I have an US ATT Atrix2 with ICS (via OTA). CPU @ 1GHZ. I have rooted it. My next 2 goals are: 1.Try the Overclock mod 2. Later try NUMA Rom or perhaps the Paranoid Rom.
Next I have been searching & reading all over about CWM recovery etc. I have used these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346977
But I am pretty lost/confused regarding the terms: CWM recovery, A2 bootstrap, Bootmenu manager.
So I'll try to summarize my questions
1. Bootmenu manager: Is this the stock menu that shows up when holding down both vol button and powering on? What is the purpose/use of this?
-I see options: Normal power up, recovery, AP fastboot, BP tools. Can someone explain these or is there a thread?
-Is the AP Fast-boot mode used in conjunction with RSDLite to restore stock ROMs (stock ICS)?
-Can FXZ (.zip's) that custom roms come in be flashed from SD cards with this Bootmenu manager?
2. CWM recovery? Atrix2 bootstrap? I suppose both these go together and is essentially a "3rd party" recovery program? that allows us:
-to take/restore full backups and flashing of FXZ's?
-this is not same as the "ap fasboot" and using RSDLite?"
-AND this can be removed/uninstalled?"
I was looking at MOD OC/UC/init.d thread:
It says: "reboot into recovery you are using (you must be rooted with bootstrap, not sure if will work with bootmenu....)". What exactly do I need here?
gcretro said:
I have an US ATT Atrix2 with ICS (via OTA). CPU @ 1GHZ. I have rooted it. My next 2 goals are: 1.Try the Overclock mod 2. Later try NUMA Rom or perhaps the Paranoid Rom.
Next I have been searching & reading all over about CWM recovery etc. I have used these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346977
But I am pretty lost/confused regarding the terms: CWM recovery, A2 bootstrap, Bootmenu manager.
So I'll try to summarize my questions
1. Bootmenu manager: Is this the stock menu that shows up when holding down both vol button and powering on? What is the purpose/use of this?
-I see options: Normal power up, recovery, AP fastboot, BP tools. Can someone explain these or is there a thread?
-Is the AP Fast-boot mode used in conjunction with RSDLite to restore stock ROMs (stock ICS)?
-Can FXZ (.zip's) that custom roms come in be flashed from SD cards with this Bootmenu manager?
2. CWM recovery? Atrix2 bootstrap? I suppose both these go together and is essentially a "3rd party" recovery program? that allows us:
-to take/restore full backups and flashing of FXZ's?
-this is not same as the "ap fasboot" and using RSDLite?"
-AND this can be removed/uninstalled?"
I was looking at MOD OC/UC/init.d thread:
It says: "reboot into recovery you are using (you must be rooted with bootstrap, not sure if will work with bootmenu....)". What exactly do I need here?
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Cwm is the same for all phones, Google for clockwork mod recovery.
We have three implementations of cwm for our phone. They are the following.
1) bootmenu manager - it is as I said an implementation of cwm, but adds in a few features like dual booting 2 ROMS, and gets you the ability to get to it on every boot.
2) bootstrap - a no frills version of cwm, and you can not get into it on every boot without a hack. Most things in here are known to work 100% with bootstrap.
Now there are some things that need to be modified to work with boot menu, and others will just work, trying will usually not hurt you as you can fxz if you bootloop.
3) Cwm is also built into the cm based roms, cm10, cm10.1, PA, etc. This version allows you to get to it on every boot by hitting the volume down button when the blue led lights up.
Hope this cleared it up a little bit.
If something says it works with bootstrap only, then that is what you need, but again it might, just might work with boot menu, and prolly just has not been tested.
gcretro said:
I have an US ATT Atrix2 with ICS (via OTA). CPU @ 1GHZ. I have rooted it. My next 2 goals are: 1.Try the Overclock mod 2. Later try NUMA Rom or perhaps the Paranoid Rom.
Next I have been searching & reading all over about CWM recovery etc. I have used these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346977
But I am pretty lost/confused regarding the terms: CWM recovery, A2 bootstrap, Bootmenu manager.
So I'll try to summarize my questions
1. Bootmenu manager: Is this the stock menu that shows up when holding down both vol button and powering on? What is the purpose/use of this?
-I see options: Normal power up, recovery, AP fastboot, BP tools. Can someone explain these or is there a thread?
-Is the AP Fast-boot mode used in conjunction with RSDLite to restore stock ROMs (stock ICS)?
-Can FXZ (.zip's) that custom roms come in be flashed from SD cards with this Bootmenu manager?
2. CWM recovery? Atrix2 bootstrap? I suppose both these go together and is essentially a "3rd party" recovery program? that allows us:
-to take/restore full backups and flashing of FXZ's?
-this is not same as the "ap fasboot" and using RSDLite?"
-AND this can be removed/uninstalled?"
I was looking at MOD OC/UC/init.d thread:
It says: "reboot into recovery you are using (you must be rooted with bootstrap, not sure if will work with bootmenu....)". What exactly do I need here?
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^^^what he said. Plus a couple threads that I found very useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20389449
And:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32113181
They are a bit old, but the info is still relevant.
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Thx.
1. So with an all stock ICS, the factory menu that I get by holding both vol buttons and power is of no use to us? (and it's not any implemention of CWM). How is this factory menu referred to around here?. (Till I read your explanation above, I figured that call Bootmenu manager).
2. Before I try any roms, I want to take a complete back up the rooted ICS I have (so I can 100% restore and not loose anything incl my apps). What do I need to install for this? CWM Bootmenu manager or CWM bootstrap?
3. If I install the CWM bootmenu manager, you mention it gives the option on every boot. Will this be a nuisance need human intervention for normal power on?
gcretro said:
Thx.
1. So with an all stock ICS, the factory menu that I get by holding both vol buttons and power is of no use to us? (and it's not any implemention of CWM). How is this factory menu referred to around here?. (Till I read your explanation above, I figured that call Bootmenu manager).
2. Before I try any roms, I want to take a complete back up the rooted ICS I have (so I can 100% restore and not loose anything incl my apps). What do I need to install for this? CWM Bootmenu manager or CWM bootstrap?
3. If I install the CWM bootmenu manager, you mention it gives the option on every boot. Will this be a nuisance need human intervention for normal power on?
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1. It is used to get into fastboot mode to flash an fxz. It is called stock recovery.
2. Either one will work.
3. It's set to time out and boot automatically after a few seconds. Human intervention is only needed if you want to use the recovery mode. Its not a, nuisance, it's a very handy tool for getting out of boot loops.
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1BadWolf said:
1. It is used to get into fastboot mode to flash an fxz. It is called stock recovery.
2. Either one will work.
3. It's set to time out and boot automatically after a few seconds. Human intervention is only needed if you want to use the recovery mode. Its not a, nuisance, it's a very handy tool for getting out of boot loops.
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Appreciate your time and Jim's!. A2 Bootstrap are settling in after I watched this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcWpL_OJx8c
It explains A2 bootstrap and additionally "CWM_on_boot" mod (by JY Danny). I see one has to successfully boot into the phone to be able to launch A2 bootstrap which may not be possible in case of a screw up. Hence the advantage of doing the CWM on boot mod. (And using CWM boot strap, there is no need for RSDLite?). Is my understanding correct?
Now "Stock Recovery" and it's AP Fast-boot mode: is to be used in conjunction with RSDLite to flash stock ROMs (stock ICS)? (esp in case of a screw up). But the same can this also be done via CWM's "install from zip from sd card"?
gcretro said:
Appreciate your time and Jim's!. A2 Bootstrap are settling in after I watched this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcWpL_OJx8c
It explains A2 bootstrap and additionally "CWM_on_boot" mod (by JY Danny). I see one has to successfully boot into the phone to be able to launch A2 bootstrap which may not be possible in case of a screw up. Hence the advantage of doing the CWM on boot mod. (And using CWM boot strap, there is no need for RSDLite?). Is my understanding correct?
Now "Stock Recovery" and it's AP Fast-boot mode: is to be used in conjunction with RSDLite to flash stock ROMs (stock ICS)? (esp in case of a screw up). But the same can this also be done via CWM's "install from zip from sd card"?
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Well see you hit upon the one major issue with this device. It is that since we have a locked bootloader, we can't flash anything to the recovery partition on the phone, so that means that if you screw up your rom/image CWM is really useless to you, since it actually sits on the system partition with the ROM itself. Now bootmenu manager does place a set of files on the pre-install partition and is a little safer in that respect, but the core of it is still on the system partition, so if you bootloop bad enough, you will not be able to get into bootmenu or bootstrap even with the on every boot hack by J. Y. Daddy.
If the above happens and you can not get into CWM at all, then it is time to use RSD lite and flash the fxz. The FXZ is really your "backup" or your way out of a screw up.
You can backup all day long with CWM, but if you can't get to CWM to restore it, what good is the backup. You can just as easily fxz, and go the play store and install all of your apps again, and sync your contacts online with google, and you are back up and running in a little more time than a CWM restore anyhow.
The ONLY reason for CWM for this phone is to be able to flash ROMs, it really does not serve much more of a purpose. Now I will say that the CWM that is built into the CM based ROMS does not have as much of an issue in a bootloop as the other 2 CWM versions, so installing a CM based ROM may be your best bet, but most of them do have the "stock" camera app working, so you will need to use a 3rd party app to make that work, also the camera flash has issues too, but that be fixed as well.
Again all these things point out your choices and the faults of the CWM implementations we have here, so it really is your choice as to what is best for you and your useage. You can also try them all out, one at a time, and see which one is best for you.
jimbridgman said:
... so if you bootloop bad enough, you will not be able to get into bootmenu or bootstrap even with the on every boot hack by J. Y. Daddy.
If the above happens and you can not get into CWM at all, then it is time to use RSD lite and flash the fxz. The FXZ is really your "backup" or your way out of a screw up....
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I got it. So the ultimatesavior, is having the trio: Stock ICS fxz, RSD lite & the stock recovery's AP FAST boot (which i suppose in part of the factory bootloader).
Can you confirm/correct the steps below for this?
1. Hold pwr button and vol up&down.
2. Select AP Fastboot. Connect USB cable to computer.
3. Open up RSDLite 6.0, select the FZX and start it? (I read about keeping the FZX zip file in like C:\ and not a long path and also drag & drop the FXZ instead of browse)
4. and bam! all stock working atrix2 :victory:
gcretro said:
I got it. So the ultimatesavior, is having the trio: Stock ICS fxz, RSD lite & the stock recovery's AP FAST boot (which i suppose in part of the factory bootloader).
Can you confirm/correct the steps below for this?
1. Hold pwr button and vol up&down.
2. Select AP Fastboot. Connect USB cable to computer.
3. Open up RSDLite 6.0, select the FZX and start it? (I read about keeping the FZX zip file in like C:\ and not a long path and also drag & drop the FXZ instead of browse)
4. and bam! all stock working atrix2 :victory:
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Jim is much more knowledgeable than I am, but you've outlined it exactly the way I always do it.:thumbup: The only thing I would add to that is to make sure you have a good charge on your battery. I read somewhere that it should be 80%, but I always get a full charge to 100% just to be sure. If the battery dies or gets too low it will cause BIG problems. I found that out the hard way.
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1BadWolf said:
Jim is much more knowledgeable than I am, but you've outlined it exactly the way I always do it.:thumbup: The only thing I would add to that is to make sure you have a good charge on your battery. I read somewhere that it should be 80%, but I always get a full charge to 100% just to be sure. If the battery dies or gets too low it will cause BIG problems. I found that out the hard way.
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.....and make sure you have the most recent Motorola drivers installed, and use the USB cable that came with your phone. Also it is recommended to use the rear USB connector on PC.
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I am going to activate a new device today. Planning on letting OTA EE4 do its thing. Afterwards, what process should I follow to achive root?
Just do a little reading first before asking.
It's in one of the threads. I'll post which one if I come across it.
The step by step is there too.
Done PLENTY of reading before tackling this. Just lots of threads with lots of confusing steps. Just trying to consolidate this process into somewhat simple steps for the beginners. I will attempt to write out the procedure I follow tonight and post it for the beginners. Any help to get this started would be appreciated.
Yes. I have been reading too and did not see clearly how to root after OTA update
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Can't Find "How to Root from Latest EE4 Update"
I have been reading and searching for the exact same thing - if it is anywhere to be found, it must be buried pretty deep.
There are two ways to root your device. Depending on what you want the end result to be, one way may be quicker than the other.
1. If you want Voodoo and Root, but don't care about custom roms or uv/oc kernels. You can simply use ODIN to flash jt1134's kernel and reboot. It should convert to voodoo on the first boot and you are done.
2. If you want CWM Recovery and the ability to flash custom roms/ kernels in .zip format w/ CWM, You can flash CWM in ODIN and then boot direct to recovery by using the Vol up + Home+ Power button combo, releasing power when samsung logo appers.
Once in CWM flash the rom and kernel of your choice(already on your SDcard) and then reboot.
3. If you want both jt1134's kernel and CWM you just use odin to flash both rebooting in between. First the kernel then CWM.
Once updated
1. Reboot into recovery
2. Wait till you're at the recovery loader
3. Take out battery, disconnect any USB
4. Boot up in loading mode (vol down, plug in USB)
5. When loading screen comes on, you can put the battery back in
6. Use Odin to load the latest CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804)
7. It'll auto reboot and should put you back into recovery mode. You'll know you're in the right recovery if it's yellow and has the option to install zip from sdcard. If it doesn't take repeat steps 4-6 again (On my wife's phone I had to do it twice)
8. Use CWM to load PBJ's rooted kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104634)
9. reboot
Enjoy!
I too am trying to get guidance on this. I am at what I assume is stock ee4 after taking ota from rooted ed1 flash and I DID lose root.
I flashed the imnuts cwm onto phone a bit ago. It is current file updated yesterday I believe. The problem is that when I go into recovery mode via vol/home/pwr I get into what looks to be still the stock samsung recovery screen with no added options. Then lettering on screen is now blue though where I think it was different prior to flash? Leery of proceeding without some help !!
Thanx In Advance for Any Guidance !!
It has been suggested that you flash the Voodoo kernel after the ROM is installed via CWM it has worked better for many that way.
I tried flashing new cwm using method listed above in reply #7 .... after the flash completed the phone did reboot but to full reboot, it did not boot back to recovery. I shut phone down and go into recovery and it looks to be stock samsung recovery still but lettering is blue:
Android system recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils for BML
(selections list)
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/Factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd-card
no other options and lettering above is blue
down in screen I have yellow # Manual Mode #
looks to me like cwm flash did not take ?
Edit: Okay I got it !! I flashed again leaving battery out during whole process and now have voodoo cwm ....
On to next step *cringe*
Chopstix9 said:
I tried flashing new cwm using method listed above in reply #7 .... after the flash completed the phone did reboot but to full reboot, it did not boot back to recovery. I shut phone down and go into recovery and it looks to be stock samsung recovery still but lettering is blue:
Android system recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils for BML
(selections list)
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/Factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd-card
no other options and lettering above is blue
down in screen I have yellow # Manual Mode #
looks to me like cwm flash did not take ?
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You have to force the phone to recovery mode after flash, by pressing vol up+home+power, releasing power after samsung logo appears. If the phone boots up w/ the stock kernel, cwm is overwritten by stock recovery.
hoppermi said:
You have to force the phone to recovery mode after flash, by pressing vol up+home+power, releasing power after samsung logo appears. If the phone boots up w/ the stock kernel, cwm is overwritten by stock recovery.
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I flashed again and I am at the CWM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v 4.0.0.1
I have transfered the imnuts debloated ee4 to the sdcard
I use menu up/down to navigate to selections. After going down to the apply update from sdcard I press the home key to select. It just jumps back up to reboot system now. This happens no matter what selection I attempt to activate using the home key ...
I know I am close, what am I missing here ?
Thanks Tons For The Help
hoppermi said:
There are two ways to root your device. Depending on what you want the end result to be, one way may be quicker than the other.
1. If you want Voodoo and Root, but don't care about custom roms or uv/oc kernels. You can simply use ODIN to flash jt1134's kernel and reboot. It should convert to voodoo on the first boot and you are done.
2. If you want CWM Recovery and the ability to flash custom roms/ kernels in .zip format w/ CWM, You can flash CWM in ODIN and then boot direct to recovery by using the Vol up + Home+ Power button combo, releasing power when samsung logo appers.
Once in CWM flash the rom and kernel of your choice(already on your SDcard) and then reboot.
3. If you want both jt1134's kernel and CWM you just use odin to flash both rebooting in between. First the kernel then CWM.
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Thanks, I am in same boat, so many threads it is mind boggling.
I see that jt1134's kernel include the voodoo lag fix? What if I just want root. Really all I want it root so I can do some mild de-bloating, but want the phone in a position that if another OTA comes out I can just accept it without worrying.
Thanks!
Chopstix9 said:
I flashed again and I am at the CWM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v 4.0.0.1
I have transfered the imnuts debloated ee4 to the sdcard
I use menu up/down to navigate to selections. After going down to the apply update from sdcard I press the home key to select. It just jumps back up to reboot system now. This happens no matter what selection I attempt to activate using the home key ...
I know I am close, what am I missing here ?
Thanks Tons For The Help
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Choose the install zip from sdcard option, then navigate to where debloated rom is and select
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addictedtocars said:
Thanks, I am in same boat, so many threads it is mind boggling.
I see that jt1134's kernel include the voodoo lag fix? What if I just want root. Really all I want it root so I can do some mild de-bloating, but want the phone in a position that if another OTA comes out I can just accept it without worrying.
Thanks!
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Sounds like you just want a stock rooted kernel you can flash w / odin. Put in a request in and maybe one of the devs can accommodate you.
For now, I only know of jt's kernel for odin.
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I'm curious if we will ever see a one click root app for this phone like gingerbreak? What will it take to make it that easy? I have gingerbreak for my tablet(honeycomb 3.0) and it's a snap to switch back and forth.
I only want root to be able to edit some files (starup sounds) and for titanium backup. AND I want to be able to get the OTA updates without having to remeber all the hoops I have to jump through.
I'd gladly pay for a simple root solution for this phone.
I got mine rooted and after many screwups I stumbled onto a 3 step process that was easy as pie. Read my post in this forum 'How I Got to EE4 Root' ....
I rooted my TF101 model B80 using RazorClaw (nvflash is a no-go for this model). Installed CWM, all was well. I tried to install Prime ROM from CWM, and was unimpressed; tried to restore my Nandroid backup of original rooted OS. Now, Transformer will not boot into any recovery (neither CWM or original green android), and screen comes up garbled. Is there any way I can restore my original stock by merely putting a particular image on my external sd card?
Any other suggestions welcome, I just can't get to a screen (recovery or otherwise) where there is any readable text I can respond to. Nor can I turn the device off. It will continue to reboot in this fashion. When I get home today I'll be able to start from a dead battery.
Thanks
Did you wipe before restore?
davebugyi said:
Did you wipe before restore?
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Yes, I did a full wipe including dalvik cache before all restores. At this point, though, my primary concern is just finding a path back to usability!
DIncLover said:
I rooted my TF101 model B80 using RazorClaw (nvflash is a no-go for this model). Installed CWM, all was well. I tried to install Prime ROM from CWM, and was unimpressed; tried to restore my Nandroid backup of original rooted OS. Now, Transformer will not boot into any recovery (neither CWM or original green android), and screen comes up garbled. Is there any way I can restore my original stock by merely putting a particular image on my external sd card?
Any other suggestions welcome, I just can't get to a screen (recovery or otherwise) where there is any readable text I can respond to. Nor can I turn the device off. It will continue to reboot in this fashion. When I get home today I'll be able to start from a dead battery.
Thanks
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I had the same situation..I used the unbrick method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123429
then you could try restore a backup ..
To turn off the device press the power button for 10-15 seconds..
bruuuno said:
I had the same situation..I used the unbrick method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123429
then you could try restore a backup ..
To turn off the device press the power button for 10-15 seconds..
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I can try this when I get home today.... I'm just concerned because the method involves nvflash .... which I thought didn't work from the newer TF models (I have a model B80). I needed to wait for the RazorClaw exploit because previous attempts at using nvflash failed....
Then NVFlash will fail still...
davebugyi said:
Then NVFlash will fail still...
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So am I hopelessly hosed?
Sounds like this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321207&highlight=green+screen
Being you can't get back into CWM not sure how you'll flash the stock kernel.
HAve you tried Holding Vol Down button plus Power button till you get prompt to enter recovery at which time immediately push Vol up button withion 5 sec.
baseballfanz said:
Sounds like this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321207&highlight=green+screen
Being you can't get back into CWM not sure how you'll flash the stock kernel.
HAve you tried Holding Vol Down button plus Power button till you get prompt to enter recovery at which time immediately push Vol up button withion 5 sec.
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OK .... my bad.... I guess I wasn't pressing the buttons in the right sequence/duration. I CAN get to CWM!
So, once again, I try to restore the Nandroid backup and after rebooting, end up with the screen situation as in the reference you provided.
So, I am assuming my Nandroid backup is not restoring the kernel that it needs. I was running a recent OTA update; I believe the version was 8.6.5.19.
Where can I get the appropriate kernel to install from CWM? Does it matter in what order I install the kernel and the Nandroid backup?
DIncLover said:
Where can I get the appropriate kernel to install from CWM? Does it matter in what order I install the kernel and the Nandroid backup?
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Look here
http://www.gnufabio.com/revolver/dls/
Same issue, no recovery though
Hi,
I have the same issue as the original poster, B80 serial, RazorClaw root. However, when I boot to recovery I get the green android with yellow triangle and exclamation mark.
I need to restore a recovery on my device as I may need to unroot to send to Asus. I have an even deeper problem of having to have the device connected to power for it to turn on after shut down.
However my main question is for that serial number and root method, what is the best way to flash a recovery on my device (stock or CWM) if I can not get into recovery to begin with?
P.S. RecoveryInstaller will not work, after installing the apk, I click the flash recovery button, the system holds for a bit, then nothing happens.
I will continue to search the forms for some answers, any insights or direction will be appreciated.
I can get into apx mode.
Thank you community!
I think you can flash the recovery via the staging partition. Search around the TF section, it's in here somewhere. Although, I wonder why the 1 click recovery didn't work?
gee one said:
I think you can flash the recovery via the staging partition. Search around the TF section, it's in here somewhere. Although, I wonder why the 1 click recovery didn't work?
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Everything I see in the forms requires one of several conditions which my TF doesn't currently meet.
1. Recovery. I can not go into any recovery, thus I can not perform any flashing of any other rom or recovery.
2. B70 or later. Because of the security in the boot for these new serials, I can not use the NVFlash tools to un-brick / flash.
I am already rooted, however I do not know the reason for lack of recovery on this device. I unfortunately bought it yesterday from Craigslist, so not sure what this guy did before I got it.
I searched for flashing recovery staging partition and did not find anything immediately relevant. Please advice is there is a different wording I should use in my search as I am now getting an immense download on all of this trying to figure out what to do. I am also fairly new to Android devices having 1 other phone that is rooted.
Thank you for all the support and quick response! wonderful community here.
Try searching for posts with /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
This is particularly dangerous because you don't have access to nvflash. If you get bootloops, it is bricked. You have to be sure that whatever you flash will be 100% compatible with what you have now.
Also, when you try to boot into recovery, what does the text at the top say? There should be a version number in there somewhere.
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gee one said:
Try searching for posts with /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
This is particularly dangerous because you don't have access to nvflash. If you get bootloops, it is bricked. You have to be sure that whatever you flash will be 100% compatible with what you have now.
Also, when you try to boot into recovery, what does the text at the top say? There should be a version number in there somewhere.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
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Thank you gee one. I have since been able to install clockworkmod. My issue with the power not turning on if not plugged in still persists, I have started a separate thread.
I found your post on the staging partition here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309949&highlight=power
Do you recommend this for the issue still persisting?
If so, considering I am on 8.6.5.19 will I have to use the blob from that? It is not on Asus website as I got it from the firmware update option in the settings before loading up my new ROM.
Do you recommend this step as the only resolution or is there another way?
Ok let me get this straight:
You have clockworkmod installed. Can you boot into it and do the buttons work?
Are you getting a garbled screen when you boot into the rom? Or are you just trying to unroot?
The tricky part is to avoid the bootloops of death.
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Honestly what i would do if i were you, assuming i understood correctly that you can get into clockworkmod, just reflash the prime rom you didnt like(after wiping everything, including cache and dalvik), and if it boots and everythings okay, at least you know nothings really wrong with ur tablet. As for the plug in situation, make sure your battery isnt simply dead. As far as i know, it wont charge from recovery, so if uve been stuck without a booting rom for a while, it being dead could definitely be possible. Once you are in a working rom and you sorted out the charging issue, then you should worry about getting back to stock.
Thank you camaros,
I am able to load stock ROM successfully.
Battery is not dead as it is fully charged, and will run un tethered after powerup. I will test resetting it although I doubt that is causing it.
What i would like to determine is, is this related to a hardware or software issue?
Also, is there a way to restore stock recovery from CWM?
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
wierd165 said:
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
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Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
mahanddeem said:
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
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I have reverted back from 4.0.3 yesterday by reflashing the full 2.3.6 rom without any issues. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by losing IMEI.
My phone works just fine after doing this (more than once!).
pcbroch said:
Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
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Ok here's my problem i did the ics update earlier before you told me this and still having issues, now when I go to recovery I get a android with his chest open with a red caution sign on it...how could I just format everything, essentially make it the way it was out of box so I could start over...because of all the issues I'm currently having.
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
OK thanks...Just please let's summarize this
1.You were on I9020T bone stock , unrooted
2.You had GB 2.3.6
3.You updated manually (or OTA) to 4.0.3
4.You decided to revert to GB 2.3.6
5.You used exactly the same method of manual update (stock recovery after copying the .zip file and in this case the full ROM of 2.3.6 to SD)
6.You followed the stock recovery steps and chose the .zip 2.3.6..
7.After everything was setup , you booted into GB 2.3.6 without any problems
Is that right ? or better if you make the exact detailed steps you did to revert to GB 2.3.6 would be apreciated
Thanks
furiannn said:
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
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Tried, but then I get this error:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: !less_than_int(1316544229. getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any help?
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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Raver27 said:
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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how would I go about flashing the custom recovery? I tried to flash another full rom package with the recovery in it and like i said i got that error...
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
furiannn said:
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
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I don't believe I have a folder as such, being a person who is not familiar with the lingo, etc of all this i rooted it with one-click mod, and just flash things through this, are you saying I can flash things externally? sorry to sound like a bum, but i'm trying to understand thanks.
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
furiannn said:
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
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I'm using clockwork right now, but it seems to be corrupted, im running 4.0.3 right now on a full rom package, so your saying I should still do this? I think i may have done all that before, as the phone is rooted, but I used the one-click method instead.
Just download that file and then you'll have what you need on your pc to do what i mentioned above. Plug the phone in and reflash the new recovery which will not harm it, and then you'll be able to stick gingerbread or ICS back on. You gotta try things out otherwise you'll not understand what is going on. I dont know of any one click thing that will let you go back to default as it was before. After it flashes the new recovery, scroll down to "recovery" on the screen and press the power button, dont restart the system.
In hindsight, while the one click methods are easy to use, theyre getting used by people that dont do the necessary research to learn about the rooting and flashing process. This means you end up skipping so much that you learn about the whole rooting and flashing proocess when doing it manually, which in turn means you have more trouble getting out of it if you want it back to the way it was! No offence intended here, but you just need to man up and do it! All will be well
"IV. Flash the Recovery Image
1. Remove the battery from your device (if you put it back in).
2. Plug the phone in via USB cable to your computer.
3. Right click OneClickRecoveryFlasher.exe inside the NvFlasher folder inside the file you extracted in section II and select Run As Administrator (if such an option doesn’t exist, just select Open).
4. Once it is done, unplug the device from the USB cable.
5. Now, hold Volume Up and Volume Down (and keep holding them through the next couple of steps).
6. Plug the phone in via USB Cable (with the volume up and volume down still being held).
7. While still holding the volume up and volume down buttons, click on Flash ClockworkMod 3.0.2.7 on your computer.
8. Once it says “S/W Upgrade – Please wait while upgrading…”, you can let go of the volume up and volume down and just wait for it to finish flashing in the command prompt.
9. Once it is done, it’ll say press any key to continue in the command prompt window on the computer. That means it is done, press enter then unplug your device from the computer.
10. Put your battery back in.
11. To boot into recovery mode in the future, simply turn off the phone then turn it back on by holding down Volume Down and Power and keep holding it until you see the word Android in Orange letters.
V. (Optional) Flash a Custom ROM
1. Head to our How To Flash a Custom ROM procedure to begin flashing custom ROMs (like Gingerbread ROMS etc.).
VI. (Optional) Flash Back to Normal Recovery
1. You can follow section IV but click Flash Stock instead of Flash ClockworkMod to get back to a stock recovery image."
this is the way i flashed my phone, i tired different roms but in my opinion the g2x is not really worth rooting, so i want to go back to stock. i did a back up before flashing any new roms,
so my question is if i restore the original back up,follow step IV but then go to "flash stock" instead of Flash ClockworkMod ,will that unroot my phone completely stock? (tmobile wont know that it was ever rooted?)
thanks for the help, i read other unroot methods but not sure if this will do.
I believe that just puts back the default recovery and removers CWM. Looking at the steps you took, you never rooted your phone in the first place. Do you remember using SuperOneClick or another rooting tool? Flashing Recovery!= rooting.
Jufjufjuf said:
I believe that just puts back the default recovery and removers CWM. Looking at the steps you took, you never rooted your phone in the first place. Do you remember using SuperOneClick or another rooting tool? Flashing Recovery!= rooting.
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all i did was this steps
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
but i am rooted, i flashed three different roms to try them out, i used different rooting apps. but I dont think its worth flashing (IMO)
g2uzer said:
all i did was this steps
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
but i am rooted, i flashed three different roms to try them out, i used different rooting apps. but I dont think its worth flashing (IMO)
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After installing CWM did you immediately make a backup? If so you weren't rooted. The ROMS you installed were but the backup isn't. Just try to install an app that requires root privileges and see if it works. If it does, just download SuperOneClick and click Un-Root.
Jufjufjuf said:
After installing CWM did you immediately make a backup? If so you weren't rooted. The ROMS you installed were but the backup isn't. Just try to install an app that requires root privileges and see if it works. If it does, just download SuperOneClick and click Un-Root.
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Sorry, I'm new at rooting and this is first phone I rooted, but yea your right, it won't let me use rooted apps on the first back up I did (stock one) it only let me on the other Roms I installed, so how I get back to completely stock? If I hold power and down volume it takes me to recovery, Thanks for all the help
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Download the stock nandroid in dev thread place it in /sdcard/clockwork/backup. Then restore!
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Then after you reflash the stock nandroid use Nvflash to flash the stock recovery back onto the phone.
Thanks for all te help
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Guys I've been seeing a lot of people having problems flashing new ROMS and having problems with using RSD and flashing the FXZ. This thread is here to guide you on a fix that will keep you up and running no matter what problems you ever encounter. This is also for the beginners who have never flashed a ROM before and are scared they may not be happy with it, this will be a way for you to get back to exactly where you were before the flash.
Lets start with the items we will need. Everythimg I'm listing I personally use everyday so they have been tried and tested by myself and many more people on here so before anyone comes on here saying this didnt work for me, let me stop you there because they all work.
YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ROOTED BEFORE ANY OF THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU. THIS IS ALL COVERED IN THE BEGINNERS GUIDE FOR BOTH 2.3.5 AND 2.3.6 SO I'M NOT GOING TO COVER IT AGAIN
ATRIX2 BOOTSTRAP
get it HERE
INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO USE
Steps to use bootstrap:
1. Install the Atrix2Bootstrap.apk
2. Select "Bootstrap Recovery"
3. Superuser will prompt for permissions
4. Select "Reboot Recovery"
When the phone reboots it will boot up into Clockworkmod Recovery.
J.Y.Daddy's BOOT INTO CWM RECOVERY ON BOOT
get it HERE
installation instructions:
1. First, CWM Recovery install.(Atrix2 Bootstrap)
2. Attachment file(RAZR-CWMOnBoot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip) download and copy to SDcard.
3. Boot into CWM using Atrix2 Bootstrap
4. in recovery menu: "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" -> select file.
5. After completed update, reboot.
6. After reboot, OPEN Superuser and set permissionons on Atrix2 Bootstrap to deny. (Very important)
7. reboot. (is all finished)
* After all is completed. On every reboot, you will boot into recovery. No big deal just select reboot and you will boot up normally now.
NOW GO AND GET THE REBOOT FROM THE POWER BUTTON MENU
Get it HERE
1. Boot into CWM
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced)
4. Install the reboot.zip
Now that you have all of this installed corretly and have checked to make sure it is all working properly make a CWM backup NOW! It doesnt matter if you are on 2.3.5 or 2.3.6 if what you are running is working very good and you are pleased with it make a backup of it. This way if something goes wrong you always have a backup and now have access to it upon boot so you will no longer have to ever use RSD unless you totally fry your phone.
THIS WILL SPEED UP THE NANDROID PROCESS DRAMASTICALLY!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THIS BUT IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND I LOVE IT
Go into sdcard/clockworkmod and create a file named ".hidenandroidprogress" without the parenthesis. The easiest way I have found to do this is using ES File Explorer and go into your sdcard/clockworkmod and hit the menu button and select new, then file and call it ".hidenandroidprogress " . This file wont show up until you look at your phone on your computer but its there. Im sure you can use the same process using Root explorer.
How to perform a backup
1. boot into CWM
2. select backup and restore
3. select backup and let CWM do it thing, be patient this will take a while
4. select reboot system now
That's it your done! Make a mental note of the date and what system you were on in case you have multiple backups on file.
A helpful tip, I have a folder just for all of my backups on my computer that way I dont have 5 or so backups to confuse me on my phone. Each backup has its own folder with system name and what ROM I was using.
Now that you have all of this installed and a backup go out and try some of the great ROMS we have with the confidence that if soemthing goes bad you now have a way to get back to exactly where you were before the problem started.
WHAT HAPPENS IT I HAVE A BOOTLOOP?
No big deal just pull your battery and let it boot into CWM and then perform a restore and you will be back and running in a matter of minutes!
Guys this is truly the fastest and easiest means by far that I have found. Hopefully it will help you too!!!!
I rebooted my phone and have a backup with CWM but when i use Room Tool Box Pro to install the battery icon I get alot of FC's. Then I have to use bootstrap to CWM an older backup and how do I change mt battery in RomTool Box Pro without the FC's???
thanks for the guide JRW!
One drawback of the CWM on boot is that it doesn't like it when you power off the phone then try to charge it... you'll end up in an endless reboot of CWM -> reboot -> Big M -> CWM -> reboot etc. It's not a big drawback because the A2 still charges rapidly while fully powered on.
mkrunk12 said:
I rebooted my phone and have a backup with CWM but when i use Room Tool Box Pro to install the battery icon I get alot of FC's. Then I have to use bootstrap to CWM an older backup and how do I change mt battery in RomTool Box Pro without the FC's???
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I never use rom tool box as I found too many problems with it.
cogeary said:
thanks for the guide JRW!
One drawback of the CWM on boot is that it doesn't like it when you power off the phone then try to charge it... you'll end up in an endless reboot of CWM -> reboot -> Big M -> CWM -> reboot etc. It's not a big drawback because the A2 still charges rapidly while fully powered on.
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My phone never gets powered off, so I've never experienced this. Phone gets drained then put kn charge till I get it off
Thank You, I'm new to this and this really helps to have it in one place!
I went through all the steps, when I flashed the REBOOT MOD and then reloaded, it is stuck in a booting loop
Please help me
I Managed to restore using Nandroid Backup to my stock 2.3.6.. Anyways thanks for that simplified procedure
Stuck in bootloop after flashing reboot.zip. And done the noob thing - no nandroid backup. Any help?
Thanks.
Thanks for the speedy nan tip. Makes backups breeze by.
This is one of the best threads on this site. Should be a stickie imo.
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Problem
JRW 28 said:
Guys I've been seeing a lot of people having problems flashing new ROMS and having problems with using RSD and flashing the FXZ. This thread is here to guide you on a fix that will keep you up and running no matter what problems you ever encounter. This is also for the beginners who have never flashed a ROM before and are scared they may not be happy with it, this will be a way for you to get back to exactly where you were before the flash.
Lets start with the items we will need. Everythimg I'm listing I personally use everyday so they have been tried and tested by myself and many more people on here so before anyone comes on here saying this didnt work for me, let me stop you there because they all work.
YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ROOTED BEFORE ANY OF THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU. THIS IS ALL COVERED IN THE BEGINNERS GUIDE FOR BOTH 2.3.5 AND 2.3.6 SO I'M NOT GOING TO COVER IT AGAIN
ATRIX2 BOOTSTRAP
get it HERE
INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO USE
Steps to use bootstrap:
1. Install the Atrix2Bootstrap.apk
2. Select "Bootstrap Recovery"
3. Superuser will prompt for permissions
4. Select "Reboot Recovery"
When the phone reboots it will boot up into Clockworkmod Recovery.
J.Y.Daddy's BOOT INTO CWM RECOVERY ON BOOT
get it HERE
installation instructions:
1. First, CWM Recovery install.(Atrix2 Bootstrap)
2. Attachment file(RAZR-CWMOnBoot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip) download and copy to SDcard.
3. Boot into CWM using Atrix2 Bootstrap
4. in recovery menu: "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" -> select file.
5. After completed update, reboot.
6. After reboot, OPEN Superuser and set permissionons on Atrix2 Bootstrap to deny. (Very important)
7. reboot. (is all finished)
* After all is completed. On every reboot, you will boot into recovery. No big deal just select reboot and you will boot up normally now.
NOW GO AND GET THE REBOOT FROM THE POWER BUTTON MENU
Get it HERE
1. Boot into CWM
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced)
4. Install the reboot.zip
Now that you have all of this installed corretly and have checked to make sure it is all working properly make a CWM backup NOW! It doesnt matter if you are on 2.3.5 or 2.3.6 if what you are running is working very good and you are pleased with it make a backup of it. This way if something goes wrong you always have a backup and now have access to it upon boot so you will no longer have to ever use RSD unless you totally fry your phone.
THIS WILL SPEED UP THE NANDROID PROCESS DRAMASTICALLY!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THIS BUT IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND I LOVE IT
Go into sdcard/clockworkmod and create a file named ".hidenandroidprogress" without the parenthesis. The easiest way I have found to do this is using ES File Explorer and go into your sdcard/clockworkmod and hit the menu button and select new, then file and call it ".hidenandroidprogress " . This file wont show up until you look at your phone on your computer but its there. Im sure you can use the same process using Root explorer.
How to perform a backup
1. boot into CWM
2. select backup and restore
3. select backup and let CWM do it thing, be patient this will take a while
4. select reboot system now
That's it your done! Make a mental note of the date and what system you were on in case you have multiple backups on file.
A helpful tip, I have a folder just for all of my backups on my computer that way I dont have 5 or so backups to confuse me on my phone. Each backup has its own folder with system name and what ROM I was using.
Now that you have all of this installed and a backup go out and try some of the great ROMS we have with the confidence that if soemthing goes bad you now have a way to get back to exactly where you were before the problem started.
WHAT HAPPENS IT I HAVE A BOOTLOOP?
No big deal just pull your battery and let it boot into CWM and then perform a restore and you will be back and running in a matter of minutes!
Guys this is truly the fastest and easiest means by far that I have found. Hopefully it will help you too!!!!
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Hi,
While doing below:-
NOW GO AND GET THE REBOOT FROM THE POWER BUTTON MENU
Get it HERE
1. Boot into CWM
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced)
4. Install the reboot.zip
I forgotten the step 2 and 3 and my phone now kept restarting at the Motorola Logo there.
Please help!
Pull the battery. Automatically boot into cwm recovery (assuming you installed that prior). Restore your backup (assuming you did that).
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@JRW does the reboot script add anything at all other than the reboot option? Does it affect lockscreen, notification screen, status bar etc. Thanks.
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KEB64 said:
@JRW does the reboot script add anything at all other than the reboot option? Does it affect lockscreen, notification screen, status bar etc. Thanks.
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Yes it adds a lot of features since one if the main items is your framework-res hpdi.
JRW 28 said:
NOW GO AND GET THE REBOOT FROM THE POWER BUTTON MENU
Get it HERE
1. Boot into CWM
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced)
4. Install the reboot.zip
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Wait... Why do you need the reboot option in power menu?? It's not necessary for CWM on Boot to run... or is it somehow? I've been using CWM on Boot on my stock odexed (obviously no reboot option) with no problems...
alteredlikeness said:
Wait... Why do you need the reboot option in power menu?? It's not necessary for CWM on Boot to run... or is it somehow? I've been using CWM on Boot on my stock odexed (obviously no reboot option) with no problems...
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Its not necessary, just having the option to reboot was an option they could choose to have invluded and I felt it was a helpful option
JRW 28 said:
Its not necessary, just having the option to reboot was an option they could choose to have invluded and I felt it was a helpful option
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It is a very helpful option
Also, don't know if this is worth mentioning, or even necessary, but after flashing back to 2.3.5, I always do the OTA update to 2.3.6 before any rooting or trying to restore a backup through CWM. I have a feeling that restoring a rom based on 2.3.6, doesn't go well over a 2.3.5 build. Also, is there a way to stick that 2.3.6 ota update in your system files, so you don't have to wait for the dang download everytime?
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alteredlikeness said:
It is a very helpful option
Also, don't know if this is worth mentioning, or even necessary, but after flashing back to 2.3.5, I always do the OTA update to 2.3.6 before any rooting or trying to restore a backup through CWM. I have a feeling that restoring a rom based on 2.3.6, doesn't go well over a 2.3.5 build. Also, is there a way to stick that 2.3.6 ota update in your system files, so you don't have to wait for the dang download everytime?
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That is a good question that I don't know the answer to. But I do know that everytime I'va had to flash back to 2.3.5 I've had zero problems just rooting installing A2 bootstrap and restoring my most current backup, which is on 2.3.6
ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD BACKUP ON FILE AT ALL TIMES
JRW 28 said:
That is a good question that I don't know the answer to. But I do know that everytime I'va had to flash back to 2.3.5 I've had zero problems just rooting installing A2 bootstrap and restoring my most current backup, which is on 2.3.6
ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD BACKUP ON FILE AT ALL TIMES
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Thanks. Good to know that I don't have to go to 2.3.6 everytime before restoring.. so, that kinda nullifies my previous question...
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