I have just rooted my phone recently on my Droid X using Z4root and it worked fine. Then I backed up my phone using Titanium Backup, which also worked fine also. Then I installed ROM Manager and then flashed ClockworkMod Recovery within ROM Manager. When I click on Backup Current ROM the phone reboots fully without going into recovery. So I open ROM Manager and click "Manage and Restore Backups" and there is no file there.
I tried clicking "Reboot into Recovery" to see if I could select it there and the phone just reboots back to android without going into recovery. So then I turned off my phone and held down the home+power to go into recovery which works. When I'm there it doesn't have an option to backup my ROM. I don't want to flash this ROM I want to try until I can backup my current stock ROM, in case something goes wrong.
When at the blue recovery screen I notice at the bottom in yellow a message is displayed "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command. Wondering if this is my issue. I also notice in recovery it gives me an option to "apply sdcard:update.zip" but I don't see an update.zip on my sd card, so I'm not sure if I should select this before being able to backup my stock ROM. I'm afraid to flash the ROM before knowing this current problem. Can anyone help me with this issue? I am new to the whole root and ROM hacks, but have been researching in depth and taking all precautions so I'm trying hard not to brick my phone. Thanx in advance.
First off update.zip is just an update.zip package. Could be anything thats an update and can be flashed. Yeah...not sure why rom manager doesnt work for you but all the same your better off doing it from recovery anyway. You can make backups in recovery you don't need rom manager just use rom manager to manage your backups it will see them no matter what! It will allow you to rename them as well so they are easily identifiable also. If your rom manager works youll be able to name the backup before hand! If you ask me rom manager doesnt update the roms fast enough anyway they are usually like 2 days behind! Good tool either way but not so good at replacing roms as recovery does a better job. I have never had one problem using recovery but I've had a problem every time I try to flash a rom using rom manager!
Okay I figured out that the ClockworkMod Recovery must not have flashed properly or something bc I was just at the dev's site and the picture of the recovery is different than mine bc it's green and has many more options to choose from. Plus it says ClockworkMod Recovery on the recovery screen and mine doesn't. It's blue and says android recovery at the top. When I open the ROM Manager it says that I have the ClockworkMod Recovery but I don't. I even tried reflashing but it didn't work either. So how do I get the ClockworkMod Recovery to flash correctly?
I am having same problem but I just use bootstaper and it works fine
I tried downloading the bootstrap from the creator of ClockworkMod Recovery but the link seems to be broken. What bootstrap are u using?
I found the bootstrap for the Droid X on the market and that fixed the issue I was having. Wish I would have known from all the other posts/articles I read that it was a requirement for the Droid X to have the bootstrap to run recovery
I was installing revolver 4 rom and my restore wasn't working I was using titanium back up pro it was saying something bout su and to reboot and I did like a few times so I reinstall the rom and now I can't get out of recovery when I reboot it takes me right back I tried installing a new recovery and it still on this recovery the recovery am using is clockwork mod v5.5.0.4 I need help can some one help me
the thing about titanium backup does not matter you can just skip past it or hit cancle it works either way. the official CWM 5.xxx by Kouch is bugged and does not work. use team rouge's recovery it is also based on 5.xxx but it works.
baconspaceman said:
I was installing revolver 4 rom and my restore wasn't working I was using titanium back up pro it was saying something bout su and to reboot and I did like a few times so I reinstall the rom and now I can't get out of recovery when I reboot it takes me right back I tried installing a new recovery and it still on this recovery the recovery am using is clockwork mod v5.5.0.4 I need help can some one help me
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You need to go here to solve your recovery boot loop problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23256536
Hello, I'm new to the forums and I feel bad I'm already screwing things up :/
Anyway on to the problem... I've had CM9 running on my phone for about two weeks now but I wanted to get rid of the rainbows in CWM and at boot. Today I downloaded Rom Manager from the market place, and when I ran it, it prompted me to install CWM recovery to my SD card, although I already had it installed I thought I'd give it a try. Bad idea, now I can't leave recovery mode, my phone will continually reboot into recovery, I've tried wiping all data and clean installing CM9 again and still nothing. I've even tried the exitrecovery.zip script to no avail
Any suggestions or ideas on how to fix it and boot into my ROM again?
Thanks!!
I would venture to say you might have to reflash...or start over from stock...
i would reload stock....then reload ics or the rom of your choice...
Thanks a lot! Worked like a charm, I used Odin and flashed factory stock 2.2.1, now I'm off to getting ICS back.
Thanks again!
Does anyone know why this happens? I've noticed that anytime I open CWM and choose the boot to recovery option is when I get stuck with CWM Recovery looping. I then have to go back to stock and start over again.
I'm not entirely sure why it happens, my guess was that it puts up a bad flag not compatible with ICS that keeps it from booting that, that was why I tired the exitrecovery script, I looked through it and it appeared to me to change a flag for booting. I'm not sure why it happens but I'd say just use the reboot to recovery option that the ROM provides in the shutdown menu, I know that always works.
Hi guys
I have religiously followed the steps needed to install cwm. i.e. I downloaded the nitro.. bootstrap -> then on recovery reboot installed the J.Y. Daddy Global cwm zip as well -> then denied superuser permissions to bootstrap. This is all shown in http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1511616.html - I just wanted the first two steps...
However after doing these when I reboot my phone it does not boot into cwm. It just boots into the stock recovery thing. I dont understand what I did wrong or whether this is a unique case for some reason.
I was thinking of allowing superuser access to bootstrap and then reinstalling the JY Daddy cwm but I don't know if this is safe? And I dont want to go thru the pain of bootloop.... I havent touched it coz I thought would ask the experts what the way to go about this is...
I really want cwm recovery as the I was stuck on bootloop earlier and the process to flash to stock and recover everything was extremely painful. I do want to try another rom but of course cmw is needed before I dare try and end up worse than I started...
Thanks!
Please help if anyone knows a solution...
dheerb said:
Hi guys
I have religiously followed the steps needed to install cwm. i.e. I downloaded the nitro.. bootstrap -> then on recovery reboot installed the J.Y. Daddy Global cwm zip as well -> then denied superuser permissions to bootstrap. This is all shown in http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1511616.html - I just wanted the first two steps...
However after doing these when I reboot my phone it does not boot into cwm. It just boots into the stock recovery thing. I dont understand what I did wrong or whether this is a unique case for some reason.
I was thinking of allowing superuser access to bootstrap and then reinstalling the JY Daddy cwm but I don't know if this is safe? And I dont want to go thru the pain of bootloop.... I havent touched it coz I thought would ask the experts what the way to go about this is...
I really want cwm recovery as the I was stuck on bootloop earlier and the process to flash to stock and recover everything was extremely painful. I do want to try another rom but of course cmw is needed before I dare try and end up worse than I started...
Thanks!
Please help if anyone knows a solution...
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This may sound simple but did you hit "bootstrap recovery" when you first opened bootstrap?
Yes I installed the JY daddy after I did the reboot recovery through bootstrap.
farshad525hou said:
This may sound simple but did you hit "bootstrap recovery" when you first opened bootstrap?
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also its safe to reenable su for bootstrap
Ok thanks for letting me know that bootstrap is safe to reenable su permissions - i just hope this does not conflict with cwm if it was successfully installed the first time..
dheerb said:
Ok thanks for letting me know that bootstrap is safe to reenable su permissions - i just hope this does not conflict with cwm if it was successfully installed the first time..
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it could be as simple as rebooting again. I think it takes 1 full cycle before it actually sticks.
Just did it again. Rebooted. Granted permission to bootstrap then reinstalled JY Daddy and then denied su permissions to bootstrap and rebooted and no cwm recovery came up
dheerb said:
Just did it again. Rebooted. Granted permission to bootstrap then reinstalled JY Daddy and then denied su permissions to bootstrap and rebooted and no cwm recovery came up
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reboot again without changing anything. it may take a few times for it to take effect.
dheerb said:
Just did it again. Rebooted. Granted permission to bootstrap then reinstalled JY Daddy and then denied su permissions to bootstrap and rebooted and no cwm recovery came up
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Reinstall bootstrap, hit 1st button, then 2nd, reinstall cwm on boot (global), then reboot, deny su to bootstrap when it asks, then reboot again.. should stick then.. then you can uninstall bootstrap app if you don't want it.
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Reinstall bootstrap, hit 1st button, then 2nd, reinstall cwm on boot (global), then reboot, deny su to bootstrap when it asks, then reboot again.. should stick then.. then you can uninstall bootstrap app if you don't want it.
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Just did that i.e. reinstalled bootstrap and then cwm and rebooted 3 times but still nothing...this is truly puzzling...
I had a problem with cwm not sticking on stock 2.3.6 and it was because there was init support. I had to flash an init zip to get it to stick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25115356&postcount=17
41rw4lk said:
I had a problem with cwm not sticking on stock 2.3.6 and it was because there was init support. I had to flash an init zip to get it to stick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25115356&postcount=17
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Ok so basically can you tell me if this is what i should do:
1. grant su to bootstrapper.
2. reboot in bootstrapper recovery.
3. Flash the init zip thing you linked me to. (also are you sure this will work on atrix 2 coz it doesnt mention in the link - also is it the cwm file or it is something else to enable me to install JY Daddy??)
4. Now install JY Daddy.
5. Deny su to bootstrapper
6. Reboot.
Is that right? Problem here is I dont really know what init means...
Yes, it's for Atrix 2. Boot into recovery, flash the init zip with cwm, reboot, deny su in the bootsrapper, and install jydaddy.
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Yes, it's for Atrix 2. Boot into recovery, flash the init zip with cwm, reboot, deny su in the bootsrapper, and install jydaddy.
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Just did this - booted in bootstrap recovery, installed the init zip - then rebooted and reinstalled jy daddy - then denied su to bootstrapper - then rebooted twice but still cant get cwm recovery to boot up...
dheerb said:
Hi guys
I have religiously followed the steps needed to install cwm. i.e. I downloaded the nitro.. bootstrap -> then on recovery reboot installed the J.Y. Daddy Global cwm zip as well -> then denied superuser permissions to bootstrap. This is all shown in http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1511616.html - I just wanted the first two steps...
However after doing these when I reboot my phone it does not boot into cwm. It just boots into the stock recovery thing. I dont understand what I did wrong or whether this is a unique case for some reason.
I was thinking of allowing superuser access to bootstrap and then reinstalling the JY Daddy cwm but I don't know if this is safe? And I dont want to go thru the pain of bootloop.... I havent touched it coz I thought would ask the experts what the way to go about this is...
I really want cwm recovery as the I was stuck on bootloop earlier and the process to flash to stock and recover everything was extremely painful. I do want to try another rom but of course cmw is needed before I dare try and end up worse than I started...
Thanks!
Please help if anyone knows a solution...
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Are you sure this "stock recovery thing" is not simply recovery? It looks pretty stock and basic... though it says clockworkmod recovery somewhere on the screen... if it stops somewhere besides just straight booting to your homescreen, that most likely is cwm recovery mode...
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rebooted thrice now and still no change..
alteredlikeness said:
Are you sure this "stock recovery thing" is not simply recovery? It looks pretty stock and basic... though it says clockworkmod recovery somewhere on the screen... if it stops somewhere besides just straight booting to your homescreen, that most likely is cwm recovery mode...
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No it doesnt say clockwork recovery anywhere and that stock recovery I get only my manually turning on phone in recovery mode...
dheerb said:
No it doesnt say clockwork recovery anywhere and that stock recovery I get only my manually turning on phone in recovery mode...
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When I boot up it just boots up normally...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606257 follow this
41rw4lk said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606257 follow this
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Should not need this if on stock rom... in fact, I've never had gps issues on stock or victory rom with cwm on boot.
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Hey guys! I have my D2G which is running rooted stock. I have had a problem since rooting where the phone always boots into recovery when it turns on and I have to click reboot system now for it to boot into android. I tried shell commands to reset bootmode 4000 to default but the phone wasn't having it, it said permission denied. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Is the only way to unroot and start over? I might actually prefer that but I can't even find decent instructions on how to do that. Could I just go to reset factory defaults in the phone menu? I don't think that would get rid of the su binary though.... I obviously am a little familiar with SBF as it was my only means of getting here but could someone point me into the right direction in terms of unrooting as well? Thanks a lot!!
Uninstall and reinstall ClockworkMod Recovery.
su has nothing to do with booting into CWM.
(That's if you have CWM installed.)
Gasai Yuno said:
Uninstall and reinstall ClockworkMod Recovery.
su has nothing to do with booting into CWM.
(That's if you have CWM installed.)
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How would you go about uninstalling and re-installing CWM? I just meant that doing a factory reset in android wouldn't get rid of the binary, not in CWM. It's really odd the way CWM works on this phone because it doesn't seem to occupy the recovery partition like it does on normal phones because the stock recovery still exists if you hold down x+power.
Uninstall Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Install Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Start Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Press Bootstrap Recovery.
You're done.
Gasai Yuno said:
Uninstall Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Install Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Start Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.
Press Bootstrap Recovery.
You're done.
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If I just want to remove clockwork completely and return to like new, how would I go about that? I have searched around the forums and haven't found much when searching for "unroot" or return to stock. Otherwise I would not try asking all of this. Thanks!
Read my article on that: http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery