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[Q] ClockworkMod ROM Manager won't back up.

Hey, sorry if this is a really noob question, but I couldn't find an answer elsewhere.
Anyway, I have Rom Manager installed, my phone is rooted, I have granted SU permissions, and I've tried flashing all current and past versions of the recovery image, but when I press "Backup Current ROM" all it does is reboot my phone. No backup is made and no error pops up, just a simple reboot. Likewise if I select "Reboot into Recovery".
Anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks
Btw, I'm on a DroidX if that affects anything.

nyc640 said:
Hey, sorry if this is a really noob question, but I couldn't find an answer elsewhere.
Anyway, I have Rom Manager installed, my phone is rooted, I have granted SU permissions, and I've tried flashing all current and past versions of the recovery image, but when I press "Backup Current ROM" all it does is reboot my phone. No backup is made and no error pops up, just a simple reboot. Likewise if I select "Reboot into Recovery".
Anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks
Btw, I'm on a DroidX if that affects anything.
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Try flashing an alternate recovery or manually boot into recovery - I'm not sure the method for your phone, though. I don't like cwm, too many issues. I use Amon Ra for my Evo, I think the Droid X has SPRecovery. You should be able to flash it through ROM Manager.
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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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[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.

after nandroid restore phone got stock at boot

after nandroid restore phone got stock at boot, it just stay there it wont load

K.
What rom are you on? What kernel?
Kind of hard to help with no details man.
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sorry im shaking right now :/
GB 2.3.6
kernel:bhudven stock with lag fix and cwm5

jules2142 said:
sorry im shaking right now :/
GB 2.3.6
kernel:bhudven stock with lag fix and cwm5
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It's okay man we'll try to get you back to normal! Relax, boot loops aren't really a big deal.
Are you running stock 2.3.6 or a custom rom?
If i remember correctly nandroid restores were broken on gb, or was it just kj6(2.3.6) either way, you should be able to get back into recovery and flash the rom again
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im running stock 2.3.6
can u give step on how to restore it tnx by the way

jules2142 said:
im running stock 2.3.6
can u give step on how to restore it tnx by the way
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Can you get back into recovery? (hold vol up vol down and press power) I assume you have cwm recovery? It's red and will say cwm recovery at the top.
If so hit up the dev section and find one of our many awesome custom roms id suggest start with valhalla final by whitehawkx. Download it on your computer.
Now go to "mounts" inside your cwm recovery and select mount usb.
Connect your phone to the computer with your usb, it'll open like usual on your comp.
Put the downloaded zip on your sd.
Now go back to the main screen in your cwm recovery and choose install zip from sd. Choose the zip and it'll flash it. You should be good then!
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recovery is not working :/
i hold the buttons just like the way you said (yes, i have cwm)
but it is still stock at "galaxy s 4g,exclusively from t-mobile" screen
but i can get to download thou,

What might get you into recovery is by trying:
shutting the phone down (you might have to remove the battery). Hold down volume up, volume down, & the power button. keep holding them down until you see the "Galaxy S" screen. When that screen gets a bit brighter only let go of the power button. Keep holding the volume buttons down until you see the recovery screen.
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but the screen didn't got brighter,
anyway i just used this step http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
i hope this works,
now its booting up and running lag fix update

jules2142 said:
recovery is not working :/
i hold the buttons just like the way you said (yes, i have cwm)
but it is still stock at "galaxy s 4g,exclusively from t-mobile" screen
but i can get to download thou,
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please refer to the post above this.
If you still can't get into recovery after that, we might have to have you odin a rom, since you said dl mode is good...
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and it booted
now i need help what to do next?

jules2142 said:
and it booted
now i need help what to do next?
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Youre in recovery now? Hop back to post 6, here I quoted it for you, follow the instructions in the bold type.
tehgyb said:
Can you get back into recovery? (hold vol up vol down and press power) I assume you have cwm recovery? It's red and will say cwm recovery at the top.
If so hit up the dev section and find one of our many awesome custom roms id suggest start with valhalla final by whitehawkx. Download it on your computer.
Now go to "mounts" inside your cwm recovery and select mount usb.
Connect your phone to the computer with your usb, it'll open like usual on your comp.
Put the downloaded zip on your sd.
Now go back to the main screen in your cwm recovery and choose install zip from sd. Choose the zip and it'll flash it. You should be good then!
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tnx for the tips bro,
no i have selected the ROM i want http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404863
i followed the steps and i got stuck at step 2 :/
it said "2) Mounts for CWM are UMMU (Under Mounts and Storage menu)"
but it say in the Cwm error: system cannot be unmounted

jules2142 said:
tnx for the tips bro,
no i have selected the ROM i want http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404863
i followed the steps and i got stuck at step 2 :/
it said "2) Mounts for CWM are UMMU (Under Mounts and Storage menu)"
but it say in the Cwm error: system cannot be unmounted
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back in the mounts section of cwm choose them so they're in this order: "unmount, mount, mount, unmount"
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yeah i did it but the last unmount which is "/system" say "error unmouting /system"

jules2142 said:
yeah i did it but the last unmount which is "/system" say "error unmouting /system"
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Ignore it man, it should be fine. Most devs put the mounts in their flashing scripts anyway tbh...
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ok i'll try,
but WHAT IF i don't work,
could it boot loop my phone again?
my mom is gonna kill me :/

jules2142 said:
ok i'll try,
but WHAT IF i don't work,
could it boot loop my phone again?
my mom is gonna kill me :/
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it should work, but worst case scenario it'll be but looped again, then we'll just odin back to stock
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how about getting it bricked xD
anyway i didn't use odin i use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498

jules2142 said:
how about getting it bricked xD
anyway i didn't use odin i use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
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Nah that shouldn't brick it. It's almost never bricked except when dumb people flash roms built for other phones lol
And ahh yes heimdall is a great choice too ;P
either way, glad you're up and running again!
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Rooting Questions

I'm considering rooting my G2x. I've downloaded Super One Click v2.3.3 and have installed the t-mobile driver.
So, I simply need to plug my phone into my computer and open SOC and click 'Root"???
What can I expect after rooting, if it works? Will I need to install a rom? Which I believe is more-or-less an operating system? If so, where do I get one?
Will there anything left on the phone?
If I need, say, an app for my contacts how will I install it on the phone?
Any help will be appreciated. I've never done this before.
James

You can gain access to apps that need root you can flash ROMs which the best thing and after you root your device if you didnt do a full wipe (factory reset) everything should be the same. but here is a tip back up your currwnt ROM because youll need it in case you want to get baxk to stock ROM or if a ROM you flashed didnt wprk
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I don't quite understand. I thought rooting removes most things form your phone.
What is the flash rom? And how do I back up my current rom?

I've rooted the phone, I believe. I have a new app called 'Super User'. When I tab 'Super User' it only lists 'ROM Manager' which I installed. But now I'm totally lost. What would be my next step? I don't seem to have any more permissions to do anything than I did before.
James

Flashing ROM is like changing the OS version you do it after you install a Custom recovery like ClockWork Mod (CWM) you can install it using ROM Manager by clicking on flash recovery
You access the recovery menu by turning off your device then holding down the power/lock key for like 10 second untill you get two icons thr download and recovery you choose the recovery and navigate through the recovery menus using the volume up and down buttons and the power key to click on an option.
For back up you get down to back up and restore then click the power/lock to open it then choose back up and click on it now wait till the back up is done of you want to restore it click on restore instead of back up
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JamesJoey said:
I've rooted the phone, I believe. I have a new app called 'Super User'. When I tab 'Super User' it only lists 'ROM Manager' which I installed. But now I'm totally lost. What would be my next step? I don't seem to have any more permissions to do anything than I did before.
James
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Install Titanium Backup, backup apps, uninstall bloatware.
Anything you want! There are many apps that do things but require root on the Market, so just search around!
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yuseiatlas said:
Flashing ROM is like changing the OS version you do it after you install a Custom recovery like ClockWork Mod (CWM) you can install it using ROM Manager by clicking on flash recovery
You access the recovery menu by turning off your device then holding down the power/lock key for like 10 second untill you get two icons thr download and recovery you choose the recovery and navigate through the recovery menus using the volume up and down buttons and the power key to click on an option.
For back up you get down to back up and restore then click the power/lock to open it then choose back up and click on it now wait till the back up is done of you want to restore it click on restore instead of back up
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I turned off the device then held the power/lock but the device booted normally. Now, though, when I tap ROM manager it brings up a list of what I believe are ROMs. The title bar reads "Download ROM". Should I try to bring up the recovery menu again??
I want to thank you for this assistance. I am learning.
James

Not sure what happened.
In ROM manager I chose boot to recovery or whatever that is. Now it seems to be stuck on the Android system recovery utility. I'm able to move the selection at the top betweene:
'reboot system now'
'apply sdcard:update.zip'
'wipe date/factory reset' and
'wipe cache partition'
Nothing happens when I'm on reboot system now and press the Power/Lock button .
Also on the screen:
'Finding update package...'
'Opening update package...'
'E:Can't open /cache/updatye.zip (bad)'
'Installation aborted.'
'Formatting MISC:...
It's been like this for the past 5 minutes.
Any suggestions?
James

Its the first option flash CMW not any other choice try removing the battery? Or reboot it
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yuseiatlas said:
Its the first option flash CMW not any other choice try removing the battery? Or reboot it
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Yes I did remove the battery and it booted.
The fact the the installation aborted isn't a problem, it's normal?
Also, I see no option that you speak of.
The only options I see are:
'reboot system now'
'apply sdcard:update.zip'
'wipe date/factory reset' and
'wipe cache partition'

I mean on the ROM Manager App the first option is flash CMW
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yuseiatlas said:
I mean on the ROM Manager App the first option is flash CMW
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I don;t see that option either in the ROM Manager app.
Do I need to buy Buy Premium for this option to be there?

JamesJoey said:
I don;t see that option either in the ROM Manager app.
Do I need to buy Buy Premium for this option to be there?
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No its at the very top...
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gagdude said:
No its at the very top...
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At the very top I see:
'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery' which I've done already.

Ok then now go to the recoveey menu now you should have an option named back up/restore
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yuseiatlas said:
Ok then now go to the recoveey menu now you should have an option named back up/restore
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Ok. I see backup and restore in the recovery menu. When now?
I've already backup the system when I tried to install a new rom but the rom didn't isntal but my system backup on the reboot.
I'm missing something.

JamesJoey said:
Ok. I see backup and restore in the recovery menu. When now?
I've already backup the system when I tried to install a new rom but the rom didn't isntal but my system backup on the reboot.
I'm missing something.
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Did you download a ROM that is made for your device ? And you install a ROM by going to 'install Zip from SD Card' then you navigate to the file you have your ROM in and you should do a full wipe if the ROM require to (factory reset and wipe cache partition) if you do so all the data on your device will be deleted (like apps and phone numbers....) but not if the data is on your SDCard, but again make sure the ROM is for your device example if you have i9100 SGS II download a ROM for i9100 SGS II not any other device
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I see what you mean now. There are footnotes below the rom.
I'm going to conitue this in the morn. My brain hurts.
James

I finally installed a rom. I then tried to install another. Cynger, or something like that. It went through the process of installing but now when it boots it gets to LG and stops. I need to take the battteryb ou but upn putting the battery back in the same thinng happens.
It won't boot!
I tired only 2 roms and I've already bricked this thing???

then go back to recovery and restore your backed up ROM (and you have to wait for like 30 minutes sometimes for it to boot)
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