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Anyone know how to downgrade CWM recovery?

So I upgraded to clockworkmod recovery version 3.0.0.5 to try out the beta version of Cyanogenmod 7.
Anyway, it's waaay too buggy for me at the moment (random battery drainage and restarts) and I'd like to go to a different custom rom.
The problem I'm having is that clockworkmod versions > 3 apparently will only install ROMs that were compiled with Edify scripting... which appears to be just about none of the ROMs I'm interested in at the moment.
So I've tried downgrading through the ROM manager and through running flash_image on the phone's terminal several times - always landing me back in the orange coloured CWM v3.0.0.5.
So my question is; how would I get back to the older green coloured version of the recovery?
I've searched a couple of hours on the internet now, but have found almost nothing relating to the Samsung Galaxy Captivate.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Just flash back to stock. Reroot if u need to then use rom manager to flash it
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Ownaginatious said:
So I upgraded to clockworkmod recovery version 3.0.0.5 to try out the beta version of Cyanogenmod 7.
Anyway, it's waaay too buggy for me at the moment (random battery drainage and restarts) and I'd like to go to a different custom rom.
The problem I'm having is that clockworkmod versions > 3 apparently will only install ROMs that were compiled with Edify scripting... which appears to be just about none of the ROMs I'm interested in at the moment.
So I've tried downgrading through the ROM manager and through running flash_image on the phone's terminal several times - always landing me back in the orange coloured CWM v3.0.0.5.
So my question is; how would I get back to the older green coloured version of the recovery?
I've searched a couple of hours on the internet now, but have found almost nothing relating to the Samsung Galaxy Captivate.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Coming from CM7 you will have to return to stock before you can flash any other roms anyway. Its in the CM7 FAQ.

Ownaginatious said:
Anyway, it's waaay too buggy for me at the moment (random battery drainage and restarts) and I'd like to go to a different custom rom.
Thanks!
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Ok I see that you have only 2 posts so I am going to spell this out nicely.
1: Flash back to stock always when changing roms
2: Root the phone then load rom manager and install clockwork mod
3: That puts an update.zip on your internal sd card. Copy that to your computer in a safe directory. I put mine where I store my roms
4: Reboot your phone to recovery and install upadate.zip. Reboot to recovery and if CWM doesn't load install update.zip again and it will reboot to CWM the second time.
5: Then when you want to flash a rom flash back to stock then copy that update.zip to the phone copy the rom to the phone then reboot to recovery. If it doesn't reboot to CWM then install update.zip and it will reboot to CWM. Then you can install your rom.
MAKE SURE YOU FLASH BACK TO STOCK BEFORE ATTEMPTING A NEW ROM INSTALL.

zelendel said:
Coming from CM7 you will have to return to stock before you can flash any other roms anyway. Its in the CM7 FAQ.
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and check repartition when flashing according to the CM7 faq

zelendel said:
Coming from CM7 you will have to return to stock before you can flash any other roms anyway. Its in the CM7 FAQ.
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Why would anyone read the faq...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Sarcoid said:
and check repartition when flashing according to the CM7 faq
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One click does it automatically.
Sent from my CM7 powered captivate

NOOB ?????? ROM Mgr. & CWM

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.
sent from MT. OLYMPUS using my kickass sgs4g.
THE GODS ENVY US!!!!!!!!!

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.
sent from the pits of hell (from an sgs4g)

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

00r101 said:
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
Sent from my Galaxy S 4g onboard
a J22 with the spinnaker flying

[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!

[Q] gingerbread g2x

Can anyone please help me with a step by step tutorial on how to root gingerbread 2.3.3.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216978
G2X CM7

I finally bit the bullet and did it last night. You can't do it like Super One Click, you basically have to install ClockWorkMod
Go here and skip down to the picture of the screen with 3 large buttons.
Follow the instructions to:
1) Install the Nvidia NvFlash APX Driver
2) Install Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
3) Download a ROM (I just chose the stock Gingerbread with root access -- That is the only way to get Root Access)
4) Put the downloaded ROM on the root directory of your SD card
5) Backup all your stuff (I used MyBackup Pro)
6) Follow the instructions to boot into recovery mode.
7) There are instructions for installing each mod but it involves clearing data/cache, installing the mod.
It isn't as hard as it sounds but it can be intimidating. This is just a summary from the top of my head. There may be a few more steps.
Good luck.

Here is the link for the stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 mod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748

Do I need to be rooted to flash?

codeyhp said:
Do I need to be rooted to flash?
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No. As long as you flash recovery properly then you can flash any rom compatible with the phone. As long as the rom is rooted you'll have root.
G2X CM7

flash recovery as in having the menu where you hold lower volume button and the power button to make it say android and have it show up a menu for reboot,wipe data/cache, etc?

codeyhp said:
flash recovery as in having the menu where you hold lower volume button and the power button to make it say android and have it show up a menu for reboot,wipe data/cache, etc?
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That's the one. It should say clockworkmod recovery at the top.
G2X CM7

Before you flash a rom make sure to wipe data/factory reset. Its one of the options in the recovery menu.
G2X CM7

ok. What if i mess up? Mess up as in like it crashes during and when i load it up will it be bricked?

codeyhp said:
ok. What if i mess up? Mess up as in like it crashes during and when i load it up will it be bricked?
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Do you mean when you flash a new rom? If so then no, as long as you used the nvflash method to put clockworkmod recovery on your G2X then you can always boot back into recovery to fix your issues. Just make sure you ONLY flash roms made for the G2X. Don't flash anything made for the O2X.
G2X CM7

General rule for flashing roms:
- If you're switching from one rom to a different one, you should do a full wipe/factory reset before flashing. For instance, flashing from stock to CM7, or flashing from CM7 to MIUI, etc.
- If you're updating to a newer version of the same rom, then just wipe cache and dalvik cache and then flash the update.
G2X CM7

Ok i just finished flashing ginger bread 2.3.3 rooted onto my g2x. Also How do i get the old camera back from froyo? That one had so many options, this one has very little and i jjust downloaded an app but it wont install

Superuser update.zip?
After installing CWM recovery why can't you just run Chaindd's SuperUser update.zip installer. Since CWM is on the phone, it should be able to install this update.zip file. If not, why not?

jboxer said:
After installing CWM recovery why can't you just run Chaindd's SuperUser update.zip installer. Since CWM is on the phone, it should be able to install this update.zip file. If not, why not?
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No clue. I'd like to take a look at it. Do you have a link to that zip file? What does flashing the zip do to the phone? Have you tried it? Results?
G2X CM7

phburks said:
No clue. I'd like to take a look at it. Do you have a link to that zip file? What does flashing the zip do to the phone? Have you tried it? Results?
G2X CM7
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I don't have my G2X yet so I haven't tried it. The file can be found in Chaindd's SuperUser thread. He is the author of the SuperUser permissions program. It just installs superuser.apk and su with proper permissions to the phone. Works on most devices with CWM installed.

jboxer said:
I don't have my G2X yet so I haven't tried it. The file can be found in Chaindd's SuperUser thread. He is the author of the SuperUser permissions program. It just installs superuser.apk and su with proper permissions to the phone. Works on most devices with CWM installed.
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Is this the right thread here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
I don't see a version for gingerbread. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
G2X CM7

phburks said:
Is this the right thread here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
I don't see a version for gingerbread. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
G2X CM7
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Yes, that is correct. Use the Froyo version.

jboxer said:
Yes, that is correct. Use the Froyo version.
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Will give it a try when I have some time.
G2X CM7

MN_Bug said:
1) Install the Nvidia NvFlash APX Driver
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How???? i have the drivers, opened every one..dont know how to install...

Stuck at splash screen after CWM nandroid restore

I have:
Infuse
Infused ROM V2
So today I downloaded "ROM Manager" and "ROM Manager Premium" from the market. AFAIK, this means they are up to date as of today.
Then installed CWM Recovery.
Then installed the 3e mod fix.
Then booted to CWM and did a nandroid backup.
Then booted normally.
Then attempted to install MYUI via ROM Manager download.
It bricked the phone.
Restored the phone with Odin.
Rooted.
Then installed both ROM Managers.
Then installed CWM Recovery.
Then installed the 3e mod fix.
Then booted to CWM and did a restore from the new backup done earlier in the day.
Now it just hangs at the Samsung splash screen.
Any ideas? I have a LOT of investment in the backed up ROM and don't want to lose it.

CZ Eddie said:
I have:
Infuse
Infused ROM V2
So today I downloaded "ROM Manager" and "ROM Manager Premium" from the market. AFAIK, this means they are up to date as of today.
Then installed CWM Recovery.
Then installed the 3e mod fix.
Then booted to CWM and did a nandroid backup.
Then booted normally.
Then attempted to install MYUI via ROM Manager download.
It bricked the phone.
Restored the phone with Odin.
Rooted.
Then installed both ROM Managers.
Then installed CWM Recovery.
Then installed the 3e mod fix.
Then booted to CWM and did a restore from the new backup done earlier in the day.
Now it just hangs at the Samsung splash screen.
Any ideas? I have a LOT of investment in the backed up ROM and don't want to lose it.
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I dont know what ALOT of investment is.......but what i think happened here is this<<
You were on Gingerbread right, Infused v2.x.x and you made a Nandroid(thats fine)
u installed miUi and didnt have the luck you wanted...Thats fine
You went back to stock, and rooted and modded the Recovery so you could restore your nandroid....Thats fine
But if you went back to stock(Froyo Right) and try to load up a Gringerbread Nandroid on top it shouldnt work. Nandroids only back up the ROM not the Kernel......so you were in a sense trying to run a Gingerbread Rom on a Stock Froyo Kernel......
Go into CWM flash your Kernel, or use odin and flash a Ginger Kernel then go into CWM and RESTORE.
Happy FLashing

Didn't know that! That may explain a lot of my ROM frustrations.
I'll try this and report back.
Off to go find a suitable kernel....

I really should get my post count up so I can get past this horrible 10 post restriction.

Did you try initiating the flash through CWM or through ROM Manager? Honestly I don't prefer to do any work via ROM Manager, I always have more luck going through CWM and starting a flash from there. Kernel is the first place I'd start but you should also Factory Wipe and Cache Wipe each time you move between ROMs, sometimes you get very lucky and don't need to, most times you bork your phone, and if you're nandroiding back from a backup wiping before you restore is good practice just to make sure you don't leave anything behind from your old ROM.

I installed a gingerbread kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212485
Version 1.1.
But it didn't work out.
So now I'm fighting with trying to get a stock Infused V2 ROM on there.
No luck yet. Once I do, I'll try the recovery again.

Btw, I'm using CWM for everything.

Go to mounts and storage in clockwork recovery then select format system then do your nand restore ...
Sent from my Samsung Infuse 4G - 1.6ghz

Wow, I was totally making some rookie (which I am) Android mistakes today.
Every time I tried to restore the backup image, I was doing it in CWM by selecting "install .zip from SD card". When I SHOULD have been using the "backup/restore" function.
I'm up & running again. All original apps/settings are restored. Great!
Now to start breaking things again, since I know how to restore from backup now.