Anyone know how to downgrade CWM recovery? - Captivate General

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...
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Sarcoid said:
and check repartition when flashing according to the CM7 faq
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One click does it automatically.
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Problems restoring backup with clockwork

Everytime I try and restore a backup from cwm the phone reboots to the first mytouch boot screen and just stays there. Is there something I'm missing on how to restore a backup? I'm using cwm 3.0.0.5, I make a backup, then when I want to restore it, I wipe data and cache and hit restore backup. Once it's finished, I reboot the phone, then it just sits on the boot screen until I eventually decide to pull the battery.
j21blackjack said:
Everytime I try and restore a backup from cwm the phone reboots to the first mytouch boot screen and just stays there. Is there something I'm missing on how to restore a backup? I'm using cwm 3.0.0.5, I make a backup, then when I want to restore it, I wipe data and cache and hit restore backup. Once it's finished, I reboot the phone, then it just sits on the boot screen until I eventually decide to pull the battery.
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Clockwork Recovery 3.0.0.5 will work only with 2.3 (gingerbread ROMs).
Since the stock ROM is 2.2.1 you need to use recovery image 2.x.
you are in luck though. re-Flash CM7 download Clockwork ROM Manager scroll to the bottom "All clockwork recoveries" and flash the highest 2.x version they have. Then you can restore your back up without problems.
Thanks, I actually found that exact answer about 10 minutes after I posted this. I did just that, flashed cm7 then flashed cwm 2.x. I wanted to try cm7 anyway, but after an hour just trying to get the market to work, I decided to just go back to good old iced glacier.
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j21blackjack said:
Thanks, I actually found that exact answer about 10 minutes after I posted this. I did just that, flashed cm7 then flashed cwm 2.x. I wanted to try cm7 anyway, but after an hour just trying to get the market to work, I decided to just go back to good old iced glacier.
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I bet you didn't flash gapps or the newer version of it. That's why you couldn't get the market to work.
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coupetastic-droid said:
I bet you didn't flash gapps or the newer version of it. That's why you couldn't get the market to work.
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I have no idea what I did, but eventually I got it all worked out. I'm now a very happy cm7 rc1 user with a 1.84GHz smartass kernel.
j21blackjack said:
I have no idea what I did, but eventually I got it all worked out. I'm now a very happy cm7 rc1 user with a 1.84GHz smartass kernel.
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Glad it worked out for you, but you (and others who may have this problem) could save yourselves a lot of this by downloading TrueBlue's zip (from development sub-forum) and flash it. It has cwm 3.0.0.6 plus stock TMO recovery.
With CM 3.0.0.6 recovery (thanks to Option94 for that), you can backup/restore both Android 2.2.x (CM6) and 2.3.x (CM7). TrueBlue's thread OP gives you instructions on how to use it.
It is a modified ROM Manager that "disguises" cwm's 3.0.0.6 and the stock Recovery as cwm 3.0.0.5 and 2.5.1.4 respectively.
PS - if you use it - don't forget to "thank" him (and Option94 also).
UPdate - if you subsequently update ROM Manager, it does not wipe out the above scheme with the disguised cwm's - it still works the same (at least through ROM Manager 3.0.1.0).
gaww said:
Glad it worked out for you, but you (and others who may have this problem) could save yourselves a lot of this by downloading TrueBlue's zip (from development sub-forum) and flash it. It has cwm 3.0.0.6 plus stock TMO recovery.
With CM 3.0.0.6 recovery (thanks to Option94 for that), you can backup/restore both Android 2.2.x (CM6) and 2.3.x (CM7). TrueBlue's thread OP gives you instructions on how to use it.
It is a modified ROM Manager that "disguises" cwm's 3.0.0.6 and the stock Recovery as cwm 3.0.0.5 and 2.5.1.4 respectively.
PS - if you use it - don't forget to "thank" him (and Option94 also).
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Did that yesterday, it works great.
Thats awesome news, I was just about to post the question about the 3.0.0.6 backwards compatibility with nandroid backups.. Thanks!
i have the same issue.i flashed CM7.its installed,now i go into ROM manager and scroll down and select "All ClockworkMod Recoveries" (2.5.1.4) but get "an error accured while flashing your recovery"?
what did i do wrong?am i missing some thing?
i also wanted to know how i install GAPPS while i have CM7 installed? thanks for any help
MTSDAN said:
i have the same issue.i flashed CM7.its installed,now i go into ROM manager and scroll down and select "All ClockworkMod Recoveries" (2.5.1.4) but get "an error accured while flashing your recovery"?
what did i do wrong?am i missing some thing?
i also wanted to know how i install GAPPS while i have CM7 installed? thanks for any help
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ok i installed GAPPS ..but still having issues with the Clock work recovery
MTSDAN said:
i have the same issue.i flashed CM7.its installed,now i go into ROM manager and scroll down and select "All ClockworkMod Recoveries" (2.5.1.4) but get "an error accured while flashing your recovery"?
what did i do wrong?am i missing some thing?
i also wanted to know how i install GAPPS while i have CM7 installed? thanks for any help
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Ignore all those BS. Go in Market and download Rom Manager 3.0.1.0 and then flash the latest 3.0.0.5 (orange) recovery image. Then place the GAPP anywhere in your SDCard long as you know where it is. Reboot it in to recovery but selecting it from Rom Manager and then when its booted select Install zip from SDCard> Choose zip from SDCard.
Flash the GApp.zip and be done. Just remember when you flash NB via full wipe you have to flash GApp.zip everytime but if you just mount new NB on top of old one then DO NOT flash GApp.zip again as it will still be on your device as it ment to be installed once in that case.
BlackSHELF said:
Ignore all those BS. Go in Market and download Rom Manager 3.0.1.0 and then flash the latest 3.0.0.5 (orange) recovery image. Then place the GAPP anywhere in your SDCard long as you know where it is. Reboot it in to recovery but selecting it from Rom Manager and then when its booted select Install zip from SDCard> Choose zip from SDCard.
Flash the GApp.zip and be done. Just remember when you flash NB via full wipe you have to flash GApp.zip everytime but if you just mount new NB on top of old one then DO NOT flash GApp.zip again as it will still be on your device as it ment to be installed once in that case.
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thanks got gapps installed just fine but im having trouble with the rom manager im trying to install the laterClockwork recoveries (2.x)..but i keep getting an error
MTSDAN said:
thanks got gapps installed just fine but im having trouble with the rom manager im trying to install the laterClockwork recoveries (2.x)..but i keep getting an error
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No you didn't do what I said then. Go to Market> Rom Manager (3.0.1.0)> Download/Install. Then run Rom Manager and flash 3.0.0.5(latest not 2.5.1.2/2.5.1.4). If you use 3.0.0.5 you don't have to worry about 3.x(orange) or 2.x(green) as you can run 2.2/2.3 based without changing it.
3.0.0.5 < not Rom Manager its Recovery.
3.0.1.0 < ver of Rom Manager with 3.0.0.5 Recovery frame.
Problem is for people who don't know it get confusing as 3.0.0.5 could mean Recovery and Rom Manager. As normally other software specify and have different type of scheme for framework and software but in this case they both share same number so it gets little confusing.
ok i installed 3.0.1.0 rom manager from market so now i should have no issues when restoring 2.2.1 roms or 2.3 roms?thanks for the help man im coming from a Vibrant that was lost/stolen..that vibrant was so easy to root lol.thanks again
MTSDAN said:
ok i installed 3.0.1.0 rom manager from market so now i should have no issues when restoring 2.2.1 roms or 2.3 roms?thanks for the help man im coming from a Vibrant that was lost/stolen..that vibrant was so easy to root lol.thanks again
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Well if you flashed 3.0.0.5 Recovery then no you won't have to worry about Green(2.x EXT3) or Orange(3.x EXT4) as you can flash both.

[Q] CM7 / ICS Flashing issues

I soft bricked my phone playing with ICS, I got a JIG and solved the problem
I can now ODIN back to any version and once rooted I can install any samsung based rom, the problem comes when I try to flash aosp both CM7 and any ICS beta
What happens is I select the zip, it runs a script and the phone reboots, I see the AT&T logo and then it mounts the sd card, it says it can't find the zip file.
I've tried Froyo, Eclair, even gingerbread (I know your not supposed to flash cm7 from gingerbread, I'm just running outta ideas) I have froyo bootloaders, I reinstalled them with heimdal. I've also done a master clear and erased the internal sd card
Does anyone have an idea of why this is happening?
Are you trying to install the zip from ClockworkMod?
Most likely, the rom is incompatible with the flash method you are choosing which bricks your phone. I had this happen to me twice from either flashing a rom the wrong way or just trying to flash the wrong rom all together and killing my system, but I ended up telling AT&T Techs that it happened when I tried upgrading to 2.2 to avoid warranty issues and they replaced my whole device with a refurbished unit =]
However keep in mind that they cannot jig your device and you will have to do that yourself to get your data off your device before you try getting a new one via this method.
Possible Solution:
1. If you can, flash cm7 to your device
2. Flash This ICS rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
If you have already tried this then I apologize, but I hope this helps.
Another problem
Ok, everything I see says I should flash from a captivatemtd recovery, but when I install Rom manager and select captivatemtd, it says their are no offical recoveries for it, I'm currently running cognition froyo 2.2 with froyo bootloaders
Does anyone know where I can manually get the captivatemtd CWM? and how do I install it?
kataishin said:
Most likely, the rom is incompatible with the flash method you are choosing which bricks your phone. I had this happen to me twice from either flashing a rom the wrong way or just trying to flash the wrong rom all together and killing my system, but I ended up telling AT&T Techs that it happened when I tried upgrading to 2.2 to avoid warranty issues and they replaced my whole device with a refurbished unit =]
However keep in mind that they cannot jig your device and you will have to do that yourself to get your data off your device before you try getting a new one via this method.
Possible Solution:
1. If you can, flash cm7 to your device
2. Flash This ICS rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
If you have already tried this then I apologize, but I hope this helps.
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I can't flash cm7 either
movielover76 said:
Ok, everything I see says I should flash from a captivatemtd recovery, but when I install Rom manager and select captivatemtd, it says their are no offical recoveries for it, I'm currently running cognition froyo 2.2 with froyo bootloaders
Does anyone know where I can manually get the captivatemtd CWM? and how do I install it?
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I'll go over my method of installing(I've had ZERO issues flashing from/to any ROM)
1. I FTS/MC using Odin 1 Click. My phone build is 1008
2. Root with 1 click root(I have to do steps 2 and 3 because I do not have 3 button recovery)
3. Sideload and install ROM Manager(Rom manager, and CWM update.zip are in the Sideload zip that's attached)
4. Copy CWM Update.zip and ROM to device. Reboot and install CWM
5. Reboot into recovery and install ROM
Odin 1 Click(If you can use it)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12100225/Odin I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.zip
Root 1 Click
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12100225/Root.zip
Sideload Wonder Machine and ROM Manager
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12100225/Sideloading.zip
Edit** What is the build number of your phone?
Here's what you need
Just download this rom
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/cm_captivatemtd_full-181.zip
And then watch this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBPu-GqM9RE
Flash CM7 using odin
then flash ICS using clockwork mod using the instructions I gave you before.
That's the easiest way I found to do it and that's how I went from stock rom to CM7 rom and then finally to ICS
kataishin said:
Most likely, the rom is incompatible with the flash method you are choosing which bricks your phone. I had this happen to me twice from either flashing a rom the wrong way or just trying to flash the wrong rom all together and killing my system, but I ended up telling AT&T Techs that it happened when I tried upgrading to 2.2 to avoid warranty issues and they replaced my whole device with a refurbished unit =]
However keep in mind that they cannot jig your device and you will have to do that yourself to get your data off your device before you try getting a new one via this method.
Possible Solution:
1. If you can, flash cm7 to your device
2. Flash This ICS rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
If you have already tried this then I apologize, but I hope this helps.
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Tried this to the letter still doesn't work, could it be because of rom manager not finding a recovery for captivatemtd, some pages say I need that recovery but it isn't available in rom manager.
Finnally
Finnally got CM7 installed the problem was I had to do the three button boot into recovery twice, the first time updates clockworkmod to version 5.x
Now to try ICS again, wish me luck
Thanks
Thanks for all the suggestions, the tip in the video about flashing the speedmod kernel did help I think, I've successfully flashed
teamhacksung's ICS Port for Captivate (BUILD 9) again.
A couple notes here:
1 when your flashing cm7 from cwm( NOT 3e RECOVERY THOUGH) you need to flash the. Zip file, then reboot system, IT WILL PROBABLY BOOT LOOP, three button back to recovery and flash again, then while in recovery still flash gapps. Reboot and it will install fine. You should ONLY need to do the two time flash the first time going to cm7.
2. When you go to rom manager and choose manual flash overide from hitting the menu button you will get the unsupported recovery, DON'T WORRY about it and hit ok. Then another popup will come up and choose 3.x and it will work.
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need help with getting cm7 from kk4

Have a friend with the kk4 rom which is 2.3.5 . He wants cm7 but the instructions are vague, when he loads up rom manager it doesn't show captivate mtd but only shows the regular galaxy s i900 . What should I do from here ?
ROM manager really needs to die a horrible death and be erased from public memory.
Flash a custom kk4 kernel with Odin that has cwm built into it. Then flash cm7 from there.
No need to even root the damn thing let alone (attempt to) use crappy ROM manager that doesn't work on galaxy devices running over Android 2.1
studacris said:
ROM manager really needs to die a horrible death and be erased from public memory.
Flash a custom kk4 kernel with Odin that has cwm built into it. Then flash cm7 from there.
No need to even root the damn thing let alone (attempt to) use crappy ROM manager that doesn't work on galaxy devices running over Android 2.1
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did the odin of the kernel samurai and it did its thing and when I reboot to get to recovery doesn't work now I can't even get into the rom
coldconfession13 said:
did the odin of the kernel samurai and it did its thing and when I reboot to get to recovery doesn't work now I can't even get into the rom
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You may need to flash CM7 twice - A lot of times, the first flash just sets up the MTD file scenario, giving you the CWM you need. The second flash should finish installing it.
Yank battery and replace...hold Vol up Vol down and power til you see the boot screen and let go.
The button combos should work.
got it to work now just trying to load the gapps which seems to not be installing and for some reason it won't recognize the gapps arg this is the weirdest thing.
Just to clarify, if I'm on stock KK4 I can just flash a KK4 ROM with CWM and then CM7? I don't need to be on Froyo, as the CM wiki says?
ArttG12 said:
Just to clarify, if I'm on stock KK4 I can just flash a KK4 ROM with CWM and then CM7? I don't need to be on Froyo, as the CM wiki says?
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Yes, you can
I need help installing gapps for some reason its not installing it after I load it into cwr . The latest gapps in cwr says its installing 2.3 5 if that means anything
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coldconfession13 said:
I need help installing gapps for some reason its not installing it after I load it into cwr . The latest gapps in cwr says its installing 2.3 5 if that means anything
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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What is the filename of the zip you are trying to install for gapps?
When you say it isn't installing, does it say it completed and nothing happens, or is it failing? If it's failing, does it give you an error?
apbthe3 said:
What is the filename of the zip you are trying to install for gapps?
When you say it isn't installing, does it say it completed and nothing happens, or is it failing? If it's failing, does it give you an error?
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gapps-gb-20110828-signed
it says completed but nothing shows up in the rom
coldconfession13 said:
gapps-gb-20110828-signed
it says completed but nothing shows up in the rom
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Forgive me if you already know this, but it only installs apps that can't be downloaded from the market. If you have the market, it worked and you just have to download the rest of them. If you don't have the market, it definitely didn't work and, short of flashing back to stock and trying again, I don't have any other suggestions to troubleshoot it, unfortunately.
gapps-gb-20110930-237-signed
flashing that one fixed my problems thanks guys for helping

[Q] Recovery boot loop

I brought my phone to stock. Installed a rom. Fine. Went back into CWM recovery. Every time I reboot the phone (power button or in recovery) it returns to recovery.
I brought my phone back to stock again. Installed another rom. Went back to TWRP. Again, I can't reboot the system, only return to recovery.
Is there a way to fix this, or can I never use recovery after installing a rom?
{I'm sure this question has probably been asked before, but I've been searching for hours and can't find a fix.)
Did you wipe data & caches? What did you flash and how? Cwm, heimdall or Odin? Sgh-t959v under battery?
Find lumin30's guides. They/he will steer you straight.
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t1op said:
I brought my phone to stock. Installed a rom. Fine. Went back into CWM recovery. Every time I reboot the phone (power button or in recovery) it returns to recovery.
I brought my phone back to stock again. Installed another rom. Went back to TWRP. Again, I can't reboot the system, only return to recovery.
Is there a way to fix this, or can I never use recovery after installing a rom?
{I'm sure this question has probably been asked before, but I've been searching for hours and can't find a fix.)
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This would occur for me when I had installed an incompatiable kernel with the ROM I am trying to install. I would fix this problem by either looking at the thread for a compatiable kernel if it does not come with one, or if it is an ICS ROM, Team Acid's ICS Kernel works fine. I think Team Acid's ICS kernel is included in their unofficial AOKP release if you have that downloaded. I hoped this help!
WayTooGosu said:
This would occur for me when I had installed an incompatiable kernel with the ROM I am trying to install. I would fix this problem by either looking at the thread for a compatiable kernel if it does not come with one, or if it is an ICS ROM, Team Acid's ICS Kernel works fine. I think Team Acid's ICS kernel is included in their unofficial AOKP release if you have that downloaded. I hoped this help!
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All of our ROM's have kernels. It is the kernel you flash from that makes a difference. And once you flash the ROM, the kernel that is packaged with the ROM replaces the kernel you previously had/flashed from. However, the OP of the ROM's usually specify what you need to do to flash the ROM.
lumin30 said:
All of our ROM's have kernels. It is the kernel you flash from that makes a difference. And once you flash the ROM, the kernel that is packaged with the ROM replaces the kernel you previously had/flashed from. However, the OP of the ROM's usually specify what you need to do to flash the ROM.
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Ah I see. But my point was that some ROMs state that the user must be on an ICS ROM/Kernel to flash this. I guess I wasn't very clear as I am new here and lack understanding.
champ1919 said:
Did you wipe data & caches? What did you flash and how? Cwm, heimdall or Odin? Sgh-t959v under battery?
Find lumin30's guides. They/he will steer you straight.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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I used Odin to return to stock. I used Super One Click to root. I used root explorer modify the recovery to allow me to boot into "CWM final for Froyo". That much each and every time.
The first time I installed
[TFQ - 30/12/2012]X.A.O.K[Kanged - Xperia Style]
That is an ICS rom. Installed fine with a new CWM.
The second time I installed the same.
The third time I installed
ROM-MTD-TWRP-ICS-4.x-Audiophile
That is another ICS rom. Installed fine with TWRP.
Each and every time, when returning to recovery to flash more, I got stuck. I can't boot to anything except recovery.
My brother suggested that the problem is using the Volume up and down and power button ("three finger salute") to return to recovery instead of from OS power down menu.
For a fourth time I started over again. Now, using the reboot>recovery, everything works fine.
One thing, you need to have ginger bread bootloaders. So, when you say Odin back to stock, are you referring to kj6?
You could cut down some of the work by using Odin to flash a kernel with recovery & root in it. Antonx & drhonk both have kernels that will do that with odin.
I flash bhundven's cm9 Rom before jumping to any of the others(and wipe between). I believe some of the Rom authors have that in their instructions.
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Yeah... GB bootloaders, not Froyo. Your return to stock should be a return to GB stock, not Froyo... and your return to stock can be a return to a rooted stock. If you want to make your life less painful.
It's about MTD to BML, not really about the base version. You just don't want to wipe out what allows later stuff to actually work properly...
Thanks for the advice. I haven't used custom roms very much. Trying to figure out which ones to choose was difficult. I started on stock Gingerbread, but everything I encountered in searching indicated that I needed to go back to Froyo to get CWM then go from there. ...Perhaps I kept running into very old instructions? In any case, should I need to go back to stock again some day, I'll try to figure out which GB roms I could use, including root and custom recovery.
I guess the solution to my problem is: 1) flash back to Froyo or Gingerbread; 2) after flashing an ICS+ rom, only go to recovery from OS reboot menu (never "three finger salute").
I'm actually surprised that people don't run into this problem more often, enough to create a sticky about it. I'm sure I'd still be pulling my hair out if my brother hadn't run into the problem on his Fascinate a year ago.
On mine, the 3 finger boot to recovery works fine. Then again, I haven't been on Froyo since Samsung and TMo said to stop using Froyo back in November (October?) 2011 with the official 2.3.6 update. And the only boot-loops I have, whether recovery is booted through the menu or salute, are when I flash something invalid.
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On mine, the 3 finger boot to recovery works fine. Then again, I haven't been on Froyo since Samsung and TMo said to stop using Froyo back in November (October?) 2011 with the official 2.3.6 update. And the only boot-loops I have, whether recovery is booted through the menu or salute, are when I flash something invalid.
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Interesting... Perhaps if I went back to a gingerbread stock then upgraded to ICS the problem wouldn't occur?
I'll have to try that the next time I might need to return to stock.
Hello,
First I just want to say thank you to the mods for running a great forum and to the devs for keeping this device current.
I just struggled over a period of days with this issue.
The end result being, that you need to go to CM9 BEFORE you try JellyBean or later!
Just hope this helps someone else who missed that instruction.
Thanks devs/mods/everyone for keeping this device alive!!!! :good::good::good:
*EDIT* correction... i THINK you need to go CM9 Before trying something else
Not all ICS ROMs require CM9, but you must have at least CWM5 recovery to be able to flash CM9 or these ROMs. Follow ROMs' OP instructions.
I personally tested HebMIUI flash over Stock GB with CWM5 (Basic with a twist kernel) without going through CM9.

[Q] Kitkat compatible CWM for Infuse?

Hi everyone, I have been searching this forum to find a CWM that is compatible with KitKat and the infuse 4g. I tried the ROM manager app, but this device is not compatible. Plus I'm trying to meet the post requirement before I can ask this question in dev forum...not a great rule. cuz that way i have to post 10 posts that i don't want to post before I post the one I want.
beofonemind said:
Hi everyone, I have been searching this forum to find a CWM that is compatible with KitKat and the infuse 4g. I tried the ROM manager app, but this device is not compatible. Plus I'm trying to meet the post requirement before I can ask this question in dev forum...not a great rule. cuz that way i have to post 10 posts that i don't want to post before I post the one I want.
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you just have to flash the roms from the base rooted GB with CWM/RED recovery then update GB ---> ICS----->JB----->KK and the CWM version updates itself and each KK rom has its own CWM version
Thanks.
Thank you.
Young_Azul said:
you just have to flash the roms from the base rooted GB with CWM/RED recovery then update GB ---> ICS----->JB----->KK and the CWM version updates itself and each KK rom has its own CWM version
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Do you need to flash in that order.. GB > ICS > JB > KK ? because I just flashed GB with CWM then to whatever next rom happen to be without issue. Each version got it's own kernel/cwm so why need to go thru all that. Just curious.
scmfxt said:
Do you need to flash in that order.. GB > ICS > JB > KK ? because I just flashed GB with CWM then to whatever next rom happen to be without issue. Each version got it's own kernel/cwm so why need to go thru all that. Just curious.
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its recommended....i have tried to jump from gb to kk before but then it wouldn't boot the rom so i put into download mode and went back to stock gb the went to ics then jb then every kk rom out there
Hmm.. weird because I have no issue jumping from GB to the current KK or any other rom.. you just need to turn lagfix off b4 u install other rom.
scmfxt said:
Hmm.. weird because I have no issue jumping from GB to the current KK or any other rom.. you just need to turn lagfix off b4 u install other rom.
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is yours the rogers or AT&T one?
AT&T
scmfxt said:
AT&T
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so is mine thats strange that yours has no problem doing it while mine does
Young_Azul said:
so is mine thats strange that yours has no problem doing it while mine does
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ok.. I just re-flash to stock a few minutes ago and flash kernel for cwm.. now will install the new 4.4.3 and Gapps. And not going go thru ICS or JB.
scmfxt said:
ok.. I just re-flash to stock a few minutes ago and flash kernel for cwm.. now will install the new 4.4.3 and Gapps. And not going go thru ICS or JB.
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So I'm guessing your going with CarbonRom's 6/15 nightly?
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yep.. let see what 4.4.3 has to offer. Got a couple of days to play around.
For some devices flashing straight from stock just works. If you have red CWM it is a bad candidate and should use ICS as an intermediary. But you can be on GB and not have red CWM (rather blue or green I forget which), as was the case when I first flashed up. This may be your case as well.
Its not the version of the OS that matters, rather the spread of CWM versions. At least that is my understanding of the situation.
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I think it's a matter of steps you take from GB to the next rom. For me:
1. GB stock with root.
2. Install sgs kernel flash and flash kernel with CWM (Synthesis).
3. Go into CWM and disable lagfix if it's enabled.
4. Update your flavor rom in recovery mode. NOTE: You will need to flash twice since 1st time give you a warning about partitions.
5. Once flashed it will auto reboot.... HERE you need to remove the battery to power off.. put battery back in and go into recovery mode and flash the rom again since the previous flash only install the new recovery.
6. Install Gapp.
7. CWM: wipe Cache Partition
8. CWM: Advanced > wipe Dalvik Cache
9. Reboot.
scmfxt said:
I think it's a matter of steps you take from GB to the next rom. For me:
1. GB stock with root.
2. Install sgs kernel flash and flash kernel with CWM (Synthesis).
3. Go into CWM and disable lagfix if it's enabled.
4. Update your flavor rom in recovery mode. NOTE: You will need to flash twice since 1st time give you a warning about partitions.
5. Once flashed it will auto reboot.... HERE you need to remove the battery to power off.. put battery back in and go into recovery mode and flash the rom again since the previous flash only install the new recovery.
6. Install Gapp.
7. CWM: wipe Cache Partition
8. CWM: Advanced > wipe Dalvik Cache
9. Reboot.
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Because I have the Rogers variety, my step 2 uses a different product (the name escapes me but I use ODIN to flash it) and I was able to skip over step 3 (not sure if it was even an option). Overall I had red CWM, but the first time CWM was green (or blue). I think the difference in versions had to do that I installed ROM Manager the first time around and tried to install the i9000 (or something) CWM image. It wasn't successful, but it looks like it made some impact.
Out of curiousity, what colour was your CWM in Gingerbread? Synthesis may be using a newer (more forgiving) version.
red cwm 2.5.1.3 after the kernel flashed.

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