Cwm when my phone boots? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Whenever my phone dies, it boots to recovery or better known, cwm when I plug it in. Not sure why, I don't mind it. But I'm wondering why, I have the latest touch recovery from cwm. And I do want to switch to 4ext but I have a question.
1. Can it flash any rom that cwm can flash?
Thanks guys.
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Gad74 said:
Whenever my phone dies, it boots to recovery or better known, cwm when I plug it in. Not sure why, I don't mind it. But I'm wondering why, I have the latest touch recovery from cwm. And I do want to switch to 4ext but I have a question.
1. Can it flash any rom that cwm can flash?
Thanks guys.
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4ext can flash every rom that CWM can and then some.
The reason your phone turns on like that is because you are using CWM Recovery.

But I've used it before. It didn't used to do this until I flashed touch or because ics. I updated and rooted so not sure.
Is 4ext really worth it?
Is it really worth putting the effort into it?
I need to flash a radio and it says 4ext recommended.
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Gad74 said:
But I've used it before. It didn't used to do this until I flashed touch or because ics. I updated and rooted so not sure.
Is 4ext really worth it?
Is it really worth putting the effort into it?
I need to flash a radio and it says 4ext recommended.
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It doesn't require much effort and is well worth it yes.
CWM is garbage and it is a bug in the Touch version that does it.
Has nothing to do with rooting the phone.
You never had CWM before you rooted and non touch versions didn't have the bug.
It's actually about as painless as can be to switch to 4ext and is miles better in every way.
Yes you need to flash new radios for the ICS roms.
Read the Op in my thread like I said in the PM and you will find it is all very simple to do and well worth the short time it takes to do. Or not.
Your call, but you have been told many times to ditch CWM and I pretty much require it or TWRP for my roms which are currently the only recent ones you will even find for the Bolt.
Install the free app I linked you before and flash the recovery, takes maybe 3 minutes.

Thank you. Your the only one who told me if it was better. I'm switching now. And true, don't think any Better roms are going to come out.
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[Q] Which recovery do you plan to use?

Which recovery do you plan to use with your 3VO? CWM or TWRP?
Please tell us if you are a Dev, Cook or regular XDA user
TWRP until there are OTHER options then I shall evaluate them all.
I'm just a user here @Xda-Developers and I'm planning on using TWRP unless an alternative appears that everyone thinks is more beneficial.
I am a dev, most likely will use my own recovery, I installed TWRP right now to see if I like it or not.
Team Win... ROM Cook...
I'm a regular user and I installed clockworkmod recovery with no problem
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I love the look and feel of TWRP, so I'llprobably stick to that.
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Is the teamwin recovery lots better than cwm? I installed clockwork no problem but if others think it would be more beneficial to install the other then I feel like I should do that. Also I don't know how the support will be for cwm and our device. Anyway, any info would be appreciated.
I am using TWRP. I like the feel of it.
TWRP. XDA user/ROM cooker (for personal use).
Cwm. Regular user
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CWM, regular user...can i just use the TWRP image and put it on my sd card and flash it thru hboot or do i have to use ADB?
I am power xda/user/tweaker/techie and have always used and liked ClockworkMod Recovery. Luckily, I was one of few that the Revolutionary exploit worked when pushing CWMR to my Evo 3D! :-D
Fining for me some MIUI and CyanogenMod ROMs!!
Cwm
Flashed with s-off...worked fine for me...
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I plan to use TWRP on my HTC EVO 3D. If amon develops one, i may check it out also. I have never been a fan of CWM.
Regular xda reader/follower. TWRP.
while i was rooting it asked me if i wanted to install cwm automatically so i did cus i didnt want to mess with adb and now all this talk about twrp is making me regret it.... can i just flash twrp through cwm???
teamwin for now, if amon_ra comes along ill switch to it.
ClockworkMod works just fine for me.
Teamwin atm
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Unable to make backups using ROM Manager or CWM

I'm not sure if this is a known issue, but I'm completely unable to back up roms. I've tried with both ROM manager and manually doing it in Clockwork Mod Touch without any success. So now I'm just stuck with making Titanium backups of all my apps and starting everything else from scratch.
Also, if I restore a recovery, do I still have to reflash the kernel?
I'm a bit of a noob, so be gentle lol.
Loving my rezound and all the roms, just tired of having to start over every time!
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Ya. Don't use clockwork. It does not work well for us right now. The best recovery for rezound is amon RA recovery. It does backups and restore just fine
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crazyjimbo said:
I'm not sure if this is a known issue, but I'm completely unable to back up roms. I've tried with both ROM manager and manually doing it in Clockwork Mod Touch without any success. So now I'm just stuck with making Titanium backups of all my apps and starting everything else from scratch.
Also, if I restore a recovery, do I still have to reflash the kernel?
I'm a bit of a noob, so be gentle lol.
Loving my rezound and all the roms, just tired of having to start over every time!
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Yeah, use Amon Ra. Also read the forums and take notes before you do much more to your phone. Then search. Cuz this particular issue probably has 10 threads already.
You should only have to worry about kernels when you change ROMs. Always flash the appropriate kernel when changing roms.
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feralicious said:
Yeah, use Amon Ra. Also read the forums and take notes before you do much more to your phone. Then search. Cuz this particular issue probably has 10 threads already.
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It's good you were gentle

Error while flashing image.

I have a MoPho with unlocked bootloader running 2.3.4 and everytime I try to flash back to my saved stock backup from any custom rom I keep getting an "error while flashing boot image" I tried to do an advanced restore and picked the files one at a time but I keep getting the same result. Can someone please help, thank you in advance...
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Are you restoring using the same utility you did the nandroid backup with? Joker recovery vs twrp vs cwm recovery
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I created the back up using cwm and trying to restore through cwm...
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Stray2thaB said:
I created the back up using cwm and trying to restore through cwm...
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Are you using a working recovery? Jokers? Twrp? Photon3? Or the ROM manager one? ROM manager version does not work.
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As far as I know, I am using Clockworkmod Recovery v5.0.2.8. I've tried Rom Manager but I usually get an error while trying to perform a NANDroid backup...
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Stray2thaB said:
As far as I know, I am using Clockworkmod Recovery v5.0.2.8. I've tried Rom Manager but I usually get an error while trying to perform a NANDroid backup...
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as mentioned previously the ROM Manager one DOES NOT WORK. 5.0.2.8 DOES NOT WORK! you NEED to user Jokers, TWRP or the 5.0.2.7-photon3 recoveries ONLY. you can find the working recoveries on my site. choose which one suits you best! don't use Jokers V4 because it won't flash google apps properly.
http://www.motosunfire.com/clockworkmod-recovery/
Ok thanks a lot, I will try the two you just recommended...
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OK I downloaded the TWRP recovery you had suggested, I backed up my current from but when I tried to restore a different from I keep getting an error "the process com.android.phone has stopped working" and I have no service now...
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Stray2thaB said:
OK I downloaded the TWRP recovery you had suggested, I backed up my current from but when I tried to restore a different from I keep getting an error "the process com.android.phone has stopped working" and I have no service now...
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alright? well that doesn't say alot? as you could be using any one of 20 different ROMs. which are you using?
na7q said:
alright? well that doesn't say alot? as you could be using any one of 20 different ROMs. which are you using?
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I am running cm7, or rather was running cm7 coz now my phone is stuck in the boot loop limbo. Kept getting the error "com.android.phone stopped working" and I was unable to make or receive calls all day. So I thought relocking and unlocking the bootloader would do the trick but now I'm stuck on a rock and a hard place. Sssoooooo, do you have any tricks up your sleeves I could use, I would really appreciate it...
I've been able to run a hand full of fastboot commands to bring my phone back out of limbo, I am past the boot image and able to activate with the sprint network. Thank you all who took the liberty of viewing my post, I appreciate the help...
Stray2thaB said:
I am running cm7, or rather was running cm7 coz now my phone is stuck in the boot loop limbo. Kept getting the error "com.android.phone stopped working" and I was unable to make or receive calls all day. So I thought relocking and unlocking the bootloader would do the trick but now I'm stuck on a rock and a hard place. Sssoooooo, do you have any tricks up your sleeves I could use, I would really appreciate it...
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Stray2thaB said:
I've been able to run a hand full of fastboot commands to bring my phone back out of limbo, I am past the boot image and able to activate with the sprint network. Thank you all who took the liberty of viewing my post, I appreciate the help...
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hmmm... CDMA user? or GSM? i remember that bug being around in the very early builds of CM7. are you on the latest nightly or stable release?
i might also recommend changing some build prop info (which could be causing this?) to make sure it tells the radio to operate in the correct mode. gsm or cdma. if you look for ro.telophony.default_network=? the ? should be a 4 for CDMA or a 7 for GSM. change to your liking. then reboot. this was an issue in CM9 for the longest time and this is how it was resolved. it's possible it could be the same for CM7.
another option is to of course start over. wipe the cache,data,system partitions, possibly even twice. flash cm7. twice to be safe. then gapps. twice to be safe. then give it another shot.
other than that it might be a bad download or a bad build. so try another if it doesn't work. hope this helps you!
CDMA user, for now I am able to have my phone back on, but I will probably steer away from CM7 AND perhaps try CM10. All I keep finding is an unofficial release, is this the only one there is?
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Stray2thaB said:
CDMA user, for now I am able to have my phone back on, but I will probably steer away from CM7 AND perhaps try CM10. All I keep finding is an unofficial release, is this the only one there is?
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there will never be any officials releases unless somehow Motorola decides they want to give us drivers/source for ICS or JB. which is never. unless we get a leak.

[Q] Which recovery are you using?

VOTE! Which custom recovery are you guys using on your Rezound?
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I like to rearrange data and free up space a lot of the time I'm in recovery mode as well. TWRP's UI serves that purpose best. It is also has better support from apps like TiBu than Amon Ra does.
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VOTE! Which custom recovery are you guys using on your Rezound?
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Amon Ra 3.16, better nandroids, can wipe boot.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic.....
hgoldner said:
Amon Ra 3.16, better nandroids, can wipe boot.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic.....
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wipe boot breaks some kernel installs.... Just sayin
I use CWM
Flyhalf205 said:
wipe boot breaks some kernel installs.... Just sayin
I use CWM
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I tried all 3. I really like the touch option. The only option I couldn't find in CWM is a way to boot back to bootloader, like the other 2 recoveries offer.
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Flyhalf205 said:
wipe boot breaks some kernel installs.... Just sayin
I use CWM
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I wonder if this is what happened to me lately. Got a replacement device last week, wiped boot and been having all kinds of problems. Sending back for another replacement tomorrow. Phone has been running hot and not charging correctly and battery has been discharging fast.
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ryryrocco said:
I wonder if this is what happened to me lately. Got a replacement device last week, wiped boot and been having all kinds of problems. Sending back for another replacement tomorrow. Phone has been running hot and not charging correctly and battery has been discharging fast.
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Some kernels won't install at all unless there is an existing kernel. We extract the ramdisk from the existing kernel rather than bundling our own, so if the kernel is not there, that part will fail and the system won't boot. Doing it that way ensures the widest possible compatibility with different ROMs and makes sure that we don't overwrite any ramdisk customizations the ROM dev made.
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TWRP vs Amon Ra

Going to re-root again and probably ROM again, debating between TWRP and Amon Ra, is one any better than the other?
Probably going to ROM with Infection or XenonHD, is either one preferred with those ROMs?
Twrp is more updated and in newer ROMs there may be an update system included and to have the update automatically install for you when you click update, the recovery needs to support something called "open script" I believe that's what its called. And amon ra doesn't support that but twrp and cwm do, I actually switched from amon ra to twrp and I like it way better and the open script comes in handy when you don't want to manually install zips or updates.
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Awesome, sounds like a good enough reason for me to give TWRP a shot. Thanks.
I was using TWRP for a while with no issue and liked it. Then for some reason it started having an issue with not restoring new backups. Didn't try to reinstall but moved to CWM Touch. I like it but backups are not compatible between the two and TWRP does have more features.
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Quick question, can twrp be flashed over amon ra? And to Ace, if you look in the Infection thread I believe Neo recommends flashing with amon ra.
tholmes8291 said:
I was using TWRP for a while with no issue and liked it. Then for some reason it started having an issue with not restoring new backups. Didn't try to reinstall but moved to CWM Touch. I like it but backups are not compatible between the two and TWRP does have more features.
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Doesn't CWM Touch have the dead battery bug where it won't let the battery charge if it goes completely dead? Or has that been fixed, it would be real deal breaker for me...
JBS976 said:
Quick question, can twrp be flashed over amon ra? And to Ace, if you look in the Infection thread I believe Neo recommends flashing with amon ra.
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Yes. I prefer twrp but occasionally run into a rom/kernel that won't flash. I keep amon ra to flash on those occasions then reinstall twrp with the goomanager app
acejavelin said:
Doesn't CWM Touch have the dead battery bug where it won't let the battery charge if it goes completely dead? Or has that been fixed, it would be real deal breaker for me...
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That was fixed a while back.
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I've never had problems with twrp on backups or installs. I've only used and been on the latest 2.5.0.0 version though
So idk if you we're on a older version or something
And you should be able to flash a recovery on top of another it just replaces the recovery.img and ROM performance shouldn't be effected by the recovery. That doesn't really make sense so use the one you want
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