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Can't install Cyanogen 4.2.6 nor Dwang 1.13

I am completely stuck as of now, tried everything! No idea what else I could try. I basically can install any rom just fine, Dwang 1.12 works fine, Cyanogen Mod 4.2.5 works fine too. I am not able to install the latest ones by either though, what could be the issue?
I have rooted MyTouch 3g.

What do you have on your phone right now, and what methods have you tried? What have your steps been?

I have 2 MyTouch 3g phones actually, one is my roomie's and I can install dwang's 1.13 just fine on it, weird .
For dwangs:
Backup
Wipe
Install
Reboot and get stuck on the MT3G boot screen
For Cyanogens:
Backup
Wipe
Install rooted Base
Install Cyanogens
Reboot and get stuck at MT3G boot screen.
It is my understanding that Dwang's latest is based off Cyanogen's 4.2.6, thus I can see why both of them won't work. But why?
I am on Cyanogen's 1.4 recovery tools, I've had Amon RA 1.3.2, as well as RA 1.4.
HBOOT: 1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
Radio: 2.22.19.26I

anybody?

afive720 said:
anybody?
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Sorry i can't help, but just to add on... I'm having almost the same issue, but with a G1. Although i can install any of Dwang's versions, including 1.13, but as far as cyanogen goes, 4.2.5 works great, but 4.2.6 and 4.2.7.1 i get stuck at the g1 logo when trying to flash. If anyone can help my set up is
SPL 1.33.0006
Radio 2.22.19.26I
Amon_RA recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img

have you both done thorough wipes through the console?

Are you flashing the signed developer zip file before trying to flash the rom itself?
The process should be...
Wipe
flash signed dream developer zip
NO REBOOT
flash the rom zip on top of the previous zip
Reboot
you can find links to the signed dream dev zip here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593626
Since the first guy has a mt3g, you'll need to find that primary file. The dream one wont do it for you.
check cyanogen's wiki over at cyanogenmod.com

I've had a similar problem. I follow all the instructions correctly, but Dwang's 1.13 works and CM doesn't. For CM I did everything, wiped, flashed 1.6, flashed CM, rebooted, and then it would go back into Recovery for some reason. I'd reboot again and it'd hang on the Rogers screen for me. I couldn't fix it so I wiped, flashed Dwang's, and his worked fine. No clue why CM wouldn't work for me since that's the ROM I actually wanted.

DiSTroy3d said:
For CM I did everything, wiped, flashed 1.6, flashed CM, rebooted, and then it would go back into Recovery for some reason. I'd reboot again and it'd hang on the Rogers screen for me.
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Yes the first reboot writes the radio files. The second boot writes the cache.
You will have to hit reboot when the cache writing stops. (reboot will become an option in the recovery)
This is the first boot of a brand new OS as far as your phone is concerned and it will take a few minutes. The boot process will take a while. The phone is writing and moving the entire android OS.
I have had mine hang for about 10 minutes before. Sometimes it is 5 minutes.
Mine normally hangs for about 2-5 in the G1 boot screen and another 3-5 in the cyanogen logo.

Want to reinstall CMod

hi,
a few days ago i uninstalled google maps on my G1 running the latest version on CyanogenMod. So i thouhgt i would reset everything by doing a wipe in the CM recovery Console (v1.4). So after doing a wipe i see that Google maps is still not there again. Im aware that i can install it again, but i would like to do a complete reset of all system files.
Could someone give me a hint on how to do this?
Thanks!

We need a little more info to be able to help.
What version of CM are you running?
Are you willing to do a complete wipe?
Were you running apps2sd?
Were you running a swap file or compcache?
Were you running a modified boot img?
Do you have a nandroid back-up?
Do you have any form of back up?
IF you don't know the answers to any of those that is fine, an "I don't know" is better than a "No", when it was really a "Yes".
All CM roms after {at least} 4.2.3.1 need the signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (signed.zip)
{You can do a search for the link on these forums.}
The Google Maps apk comes from the signed.zip. Reflashing the CM on later versions will not get you anything from Google.
In fact you can really mess up your phone if you don't have the signed.zip .
You might wanna find it, download it, and have it on hand for when you need it.
And let us know the answers to the above questions so we can help you out.

Thanks for the reply!
I'm running CyanogenMod v4.2.8.1
Yes, i would love to do a complete wipe
I was not using swap2sd or compcache(as far as i know)
Concerning the Boot Image i have Recovery 1.4
Yes, i have Nandroid backup
Firmware-Version: 1.6
Baseband-Version: 62.50S.20.17U_2-22-19.26I
Kernel-Version: 2.6.29.6-cm42 [email protected] )
Build-Number: DRC83
I hope this info helps.

To have installed 4.2.8.1 you had to have the signed.zip file listed above.
Do not wipe ...yet
Try this...
HOME+POWER to boot to recovery
Install from zip
the signed.zip.....DO NOT REBOOT
Install from zip
cm 4.2.8.1.zip
REBOOT
The signed.zip should replace your maps program.
You might look into putting Amon Ra's recovery program on there instead of CM rec 1.4 RA's is more detailed and will allow you to wipe more data on the sdcard such as your dalvik cache and any partition data...IF you need to .
Try this simple step first and see where it gets you.

Ok, i applied the signed.zip, and after that i reapplied CyanogenMod 4.2.8.1.
Google Maps is back but some setting didnt get cleared. For example, the USB Debug mode is still on, or it continued to download some updates which i started earlier. It didnt reset everything.
Any idea why that might be?

LOL You said you wanted maps back...I got you maps back.
And now your not happy Jeez!
USB debugg is automatically turned on by the CM rom.
go to Settings>applications>Development to turn it off.
We didn't do a Fresh install we just did an re-install.
If you want to actually wipe it clean, then I highly suggest using Ra's recovery since it is a one click wipe.
Cm Recovery will wipe too.
Home+Power to cm rec 1.4
Wipe
Install from zip
signed.zip
install from zip
cm 4.2.8.1
REBOOT
And you should have a fresh install with no other data.
If you have apps already on there when you reboot, then you have apps2sd active and you need to wipe the ext partition to clear those apps.
The Amon Ra recovery will do that for you.

Well, i want to wipe since i got the feeling is a bit messed up. Just seems very slow at times and my connection drops once in a while.
So i'm going to Install Amon Ra's recovery and perform a wipe.
I didnt have app2sd active. I never did any partitioning to my sdard. Im going to Low Level format my sdcard just to make sure nothing is left on there. But as i mentioned, i did the reinstall as you said and after it booted, and i didnt the sign in stuff, setting time etc... it continued to download 2 apps which i started earlier.
I'll let you know how it went with Amon Ra's

Ok, this worked great! I installed Amon Ra's Recovery and executed ever option which had the word "wipe" in it Then applied signed.zip and after CMod. Perfect!
Thanks a lot for your help

how to install recovery image on n1

I just purchased nexus one . I have been trying to root the phone and put Cyanogen recovery image 1.4 & Cyanogen 5.0.5 test3 rom.
So far i unlocked the bootloader (Says unlocked at top in fastboot now).get the little unlocked padlock every time the phone starts up
When attempting to flash the recovery image now i get: an error that says "Failed....(not allowed)". and if i retry the same command right after, it says its starting to flash but freezes. Same thing happens when trying the rom file too.
Attempting to unlock the bootloader again i get the error "... FAILED (unknown status code)".
What is going on and how can i get this to work? any help would be greatly appreciated.

CM Recovery is for the G1, not the N1.
Get this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Instruction to install on first post.

mrandroid said:
CM Recovery is for the G1, not the N1.
Get this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Instruction to install on first post.
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yeah but what is the difference between the regular recovery and the cyanogen recovery? i first rooted with the standard recovery, then afterwards saw the cyanogen and flashed that recovery to my phone. things seem to still work the same, and previous nand backups can be restored via the cyanogen version. but what exactly is the difference?
i did notice that the cyanogen nand backup adds an extra file in there called "cache". what data is contained on that vs the regular recovery WITHOUT that cache file?

RogerPodacter said:
yeah but what is the difference between the regular recovery and the cyanogen recovery? i first rooted with the standard recovery, then afterwards saw the cyanogen and flashed that recovery to my phone. things seem to still work the same, and previous nand backups can be restored via the cyanogen version. but what exactly is the difference?
i did notice that the cyanogen nand backup adds an extra file in there called "cache". what data is contained on that vs the regular recovery WITHOUT that cache file?
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Again, the CM Recovery is not made for the N1, switch to the other one. Better options, newer and fixed scripts for the N1 and froyo.

mrandroid said:
Again, the CM Recovery is not made for the N1, switch to the other one. Better options, newer and fixed scripts for the N1 and froyo.
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Ok I'll go back to the standard recovery. But again, that link you posted specifically says nexus only only and has the cyanogen recovery for download right below the regular recovery. And the cyanogen one has more menu options than the regular recovery. So I'm confused what the difference is.

These recovery images go back to the very first custom one made for the G1/Dream - JF Recovery - by JesusFreke. Cyanogen started from that, made it better, and released it as CM Recovery. AmonRA took the CM recovery, and made it even better. The major difference is that the Amon recovery has more options, layered menus for easier navigation, and it uses new scripts for Nandroid and a2sd backup. For the moment, the only recovery images that work with Nexus One are Amon and the Clockwork recovery made by Koush. I've never used that so I don't know what's different there.
The Cache backup is essentially unnecessary because, as the name implies, it's just the volatile cache held on the partition while the phone is operational. Every time you turn the phone on and make changes, the cache changes. So you don't really need a backup for it because it can be remade when the phone turns on after restoring a backup.
Edit: That Cyanogen recovery link under the regular one is just a themed version of the AmonRa Recovery. The two are exactly the same, but the Cyan themed one has a different background and colour scheme. Just look at the two screenshots.

OK i understand, the cyanogen version is just the same thing as regular but has the cm "look" and feel to it.
Alternative CyanogenMOD version with Cyan colors and CM Logo
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RogerPodacter said:
OK i understand, the cyanogen version is just the same thing as regular but has the cm "look" and feel to it.
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Exactly right.

Need help, might have a possible paper weight : /

Hey guys
I have a t mobile G1 rooted with Danger SPL and (Just Recently Flashed) Amon Ra 1.7.0 Recovery image.
All my troubles started after I saw that Super Froyo had a new bulid of 4.4, so I wiped my system, cache, sd-card, data (But not my boot) with my old Clockwork Mod 2.5.2. Everything went fine and dandy and the new bulid ran nicely, but as I reread over the directions for Super Froyo 4.4 i found that partitioning your SD card would increase speeds on this particular build. So I flashed Amon-Ra's recovery and then I partitioned my SD card to 512MB EXT3 / LinuxSWAP 64MB... After this I encountered alot of FC's.... So i flashed back over to CM6 Stable after partitioning again and now... Im stuck in countless bootloops.
Ive only had a somewhat-firm grasp on rom's so far, but i think my G1 is not technically bricked if i can access the recovery image full menu.
I need help ASAP.
Thanks.

Failuretolaunch said:
Hey guys
I have a t mobile G1 rooted with Danger SPL and (Just Recently Flashed) Amon Ra 1.7.0 Recovery image.
All my troubles started after I saw that Super Froyo had a new bulid of 4.4, so I wiped my system, cache, sd-card, data (But not my boot) with my old Clockwork Mod 2.5.2. Everything went fine and dandy and the new bulid ran nicely, but as I reread over the directions for Super Froyo 4.4 i found that partitioning your SD card would increase speeds on this particular build. So I flashed Amon-Ra's recovery and then I partitioned my SD card to 512MB EXT3 / LinuxSWAP 64MB... After this I encountered alot of FC's.... So i flashed back over to CM6 Stable after partitioning again and now... Im stuck in countless bootloops.
Ive only had a somewhat-firm grasp on rom's so far, but i think my G1 is not technically bricked if i can access the recovery image full menu.
I need help ASAP.
Thanks.
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Do you have adb and fastboot working? You probably need to wipe a little extra. If you have fastboot working-
Code:
fastboot erase system -w
Then in AmonRA wipe everything and reinstall your rom of choice. I would recomend flashing Chromersmiths 4.5. It is complete with gapps so it is harder to screw up.

Do you have adb and fastboot working? You probably need to wipe a little extra. If you have fastboot working-
Code:
fastboot erase system -w
Then in AmonRA wipe everything and reinstall your rom of choice. I would recomend flashing Chromersmiths 4.5. It is complete with gapps so it is harder to screw up.
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Actually... I feel kind of stupid right now, im a total noob when it comes to adb/flashbooting... if i have amon's recovery screen fully working, isnt there a way to restore it?
Basically i need an explanation of what ADB/Flashbooting is... Im sorry!!
Also a walk through would be helpful.
If you did one... you would be my hero

Quick Update: I just went on ahead and Flashed CM6 Stable and Gapps
It seems that im stuck in the 2nd boot animation, It just keeps repeating...
If we get past it then I have a working G1.

Failuretolaunch said:
Actually... I feel kind of stupid right now, im a total noob when it comes to adb/flashbooting... if i have amon's recovery screen fully working, isnt there a way to restore it?
Basically i need an explanation of what ADB/Flashbooting is... Im sorry!!
Also a walk through would be helpful.
If you did one... you would be my hero
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The adb fastboot instructions at the top of the QA page are really good. It still refers to 1.5.3 but the link to the SDK is still good and the instructions are thorough. It is not a quick process but not hard and you will use adb and fastboot for the rest of your time with android. You will learn lots. I really can't make it any better than that post does it. If you spend an hour and get all that working, you'll be good to go.
Have fun.

Guess What!
I just wiped data using the Amon Ra
Flashed CM6
Gapps.
I have a working G1
Thanks For Your Help Anyway, I would rep you if I could!!!

Can you switch to Clockworkmod after using Amon Ra (via rom manager?)

I've installed Amon Ra on my Nexus One as part of the process to get cyanogen running on it. I did the fastboot oem unlock + flash amon ra + manual update zip process.
Part of the reason was that for some reason I could never boot into clockwork recovery (yes I followed the wiki to the letter), and could only access the standard recovery (which doesn't allow custom roms, says the signature is invalid), the one in blue font. So I flashed amon ra instead and that worked fine.
Can I now flash back to clockwork, and even better, just do it via rom manager? Is there any risk or downside?
This is because I'm reading that amon ra doesn't have a wipe option, and that its better to wipe when you upgrade roms (or is that another fallacy or am I mis interpreting things)
cheers

1. If you didn't find and delete recovery-item-boot.p and install-recovery.sh, they will restore stock recovery when boot, regardless of what custom recovery you flashed.
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
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2. You can change your recovery via ROM Manager, or manually. By the way, Amon RA Recovery has wipe option, of course. Where did you read that from?

LFact said:
1. If you didn't find and delete recovery-item-boot.p and install-recovery.sh, they will restore stock recovery when boot, regardless of what custom recovery you flashed.
2. You can change your recovery via ROM Manager, or manually. By the way, Amon RA Recovery has wipe option, of course. Where did you read that from?
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1.) I'm pretty sure I'm booting into amon_ra, it has a nandroid backup option.
My attempt (fail) to install clockwork was exactly the same as how I successfully installed amon: via fastboot flash recovery /path/to/recovery-RA-nexus-v2.1.1-CM.img after unlocking the bootloader. I didn't manually find and delete those files you specified (wouldn't even know how TBH), just followed the Cyanogen wiki.
2.) Cool good to know. I suppose then there's no point in changing really. I was just reading posts and saw it referenced several times. Maybe they were out of date or early on in the piece.
Out of curiosity, is it worth wiping if you're just upgrading between the same version e.g. cyanogen 7.03 to future 7.04?

I much prefer Amon 2.2.1 It is 2.2.1 which is the latest version, not 2.1.1
Stay away from CW 3.+
Amon has a Data/Factory reset wipe for installing new roms, I wipe 5X with it. And, a Dalvik Cache and Cache options. Do those 5X also
If doing nightlies, just wipe the caches
Here is a link to a System Wipe zip you can flash from recovery. That is probably what they were taliking about. CW has that option and Amon will on the next version, I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723844&page=1767
Ken
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Otherwise, like mentioned you will default back to CW even if you flashed 2.2.1 thru Rom Manager on reboot.
Or, you can flash Amon thru fastboot and remove the two scripts mentioned above by LFact

Thanks mate I'll just keep using Amon
So you're saying to wipe I have to flash that zip, there's no way of just wiping it from the menu options before flashing the relevant ROM?
But in any event since I'm on CM7 I'll only be doing minor version bumps for the foreseeable future lol
I"m confused about the reboot issue: I can reboot into Amon at any stage. I haven't deleted those scripts. But you guys are telling me that unless I delete those scripts if I reboot I'll go back to stock recovery?

Sorry wrong thread.
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@wintermute000
Yes, flash the system wipe zip from recovery like any zip. Only a few seconds. Hopefully , it will be in next Amon version.
Never an issue with Amon--
Get Quick System from market and use it to boot into recovery--exc app
Then you don't need Rom Mgr or CW--better that way
If you install Amon thru Fastboot or Terminal, it will not be erased on reboots--you still need to delete the two scripts mentioned before any rebooting
See post three on this link--DR has a flash able zip to do it--nandroid always first on this stuff
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...330-custom-recovery-wont-stick.html#post99962

wintermute000 said:
Thanks mate I'll just keep using Amon
I"m confused about the reboot issue: I can reboot into Amon at any stage. I haven't deleted those scripts. But you guys are telling me that unless I delete those scripts if I reboot I'll go back to stock recovery?
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If you type
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
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in terminal and it shows error message such as 'no file or directory', it means they were already removed. (I think ROM manager automatically remove them when flashing Clockwork recovery. When I changed to RA recovery, I found out those 2 files were gone)

If you're still curious about changing recovery, you can. I accomplished this yesterday by using Amon to flash a ROM with root access, then I downloaded CwM from the market. Installed the recovery using CwM. It's a simple process as long as you have root. As for going back to Amon, I haven't tried that.

Those files are gone (I didn't do rm, I just did basic ls in those directories). So I guess somehow during my Amon flashing it deleted it. Good to know.
Thanks for your patience all, I think I'll just stick to Amon then if I can just as easily wipe using a zip file if I need to. From what I've read I won't need to wipe anyway if I'm upgrading minor versions (i.e. CM7.03 to say 7.04 or nightly) and that's all I'm interested in doing. Hopefully by the time CM8 comes around I'll have taken the plunge on something dual core!!!
The whole reason I started investigating root/flash etc. was to give my N1 more legs until the price/performance point for the dual core phones gets to a better state, and its more than done that, I'm kicking myself for not doing it earlier. I guess once you're familiar with it then its a piece of cake, but I was reluctant for ages as I didn't want to screw up my PHONE (as opposed to say a tablet).

You don't need to remove those files since after you loaded Amon_RA, you installed CyanogenMod. Those files are used in Stock Android to replace whatever recovery you may have with the stock recovery on every boot.
I would still download the flashable zip that rugmankc linked to for formatting /system. Like I said in the CM forums, it normally isn't necessary when upgrading from minor versions, but sometimes it is the only thing you can do to fix a phone. I figure it is better to download it and never use it, then need it and having a hard time finding it.

+1 bass
@wintermute000,
I still wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache between nightlies. Seemed like the time or two I didn't do it, I had an issue.
The deal on using System Wipe if flashing new rom or if a lot of versions in between is:
When you flash a new rom it wipes system, but backs up some files from old rom first and reinstalls them as part of the new rom. After while things get cluttered, so a system wipe prolongs more serious issues. It has reduced the amount of times I need to do a complete wipe and/or sd card redos.
All Props to Temasek on this stuff
Ken