[Q] Recoveries options - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi folks!
I'm getting a Xoom next week (a little late, but better late than never!) so I'm new to Xoom related topics.
I took this weekend to read as much as I can about the device, methods and options available for it. And I got very impressed, there's a lot of stuff, which is a good thing!
But one thing in special got my attention: the recoveries available here.
I did not dig up that much on the forum, so I just found this two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235170
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
The first one is based on ClockworkMod 5.0.2.8, and the last one, as far as I understood, is based on ClockworkMod 3.2.0.0.
I know this is a very particular choice of the developer, basing his(hers) work on whatever he(she) sees fit, but here comes my question:
Why no one mention this option here: http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.8.3.1-wingray.img ???
I got this link from CyanogemMod wiki: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Xoom_(Wi-Fi):_Full_Update_Guide
And looking at the numbers I can tell the first two options are very outdated... Someone ever used this 5.8.3.1 version?? It has any known issues?? Less features??
Maybe I'm being stupid by asking these questions, but I prefer not to be in doubt.
Thanks in advance!

look also TWRP recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782235

Thanks! Seems very nice!
But I'm really curious about the official ClockworkMod recovery that I mentioned.

I've used the official CWM for xoom and it really sucks compared to some other options we have. It is good but there isn't an option for installing from internal SD card and nandroids to internal SD card. The font is much bigger and more scrolling is needed.
I personally think Team Rogues touch recovery is best, I use that permanently.
Team EOS have a later version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604014
TWRP personally I hate, maybe we got off on a bad foot but I really dislike the interface and the way it works.
Give them all a flash and see what suits you, it's relatively easy to switch between them so it's not a hassle.

This is what I want: some opinions about them. Thanks!
Team Rogue's seems very nice indeed! I'm very inclined to use that.
In this link you sent me there are some big letters saying it's depreciated and tells us to use TWRP instead, which is very nice too!

Don't use the official CWM as they aren't optimized for the Xoom and don't have external capabilities. Stick with either the current EOS or Rogue recovery. Imo TWRP is the best because it allows you to compress backups and flash multiple zips at once. It is also a full gui and therefore easier to navigate. Lastly it incorporates a file manager into the recovery, CWM doesn't have that. You can also look the screen while in TWRP to prevent accidental execution of commands.
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That's very nice, man! Thanks a lot! My decision is getting tougher..
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The fact that Team EOSs recovery is depreciated doesn't mean it doesn't work, it works perfectly and is still a great recovery. It's just no longer maintained/updated

matt4321 said:
TWRP personally I hate, maybe we got off on a bad foot but I really dislike the interface and the way it works.
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lot of people have LESS issue with TWRP.
and the way it work is better than other recovery.

thenemis said:
lot of people have LESS issue with TWRP.
and the way it work is better than other recovery.
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For you maybe. And others. I personally prefer Team Rogues recovery. Everyone has a preference

matt4321 said:
The fact that Team EOSs recovery is depreciated doesn't mean it doesn't work, it works perfectly and is still a great recovery. It's just no longer maintained/updated
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I see.. I'm gonna give it a try also.
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matt4321 said:
For you maybe. And others.
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yes, LOT others...
matt4321 said:
I personally prefer Team Rogues recovery. Everyone has a preference
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"preference" != "good recovery"

Hello from my brand new Xoom!! Can`t wait for the weekend to start tinkering!!
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felipevsw said:
Hello from my brand new Xoom!! Can`t wait for the weekend to start tinkering!!
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You're gunna love it mate

I'm loving it already!
Next step: GEDifing it!
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felipevsw said:
I'm loving it already!
Next step: GEDifing it!
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The wifi Xoom is already a GED...
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Only in the USA..
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If someone could, please help me... I don't seem to get the recovery working...
First I got really scared when I first entered stock recovery and only the lying Android with the red triangle with a black exclamation mark appeared with no options at all! I search for this to find that this is how stock recovery looks like.. It's not an error.
Then I pressed Vol up + Power to reboot my device. No options appeared...
I installed Tiamat's 3.2.0.0 rc4 recovery via command line. Apparently everything went good, but when I adb reboot recovery, I get the same lying Android screen with no options (seems that Tiamat's recovery was not installed, yet no error message appeared during installation..)
What am I missing?? What are the buttons combinations to get the recovery options??
[]'s

felipevsw said:
I installed Tiamat's 3.2.0.0 rc4 recovery via command line. Apparently everything went good, but when I adb reboot recovery
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adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery the-recovery-you-want-but-the-better-is-twrp.img
after flash (look on the screen of xoom for confirm ) press "vol up + power" , xoom reboot and you see motorola round red logo, WAIT 3 second then press "vol down" , you see "Android Recovery" confirm with "vol up"

After I adb flash, I fastboot reboot... Didn't do any button combination.... maybe that's that...
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Related

[Recovery] one click nvflasher for cwm touch 5.8.1.3

Credit to kairi_zeroblade
Instructions on HOW to install cwm touch(For Windows)
- Once you have downloaded the Package from the link below.extract it to a Folder..
- Inside the folder all you have to do is look for the "flash-recovery_xp.bat file"..
- now turn your G2x OFF..
- remove the BATTERY and make sure your G2x is not connected to the PC via USB
- Press the VOLUME DOWN button together with the VOLUME UP..
- now CONNECT the USB Cable..
- If by all means Windows prompts for a new DEVICE you have to install the APX drivers below (extract the package and manually install it from device manager).
- Else if windows does not prompt OR you are already done installing the APX drivers you can now proceed on Running the "flash-recovery_xp.bat" by double clicking it..
- Choose 1 and Then press Enter..Wait for a few seconds till it prompts you that the FLASH was successful. wait another 5 more seconds after the prompt for not to have issues..
- After that Reboot into CWM by Pressing Power Button together with VOLUME DOWN til you see the LG Logo with waves..upon seeing that now release the buttons and wait for the CWM menu..
I am not liable if you brick your phone even there is a method to unbrick your phone
Thanks but this has been posted a few times already.
All you do is download the new recovery rename it to one of the recoveries in the nv folder and flash.
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Uhhh taking someone exact work I see
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CWM belongs to koushik and I gave credit to people who created it. I am just helping. Also I don't need anyone donation.
navyanup said:
CWM belongs to koushik and I gave credit to people who created it. I am just helping. Also I don't need anyone donation.
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Yeah, I've posted this twice days ago. I don't see any thanks. I've learned not to start a new thread unless it I know for certain it hasn't been posted before. Also, I had nothing to do with this recovery, so I didn't want to take other's work. Take your flaming, think of it as a rite of passage. I'm just messing with you, but the fire will be hot, one more thing, watch out for MT3g, he's gonna tell on you. .
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works really well i was using 5028 but i did a quick flash of this everything mounts unmounts formats i love the touch dont really get better thanks so much for the port please lmk if you have paypal would love to buy you a beer shot or pepsi
buru898 said:
Thanks but this has been posted a few times already.
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charlieb620 said:
All you do is download the new recovery rename it to one of the recoveries in the nv folder and flash.
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ayysir said:
Uhhh taking someone exact work I see
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chill out.
thanks for the post.
Is this touch screen or key touch
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stopfakn said:
is this touch screen or key touch
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touch screen..
Stopfakn said:
Is this touch screen or key touch
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Both actually.
never knew people would be this lazy..lolz..borrowed my guide and then the drivers and then my style..lolz..
and he gets a WHAT!!!???
kairi_zeroblade said:
never knew people would be this lazy..lolz..borrowed my guide and then the drivers and then my style..lolz..
and he gets a WHAT!!!???
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Thats why i gave you a credit . I did borrow your guide and some files but not the drivers .If you are having a problem I will close the thread.
Thread closed
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Guide worked great and I like CWM Touch. You should add in the step saying "Hold Volume Up and Volume Down then plug USB cable in" that you will not see anything on your phone's screen. You have to hold the two volume keys while launching the .bat file, and then you will see the S/W Upgrade screen once it starts the process. Thanks to both Kairi and Navy, no need to go hostile over who did what. You both posted helpful guides.

TWRP...just do it

Hope this is the right area to post...
Just want to say in my years of modding Android I have been using clockwork recovery exclusively. It was the only thing available really. It worked great. I was used to the interface and I was just plain comfortable with it. Good ol trusty CWM!
So now this team win recovery becomes available and I'm like do I really need this? What's the point? Cwm works and I love it. No need to change. I can still backup, restore, flash all roms and mods with no issue. Anyway it seemed like the twrp was gaining some traction. So I figured id give it a shot.
Wow. So glad I did. I mean it seriously loads up so nicely. The interface is a lot more intuitive. It has all the same capability as cwm and then some. Its amazing. Somehow the backups and restores only take about a minute each! How do they do that?!?! Cwm takes about 15 minutes to backup or restore! And you can flash multiple zips at one time! Again that is another amazing feature.
The point of this post is just to let those of you on cwm know what you are missing. Seriously you gotta try TWRP recovery. You just download the zip from the thread in development and flash in cwm. After one reboot...boom...game changer ...you'll see
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ryanbmw51 said:
Hope this is the right area to post...
Just want to say in my years of modding Android I have been using clockwork recovery exclusively. It was the only thing available really. It worked great. I was used to the interface and I was just plain comfortable with it. Good ol trusty CWM!
So now this team win recovery becomes available and I'm like do I really need this? What's the point? Cwm works and I love it. No need to change. I can still backup, restore, flash all roms and mods with no issue. Anyway it seemed like the twrp was gaining some traction. So I figured id give it a shot.
Wow. So glad I did. I mean it seriously loads up so nicely. The interface is a lot more intuitive. It has all the same capability as cwm and then some. Its amazing. Somehow the backups and restores only take about a minute each! How do they do that?!?! Cwm takes about 15 minutes to backup or restore! And you can flash multiple zips at one time! Again that is another amazing feature.
The point of this post is just to let those of you on cwm know what you are missing. Seriously you gotta try TWRP recovery. You just download the zip from the thread in development and flash in cwm. After one reboot...boom...game changer ...you'll see
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read
this a marketing ad...
but not a bad one
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ryanbmw51 said:
Hope this is the right area to post...
Just want to say in my years of modding Android I have been using clockwork recovery exclusively. It was the only thing available really. It worked great. I was used to the interface and I was just plain comfortable with it. Good ol trusty CWM!
So now this team win recovery becomes available and I'm like do I really need this? What's the point? Cwm works and I love it. No need to change. I can still backup, restore, flash all roms and mods with no issue. Anyway it seemed like the twrp was gaining some traction. So I figured id give it a shot.
Wow. So glad I did. I mean it seriously loads up so nicely. The interface is a lot more intuitive. It has all the same capability as cwm and then some. Its amazing. Somehow the backups and restores only take about a minute each! How do they do that?!?! Cwm takes about 15 minutes to backup or restore! And you can flash multiple zips at one time! Again that is another amazing feature.
The point of this post is just to let those of you on cwm know what you are missing. Seriously you gotta try TWRP recovery. You just download the zip from the thread in development and flash in cwm. After one reboot...boom...game changer ...you'll see
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Really it is a flashable zip, I thought you had to install with adb/fastboot?
EDIT: Just seen the update, it's been a while since I've looked into another recovery, will give it a try!
niceppl said:
read
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but not a bad one
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Yeah. Just a dude wanting to let people know about it. Good stuff
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Are you using the compression with your backups? It seems so far a step up from cwm IMHO.
So reading this brings up the question (from me):
I'm currently on CWM with the latest Cleanrom dev edition. How would I go about safely changing recoveries on over to TWRP?
blaine.hale said:
So reading this brings up the question (from me):
I'm currently on CWM with the latest Cleanrom dev edition. How would I go about safely changing recoveries on over to TWRP?
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Just go to development and download the flashable zip and flash in cwm and reboot.
godfirst said:
Just go to development and download the flashable zip and flash in cwm and reboot.
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Wow. That seems dangerously easy haha.
For some reason I was thinking that would botch something and brick me.
blaine.hale said:
Wow. That seems dangerously easy haha.
For some reason I was thinking that would botch something and brick me.
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Nope just did it myself about 30 minutes ago, lol
Here's link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703626
Or you can do the tdlr way and just install goo manager from the market. It installs TWRP the sane way from manager installs CWM
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godfirst said:
Are you using the compression with your backups? It seems so far a step up from cwm IMHO.
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If I AM using the compression option, I'm doing it unknowingly. All I do is just press backup and don't select any other options. And it flies. I mean seriously on cwm when it was time backup I was like damn no phone for a while just put it down and walk away for a bit...but now it literally takes less than 2 minutes. I'm like what? Did it really backup EVERYTHING?!?!?...
...and it did...backup...everything
Like I said.. gamechanger
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Nike vs TWRP ultimate peer pressure..
DO I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY SPORTS OR STAY IN AND FLASH RECOVERIES? ?
AHHH
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ChongoDroid said:
Nike vs TWRP ultimate peer pressure..
DO I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY SPORTS OR STAY IN AND FLASH RECOVERIES? ?
AHHH
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Lol.
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How much did they pay you to make this thread OP?
I'll give it a try
Do we have to create new backups with TWRP or will the CWM ones work?
waleed90 said:
Do we have to create new backups with TWRP or will the CWM ones work?
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Cwm backups will NOT work...only downside as far as I can tell...if you consider that a downside....
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NJGSII said:
How much did they pay you to make this thread OP?
I'll give it a try
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Compensated by sharing with me this recovery...lol
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ryanbmw51 said:
If I AM using the compression option, I'm doing it unknowingly. All I do is just press backup and don't select any other options. And it flies. I mean seriously on cwm when it was time backup I was like damn no phone for a while just put it down and walk away for a bit...but now it literally takes less than 2 minutes. I'm like what? Did it really backup EVERYTHING?!?!?...
...and it did...backup...everything
Like I said.. gamechanger
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How big are your backup, I had to check the compression option, which takes it a little longer,but this is by far IMHO the best recovery I've seen in years.
I'm from the EVO LTE side of things and CWM isn't available yet, so we're forced to use TWRP, boy let me tell you'll never go back to CWM once you use TWRP. Flashes and back-ups are done in what seems like 1 minute. The touch interface is great. GUYS JUST FLASH IT AND FORGET IT!!!
godfirst said:
How big are your backup, I had to check the compression option, which takes it a little longer,but this is by far IMHO the best recovery I've seen in years.
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The 2 backups I have are just under .8 gb for aokp and 1.2 gb for clean rom.
Have actually tried restoring one if those compressed backups? How does that work?
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What is the best recovery we have ?

Hi I'm using CMW currently and I don't think It's fully setup for our phone and the issue I'm having I can't charge my phone with the power off when I try to the phone powers on when I plug it in and boots to recovery by itself. I tried koush cmw and I'm currently using mondaco cmw I think It's called same issue with both it also just feels like there isn't enough options.
I just download goomanager from the play market and I'm thinking of trying TWRP I read that the back ups between twrp and cmw aren't compatible so I'll just make an extra back up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I'm using TWRP now after using cwm for the last month. I think TWRP has better support for the hos. Never had this charging issue though.
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TWRP is good, very nice features! BUT : It is not compatible with Aroma for now, so, as many packages (applications, some ROMs...) uses it, I went back to Touch CWM (5.8.3.1) for compatibility reasons, which is also a very good and "standard" flavor.
It works with Aroma now, I used it with the TweakMachine
@ickedmel
You KNOW I've already put the call in to MadMaxx for 4ext bro.... He's completely rebuilding it now and I'm hoping to start testing alphas in about a month
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I use CWm and also found that it turns on to recovery when powered off and charging, but the charging does continue. I do not know why it powers on to recovery, but the charging does continue.
glacierguy said:
@ickedmel
You KNOW I've already put the call in to MadMaxx for 4ext bro.... He's completely rebuilding it now and I'm hoping to start testing alphas in about a month
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If you're still in communication, please let him know to get in touch with the TWRP team to see if they will share their "trick" to allow flashing of boot.img via normal recovery.
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If you're still in communication, please let him know to get in touch with the TWRP team to see if they will share their "trick" to allow flashing of boot.img via normal recovery.
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Oh that's awesome 4ext would be awesome good to know we still have recoveries coming thank you guys so much for the information
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glacierguy said:
@ickedmel
You KNOW I've already put the call in to MadMaxx for 4ext bro.... He's completely rebuilding it now and I'm hoping to start testing alphas in about a month
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I really liked his recovery--donated too--nice themes--
I installed TWRP the phone can charge with the power off now, and I like the different options more, this will hold me over until 4ext. When flashing new recoveries are battery stats lost ? Should you wipe battery stats ? Or no.
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Not sure when the pros recommend it, but I wipe battery stats btw new roms--
ickedmel said:
Hi I'm using CMW currently and I don't think It's fully setup for our phone and the issue I'm having I can't charge my phone with the power off when I try to the phone powers on when I plug it in and boots to recovery by itself. I tried koush cmw and I'm currently using mondaco cmw I think It's called same issue with both it also just feels like there isn't enough options.
I just download goomanager from the play market and I'm thinking of trying TWRP I read that the back ups between twrp and cmw aren't compatible so I'll just make an extra back up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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It does charge in recovery. HTC phones more or less have the booting up into recovery problem/issue/feature??? after installing cwm. I wipe battery stats after every new rom I flash after its fully recharged.
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I've read that battery stats are wiped after every 100% charge.
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TWRP is awesome. I've only used cwm for years. When I got this phone I gave TWRP a go and can't go back.
Flashing roms without needing to fast boot the img is awesome. The look is awesome, themes are cool. All the extra features like built in file manager, great!
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I was also having the issue of not being able to charge while the phone was off without it booting into recovery. I seemed to have "fixed" the problem by turning on Fast Boot in the Power settings menu.
I may try TWRP, since it seemed like CWM always had one issue or another on my old HTC Evo, and this charging issue isn't a big thing but isn't helping me trust it
I'm using the classic non-touch cwm. I had issues restoring nandroid's with twrp so switched to cwm, which i had been using happily on my previous phones.
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@ickedmel
You KNOW I've already put the call in to MadMaxx for 4ext bro.... He's completely rebuilding it now and I'm hoping to start testing alphas in about a month
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I was a tester of 4ext on the HTC Desire and bought the paid version.
Would love to see it on the One S!
ascot17 said:
i was a tester of 4ext on the htc desire and bought the paid version.
Would love to see it on the one s!
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Eumaniac said:
I've read that battery stats are wiped after every 100% charge.
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Second this, resident theming king he_stheone64 wrote a nice piece about this in one of his threads in the apps and theme section
Here, straight from the horses mouth (google engineer dianne hackborn, kickass name btw!) Debunking usefullness of battery stats wipe: https://plus.google.com/app/plus/mp/656/#~loop:view=activity&aid=z13dgb0rksywh3muq222fzkqnwfgdbgrk04

[Q] Need Advice Loading [ROM][ICS 4.0.4]Genesis - Stable Build1 - CM9/AOKP Hybrid

Hello,
This is my first post here so go easy
I am trying to install [ROM][ICS 4.0.4]Genesis - Stable Build1 - CM9/AOKP Hybrid on LG P999 with no success. I rooted using super one click and made a backup. I flashed 5.0.2.0 to the device and tried loading Mr. Apocalypse's build following every instruction to the letter. The install appears to work fine allowing me to choose options and I get to the reboot prompt fine. I answered the baseband question and opted for the harsh kernel.
After reboot I get the white LG logo then the display dims and there are light leaks of varying degree but nothing after that. I waited about 45 minutes the first time and have waited up to an hour with nothing. I have tried [ROM][CM9][JUL13-Build80] Domination with similar results. I get to the reaper kernel image after reboot and that's as far as it goes. I followed all the instructions to the letter and I have no idea what is wrong.
Anyone that has a suggestion, other than buying a better phone, please let me know. Is there another method I can try?
Thanks in advance.
With Genesis, install it with the stock kernel, then after the first boot load harsh separately. Some phones get a boot loop with harsh in Aroma
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Thanks
rtotheichie said:
With Genesis, install it with the stock kernel, then after the first boot load harsh separately. Some phones get a boot loop with harsh in Aroma
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I will give that a go, thank you very much for the advice. I will check in to let you know how it turned out.
Also, how did you flash CWM? If the answer is anything other than "NVflash" stop what you're doing and search in the dev section for NVflash
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rtotheichie said:
Also, how did you flash CWM? If the answer is anything other than "NVflash" stop what you're doing and search in the dev section for NVflash
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+1 on this!
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Yes Real Flash
rtotheichie said:
Also, how did you flash CWM? If the answer is anything other than "NVflash" stop what you're doing and search in the dev section for NVflash
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Yes, I used the command prompt on my PC to load the NVFlash image. From what I have learned reading that is the only way it will work correctly.
It is currently loading after the initial reboot and at the LG logo with the blue streak, which is encouraging.
mclark.usa said:
Yes, I used the command prompt on my PC to load the NVFlash image. From what I have learned reading that is the only way it will work correctly.
It is currently loading after the initial reboot and at the LG logo with the blue streak, which is encouraging.
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Ok, that is good that you used nvflash to get CWM on your phone, that definitely wasn't the problem. Like he said earlier, could've been the kernel.
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Still on the LG splash with blue, I am now considering dancing around the device wearing a tinfoil hat and a chickenfoot necklace... It would be incredibly cool if there was a way to pull a logfile after install or see one while the install is happening.
How long should this normally take? Almost 1 hr now..
mclark.usa said:
Still on the LG splash with blue, I am now considering dancing around the device wearing a tinfoil hat and a chickenfoot necklace... It would be incredibly cool if there was a way to pull a logfile after install or see one while the install is happening.
How long should this normally take?
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Hahahaha, I almost laughed out loud at that. Umm, have you tried just a basic rom, like CM7? Just to compare if it works or something to see if it'll flash correctly and not your phone, and it might be a bad download for genesis. Just to be sure, it is indeed a P999?
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noahk423 said:
Hahahaha, I almost laughed out loud at that. Umm, have you tried just a basic rom, like CM7? Just to compare if it works or something to see if it'll flash correctly and not your phone, and it might be a bad download for genesis. Just to be sure, it is indeed a P999?
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I have a GB 2.3.3 on it now that loaded no problem. I tried that two days ago after several failed attempts. I am thinking its something here though because I couldn't get the ICS Domination ROM to work on it either. The GB ROM worked great after I flashed a new baseband to it. I had the static problem before that. It just doesn't want to cooperate with ICS. And the SD card is empty as well, I wanted to make sure there was enough room for a swap file.
I pulled the battery and it boots to the second LG logo and that's where it stays. I suppose both of the ROMs I tried could have been bad downloads, but idk., this has me flummoxed beyond belief. - and yes, it is a P999 (G2x) I bought about a year ago at a t-mobile store. I think it's time for a burial at sea for this thing!
There's always a fix. Possibly a bad download. You could try another CWM, the touch one, because I know a kernel doesn't flash on the touch one, but possibly those roms might flash on a touch recovery. Idk, I'm just babbling here.
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noahk423 said:
There's always a fix. Possibly a bad download. You could try another CWM, the touch one, because I know a kernel doesn't flash on the touch one, but possibly those roms might flash on a touch recovery. Idk, I'm just babbling here.
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Naw, not babble... I call it thinking with the keyboard still in gear. I will try the touch CWM idea, and keep plugging away. There IS a fix, I just haven't tripped over it yet. Thanks again!
I will post an update when I have some more data to spew.
mclark.usa said:
Naw, not babble... I call it thinking with the keyboard still in gear. I will try the touch CWM idea, and keep plugging away. There IS a fix, I just haven't tripped over it yet. Thanks again!
I will post an update when I have some more data to spew.
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Yeah, no problem, I just wish I could think a little better, its late on a school night, so my brain is mush, haha. Well, if you still need help, keep looking for answers and ask here, I'll help, and so will others!
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Yeah, no problem, I just wish I could think a little better, its late on a school night, so my brain is mush, haha. Well, if you still need help, keep looking for answers and ask here, I'll help, and so will others!
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Thanks again, and I will not give up on this, I am way more stubborn than that. I just flashed CWM v5.8.1.3 and restoring. I am going to try to load yet another variation of ICS and report the outcome. If nothing else, I do like this touch image I just loaded!
Have you tried doing a wipe before installing a rom? I've had times where known good roms won't boot just because I didn't wipe before installing it. If your gonna give this method a go try using this to wipe it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854850
Success!
Thanks for all the advice, you guys rock!
I flashed the CWM touch and downloaded AOPK Milestone 6 4.0.4 just to see if it would load. I did the same procedure as I have with all the others and it worked. I guess it was the CWM version? IDK, Going to try to go back to Genesis tomorrow. Thanks again to each of you for all of your help and advice.
Good deal. I've been using CWM touch ever since it showed up in the forums for our phone, and I've never had a problem flashing anything
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3G - 4G troubles?
I like it so far, much better than the older version I was using. I noticed this morning that I don't get any signal other than wifi. It looks like some people that did not opt for wifi were able to get signal after reinstalling with that option chosen. I did add the wifi initially, but no signal at all for data thus far. I didn't see any settings that I missed, the battery saver data stuff is unchecked and there aren't any others I could find. I am going to reinstall and hope it takes care of it.
A quick wipe and reload fixed it! :good:

[RECOVERY][6/10/14]ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) 6.0.5.1 for KFireHD7"

BEFORE YOU FLASH THIS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A 2ND-BOOTLOADER INSTALLED FROM HERE.
This is a source-built version of CWM version 6.0.4.9 for use with the 2012 Kindle Fire HD 7" ONLY. Do not attempt to use this recovery on any other device.
Features:
OpenRecoveryScript-compatible
Backup/Restore
Mount/Unmount/Format Partitions
Warnings:
- I am not to be held responsible if you brick your device using this. (I will feel kinda bad though and help you to the best of my ability)
Bugs:
I have not managed to find any. If you find one, feel free to let me know.
Additional Notes:
- I will attempt to maintain this in my spare time. If a new release comes out that you are interested in and I have not updated yet, feel free to let me know.
- To flash this in another recovery, say, TWRP, download and flash the Recovery Zip File.
- To flash via fastboot, use the Recovery Image File.
To Install:
Recovery Image File:
- Reboot your device into fastboot mode (If you don't know what that is, follow the directions for the Recovery Zip File below)
- Issue the command
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd-cwm-6.0.5.1-recovery.img
followed by
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
- Enjoy your new recovery!
Recovery Zip File:
(If you followed the guide above for Recovery Image File, you do not need to follow these instructions)
- Reboot your device into recovery mode.
- Select Install
- Navigate to the place where you downloaded the zip file
- Select the zip file
- Confirm the installation
- Enjoy your new recovery!
Download:
Version 6.0.5.1 (October 25th, 2014)
Recovery Image File
MD5: 5f4173f755270764389a210efacc2c6e
Recovery Zip File
MD5: 96f99b9c6b6d2f80311320a512a56cdb
Older Versions:
Version 6.0.4.9 (June 10th, 2014)
Recovery Image File
MD5: 4446bb1f7730bc5dbccb6f341b0ce13e
Recovery Zip File
MD5: ed4ad4e84fc98e48109226e7fbd9e152
Credits:
- Koush, for this amazing recovery!
- Hashcode, for his amazing work on the Kindle Fires!
I might as well reserve this...
I hope you get this working. Also, I don't know why "Fix Permissions" was taken out of the latest CWM & Philztouch versions. Maybe once you get this going you can look into that. Just a thought. Also, I can test, if needed.
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BookCase said:
I hope you get this working. Also, I don't know why "Fix Permissions" was taken out of the latest CWM & Philztouch versions. Maybe once you get this going you can look into that. Just a thought. Also, I can test, if needed.
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I just got Hashcode to help me out with the /system format thing and as for the /cache issue, apparently I was being too impatient. It seems to work fine.
I will fix and publish tomorrow.
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Updated! No longer potentially dangerous!
r3pwn said:
Updated! No longer potentially dangerous!
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Nice! Can I include this in my Flasher?
SafinWasi said:
Nice! Can I include this in my Flasher?
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Go ahead!
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r3pwn said:
Updated! No longer potentially dangerous!
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Awesome, good job! I'll let you know if I find any bugs.
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r3pwn said:
Go ahead!
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Okay!!!!
r3pwn said:
I am not to be held responsible if you brick your device using this. (I will feel kinda bad though and help you to the best of my ability)
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There's something most developers don't offer. Good for you
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
Ph0enix_216 said:
There's something most developers don't offer. Good for you
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
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Well, I've been to hell and back with my Kindle and experienced almost every single type of brick there is. The only one I haven't had is a brick in which the bootloader is overwritten with an incorrect/corrupt image (resulting in a hard brick and not fixable at the moment).
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The recovery works great and I greatly appreciate your efforts but, the menu is so tiny compared to the size of the screen. Is there a way to make it bigger? Also, the volume buttons are so awkward to use. I know that's not really something you can change but, its a thought.
BookCase said:
The recovery works great and I greatly appreciate your efforts but, the menu is so tiny compared to the size of the screen. Is there a way to make it bigger? Also, the volume buttons are so awkward to use. I know that's not really something you can change but, its a thought.
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I think you can partially control it via touch (EDIT: Nevermind), but when I tried to look for how to build cwm-touch, I couldn't find it. I think I actually prefer it like this, though, because, have you seen it install a nightly automatically? It looks beautiful & minimalistic.
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I think you can partially control it via touch, but when I tried to look for how to build cwm-touch, I couldn't find it. I think I actually prefer it like this, though, because, have you seen it install a nightly automatically? It looks beautiful & minimalistic.
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I have not, yet but, i will tomorrow, prolly. But, the touch doesn't matter too much its the tiny font on the huge screen that, if I could just get it a little bigger, i dunno.
BookCase said:
I have not, yet but, i will tomorrow, prolly. But, the touch doesn't matter too much its the tiny font on the huge screen that, if I could just get it a little bigger, i dunno.
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I'll try to see what I can do.
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I'll try to see what I can do.
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Cool. If not, no worries, it's still manageable. :good:
Just... SO AWESOME been waiting for a CWM since a long time,but I will say.. How come it hasn't been updated since 10.06.14?
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Just... SO AWESOME been waiting for a CWM since a long time,but I will say.. How come it hasn't been updated since 10.06.14?
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Because I haven't noticed any *very significant* changes between now and then. I can do a fresh build in a few days if you want --- my internet is out.
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Because I haven't noticed any *very significant* changes between now and then. I can do a fresh build in a few days if you want --- my internet is out.
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Ah.. I see.
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Updated OP.
- New version (6.0.5.1).
- Added installation instructions.

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