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[RECOVERY] Permanently replacing your recovery with ClockworkMod Recovery Image

Since the Evo just got NAND protection removed, I figured I'd share the persistent version of ClockworkMod recovery
Currently ROM Manager is using a recovery hot replace to give you a custom recovery. But I'll eventually be packaging this into ROM Manager's flashing process like the other phones it supports. I'll wait a week or so to switch, while everyone switches over to the new root.
For those that want to make ClockworkMod their default recovery on recovery boot, use this image:
These step assume you have already unlocked your NAND using the "Part 2" thread in the forums.
http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img
http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush//recoveries/flash_image
Place these files on the root of your SD card.
Then run this from a root Android shell.
cd /data/local
cat /sdcard/flash_image > flash_image
chmod 755 flash_image
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img
Done!

For insurance stuff, will we need to flash stock recovery img to get rid of everything?

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Will we be able to update this with ROM Manager?

Re: Permanently replacing your recovery with ClockworkMod Recovery Image
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TheBiles said:
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Will we be able to update this with ROM Manager?
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Yes, in a week, when everyone has done their NAND unlock, ROM Manager will start flashing and replacing your recovery for you, so you don't need to do this manually. I do not want to switch right now, because that will leave people who haven't unlocked out in the cold.

Does this mean that for right now if we make this the real recovery that when we choose "Reboot to Recovery" in ROM Manager that it will not work until ROM Manager is updated?

HTC6800 said:
Does this mean that for right now if we make this the real recovery that when we choose "Reboot to Recovery" in ROM Manager that it will not work until ROM Manager is updated?
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No, that will still work.
This is just an option for people that want to boot into recovery via the power key combination. Or those that don't want to apply the update.zip on the root of their SD card to switch to ClockworkMod. It's just a convenience/safety net people wanting to replace their recovery now.

HTC6800 said:
Does this mean that for right now if we make this the real recovery that when we choose "Reboot to Recovery" in ROM Manager that it will not work until ROM Manager is updated?
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no, it means when you choose reboot to recovery in any application, ROM manager, quickboot or thru adb it will reboot to the phone's recovery partition but instead of loading the stock recovery, it will load this custom recovery!
this is basically a permanent or "sticky" recovery where as before we had to load the custom recovery every time as a temporary or "non-sticky" recovery. the days of temporary or non sticky recoveries are OVER ... at least until the next update from HTC/Sprint!

Koush, I m still a completely rookie on root part, EVO4G is my first androind phone, and 0 experience on root. Besides, i haven't done anything about rooting evo4g yet (still kinda struggle here, worrying to brick such a$$kicking phone, anyway). So please forgive if my question sounds ridiculous and stupid.
lets say if i decide do root like next months, so i should follow the 1st part root my phone by "PC36IMG.zip", then what's next step? should I use adb shell complete flash recovery, and 2nd part to remove NAND protection, at last run ROM Manager flash recovery permanently? or I can just directly use ROM Manager after root'd phone, like the instruction "[TUTORIAL] IDIOT-PROOF Root Guide! No ADB, no fuss!" by theBiles, to flash recovery permanently?

Koush said:
No, that will still work.
This is just an option for people that want to boot into recovery via the power key combination. Or those that don't want to apply the update.zip on the root of their SD card to switch to ClockworkMod. It's just a convenience/safety net people wanting to replace their recovery now.
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This doesn't seem to be the case on my phone. After going through Toast's NAND unlock process (replacing his recovery image with yours in the last step, only change) I boot back up and try to "reboot into recovery" from ROM Manager. It takes me to a screen with an android and a white triangle with a ! in the middle.
From that point I have to take out the battery to turn off the phone, afaik. For the record, at that point I turned on the phone while holding down vol down and got into the stock hboot screen where it checks for PC36IMG.zip. It didn't find anything because I have moved the files, so I selected recovery, and it booted right into ClockworkMOd Recovery v1.8.2.0

phinnaeus said:
This doesn't seem to be the case on my phone. After going through Toast's NAND unlock process (replacing his recovery image with yours in the last step, only change) I boot back up and try to "reboot into recovery" from ROM Manager. It takes me to a screen with an android and a white triangle with a ! in the middle.
From that point I have to take out the battery to turn off the phone, afaik. For the record, at that point I turned on the phone while holding down vol down and got into the stock hboot screen where it checks for PC36IMG.zip. It didn't find anything because I have moved the files, so I selected recovery, and it booted right into ClockworkMOd Recovery v1.8.2.0
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Hrm, let me double check on mine

phinnaeus said:
This doesn't seem to be the case on my phone. After going through Toast's NAND unlock process (replacing his recovery image with yours in the last step, only change) I boot back up and try to "reboot into recovery" from ROM Manager. It takes me to a screen with an android and a white triangle with a ! in the middle.
From that point I have to take out the battery to turn off the phone, afaik. For the record, at that point I turned on the phone while holding down vol down and got into the stock hboot screen where it checks for PC36IMG.zip. It didn't find anything because I have moved the files, so I selected recovery, and it booted right into ClockworkMOd Recovery v1.8.2.0
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I get the android with the white triangle as well when using reboot into recovery from rom manager. However the normal recovery is now clockwork great job and thx K!

Confirming this as well.
Booting to recovery via adb or hboot works as expected, reboot from Rom Manager doesn't.

jeremydk said:
Confirming this as well.
Booting to recovery via adb or hboot works as expected, reboot from Rom Manager doesn't.
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Found the problem Fix is being uploaded!

Flash this:
http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-1.8.2.2-supersonic.img

Koush said:
Flash this:
http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-1.8.2.2-supersonic.img
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Just did this, works perfectly. Thanks for the fast response, Koush. Sending some beer your way.
Edit: When I boot into recovery manually (hold down voldown, select recovery) I get into version 1.8.2.2.
When I boot into recovery from ROM Manager I get into version 1.8.1.9. Does this mean there are two different recoveries on my phone and it is booting into them distinctly based on which method I use? Or is it just a error in reporting version numbers?

So what exactly does this do or look like? I'm a bit confused on that one.

phinnaeus said:
Just did this, works perfectly. Thanks for the fast response, Koush. Sending some beer your way.
Edit: When I boot into recovery manually (hold down voldown, select recovery) I get into version 1.8.2.2.
When I boot into recovery from ROM Manager I get into version 1.8.1.9. Does this mean there are two different recoveries on my phone and it is booting into them distinctly based on which method I use? Or is it just a error in reporting version numbers?
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Booting via ROM Manager still uses the recovery hot replace, which is using a recovery with a different version number. They're exactly the same, no worries

Koush said:
Booting via ROM Manager still uses the recovery hot replace, which is using a recovery with a different version number. They're exactly the same, no worries
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Oh gotcha. So thats what that progress bar is before it loads up? And this won't happen with the updated ROM Manager coming in a week. I guess thats not really a question, but if I'm wrong feel free to correct me

Koush said:
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img
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Worked great but it might help to change that to
./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-1.8.2.2-supersonic.img
Took me a second to figure out why it said directory or file doesn't exist
Thank You for all your work

CWM

What's the latest, stable CWM version / download link?
I tried flashing via ODIN (after flashing Humble 4.0 GB rom), no errors. However, nothing in my power menu about rebooting to recovery.

ChadZ said:
What's the latest, stable CWM version / download link?
I tried flashing via ODIN (after flashing Humble 4.0 GB rom), no errors. However, nothing in my power menu about rebooting to recovery.
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this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804 is the most recent fully functional CWM, however your problem is most likely due to the fact that Danalo did not include the power button menu (at least I didn't see it when I ran Humble)... you need to use the three finger method to boot into it or download terminal emulator app, then type in 'su' and hit enter and grant superuser permissions then type 'reboot recovery' and when you hit enter it will boot you into CWM

Yeah, power menu options are Rom based, not CWM based. Just use an app like Quickboot to get there easily.

Joebroni said:
Yeah, power menu options are Rom based, not CWM based. Just use an app like Quickboot to get there easily.
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And, Quickboot is in danalo's HC4 ROM.

Can't access Odin, frozen fastboot

Hi,
I tried to restore my Nexus S (european, GT-I9023) which has a broken power button before sending it to Samsung for repair.
I just screwed my ROM flash using Clockworkmod and now my phone only shows a beautiful Google screen.
When I try to use fastboot screen (using vol+/vol-) nothing moves, and even if it moved I wouldn't be able select any option as my power button is broken. I can't also access Odin (vol+ and vol- pressed when the phone is off) as I can't turn off my phone.
What can I do to flash my rom? May I send it to Samsung anyway?
Thanks for your answers!

Txkw said:
Hi,
I tried to restore my Nexus S (european, GT-I9023) which has a broken power button before sending it to Samsung for repair.
I just screwed my ROM flash using Clockworkmod and now my phone only shows a beautiful Google screen.
When I try to use fastboot screen (using vol+/vol-) nothing moves, and even if it moved I wouldn't be able select any option as my power button is broken. I can't also access Odin (vol+ and vol- pressed when the phone is off) as I can't turn off my phone.
What can I do to flash my rom? May I send it to Samsung anyway?
Thanks for your answers!
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I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?

Switch off. Press Volume Up and plug in the charging cable. Now, see if you tackle with the Fastboot mode.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

a2zRulz said:
I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?
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My power button is broken too.
I solved the problem flashing ClockworkMod Touch from Windows Terminal.

DJBhardwaj said:
Switch off. Press Volume Up and plug in the charging cable. Now, see if you tackle with the Fastboot mode.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2
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He might not be able to. When the power button breaks, it stays in a "on" state and that messed up fastboot as it doesn't let you scroll or initialize properly.
a2zRulz said:
I am also facing the exact same problem. Can someone kindly guide us please?
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If your rom starts booting (you see a quick flash after initial Google logo) you might be able to ADB from there (while it's not booting and the rom logo is showing, I know weird but often works). Check it out.
Edit: Oh and if you get adb access, then what you want to do is "reboot recovery" to reboot to recovery, and then wipe/flash a rom and whatnot.

polobunny said:
He might not be able to. When the power button breaks, it stays in a "on" state and that messed up fastboot as it doesn't let you scroll or initialize properly.
If your rom starts booting (you see a quick flash after initial Google logo) you might be able to ADB from there (while it's not booting and the rom logo is showing, I know weird but often works). Check it out.
Edit: Oh and if you get adb access, then what you want to do is "reboot recovery" to reboot to recovery, and then wipe/flash a rom and whatnot.
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You are absolutely right. The phone thinks that the power button is pressed and doesn't let us move up and down using the volume keys.
Also, even if I get adb access after the Google logo, how do I use fastboot mode? I actually wanted to flash a recovery as my Power button doesn't work even in the recovery. Moreover, I can boot into recovery without adb, from inside the rom power menu.
So adb doesn't help here

a2zRulz said:
You are absolutely right. The phone thinks that the power button is pressed and doesn't let us move up and down using the volume keys.
Also, even if I get adb access after the Google logo, how do I use fastboot mode? I actually wanted to flash a recovery as my Power button doesn't work even in the recovery. Moreover, I can boot into recovery without adb, from inside the rom power menu.
So adb doesn't help here
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What recovery do you currently have? All custom recoveries enable you to scroll with menu and home key, go back with the back key and select with the search key. So if you can get adb while it's "not booting" and reboot to your custom recovery, then you can navigate, mount usb and transfer a rom if needed or flash one that is on your phone.
Edit: Also, I was under the impression you couldn't boot your ROM. If you can, what is it exactly that you are trying to do??

polobunny said:
What recovery do you currently have? All custom recoveries enable you to scroll with menu and home key, go back with the back key and select with the search key. So if you can get adb while it's "not booting" and reboot to your custom recovery, then you can navigate, mount usb and transfer a rom if needed or flash one that is on your phone.
Edit: Also, I was under the impression you couldn't boot your ROM. If you can, what is it exactly that you are trying to do??
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I have ClockworkMod (CWM) 6.0.2.5 Non-Touch from this thread:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032337
I flashed this earlier when my power button was working. And I have tried all the capacitive buttons. None of them work with this recovery. That's why I was looking forward to flashing a touch based recovery.

a2zRulz said:
I have ClockworkMod (CWM) 6.0.2.5 Non-Touch from this thread:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032337
I flashed this earlier when my power button was working. And I have tried all the capacitive buttons. None of them work with this recovery. That's why I was looking forward to flashing a touch based recovery.
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From the same thread you can simply download any of these (highly suggest ClockworkMod (CWM) 5.8.0.2 Touch, one if not the most reliable) and flash them from within your current CWM.

polobunny said:
From the same thread you can simply download any of these (highly suggest ClockworkMod (CWM) 5.8.0.2 Touch, one if not the most reliable) and flash them from within your current CWM.
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Dear sir,
Please understand. That's what I am trying to tell you. I cannot use power button or any other button to select anything in the recovery. So how will I install this one?

a2zRulz said:
Dear sir,
Please understand. That's what I am trying to tell you. I cannot use power button or any other button to select anything in the recovery. So how will I install this one?
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Ok let's get this right
What is your goal? Flash a different recovery? Then you can flash a recovery from within something such as ROM Manager if your rom still boots.

Yes sir, my goal is to flash a touch based recovery just so that I can flash new ROMs and kernels without the help of the power button.
Koushik charges for in-app flashing of CWM Touch which is otherwise free. So that's the main issue here. I guess I'll have to live with it

a2zRulz said:
Yes sir, my goal is to flash a touch based recovery just so that I can flash new ROMs and kernels without the help of the power button.
Koushik charges for in-app flashing of CWM Touch which is otherwise free. So that's the main issue here. I guess I'll have to live with it
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Ok.
You can use this Flash Image GUI to flash a recovery of your choice from within Android then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453617
It's free. Make sure to download the right recovery for your device and select recovery image in Flash Image GUI.

polobunny said:
Ok.
You can use this Flash Image GUI to flash a recovery of your choice from within Android then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453617
It's free. Make sure to download the right recovery for your device and select recovery image in Flash Image GUI.
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You sir, are my hero... Many thanks for this :highfive: :victory:

If you are flashing a touch version of CWM recovery, I highly suggest v6.0.1.0. The later version (up to 6.0.2.5) have a bug that will make you unable to mount the SD card within the recovery. Otherwise TWRP is very interesting, but backups made with CWM are not compatible with TWRP.

Thanks, I'll try TWRP this time

[RECOVERY][3/9/13][OFFICIAL] ClockworkMod Recovery Touch v6.0.2.8b

The HTC One XL is now officially supported by ROM Manager. ClockworkMod recovery can be downloaded from within the ROM Manager application, or from clockworkmod.com/rommanager.
Official ClockworkMod Builds
Download ClockworkMod 6.0.2.8 Official
This is the stock ClockworkMod recovery. Navigation is done through volume-up/down and power to select.
Download ClockworkMod Touch 6.0.2.8 Official
This is the touch driven ClockworkMod recovery. Navigation is done through a touch interface.
Automated Installers
Automated installation will only work if you have the su binary (root access) on your ROM. If you have just performed unlock or S-OFF, you must use the manual installation method for the first recovery installation.
Official ClockworkMod builds: ROM Manager
Manual Installation:
Requirements: you must have fastboot set up: Windows Guide, Mac Guide, Ubuntu Guide
1) Reboot your phone to the bootloader:
Method 1: Disable fast boot under Settings > Power > Fast boot. Shut down the phone. Hold Volume-Down and Power simultaneously until the phone vibrates. Continue holding volume down, but release the power button. When you reach the bootloader, choose the FASTBOOT menu option using the volume keys to move up/down and the power key to select.
Method 2: If you have adb installed, then with your phone fully booted up, type: adb reboot-bootloader
2) Flash the recovery image using fastboot. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory with the downloaded image. Type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.8-evita.img
where the filename should be replaced with that of the version you downloaded. When the image has finished flashing (usually less than 10 seconds), issue the command
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
3) Use the volume keys to navigate to BOOTLOADER and then select it with the power key. After the phone finishes scanning for PJ____.zip images, choose RECOVERY from the menu. This will start ClockworkMod recovery.
Additional Information:
Credits:
mdmower for doing all the recovery work for the HTC MSM8960s
gweedo767 (@unstableapps on twitter) for the gesture enabled modifications to CWM
KemoNine for building assistance
Shaaan for his CWM building guide
Koush for writing ClockworkMod and officially supporting this device
CyanogenMod for way too many reasons
Known issues / Workarounds / To Do
In the stock version, there is no support for the capacitive back/home/recent buttons on the phone.
The charging status LED does not turn on when the phone is charging, though charging does work.
If the phone is powered off while plugged into USB, it will temporarily reboot into CWM then shut down 20-30sec later
Source
The device tree is at github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_htc_evita.

Note: This is for evita, not endeavoru.
If anyone is interested, I also offer a gesture enabled version: CWMR Touch, based on gweedo767's work. Navigation is done through swiping up/down/left/right on the classic CWM interface.
CWMR Touch 6.0.3.7

nice!
Too accustomed to TWRP now :silly:

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Nice to have choices!

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Better late than never, choice is always good. Thanks!

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Very nice...awesome stuff
My blazingly fast as f*#k One XL fueled with CM10.1

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Very nice work. Now when noobs post about cwm and icj we have to ask more questions instead of telling them they have a brick!
Sent from my HTC One XL

954wrecker said:
Very nice work. Now when noobs post about cwm and icj we have to ask more questions instead of telling them they have a brick!
Sent from my HTC One XL
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Heh, yeah. Good to have choices and perhaps competition, I suppose. Sticking with TWRP, though.

Awsome I love cwm can't wait for it to go offical.

Nice! Thanks for posting this! How is it working for everyone so far?

mirGantrophy said:
nice!
Too accustomed to TWRP now :silly:
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Yeaaaah.
After all this time, it's like that girl you lusted after in high school who wouldn't give you time of day, then when you meet her at your 10-year reunion and she wants to hook up, you've been married for five years already.
(This actually happened to me, but nevermind.)

anyone know if our build of cwm lack any features that other phones have? i see you can't format boot in our version unless that is normal for all cwm 6.x.x.x.

DvineLord said:
anyone know if our build of cwm lack any features that other phones have? i see you can't format boot in our version unless that is normal for all cwm 6.x.x.x.
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I just checked on my Nexus 7 with CWM 6.0.1.9, and didn't see an option to format boot either

DvineLord said:
anyone know if our build of cwm lack any features that other phones have? i see you can't format boot in our version unless that is normal for all cwm 6.x.x.x.
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Are you able to format boot in TWRP? I would think this is related to HTCDev Unlock only allowing writes to the boot partition through fastboot, and not through recovery.

mdmower said:
Are you able to format boot in TWRP? I would think this is related to HTCDev Unlock only allowing writes to the boot partition through fastboot, and not through recovery.
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Didn't see anything. Under the wipe menu, there's buttons for system, cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, external storage, and android secure. I'm on TWRP 2.3.3.0 if that means anything

Mosch26 said:
Didn't see anything. Under the wipe menu, there's buttons for system, cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, external storage, and android secure. I'm on TWRP 2.3.3.0 if that means anything
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Then I do think the reason /boot format is not permitted has to do with HTCDev unlock. S-OFF users should see the option (in both TWRP and CWM).

i have s-off and format /boot is not implemented.

flashed this recovery and seems to be working well. also touch doesn't seemed to be working inspite of the name? thanks

mrjayviper said:
flashed this recovery and seems to be working well. also touch doesn't seemed to be working inspite of the name? thanks
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touch worked fine for me. only issue i had is the one stated in op where usb mount doesn't work.

New image uploaded by mdmower with USB Mount fixed!
Check the OP for the image link
Normal install instructions, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Go thank mdmower for his hard work on this!

[Q] Inspire 4G Need help flashing rom with S-ON

Hello, I've recently completed the Bootloader unlocking method with Easy Ace Root Tool. Bootloader is unlocked and SHIP S-ON, I need to flash a rom. These roms require S-OFF and have no method to flash them with only an unlocked bootloader and S-ON.
So let me get this straight, us 'low level' and unexperienced users are left without any method to gain S-OFF privileges without following the vague guide provided at tau(dot)shadowchild(dot)nl/attn1/?p=411 Yeah... I can't.
Trying to find alternate methods I have only gone in circles and keep running into old how-to guides. The more I read the more confused I become. I hope someone can point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Ninjewbag

You don't need S-Off. Flash a ROM in recovery, then flash the ROM zip's boot.img in fastboot.

bananagranola said:
You don't need S-Off. Flash a ROM in recovery, then flash the ROM zip's boot.img in fastboot.
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Good deal, thanks for the reply!
I put the ROM Android Revolution HD 9.0 on the root of my SD card, booted in recovery mode and chose the recovery option, I got the red exclamation mark icon so I pressed VOL up + power button which didn't work so I pulled the battery. I tried all above steps again but this time I was able to successfully get into "Android system recovery <3e> with VOL up + power button. With 4 options:
Reboot system now
Apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
I chose the option to wipe all data, said it could not find Efolder name)'s and "data wipe completed successfully".
Then I wiped cache, then chose the option to apply update from sdcard, it said "Invalid operation" then "success rebooting by reason 00" and proceeded to reboot by itself.
Phone factory reset, I rebooted into recovery again with the same red exclamation mark error. Pressed Vol up + power and back into "Android system recovery". At the bottom in yellow text it says "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command". I tried another "update from SD card" and recieved error: "success rebooting by reason 00" and reboots.
I don't have a nandroid backup as I read I needed Root to make one, but the phone still works fine as far as I can tell. I don't have a working simcard in it though.
Also from what I've read my eMMC chip may be fried so it looks like I'm retiring early. I'll keep an eye on this thread among others with the same problems.
Cheers,
Ninjewbag

Volume + and power brings you to the factory recovery; you need to use vol - have you flashed a different recovery? If not, flash 4ext recovery through fast boot and try again

RadRacer said:
Volume + and power brings you to the factory recovery; you need to use vol - have you flashed a different recovery? If not, flash 4ext recovery through fast boot and try again
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Thank you for the info! No luck finding the 4ext .IMG file anywhere yet, they're all dead links. I have the 4ext recovery.APK but that doesn't do me any good since I don't have root. Still looking and thanks again.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31211732

ninjewbag said:
Thank you for the info! No luck finding the 4ext .IMG file anywhere yet, they're all dead links. I have the 4ext recovery.APK but that doesn't do me any good since I don't have root. Still looking and thanks again.
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You can install the app and then open the app and use it to manually download the recovery zip which you can flash or copy it to your pc and extract the recovery.img file and flash with fastboot. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself wiht the adb and fastboot utils as they come in handy.

turboyoshi said:
You can install the app and then open the app and use it to manually download the recovery zip which you can flash or copy it to your pc and extract the recovery.img file and flash with fastboot. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself wiht the adb and fastboot utils as they come in handy.
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Thanks for the reply but as for installing the 4ext free updater version, it wasn't on the market so I used android injector to place and install that APK. None of the options worked as they all give the same error "it seems your phone is not rooted, this option will not function" etc.
RadRacer said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31211732
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Nice! Wasn't expecting to find the 4ext recovery within the adbfastboot.zip. With that I was able to move on, create a nandroid and successfully install a custom rom, thanks! Was a little scared after rebooting, it took around 5 minutes to load past the "quietly brilliant" screen but is working fine now nonetheless.

ninjewbag said:
Nice! Wasn't expecting to find the 4ext recovery within the adbfastboot.zip. With that I was able to move on, create a nandroid and successfully install a custom rom, thanks! Was a little scared after rebooting, it took around 5 minutes to load past the "quietly brilliant" screen but is working fine now nonetheless.
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Glad to help. Wanna hit thanks?