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[GUIDE] ClockWorkMod Recovery on Vibrant 4G

Ensure you have root first!!!
MOD EDIT: POSTERS ARE REPORTING THERE ARE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THIS GUIDE, THREAD CLOSED.
Use SuperOneClick 1.7 to gain root (USB debugging enabled) Get it here:
1. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
2. Open SuperOneClick and run Shell Root with your phone plugged in. Once finished, close.
3. Now run the 3e Recovery Installer. When finished, close.
4. Now flash ClockWorkMod Recovery via ROM Manager by selecting "Vibrant" when asked for phone type. Then reboot into recovery. (You may need to reboot your phone if you get stuck on the ROM Manager "Reboot to Recovery" screen) (Just reboot, then attempt to reboot into recovery again)
5. At the blue recovery select "reinstall packages". The first time will fail, run it once more, and you should now have the green CWM Recovery menu.
6. Wait for Team Whiskey to release an amazing ROM!!!
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Thanks for the guide! Making a nandroid as i type!

my phone just gets stuck on the reboot into recovery screen
edit: now it keeps saying failed

eakrish said:
my phone just gets stuck on the reboot into recovery screen
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Power down your phone. Power it back up and try again. Mine did the same thing at first.
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nevermind, work third time. had to completely reboot, then reinstall recovery through rom manager. Then reboot into recovery, then reinstall packages twice. Good to go. Thanks!

Well I guess one good thing came out of me doing what I did to my phone was able to tell you how to do this lol

collins521 said:
Well I guess one good thing came out of me doing what I did to my phone was able to tell you how to do this lol
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Yes it did. Thank you.
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I'm getting this error.
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Can't mount /data/!"

so this is a confirmed method to get rom manager / clockwork working for the SGS4G?

i must be doing something wrong because i keep getting failed.. but i am following the instructions to the T..

Just letting you know, this will NOT work. The 4G has a different partition structure than the Vibrant. CWM will need to be built for the 4G due to it not having a internal sd like the Vibrant. Once CWM does come out for the SGS4G please let me know. I already have Bionix Frost ready to go for it, and will have Black Ice ready this week.
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HELL YE KRYLON IS HERE DONATING HAHA
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krylon360 said:
Just letting you know, this will NOT work. The 4G has a different partition structure than the Vibrant. CWM will need to be built for the 4G due to it not having a internal sd like the Vibrant. Once CWM does come out for the SGS4G please let me know. I already have Bionix Frost ready to go for it, and will have Black Ice ready this week.
What's black ice? A theme for frost?
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Frost is based on a pre-leak. Black Ice is based off the official sysdump
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krylon360 said:
Frost is based on a pre-leak. Black Ice is based off the official sysdump
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Oh, well why would you even bother uploading frost for us, cuz wouldn't the one based off the dump be better?
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Frameworks are pretty much identical so it wouldn't matter.
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Right on!! Can't wait!
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any way to revert this process? i'm getting an error everytime I got to recovery?

chadster214 said:
any way to revert this process? i'm getting an error everytime I got to recovery?
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I'm in the same boat. Tried everything i can think of to revert the process but im still getting the error everytime i boot into recovery.

Too many posters are reporting this guide is not working, I'm closing this thread temporary to avoid any damage to member's devices.
@ OP please PM me if you work this out. I will edit the first post.
Thanks,

[Q] BRICKED?

Hey all. noob here.
Was replacing the recovery.bin and update.zip to try out flashing the deodexed KD1 and rebooted to recovery using the quickboot app right after i replaced the recovery.bin file. I guess i should've rebooted normally first, before into recovery... All I'm getting is the first splash screen now. I can't get into stock recovery, download mode... anything. Thoughts?

haha!!!!! finally got into dl mode. odin'd the *****. all good.

I'm having the same issue.. how did you end up getting past the splash.....
Mine just sitting there... CRAP!!!

Hey man. Just read ur thread. Make sure ur using the usb cable that came with ur phone. I tried using a different one at first and got an error. Hope this helps!
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what did you do in odin to get it to work? same thing is happening to me, its stuck on "galaxy s 4g" boot screen

Just went into download mode and selected PDA and chose Whitehawkx's KD1. phone rebooted, everything golden. That help?
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thank you so much!!!worked perfectly

rickyc19 said:
thank you so much!!!worked perfectly
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No prob! Be sure to hit thanks!
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I did
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robbbbit said:
Hey all. noob here.
Was replacing the recovery.bin and update.zip to try out flashing the deodexed KD1 and rebooted to recovery using the quickboot app right after i replaced the recovery.bin file. I guess i should've rebooted normally first, before into recovery... All I'm getting is the first splash screen now. I can't get into stock recovery, download mode... anything. Thoughts?
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for future reference, recovery.bin should just be recovery. re-download recovery file and place in system/bin

Rad. Thanks.
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[Q] bricked / backup troubles..

Rooted successfully, flashed cwm's most recent recovery and made a backup,i go and DL miui and try to flash that and get a neverending bootloop , so i go into recovery and try to go to backup/restore and my power button wont work.. aka im trying to select the option to do my backup and it isnt responding.. but it does respond correctly when going into recovery/ download mode.. help.
samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g.. sprint version

Where did you get cwm from?
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jager555 said:
Where did you get cwm from?
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from market earlier

power button did work for me the one time prior i tried to flash a rom and didnt have success, and i used my backup successfully. using my power button as selector in cwm recovery. but now i just cant get my power button to respond while in recovery i can scroll up and down no problemo.. sorry for late responses im a new user and there is a 5min wait between posts

If you got cwm from market then you made a mistake. Rom manager does not work correctly for the sgs4g.
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dam, worked fine for me the first time i used it. what does this mean for me? how do i get out of this hole i dug myself, i was watching the zedomax vids and it said to get the current cwm recovery off of the market so i was just trying to follow instructions unless i heard wrong.

Made this post in wrong thread meant to have it under ssgs2 e4g, please forward any comments and suggestions there thankyou, and sorry for posting wrong location
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18479010#post18479010

Wait, your OP said you have the Samsung Galaxy SII Spring Version (Epic 4G Touch). That's a completely different device. This is the Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
I'm not even sure if that phone has root yet, since it's relatively new. I never checked on those forums.
EDIT: I guess I took a bit too long to type this message. That's what happens when I multitask!

Flashed lost kernel = fix
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[Q] Getting Infuse into CWM

First off, i'm sorry if there are posts on this. I searched this site and Google to find my answer. I tried flashing the Infused rom first, the flash didn't work, I was stuck in boot loop. I eventually used Odin to get back to stock. I decided to go with the SuperCM7 instead to try my luck with that. I am rooted and have installed CWM through rom manager(galaxysi9000 as im sure you all know. I'm trying to follow the steps on infinitybiff's post(directions for flashing....) Anyways when i try to go into CWM recovery, i'm taken to the standard android <3e> recovery screen. Should I try downloading CWM to my sdcard and trying that? Any suggestions would be great!

Just manually replace the recovery file.

Could you guide me through that? Sorry im a noob.
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What file do i replace. I know how to find my recovery file(system/bin/recovery). Do i replace that?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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Thanks... Although for some reason my phone wasn't booting up. Now trying Odin again, but its getting stuck at factory.fs.rfs or whatever it is. Hopefully didn't brick my phone.

no soup for you.
sorry had to do it. Seinfeld was a good show.

Hahaha, yes Seinfeld was a good show. No worries got my phone up and running, now to try this flashing crap again... OK, update.zip is on my INTERNAL SD CARD and still not booting into CWM. On the verge of giving up.

Did you try to manually replace the recovery file yet? ROM Manager doesn't always seem to work for it.

My method :
Flash the kernel+cwm by sgs kernel flasher apps.
if your rom.
Froyo > Community kernel v8
GB > Infuse-GB 1.0 kernel

verticae said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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I prefer method 1 in that thread. Always works for me.

[Q] Can't seem to get the backup working with CWM

Hi, i'm a noob fresh out of youtube and I have successfully rooted my phone and gotten CWM and the Recovery Image flashed but the problem comes into play when I try to make a backup of my stock rom and my phone reboots into the recovery mode and it gives me the options to
1. reboot
2. reinstall
3. delete user data
4. wipe caches
and it says # Manual Mode #
Appling CSC...Installing CSC but it doesn't do anything and i've let it sit there for a minute nothing even pops up. Help please? I'm kinda at a loss here. lol

You don't have a custom recovery, look at one of the many rooting guides here on how to get clockwork recovery
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demkantor said:
You don't have a custom recovery, look at one of the many rooting guides here on how to get clockwork recovery
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Ok, cool. Thanks, i know for a fact that i'm gonna need someone to hold my hand through this thing -__- but hey it's a learning experience. lol :good:

Jon Dubb said:
Ok, cool. Thanks, i know for a fact that i'm gonna need someone to hold my hand through this thing -__- but hey it's a learning experience. lol :good:
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Hey so I tried to get the custom recovery...am I supposed to delete the old "recovery" file and place the modded one there or am I just supposed to leave it alone? I have the update.zip file in the root of my sdcard but still I tried to boot it into the cwm recovery mode and still no dice.

Replace it, for some more detail see post 36 in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40198560
Now you shouldn't need to go through the whole process but it may help you understand
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......so i deleted the recovery file and left the new recovery file and now my phone is soft bricked....*sigh*....help?

Follow the full instruction from the post I linked you, soft bricked this phone more times than I can count, the method I laid out there never failed me with both Linux and windows and takes me under 10 min from start yo finish
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Ok, nvm looked at another xda thread and actually managed to fix it. thanks!