Samsung Logo.
[should still be plugged into pc via usb]
You will boot into CWM
using the volume up and down-Scroll down to Mounts and storage [select it by hitting the power button]
Then scroll to Mout USB storage
~now you should be able to see your SDCard as storage on your PC, put the Kernel some where on your SD Card~
[back on your phone Then Select Unmount
Scroll to ****Go bacK***** [select]
Scroll to install zip from sd card [select]
Select choose zip from sdcard
Navigate to where you have the zip
Select it
Scroll down to Yes-Flash........
Let the phone do its thing!
Good luck!
Your bootlooped...if you can get into cwm wipe all three and flash a rom thats compatible with the version of cwm you have installed. Or odin back to stock and start over...
droidstyle said:
Your bootlooped...if you can get into cwm wipe all three and flash a rom thats compatible with the version of cwm you have installed. Or odin back to stock and start over...
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yea i started to figure that was the case. if i flash the full odin package for EH03 via odin and that will start me at the beginning?
thanks again for everyones help.
Yes,
Keep in mind all data will be gone [except on your sd card like photos and what not]
Good Luck!
xwhofarted said:
Yes,
Keep in mind all data will be gone [except on your sd card like photos and what not]
Good Luck!
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yes i am aware. did however make a backup of my current setup. i am stuck in recovery, but recovery still works. so i was able to make a backup and hopefully i can restore at some point. also, i had been rooted earlier and immediately made a tb backup of my apps. all is not lost
thanks a bunch guys! happy holidays ill let you know if i succeed
This may sound dumb but
make sure you are NOT hitting "reboot recovery" and you ARE hitting "reboot system now"
xwhofarted said:
dl.dropbox.com/u/14764513/cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-ODIN.tar <- cwm 4 fixed for cm7
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the link is broken can you re upload it ?
xwhofarted said:
As long as you odin cwm none of your os is really touched.
try the cwm 4 fixed for cm7. http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...2&d=1311907538
Now when you reboot your device the stock kernel will over right the cwm.
also make sure you put the odin file in the PDA section.
So basically flash the new cwm and try booting into normal that should get you back where you started from. 100% stock.
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that link is broken can you upload up the tar file

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