help with recovery.img - Hero CDMA Android Development

ok so i rooted my 2.1, 2.31.651.7 build using two tuts but none of them said how to make a recovery i did one once before with my 1.5 but i dont remember how i did it i would like to put custom roms on my new phone but i dont want the chance of bricking it i need a backup of what i have can anyone help me thank you
the 1.5 was an old phone it broke so i got a new one that had 2.1 that is why im doing it again

vortex82 said:
ok so i rooted my 2.1, 2.31.651.7 build using two tuts but none of them said how to make a recovery i did one once before with my 1.5 but i dont remember how i did it i would like to put custom roms on my new phone but i dont want the chance of bricking it i need a backup of what i have can anyone help me thank you
the 1.5 was an old phone it broke so i got a new one that had 2.1 that is why im doing it again
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If you don't have a custom recovery follow the via fastboo+adb instructions anybody else correct me if i'm wrong
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581521
You can go here for alot of useful info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Hero_CDMA.png
By the way not to be an a$$ should have been posted in the Q&A thread.

i tried the fast boot but my computer wont connect to it to do anything when in that

Since your already rooted, the easiest way to put a recovery on the phone is with clockwork mod.
Go to the market, search for clockworkmod, scroll all the way down and download "Rom Manager"-Free version.
After install, open the Rom Manager app, and the first option will be to flash clockworkmod recovery. It will do everything for you to flash recovery.
Once flashed, simply shut the phone down, and when you turn the phone on, press and hold the home button till you get to recovery. To do a nandroid backup, scroll down to nandroid, and select backup. Done.
to flash a rom afterward, place the rom's zip file on your sdcard, reboot to recovery, select to clear system/user settings, scroll down to yes, then back in the main page of recovery, go to flash zip file, select zip, and then select the zip file from the list. After that is done, select reboot to boot into the new rom.
DONE!

thank you that was exactly what i needed

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How to install Nandroid on Captivate

Can someone direct me to a "how to" install nandroid for the captivate... I downloaded it, but it was on a thread for the G1, so I'm not sure if the procedure is the same for the captivate.
Thanks!
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You need to get clockworkmanager, nandroid is the name for backing up your phone and being able to install that backup. Make sure you check the dev section and read up on the thread for clockworkmanager. You will need to be rooted with busybox and superuser access.
Easyist way is find the one click root on here then root your phone. Then get rom manager off the market and then install it and that will allow you to install clockwork then use rom manager to reboot into recovery then select backup and off you go.
I can tell you its a blessing to have that. Was messing around with trying to get froyo rom on and I had major issues so I just said screw it and restored to jh2 then rooted rom manager then clockwork then nandroid backup was back to my stuff in 10 mins.
Oh and its way worth buying rom manager for the little they charge. Its a great program
Cool, thanks for spelling this out for me... From what I have read before I try anything I need to do a nandroid back up incase something goes wrong so this helps a lot.
Thanks again!
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Glad to finally understand what a freakin nandroid is lol...I have been doing it without knowing that was it!
I'm confused...
My captivate is rooted, and I installed ROM manager, but when I get into recovery, there is no option for backup. Any ideas?
tdheff said:
My captivate is rooted, and I installed ROM manager, but when I get into recovery, there is no option for backup. Any ideas?
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reboot into recovery and select reinstall packages
if it reboots back to the recovery screen again, select reinstall packages again. this time you should be in the green clockwork mod screen. select nandroid from the menu and then select backup
done
Pirateghost said:
reboot into recovery and select reinstall packages
if it reboots back to the recovery screen again, select reinstall packages again. this time you should be in the green clockwork mod screen. select nandroid from the menu and then select backup
done
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Any way to do a nandroid backup from the clockwork mod on JI6 (froyo) since the recovery screen won't install the unsigned update.zip that ROM manager uses to enable clockwork mod recovery?
m7ia said:
Any way to do a nandroid backup from the clockwork mod on JI6 (froyo) since the recovery screen won't install the unsigned update.zip that ROM manager uses to enable clockwork mod recovery?
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You need to do this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804226 just use the version of Odin that you used to install Froyo. This will enable 2e Recovery needed to run ClockworkMod Recovery.
Thanks for that thread, are there any cons to using that kernel? (reading the thread now)
m7ia said:
Thanks for that thread, are there any cons to using that kernel? (reading the thread now)
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None for me so far. I've been running it about 2 weeks now and I have no problems.
Thanks, I'm in the process of flashing it now
The kernel flash is easy, it takes 30 seconds. Enjoy.
Rhiannon224 said:
The kernel flash is easy, it takes 30 seconds. Enjoy.
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Yup, it was just as simple as you said, thanks! Just made a nandroid backup. And clockwork mod's recovery is great
Im sorry if this is a dumb question...Im brand new to Android. What is Nandroid Backup?
I rooted and did the clockwork/rom manager download and then did this:
How to Install ClockWork Recovery:
1. On the menu there should be an option labeled “FLASH CLOCKWORK RECOVERY.”
Press it.
2. Once a popup says that it has been succesful press “BACKUP CURRENT ROM”
3. Your phone will now restart and backup your ROM
4. If your phone does not start backing up and instead boots into a blue menu use the volume
keys to select reboot now and then press the power button. Try to do all the steps again.
5. Wait for it to finish and then it should restart.
Is this different from a Nandroid backup?
Clockwork, nandroid, both refer to rom manager utilities. Clockwork is the recovery function and nandroid the backup utility.
But you need to select reinstall packages at screen with blue text. Clockwork/nandroid will have green text menu.
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
But im doing both the Clockwork/Nandroid with the Rom manager app correct? I did the reinstall packages and then it showed code scrolling and a status bar that took a minute or two... Is that what you mean? Did I do it right?
Yep....that is a nandroid backup
Swyped.....you may have to interpret
a issue no one else seems to have
Hey,
I just rooted my phone a few days ago so i could install the lag fix on my captivate. Got it done and it runs great now. I started looking around at these custom ROMs and i'm interested in trying one out, but not with out backing up my stock/rooted rom first in case i screw something up. Here is the prob that i'm having.
I installed Clockwork Rom manager NP. Got Busy box installed already too. I opened up rom manager and hit back/recover and it asked me my phone type. I told it the captivate. It downloaded recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-captivate.zip into a recoveries directory. Next i clicked on the fix permissions and let it do its thing. Now i clicked on backup current ROM clicked ok for the default name. Phone reboots into recover mode and pops up with.
update media, finished
--install from package....
Finding update package...
opening update package...
E:can't open /cache/update.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
I hit reinstall packages and it gives me the same error.
The only thing that i have try was renaming the recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-captivate.zip to update.zip and dropping it in the main directory but it had the same effect.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Get and update.
I re-dropped the recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-captivate.zip as update.zip in the main dir. and hit backup current mod.
I clicked reinstall packages and it went into the manual mode, hit reinstall pages again and it has seemed to work.
I will give and update if it does not. Thanks again.
Guys,
One thing I am not sure of. I got a brand new Captivate with Stock JF6. I have another one running Froyo.
If I take backup of current new phone via CWM (nandroid) and restore it on the other one.
Is there any trouble expected ???
One I know that files in /efs may get screwed up as it has IMEI related entries too ... but I am not sure.
I am listening.

**GUIDE**How to root 3.29.651.5 and have fastboot 10/06/2010

******THIS IS NOT MY WORK, I JUST PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I HAD SUCCESS IN ROOTING AND GETTING FASTBOOT SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE. THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO PROVIDED THE FILES FOR THIS TO BE POSSIBLE....FREEZA, UNREVOKED AND I'M SURE I'M MISSING OTHERS, BUT THANKS.********
So i wanted to write this up because i was helping tirelessly over at another thread and i kept answering the same questions over and over so here we go..
1-we will grab unrevoked 3 from UnrEvOked.com
2-we will also grab the modified usb drivers from the same site (click on unrevoked 3 and then click "more info" and read half way down and download the modified usb drivers)
****(disconnect from internet)******
3-ok now uninstalled htc sync, and htc drivers, also htc driver installer. Open programs and features, find htc sync and htc driver installer and uninstall both.
******(plug phone into pc)
4- Next go to device manager and find adb/android device and uninstall driver/device (if available make sure to check box to remove driver), then when that is done (might have to unplug and replug phone in first) right click and select update driver software. Then browse your computer for where you unzipped your modified usb drivers we downloaded from unrevoked and install.
*****(connect back to internet)*******
5-Now double click the reflash.exe we downloaded from unrevoked and follow the prompts and wait. It takes a little bit and just follow the instructions. YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE ROOT!!!!
6-Boot phone up, download rom manager from market, install and open the app, at top it wil say flash recovery, do so and chose evo 4g and flash.
7-Back to unrevoked.com and download unrevoked forever. Plug your phone in, select usb mass storage, drag the unrevoked forever.zip onto your sdcard.
8-now unplug phone and go to rom manager, open and chose flash from sd card, chose unrevoked-forever.zip, choose the checkmarks backup rom....always do this before making changes. and click ok, then ok. Let rom manager do its thing. Now you have s-off root at the radio level.
9-Once phone is rebooted go to this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832 and download the 1st post file, its a pc36img.zip. We will put this on the root of our sd card.
10-once we have it on the root of the sdcard, we go to rom manager, select flash rom from sdcard, chose pc36img.zip and backup rom and click ok, then ok. Wait for it to backup, flash and finish.
******(now when it boots back up you might get stuck on the hboot screen, thats ok, pull the battery and then replace the battery, hold volume down button and power at same time, hold until clockwork recovery comes up, go to nandroid, and restore your previous backup you made.)
11-ALL DONE, YOU HAVE ROOT, NAND UNLOCKED, ENG HBOOT FOR FASTBOOT COMMANDS!!!! ENJOY!!!
ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING INTO RECOVERY---- WHEN IN ROM MANAGER SCROLL TOWARD BOTTOM AND FLASH ALTERNATIVE RECOVERY AND USE RA...THANKS TGRUENDLER FOR TESTING THAT OUT!
*****RESERVED******
My HBOOT still says 0.93.0000 is this correct ?
EDIT: ok now I got it, HBOOT is 0.76.2000 and yes I'm stuck on HBOOT screen but this is a new phone that never even had service so no nand back up. Now what?
Should have backed up, take out sd card, put in computer put rom on it, put back in phone, hold vol down and power boot to recovery and flash rom
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Noob question:
I have a totally stock, non-rooted phone. All I am looking to do it get Root so I can use the wifi-tether app but keep everything that I have the same. If I get to step 5 above, from what I am reading, I will have everything that I have now plus root? Then after that I am guessing I would need the superuser app and the wifi-tether app and I would be golden? I am not looking to flash ROMS or backups and such. Just wifi-tether.
tgruendler said:
Noob question:
I have a totally stock, non-rooted phone. All I am looking to do it get Root so I can use the wifi-tether app but keep everything that I have the same. If I get to step 5 above, from what I am reading, I will have everything that I have now plus root? Then after that I am guessing I would need the superuser app and the wifi-tether app and I would be golden? I am not looking to flash ROMS or backups and such. Just wifi-tether.
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Go to step 6...and download superuser and wifi tether from market and your all set...
-Boot phone up, download rom manager from market, install and open the app, at top it wil say flash recovery, do so and chose evo 4g and flash.
So I need to do the above? Does this just flash a new recovery?
tgruendler said:
-Boot phone up, download rom manager from market, install and open the app, at top it wil say flash recovery, do so and chose evo 4g and flash.
So I need to do the above? Does this just flash a new recovery?
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Yes, you should always have a backup of your rom and nand......when you flash rom manager....you should make a nandroid backup of your stock rooted rom...
Cool...thanks alot for this!
Edit:
Finished rooting and everything went great following these instructions. I am backing up my Stock Rooted ROM right now. Cannot wait for wifi-tether. Cannot believe I did not do this sooner
tgruendler said:
Cool...thanks alot for this!
Edit:
Finished rooting and everything went great following these instructions. I am backing up my Stock Rooted ROM right now. Cannot wait for wifi-tether. Cannot believe I did not do this sooner
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No problem!
OK, having one issue. Everything works great except I cannot boot into Recovery. I have ROM Manager installed and under Recovery it states: Current Recover: ClockWorkMod 2.5.0.1
When I try to do any backup or reboot into recovery, I get the white HTC EVO 4G splashscreen and it just sits there. I let it sit there for well over 20 minutes. I pulled the battery and it restarts just fine. If I hold down the Power/vol down button from the off state, I get the screen that says:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.97.0000
ECT....
When I select Recovery, I just get the splash screen again and it just sits there.
Any thoughts?
tgruendler said:
OK, having one issue. Everything works great except I cannot boot into Recovery. I have ROM Manager installed and under Recovery it states: Current Recover: ClockWorkMod 2.5.0.1
When I try to do any backup or reboot into recovery, I get the white HTC EVO 4G splashscreen and it just sits there. I let it sit there for well over 20 minutes. I pulled the battery and it restarts just fine. If I hold down the Power/vol down button from the off state, I get the screen that says:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.97.0000
ECT....
When I select Recovery, I just get the splash screen again and it just sits there. .
Any thoughts?
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what steps did you follow, all of them, or did you stop somwhere...you said you were backing up your rom..how did you do that..
I went all the way through step 6. Was trying to do a backup from Rom Manager.
download superuser from market, install, then reinstall rom manager. INstall and flash recovery..then in rom manager go to bottom and select repair permissions...reboot and try, if that doesn't work then in rom manager scroll to bottom and select flash alternative recovery and select amon or RA same thing..and try again..let me know..
people that have problems with recovery usually didn't uninstall device/driver before installing new modified usb drivers from unrevoked..see step 4 in guide......try doing this and rerunning unrevoked..
Amon-RA works flawlessly but Clock-work does not. I will try a couple of different versions of clockwork to see if I can get one to work. Thanks for the info.
kpkimmel said:
people that have problems with recovery usually didn't uninstall device/driver before installing new modified usb drivers from unrevoked..see step 4 in guide......try doing this and rerunning unrevoked..
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I made sure of this. I installed the unrevoked drivers using a freshly installed Windows 7 laptop that I have on my bench.
so you got into recovery ok? Let me know..hope all is good..
pc36img
hey guys, just finished rooting my Evo. I have to say it was painless, thanks to your instructions. One question though, do i need to rename the pc36.img on the sd card, leave it as is or just delete it from my sd card.
thanks and again great job
bnmyster
kpkimmel said:
Should have backed up, take out sd card, put in computer put rom on it, put back in phone, hold vol down and power boot to recovery and flash rom
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Thank you. Now I just have to figure out how to get it working with Cricket.

[Q] I need help, bad.

Ok so my nephew got a hold of my phone and i'm not quite sure what he did. I had my nexus rooted and I guess he tried to install the new OTA, it didn't work so he wiped the memory card and cache etc..
now the phone doesn't go past the bootloader. Is that what it's called? the androids on it and the options are Reboot bootloader, reboot, recovery, and power off.
when I plug the phone in it doesn't get detected. Am i completely screwed here? Please let me know. I tried searching but I realized i'm not quite sure what to even search for. Any and all help is greatley appreciated!!
it doesn't sound like you are screwed but you may have lost all your data not found in the /sdcard. a few questions; did you have a custom recovery installed? and can you get to recovery?
If you can't even get into recovery then you will have to use fastboot to flash your phone. it's not hard just search for the specifics.
Thank you! yeah I have clockwork mod v 3.0.0.5 i was playing around with that and there is a recovery option.
i was also reading about a nandroid backup (lol not too sure what it is). but it looks like i have to go into recovery and load that file. if i click on mount store or whatever it recognizes on my pc. im currently trying that and keeping my fingers crossed. if not ill have to look into reflashing the phone. hope i fix this. thanks a lot though at least i have another option hah!
Look at the top of your phone. It should say something in red text.
Usually this means you've lost the Boot.img or System.img so the phone can't boot. Pushing a custom recovery like Clockwork then flashing a ROM/restoring NAND backup will fix it.
1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
2. Mount it on your computer, enable USB storage in Clockwork Recovery
3. Paste it in there.
4. Unmount
5. Nandroid restore from that file
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1. Download a custom ROM (i recommend cyanogenmod because its awesome.. just my opinion -- flash gapps after CM7).
2. flash the ROM
3. there you go
but if you want OTAs and stuff like that.. use nandroid backup
FIXED!!! thanks dude. i pretty much had this last part figured out but was a bit hesitant to try it. instructions helped a huge deal.
thanks guys. really appreciate the help. saved me a heart attack haha
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1. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
2. Mount it on your computer, enable USB storage in Clockwork Recovery
3. Paste it in there.
4. Unmount
5. Nandroid restore from that file
--- OR ---
1. Download a custom ROM (i recommend cyanogenmod because its awesome.. just my opinion -- flash gapps after CM7).
2. flash the ROM
3. there you go
but if you want OTAs and stuff like that.. use nandroid backup
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Glad it's fixed but here's my question.
Your nephew got a hold of your phone.... he takes it and starts WIPING STUFF OFF OF IT?!?!?!?!? WTF!

need helpp...plse

got a galaxy 4g running on stock rom rooted, i flash a bali kernal and now my screen goes black when it start up....plse help
ekcivic2000 said:
got a galaxy 4g running on stock rom rooted, i flash a bali kernal and now my screen goes black when it start up....plse help
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are you running a stock deodexed rom?
if he said stock rooted im going to guess prob a no
can you get into recovery or download mode at all?
im on the stock one, whatever came with the phone, yes i can get in recovery and download mode
you need cwm final from krylon360 u can find it in the bible and also you will need the modified recovery file and a deodexed rom u can get from the bible follow the directions and then u can have your kernel
ekcivic2000 said:
im on the stock one, whatever came with the phone, yes i can get in recovery and download mode
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I suggest to Odin this first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063696
im really new with android, going to need help on this, but i chk out the bible
also read the thread noobs guide to flashing odin and just follow directions if you need any help feel free to ask we are glad to help new members and welcome to the community
im confused about how to flash the cwm recovery, how do i flash it?
ekcivic2000 said:
im confused about how to flash the cwm recovery, how do i flash it?
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the update zip goes on the root of the sd card
meaning not in a folder dont extract it just copy it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
after you odin according to the noobs guide to odin in the bible,
go to krylons final cwm. his directions are pretty straightforward. i used root explorer to move the recovery file where it needed to be and placed the update.zip file on the root of your sd, which means that if you connect your phone to the computer and open it using windows explorer, it is that first window, which lists all of the folders. dont put these files in folders or anything.
i am assuming you downloaded the rom already from the CWM rom section in the bible. its up to you. im biased towards bionix frost because it was what i started with, but you HAVE to check out team acids new roms!
i would also dl bali 3.3 kernel as well. place all of the zip files you download into the root of your sd card..
once that is done, i restarted my phone in recovery by shutting down fully and pressing the power+volume up+volume down. once there, i went to reinstall packages to get into cwm.
then when this loads, i wiped the system/factory reset and wiped the cache. then i went to mounts and storage and mounted my system. (the final mounting output should be: unmount, mount, mount, unmount). i then scrolled to "go back"
i choose install zip file from sd card. choose zip file, which should be the second option if my memory serves me right. choose your cwm flashable rom and install that one. then when that is done, went back and went to advanced and rebooted recovery and flashed my bali uv kernel. when that is flashed, i click go back and choose reboot system. once that is done, you will see the galaxy s screen for like 5 min or so followed by the boot animation. once you see this, it will take another minute or so to load up. once you see that the rom loads up...LET THE PHONE SIT FOR 10 minutes. i know it seems long, but just let it sit.
after 10 min or so, i would go into your about phone options and check and see that you have bali and that the rom is correct.
you can flash a modem too using the same process as flashing any other zip file.
remember, the first option in choosing a zip file is update.zip from krylons final cwm. do not flash this after the rom/ext/whatever. im not sure if this has been addressed (im still a noob), but everytime i did that, i bricked my phone. lol. so just to answer your question before you wonder...cause i always wondered whether i should flash that or not. lol. you do nothing with that update.zip. once you restart, and you see that you have bali 3+, you can delete that update.zip because it is no longer needed.
make sure you read through the original threads too before flashing.
gotcha, so all i need is the update.zip file? do i need the binary file?
yay! workssss, thanks everybody

[Q] ClockworkMod Recovery, ROM Manager, and Nandroid confusion

So I'm trying to update my rooted 3.0.1 euro 3G xoom to the 3.2 Hammerhead ROM, and here's something that is really confusing me:
I've installed ROM Manager 4.3.3.0 from the Market. Then I downloaded and flashed ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.0 R4c via this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
So far so good: I can boot to recovery and it looks that everything is working nicely... with the exception of the following:
1) Even though I have CWM installed, ROM Manager won't recognize it. It keeps asking to install it. I haven't done that though because I don't want to overwrite the one I flashed... how can I get ROM Manager to recognize CWM? Or, if I install a different CWM version through the ROM Manager interface, will that overwrite the existing install, or even break something?
2) I can't find Nandroid in the recovery menu of 3.2.0.0 R4c. It says that it should be there in the Wiki (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_backup_or_recover_via_Nandroid), but no sir. I only have the options Backup and Advanced Backup in recovery; it doesn't say Nandroid anywhere.
The thing is - I made a normal backup and it created a folder with .img files in it, along with a nandroid.md5 file. So is this a full Nandroid backup or not? And should it not be a zip file? Meaning - will I be able to revert to this backup through ROM Manager or CWM later if it's not a zip?
3) Lastly, I want to install the Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead ROM. solarnz writes in the instructions in step 6 to "install the rom". So do I do that from recovery? Or from ROM Manager? Which brings me back to my first problem, that ROM Manager won't recognize CWM and won't let me install a ROM without it.
Also - can I install the Hammerhead ROM from my rooted 3.0.1 device at all, or should I install 3.1 first?
I know these are a lot of questions all at once, but after hours and hours of searching and reading (and learning a lot!), I still can't figure this part out.
Many thanks to anyone who can help me make sense of this!
bobblack said:
So I'm trying to update my rooted 3.0.1 euro 3G xoom to the 3.2 Hammerhead ROM, and here's something that is really confusing me:
I've installed ROM Manager 4.3.3.0 from the Market. Then I downloaded and flashed ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.0 R4c via this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
So far so good: I can boot to recovery and it looks that everything is working nicely... with the exception of the following:
1) Even though I have CWM installed, ROM Manager won't recognize it. It keeps asking to install it. I haven't done that though because I don't want to overwrite the one I flashed... how can I get ROM Manager to recognize CWM? Or, if I install a different CWM version through the ROM Manager interface, will that overwrite the existing install, or even break something?
2) I can't find Nandroid in the recovery menu of 3.2.0.0 R4c. It says that it should be there in the Wiki (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_backup_or_recover_via_Nandroid), but no sir. I only have the options Backup and Advanced Backup in recovery; it doesn't say Nandroid anywhere.
The thing is - I made a normal backup and it created a folder with .img files in it, along with a nandroid.md5 file. So is this a full Nandroid backup or not? And should it not be a zip file? Meaning - will I be able to revert to this backup through ROM Manager or CWM later if it's not a zip?
3) Lastly, I want to install the Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead ROM. solarnz writes in the instructions in step 6 to "install the rom". So do I do that from recovery? Or from ROM Manager? Which brings me back to my first problem, that ROM Manager won't recognize CWM and won't let me install a ROM without it.
Also - can I install the Hammerhead ROM from my rooted 3.0.1 device at all, or should I install 3.1 first?
I know these are a lot of questions all at once, but after hours and hours of searching and reading (and learning a lot!), I still can't figure this part out.
Many thanks to anyone who can help me make sense of this!
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Forget about Rom Manager. You have the correct recovery installed and you have made a "nandroid" backup when you used the backup option in CWM recovery 3.2.0.0 R4c. The Rom you want to flash needs to be on your MicroSD card and that needs to be in your Xoom when you boot into recovery. It is from the CWM recovery menu that you will choose to flash the zip file that will install the Rom. You will need to be able to boot into recovery and you can do it by pressing volume up and power to get to dual core screen, then after 3 seconds, press volume down then volume up and you should be in recovery. Or you could download Quick Boot from the market and use its boot into recovery option (that's what I do).
About the version you need to be on to flash Hammerhead...what does it say? I think you may need to be on 3.1 but just read the OP on the Hammerhead thread...it will tell you the requirements.
Good luck!
Thanks a lot for explaining that okantomi, that's very helpful and reassuring!
The only thing I'm left with now is to figure out the version part... the rom OP doesn't say anything about a required version. Here's the thread btw: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203635
I made my way through the first 18 or so pages of the 434 total pages in that thread, but still couldn't find any info on that. I'll keep looking - not giving up
Quick update... I decided to just go for it. I flashed the 3.2 ROM onto 3.0.1 - it worked perfectly without any hiccups whatsoever. I'm now running Androud 3.2 with 3G and it works beautifully. Can you see that I'm smiling?
bobblack said:
Quick update... I decided to just go for it. I flashed the 3.2 ROM onto 3.0.1 - it worked perfectly without any hiccups whatsoever. I'm now running Androud 3.2 with 3G and it works beautifully. Can you see that I'm smiling?
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Me too! ;^ )
Enjoy your shiny new Rom!

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