Is it safe to say that, unlike my Thunderbolt, any Rom flashing I do is supposed to be through a recovery program that only reads the internal memory? Can someone recommend a recovery method that best achieves this? Thanks.
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pmdied said:
Is it safe to say that, unlike my Thunderbolt, any Rom flashing I do is supposed to be through a recovery program that only reads the internal memory? Can someone recommend a recovery method that best achieves this? Thanks.
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Roach's 3.2.0.1 will read from an external sd card
Team Rouge's CWM will read from both internal and external.
If using the CWM 5.5.0.4 be careful with using superwipe script.
Thanks. I installed Rogue recovery and everything is working fine. What method of app/data restore do you recommend? I have titanium backup but it won't restore; I've read somewhere that the file folder needs to be copied or moved but I'm not sure exactly what to do. I've done this a thousand times with my Android phones but this is a little different
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I know this may be a stupid question, the G2X did not come with an SD Card, so is there a way to flash a custom ROM without an SD Card?
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Gv2004 said:
I know this may be a stupid question, the G2X did not come with an SD Card, so is there a way to flash a custom ROM without an SD Card?
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Yes there is!! Go over to the development section and read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715 you would have to.
1.root
2.install INTERNAL recovery via nvfash
3. Flash away...
Internal recovery will let you flash stuff in the g2x internal storage..thus eliminating the need of sd card.
G2X
Yep. Flash the latest internal SD version of cwm in the Dev section
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Oh and thank this guy ^ for it!
G2X
I read the first part of the tutorial, it says I need SN external sdcard
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Gv2004 said:
I read the first part of the tutorial, it says I need SN external sdcard
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NvFlash has been updated to use internal or external by Krylon360!
Read some more!
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Kept reading, and did not see anything about internal...and if I wanted a ROM, I would have to place it on the SD Card, I am just going to get one of the Gingerbread ROM's, but my question is, how is the battery life, is it still horrible? Can someone post a video tutorial about how to internal recovery via nvfash? Internal recovery is Clockwork Mod Recovery Correct? I am coming from installing custom ROMS on the HTC HD2, so I am not new to this, but I would like a video step by step, and even if I get that far, I have to put the ROM I want on the SD Card which I do not have, in order to flash it....
Sorry for the questions, I just want to make sure I have the correct video and info, so I do not brick my phone
I downloaded rom manager and it said there was an update for my recovery. I installed it (version 4.0.0.4) and then flashed launchpad kernal. So far no issues. Just curious if anyone else has usedit or knows what improvements have been made.
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CWM 4 uses the internal memory. This means you will not be able to see your external sdcard in recovery. Other then that it is great.
Thank you
Unless you don't intend to use your external sdcard for flashing or to hold a Android backup, I would recommend that you "downgrade" to solarnz's recovery from his thread in Development.
I looked for an answer before posting but couldn't find it and hoping someone can help out. I rooted my rogers skyrocket and installed ClockworkMod Recovery. I am trying to install a new ROM but when I boot in recovery I cannot see the .zip file on the SD Card but I can see it in file manager. Any ideas or solutions?
Is the zip on the external or internal SD?
rocketed to da sky using mah brain and mah thumbs...
If on internal u have to select install from internal
rocketed to da sky using mah brain and mah thumbs...
Its on the external card.
Is it on the root of external sdcard? Excuse me for asking the obvious question but a lot of times its something silly that's been overlooked.
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Is it on the root of external sdcard? Excuse me for asking the obvious question but a lot of times its something silly that's been overlooked.
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Yes, its on the root of the external SD card but I can only see the folders and no other files.
Look at the file format. Make sure its .zip and not .zip.zip. sometimes copying files from your computer to your phone will do this.
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Look at the file format. Make sure its .zip and not .zip.zip. sometimes copying files from your computer to your phone will do this.
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Its .zip and not .zip.zip but I am only seeing it in the file manager or on the computer when the phone is connected but in CWM all I see is the folders of the SD card and no other file.
This is really starting to piss me off, I downloaded about 5 different roms and none of them is showing on the SD card in CWM recovery in order to install. Is there any other way to install the ROM or anything I could do to see the files in CWM? I am sure the .zip file is on the SD card and I can see it when i file manager but once I go into CWM to install I cant see it. If anyone had this problem and has a way to fix it please let me know. Thank you.
I think I found a way to do it and its through Rom manager, there is an option to install ROM from SD card I clicked it and now i think its installing. Hope it works. I'll post my results in case someone has the same problem.
Solved the problem. I can only flash new ROM from ROM manager.
Try flashing cwm again or flash touch cwm.
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Solved the problem. I can only flash new ROM from ROM manager.
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Here's my question, the roms I've installed from the zips that I have placed on my sd to flash, can these be deleted off the sd card after they have been flashed since I've got nandroid backups of these roms which have been saved to internal.
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hdeglide said:
Here's my question, the roms I've installed from the zips that I have placed on my sd to flash, can these be deleted off the sd card after they have been flashed since I've got nandroid backups of these roms which have been saved to internal.
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Easy answer, yes.
My opinion, keep one in case your backups fail and your stuck (seen it happen a couple times). Then you have something to flash to get back quickly.
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Absolutely, just keep at least one sure fire way of keeping a Rom whether it's a nandroid or the zip file of a Rom. Been in a few situations where my phone couldn't boot and had no Rom on my internal or external sd and had to hijack my parents phone to put a Rom on the external sd to flash.
Thank you was thinking of reformatting my extsd and didn't want to screw things up.
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hi all
when i install a rom using cwm is it safe to format the internal SD before wipe date and format system?
this is because i cannot backup my rom using cwm
thanks
joe
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hi all
when i install a rom using cwm is it safe to format the internal SD before wipe date and format system?
this is because i cannot backup my rom using cwm
thanks
joe
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It is okay to do a full format for your internal memory, if and only if you don't need anything on your SD card. Be sure to have copied everything you need to another storage before proceeding. But how can you flash a ROM from CWM if you formated everything. Just format after flashing the ROM not before.
Why you can't backup using CWM?
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It is okay to do a full format for your internal memory, if and only if you don't need anything on your SD card. Be sure to have copied everything you need to another storage before proceeding. But how can you flash a ROM from CWM if you formated everything. Just format after flashing the ROM not before.
Why you can't backup using CWM?
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If the ROM is on an external sdcard, it shouldn't matter. still, that is good advice, as accidents happen. For instance, when i started using twrp I formatted my external sdcard instead of my internal, and lost my backups. Live and learn..
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CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe
joesto1 said:
CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe
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Are you certain there is no backup? I know i have had it say something like, can not find SD ext skipping SD ext, or something, when using cwm, and it really didn't matter. Uhm, but yeah, you can always reflash it or try another custom recovery, like twrp.
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joesto1 said:
CWM will not backup my ROM and i think there might be some corruption on the SD card because CWM goes throught the motion of backing up the rom but says it cannot find SD card or SD ext.
Can i reinstall CWM over its-self?
thanks
joe
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Yes, you can reinstall it over itself. Have you also tried to backup to external sd?
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Thanks for your replys
What i have learned is that in JB 4.2. CWM put these backups in a safe place on the SD card (cannot find the with a file explorer) but when i use CWM to ro restore my image it does it 100%
Don't know how to backup to ext SD.
thanks
Joe
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Thanks for your replys
What i have learned is that in JB 4.2. CWM put these backups in a safe place on the SD card (cannot find the with a file explorer) but when i use CWM to ro restore my image it does it 100%
Don't know how to backup to ext SD.
thanks
Joe
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If you use Philz touch recovery you will find the option to backup to external sd. I don't remember if it's possible with Cwm too.
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If you use Philz touch recovery you will find the option to backup to external sd. I don't remember if it's possible with Cwm too.
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It is.
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there is an option in cwn to backup to ext SD but is does not save it to SD or EXT SD so is this because CWM is corrupt?
thanks
joe