I heard a little about the bootstrap thing, but what about the clockwork recovery?
I'm guessing they would both perform the same functions or is one different from the other?
Can anyone shed some light on this topic please? Sorry if its a repost.
EDIT: Now that I'm doing some more reading it seems like i need the bootstrap app anyway and then i put in clockwork recovery via rom manager?
http://www.koushikdutta.com/
That doesnt answer either of my questions, unless I"m not understanding and that koush's stuff includes clockwork. Not sure, can someone elaborate?
Coderedpl said:
That doesnt answer either of my questions, unless I"m not understanding and that koush's stuff includes clockwork. Not sure, can someone elaborate?
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Clockwork and bootstrap are kind of the same. Install the bootstrap.apk and it allows you to get into clockwork...
You do not need to install clockwork from rom manager. Once you have bootstrap installed there is an option to boot into clockwork...
bootstrap is the way to install clockwork onto the droid2, rom manger will try to overwrite clockwork to the systems recovery and will prob brick your phone
I downloaded the Bootstrap and went into recovery and made a Backup. Then I downloaded Rom Manager. It flashed Clockwork Recovery without any issues.
how about amon_ra? has anyone gotten that on the droid 2? i use that on the EVO and LOVE it!
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So how will we be able to flash cm7 when its ready... I have rom manager installed now can I flash it thru there or use the Nvaflash recovery?
Thanks for you responses in advance
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Easiest way would be through recovery.
so is it safer to do a nvaflash it something goes wrong i can get it recovery that way with the button combo?
It'll be through recovery. No need to worry about getting the combo wrong with ROM Manager or Maxima's reboot app.
Hey guys, the only thing i've done to my G2X so far is rooted it, is there anything else I need to do to prepare for CM7?
Install ROM Manager, and use it to install ClockworkMod Recovery.
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Install ROM Manager, and use it to install ClockworkMod Recovery.
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quick question about this.
I had the N1 and never rooted it. I got the G2X and right away I needed to get rid of the crapware. so it's rooted. So I'm a root noob
I just installed Rom Manage and see in the options where it says Flash Clockworkmod recovery. Do I need to download something and have on the SD to do this or is it a part of Rom Manager?
Thanks
It's part of ROM Manager. Tap it, select your handset and it will download and flash for you.
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quick question about this.
I had the N1 and never rooted it. I got the G2X and right away I needed to get rid of the crapware. so it's rooted. So I'm a root noob
I just installed Rom Manage and see in the options where it says Flash Clockworkmod recovery. Do I need to download something and have on the SD to do this or is it a part of Rom Manager?
Thanks
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In the future, you will need the rom files on a micro SD card. So if you don't have one, you may want to order one.
Hello xda folks.
Im a noob 1st and foremost.
I see that our phone is listed in ROM Manager, my problem is I don't know how to get into CWM or flash ROM's in ROM Manager. If possible can someone give a quick step by step guide on how to do so.
Thanks a bunch
Bigz1982 said:
Hello xda folks.
Im a noob 1st and foremost.
I see that our phone is listed in ROM Manager, my problem is I don't know how to get into CWM or flash ROM's in ROM Manager. If possible can someone give a quick step by step guide on how to do so.
Thanks a bunch
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ok i have never just put cwm on my phone through rom manager
i had krylons cwm first so im not sure if the process is different
i know in rom manager after you install it, it offers to go into cwm for you!
with krylons cwm you have to reboot into recovery then press the reinstall packages and your in cwm
but yea you should be able to get into cwm with rom manager
I don't have Krylon's cwm, but I did try to reinstall packages but I get and error msg. Does anybody know why.
Bigz1982 said:
I don't have Krylon's cwm, but I did try to reinstall packages but I get and error msg. Does anybody know why.
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yes because you havent put krylons cwm on there
reinstall packages works with his cwm
for rom manager you should just go into the app and it will give you the option to go into cwm from there for you
Bigz1982 said:
I don't have Krylon's cwm, but I did try to reinstall packages but I get and error msg. Does anybody know why.
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First of all I hope your rooted, go to the development thread and grab the files for cwm final by krylon360, follow the steps provided in his post and you will be flashing you f'n face off after that, hopefully.
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drhonk said not to use cwm from Rom Manager yet and to continue using the final version for now
Thanks guy appreciate you advice ill try it now.
I already have it and flashed from cwm. No issues to report so far. (but i haven't flashed anything other than the recovery and rebooted into it via Rom manager)
So far, backup from rom manager doesn't work, but if you do it manually....it still works fine. Partitioning works from within rom manager. Testing more.
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I haven't flashed any ROM's yet but I downloaded ROM Manager and selected Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and it did so then I selected Reboot into Recovery and it took me to CWM. No need for Update.zip on your SD card anymore
Thanks for that. Me too. Saw Samsung Galaxy 4g in Flash Clockwork recovery menu, chose it and now reboot into recovery take me directly to CWM instead of stock recovery and install update.zip
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Thanks for that. Me too. Saw Samsung Galaxy 4g in Flash Clockwork recovery menu, chose it and now reboot into recovery take me directly to CWM instead of stock recovery and install update.zip
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koush just updated it, recovery and backup in rom manager are now working
I just made a backup using rom manager.I haven't flashed anything yet because I'm on the train heading to work.
If someone could tell me if rom manager fixes our mount issue or we still need to do it ourselves before flashing I would appreciate it.
I don't want to experiment on the train lol.
Thank you
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Do I need Rom manager? What are the benefits from installing it if I already have clockwork mod recovery?
Anyone? Will I have conflict with clockworkmod recovery 5.x I don't want to mess something up?
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Anyone? Will I have conflict with clockworkmod recovery 5.x I don't want to mess something up?
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I don't see there being a issue but honestly iv'e used both and i prefer 4ext.. it's much cleaner and better layout.. If this helps thank me =)
You don't need rom manager but I've found it to be useful. You shouldn't have any issues installing. It might just prompt you to update the ClockworkMod version if you don't have the latest.
Should not be an issue...but I don't have a need for RM!
Thanks to all!
Nooby question ik but where can ia ctually get it, ive searched the internet and only found update for it and control. How can i actually dl it straight to my phone -.-
Install the updater (HERE) and with the updater you install ext4 ;-)
If you buy the app from the market, which you don't *have* to do, just run the program and it walks you through the install, and will also let you know when an updated version is out. It's painless.
Since this is a 4ext thread... maybe someone can tell me where 4ext actually stores its backups on the SDcard?
I found my 2 backups that I made using Clockwork and before I installed a new ROM, I made another one using the 4ext Touch Recovery.
Yet, I'm unable to find where that backup is on my SDCard.
Help would be appreciated.
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Since this is a 4ext thread... maybe someone can tell me where 4ext actually stores its backups on the SDcard?
I found my 2 backups that I made using Clockwork and before I installed a new ROM, I made another one using the 4ext Touch Recovery.
Yet, I'm unable to find where that backup is on my SDCard.
Help would be appreciated.
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Lol. In the same folder as cwm backups, /sdcard/clockwork/backup
it uses clockwork folders and settings this is why it can run side by side with clockwork
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Lol. In the same folder as cwm backups, /sdcard/clockwork/backup
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Weird. I've only seen 2 backups there and I was almost 100% certain I made a 3rd one before I flashed the new ROM. Guess I didn't. Thanks though
ROM Manager has an option to "Backup Current ROM" and "Manage and Restore Backups". Can all that be used on stock (odexed), rooted ROM?
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I noticed this feature as well. I personally never tried but i am not sure how it would work. It might create a file in the the clockwork mod folder. But i doubt it works. You could always try it out. the worst it could do it bootloop your phone and you can just fxz? haha.
I don't have a method yet for flashing a fxz file. I'm on linux. Ive never been forced to learn how to do it. You try. ;-)
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Haha. That is a great challenge. My phone is charging right now. We need to find another "victim" to do it. I don't think ROM toolbox is very reliable though. Or at least not as reliable as CWM
I use this app to backup and restore apps.
Don't know for sure to backup and restore rom.
Need someone who has warranty to try this though LOL
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Haha. That is a great challenge. My phone is charging right now. We need to find another "victim" to do it. I don't think ROM toolbox is very reliable though. Or at least not as reliable as CWM
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We're talking about ROM Manager by Koushik Dutta. Not "ROM Toolbox". Right?
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As far as backing up and restoring a stock rom, I fairly certain that it will. However, it depends on a CWM mod recovery and at the moment all we have is a frankinmod recovery and Rom Manager doesn't even acknowledge it.
So, if we had CWM in better shape, or a way for Rom Manager to see it, then everything else would fall into place.
On a random note, Rom Manager will boot into recovery with our frankinmod, but that's about it.
@41rw4lk
These are exactly the concerns i have.
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I was referring to ROM Toolbox but i personally never trusted ROM Toolbox or ROM manager. But that is just me personally.
ROM Manager makes things a whole lot easier for flashing ROMs and backing up/restoring. It's developed by koushikdutta, the same person that develops CWM, so everything should be seamlessly integrated. But as 41rw4lk stated, ROM Manager only partially detects our modified, bootstrapped recovery (it can boot into it but no automation). However, you can get it to work on the A2 . Apply the A2 bootstrap, then flash the Bionic recovery from ROM Manager, then re-apply the A2 bootstrap.
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I was referring to ROM Toolbox but i personally never trusted ROM Toolbox or ROM manager. But that is just me personally.
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Using ROM Toolbox for flashing/restoring/backing up/etc only works if you have the premium ROM Manager. It uses methods from the premium ROM Manager to do just what ROM Manager does. So ROM Toolbox works although there isn't really a reason to use it.
I did away with the bootstrapper and use the cwm on every boot method, which is built into the Sonya rom now I believe. Can I flash the Bionic recovery still without messing everything up?
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I did away with the bootstrapper and use the cwm on every boot method, which is built into the Sonya rom now I believe. Can I flash the Bionic recovery still without messing everything up?
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yes it will work finr as i have done so. Also, the options in rom manager that alow you to backup or restore a rom do work as i have used both mutiple times with out a problem. I just flashed the new lithium rom today right after i backed up my atrix sonya rom using the backup option.
@cogeary
Is there a method to remove the Bionic Recovery? When the Atrix 2 Recovery becomes available would we install that over the Bionic?
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rob219 said:
yes it will work finr as i have done so. Also, the options in rom manager that alow you to backup or restore a rom do work as i have used both mutiple times with out a problem. I just flashed the new lithium rom today right after i backed up my atrix sonya rom using the backup option.
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I just flashed the Bionic recovery and it works perfectly with Rom Manager. One click backup. Thanks for the tip.
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@cogeary
Is there a method to remove the Bionic Recovery? When the Atrix 2 Recovery becomes available would we install that over the Bionic?
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im not sure about removing it from out phone, but i do know if we ever get an officail or unofficial recovery made just for the atrix 2 you would just either flash it using rom manager (if its in the list of devices) or flash the zip in recovery and reboot into your rom or reboot recovery to check it out.
Technically, the recoveries we're flashing now aren't replacing the system recovery, they're just put in the system and loaded like any other script. If you try to get to recovery manually with buttons, you hit the default system recovery. If we ever get an unlocked bootloader and an official CWM then we're golden and can overwrite the system recovery. So uninstalling everything else should be a matter of deleting scripts, or just not build them into roms anymore since we won't need to.
It's late, so if I'm talking out my ass I apologize. I will say, I appreciate all the work and help from everyone here.