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cant load recovery

Hey guys..
I just today rooted my lovely Nexus S, 9023 or what its called (non branded or nothing)
But i cant load recovery.. went fine when i rooted it, but now that i want to load an custom rom it fails.. i followed this guide to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883032
Anyone have some ideas??
I just get a android logo and triangle + ! in it.. as error.. (
Best regrads
n0ta

Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.

n0ta said:
Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.
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Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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I have had this happen on my NS4G. I know they are a little different, but it seems like you are having the same thing happen that I did and to solve it, I open Windows command prompt(or terminal depending on you OS) and fastboot flash recovery (insert recovery.img name here) and reflashed the recovery partition with clockwork. Very easy fix. Just make sure you boot straight into recovery after flashing and flash the Rom you want to flash before booting back into stock(also make a nandroid before that). After that you shouldn't have any more problems unless you unroot. There must be a small glitch somewhere when flashing the clockwork doesn't fully erase stock recovery partition.

krohnjw said:
Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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Works now thanks all to both of you.

n0ta said:
Works now thanks all to both of you.
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Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...

bender_123 said:
Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...
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The Nexus one did the same thing. Most OTAs verify / replace this file. It's easy enough to deal with if you're unlocked and rooted.
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This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...

bender_123 said:
This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...
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I assure you it won't be the last.
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Cant install custom rom

After rooting and using rom manager to cwm "choosed i9000"
after rebooting I cant find install zip
when i tried to cwm by replacing the update file in sd card it gets some error
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
Im very new to android

You must install the custom Recovery. Follow steps below.
When you reach to the 'replacing' recovery file, make sure you delete the old one. When your in recovery mode, make sure you install packages twice before you see CWM recovery.
How To Install 3e Recovery & ClockworkMod (Quick Video) AT&T Infuse 4G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09p-J_g_Rg
100% working ClockworkMod Recovery for Infuse 4G [GTG465x]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881

chrscap said:
You must install the custom Recovery. Follow steps below.
When you reach to the 'replacing' recovery file, make sure you delete the old one. When your in recovery mode, make sure you install packages twice before you see CWM recovery.
How To Install 3e Recovery & ClockworkMod (Quick Video) AT&T Infuse 4G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09p-J_g_Rg
100% working ClockworkMod Recovery for Infuse 4G [GTG465x]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
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What he said. That's the key.
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I cant rename the original recovery file
every time it said rename successful and wehen i go back and open bin again is still as it was

Because its set on read only. Tap on mount r/w (top of list) and you be able to rename.
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chrscap said:
Because its set on read only. Tap on mount r/w (top of list) and you be able to rename.
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no
its mounted as r\w

aly_hosny said:
no
its mounted as r\w
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You need to pay for the updated root explore. I had that same issue where changes did not take affect. I was going out of my mind.
Once I paid for it, I was relieved that it took the changes and was able to put custom clockwork mod recovery.
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mulcahyd said:
You need to pay for the updated root explore. I had that same issue where changes did not take affect. I was going out of my mind.
Once I paid for it, I was relieved that it took the changes and was able to put custom clockwork mod recovery.
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pay for it? HA! www.4shared.com.
Your welcome!

thnx guys
I did it

my phone is frozen
hey guys so i rooted my phone, then i installed rom manager, and i followed the instructions and put it in recovery mode and then backed up my device in recovery mode then asked it to zip file from sd car, but then it rebooted and my phone only stays at the begining samsun, like it is frozen there, can someone plz help me

I hear ya....dont pay for apps either....goggle the apk!
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[Q] cant mount system, clockworkmod G2X

Hi all,
when i boot my g2x into recovery (clockworkmod) and try to backup, it says it cant mount the system. first it used to say cant mount sd card but the solution was just taking out the sd card and putting it back in. unfortunately i cant do this with the system
anybody have any solutions

That happened to me too... download the update.zip from rom manager and boot that or flash the new recovery image

How do I get the update.zip though? And when I go on rom manager and click on flash clockworkmod, it flashes the latest version 5.0.2.0 but it only stays in that version if I click on restart into recovery. If I exit and turn my phone off then boot into recovery, I still have version 3.0.2.7 and the same can't mount system problem occurs
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I just fixed this problem today.
The version of CWM that you have flashed as recovery doesn't have the capability of mounting an ext4 file system. Most likely your file system was converted to ext4 somewhere along the way. You need to flash CWM again and it can't be through rom manager since Rom manager only gives you what is considered a "fake flash", which is why you see 2 different versions when you boot into your recovery.
Use the search feature to find information about how to install CWM 5.0.2.0.
There is a one click installation script somewhere in the development section for the G2x with very good instructions on how to permanently flash a newer version of CWM that can handle ext3 and ext4.
Doing this completely fixed this issue for me.
Hopefully it will do the same for you.
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EgyptianBoi said:
How do I get the update.zip though? And when I go on rom manager and click on flash clockworkmod, it flashes the latest version 5.0.2.0 but it only stays in that version if I click on restart into recovery. If I exit and turn my phone off then boot into recovery, I still have version 3.0.2.7 and the same can't mount system problem occurs
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NEVER, EVER FLASH RECOVERY WITH ROM MANAGER!
rom manager only does a FAKE FLASH on your phone, if you want a real recovery, always flash with NVFlash

dserber said:
I just fixed this problem today.
The version of CWM that you have flashed as recovery doesn't have the capability of mounting an ext4 file system. Most likely your file system was converted to ext4 somewhere along the way. You need to flash CWM again and it can't be through rom manager since Rom manager only gives you what is considered a "fake flash", which is why you see 2 different versions when you boot into your recovery.
Use the search feature to find information about how to install CWM 5.0.2.0.
There is a one click installation script somewhere in the development section for the G2x with very good instructions on how to permanently flash a newer version of CWM that can handle ext3 and ext4.
Doing this completely fixed this issue for me.
Hopefully it will do the same for you.
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le66450146 said:
NEVER, EVER FLASH RECOVERY WITH ROM MANAGER!
rom manager only does a FAKE FLASH on your phone, if you want a real recovery, always flash with NVFlash
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Thanks a lot guys i managed to flash the newest version of cwm using the link dserber was talking about. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847&highlight=clockworkmod# thats the link if anyone would like everything is working fine now

Yeah. That's the link. Good to hear you got it worked out!
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Update CWM

I've searched and Googled... I can't find this at all. How do I update my CWM?? I'm on 6.0.2.3. I hear there is a 6.0.2.8
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If you haven't already, download Rom Manager from the play store here.
Open the app, and go to the Recovery Setup section and you can update it from there.

Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38962551
Also IDF you want to try twrp you can get goo app and select menu then update recovery.
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Delete.

Can anyone please provide me with the latest s3 Verizon CWM Touch 6.0.2.8 odin flashable tar file?
Thanks in advance!

I made tar.md5's here of 6.0.2.8 for you guys of both touch and regular, you can get them here
http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/recoveries/
I'm going to recommend that you DO NOT use the dd method posted above. Its dangerous. If you were to type the wrong partition, you could very easily brick your device.
If you want to use an img, use heimdall to flash it, otherwise create a tar/tar.md5 and flash it with odin
Or use rom manager
Or....find some other way....dd is dangerous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)

Patr1ck. said:
If you haven't already, download Rom Manager from the play store here.
Open the app, and go to the Recovery Setup section and you can update it from there.
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+1
Definitely the easiest method! Just did it two days ago using this method
Its free for the non touch version, or like $1 or $2 for the touch version, well worth it!
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invisiblek said:
dd is dangerous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)
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Wow, did not know that.
Sorry for posting a dangerous method to flash a custom recovery.
Its been deleted.
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---------- Post added at 07:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:24 AM ----------
I have always used the dd method to flash recoverys to my phone, but I always make sure everything is typed correctly in terminal emulator before I press enter. With this new information I will no longer use dd commands for anything.
Thanks invisiblek for the info.
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I just updated via ROM Manager to Clockwordmod 6.0.2.9 and once I booted into recovery and did a backup, I was unable to reboot the system. I was able to reboot the phone via power + home button power on and installed Clockworkmod Touch 6.0.2.9. I also had the same problem with Clockworkmod touch where it wouldn't reboot the phone.

powells85 said:
I just updated via ROM Manager to Clockwordmod 6.0.2.9 and once I booted into recovery and did a backup, I was unable to reboot the system. I was able to reboot the phone via power + home button power on and installed Clockworkmod Touch 6.0.2.9. I also had the same problem with Clockworkmod touch where it wouldn't reboot the phone.
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I had the same problem. Neither version of 6.0.2.9 CWM works. I had to restore back.
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I had to restore back.
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how?

For those getting stuck in recovery loop...
Reboot in odin (power+volumedown+home) and select cancel.
Tokedup found this link for previous versions...use ez recovery to flash img files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096735

is this a known issue with the latest CWM? i ran into the recovery loop, too.

Using EZ Recovery and those recovery img files at that link work for me to get an older recovery installed. Also verified that I can successfully reboot the phone from recovery again.

Mikecolorama said:
is this a known issue with the latest CWM? i ran into the recovery loop, too.
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Version 6.0.2.9 for our phone is bad. Use an earlier version.

ROM manager says 6.0.2.8 is the newest version our phone supports
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I downloaded 6.0.2.8 tar md5 from rootzwiki and used Odin to go back. ROM manager says there is a 6.0.3.0 now but I'm waiting on that until I hear that its good.
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Eric021 said:
I downloaded 6.0.2.8 tar md5 from rootzwiki and used Odin to go back. ROM manager says there is a 6.0.3.0 now but I'm waiting on that until I hear that its good.
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Its good. Used it a few times today. No problems

OK thanks I'll try it.
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invisiblek said:
I made tar.md5's here of 6.0.2.8 for you guys of both touch and regular, you can get them here
http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/recoveries/
I'm going to recommend that you DO NOT use the dd method posted above. Its dangerous. If you were to type the wrong partition, you could very easily brick your device.
If you want to use an img, use heimdall to flash it, otherwise create a tar/tar.md5 and flash it with odin
Or use rom manager
Or....find some other way....dd is dangerous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)
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When flashing with Odin, I enter in PDA, correct? Thanks.
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I have both TWRP and CWM recovery on S3, how to remove one of them?

I have 2 Recovery on my S3 and I don't know how that happen, I thought when you flash a recovery it would replace the existing one, this is the first time I see 2 Recovery on an Android phone.
I rooted my S3 using CASUAL 1-click method, is it possible that CASUAL flashed 2 recoveries? Anyway, I can use ROM Manager to switch the default recovery but I would really to have just 1 Recovery on the phone. How dow I remove one of them?
Thanks

You don't have 2. Its impossible. When you tell it to reboot to recovery, which none comes up?
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tylerlawhon said:
You don't have 2. Its impossible. When you tell it to reboot to recovery, which none comes up?
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That is what I thought, maybe I have the wrong intepretation of this ROM Manager tool then. In the attached screenshot it says I have both CWM and TWAP already installed... What does it actually mean?
BTW, as of what recovery comes up when I reboot it to recovery, it depends on what I default it to in ROM Manager.

My guess would be that you have TWRP as the actual recovery, but also have the CWM app installed. If so, uninstall it. I would also download goo manager and have it install the latest TWRP
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GunnerOnASpooky said:
My guess would be that you have TWRP as the actual recovery, but also have the CWM app installed. If so, uninstall it. I would also download goo manager and have it install the latest TWRP
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It depends on which recovery it's set as default before I uninstall ROM Manager. If it's set to twrp before I uninstall the app, it would boot to twrp and vice versa.

uat1 said:
It depends on which recovery it's set as default before I uninstall ROM Manager. If it's set to twrp before I uninstall the app, it would boot to twrp and vice versa.
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Rom manager uses CWM as its default, uninstall Rom manager and problem solved
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The ROM manager is overwriting the recovery when you tell it to reboot into recovery. That's why you can boot to which ever one you want. You definitely don't have 2 different recoveries on you recovery partition. Hope that makes sense.
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jhoutz said:
The ROM manager is overwriting the recovery when you tell it to reboot into recovery. That's why you can boot to which ever one you want. You definitely don't have 2 different recoveries on you recovery partition. Hope that makes sense.
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I am also having this exact same issue on an HTC ONE
I have removed ROM Manager but still boots into CWM and I need Twrp for latest Venom Rom
I have installed GooManager abd it asks if I want to install the open recovery script, does the 10 second count down, and then goes back to main screen, does not do anything else
When I looked in ROM Manager it did state Twrp was the recovery but stil booted in to CWM - now I have removed ROM Manager I cant check :/
I have also just checked for CWM APP, and that is NOT installed
Can anyone help please - thanks

skpManiac said:
I am also having this exact same issue on an HTC ONE
I have removed ROM Manager but still boots into CWM and I need Twrp for latest Venom Rom
I have installed GooManager abd it asks if I want to install the open recovery script, does the 10 second count down, and then goes back to main screen, does not do anything else
When I looked in ROM Manager it did state Twrp was the recovery but stil booted in to CWM - now I have removed ROM Manager I cant check :/
I have also just checked for CWM APP, and that is NOT installed
Can anyone help please - thanks
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Head to your phone's respective forum (carrier or international) and post a question in the Q/A section. You have a popular device so someone undoubtedly will help you there and provide you whatever file you may need.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Head to your phone's respective forum (carrier or international) and post a question in the Q/A section. You have a popular device so someone undoubtedly will help you there and provide you whatever file you may need.
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Will do mate cheers
just thought there may be an easy solution

uat1 said:
That is what I thought, maybe I have the wrong intepretation of this ROM Manager tool then. In the attached screenshot it says I have both CWM and TWAP already installed... What does it actually mean?
BTW, as of what recovery comes up when I reboot it to recovery, it depends on what I default it to in ROM Manager.
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Rom Manager is not saying you have both installed. That is a configuration screen. It is saying, do you want to install CWM OR do you have CWM or TWRP already installed?

podspi said:
Rom Manager is not saying you have both installed. That is a configuration screen. It is saying, do you want to install CWM OR do you have CWM or TWRP already installed?
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This.
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I have the opposite, i install de rom manager e i reboot from rom manger and goes to twrp... :/
I cant install twrp...
I want install CM11 :/

eugandara said:
I have the opposite, i install de rom manager e i reboot from rom manger and goes to twrp... :/
I cant install twrp...
I want install CM11 :/
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You do know that you can flash CM11 in TWRP so long as you have TWRP 2.6.3.1, right?

SlimSnoopOS said:
You do know that you can flash CM11 in TWRP so long as you have TWRP 2.6.3.1, right?
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Now I can install the CM11 with TWRP 2.6.3.3 but with 2.6.3.2 but simply failed. Thank you!
Anyway, why is it so hard to uninstall TWRP?

eugandara said:
Now I can install the CM11 with TWRP 2.6.3.3 but with 2.6.3.2 but simply failed. Thank you!
Anyway, why is it so hard to uninstall TWRP?
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The Verizon S3 does not have TWRP 2.6.3.2 (or 2.6.3.3), which device are you on? The way to uninstall TWRP is to install the latest CWM via Rom Manager or by downloading the img and flashing it in something like Flashify.

uat1 said:
That is what I thought, maybe I have the wrong intepretation of this ROM Manager tool then. In the attached screenshot it says I have both CWM and TWAP already installed... What does it actually mean?
BTW, as of what recovery comes up when I reboot it to recovery, it depends on what I default it to in ROM Manager.
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Mine is like this too. What should we do??