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[Q] CWM not working?

Ok, I am a noob in the GS4G scene (Veteran in the HTC side of the house), but I have successfully downloaded ROM Manager and flashed Clockwork Recovery. When I try to back up my current ROM, it takes me back to the Galaxy S 4G factory recovery (Blue Letters). When I click on the Reboot into Recovery in Rom Manager, it does the same. Even when I try to manually enter Clockwork (holding power button and vol key down), takes me to the same recovery.
Maybe I am missing something, but I cant seem to figure it out. I have tried flashing CWM several times thinking that it was not sticking, but nothing.
Anyone has an insight in this? Thank you in advance for your help.

BTW, I have the GS4G rooted via SuperOneClick method.

marcos.lennis said:
Ok, I am a noob in the GS4G scene (Veteran in the HTC side of the house), but I have successfully downloaded ROM Manager and flashed Clockwork Recovery. When I try to back up my current ROM, it takes me back to the Galaxy S 4G factory recovery (Blue Letters). When I click on the Reboot into Recovery in Rom Manager, it does the same. Even when I try to manually enter Clockwork (holding power button and vol key down), takes me to the same recovery.
Maybe I am missing something, but I cant seem to figure it out. I have tried flashing CWM several times thinking that it was not sticking, but nothing.
Anyone has an insight in this? Thank you in advance for your help.
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Dont use rom manager. Delete everything to do with rom manager and follow the instructions on this link and you'll have cwm in no time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
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I put the update.zip in the root of my SD Card and the Recovery file in system/bin file using Root Explorer. When I try to reboot into CWM, nothing, takes me to the original recovery. The are no other instructions on the threat.
How am I supposed to flash that update.zip file?

marcos.lennis said:
I put the update.zip in the root of my SD Card and the Recovery file in system/bin file using Root Explorer. When I try to reboot into CWM, nothing, takes me to the original recovery. The are no other instructions on the threat.
How am I supposed to flash that update.zip file?
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Never mind, I got it. Thank you for your help.

marcos.lennis said:
Never mind, I got it. Thank you for your help.
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No problem, glad I could help. And to really get you phone flyin check out all the goodies in the sgs4g bible located in the development section. Have fun
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ClockWorkMod?

I am new to the Infuse (just bought today) Is there a backup utility like ClockWork Mod for the Infuse? I have a Sony Xperia X10 as well. I have xRecovery on that phone. What do you all use to backup your Infuse? Is it the 3e that I saw in another thread?

Yes. Read, read, read.
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The Infuse has ClockworkMod.

ok, thanks guys. Bear with me. I am coming from the SE X10. Things are named different for each phone. With my SE I reboot and hit the back button as soon as the SE logo shows up. Is this how you get into recovery for the Infuse as well?

If you install one of the ROMs here, hold the power button and then click Recovery in the menu. It will bring you straight to CWM.

So hold the power button and hit the recovery file while in root explorer? unsure what you mean. Sorry not a neewbie to this type stuff, just this phone, lol

Have you installed one of the custom ROMs yet? Infused, Bionix, or Refuse? You need those for it to work. You can get to CWM without them, but it is easier with them.
If you have install it, then just hold the power button on your phone. A menu will pop up and you can just click on Recovery. You don't need to be in root explorer, but you can. it doesn't matter where you are when you hold the power button.
If you haven't installed a custom ROM, then that's a different story.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14053463&postcount=1
Since you just got your phone I would use this method, then after you do that install "Rom manager" from market. Open it select-flash clockworkmod-i9000 and bam brings you into recovery. Then anytime after that you want to get into recovery go into Rom Manager and select "reboot into recovery". After that if you flash any of the roms in the section, when the phones on and you hold the power button a menu with options will pop up and one of them you can select is "recovery" which will also reboot you into clockwork recovery. Feel free you pm me with any other questions you have, I'm more then willing to help you out with any questions you might have.

Ok, so I stumbled on the correct thread I beleive. This is different than my SE phone, but Im getting it now. I got Rom Manager and it looks like I have the Recovery Mod. I want to make a backup before I do anything else. Thanks for the help!
Ok, new question. I am in rom manager and it says "backup current rom", it boots into recovery and does a few things, but then there is no Backup option? When I reboot there is no backup in the "manage backups"

Is there any way to go straight to cwm recovery while the phone is off? I saw a thread saying to hold volume up and down and power but it takes me to 3e recovery instead (i have infused 1.5.2). But I do have cwm recovery and I'm able to get there with rom manager.I'm asking this cuz in case I do something wrong, and the phone doesn't boot properly, I'd be able to restore from cwm
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bobthq said:
Is there any way to go straight to cwm recovery while the phone is off? I saw a thread saying to hold volume up and down and power but it takes me to 3e recovery instead (i have infused 1.5.2). But I do have cwm recovery and I'm able to get there with rom manager.I'm asking this cuz in case I do something wrong, and the phone doesn't boot properly, I'd be able to restore from cwm
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No that boots the phone into download mode.
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highaltitude said:
Ok, so I stumbled on the correct thread I beleive. This is different than my SE phone, but Im getting it now. I got Rom Manager and it looks like I have the Recovery Mod. I want to make a backup before I do anything else. Thanks for the help!
Ok, new question. I am in rom manager and it says "backup current rom", it boots into recovery and does a few things, but then there is no Backup option? When I reboot there is no backup in the "manage backups"
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Boot into clockwork mod and select "backup and restore" then backup the phone there and it should be listed when you go to mange backups.
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VtHondaGuy08 said:
No that boots the phone into download mode.
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No it doesnt. That boots you into red cwm.
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Do you have the mod 3e recovery?

the official thread for CWM can be found HERE
read first, then post.

So is there a guide written out anywhere for the proper way to backup an restore stock or custom roms somewhere? So far this is different than the recovery i am used to using. Right now all i want to do is create a backup. There was no "backup and restore" option when it rebooted to recovery mode.
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woohoo! got it! Had the update.zip in the wrong place. I was getting to the pre-liminary screen that had blue writing. I hit reinstall package and now I got into the recovery area with the green writing. Now I have the backup and restore features etc! Sweet, thanks for the help!

[Q] how to backup entire rom using rom manager

Installed rom manager, also installed clockworkrecovery, now i scrolled down on rom manager to backup my entire rom and it rebooted into recovery mode.
But i dont see menu option there to start backup
I only see following 5 options and obviously none of them seem to be applicable to what I am trying to do. Can someone help? Thx
"Android system recovery <3e>
Samsung recovery utils
- for BML -
Enter: POWER Key, Select: Vol UP / Vol Down
reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cahce data
format internal sd-card"

Well as it states, that is Android recovery system not clockwork recovery.
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zokay how to get into clockrecovery in order to backup my whole rom?? what did i miss her?? please provide solution not just explanation thx

Well its been a while for me. I know everyone doesnt like rom manager but hey whatever. Just flash clockworkmod recovery. Then choose reboot into recovery. Or use odin and flash a kernel with CWM baked into it.
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oh please tell me what are the steps involved in flashing CWD recovery. I am total noob here.

Umm open rom manager and it says "flash clockworkmod recovery" so do that.
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okay, i think where the problem is. nothing happened after choosing "flash clockwormod recovery" it just says "successfully downloaded clock recovery", phone is idle afterward. something wrong? I got newer fixed model of samsung captivate at&t with froyo.
I already did couple of tries, however, first time I did, I initially chose Samsung Captivate (MTD), but there was a warning message that said "clockworkmod is not availbla for this blah blah blah" but i went ahead and hit yes it downloaded it anyways. since then it now says current recovery: clockworkmod 2.5.1.2. Phone is definitely going to android recovery.
thanks,

Okay found following trick:
Installation instructions:
1. Download ROM Manager from the Market.
2. Flash Recovery.
3. Choose Captivate as your phone.
4. Accept the Superuser prompt.
5. Use ROM Manager to create a Backup.
6. On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.
7. Watch the backup go!
I had to choose "reinstall packages" after choosing backup current rom. However, if I choose that option it says "E:failed to verify whole-file signature, E:signature verificaiton failed. Installation aborted." Thanks,

ConeyKiller said:
Umm open rom manager and it says "flash clockworkmod recovery" so do that.
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havent worked much with recovery 3e have you?
why do people do this to themselves?
READ THIS FIRST!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161102
within that page is this link.... derp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991

Its been forever since I used cwm lol I couldnt remember all the steps
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based on my investigation i think it is deu to 3e recovery with froyo which does not allow unsigned file. any workaround? thx

guyenxda000 said:
based on my investigation i think it is deu to 3e recovery with froyo which does not allow unsigned file. any workaround? thx
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really?
2 posts up is too hard to backtrack?

okay, did not see that . i am gonna try now. thx.

okay, i am completely messd up
1. Used 3e recovery to manually copy recovery in 3e_recovery_no_sig_check.zip.
and overwrote the existing one using instruction below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
2. rebooted into recovery. now phone stuck at att screen.
tried bricked phone guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
vol up + vol down + usb cable plug-in goes to downlading... screen but that is as far as it goes. stuck there forever. any help?

are you expecting to just boot into download mode and then fixes itself?
download mode is for, oddly enough, DOWNLOADING firmware onto the phone. you need to use a program such as odin or heimdall....
this phone is over a year old, every thing you are trying to do has been covered in about 1,000,000,000 threads at this point in the devices lifespan, SEARCH, READ, READ, READ.

Got it! Started odin3 first and put it into download mode. Now it flashed Eclair into my phone. I wonder if GPS fix was in the phone hardware or in the software?

Oh god.
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yeah it is lol but good thing is now i have 2e recovery model right? I am trying to upgrade to gingerbread now? actually is ice cream available for captivate? if so please let me know where the instruction is

guyenxda000 said:
yeah it is lol but good thing is now i have 2e recovery model right? I am trying to upgrade to gingerbread now? actually is ice cream available for captivate? if so please let me know where the instruction is
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please stop trolling and fkn read.

[HELP] Why is EZ Recovery not working

Ok so I'm stock rooted and I want to install CWM 6.0.1.0, so I downloaded Ez Recovery from the market and also the apk from the original post here on XDA. But it will not install CWM. I tried all the options. Recovery, Hybrid, and Stock, but when I flash them and it says it was installed successfully I press reboot it takes me to stock recovery every time.
Whats the problem???
Is it possible someone could provide me with a link to the recovery img file or tell me how to fix this problem?
Thanks

This may be obvious, but are you selecting reboot recovery from ez app menu?

Yes, when I flash my recovery I press reboot

Have you run the superuser app initially? I had similar behavior in which it said it flashed but still had stock recovery. The initial run of superuser got things going and when I ran ez recovery again it asked for root permissions and worked as expected...
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I saw you post this in beans thread but I didn't have a fix but then I remembered how I fixed this on my phone. Uninstall ez recovery and reinstall from market. There was a problem with the version numbers or something and this fixed that problem for me
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codertimt said:
Have you run the superuser app initially? I had similar behavior in which it said it flashed but still had stock recovery. The initial run of superuser got things going and when I ran ez recovery again it asked for root permissions and worked as expected...
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I was having the same issue as the OP and your advice did it for me! I went back to stock about 2 days ago and I was already getting bored with it.

codertimt said:
Have you run the superuser app initially? I had similar behavior in which it said it flashed but still had stock recovery. The initial run of superuser got things going and when I ran ez recovery again it asked for root permissions and worked as expected...
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Yep, that did it. Thanks.

RAYOCOM said:
Yep, that did it. Thanks.
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Wondering if any of you guys have had the problem where it flashes the recovery successfully and you can reboot in CWM / TWRP just fine. Then once you get back into the system and try reboot recovery again, it goes straight to the stock recovery.
Is this normal? Do I have to flash the recover everytime?

There is something you need to do in recovery to make it persist, some option you need to select. I'm still not clear on what it is, because its been a long time since I used CWM. I hope someone will chime in with exactly what needs to be done to make it stick so I can be clear on it as well.

apacseven said:
There is something you need to do in recovery to make it persist, some option you need to select. I'm still not clear on what it is, because its been a long time since I used CWM. I hope someone will chime in with exactly what needs to be done to make it stick so I can be clear on it as well.
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When you select reboot, it will tell you that it is reverting back to stock recovery unless you fix it. You scroll down and select yes and you are good to go.
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This happened to me as well when I first rooted. I had to reboot a few times until the proper recovery booted. Now that I have flashed a Rom, CWM recovery boots properly every time.
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[Q] Changing Recovery

Hi all,
I installed CyanogenMod and played with it for some day and now i would like to restore my backup.
I installed gooManager some days ago, because ive seen allot of people saying that is was awesome, so i gave it a try, and now i can't boot my phone in clockworkmod. I installed ROM manager 5.5.2.3 in hope to get my phone to startup in clockwork recovery, but no succes.
Can anyone give me advise how to remove "team win recovery project" from my phone? or a way to force my phone to boot in "clockwork recovery"
I am new to this forum, so i hope this is the right place to ask this question.

When you open up ROM Manager, tap "Recovery Setup". Next, tap "install or update recovery" and then confirm that you have the Verizon GS3. Click "OK" when given the warning. Finally, click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". It will download, and next time you boot into recovery, it will be CWM
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johnnybwoy said:
Hi all,
I installed CyanogenMod and played with it for some day and now i would like to restore my backup.
I installed gooManager some days ago, because ive seen allot of people saying that is was awesome, so i gave it a try, and now i can't boot my phone in clockworkmod. I installed ROM manager 5.5.2.3 in hope to get my phone to startup in clockwork recovery, but no succes.
Can anyone give me advise how to remove "team win recovery project" from my phone? or a way to force my phone to boot in "clockwork recovery"
I am new to this forum, so i hope this is the right place to ask this question.
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Did you update to the newest cwm? The gs3 only supports up till 6.0.2.8 or something like that, which is not the absolute newest. ROM Manager will check for you based on the phone, so that's a good app to have.
Sent from GS3 runnung CM10.1 and blacked out theme.

Hey guys thanks for the information. With this information i managed to get clockworkmod to boot.
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