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[Q] Clockworkmod recovery

This is partly a question, partly a guide.
I got a nexus S the other day and was trying to decide weather to root/unlock it. The problem I ended up having (had the same issue with my desire) is that I couldn't find a source for the clockworkmod recovery image (most of the root guides point to outdated links, point to downloads with no version info, or point to versions that are pretty old).
I eventually went down the same path with this phone that i did with the desire, download rom manager and get it to download the version it thought was appropriate for my phone. It didnt have root, so downloading was the only thing it can do (btw, if your looking to do the same thing i did, rom manager downloads it to the /sdcard/clockworkmod/download/<some hostname>/cm/recoveries/ directory). It got 3.0.2.4, which i copied off the storage and flashed with fastboot.
However, it makes me wonder where do people actually get clockworkmod recovery from? Is there a single place? alot of the links point to places like mediafire. Lastly, is 3.0.2.4 the version i should be using? (currently on 2.3.4 stock with root/unlock on a i9023).

Shihan said:
This is partly a question, partly a guide.
I got a nexus S the other day and was trying to decide weather to root/unlock it. The problem I ended up having (had the same issue with my desire) is that I couldn't find a source for the clockworkmod recovery image (most of the root guides point to outdated links, point to downloads with no version info, or point to versions that are pretty old).
I eventually went down the same path with this phone that i did with the desire, download rom manager and get it to download the version it thought was appropriate for my phone. It didnt have root, so downloading was the only thing it can do (btw, if your looking to do the same thing i did, rom manager downloads it to the /sdcard/clockworkmod/download/<some hostname>/cm/recoveries/ directory). It got 3.0.2.4, which i copied off the storage and flashed with fastboot.
However, it makes me wonder where do people actually get clockworkmod recovery from? Is there a single place? alot of the links point to places like mediafire. Lastly, is 3.0.2.4 the version i should be using? (currently on 2.3.4 stock with root/unlock on a i9023).
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039584
or a modded and updated version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686

I had the same problem back when I got my NS. I ended up finding a link somewhere here on xda, i think.
Downloading it with Rom-Manager is a good idea too, unfortunately i didnt know about Rom-Manager by that time.

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
Koush is Mr. Clockwork himself. I think he even has a Nexus S.
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[Q] Help with ClockworkMod 5.5.0.4

Can someone help please? I installed CWM Recovery thru ROM Manager. Rebooted in recovery to back up my ROM and now I can't get out of recovery. Every time I select Reboot System it reboots me into recovery.

Try here (if you can use NVFlash)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519635&highlight=boot+into+cwm

Like many others, When I saw the thread over in the Dev section about the 5.5.0.4 recovery, I jumped right in and fired up Rom Manager before reading any further in the thread.
Unlike many others, I don't get the same results. My TF101 reboots to the OS with no problem. However trying to reboot to recovery from recovery doesn't work. I have to hold the vol. down button just like a cold boot into recovery.
The only difference might be, that I had stock recovery prior to installing 5.5.0.4, due to having to recover from another soft brick condition after trying to install the CM9 Nightly that is now available over on the official Clockworkmod site. That one had failed miserably for my device.
Good luck with solving your problems with the new recovery. Wish I could explain exactly why mine seemed to work as advertised when most others didn't. But I don't know.
I do have the problem with the Removable MicroSD not being visible. Only the built in "Fake" SD Card.
Update:
I now have the reboot into recovery problem. I used the wipe data option from the VOL DWN/PWR button start up, and now have that annoying boots into recovery problem like everyone else. I hope that and the SD card problem gets fixed in the next version.

Thanks, got everything back to normal with NVFlash method I found by watching this :http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VMHXeYMgPy4
Lesson learned!! :/

Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.

sandiegopaneraiguy said:
Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.
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Thread was closed. I was on it this morning and wanted to post a reply saying NV Flash work for me and I couldn't because it said the thread was closed.
I read the whole thing and apart from NV Flashing the was no other solution
How do you know you can't NVFlash?

yea , this morning the thread in the Dev section went to general , and now closed.
Perhaps we should follow this until everything is clarified.
the nvflash only work for b60 and some b70 tablets , most of b70 and b80 cant be flashed with this tool

I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.

gee one said:
I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.
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ok, then waiting
any clue where to attack the problem?

Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.

any help you can supply on this would be greatly appreciated. it's very uncomfortable not being able to count on your recovery.
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robb13 said:
Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.
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too late for us

I was up until 1am following the thread and posting my process, specs.
I am even more curious as to how the thread which was still pretty calm turned in to something that deserved being deleted.
In any event, I think we all understand that what we do is at our own risk. But CWM and Rom Manager have been the gold standard of reliability for quite some time. Once something is a trusted means by which to do something its even more disappointing to see that it no longer works.

the first post was moved because it was not exactly a development post
then, in the general section, I do not know why it closed, there is no explanation

so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?

gandda12 said:
so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?
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Install what??
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yeah, check out the troubleshooting thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530337

[Q] Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - CM9 Nightly from July24th

After much reading through these forums, coming from never having flashed a ROM before, I was able to successfully flash and am thus enjoying CM9. I had been waiting for this to come out for the Skyrocket since I bought the phone last year, so, thanks
My question(s) is in relation to CWM Touch. I would like to update CWM to CWM Touch.
1) Is CWM Touch going to foul up any part of CM9? (that is, prior to CM9 i had CWM installed, but now due to "internetz confusionz" am unsure if the current version of CWM after CM9 flash, is one that came with CM9, or not)
2) Where I've read to basically never go near ROM Manager for flashing CM9 for now, what about using it to update its own CWM to CWM Touch? I see the option to do so but when I click it, it reads along the lines of "You must first install CWM before installing Touch"....which i thought i...or at least CM9 did..see question 1.
3) Alternate method to #2, I found " download.clockworkmod.com / recoveries / recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-skyrocket.zip "and have downloaded it. I thought perhaps I could simply flash this through CWM itself (due to another post somewhere saying this was ok, but it referenced a SGS2, not a skyrocket). Will doing it this way force me to reinstall CM9 (as yet, still other, posts on the internetz would have me believe?)
Overall the goal is to end up with CWM Touch and not have to reinstall CM9 as i've spent far too long customizing the crap out of (and enjoying) it.
thanks!

This is the general section. This thread belongs in the Q&A section.

General is for anything and everything so don't sweat it man. And for the using of ROM Manager I think you should be good to flash touch through it, although I have never tried. I flashed mine via Odin. As for the question will it affect your cm9 the answer is no.
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Incorrect ^^^^
Q&a is where questions belong. Reported.
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Swisser said:
General is for anything and everything so don't sweat it man. And for the using of ROM Manager I think you should be good to flash touch through it, although I have never tried. I flashed mine via Odin. As for the question will it affect your cm9 the answer is no.
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lolno. If it was for anything then we wouldnt have a Q&A section and it would just be in general.

Although I marked the post as a question during submission, I have no problem with an Admin moving my post to a proper section if it will yield more responses so that I may average out any and all contradictions as well as receive answers to all questions.
thank you

To answer your question, recovery has NOTHING whatsoever to do with a ROM. They are completely independent. You can flash any recovery and it will not affect your ROM. Some ppl had issues with the new CWM recovery so I would recommend you to stay away. I do not know if it was fixed. I would highly recommend sk8terwiki's (sorry sk8 if I butchered the spelling ) 5.5.0.4 v4.2 recovery in the dev section. Its the one I use and it gets the job done. He has a zip that you can flash in CWM. I have not used TWRP but heard good things about it. To install twrp just get goo manager from market, hit menu->install open recovery script.
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rolled the (weighted) dice based on swisser's response.
I "Installed" CWM via Rom Manager. What this really did was update me from 5.0.0.27 to 5.8.4.3 for the skyrocket (after i chose it from a menu).
*As discussed 30 something pages deep in the CM9 General thread, this **BROKE** the ability to flash anything from *EXTERNAL* SD Cards. Flashing from Internal worked fine, so I rebooted my phone and copied over the 5.8.4.3 CWM Touch i had downloaded from the site in my first post, to my Internal SD Card. Rebooted back to CWM and flashed from internal SD and now i have CWM Touch Working.
I've run out of tools and toys to flash so i haven't tested if CWM Touch will flash from External SD, but according to that thread, it does.
One thing i've noticed *MISSING/REMOVED.../Moved(?)* (basically i couldnt find the ****er) was the ability to Mount USB Storage while in CWM. This was a handy escape route for me previously and i'm sad to see it (seemingly) gone in both TOUCH and NONTOUCH 5.8.4.3

Moved to Q&A. General is not for "anything and everything". General is meant for discussions and or news regarding the device . Questions belong in Q&A. Side note OP did you try looking for you answers in CM9 discussion thread in general as well?
Cheers

Hint: I posted a quick fix there..

Guys i have a question rather a really dumb one but i am confused 1stly where cm9 for skyrocket cuz i still can't get it, the only one i got.is.through rom manager and that was build for s2. Is there a way to knew what rom is actually build for ure done through rom manager cuz i have tried a few roms from there but nothing worked rather i have to.restore from Odin everytime i have been unable to get a particular rom from there rather i was able to dload cm7 via the web and am using that but looking for an update, as per the rom i have is sky-ics on cm7 and have no problems with it except recently it has started rebooting or shutting the phone itself and takes a long time to start again but now even that rarely happens but still can anyone help me on this so i can have a proper fix and not end up in the same....
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idlestranger said:
Guys i have a question rather a really dumb one but i am confused 1stly where cm9 for skyrocket cuz i still can't get it, the only one i got.is.through rom manager and that was build for s2. Is there a way to knew what rom is actually build for ure done through rom manager cuz i have tried a few roms from there but nothing worked rather i have to.restore from Odin everytime i have been unable to get a particular rom from there rather i was able to dload cm7 via the web and am using that but looking for an update, as per the rom i have is sky-ics on cm7 and have no problems with it except recently it has started rebooting or shutting the phone itself and takes a long time to start again but now even that rarely happens but still can anyone help me on this so i can have a proper fix and not end up in the same....
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You need to seriously take some time and read. =/

If i would have understood.it i wouldn't have asked the question.. just need a little guidaance please or direct me to the link which can help me.
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idlestranger said:
If i would have understood.it i wouldn't have asked the question.. just need a little guidaance please or direct me to the link which can help me.
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^^what prbassplayer said. you really really need to read. if none of these roms are working for you: you either dont have a skyrocket, or you're not reading all of the instructions. check out the dev section and the general section. if you read in both those sections you will find cm9. you could probably read my signature too... but dont go doing that until you do a lot of reading first. =/

BStinsonWhadup said:
After much reading through these forums, coming from never having flashed a ROM before, I was able to successfully flash and am thus enjoying CM9. I had been waiting for this to come out for the Skyrocket since I bought the phone last year, so, thanks
My question(s) is in relation to CWM Touch. I would like to update CWM to CWM Touch.
1) Is CWM Touch going to foul up any part of CM9? (that is, prior to CM9 i had CWM installed, but now due to "internetz confusionz" am unsure if the current version of CWM after CM9 flash, is one that came with CM9, or not)
2) Where I've read to basically never go near ROM Manager for flashing CM9 for now, what about using it to update its own CWM to CWM Touch? I see the option to do so but when I click it, it reads along the lines of "You must first install CWM before installing Touch"....which i thought i...or at least CM9 did..see question 1.
3) Alternate method to #2, I found " download.clockworkmod.com / recoveries / recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-skyrocket.zip "and have downloaded it. I thought perhaps I could simply flash this through CWM itself (due to another post somewhere saying this was ok, but it referenced a SGS2, not a skyrocket). Will doing it this way force me to reinstall CM9 (as yet, still other, posts on the internetz would have me believe?)
Overall the goal is to end up with CWM Touch and not have to reinstall CM9 as i've spent far too long customizing the crap out of (and enjoying) it.
thanks!
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Just odin cwm touch or re-flash from within current cwm recovery, don't use rom manager.

K thanks slot ill try to search for it then l, i was under the impression that i would be able to upgrade to cm9 since i already am on cm7.
Anyways thanks alot
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[Q] Help with Flashing Linkify fix to CleanRom 6? (Solved)

Yes, I'm a noob,to XDA, but I am pretty tech capable otherwise.
Yesterday, I unlocked the bootloader on my OneX, installed TWRP 2.3.x recovery, flashed CleanRom, ended up with a soft bricked the phone (still not sure what happened, but I think it was my stupid ancient work computer), tried to reinstall it, but the zip file was no longer in the SD card, tried to mount in recovery, but it was unsuccessful, tried to reinstall the 2.20 RUU, but it failed (all of these were probably B/C my work computer again). Gave up and came home. Got home to my modern PC, reformatted my SD, transferred Zips again and was finally able to get CleanROM to install correctly. All seems good, I setup the phone last night.
However, I have a problem with hyper-links that Scott has already acknowledged here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38936130&postcount=9922
I would have just asked this in that thread, but I don't have enough posts to write in Dev forums.
So, does anyone mind directing me to some basic instructions for 'flashing' the Link Fix Zip that Scott mentioned? I am assuming it is not the same method as installing the ROM.zip from TWRP, or is it?
After soft bricking yesterday, I'd really prefer some hand holding on this so that I don't mess up the successful CleanROM install.
Thanks in advance.

flash it in recovery just like the rom

jerrycoffman45 said:
flash it in recovery just like the rom
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Thanks! That took all of 30 seconds plus reboot. Links working now.
Problem Solved.
Thanks Jerry!

please add solved and give thanks

DvineLord said:
please add solved and give thanks
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Done, unless there is a tool for marking the thread "solved". I looked but didn't see anything.

NM, I figured out how to change the header.

[Q] Updated Root Method? Help appreciated!

I just received a "new" Photon Q thanks to a warranty swap from Motorola. When I got my 1st Photon Q last year, I used this thread to root the thing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856480
That thread is ancient, though, and some of the links don't work.
I've been searching and searching... and I'm stuck. This is my 2nd day of searching, so I'm resorting to a new thread.
The phone is unlocked thanks to Motorola's unlocking tool.
I finally found & downloaded the 6.0.1.3 recovery from here:
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Following the directions that are pretty uniform across the 'net, I keep getting errors. Is this file/image no longer good? Is there another way to gain root access? I'm not particularly interested in installing ROMs (not opposed to it, it's just not my main goal at this point.) I just want Root access so I can do a few minor tweaks.
Thanks to anyone who can help... this wasn't nearly this difficult the last time I did it!

Try TWRP, it auto-root's the device after flashing recovery.
Use this version until the official is updated.

arrrghhh said:
Try TWRP, it auto-root's the device after flashing recovery.
Use this version until the official is updated.
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Thanks for the fast reply!
So, I just download that & use it as the recovery image, right? As in, I use that instead of the 6.0.1.3 file from CWM that isn't working...
Sorry... not necessarily a noob, but it's been a long time since I've fooled with any of this.

roopull said:
Thanks for the fast reply!
So, I just download that & use it as the recovery image, right? As in, I use that instead of the 6.0.1.3 file from CWM that isn't working...
Sorry... not necessarily a noob, but it's been a long time since I've fooled with any of this.
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No worries. TWRP has directions on how to flash on their page.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/137
I just use the fastboot method myself. Just use that "test" image I linked earlier - or if you want official, use 2.6.3.1. I'm working to get the official updated, but it's been difficult coordinating with the TWRP team... especially since the device is now in so much limbo. I can tell you the test image works great, I'm still using it.

arrrghhh said:
No worries. TWRP has directions on how to flash on their page.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/137
I just use the fastboot method myself. Just use that "test" image I linked earlier - or if you want official, use 2.6.3.1. I'm working to get the official updated, but it's been difficult coordinating with the TWRP team... especially since the device is now in so much limbo. I can tell you the test image works great, I'm still using it.
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Just sent you a tiny thank you via PayPal... I'm rooted. Let the tinkering begin. Ha!:laugh: