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[Q] any alternatives to the ROMmanager method?

i tried flashing a CM rom with ROMmanager. but that program isn't working on my phone for some reason. every time i try to reboot the phone into the clockworkmod recovery screen, it just takes me to the phones normal recovery screen. i'm a bit of a noob because i've never done this before, so if anyone could give me an alternative to flashing a custom rom or just help me fix ROMmanager, that would be awesome. (i also planned on installing an overclocking kernel, so i don't know if other methods would have any effect on me being able to do that or not.)

try flashing with rsd lite 4.9

lumberjack40 said:
i tried flashing a CM rom with ROMmanager. but that program isn't working on my phone for some reason. every time i try to reboot the phone into the clockworkmod recovery screen, it just takes me to the phones normal recovery screen. i'm a bit of a noob because i've never done this before, so if anyone could give me an alternative to flashing a custom rom or just help me fix ROMmanager, that would be awesome. (i also planned on installing an overclocking kernel, so i don't know if other methods would have any effect on me being able to do that or not.)
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While you are still on stock rom, the stock recovery will keep coming back on every reboot. Try flashing clockworkmod recovery from within Rom Manager, let the phone reboot and then flash it again. You should be able to flash a Custom Rom now.
This is how it worked for me.

DirkGently1 said:
While you are still on stock rom, the stock recovery will keep coming back on every reboot. Try flashing clockworkmod recovery from within Rom Manager, let the phone reboot and then flash it again. You should be able to flash a Custom Rom now.
This is how it worked for me.
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well thats the problem. i flashed the clockworkmod recovery screen, but it's still taking me to the phones normal recovery screen.

Try flashing an alternate recovery then flash clockwork again. I had a similiar problem and this helped me.
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[Q] clockwork mod recovery problem

after i flashed new rom , and want to go recovery it give me triangle logo , and the installed ROM does not load and its waiting on google logo.
please any helpp.
thanks

cutiyar said:
after i flashed new rom , and want to go recovery it give me triangle logo , and the installed ROM does not load and its waiting on google logo.
please any helpp.
thanks
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ROM?
Normally you should reflash the Clockworkrecovery in Bootloader with fastboot flash recovery *NAMEOFFILE*.img
Make sure you are in the wright folder/location!

cutiyar said:
after i flashed new rom , and want to go recovery it give me triangle logo , and the installed ROM does not load and its waiting on google logo.
please any helpp.
thanks
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If it is a stock based rom, you need to re-flash clockwork (through ADB works best...), boot into Android and use "Root Explorer" to navigate here:
root->etc and find the file "install-recovery.sh"
rename it anything you want, i just add a "2" to the end. Exit and reboot into recovery and you should be set to go.
Stock Android will reflash stock recovery if you dont do this...good to know the Nexus is hard to brick in this way.

bender_123 said:
If it is a stock based rom, you need to re-flash clockwork (through ADB works best...), boot into Android and use "Root Explorer" to navigate here:
root->etc and find the file "install-recovery.sh"
rename it anything you want, i just add a "2" to the end. Exit and reboot into recovery and you should be set to go.
Stock Android will reflash stock recovery if you dont do this...good to know the Nexus is hard to brick in this way.
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Same problem here, any solution?
There are tons of tutorials explaining how to tweak your Nexus, but none explaining how to fix it when everything blows up.

duendecito_vivo said:
Same problem here, any solution?
There are tons of tutorials explaining how to tweak your Nexus, but none explaining how to fix it when everything blows up.
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Just do what I said...Reflash clockwork and follow my instructions listed above and it will prevent Android from reverting to stock recovery. You arent bootlooping, the phone is just repairing itself back to stock recovery when you get the triangle.
All you need to do is rename that one file and your problem is solved.

bender_123 said:
Just do what I said...Reflash clockwork and follow my instructions listed above and it will prevent Android from reverting to stock recovery. You arent bootlooping, the phone is just repairing itself back to stock recovery when you get the triangle.
All you need to do is rename that one file and your problem is solved.
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I tried, still get stucks during boot up. "Google" is shown and nothing else happens.

duendecito_vivo said:
I tried, still get stucks during boot up. "Google" is shown and nothing else happens.
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Do you get to the fastboot? You may want to flash to stock and give it another go, or restore your previous backup...backup and backup some more. I have had this happen and a revert to stock, reroot works wonders to clean out the crap that builds up if you flash a ton of roms.
The worst that can happen is you get clean fresh Android and a clean slate to work off of.

I have a problem when ever i log into recovery it always says cannot mount? i have root access with the recovery properly installed (so i believe). The recovery allowed me to install superuser but it will not allow me to do a backup? iam running stock 2.3.4 rooted
any ideas?
Thanks

[Q] problems with rom manager

hey guys a have problems with rom manager.
i was trying to do a backup rom. but rom manager gives me 2 different errors 2 different times.
first it tells me the i need to have cmw v4 and up and the other is it cant mount system so it only backup the bootlogo!!!
how can i fix this

gypsy214 said:
hey guys a have problems with rom manager.
i was trying to do a backup rom. but rom manager gives me 2 different errors 2 different times.
first it tells me the i need to have cmw v4 and up and the other is it cant mount system so it only backup the bootlogo!!!
how can i fix this
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Backup from recovery

mr mystery said:
Backup from recovery
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i did that and got the same issues.

gypsy214 said:
i did that and got the same issues.
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Did you boot into recovery from rom manager? Or by holding power + volume down to boot into the nvflashed version? Make sure you're making backups by booting into the nvflashed recovery.

I've noticed that stock GB and ROM Manager do not get along. I'm forced to boot into recovery to do anything.
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Personally, I find Rom Manager to be completly useless and doesn't allow you to do anything right. Your best bet is to boot into recovery by holding power and vol down if you want something done right.

Tattooed5150 said:
Personally, I find Rom Manager to be completly useless and doesn't allow you to do anything right. Your best bet is to boot into recovery by holding power and vol down if you want something done right.
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Agreed I find rom manager totally useless too, I haven't even used it since my mytouch 4g days, no need to with the nvflash recovery, once flashed it is just about fool proof. I never. Ever had a problem. Using it, and to rename my backups I use andro zip from the market and its free, also nvflash gets updated in a timely manner.......great great tool and like I said no problems using it

sarni84 said:
Agreed I find rom manager totally useless too, I haven't even used it since my mytouch 4g days, no need to with the nvflash recovery, once flashed it is just about fool proof. I never. Ever had a problem. Using it, and to rename my backups I use andro zip from the market and its free, also nvflash gets updated in a timely manner.......great great tool and like I said no problems using it
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ROM Manager works fine on phones where the recovery partition is accessible when the phone is booted into the Android OS. On my Nexus One it works great and flashes recovery to the recovery partition where it is supposed to go.
On the G2X, LG made the recovery partition non-accessible when the phone is booted into the Android OS. So ROM Manager cannot flash recovery directly to the recovery partition. It flashes it to regular phone memory and then tricks the phone into running it when you say reboot to recovery in ROM Manager. Because of this people call this a "fake flash" and is not as reliable as recovery flashed to the recovery partition where it should be. Therefore, it is not advisable to use ROM Manager with the G2X and just use NVFlash to flash Clockworkmod Recovery to the recovery partition where it should be.

Unlocked, now can't install kexec roms?

I unlocked the bootloader. Roms like Synergy, Bean, etc no longer boot (stuck on samusg scrreeen)
Any idea?\

confusedman112 said:
I unlocked the bootloader. Roms like Synergy, Bean, etc no longer boot (stuck on samusg scrreeen)
Any idea?\
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What methode did you use to unlock it? I'm running the stock no nonsense rom and I belive unlocked with no problems

Do other roms boot? Will the newest CM10 nightly boot? Will anything boot?
Did you flash a different recovery? If you were using kexec roms before (beans is one, so is synergy with imo's kernel) and then flashed a non-kexec-supporting recovery, that'd explain not being able to boot. If you're unlocked, you don't have to flash a new recovery.
If you did the unlock correctly, you should be able to boot whatever you were able to before. If you can't get anything at all to boot, it's possible you flashed a bad aboot image.

lazarus2405 said:
Do other roms boot? Will the newest CM10 nightly boot? Will anything boot?
Did you flash a different recovery? If you were using kexec roms before (beans is one, so is synergy with imo's kernel) and then flashed a non-kexec-supporting recovery, that'd explain not being able to boot. If you're unlocked, you don't have to flash a new recovery.
If you did the unlock correctly, you should be able to boot whatever you were able to before. If you can't get anything at all to boot, it's possible you flashed a bad aboot image.
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CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x. Phone isn't recongized by PC, no idea why. Any idae how to get 6.x using the terminal app in CM10 and wifi?

confusedman112 said:
CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x. Phone isn't recongized by PC, no idea why. Any idae how to get 6.x using the terminal app in CM10 and wifi?
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Install EZ-Recovery from the play store and flash 6.0.1.0?

PJnc284 said:
Install EZ-Recovery from the play store and flash 6.0.1.0?
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Thanks. Flashing Synergy now to test it...let's see what happens.
EDIT: Flashed just great, but still isn't working. But, it's cool, CM10 mods work and I got what I needed (exported Verizon contacts and improted them to Google Contacts using My Verizon's webstie)

confusedman112 said:
CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x.
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Yep, that's exactly the problem. You installed a non-kexec recovery and your roms still use kexec.
You're sure you selected the right options in EZ recovery? Open it, scroll to the recovery pane, select the "recovery" radio button, change the drop down menu next to it to CWM 6.0.1.0, click the "Flash!" button. That should let you install whatever roms or kernels you like.

lazarus2405 said:
Yep, that's exactly the problem. You installed a non-kexec recovery and your roms still use kexec.
You're sure you selected the right options in EZ recovery? Open it, scroll to the recovery pane, select the "recovery" radio button, change the drop down menu next to it to CWM 6.0.1.0, click the "Flash!" button. That should let you install whatever roms or kernels you like.
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Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?

confusedman112 said:
Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?
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Being unlocked shouldn't have any impact on being able to flash using ez-recovery. One thing you can try is use EZ-Recovery to flash stock recovery, odin back to the stock verizon image which should relock the bootloader and start all over.

confusedman112 said:
Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?
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why dont you take some time and read before flashing...this s*** is getting rediculous! Your questions are answered in multiple threads on this forum. Actually I just answered your question in a thread right below this!! Sorry not trying to be a ****...sigh.

droidstyle said:
why dont you take some time and read before flashing...this s*** is getting rediculous! Your questions are answered in multiple threads on this forum. Actually I just answered your question in a thread right below this!! Sorry not trying to be a ****...sigh.
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Because I am at work and don't have time to find and locate? Could you reference it, please?

PJnc284 said:
Being unlocked shouldn't have any impact on being able to flash using ez-recovery. One thing you can try is use EZ-Recovery to flash stock recovery, odin back to the stock verizon image which should relock the bootloader and start all over.
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Why do you need to flash stock recovery to use Odin to flash stock Verizon rom? Odin has nothing to do with what recovery you have installed. I flashed stock unrooted rom while rooted and having CWM recovery, it worked just fine. Once you flash stock rom, it restores the stock recovery too anyway. I'm fairly sure of this, but if I'm wrong, please correct me anybody.

newuser134 said:
Why do you need to flash stock recovery to use Odin to flash stock Verizon rom? Odin has nothing to do with what recovery you have installed. I flashed stock unrooted rom while rooted and having CWM recovery, it worked just fine. Once you flash stock rom, it restores the stock recovery too anyway. I'm fairly sure of this, but if I'm wrong, please correct me anybody.
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Just to be safe. Wanted to get rid of the sprint related elements from the original root so I Odin'd back to stock with cwm installed using the VRALF2 tar found here. Tried to boot into recovery to factory reset prior to first boot and had 0 recovery (not stock nor cwm). Luckily the rom booted and I used the simple root method to root and install EZ-Recovery to install CWM.

If I flashed synergy v1.7 and used rom manager v5.x.x and then unlocked the boot loader how would I flash a new rom? Do I have to use ez recovery with clockwork mod v6.x.x since it is now unlocked or can I continue using rom manager with clockwork mod 5.x.x. I'm a noob and won't be looking to switch roms until synergy gets jellybean. Thanks for the help and hopefully I made sense with my question

synergy to beans to synergy bootloop
I think my issue might be related to the issues stated above.
So after after having unlocked my bootloader with EZ unlock & installing beans custom Rom via TWRP , I decided to go back to synergy. I made a nandroid of my synergy which was origianlly installed with CWM and figured I could just wipe and restore that with TWRP. Total bootloop.
OK, so I pulled the battery, tried it again...bootloop.
SO I pulled the battery, wiped and installed the synergy zip thinking I could try a fresh install. I got a message in TWRP that E:sd-ext was not found, but wipe seemed to happen so I continued the process.
installation said it was successful but now when I try to boot up, I either get stuck in the android is upgrading applications (looping over and over) or it gets through there and tells me all teh com.android.xxxx applications unexpectedly stop.
is this a soft brick? can I recover from this? are there incompatibilities between the kernels of bean's custom rom and synergy for verizon samsung galaxy s3?

Flashing in CWM vs TWRP

I have cwm currently but I see threads saying to flash things such as radios and kernels through twrp. And I saw someone say that not to flash the new eu ota radio update through cwm. So I'm just wondering which recovery is better to use and why you wouldn't be able to flash a zip through cwm vs twrp. And is it easy to go back and forth between recoveries. Thanks.
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TWRP is for those who can't or do not want to use fastboot to flash the boot.img as it does it automatically, but only on hboot 1.09 and below I believe. TWRP has a feature called HTC dumlock which flashes the boot on higher hboots. It also has a GUI as opposed to just text and takes advantage of the touchscreen. I personally like CWM better (the lack of a GUI makes it feel more "hacker-like ) but until we get S-OFF, TWRP will be what I use because of the ability to flash ROMs without fastboot.

andrewt328 said:
I have cwm currently but I see threads saying to flash things such as radios and kernels through twrp. And I saw someone say that not to flash the new eu ota radio update through cwm. So I'm just wondering which recovery is better to use and why you wouldn't be able to flash a zip through cwm vs twrp. And is it easy to go back and forth between recoveries. Thanks.
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Most people say that the twrp recovery is better in some ways than in cwm, well that I know of in twrp when flashing a Rom if your hboot is below 1.14 then you don't need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, although I'm pretty sure it doesn't work all the time but it has for me so far. As of now, cwm can flash roms/ certain zips, it just won't flash the boot.img for you like twrp does and it isn't hard to go back and forth between recoveries isn't that complicated, just download an app called goomanager for the twrp recovery and I think its called Rom manager for cwm and just ho to install recovery in romanager and install openrecovery script on goomanager and it does the rest for you, but you can't have both recoveries on one phone, they will over write each other if you do tend to switch back and forth, well hopefully I helped you clear up some confusion and if I did just hit the thanks button, and if you wanna know more just ask
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leohdz148 said:
Most people say that the twrp recovery is better in some ways than in cwm, well that I know of in twrp when flashing a Rom if your hboot is below 1.14 then you don't need to flash the boot.img via fastboot, although I'm pretty sure it doesn't work all the time but it has for me so far. As of now, cwm can flash roms/ certain zips, it just won't flash the boot.img for you like twrp does and it isn't hard to go back and forth between recoveries isn't that complicated, just download an app called goomanager for the twrp recovery and I think its called Rom manager for cwm and just ho to install recovery in romanager and install openrecovery script on goomanager and it does the rest for you, but you can't have both recoveries on one phone, they will over write each other if you do tend to switch back and forth, well hopefully I helped you clear up some confusion and if I did just hit the thanks button, and if you wanna know more just ask
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ok this explains alot, thanks. im on hboot 1.09, and i just flashed viper rom yesterday using cwm. i did it as they said...flashed the rom then the boot image using the pc. so if i was on twrp then i wouldnt have had to flash the boot image after (so i could cut out the use of a pc?)? i could just flash the rom and boot it up and it works?
Im just trying to get used to this phone, cuz i came form the nexus s and for that all you do is flash the rom with cwm and it all worked, but this phone is way better, much faster and stable
thanks

Kamilr97 said:
TWRP is for those who can't or do not want to use fastboot to flash the boot.img as it does it automatically, but only on hboot 1.09 and below I believe. TWRP has a feature called HTC dumlock which flashes the boot on higher hboots. It also has a GUI as opposed to just text and takes advantage of the touchscreen. I personally like CWM better (the lack of a GUI makes it feel more "hacker-like ) but until we get S-OFF, TWRP will be what I use because of the ability to flash ROMs without fastboot.
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There is a touch version of CWM... it works very well
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

andrewt328 said:
ok this explains alot, thanks. im on hboot 1.09, and i just flashed viper rom yesterday using cwm. i did it as they said...flashed the rom then the boot image using the pc. so if i was on twrp then i wouldnt have had to flash the boot image after (so i could cut out the use of a pc?)? i could just flash the rom and boot it up and it works?
Im just trying to get used to this phone, cuz i came form the nexus s and for that all you do is flash the rom with cwm and it all worked, but this phone is way better, much faster and stable
thanks
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On most ROMs, you are correct. On Viper, this didn't work for me and I still had to fastboot.

andrewt328 said:
ok this explains alot, thanks. im on hboot 1.09, and i just flashed viper rom yesterday using cwm. i did it as they said...flashed the rom then the boot image using the pc. so if i was on twrp then i wouldnt have had to flash the boot image after (so i could cut out the use of a pc?)? i could just flash the rom and boot it up and it works?
Im just trying to get used to this phone, cuz i came form the nexus s and for that all you do is flash the rom with cwm and it all worked, but this phone is way better, much faster and stable
thanks
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Save yourself some future headaches and switch to TWRP. The One S isn't really supported by clockwork, there was one build for it when the phone was first released and that's it. TWRP has active development and can do things that CWM can't.

It's easy to try another recovery or move between them, it's almost the very same as flashing a boot.img with fastboot. If you want to try a recovery without installing it do this and it will boot right into it:
fastboot boot recovery.img
One important thing to consider when changing recovery is that your backups made in one recovery won't work in the other, eg CWM nandroids won't work in TWRP and vv. So make a new backup first thing

WCCobra said:
There is a touch version of CWM... it works very well
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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But it still doesn't flash the boot.img

Kamilr97 said:
But it still doesn't flash the boot.img
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Well, no... but it does have a touch interface which is a bit easier to use for those who prefer CWM.