Hi All,
New to the XDA forums and newly rooted my Droid Razr Maxx on 2.3.6.
I've followed the instructions for installing the CWM Recovery as highlighted here, but am running into troubles. I have moved both the .apk and .zip onto SD, installed the .apk but when doing the reboot it reboots normally and doesn't give me an option to install from .zip. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here?
pcase said:
Hi All,
New to the XDA forums and newly rooted my Droid Razr Maxx on 2.3.6.
I've followed the instructions for installing the CWM Recovery as highlighted here, but am running into troubles. I have moved both the .apk and .zip onto SD, installed the .apk but when doing the reboot it reboots normally and doesn't give me an option to install from .zip. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here?
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Find the safe strap apk for the RAZR online, download, install, install recovery.
DROID RAZR MAXX
You access CWM recovery from within the app tray. Click on the Razor Bootstrap icon, click the Bootstrap Recovery, get success and then click the Reboot Recovery.
Thanks for the help guys I was able to get it working using the Safestrap.apk
Any suggestions on good ROMs for the Razr? And guides? I'm kind of new to this scene, I just kept my old Droid 2 stock and slow.
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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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Mphill46 said:
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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I rooted my phone using the bonic bootstrap for my droid razr. Although everthing worked out correctly I want to install the razr bootstrap so I can backup and restore my phone.
Does anyone know how I should go about installing the razr bootstrap and deleting the bionic bootstrap?
You should just be able to follow this...let the OP verify however.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341578
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can any one else help me with this? i followed zedomax and installed the bionic bootloader to root. i would like to install the modded version for the razr
Are you referring to boostrap recovery app?? There is no access or root of the bootloader as it's locked up.
After you rooted your Razr did you install the Bionic bootstrap recovery? If you're refering to the recovery app then uninstall the Bionic bootstrap app, delete the clockwork mod file on your sdcard and then install the Razr bootstrap. I think this should update clockwork (if it's different) and then place a new clockwork folder on your sdcard.
i need step-by-step instructions for installing a .zip on a rooted, safestrapped droid 3, preferably with the stock recovery. can anyone help? thanks!
edit: if anyone can direct me to a post that answers my questions, that would be just as helpful. the search function has yielded me nothing.
What exactly are you trying to install, though. I don't have droid 3 but I have droid x. Are you looking for instruction on how to boot into stock recovery too? I mean, for the droid x, it was pretty straight forward with stock recovery. As you as you enter the rec, there's an option to "install update.zip from sd" or something similar. With stock rec, I believe you can only install official update.zip, everything else will have "failed signature" or something of that nature (correct me if i'm wrong). So, the best way to install non-official zip file is CWM.
i am trying to install superuser beta 3. i just got cwm, so how do i flash .zips with it?
figured it out. i wasn't using the right .zip file!
if anyone could still post that tutorial, for future reference, i am sure the other n00bs would be greatful!
Pardon me if this is a noob question. I am new to Android. I have recently restored back my Razr to stock using RSD lite. After that I used EternityProject's EasyRootICS package to root my Razr. The rooting went fine and I checked thereafter with Root Checker and found that my Razr was rooted. However on installing CWM Touch installing the recovery and trying to reboot into recovery, my Razr gives me the first moto screen and then goes black. I am now unable install any custom ROM but have to be stuck with the stock one, which runs buggy for me. Please help.
Dont use the cwm touch. Its a mistake.
Get safestrap 2 or bootmenu instead.
Cheers
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I have the Verizon CDMA razr on ICS rooted and installed the Razr clockworkmod recovery on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751826
I see that it has issues and that safestrap is the safest option, so I want to uninstall it and install safestrap instead.
Researching through the forum, I found that to remove it, I need to run droidrazrutility 1.82 and fastboot restore. Is there another way to do remove this recovery and install safestrap?
Thank you guys in advance,
Have you tried the installation in reverse order using the apps you used to install? There should be remove buttons in the apps.
try uninstalling the application from menu, install safestrap from hashcode, install recovery, uninstall recovery and uninstall safestrap..
cookie29 said:
I have the Verizon CDMA razr on ICS rooted and installed the Razr clockworkmod recovery on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751826
I see that it has issues and that safestrap is the safest option, so I want to uninstall it and install safestrap instead.
Researching through the forum, I found that to remove it, I need to run droidrazrutility 1.82 and fastboot restore. Is there another way to do remove this recovery and install safestrap?
Thank you guys in advance,
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Using Matt's droidrzr utility is the best option. It wipes out EVERYTHING, puts you back on the ota path and keeps root. Then just google How To SafeStrap and hashcodes page should be the very first hit. Download the apk and then click Install. Reboot and enjoy touch screen recovery.
Edit- If you need help using his utility I would be more than grateful to help