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[Q] Rom manager keeps asking me to install CWM Recovery but it is already installed

I have a rooted Sony Ericsson X8. I installed rom manager to backup my current rom before doing anything else (other than rooting). When I tried to backup I got that warning saying I had to install CWM Recovery. I looked for tutorials and flashed it thru xRecovery. Next time I booted into recovery I saw that CWM Recovery was installed. I booted into normal mode and opened Rom Manager. Then, when I tried to backup, I get the same warning saying I need CWM Recovery installed (even though it is allredy installed).
I did try "manual flash override" but it keeps prompting that damn list of CWM Recovery phone images where my phone is obviously not listed.
What am I doing wrong? Do I screw Rom Manager and backup/flash manually via the recovery boot mode?

Screw this app, I am doing this the manual way, there seems to be no way to make Rom Manager work.

Bump. I would like to know the answer to this one. I am running cm6. ROM Manager asks me the same thing, and as stated above our beloved sony x8 is mentioned in the list of phones. What do ppl have against our glorious phone

If you are rooted, but on a stock ROM, the stock Recovery will be persistent, i.e it will replace the custom one on every reboot of the device. You can stop this by deleting certain files, (whose names i don't remember, but could probably be found with a search of the forum.)

It's a common issue on Rom manager
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start the rom manager and press menu then press manual flash override. should stop asking you.

[Q] ROM Manager doesn't recognize CWM Recovery ?

Just finished successfully rooting my HTC Vivid, following the wonderful SuperGuide by slapshot30
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836&highlight=rom+manager​However, when I run ROM Manager (freshly installed from the market), it doesn't appear to recognize CWM Recovery even though it's clearly installed.
The ROM Manager version is 5.0.0.6, and the CWM Recovery version is 5.5.0.4
I see that the when I boot into Recovery, it is headlined as "CWM-based Recovery", which is probably why ROM Manager doesn't recognize it, but I'd like to know that such is the case. I tried posting this question in that thread, but I guess I'm too new to be allowed to.
Thanks for any help.
-RKA

[Q] CWM TWRP booting kernel issue

I posted last night but I was exhausted and the post was rambling and hard to follow. No wonder I didn't get any responses. I'll try not to make this tl;dr.
Can't enter recovery on my tablet (rooted and unlocked.) I always get stuck on "Booting Recovery kernel image."
I've used CWM and now TWRP. With GooManager I try to Install Openrecoveryscript but I get "no recoveries were found for your device" every time. I have installed TWRP via fastboot and it appears to take, but no joy.
Just installed Kernel Manager and when I go to Load Kernel List the list is blank. Is that even possible?
I've been working on this for days. I've googled the hell out of it and can't find any answers that work. Please help!

Problem with TWRP -Solved-

Hi all,
I'm trying to get root access on my OPO, so I read some information about the process.
It has CM 11S R38.
* Update recovery unchecked.
* Bootloader unlocked.
Til here everything is OK. The problem starts when I install TWRP or any other custom recovery (I've tried also with Philz CWM). After the installation (via fastboot) it says everything was correct, but when I restart in Recovery the device just "freezes" (actually is the screen which keeps with OPO Logo) and then it becomes to black screen. After this happens I have to force a soft-reset to restart system.
I've tried to roll back to the stock recovery and it works perfectly. But any time I try to flash the custom recovery again, then blackscreen...
I really want to root my device, but I need the custom recovery to install the binaries.
I would be happy if I can bypass the recovery installation, that's not compulsory for me. My plan was indeed flash the binaries and roll back to stock recovery.
Thanks in advance!:good:

ironwick said:
Hi all,
I'm trying to get root access on my OPO, so I read some information about the process.
It has CM 11S R38.
* Update recovery unchecked.
* Bootloader unlocked.
Til here everything is OK. The problem starts when I install TWRP or any other custom recovery (I've tried also with Philz CWM). After the installation (via fastboot) it says everything was correct, but when I restart in Recovery the device just "freezes" (actually is the screen which keeps with OPO Logo) and then it becomes to black screen. After this happens I have to force a soft-reset to restart system.
I've tried to roll back to the stock recovery and it works perfectly. But any time I try to flash the custom recovery again, then blackscreen...
I really want to root my device, but I need the custom recovery to install the binaries.
I would be happy if I can bypass the recovery installation, that's not compulsory for me. My plan was indeed flash the binaries and roll back to stock recovery.
Thanks in advance!:good:
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i had issue when my recovery was always returned to stock CM recovery
- in developer options there is checkbox "Update CM recovery", have you unchecked that?

Night5talker said:
i had issue when my recovery was always returned to stock CM recovery
- in developer options there is checkbox "Update CM recovery", have you unchecked that?
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Yes, and did not work.
But finally I managed to install Philz Recovery. So it's solved for me. :good:

I have the same problem, but I need multirom and without TWRP it doesn't work. Anyone help us?

ValoXis said:
I have the same problem, but I need multirom and without TWRP it doesn't work. Anyone help us?
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For me TWRP works only on ColorOS but the OS doesn't boot, with 11S the OS boots but recovery doesn't boot.

[Completed] CM13 + CWM + Gapps = Brick

Ok. I have a Samsung S4 mini. Yesterday I installed CM13. Dumb thing to do.
It was an automatic update from CMUpdater, so not through the Recovery menu.
For my surprise, I noticed that this update also updated the ClockWorkMod Recovery to the latest version available.
The CM13 installation went well actually .The phone booted fine. Then of course I needed the new Gapps installed. I downloaded the correct Gapps. Boot into CWM recovery. Choose the Gapps ZIP file. And... Error! I went back to phone to enable root acess (ADB & Apps), and enabled USB debugging also. And...Error! No way to install Gapps with CWM recovery.
After some search I realize that the new Gapps for CM13 is somehow not compatible with the CWM recovery that was instaled. So I downloaded ROM MANAGER to change the recovery to TWRP, which everybody said would perfectly flash the Gapps smoothly. Nothing happened. No TWPR. Only CWM still on. Then I downloaded Flashify and went back and forth on installing and unistalling TWPR and CWM. On and On.
Conclusion: somewhere along the process not only I couldn´t install TWRP recovery, but also have wrecked the CWM recovery. Now, no matter what I do, I cannot enter recovery mode at all, hence i cannot neither install Gapps or Reinstall another ROM to "start from scratch"....
I can boot the phone normally.
I can boot into donwload mode normally.
I tried installing TWRP .tar with ODIN3 but it keeps saying "cant open USB port", so it fails.
I have also installed KIES. It sucessfully install drivers, but fails to connect with my device.
Is there anyway to install a Recovery or a fresh new ROM without having to boot recovery?!
Some help? Please.

Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Do you have USB debugging enabled in system settings to allow flashing via Odin? You may not even need to use Odin.
Try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/help
The experts there may be able to help.
Register an XDA account to post and reply in the forums. Good luck.