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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.

Clockwork Recovery Mod, why do i need it?

i currently have Amon RA 1.7.0 recovery installed for my g1, and keep hearing a lot about Koushs Clockwork Recovery Mod.
are there any significant benefits in installing it?

It has a few things that are different and lacks a few. The biggest reason you might need it is if you wanted to flash files that don't have the right keys. It does not check for this.
I tried it and found pretty much right away that I missed some features from AmonRa and went back.

Nand restore bootloop ERRORS-PLZ HELP

So with all the great guides and help from others on here I was able to root and check out a few different roms and was even able to switch back and forth using nand backup and restore. Being new I was sticking with the sprint based roms, certain days I do like sense. I had 3 different ones and using amon RA 1.6.2. could navigate between them. Then I went to a froyo aosp which is superfast and I love, but I somehow switched to clockwork recovery...after moving the nands over so I could see them and then tried to restore and got boot loop errors on all of them. Did I do something wrong? I switched to amon RA 1.7 for recovery to see if that helped and same thing. Is there any way to fix?!? Please, any and all help is greatly appreciated...
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Switch back to your original recovery, to restore those nands.

clockwork and amon ra 1.7 use a different a2sd method. If you're not using a cm based rom(or restoring/backing up), you need to run amon ra 1.6.2

Difference in recoveries??

I'm using Amon Ra 1.7...Is there any major differences between that and Clockwork??
Should I switch?? I used Clockwork for a bit but switched for some reason(can't quite remember why)
I'm not having any problems, I'm running Froyo and if theres a more then slight chance it will screw something up, I'm not interested..lol
Just wandering

If you want to use RomManager, I think you need clockwork. Otherwise it does not really matter.
If you decide to flash it, better do it via fastboot as there have been some problems in cm5/cm6 (don't know, perhaps those are aready patched, otherwise there is your slight chance to screw it up).

BUMP - curious if there any updates on this discussion. Maybe someone should make a sticky thread with pro/con CWM vs. AR?

Only real difference I noticed was Clockwork Mod allowed you to flash unsigned zip files, where Ra won't let you, and Ra has partitioning built into it with any size partitions you want, and CM Recovery you have to go through Rom Manager and have certain options to choose from.
I like both, but had a serious problem with CM Recovery that, whenever I turned off the usb mount, my pc would reboot and crash fairly hard..

I just switched to clockwork and got the premium licence for ROM Manager.
Using rom manager you can easily label and create backups.
You can easily string update zips together and wipe and flash.
So I select CM6 nightly, then gapps, then rogers port, then follow it up with firerats mtd patch. Click go and that's it. Wipes everything (only if you want) flashes each zip in the selected order, then reboots and Bobs your uncle.
So using clockwork along with rom manger is a lot easier. IMO

[Q][Still not Solved] Nexus one getting buggy with 7.1 mod

Greetings fellowmen!!
Recently i thought of rooting my nexus 1. So i did some research and found out that the easiest way to do it was by unlocking the bootloader installing a custom recovery (I did Amon Ra) and then wiping the data\factory settings and flashing the cm 7.1 zip. So i did all the above and there you go....I had an n1 running cm 7.1 smoothly but then after a few hours it starts to piss me of. The problem is that whenever i lock the homescreen with the power button and wake it up again it just displays the main homescreen and does nothing i cannot navigate to the left or right homescreen cannot open app drawer in short it just hung up there doing nothing. I had to take out the battery atleast 15 times. I rebooted my device and it kept on giving me the same problem.
So then i reflashed cm 7.1 by wiping the data and factory settings and installing it again. But still it gave me the same problem. So then i thought of flashing 7.0.3 version instead and surprisingly that works like a charm. So is it the mod thats buggy or is it my phone.
One more question. I have the stock 2.3.4 gingerbread rom which i got from here!!
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061648
This one in particular-
GRK39F OTA (stock vanilla - odexed, unrooted):
MD5: 35C8B4B9FD22DD4CA19C5D026E74411D
So to install this rom do i have to install it the same way i did cm by wiping data/factory settings and then installing flash from zip or is there any other way to do it ?
Thanks in advance for taking out valuable time and reading my long problem!!

I am running the latest version of CM 7.1 that was released within the last week or so without any issues. Got it from here. http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=passion
Before that I was running the RC for 7.1. One thing to try it wiping multiple times before flashing. I assume you are running Amon RA 2.2.1, which is the latest. I have never had a problem with that recovery, however I flashed my ROM with this recovery. So far I think I like it better than Clockwork and Amon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291970
As for installing other ROMs yes you do flash them the same way you flashed CM.

So are you saying that it was the recovery that was causing the problem?
Yes I am using the latest Amon Ra 2.2.1 version.
I also got the rom from that link.
And can you explain whats the difference between all these recoveries?
Thanks for replying!

I am not saying it is the recovery, I highly doubt that is the problem. I was just comparing differences. There does not seem to be much difference in the recoveries for what you are trying to do. The recovery I am running is a fairly new one that I just wanted to test out. I do think I like it better than the others.
First thing I would do is wipe 3, 4 or 5 times before flashing. I have had rare occasions where a single wipe would not do it for me. Also have you verified the Checksum of the CM download? Does recovery say it installed successfully? I have also had error installing a ROM in recovery but then had the phone still load the ROM.

Yes i did check the md5 checksums and they match perfectly. Though i did wipe it out only one time so maybe that could be the problem. I think i should get clockworkmod and wipe it through that and then flash cm 7.1. Amon RA doesnt really give us the option of wiping the system partition. right?

Correct Amon Ra does not have an option to format system partition. It's recommend you also wipe system when coming from a different ROM.
Try this file by temasek's, format-signed.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/?8vbd13b440coxx6
just flash it in recovery and it will clean everything, now you can flash CM7.1 again

Are you sure you can't wipe the system with Amon? I remember having that option, but it's been several months since I have used that recovery. Kind of makes me want to flash it to find out.
Before flashing a different ROM I always wipe system, cache and dalvik cache. It is definitely important to wipe the system before flashing a new ROM. I'm sure that is where your problem lies.

No, ClockworkMod has it, but Amon_RA doesn't. Supposedly it is in the works for the next version, but that was a long time ago when I heard that (probably back when v3 for clockworkmod came out).

I did a nandroid backup and flashed the format zip file and then flashed cm 7.1 and its giving me the same problem!!
I had to restore and go back to 7.0.3
Why is this happening
Edit: I also wiped the dalvik cache and factory reset it also but still it just freezes!!

Any advise?

Have you tried downloading the file again maybe form another location I doubt this is the problem but sometimes it's something you don't expect.
You could try from here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version

But how does it matter I checked the md5 checksum and it matches!!

Why not stay on CM7.0.3 theres not much difference between the 2
if you dont want to i suggest to try to flash Clockwork recovery and do a full wipe then reflash CM7.1

But still I want to see how 7.1 is!
The main point here is to upgrade and not taking the alternative of staying at the older version!

Please guys any help would be appreciated!!

Doesn't CM7 need clockworkmod 3.x?? Try to flash CWM3.x over Amon if you can get your hands on the flashable zip or if you can get into a working rom, use romManager to switch from amon.

thealphamale05 said:
Doesn't CM7 need clockworkmod 3.x?? Try to flash CWM3.x over Amon if you can get your hands on the flashable zip or if you can get into a working rom, use romManager to switch from amon.
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Make no different if you use amon Ra or CWM. I would definitely stay away from cwm 3.x or higher if you're using sd-ext

Looks like Ill have to stay with 7.0.3 there doesnt seem to be a solution!!