First things first, if you flashed a previous version of Clockwork Recovery using Odin, FLASH BACK TO A STOCK KERNEL using this Odin package:
http://koush.tandtgaming.com//test/kernel-vibrant-stock.tar.md5
This recovery is *very* safe to use. It does NOT flash your kernel; it is a completely uninvasive recovery method.
How it works: The recovery is packaged as an update.zip that you run from STOCK recovery. The update.zip unpacks Clockwork Recovery onto the ramdisk and restarts recovery. When you reboot, it reverts back to the original, unmodified, stock recovery. So, you will need to keep the recovery on the root of your SD card as an update.zip, and apply the zip every time you want to start Clockwork.
HOWEVER, if you use ROM Manager, all of the recovery installation and management instructions are done for you!
Installation instructions:
Download ROM Manager from the Market.
Flash Recovery.
Choose Vibrant as your phone.
Accept the Superuser prompt.
On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.
Watch the backup go!
That's it! This is completely painless and safe! There is no need for Odin anymore to replace the recovery or flash updates!
If you appreciate my work, please buy the Premium version of ROM Manager!
Failed the first time. Left me in the stock recovery menu and gave a recovery error when clockwork first started. Flashed again and tried to backup a second time. Looks like it worked perfect! Now we need some froyo!
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Failed the first time. Left me in the stock recovery menu and gave a recovery error when clockwork first started. Flashed again and tried to backup a second time. Looks like it worked perfect! Now we need some froyo!
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Yes! That is expected! The very first boot WILL FAIL, the recovery needs a kick start to complete installation.
little tip
after I downloaded Rom Manager and had it download the recovery for my Vibrant.
After the success message I waited nothing happened so you may have to select to manually reboot into the recovery, then select "reinstall packages" to finish the installation.
I don't see Vibrant in ROM manager. Do I need to buy premium or am I doin somethin wrong
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I don't see Vibrant in ROM manager. Do I need to buy premium or am I doin somethin wrong
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he either took it down and is gonna release it later or something... just wait..
I don't even see "Vibrant" in that list
Nevermind....see above
lp894 said:
I don't even see "Vibrant" in that list
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Vibrant is listed. "Galaxy S Vibrant". Make sure you are on wifi. Some carriers cache web pages.
Sweet I can't wait to have a real recovery
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Vibrant is listed. "Galaxy S Vibrant". Make sure you are on wifi. Some carriers cache web pages.
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I can confirm I used Wifi and have already completed my first backup using Clockwork
thanks Koush.. buying the prem version to show my support!
Bummer I guess ill have to wait until I can find a hotspot
I downloaded the clockwork Rom Manager premium and I press the pFlash Recovery button. But I don't see Vibrant in the list either.
Please make sure you guys are on wifi. T-Mobile is caching your webpages and serving you older versions.
when i flash the recovery.. and reboot it goes to the stock recovery i hit reinstall packages then it goes to clockwork.. but after that if i reboot it goes back to stock... hmm thats odd..
ElChibo said:
when i flash the recovery.. and reboot it goes to the stock recovery i hit reinstall packages then it goes to clockwork.. but after that if i reboot it goes back to stock... hmm thats odd..
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That's how it is supposed to work. Recovery is not replaced permanently. It's safer that way. Just reinstall packages to get into clockwork. Or use ROM Manager to have it handle everything automatically.
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Bummer I guess ill have to wait until I can find a hotspot
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No, you don't have to. Just go into your browser, go to menu-->more-->settings-->clear chache and that will get you going
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That's how it is supposed to work. Recovery is not replaced permanently. It's safer that way. Just reinstall packages to get into clockwork. Or use ROM Manager to have it handle everything automatically.
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ok i get it now... ive been used to always having Amon-RA recovery on my phone when ever i boot to it.. so what your saying is everytime your gonna flash a custom rom this is gonna have to take place?
ElChibo said:
ok i get it now... ive been used to always having Amon-RA recovery on my phone when ever i boot to it.. so what your saying is everytime your gonna flash a custom rom this is gonna have to take place?
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If flashing manually, yes. Just flash using ROM Manager though, and it will handle that all for you automatically.
I can't permanently replace the recovery until the kernel source and whatnot is released for the Vibrant.
Hells yeah!!! Will someone PLEASE put a shipped firmware out now? Like the T959UVJFD. I appreciate the life saving effort from MS_Guru, but t959uvje8 is not jiving with me and my 3g and/or wifi...
Amazing work! Excellent idea for a 100% safe recovery! Kudos!!
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so i have had my htc hero rooted for a while now with unevoked and it has been fine well i decide that i wanted to put a custom rom on it because i could stand that my phone was so slow. so i download and installed rom manager and it went well till i rebooted after installing the zip. yes i wiped data and cache. i even took my sd card out while booting no luck. i tried different roms and yet again no luck. i hang on the boot screen even when i try to restore my nandroid what can i do to but custom roms on?
Did you flash your recovery image first?
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Did you flash your recovery image first?
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what do you mean?
when i opened rom manager and choose the rom i wanted to install it asked if i wanted to wipe and backup or something but i know i check both. then i install the zip in the recovery boot menu and rebooted and no luck. then i tried another rom and wiped before installing and still no luck.
At the very top of rom manager, you must flash 2.5.0.1 recovery. Did you do this first?
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andygu3 said:
At the very top of rom manager, you must flash 2.5.0.1 recovery. Did you do this first?
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so im just going to run the ruu and reinstall the phone back to factory setting. then im going to root it then when i open rom manager tell me what to do exactly so i don't hang again at the htc boot screen.
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so im just going to run the ruu and reinstall the phone back to factory setting. then im going to root it then when i open rom manager tell me what to do exactly so i don't hang again at the htc boot screen.
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Sounds good, let us know.
andygu3 said:
Sounds good, let us know.
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still get hang on the boot screen even when i try to restore my nandroid
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still get hang on the boot screen even when i try to restore my nandroid
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So you flashed the clockworkmod recovery, booted into recovery and made a nandroid of your stock rom. Then, what rom were trying to flash?
andygu3 said:
So you flashed the clockworkmod recovery, booted into recovery and made a nandroid of your stock rom. Then, what rom were trying to flash?
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This exact same thing happened to me. What I did to fix it was pull the battery, then wipe everything (dalvik, data, cache), and then rebooted. My phone was able to boot then.
I'm having the same problem with rom manager. I just rooted my desire using the unrevoked method, then ran rom manager. I did install the recovery mode first, then backed up the rom. How my desire is just rebooting to the htc screen. How do I get out of this?
Many thanks,
Joe
dumb question, but how did you wipe everything?
Joe
Joefried said:
I'm having the same problem with rom manager. I just rooted my desire using the unrevoked method, then ran rom manager. I did install the recovery mode first, then backed up the rom. How my desire is just rebooting to the htc screen. How do I get out of this?
Many thanks,
Joe
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Hey, that's exactly the same issuing I'm experiencing now. Did you solve it? And if yes, how?
Well, a few hours later I solved it by restoring a backup and then booting went well. Also described in a thread on androidforums dot com (I can't enter the link here due to not having posted enough messages) .
cbwhat said:
so i have had my htc hero rooted for a while now with unevoked and it has been fine well i decide that i wanted to put a custom rom on it because i could stand that my phone was so slow. so i download and installed rom manager and it went well till i rebooted after installing the zip. yes i wiped data and cache. i even took my sd card out while booting no luck. i tried different roms and yet again no luck. i hang on the boot screen even when i try to restore my nandroid what can i do to but custom roms on?
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I don't know if this helps, but I'm pretty sure nandroids are specific to which recovery they were created with, I read that somewhere a few days ago. If you did not have clockwork before, I would try getting the recovery you used to make the nand, install that recovery and then restore the nand. Then try the whole wipe everything and get clockwork and go to town. If you haven't tried RA/Darch 1.7 recovery, I would recommend it, I personally like it better than clockwork, it seems faster, and simpler to use.
Exactly What "Il Duce" Said Will Fix Your Problem, Same Exact Thing Happened To Me, What I Did Was Go Back To Previous Version Of Rom Manager Then Flash Alternate Recovery, AND Regular Clockwork Recovery, Should Be Good After That!
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I have thoroughly restored and master cleared my phone twice now. I root it, install Rom Manager and then attempt to install Clockworkmod Recovery and every time I get "Error while downloading from server". Are they down or something?
same story here, I even gave them the $5 and now it cannot even install the clockwork mod What is going on here?!
I believe the server is down for the clockwork mod file that rom manager downloads from. I attached the file that I downloaded from another post.
Thank you,
Thats got it
No change.
zerofx said:
I believe the server is down for the clockwork mod file that rom manager downloads from. I attached the file that I downloaded from another post.
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This didn't change anything for me. Installed via recovery menu. Did I do something wrong?
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This didn't change anything for me. Installed via recovery menu. Did I do something wrong?
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Did you install it twice? First time does not take.
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lunikalm said:
This didn't change anything for me. Installed via recovery menu. Did I do something wrong?
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Once you put the update.zip on your internal SD card , reboot to recovery and select "reinstall packages"...............you are in ClockworkMod Recovery
mcord11758 said:
Did you install it twice? First time does not take.
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Had the same problem wit the server and can confirm it worked with the update.zip in the post AND the double install(you dont need to reboot again just hit install packets againg).
Thx
I can also confirm that this worked as well. I am rooting my bosses phone(captivate) and clockwork was giving me "server" issues when flashing the recovery. Put the update.zip on the sd card, booted to recovery and ran the update, I am flashing clockwork as we speak! Thanks, this forum never lets me down!
Ok BIG thanks goes too davied and DJ_Steve. Without them this would not be possible. Ive flashed this and all is good. Root, 2300 consistent in quadrant. This is Davied's .zip with DJ_Steve's tweaks. Copy and paste mirror2.streakdroid.com/djsteve336.zip this in your browser. Flash via Clockworkmod.
Its always a safe bet too wipe data/cache make a nandroid before you flash!!! Flash at your own risk Me, Davied, DJ_Steve are not responsible for anything that may happen to your device or yourself. Happy Streaking to you all!!!
md5 sum. e9e5aa6c0b1f712aec67ca6434ca75e1
good work keep it up ....first lol
Hellzya said:
Ok BIG thanks goes too davied and DJ_Steve. Without them this would not be possible. Ive flashed this and all is good. Root, 2300 consistent in quadrant. This is Davied's .zip with DJ_Steve's tweaks. Copy and paste mirror2.streakdroid.com/djsteve336.zip this in your browser. Flash via Clockworkmod.
Its always a safe bet too wipe data/cache. Flash at your own risk Me, Davied, DJ_Steve are not responsible for anything that may happen to your device or yourself. Happy Streaking to you all!!!
md5 sum. e9e5aa6c0b1f712aec67ca6434ca75e1
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Thanks bud, downloading.
Is there a way to flash using other ways other than CWM? I am already installed with 2.2.2 so I am not rooted so I can't install rom manager to flash CWM... what a circle...
Thanks!
jiwengang said:
Thanks bud, downloading.
Is there a way to flash using other ways other than CWM? I am already installed with 2.2.2 so I am not rooted so I can't install rom manager to flash CWM... what a circle...
Thanks!
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Well I guess that is pretty stupid question ..
Maybe I flash recovery using this recovery first, then boot into recovery , then flash the .zip file.
NO!!! Your dell streak7 has an unlocked bootloader there for you can go to the clockwork thread by graffixnyc and flash his cwr through fastboot then boot into cwr and flash this. This has too be flashed through cwr.
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Hellzya said:
NO!!! Your dell streak7 has an unlocked bootloader there for you can go to the clockwork thread by graffixnyc and flash his cwr through fastboot then boot into cwr and flash this. This has too be flashed through cwr.
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I flashed his recovery-cwm.img, and when i hold volume up + power, it still goes into stock recovery menu...
am I missing anything?
Last time i flashed my cwm, I used Rom Manager. . .
jiwengang said:
I flashed his recovery-cwm.img, and when i hold volume up + power, it still goes into stock recovery menu...
am I missing anything?
Last time i flashed my cwm, I used Rom Manager. . .
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Yes! You need to select the third option update pkg and ds7 will go into cwm!
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hey, these worked with update march 24 ?
i had try to fastboot and the sreen hang, must reset it
conmeo8ya said:
hey, these worked with update march 24 ?
i had try to fastboot and the sreen hang, must reset it
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the screen didnt hang.. that screen IS the fastboot screen.. when you have that screen you must plug your streak into your computer.. all the fastboot commands are issued through a command prompt on your computer..
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the screen didnt hang.. that screen IS the fastboot screen.. when you have that screen you must plug your streak into your computer.. all the fastboot commands are issued through a command prompt on your computer..
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yeah, i had typed command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", put the file to DS7, it flashed and hang maybe i had updated OTA march 23.
you dont fastboot flash this file. you need too fastboot flash cwr then flash this with clockworkmod.
And jiwengang you need too select option 2 in the stock bootloader.That will bring you into cwr.
So ur on official update
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Yes im on 2.2.2 which the ota put us at. Rooted
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Hellzya said:
you dont fastboot flash this file. you need too fastboot flash cwr then flash this with clockworkmod.
And jiwengang you need too select option 2 in the stock bootloader.That will bring you into cwr.
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I got it working. I was staring at option 2 but did not execute it. A step away with cwm lol. All good now , thanks!!!!
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i had try again and it worked well thanks
Question, I have still yet to update Ive always been the cautious type vs instant flashing.
Think I am ready now. So, since I did not OTA yet. But I AM rooted. I have Rom manager installed.
So am I correct when I assume, what I do it, Flash CWR, download this zip, then flash via the app to be updated to 2.2.2, have the tweaks and be set to go?
Also What T-mobile/Dell apps did it remove? Thanks.
You cant flash via rom manager. Its useless other then flashing cwr. But yes boot into bootloader by holding power and plus volume hold it until you see the menu. Select option 2 should put you into cwr. Once in cwr flash the .zip i provided. Reboot and you should be on 2.2.2 rooted. Good luck.
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i am in need of a guide on how to manipulate these system and image files
Thanks Hellzya, Will try it now. What Apps were removed tho?
Also are you all using a SD card for storage or nah?
Btw wiping out Data/Cach or whatever, that doesnt touch the internal storage memory does it? Never had a device with internal memory like this. Used to my G1 and using the SD card for everything.
i believe you dont need too wipe by i always do just to be careful. It doesnt take that long too reinstall everything and set it up. i do it for piece of mind. and yes i have a 16gb external sd but i put everything im gonna flash on the internal sd.
Thatruth ask davied or get on irc and if dj steve is there im sure he could help you.
I cant seem to get CWM to go into recovery mode....i clicked both reboot into recovery and install zip from sd and they both only take me to the stock recovery...can anyone help ?
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I cant seem to get CWM to go into recovery mode....i clicked both reboot into recovery and install zip from sd and they both only take me to the stock recovery...can anyone help ?
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doubleudoubleudoubleudotmultiuploaddotcom/1YX01GN2SN
rename this to update.zip
place on internal sd card
reboot into recovery
press reinstall packages
then reinstall packages again. should work for you.
Well since you only have 3 posts I think ill wait to see if anyone else chimes in...don't want to do anything to my phone that would brick it
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Well since you only have 3 posts I think ill wait to see if anyone else chimes in...don't want to do anything to my phone that would brick it
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Better safe than sorry, I just started contributing after quite some time now so I do not blame you one bit.
However...
That link is the CWM recovery for 2e bootloaders.
What ROM are you using?
You can always get ODIN 1.82 and flash an optimized kernel like hardcore's speedmod K9A which already has CWM.
EDIT: haha or you could just ODIN one-click to stock, root, and go CW Rom manager and from there flash recovery. I know that will work 100%, but that link is just a shortcut through all that nonsense.
Just flash clockworkmod recovery.
I had this problem the other day when I was trying to flash a new rom. I tried flashing CWM many times to no avail.
Like one of the previous repliers said, I flashed the speedmod kernel which had CWM already. The kernel can be found here.
Use Odin to flash it. After that, i could boot manually to CWM, but when i tried to boot to it through rom manager i was pushed to the stock recovery. In that case, I simply flashed my rom manually with CWM.
Theres also a good video on this for the i9000 which worked for me:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7xV0yE9ZcA
Hope this helps.
Ok, I have ROM Manager premium installed, rooted, etc. I'm running 2.2 version UVKB5 on my T Mobile Samsung Vibrant.
I've selected the option to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery for the "Samsung Vibrant" and it won't boot to CWR. If I select reintall packages, it fails every time.
Help!
did you install both the free and premium version of rom manager?
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Ok, I have ROM Manager premium installed, rooted, etc. I'm running 2.2 version UVKB5 on my T Mobile Samsung Vibrant.
I've selected the option to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery for the "Samsung Vibrant" and it won't boot to CWR. If I select reintall packages, it fails every time.
Help!
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Make sure the "update.zip" file is on your Int SD card... power off your phone.
While holding down the Vol up+down, press and hold all 3 buttons till the "Samsung/Vibrant splash screen pops up.
You should boot into stock recovery, use vol up and down to move up and down and choose "reinstall update" with power... it should reboot and bring you right back to where you were... repeat choose "reinstall update" with power... now you should boot into CWM recoery.
I think the problem is that you have the new recovery (3e I think) that requires signed update.zip files. I'd recommend using Odin3 to flash another kernel which will come with CWM. If you don't want to do that, there is a guide somewhere on xda to allow 3e recovery to flash unsigned update.zip files.
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I think the problem is that you have the new recovery (3e I think) that requires signed update.zip files. I'd recommend using Odin3 to flash another kernel which will come with CWM. If you don't want to do that, there is a guide somewhere on xda to allow 3e recovery to flash unsigned update.zip files.
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Exactly clockwork will not install with 3e recovery. Either flash a new kernel or do the 3e mod recovery. Odin will take 1 min to complete its process of flashing a kernel, you should definitely do this. Or just go back to stock and start your flashing journey from there.
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did you install both the free and premium version of rom manager?
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Yup, I installed ROM Manager, then bought the premium key. I've got all functionality available to me.
Only problem is that when it flashes the recovery, nothing happens. If I reboot to recovery, it says the update.zip has an invalid signature. It seems nothing works. Am I supposed to flash back to droid 2.1 to get this thing working? It seems like it should be easier than this....
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Exactly clockwork will not install with 3e recovery. Either flash a new kernel or do the 3e mod recovery. Odin will take 1 min to complete its process of flashing a kernel, you should definitely do this. Or just go back to stock and start your flashing journey from there.
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Thanks for the info. Any suggestions on kernels to use and a link for more info on what specifically a kernel is/does? Last thing I want to do is brick this puppy
Update...
Ok, did a little google-fu and found some links. I am using 3e, so ODIN it is! Thanks for the nudge int he right direction - wish me luck!
you can download this and used it to flash back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 .and root and then try rom manger again this work for me all the time.
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I think the problem is that you have the new recovery (3e I think) that requires signed update.zip files. I'd recommend using Odin3 to flash another kernel which will come with CWM. If you don't want to do that, there is a guide somewhere on xda to allow 3e recovery to flash unsigned update.zip files.
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Richcar said:
you can download this and used it to flash back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 .and root and then try rom manger again this work for me all the time.
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Yes, you are correct... another solution is to Odin the KB5 kernel with Voodoo and Recovery, make sure nothing check in Odin - LINK
Richcar said:
you can download this and used it to flash back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 .and root and then try rom manger again this work for me all the time.
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Well ****. I got CWM on there, installed zip from SD card (latest Cyanogen for vibrant) and now the thing's in an infinite reboot loop. ARRRGH! What now?
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Well ****. I got CWM on there, installed zip from SD card (latest Cyanogen for vibrant) and now the thing's in an infinite reboot loop. ARRRGH! What now?
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Cotton needs new shorts! In CWM recovery, I did another wipe/format, reinstalled the zip and BOOYAH, it's done!
Thanks VEYR much for everybody's help!
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Cotton needs new shorts! In CWM recovery, I did another wipe/format, reinstalled the zip and BOOYAH, it's done!
Thanks VEYR much for everybody's help!
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Originally Posted by kcfried
Well ****. I got CWM on there, installed zip from SD card (latest Cyanogen for vibrant) and now the thing's in an infinite reboot loop. ARRRGH! What now?
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If your running CyanogenMod, there no way around Odin'ing to get back to stock. CyanogenMod (CM7) changes the partitioning to MTD from Stock RFS/Ext4. Only way to get that back is to Odin back to stock.