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[RECOVERY] ClockworkMod Recovery for Vibrant (FINAL! SAFE!)

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!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

youneek said:
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!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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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

metalfan78 said:
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

Koush said:
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.

metalfan78 said:
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

Koush said:
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!!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

[Update] - ClockWorkMod v2.5.0.4 Released

Grab it here:
General: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/
Direct Link: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.4-inc.img
Use unrEVOked v3.1 to flash custom recoveries (at your own risk, of course)
1) Download
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.4-inc.img
2) DO NOT PLUG IN YOUR PHONE
3) Run unrEVOked v3.1
4) Under FILE choose CUSTOM RECOVERY
5) Point to the img file
6) Plug in your phone

Updated, no issues. Thanks!

Thanks. I updated without issue.

is it better than the old?
Sent from my Incredible using XDA App

jdkoreclipse said:
is it better than the old?
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Yes.. it's 0.0.0.3 times better than the old!

If you rooted with unrevoked 3.0 can you just use that with this image?
Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA App

Flashed to 2.5.0.4 no problem. But ROM Manager still indicates 2.5.0.1 is installed.
So how do I get ROM Manager to indicate the right recovery version?
UPDATE: Just after I posted this...I booted into recovery and found that I had been flashed back to the older version 2.5.0.1. What the ...! I did not do this. Did ROM Manager flash me back? How do I get 2.5.0.4 to stay flashed? I know it flashed correctly at first because it showed the new version right after I used Unrevoked 3.1. Anyone know why this is happening?

i don't really see a point in updating since it already works for me now...

rom manager reports the older version for me, but booting into recovery it is reporting the newest .4 version

Lexus One said:
Flashed to 2.5.0.4 no problem. But ROM Manager still indicates 2.5.0.1 is installed.
So how do I get ROM Manager to indicate the right recovery version?
UPDATE: Just after I posted this...I booted into recovery and found that I had been flashed back to the older version 2.5.0.1. What the ...! I did not do this. Did ROM Manager flash me back? How do I get 2.5.0.4 to stay flashed? I know it flashed correctly at first because it showed the new version right after I used Unrevoked 3.1. Anyone know why this is happening?
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ROM Manager cannot flash recovery because NAND is still locked. Only through the unrevoked tool does NAND temporarily unlock in order to flash clockwork. So if you followed the steps correctly using the unrevoked tool then you have the correct version. Booting into recovery (I think you can't boot through ROM Manager, boot manually or via boot loader) should show the updated version.

Lexus One said:
I booted into recovery and found that I had been flashed back to the older version 2.5.0.1. What the ...! I did not do this. Did ROM Manager flash me back? How do I get 2.5.0.4 to stay flashed? I know it flashed correctly at first because it showed the new version right after I used Unrevoked 3.1. Anyone know why this is happening?
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Boot into recovery via ROM Manager. Note the version. Then boot into recovery "manually" (hold volume down while powering on). Note the version again. Notice anything different?

elborak said:
Boot into recovery via ROM Manager. Note the version. Then boot into recovery "manually" (hold volume down while powering on). Note the version again. Notice anything different?
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recovery by ROM Manager I get 2.5.0.1
recovery by vdown & Pon I get 2.5.0.4
Thanks, now I'm confused even more. Why are they different? And when I go back into ROM Manager it still reports 2.5.0.1. So my original question still stands: How do I get ROM Manager to display the correct version of recovery which is really 2.5.0.4? Even more...why does the recovery manager report 2.5.0.1 when booting into recovery via ROM Manager? This is reallyyyy strange!

I answered your question two posts back...

s197 said:
I answered your question two posts back...
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Thanks for responding. I understand. But that doesn't answer my question about how to get ROM Manager to report the correct version. Do you know the answer to this?
What is even more confusing is when I boot into ClockworkMod recovery from the ROM Manager and the version of ClockworkMod Recovery is reported on screen as 2.5.0.1 when it is really 2.5.0.4....this just blows me away! It is like ROM Manager is substituting its own version number into the newer version of recovery.

Lexus One said:
Thanks for responding. I understand. But that doesn't answer my question about how to get ROM Manager to report the correct version. Do you know the answer to this?
What is even more confusing is when I boot into ClockworkMod recovery from the ROM Manager and the version of ClockworkMod Recovery is reported on screen as 2.5.0.1 when it is really 2.5.0.4....this just blows me away! It is like ROM Manager is substituting its own version number into the newer version of recovery.
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If i understand this correctly: The version that ROM Manager reports and boots into is actually a virtual version. This is because, due to the fact that NAND isn't unlocked yet ROM manager can't actually write to it, So when it is "flashing the recovery" it really is only flashing a "virtual recovery". This is why you could on some phones have an older version of recovery flashed and ROM manager would report a newer version that is available.
In short to answer your question, you can't get ROM manager to report the newer version until rom manager has that newer version in it's list, which it currently does not. And even when it is in the list it makes no difference anyway, because unless you boot into recovery using the power button and volume button, the recovery that you boot into will be a virtual one anyway.... so it really makes no difference what ROM Manager is reporting.
And if i am incorrect in my understanding then, disregard all of this but i remember another post with all this in it.

obsidianblackhawk said:
<snip> And if i am incorrect in my understanding then, disregard all of this but i remember another post with all this in it.
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Thanks. I appreciate your feedback on this. It would explain why I am seeing a different version for the ROM Manager. What I still don't understand is why ROM Manager misleads you into thinking you are booting to the recovery partition. I mean, why even have an option in the program to "Reboot into Recovery" if you are really NOT booting into the recovery partition, but rather a virtual recovery. So, what would happen if you tried to use the virtual recovery as opposed to the real recovery (which in this case is a different version)? Anyone know, or have tried it?

Lexus One said:
Thanks. I appreciate your feedback on this. It would explain why I am seeing a different version for the ROM Manager. What I still don't understand is why ROM Manager misleads you into thinking you are booting to the recovery partition. I mean, why even have an option in the program to "Reboot into Recovery" if you are really NOT booting into the recovery partition, but rather a virtual recovery. So, what would happen if you tried to use the virtual recovery as opposed to the real recovery (which in this case is a different version)? Anyone know, or have tried it?
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other than flashing a new recovery, the recovery that rom manager boots into works exactly the same as the "real one" in fact i don;t do it the "hard way" any more.

This is probably a dumb question but do I open the img file after I plug in the phone?

Lexus One said:
how to get ROM Manager to report the correct version.
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Easiest way is this:
1) Uninstall ROM Manager.
2) Reinstall ROM Manager.
ROM Manager will now display no version, as opposed to the wrong version.
And then...
Never again use the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" command in ROM Manager. If you want to update recovery, use the unrevoked flasher with the custom recovery option.

Changes?...

sorry i need help

im sorry for asking this question. just got the captivate two days ago i rooted it last night and download rom manager thats all i did now i want to install froyo 2.2
i cant get my phone to go in to flash mode
i download the zip file for 2.2 its on my sd card
any help for link to a write up i have been searching for the past hour

jamrck said:
im sorry for asking this question. just got the captivate two days ago i rooted it last night and download rom manager thats all i did now i want to install froyo 2.2
i cant get my phone to go in to flash mode
i download the zip file for 2.2 its on my sd card
any help for link to a write up i have been searching for the past hour
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what exactly do you need help with??
Have you successfully booted into clockwork recovery menu?

These posts ( questions ) go in the question subforum.
Start reading from the very first post in the Froyo it's real post in this subforum, I guarantee it's in that thread ( and not to far from the beginning ) if you read a little extra to find it, so be it, you might actually learn somethin.

I will just list the steps to you.
1. lauch rom manager and click flash clockwork recovery
make sure to choose the Captivate Version
2. Choose boot into recovery menu. It will ask you if you are sure you want to boot. Just click yes/ok
3. You will boot into the stock recovery menu. From there choose reinstall packages.
You should now be in the clockwork recovery menu. (the text is in green)
4. Once in the clockwork recovery menu go to install from zip (something like that) and choose the Cognition 2.2 update.
5. You should be done and ready to boot into cognition 2.2
Good luck and if you have any more questions come back to this thread and I will try to help you out bro.

abezapata said:
what exactly do you need help with??
Have you successfully booted into clockwork recovery menu?
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i need to get froyo on my phone i wen i hold the down and up volume then plugin the phone is jus charges and dnt go in download mode

Ok but I want froyo 2.2
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Cognition 2.2 is froyo

abezapata said:
I will just list the steps to you.
1. lauch rom manager and click flash clockwork recovery
make sure to choose the Captivate Version
2. Choose boot into recovery menu. It will ask you if you are sure you want to boot. Just click yes/ok
3. You will boot into the stock recovery menu. From there choose reinstall packages.
You should now be in the clockwork recovery menu. (the text is in green)
4. Once in the clockwork recovery menu go to install from zip (something like that) and choose the Cognition 2.2 update.
5. You should be done and ready to boot into cognition 2.2
Good luck and if you have any more questions come back to this thread and I will try to help you out bro.
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tried it jus like u said and it still didnt work i download cognintion 2.2 and drag it to my sd card and the phone says no file found

[Q] Rom Manager no clockworkmod recovery

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?

lunikalm said:
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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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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!

[Q] Installing Clockwork and using Nandroid on Legend

This might be an obvious question but I've looked around and haven't found much info..
I've rooted my Legend and have Blay0's B 0.2 Rom.
If I want to flash something I have to plug in and go to recovery and run recover-windows.bat from Legend rooting tools to get to Clockwork. Is it possible to 'install' Clockwork permanently so I don't need to plug in every time to get it?
Also because of Legend's extra security, S-ON etc, I'm not sure how I go about doing a NANDROID backup..
Can anyone provide some info? Cheers

Firstly this should be in general. Now you have 2 options, either get fake-flash (search it) or you can now get S-OFF by using Alpharev 1.8 (also search it)
There are no problems with using nandroid at all.

Fakeflash is safer. See my sig

I don't understand. I haven't installed any of these, I have only flashed ClockworkMod Recovery from Rom Manager. But I can still flash by going into recovery by holding back button and power(when the phone is off), choose recovery and then hold volume up/power at the red triangle.

MaBlo said:
I don't understand. I haven't installed any of these, I have only flashed ClockworkMod Recovery from Rom Manager. But I can still flash by going into recovery by holding back button and power(when the phone is off), choose recovery and then hold volume up/power at the red triangle.
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That's fakeflash.

TheGrammarFreak said:
That's fakeflash.
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Ahh lol thanks

TheGrammarFreak said:
That's fakeflash.
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So if I just use ROM manager to install it, it 'fake-flashes' it?

Snowtoad23 said:
So if I just use ROM manager to install it, it 'fake-flashes' it?
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See Grammarfreaks's sig

Rom manager downloads the update.zip into your sd card. The reason I want you to read that post is that you need to understand what's going on. The fakeflash bit refers to what that update.zip does.
Sent from my Legend

TheGrammarFreak said:
Rom manager downloads the update.zip into your sd card. The reason I want you to read that post is that you need to understand what's going on. The fakeflash bit refers to what that update.zip does.
Sent from my Legend
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Alright thanks I get it now!