Hello, I had some general questions about the recoveries and how they work.
I have recently unlocked my bootloader and did the "recoveryinstallerfornoobs" process and then flashed the superuser zip file to gain root, which all worked, which is great.
So just for my understanding I had some questions:
-I guess I got some after market recovery program from the install process I did above?
-Can you only have 1 recovery program on your phone at a time
-I see in the app market there is a clockwork mod app there called "rom manager", is the same recovery app that some of this programs like Xboarder and such offer you the ability to flash (e.g. flash ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7) or is it different? With the app in the market place you can can make back ups of your current ROM but it is also the recovery app?
-The recovery app if my understanding is right is the app you boot into when you want to flash a new rom, wipe data, dalvik cache, battery stats, factory reset ...?
-Once you have root access why would you use a program to flash the clockwork recovery vs just installing it via the marketplace if they are the same?
-I just powered up in bootloader mode and then booted into recovery and notice that it says cwm based recovery v5.0.2.7 so I think I have the newest version from CWM, even newer than what is available in the market?
-I see and "X" watermarked in the back though so i believe this is "xboarder" I am surprised to see that if this app is from CWM
-How do I update this recovery in the future?
-I also don't see the app in my list of apps for ROM manager so I am starting to think the recovery and the clockwork app in the market place are different and do different things
Sorry for the long email and nood questions, however, any answers anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
windcan said:
Hello, I had some general questions about the recoveries and how they work.
I have recently unlocked my bootloader and did the "recoveryinstallerfornoobs" process and then flashed the superuser zip file to gain root, which all worked, which is great.
So just for my understanding I had some questions:
-I guess I got some after market recovery program from the install process I did above?
-Can you only have 1 recovery program on your phone at a time
-I see in the app market there is a clockwork mod app there called "rom manager", is the same recovery app that some of this programs like Xboarder and such offer you the ability to flash (e.g. flash ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7) or is it different? With the app in the market place you can can make back ups of your current ROM but it is also the recovery app?
-The recovery app if my understanding is right is the app you boot into when you want to flash a new rom, wipe data, dalvik cache, battery stats, factory reset ...?
-Once you have root access why would you use a program to flash the clockwork recovery vs just installing it via the marketplace if they are the same?
-I just powered up in bootloader mode and then booted into recovery and notice that it says cwm based recovery v5.0.2.7 so I think I have the newest version from CWM, even newer than what is available in the market?
-I see and "X" watermarked in the back though so i believe this is "xboarder" I am surprised to see that if this app is from CWM
-How do I update this recovery in the future?
-I also don't see the app in my list of apps for ROM manager so I am starting to think the recovery and the clockwork app in the market place are different and do different things
Sorry for the long email and nood questions, however, any answers anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
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I got a headache reading so many questions. Felt like I was taking a final lol.
Long story short.
ROM Manager - Lets you make a backup on the entire phone. Allows you to flash ROMS.
CWM - The actual recovery. ROM Manager will go into CWM to flash the ROM or create a Nandroid backup.
Backing up Apps - I recommend using MyBackupPro.
"flash a new rom, wipe data, dalvik cache, battery stats, factory reset" - That's all done in CWM.
If you wanna update CWM, there will be a thread with the update. Usually you can flash it through ADB or flashing a zip file in CWM (same way as flashing a ROM
5.0.2.7 is the latest version of CWM
windcan said:
Hello, I had some general questions about the recoveries and how they work.
I have recently unlocked my bootloader and did the "recoveryinstallerfornoobs" process and then flashed the superuser zip file to gain root, which all worked, which is great.
So just for my understanding I had some questions:
-I guess I got some after market recovery program from the install process I did above?
-Can you only have 1 recovery program on your phone at a time
yes only 1
-I see in the app market there is a clockwork mod app there called "rom manager", is the same recovery app that some of this programs like Xboarder and such offer you the ability to flash (e.g. flash ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7) or is it different? With the app in the market place you can can make back ups of your current ROM but it is also the recovery app?
rom manager is the name of the program for android, clockwork recovery is the name of the recovery provided by rom manager. clockworkmod 5.0.2.7 is a recovery based on clockwork i believe (was made by xboarder)
-The recovery app if my understanding is right is the app you boot into when you want to flash a new rom, wipe data, dalvik cache, battery stats, factory reset ...?
yes correct. usually you can also flash kernels, but only if you have s-off...only some phones come with s-off by the luck of draw and there is no way at this moment to make s-on into s-off..you must flash kernels seperately and cannot be flashed through recovery.
-Once you have root access why would you use a program to flash the clockwork recovery vs just installing it via the marketplace if they are the same?
because the latest rom manager recovery does not have the 5.0.2.7 version from xboarder right now.
-I just powered up in bootloader mode and then booted into recovery and notice that it says cwm based recovery v5.0.2.7 so I think I have the newest version from CWM, even newer than what is available in the market?
like i said this version is based on clockwork recovery made by xboarder I believe. actually clockwork recovery is at 4.0.0.4 or something like that. do not use that recovery
-I see and "X" watermarked in the back though so i believe this is "xboarder" I am surprised to see that if this app is from CWM
like i said again it is made by xboarder and it is BASED ON clockwork Recovery
-How do I update this recovery in the future?
Same way you did now.
-I also don't see the app in my list of apps for ROM manager so I am starting to think the recovery and the clockwork app in the market place are different and do different things
I believed I have answered these questions above.
Sorry for the long email and nood questions, however, any answers anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
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I think I passed my final
Thanks very much for both replies
To confirm, the app in the market place, ROM Manager, does not work with the clockworkMod 5.0.2.7 as they are developed by different individuals?
right now it is a bit of a pain as I have to take out the battery, and of course the back cover, in order to boot into recovery (I guess the phone just goes into a sleep mode when I power down and not a fulls shut down?)
I suppose with a matching app and recovery you can use the app to boot into recovery without needing to take the battery out?
Thanks very much and I hope I can return the favor to other noobs at some point
Here's a better answer...
Make backups of anything and everything.
Do anything and everything to get some experience for yourself.
If you break something, restore and try again.
Try different recoveries, try different roms, try different methods!
Nobody needs to ask for permission before doing anything. Just do it and learn from it! Don't be afraid of damaging your phone because with the exception of physical modification, I haven't heard of a way to break it yet. But... there's always a first.
windcan said:
Thanks very much for both replies
To confirm, the app in the market place, ROM Manager, does not work with the clockworkMod 5.0.2.7 as they are developed by different individuals?
right now it is a bit of a pain as I have to take out the battery, and of course the back cover, in order to boot into recovery (I guess the phone just goes into a sleep mode when I power down and not a fulls shut down?)
I suppose with a matching app and recovery you can use the app to boot into recovery without needing to take the battery out?
Thanks very much and I hope I can return the favor to other noobs at some point
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your phone goes into sleep mode because you probably have it set on fastboot. Go under power settings and check fastboot off, this way you don't have to take out the battery. Also there are other ways of getting into recovery mode...read binary's first thread in the general section about how to root your phone.
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I am trying to put Clockwork Recovery on the Vibrant and when I first boot it I need to manually select "reinstall packages". I usually have to do this two times in a row and then it boots into the cw recovery. But when I reboot into the recovery it boots back into the samsung recovery and I have to select "reinstall packages" again to get into cw. This isn't normal correct? I saw that I should only have to do this once and then it should boot into cw recovery everytime with no problems. The phone came with 2.2 stock.
In my experience with stock roms, i have to hit re-install packages twice to go to clockwork recovery.
Well what I am wondering is do you have to do that everytime you want to go into the recovery? Also could that possibly affect the phone to where I would not be able to restore it back to factory if something were to go wrong if I flashed a new ROM?
i assume you have rom manager right? You can do select reboot into recovery so that it will bring you straight to clockwork mod recovery. Also there's an app called "quick boot", that can make you go to recovery or download mode faster.
And no that won't affect anything when you want to flash another rom.
Your fine. Recovery will not effect going to back to stock because odin overrides all. Like the other guy said when your using a stock rooted rom you almost always have to hit it twice. Flash a custom rom and it will always go into recovery with out a hitch.
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Ok, thank you for your help. I didn't know if it was having a problem or something.
Sorry for the bump, but I didnt want to start a new thread.
I'm having this same problem, but reinstalling the packages isnt working. I've done it 3 or 4 times
Tbry said:
Sorry for the bump, but I didnt want to start a new thread.
I'm having this same problem, but reinstalling the packages isnt working. I've done it 3 or 4 times
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This should help you out.
Thanks for the link. I decided it is probably a better idea just to get a new kernal. My vibrant has andriod 2.1.1 right now. I read elsewhere that custom kernals come with clockwork recovery, plus that would eliminate any problems with my current kernal and the 2.2.1 ROM I am about to flash... Right?
Just need a guide for it.
Edit: I'm trying this. How long is it supposed to take?
Edit2: it failed when it trys to stop the adb server.
I've read the whole cwm main posts, and so I kinda understand what cwm backup is, so heres a few quick questions on cwm (I'm sorry I'm still new to this stuff)
1.Does CWM backup everything?
like the state of apps to firmware version and eveything?
if not, please tell me what it backsup.
2.I've downloaded the CWM via Rom Manager 4.3.3.0, did recovery, and tried a backup, and,
it turns off, and the android dude under a big exclaimation mark is all I see, and it's stuck on it::So I yanked the battery out, and rebooted it(it the power button), and it, well, fine, so far. Tried again, stuck again, so, is there a solution on this??
ATT, 4.1.83, Rooted via Gingerbreak, Locked bootloader
1. Nandroid is full system backup, it backups everything, its a copy of your system.
2. I think this recovery is for bootloader unlocked phone only .
You need to use this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019143
Guide to install it : http://briefmobile.com/atrix-4g-rom-installation-guide (Part Three – Tenfar’s CWM Recovery)
BTW, after you backup everything, go ahead and move to GingerBread.
Great guide over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
ofek said:
2. I think this recovery is for bootloader unlocked phone only.
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OP, if you haven't unlocked your Atrix yet then ROM manager wouldn't have been able to install CWM Recovery.
ofek said:
You need to use this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019143
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OP, the CWM Recovery installed by ROM Manager doesn't quite work right with the Atrix. Which means that you can't really use ROM Manager on the Atrix right now, since almost everything it wants to do requires that you first install its own recovery.
So you'll need to use a slightly different version of the CWM Recovery created by member tenfar. FYI, the newest version is posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
P.S. Here's the easiest way to unlock your phone, install Tenfar's CWM Recovery, and install su for root access: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
P.P.S. Based on your description, it sounds like you're booting into the stock Android Recovery. To get past the icons, try one or the other of these two methods (based on your firmware version):
Pre-4.5.91: Hold the phone in your hands in portrait mode (i.e. not laying on a flat surface). Touch the lower right-hand corner of the screen several times until you find the "sweet spot". One you get past this point you'll see that there are touch-buttons in both lower corners of the screen. To accept an item in the menu you will need to touch the button in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. However, there's a bug in this version of Android Recovery which requires you to rotate the screen to LANDSCAPE mode before touching the button. Which means that once the phone is rotated you will be touching the lower right-hand corner of the screen...
4.5.91: I'm told that pressing both the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons simultaneously will get you into the Android Recovery, but I was never able to get this to work. I just unlocked my phone and installed Tenfar's CWM Recovery instead. There are no problems with navigating his recovery.
AndyPhreak said:
OP, the CWM Recovery installed by ROM Manager doesn't quite work right with the Atrix. Which means that you can't really use ROM Manager on the Atrix right now, since almost everything it wants to do requires that you first install its own recovery.
So you'll need to use a slightly different version of the CWM Recovery created by member tenfar. FYI, the newest version is posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
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Updating the thread to say... at this point the recommended Atrix recovery is romracer's version, posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
romracer is actively maintaining this version, which does work correctly with ROM Manger (assuming that you install ROM manager first, and then use it to install romracer's recovery). Also, this latest recovery correctly handles backups and restores to/from both the internal storage and the external SD card.
Hello all I am new to this whole rooting process... I am not afraid to admit it as we all were once new at what we are doing at some point. I need help creating a nandroid back up on my atrix. O have successfully unlocked the boot loader and rooted my phone. I performed a backup using cwm through the boot screen and then I proceeded to wipe all my data and install a new rom when to my surprise it got stuck on the boot load screen for 30minites before I pulled the battery and tried restoring to my backup that I made with cwm.. it appears that the backup only successfully installed the boatload.img file and none of the other. Img files therefore once rebooted my phone would stay stuck at the boatload screen... I finally wiped everything and found a gingerbread 2.3.4 version 4.5 beta and copied it to my external sd card and installed it through cwm choosing the zip file to install and rebooting. Now I am back up and running but I do obviously not know how to make a nandroid backup so if I decide to tinker around with my phone again I will not have the same problem as before. Any help would be greatly appreciated... I am sorry this is so long bit if someone helps me I would rather they know the whole story then just portions of it. Thanks everyone who reads this and replies!!!
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Hello all I am new to this whole rooting process... I am not afraid to admit it as we all were once new at what we are doing at some point. I need help creating a nandroid back up on my atrix. O have successfully unlocked the boot loader and rooted my phone. I performed a backup using cwm through the boot screen and then I proceeded to wipe all my data and install a new rom when to my surprise it got stuck on the boot load screen for 30minites before I pulled the battery and tried restoring to my backup that I made with cwm.. it appears that the backup only successfully installed the boatload.img file and none of the other. Img files therefore once rebooted my phone would stay stuck at the boatload screen... I finally wiped everything and found a gingerbread 2.3.4 version 4.5 beta and copied it to my external sd card and installed it through cwm choosing the zip file to install and rebooting. Now I am back up and running but I do obviously not know how to make a nandroid backup so if I decide to tinker around with my phone again I will not have the same problem as before. Any help would be greatly appreciated... I am sorry this is so long bit if someone helps me I would rather they know the whole story then just portions of it. Thanks everyone who reads this and replies!!!
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try RomRacer's CWM Recovery in the development forum instead.
Thanks I will look into that! Thanks for your response.
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Looked into rom racer's forum page still confused
Hello again, I have looked into the forum for "romracer" and there is still quite a bit of confusion on my side (noob). I am already nervous about flashing things to my phone since my last stuck in boot loading screen. My current version of cwm is whatever came with option number 2 on the automatic unlock file that unlocked my bootloader and also provided root access. I believe it is called "Tenfar CWM". I want to be able to make a successful nandroid backup and I am understanding that I need to flash the latest version of CWM for atrix. I am confused about how I go about flashing that onto my phone safely. I am sorry I am such a noob, but I want to understand how to get the latest version of CWM for atrix onto my phone... There are so many links to different things on the developer for CWM forum page that my mind is spinning out of control. Any help on where to download all the necessary files to perform this flash and how to flash my phone with the latest version of CWM for atrix 4G would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for being understanding and helping me through this process that seems overwhelming for a noob like me.
Thanks,
A fellow Atrix 4G owner who switched from iPhone to have the freedom to change what I want
Mphill46 said:
Hello again, I have looked into the forum for "romracer" and there is still quite a bit of confusion on my side (noob). I am already nervous about flashing things to my phone since my last stuck in boot loading screen. My current version of cwm is whatever came with option number 2 on the automatic unlock file that unlocked my bootloader and also provided root access. I believe it is called "Tenfar CWM". I want to be able to make a successful nandroid backup and I am understanding that I need to flash the latest version of CWM for atrix. I am confused about how I go about flashing that onto my phone safely. I am sorry I am such a noob, but I want to understand how to get the latest version of CWM for atrix onto my phone... There are so many links to different things on the developer for CWM forum page that my mind is spinning out of control. Any help on where to download all the necessary files to perform this flash and how to flash my phone with the latest version of CWM for atrix 4G would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for being understanding and helping me through this process that seems overwhelming for a noob like me.
Thanks,
A fellow Atrix 4G owner who switched from iPhone to have the freedom to change what I want
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1) Go to /system/etc. and delete "install-recovery.sh". This can be done with Root Explorer, available from the market. If it's not there, then don't worry about it.
2) Download which every color of Rom Racer's CWM you want to your pc (same folder as fastboot files).
3) Boot into fastboot mode and enter fastboot mode.
4) Connect phone to pc, and open command prompt from fastboot folder (shift + right click -> open command window here).
5) Enter fastboot commands from Rom Racer's OP.
6) Enter "fastboot reboot" to reboot phone.
7) Boot into recovery and make sure it worked
*If you still see Tenfar's recovery app on your phone, delete it like you do any other app.
OR
1) Delete Tenfar's Recovery app.
2) Go to /system/etc. and delete "install-recovery.sh". This can be done with Root Explorer, available from the market. If it's not there, then don't worry about it.
3) Download ROM Manager from the market (free)
4) Install the CWM Recovery for the Atrix via the ROM Manager App.
5) Use this CWM Recovery
or proceed to install ROM Racer's CWM Recovery...
6) Download ROM Racer's CWM and put it on your internal SD card (/sd-card).
7) Open ROM Manger App
8) Select install ROM from .zip (or something like that - one of the main options).
9) Select the .zip you put there, an uncheck the options (no need to wipe anything).
10) Phone will reboot, install the .zip, and reboot again.
11) Should have ROM Racer's version on the phone now, and be able to enter recovery via the ROM Manager App.
Thank you so much... I will try that once I have some time to dedicate strictly to this...
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Hi! I've just rooted my device (Nexus 5) with Chainfire auto setup and I've downloaded Superuser by Clockworkmod. When I opened it up, it showed a message saying that I needed to update the SU binary, I went back to the Play Store, I read the description and I found a link, that allows me to install it from a recovery files. Once I downloaded it I opened the app again using the recovery files, Android crashed and rebooted itself, but during the boot it showed a dead android image (the one with the red triangle). I've turned off my device (Nexus 5) and then I've reboot it, now all works fine. I'm terribly scared, what the hell happened? It's my fault or Superuser just crashed?
SimoPiersi said:
Hi! I've just rooted my device (Nexus 5) with Chainfire auto setup and I've downloaded Superuser by Clockworkmod. When I opened it up, it showed a message saying that I needed to update the SU binary, I went back to the Play Store, I read the description and I found a link, that allows me to install it from a recovery files. Once I downloaded it I opened the app again using the recovery files, Android crashed and rebooted itself, but during the boot it showed a dead android image (the one with the red triangle). I've turned off my device (Nexus 5) and then I've reboot it, now all works fine. I'm terribly scared, what the hell happened? It's my fault or Superuser just crashed?
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You didn't do any damage to your device. What it seems like is that you only have root access and not a custom recovery like ClockWorkMod or TWRP so when you went back to the app it went to boot you to recovery to install them and it rebooted you to the stock recovery which does not allow installation of files that aren't signed with a specific factory key. You should be able to update the binary with the normal install mode on the Nexus without issues. If you want a custom recovery, there are various ways to do it, but the easiest would be with the GooManager app (free in the Play Store) where you grant it SU access, hit Menu > Install OpenRecoveryScript and let it do it's thing. Then when you boot to recovery, you will have a version of TWRP. This is a great custom recovery. Touch based, Fast. Allows you to back up all the important parts of the phone so you have a system backup - called a nandroid (which you should do and save to a safe spot) as well as install custom versions of android, themes, kernels, and all types of other mods as well as a way to do a complete factory and /sdcard wipe if ever needed.
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You didn't do any damage to your device. What it seems like is that you only have root access and not a custom recovery like ClockWorkMod or TWRP so when you went back to the app it went to boot you to recovery to install them and it rebooted you to the stock recovery which does not allow installation of files that aren't signed with a specific factory key. You should be able to update the binary with the normal install mode on the Nexus without issues. If you want a custom recovery, there are various ways to do it, but the easiest would be with the GooManager app (free in the Play Store) where you grant it SU access, hit Menu > Install OpenRecoveryScript and let it do it's thing. Then when you boot to recovery, you will have a version of TWRP. This is a great custom recovery. Touch based, Fast. Allows you to back up all the important parts of the phone so you have a system backup - called a nandroid (which you should do and save to a safe spot) as well as install custom versions of android, themes, kernels, and all types of other mods as well as a way to do a complete factory and /sdcard wipe if ever needed.
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That's why I love XDA Developers, because there are people that knows what they are saying! Thank you so much. Now I'm wondering if I should install a recovery mod as you suggested. Do you think I have to install Tasker as well? My first idea was to install Xposed modules, after rooting my device, but when they say "be careful it could **** UP your device" I wonder "Why the hell you should say that when I want to install them?", so I still think about that. Thank you again!
SimoPiersi said:
That's why I love XDA Developers, because there are people that knows what they are saying! Thank you so much. Now I'm wondering if I should install a recovery mod as you suggested. Do you think I have to install Tasker as well? My first idea was to install Xposed modules, after rooting my device, but when they say "be careful it could **** UP your device" I wonder "Why the hell you should say that when I want to install them?", so I still think about that. Thank you again!
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Tasker is not necessary for any of this. Tasker is for automating your phone to do certain tasks under specific conditions you set up. Such as setting your phone to turn on wifi based on location. You certainly don't NEED a custom recovery, but if you like to play with your phone, then it is a great way to be able to make a complete backup to restore in case of emergency. When you install and activate the Xposed framework, it will also create a zip file on your storage that will disable it while flashed through a custom recovery. If things go super wrong, you can also restore the phone via PC using fastboot tools and factory img files from Google. What I like to do is:
Download factory img files and set up adb and fastboot
Root
Recovery
Nandroid
Backup Nandroid and complete storage to PC
Flash whatever roms or mods
If it completely bricks and you lose access to storage then restore system from PC then redo recovery, copy files and nandroid back to storage and restore backup
bam - back in business.
Hi guys
Apologies if this has been posted in the wrong section.
I have recently inherited a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) running the CyanogenMod 12.1, Android Version 5.1.1
I have spent the last two day trying to and failing miserably to install Xposed Installer V3.0 Alpha 2, I have searched Google and read through numerous forums on how to resolve this, but the more I read the more confusing it becomes. I would really appreciate any help/assistance in helping me fix the problem, so that I can run the app without any issues. When I access the app's log it states:
data/data/de.robv,android,xposed.installer/log/error.logpen failed. ENOENT (No such file or directory)
Also, when I try to run Titanium Backup 6.1.0, I get an error stating:
Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges. This application will *not* work! Please very that your ROM is rooted, and try again.
This attempt was made using the "/system/xbin/su" command.
I have gone into Developer Options and set Root Access to Apps and ADB.
As I new to Android my understanding (please correct me if I am wrong) that the CyanogenMod 12.1 was actually a ROM and therefore Titanium Backup should work. FYI SD Maid not working.
Any help on both of these issues would be most appreciate, please bear in mind I am a noob where Android and Galaxy S2 are concerned.
Thanks in advance.
The forum for the i9100 is located here, but because it's so close to the i777 we can probably help a bit.
Sounds to me like your phone isn't rooted, as none of the apps you mention will work without root privileges. Install the latest SuperSU; you should be getting access prompts if you're correctly rooted.
If you are not prompted for root access when opening apps such as Titanium Backup, you'll need to install Framaroot and use the Aragorn exploit in order to easily root your device. Let us know if either of these work for you.
Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply.
I should have mentioned that I already have Super SU installed and for certain apps it does ask me to grant access. If open Super SU it displays the following apps:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
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Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply.
I should have mentioned that I already have Super SU installed and for certain apps it does ask me to grant access. If open Super SU it displays the following apps:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
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Strange. In that case have you tried doing a complete wipe in recovery, then reinstalling the ROM? In your case you would boot into recovery, wipe /system and dalvik cache, then install ROM and gapps. Just make absolutely certain you're running a custom recovery before doing this, such as CWM (ClockworkMOD) or TWRP (TeamWin), or you could damage your device if you're on stock recovery. And, of course, make sure you have the ROM/gapps already on your device before wiping everything!
Because you inherited the device the best method would normally be to flash back to stock and start all over - if for nothing else it's a good learning experience. Hope this helps.
Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply and your advice/information, very informativinformativ.
I was trying to avoid a complete wipe and reinstalling the ROM again, as Android is new to me and I don't want to mess up the installation and wreck the phone, even it was free. However, I think I have no choice and will have to bite the bullet and do it.
Thanks once again.
pops1368 said:
Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply and your advice/information, very informativinformativ.
I was trying to avoid a complete wipe and reinstalling the ROM again, as Android is new to me and I don't want to mess up the installation and wreck the phone, even it was free. However, I think I have no choice and will have to bite the bullet and do it.
Thanks once again.
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As long as you have a custom recovery there's very little that can go wrong with a full wipe. I would suggest booting into recovery first (power button + both volume keys, then release at the Samsung logo) and make sure you're running either CWM or TWRP. While in recovery do a backup first, as a "just in case". You can always restore your device fully from a backup.
The next thing to remember is to make sure your ROM/gapps are compatible with one another. For instance, if you're installing a CM12 (Android 5.0+) ROM make sure your gapps are also 5.0+.
Best of luck!
When I attempt to go into Recovery Mode it does so, but opens a CyanogenMod screeb, it dies not show any options to backup/restore, it foes however have the complete wipe option. When I run ROM Manager I have done the following Recovery Setup, which now shows Recovery Already Installed:
ClockworkMod Recovery
TWRP
But I don't understand what I'm doing wrong, for neither option to be available in Recovery Mode?
pops1368 said:
When I attempt to go into Recovery Mode it does so, but opens a CyanogenMod screeb, it dies not show any options to backup/restore, it foes however have the complete wipe option. When I run ROM Manager I have done the following Recovery Setup, which now shows Recovery Already Installed:
ClockworkMod Recovery
TWRP
But I don't understand what I'm doing wrong, for neither option to be available in Recovery Mode?
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Best option for you is to go to the i9100 forum and download a kernel for your phone that is compatible with the OS version you want to install (CM12, which is 5.1. in your case). With your device (as well as our i777), the kernel and recovery are fused together, so you cannot use ROM Manager to install a recovery to a separate partition.
Once you have an i9100 5.1 kernel downloaded on your phone you can flash it through the current recovery you have, then immediately reboot back into recovery. You'll then have the correct recovery and can proceed as normal with the ROM installation.
CWM absolutely has a backup/restore option, but it's hidden in a sub menu. My personal recommendation is to use TWRP recovery, as it's still being developed and is more robust/user friendly.
So as a general rule stay away from ROM Manager for system specific changes.
Thank you so much for the information/advice, I really do appreciate all of it.