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EVO problem with recovery after using Kernal Manager

Oh boy. I think I really messed up here. I have searched these forums and others. But I made some big mistakes (I think) which I cant find help for.
Root method: unrevoked. Rom: cm7. Attempted to flash savage zen kernal via kernal manager (for the first time).
Ok so I have been sucessful in flashing roms with rom manager. So I thought I would give kernal manager a try. I did not back up before flashing the kernal ( I understand now that I should have just like I ALWAYS do for a rom). I attempted to flash the kernal and the process stopped at hboot. I then went into recovery and installed the kernal from the "intall zip from sd card." I was then back in fastboot unable to get back to a working phone.
So I took out the sd card out and put in on my mac. I then took a old nandroid back up file and put it on the sd card. I then put the sd card back on the phone thinking I could restore back to that back up. THe file could not be found. While the phone was sitting on my desk at the backup/recovery I bumped the phone pushing it into backing up. Geezzzeee. I have wiped cache and davik cache. Anyway, now the only back up I see is the mistaken one (the one that I just did, but didnt mean to do). So here I am. HELP.
Please dont be too harsh. And thank you.

[Q] Splash screen only: now what?

Haven't decided whether to flash a new ROM, but I wanted CWM recovery so I could wipe battery stats to improve battery performance like I did on my MyTouch 3g. I rooted my Galaxy S 4g and followed the "[RECOVERY]CWM FINAL for the SGS4G" instructions exactly. I downloaded the recovery file and used File Expert to place it in the /system/bin folder. I didn't delete anything (I DID save a copy of the original file), just let it overwrite. I downloaded the update.zip file and placed it in the root of my SD card.
I rebooted and now I can only get to the splash screen, whether I just power it up or hold down both volume buttons and the power button to try to get into recovery. I can get into download mode so I downloaded Odin and it recognizes my phone. I'm pretty sure I can restore from here and will look for instructions on the site, but I would rather just restore the original recovery file first (if it's possible) to see if that works.
Question: Can I use Odin to restore just the original recovery file? If not, is there another way it can be done considering that I can only get into download mode?

You can't (to my knowledge) use ODIN to deal with individual files like that. You could download the android SDK from www.android.com, install it, install only the 'tools' module (else you download and install all of the different sdk versions for the platform as well as other stuff), and use adb to move the file back into place.
I'm sure someone here probably has a mo-better way, though.

I was spending too much time on this so I decided to flash another ROM. GB ROMs gave me the rainbow bootloop so I flashed stock FROYO (thanks, krylon360) successfully. I'll worry about GB, rainbows, and bootloaders later when I have more time, but I still want CWM recovery. Any ideas as to why it didn't work (see OP)?

To get rid of rainbow screen just odin the kg4 leak. Then Odin one of Dr honks gb kernels to get cwm.
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GB ROMs will do that if you don't first flash one with the correct boot loaders. KG4 was the first GB ROM to have the right ones.
I'm not sure what happened with your initial attempt to get CWM working, though. I've never attempted it that way; I've always flashed one of drhonk's GB kernels.

[Q] infuse troubles

I have been trying to flash Infused 2.2.3 to my Infuse lately but it never seems to work. No matter what way i choose to boot into clockworkmod to flash the rom it doesn't boot into the red screen always the blue screen (reboot system,reinstall packages, delete all user data, format internal SD card). I have tried downloading the rom from rom manager and downloading at the finish prompt, booting from phone off with the 3 button combo, booting from the "install from sd card" menu in Rom manager. I even found an app that booted into cwm (albeit the wrong one). I downloaded it from ROM manager (wherever that goes) and I put it on my Ex. SD card from my computer (using an adapter not my phone). Did i do something wrong???
Also another problem i found. When I try to download apps from the market app everything gives me a "APP_NAME could not be downloaded due to an error." but when I restart my device it pops up when the media scanner finishes like it just finishes?
If I manages to Flash the ROM will it fix the market???????
It will go back to normal right???
*sorry for my bad grammer, im rather strained at the moment*

CWM is installed by flashing a kernel that has it. What you are seeing is stock recovery. You need to flash the infusion kernel, which has red (voodoo) cwm, and then flash infused from that. There are guides to do this, if I wasn't on my infuse I'd link it, but the kernel needs to be flashed via Odin.
And I'm sure your market woes will disappear with Infused!
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CWM is installed by flashing a kernel that has it. What you are seeing is stock recovery. You need to flash the infusion kernel, which has red (voodoo) cwm, and then flash infused from that. There are guides to do this, if I wasn't on my infuse I'd link it, but the kernel needs to be flashed via Odin.
And I'm sure your market woes will disappear with Infused!
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well wait a second... I have already flashed Infused and even another ROM (TEDGY) thru CWM stock from ROM manager. I downloaded Infused and somehow it applied? I checked because A. my battery lasted all day even with extreme usage B. it said i was running infused in the About Phone menu?
If the kernel is what you run first could it be possible I flashed it thru SGS Kernel flasher???

also. CWM doesn't read your external SD card. if your coming from CM7 i believe its screws with the directories and switches the cards around or something like that. I would recommend just flashing the community kernel via odin again.

Okay I have spent the last 3 days flashing kernels and roms Via Odin or CWM and nothing will stick I must be missing something.
My kernel procedure
1. find defuse-kernelv1.4.tar and set as PDA file in Odin
2. put phone into download and start.
3. usually walk off and let the lady yammer on (to calm my nerves)
4. come back and check settings VIOLA!!! I'M BACK STOCK???
What am i missing/doing wrong/have wrong procedure????
I'm hoping to one day peruse this forum with enough know how to help N00BS (like myself) so anything is helpful.

Soft Brick CM9 bootloop- CWM 5.8.4.3 semifail

Currently I am in a soft brick state- I cant remember which CM- 9 either cm-9-20120614-EXPERIMENTAL-skyrocket-alpha5.zip, or cm-9-20120709-NIGHTLY... (I can see that those are the only two I have on my sd card. I am on an ATT GS2 skyrocket
If I boot normally - it stays stuck on the CM9boot screen.
I can use the 3 finger method to boot into CWM 5.8.4.3
While searching for answers I read that this CWM is broken.
Initially I was trying to go back to an earlier recovery. CWM would see the recoveries on the SDcard, but when I tried to recover- it would not mount from the SD card.
I got to CM( by using odin to put an earlier CWM, and superuser on the phone, then installed Rom manager, then used rom manager to flash CWM (via tmobile sgs2) then updated to CWM touch...
When I tried using the CWM to factory restore and cache wipe it starts then hangs I cant install zips from the external SD card, or any recoveries...
I'm figuring worst case - I can go back to ODIN, and do stock recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 , then flash the non touch CWM, superuser http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526, then flash a recovery from my sd card??
Is there something else I might have missed in trying to get back to a functional state without going to odin?
Many thanks in advance for any assistance
Ihab

ihabelnaccash said:
Currently I am in a soft brick state- I cant remember which CM- 9 either cm-9-20120614-EXPERIMENTAL-skyrocket-alpha5.zip, or cm-9-20120709-NIGHTLY... (I can see that those are the only two I have on my sd card. I am on an ATT GS2 skyrocket
If I boot normally - it stays stuck on the CM9boot screen.
I can use the 3 finger method to boot into CWM 5.8.4.3
While searching for answers I read that this CWM is broken.
Initially I was trying to go back to an earlier recovery. CWM would see the recoveries on the SDcard, but when I tried to recover- it would not mount from the SD card.
I got to CM( by using odin to put an earlier CWM, and superuser on the phone, then installed Rom manager, then used rom manager to flash CWM (via tmobile sgs2) then updated to CWM touch...
When I tried using the CWM to factory restore and cache wipe it starts then hangs I cant install zips from the external SD card, or any recoveries...
I'm figuring worst case - I can go back to ODIN, and do stock recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 , then flash the non touch CWM, superuser http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526, then flash a recovery from my sd card??
Is there something else I might have missed in trying to get back to a functional state without going to odin?
Many thanks in advance for any assistance
Ihab
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Hi there,
I recently experienced the same thing, and it was a hassle to fix--but I have got my phone working each time. The downside being that I /had/ to switch over to Odin. Mind you, I am not necessarily experienced with Android, so I can't really say that this is the only way.
At any rate, here's what I did to get it back to normal:
Load up Odin
Put it in download mode -- I assume you know to hold the volume keys and then plug in the USB.
Flash either the ICS leak or the stock 2.3.5 Gingerbread.
You should be back to good. I hope you backed everything up in either Kies or some other resource...else you're in for a hell of a time setting stuff up.
Oh: bad news about the 2.3.5 stock is that, as far as I can tell, you're unable to upgrade to 2.3.6. In turn, you're then unable to update to the official ICS through Kies or OTA. I assume you don't mind, considering you're trying to flash a new rom anyway.
Anyway, I do hope there is some bit of clarity on getting CM9 on the Skyrocket. As of now I have still been unable to do it. Just as you, no matter the settings I try, I end up being stuck at that screen. The only difference between your method and mine is that I completely did mine through CWM...nothing through ROM Manager. (Actually, I believe I tried a few differing methods involving the CWM touch and non-touch...followed many different guides but still no good.)
Hope you get it back to a functioning state. If you get CM9 working on the Skyrocket, I'd appreciate you sending a bit of details on how to do so.
EDIT: I am now on CM9. Through magic, ponies and friendship I have failed to accomplish this feat. But by pure science and the blood of a pony, I have successfully installed CM9.
After you've restored to 2.3.5 or the ICS leak (the one I was on), do the following:
- Grab the recovery-clockwork-touch U27 described below. Flash it.
- Download both the newest CM9 build from their website, as well as Google Apps, and then copy those to your external SD.
- Follow this guide: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/install-guide.html. Here's what's relevant to you:
Wipe data/factory reset.
Format /system (mounts and storage->format /system).
Install the CM9 zip from SD card.
Install the gapps zip from SD card.
ONLY IF YOU ARE ON TOUCH CWM RECOVERY: Format /cache (mounts and storage->format /cache)
Reboot. Let it sit for a few minutes after the first boot. Be patient.\
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After ~10 minutes you should be fine. Mine took less, but I'd bet it could take longer. Please follow those directions above EXACTLY. I'll be happy to help you in any way I can if you reply to this thread/ send me a PM.

When I softbricked with the latest CWM I wasn't able to return back since it wouldnt detect my SDcard so I just loaded up odin and used recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-hercules.tar and was able to read my SDcard again which had all my backups and CM9 files. I have flashed every version of CM9 every since and still using this CWM version and havent had any problems. :good:

All better now- I used ODIN to restore to stock, then used it again to put CWM (non-touch) back on, then added superuser, then just did a restore from SDcard! Muchas Gracias all!
Should I be able to then use a restore of when I had a working CM9 (and backed up with CWM)? Or would I have to do all the cache wiping/ factory reset like I did to install it the first time before using such a recovery? (and I will try that recovery- clockwork touch hercules... latrer tonight from home)

ODIN tar to restore back to factory. I got the boot loop too. Only until after I flashed CM9 then flashed dark side wipe cache only would CM9 work for me. Only on regular CWM though. Try and give that a go.
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My infuse 4g cant get a custom recovery

See image attachment first: I beloved the SD card slot on my infuse is corrupted or broken. Would this keep a custom recovery from installing or being usable? Every time I flash back to stock and then flash an insecure kernel with cwm and root and busybox and what not I try to boot back into recovery and the 3e recovery is still on there. I'm almost positive the SD card slot is broken cause it doesn't detect it even when I flash to stock and boot normal. Will this keep me from getting a custom recovery?

Have you tried backing up and reformating your internal USB storage (the one that is approx. 13.3GB in total size)? The one the phone calls SD Card is actually your external SD card. Confusing, because in CWM sdcard is internal storage and and sd-ext refers to an app2sd partition not supported by Infuse kernels.
That's assuming that the SD card is the issue. You may just not have root permissions required to flash the kernel from the phone or CWM.
Best bet is to use Heimdall (recommended) or Odin (also good but a bit more finicky) to flash the kernel you desire. This should get you an unsecure kernel that you can use to flash the rom of your choice. Make sure your internal sdcard is working properly first and copy at least one rom install file to your internal sdcard before starting.
Follow the link in my sig to the super everything thread (ISET) for Heimdall and Odin options (should be in the first group, might be in the 2nd or 3rd post of the thread).

Yeah let me give you a little more background on the device. Ive odin'd and heimdalled it back to stock multiple times at which the device works, but the play store and multiple other apps do not work. The Sd card (external) I am assuming, cannot be recognized either. Ive fixed this phone before for a friend but IDK if I ever got the sd card to work but everything else did. Now I'm trying (and I had problems with this before) to get a custom recovery on here but the SD card error I keep getting (internal or external I dont know) keeps me from doing that. It keeps reverting back to the 3e recovery. I have flashed many different heimdalls icluding Entrophy's kernel that is supposed to give me CWM but it never works. Is there a heimdall one click that also includes kernels, custom recoveries, and so on? Cause I have searched trust me it took like 5 days of searching last time to fix it and now I have to do it again. Thanks! Oh and P.S. Odin keeps failing to flash tar.md5 files as well. Idk if its the version im using (Odin3 v1.7) or what. Oh and the phone is now in the connect phone to PC screen and not download mode. Thats happened before so I know its not bricked but I forget how I got it out of that mode. Thanks again Zen!

Oh and also every time I use Heimdall and install the drivers so it can comunicate with my infuse it causes Odin to not detect the device and vice versa. If I want to use odin I have to install a different driver, and with heimdall I need a different one haha. Its a dumb circle I'm stuck in ;P

Last item first. I've been able to get around the Odin vs Heimdall thing by using different USB ports for each. If you've been trying both on multiple ports you may need to run device mgr on your PC and remove some hidden devices. See here for instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33980291&postcount=11
As for the sdcard, I'm still recommending that you backup both sd cards and try a reformat. You can do this via the phone, or while connected via USB. You may also want to flash a stock package (with pit) after backups and before the formats.
The recovery is part of the kernel, so something else may be at work here.. if you get a good kernel flash you should get the recovery that comes with it. Try running CPU Spy and look at the bottom of the page to see the details. Post a screenie if you can.
The problem you described could be due to where installed apps are stored on the phone. Android creates a hidden area on one of your two SD cards (somewhat annoying if it ends up being the removable one..)
If the sd card is a problem this would explain why some things don't work correctly. You can try via the Settings-->Manage Applications interface to move apps to the phone. This relocates them to the /data partition and off either SD Card. If you get errors attempting this that further confirms sd card problems.
Not sure why a blown SD card would block a kernel flash though... have you confirmed that you have root? Have you tried flashing a zImage file directly using SGS Kernel flasher? Try to extract a zImage from a CWM zip file and copy to your phone then run the app to flash. Make sure the kernel matches the firmware (i.e. Froyo, GB, etc..)

Wow that was a lot of information haha. Alright I got my phone out of the connect to pc screen and i used odin to fully reformat including PIT, PDA, and Phone files. After that completed flashing it rebooted into 3e recovery on its own for some reason and it comes up with some errors saying it cant mount /data. This i believe is on the internal SD card and has to do with the system apps. The phone bootlooped at the att splash screen. After that I used another Heimdall reformat "Stock_SGH_I997_UCLB3_Repartition-One-Click" which successfully flashed but still bootloops at the att screen. I got it fixed before but I have do idea how haha. If I can get it to boot back up I'm just gonna tell my friend I cant fix it because I believe there are deeper problems at hand here. Any tips on how to fix the boot looping? Cause two successful flashes via heimdall and odin didn't do it :/

Here's a screen shot of what I have now. I went back to odin and did a full reformat and repartition witht the pit pda and phone this time without the sd card in it and I'm still getting the /data doesn't exist. Quick question: I work at a cell phone repair shop and I know some devices internal memory is actually just an sdcard covered by a shield that can be replaced. If that were the case with the Infuse could I possibly put another sd card in that slot and fully reformat it on the new card? Seeing as this could be a corrupt internal sd card just currious.

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Here's a screen shot of what I have now. I went back to odin and did a full reformat and repartition witht the pit pda and phone this time without the sd card in it and I'm still getting the /data doesn't exist. Quick question: I work at a cell phone repair shop and I know some devices internal memory is actually just an sdcard covered by a shield that can be replaced. If that were the case with the Infuse could I possibly put another sd card in that slot and fully reformat it on the new card? Seeing as this could be a corrupt internal sd card just currious.
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you're still on secure stock kernel..that is what you're seeing.
in the heimdall uclb3 thread, after you flash the uclb3 stock, put phone back in download mode.
flash the kernel in the second or the third post to get your cwm recovery

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you're still on secure stock kernel..that is what you're seeing.
in the heimdall uclb3 thread, after you flash the uclb3 stock, put phone back in download mode.
flash the kernel in the second or the third post to get your cwm recovery
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Even if I were to flash the stock uclb3 it will just bootloop. The phone isn't cooperating with either heimdall or odin. Well I guess I shouldn't say that b/c they both flash fine but the phone doesn't boot straight to the system, as soon as a flash is finished it reboots into recovery (3e) and installs some update package. I'm not sure what it is but it never boots straight to the system. Then after the update finishes it just bootloops :crying:
I'm losing hope. But I'll give your advice a try. Heimdall or Odin?

is there a way to format /data on the internal memory? I read your post and it says it does not wipe the data partition. I think that may solve my problem, but probably not lol

Flashing Odin or Heimdall stock with a pit file should take care of that... You could try qkster's cwm wipe or the infuse toolkit complete wipe.. That will clear /data.
The bootloops sound like non-stock file systems with a stock kernel/recovery.... Likely, since you are still seeing stock recovery.... The real mystery is why this is so after apparently successful flashes of a new kernel and rom..
What was running on the phone before all this? What exactly are you flashing now?
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Okay I fianally got it to boot up and I am putting this thing away FOR GOOD! No root, no custom recovery just stock JB haha. Let me see if I can describe this to you guys and get your opinion it is literally the weirdest thing. I remember the Sd card messing it up the last time and i remember what I had to do to fix it and tell me if this makes sense. If I had the sd card in the phone and tried to boot up it would boot loop or if I tried to boot into recovery I would get all those red errors. So what I did to remedy this was to somehow put the sd card in AFTER I had applied power to it with the 3 finger technique. This was done by putting the sd card in its slot but not clicking it, taking a small flat blade and putting it against it, putting the battery in the device with the blade in between the battery and the unlicked sd card, used the 3 finger method to get into recovery and just before it starts up i clicked the sd card in place with the blade..... No clue why this worked but when recovery started up I had absolutely no errors, it finally was able to find AND format /data and I did a factory data reset and wiped cache and rebooted to stock JB. Dont ask why it worked but it did? haha I remember having to do this last time I just couldn't remember the sequence. Does that make any sense to you guys? why would this happen, if you know?

so now that I finally got it booted and the market and all is working would it be possible to flash a kernel with the SGS kernel flasher that has cwm in it cause I dont wanna deal with either odin or heimdall again. would this bypass those or do I need root first?

That's a wacky fix for a wacky problem. Glad to hear you got it working.
I'll bet that you'd be OK just leaving that external card out. Reformat still recommended...
You will need root to use sgs kernel flasher. If you are running uclb3 (gb) stock you will need to flash a custom kernel via the dreaded Odin or Heimdall method. Try with the sdcard removed... Maybe you will have better luck....
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what do you mean by reformat still recommended? I wouldn't wanna have to go through all that again by flashing someother insecure kernel or another version of android or something. Its weird though why do you think when I flash a kernel that has a different recovery on it it doesnt stick?

Backup and reformat the external sdcard since that seems to be an issue...
The rest is if you want the ability to flash custom kernels and roms. If you are good as is... Well, there you go...
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