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Why ROM Manager still show CWM version as 3.2.0.0

When I download it from Krylon's post it shows 3.2.0.8. Was there a version mess up? Couple of days back when I,
Flashed latest cemetery from rom manager
Started trying to flash drhonk fixed krylon's KD1
Tried to do the factory rest led to halt at formatting ..andriod_secure.
Above resulted on softbrick twice.
Pros please help me understand.
Master Krylon. Any comments?
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Don't use the CWM from the ROM Manager.. just use the CWM posted in Krylons thread.

Thank you. Just did as instructed..
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Well updated update.zip and still slows same version ... updated recovery and still same ...
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is 3.2.0.8. the final version?
plz and ty

Fellahs, please stay away from rom manager for the time being. It needs to be updated. Just use the FINAL cwm from the dev section.
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am not using rom manager i dled it from dev section am just wondering if u have to update it and how i would do that

dohandrew said:
am not using rom manager i dled it from dev section am just wondering if u have to update it and how i would do that
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You have to go a little deeper. you have a clockworkmod folder u need to delete... I manually replaced the recovery file, as well.
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[Q] Why can't I update CWMR?

I just picked up a G2X off Craigslist which was already rooted and running what looked to be a modified version of CM7 with some proprietary apps integrated. I knew I wanted to run stock CM7, so I was planning a full wipe, and I was thankful that he had already rooted the phone for me.
I have some kind of issue with CWMR, though. The one installed on the phone is a 4.0.x derivative, which for whatever reason was incapable of flashing the latest CM7 nightlies. Luckily I was able to boot into the existing OS install and flash the latest CWMR (5.x), which got the job done and installed the latest nightly properly.
Here's the thing, though; I can't seem to *keep* CWMR installed. After flashing the latest CM7 nightly, I found myself staring down the old 4.x version instead. On my other devices I just flash CWMR and I'm good to go. How come it's reverting with this device?

Did you flash with NVFlash or thru Rom Manager? NVFlash is the way to go. Link for it can be found in the CM7 thread.
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wgrant said:
Did you flash with NVFlash or thru Rom Manager? NVFlash is the way to go. Link for it can be found in the CM7 thread.
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+1 use tgagunmans 5.0.2.0 nvflash method in dev section.
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wgrant said:
Did you flash with NVFlash or thru Rom Manager? NVFlash is the way to go. Link for it can be found in the CM7 thread.
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I used rom manager, since that has always worked on other phones. I looked into nvflash, but it appears to be windows only; is there any option that can be performed directly on the device, or that works in linux?
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Look in the dev section again there's also a way for Mac/Linux.
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There's also a link in the CM7 nightly thread. The G2X requires nvflash method, the flash thru rom manager is considered a "fake"flash.
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d12unk13astard said:
Look in the dev section again there's also a way for Mac/Linux.
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Excellent, even though the instructions assume Windows, I see that there's a Linux nvflash binary included in the zip which got me up to date. Thanks!

wgrant said:
There's also a link in the CM7 nightly thread. The G2X requires nvflash method, the flash thru rom manager is considered a "fake"flash.
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Even though the flash through Rom Manager is a "fake flash" it still requires root to flash as it flashes CWM to the cache directory. In order to root the phone you must install CWM at least the first time using the NVFlash method and then run the root zip. Once you have done that you can use the ROM Manager one but you must reboot into recovery using ROM Manager to run that version of CWM. I personally don't recommend Rom Manager for the G2X, but I must say, it does work great on some other devices. For many devices, including the Nexus One, Koush is doing the so-called "fake flash" (he and Cyanogen Steve don't consider it fake) to keep the ROM untouched to not interfer with OTA updates, etc. Once the phone is running recovery, whether from the actual recovery partition or from the cache parition where Koush's Rom Manger puts it, whatever it can do is the same and functions the same as recovery is simply an image loaded into phone memory and then run from RAM. One it is loaded and running the image in the ROM is not accessed again during that recovery session.

[Q] Need CWM for sgs4g 2.3.6 official.

Has anybody got a version of CWM that will work on the sgs4g? I accidentally flashed the galaxy s CWM from rom manager before finding this forum. Nothing has changed on the phone, except if i boot into CWM recovery i always get verification errors.
Also, are there any ROMs for the sgs4g that is running 2.3.6?
Thanks to anybody who can help.

Get rid of ROM Manager. I've read it doesn't work well on this phone. Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331 for a 2.3.6 ROM with the latest CWM/root/voodoo lagfix.
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Don_Kronic said:
Has anybody got a version of CWM that will work on the sgs4g? I accidentally flashed the galaxy s CWM from rom manager before finding this forum. Nothing has changed on the phone, except if i boot into CWM recovery i always get verification errors.
Also, are there any ROMs for the sgs4g that is running 2.3.6?
Thanks to anybody who can help.
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You should try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
When it is time to choose a package pick the one that includes the beta 2d kernel from the Kj6 collection. Learning the one click method will also give you every thing you need should you make a mistake and need to recover from a soft brick
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stephen_w said:
Get rid of ROM Manager. I've read it doesn't work well on this phone. Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331 for a 2.3.6 ROM with the latest CWM/root/voodoo lagfix.
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That is a link to a cwm flashable kernel.
Without cwm he will have no luck installing it.
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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

Bassmanjames said:
That is a link to a cwm flashable kernel.
Without cwm he will have no luck installing it.
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It's Heimdall installable, too, which is how I did it. I'm trying to leverage Heimdall more these days in an attempt to learn it better.
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stephen_w said:
It's Heimdall installable, too, which is how I did it. I'm trying to leverage Heimdall more these days in an attempt to learn it better.
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Noob moment
Yeah extract the zip and flash the zimage. I always forget about that...
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This may just be a noob question and I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm running 2.3.6 as well and want to flash Valhalla Final onto my device. The instructions say you must have pre-installed kernel with clockwork recovery. Do I need to use Heimdall and load a kernel with clockwork recovery or is there another way to get the CWM? I am still learning the basics of all this stuff. Forgive my ignorance.

ShadyAce80 said:
This may just be a noob question and I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm running 2.3.6 as well and want to flash Valhalla Final onto my device. The instructions say you must have pre-installed kernel with clockwork recovery. Do I need to use Heimdall and load a kernel with clockwork recovery or is there another way to get the CWM? I am still learning the basics of all this stuff. Forgive my ignorance.
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Since you're already on GB (2.3.6) you can do this, if you're not rooted follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Rooting
Once you're rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Flashing_a_Kernel

FBis251 said:
Since you're already on GB (2.3.6) you can do this, if you're not rooted follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Rooting
Once you're rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Flashing_a_Kernel
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Worked perfectly. was able to finally start flashing ROMs. Thank you.

ShadyAce80 said:
Worked perfectly. was able to finally start flashing ROMs. Thank you.
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Save the wiki to your bookmarks. We're updating it constantly so you'll always get the most up to date info from there. Also spread the word when other users need help, point them to the proper section in the wiki .

Thanks to everyone for their insight. My sgs4g is no more now. Luckily, I learned a lot about flashing with it before it died. Including unbricking. Still haven't gotten heimdall to work. But I think I have been trying to run the regular exe instead of the front end. We'll see. Hopefully I get paid this week to cut on the internet again. Killing me here.
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Currently on UCLB3 2.3.6 - How do I flash a custom ROM or kernel?

I did do a lot of searching around but it's information-overload and 99% of what I've read is for folks who are on something older than UCLB3.
So every time I find something that looks like it works and spend time reading it, I discover it doesn't work for UCLB3. VERY frustrating!
I can't figure out how to root UCLB3. Looks like nobody knows how to yet.
How do I get a custom ROM & kernel on here? I'd like to use Entropy's DD and a rooted stock ROM or something reliable.
Just got the phone today and it has 2.3.6 UCLB3 on it.
I have Windows so I can't use the Heimdall approach which seems to be for Linux or Apple.
I am famliar with ODB though.
edit: Currently trying to figure out how to get CWM installed so I can flash an unsecured kernel. Which should then get me the ROM's I want.
Which seems to be a "gotcha" since it looks like you need root to install CWM or you need to odin old kernel on top of the new one, which I'm worried may brick things.
edit #2: Found out you can use the Windows version of Heimdall. Didn't know there was one. Then I used this (second half of first post) to install red CWM. It soft bricked my phone but I don't care since I'm flashing something else.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381

Use this method...imho better and very detailed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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bigjoe2675 said:
Use this method...imho better and very detailed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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Thanks. It doesn't say if it adds root though.
When I didn't realize you could use Heimdall on Windows, I ignored that thread.

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks. It doesn't say if it adds root though.
When I didn't realize you could use Heimdall on Windows, I ignored that thread.
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Dont need it..if your final product is to flash a rom...these tools will make that process easy...kk
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bigjoe2675 said:
Dont need it..if your final product is to flash a rom...these tools will make that process easy...kk
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I'm pretty confused then.
That thread shows how to flash the leaked UCLB3.
It doesn't tell me how to flash any custom ROM's?

It is very lengthy but if you read post #2 qkster tells on what is needed to get you cwm for flashing a rom...by using the one click method be put together to give you cwm...take read if his thread...k
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Thanks, I'll check it out in a bit... heading out now.
FYI, I succesfully rooted 2.3.6 UCKJ4 using this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
Aww dang, there is now CWM listed in the ROM Manager install app list.
Dang, Infuse is sooo frustrating rt now! ;D
Will get back to it later.

bigjoe2675 said:
Use this method...imho better and very detailed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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This works i formatted everything and did this then flashed zeus 6 everything went perfect.
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TJj33p3rz said:
This works i formatted everything and did this then flashed zeus 6 everything went perfect.
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If you would change your title stating done or accomplished ...thx
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bigjoe2675 said:
If you would change your title stating done or accomplished ...thx
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I see a future forum Moderator. :thumbup:
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bigfau said:
I see a future forum Moderator. :thumbup:
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Naaa just following you and qkster lead and others like nun....
"You Have to know how to follow before you can lead...."
You guys taught me by just reading and research of your work...so thx
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CZ Eddie said:
I did do a lot of searching around but it's information-overload and 99% of what I've read is for folks who are on something older than UCLB3.
So every time I find something that looks like it works and spend time reading it, I discover it doesn't work for UCLB3. VERY frustrating!
I can't figure out how to root UCLB3. Looks like nobody knows how to yet.
How do I get a custom ROM & kernel on here? I'd like to use Entropy's DD and a rooted stock ROM or something reliable.
Just got the phone today and it has 2.3.6 UCLB3 on it.
I have Windows so I can't use the Heimdall approach which seems to be for Linux or Apple.
I am famliar with ODB though.
edit: Currently trying to figure out how to get CWM installed so I can flash an unsecured kernel. Which should then get me the ROM's I want.
Which seems to be a "gotcha" since it looks like you need root to install CWM or you need to odin old kernel on top of the new one, which I'm worried may brick things.
edit #2: Found out you can use the Windows version of Heimdall. Didn't know there was one. Then I used this (second half of first post) to install red CWM. It soft bricked my phone but I don't care since I'm flashing something else.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
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I'm going to be repeating a few things already offered here, so please bear with me... If your goal is a Samsung Infuse with rooted UCLB3 do the following:
1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
1a - Since you are already on UCLB3, you can probably skip the first Heimdall and go right to post #2 - this will get you "red" CWM which will allow you to load unsigned CWM zip packages. (Main reason to do the first step is to lay down a good partition table, install a clean rom, and flash the gingerbread bootloaders).
2 - Copy rooted UCLB3 rom to your internal SD Card (not the external one). Create a folder called "!ROM!" so that it shows up first in CWM and then copy roms and other install packages there.
2a - Here's Dman's rooted, deodexed, zipaligned UCLB3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508619
2b - If you want the stock kernel, download and copy both files linked in the first post, otherwise just the first one.
2c - If you want to keep "red" CWM (recommended) and also have video and hdmi work, copy Entropy's latest kernel to your sdcard (PM me if you want a CWM package as there is no official CWM package as of yet). Otherwise, once rooted you will need to unzip the 7z linked here, copy zimage to your sdcard, download SGS Kernel Flasher from the market and use that app to flash the kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24459243&postcount=448
3 - Next, power off phone and boot recovery using three finger technique (Vol+/Vol-/Power, release power when bottom lights go on, hold volume keys until you get red CWM).
3a - Do the following - wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, advanced-wipe dalvik cache, back to main..mounts-format system
3b - From main menu, install zip, choose zip, pick your rom and flash
3c - If you have the Entropy MHL kernel, flash this next.
3d - When done, go back and reboot
4 - Let the phone boot and then let sit for 5 min or so, then go through the initial setup process
4a - Open apps drawer, run SuperUser and update binaries - this will also confirm that you have root.
4b - Open Google market, upgrade to Play, download any utility apps you need
4c - If you are going back to the stock kernel, download SGS Kernel, copy zimage to your sdcard, and flash (note that if you do this you will lose the ability to flash other custom roms, and would have to redo qkster's CWM Heimdall)
5 - Reboot and enjoy.
If you want to explore further, here is a page with other roms listed (note that some of the info applies to froyo and some to non-ATT Infuses so read with care):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
For other useful information about ROM flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548

Took me months of reading, but qkster is a good lead. Overloaded many times, so take a break and start fresh again. Be amazed at what u remember from previously.
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Yep but well worth the reading.
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Thank you, Zen Arcade! And everyone.
I was missing the read of post #2 which included a Heimdall one-click flash of the non-secured Etropy kernel which included a CWM. I flashed that which then let me flash other ROM's and am currently on Zeus 6 with the ICS theme and loving it!
Never did figure out a way to root the factory 2.3.6 new version, but was able to flash the rooted version at one point.

bigjoe2675 said:
It is very lengthy but if you read post #2 qkster tells on what is needed to get you cwm for flashing a rom...by using the one click method be put together to give you cwm...take read if his thread...k
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CZ Eddie said:
Thank you, Zen Arcade! And everyone.
I was missing the read of post #2 which included a Heimdall one-click flash of the non-secured Etropy kernel which included a CWM. I flashed that which then let me flash other ROM's and am currently on Zeus 6 with the ICS theme and loving it!
Never did figure out a way to root the factory 2.3.6 new version, but was able to flash the rooted version at one point.
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Was trying to help you...but hey you got it now... :thumbup:
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CZ Eddie said:
Thank you, Zen Arcade! And everyone.
I was missing the read of post #2 which included a Heimdall one-click flash of the non-secured Etropy kernel which included a CWM. I flashed that which then let me flash other ROM's and am currently on Zeus 6 with the ICS theme and loving it!
Never did figure out a way to root the factory 2.3.6 new version, but was able to flash the rooted version at one point.
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cz,
that was the whole heimdall 1click idea. post #1 - rom and restore if needed.
post #2: cwm recovery to flash custom rom.
if you want root stock, dman has made a uclb3 base, deoxdex, rooted and zipaligned. you would flash that in cwm and then flash entropy newest kernel to give you everything.
that is how you would have a rooted stock uclb3...but why would you when there is vagabond..

Root question

Just out of curiosity, is it possible to root without cmw and without a computer?
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No, you need a cistom recovery installed on phone to flash the su file
You can try twrp recovery that uses goo manager to install its twrp but I think(99.999% sure) u have to be rooted first
You can read my link in my sig about rooting
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vincom said:
No, you need a cistom recovery installed on phone to flash the su file
You can try twrp recovery that uses goo manager to install its twrp but I think(99.999% sure) u have to be rooted first
You can read my link in my sig about rooting
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Need root to have the recovery script.... You could go buy an original gangster Android 1.x phone and use androot or z4root and ginger break
All of which don't work on the sky rocket
Download goo manager and go to a friends house goo has All the files needed like super user and odin
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droid512 said:
Need root to have the recovery script.... You could go buy an original gangster Android 1.x phone and use androot or z4root and ginger break
All of which don't work on the sky rocket
Download goo manager and go to a friends house goo has All the files needed like super user and odin
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quote from goo manager:
"WARNING: This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY! Custom ROMs can not do anything on a stock device!
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS APP DOES, PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL IT!"

Thanks for the response guys. Ive read all the stickies and was just curious. Phone is already rooted and on modded ics . Just trying to learn more.
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Sevarg710X said:
Thanks for the response guys. Ive read all the stickies and was just curious. Phone is already rooted and on modded ics . Just trying to learn more.
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vincom said:
quote from goo manager:
"WARNING: This app is for ROOTED USERS ONLY! Custom ROMs can not do anything on a stock device!
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS APP DOES, PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL IT!"
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No i knew that but inside goo manager a a section called tools meant to use with a pc to root... Unless goo requests root on open
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