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Hebrew support

hey all,
so i have an Israeli wife and she wanted to be able to read the Hebrew font on her facebook and other apps.
we used to have the tmobile mytouch and at the time i had found a .zip file that i flashed and it gave us Hebrew support so i tried it on the incredible and it worked, so i thought i would share it with everyone.
i dont know who to give credit for this, and i dont remember where i got the .zip file.

Whats the procedure to install?
does it have to be rooted as far as you know?

gbenj said:
Whats the procedure to install?
does it have to be rooted as far as you know?
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afaik you need to be rooted,
1. move .zip folder to root of your sdcard
2. boot phone into recovery
3. apply .zip form sdcard
4. reboot phone and your done!
its possible that if you name it update.zip you can do it from the stock recovery but i did not try that and seem to remember reading somewhere that you needed to be rooted.

ezy1022 said:
afaik you need to be rooted,
1. move .zip folder to root of your sdcard
2. boot phone into recovery
3. apply .zip form sdcard
4. reboot phone and your done!
its possible that if you name it update.zip you can do it from the stock recovery but i did not try that and seem to remember reading somewhere that you needed to be rooted.
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Could you please provide more details? Did you try this on an Incredible?
I booted into recovery mode, then selected the "apply sdcard:update.zip" option, but at the end, I keep getting "E:signature veriifcation failed" and "Installation aborted"

shamidude said:
Could you please provide more details? Did you try this on an Incredible?
I booted into recovery mode, then selected the "apply sdcard:update.zip" option, but at the end, I keep getting "E:signature veriifcation failed" and "Installation aborted"
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I have installed this on two incredibles and it worked fine for me, both were rooted and I was using the unrevoked recovery. I think what you are doing is making the phone look for a file named " update.Zip"
in unrevoked recovery there is another option to select which file you want to flash, you then select the Hebrew.Zip folder. Try that and let me know what happens.

Thanks again for the explanation. I am using the plain recovery mode, so I think that is my problem.
How did you install the unrevoked recovery tool? Hopefully this is something that I can do with the rooted phone without having to get back to the "start adb in recovery race condition". I barely made it the first time (with luck) and I don't think that I can hit the same luck again...

shamidude said:
Thanks again for the explanation. I am using the plain recovery mode, so I think that is my problem.
How did you install the unrevoked recovery tool? Hopefully this is something that I can do with the rooted phone without having to get back to the "start adb in recovery race condition". I barely made it the first time (with luck) and I don't think that I can hit the same luck again...
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if you rooted the phone properly the first time and have the superuser app installed it is really easy, just download the unrevoked recovery flash tool and then run it on your pc, it will give you instructions to connect the phone with debugging mode, and then you will allow the superuser app permissions when it asks you and thats about it, should only take five min.

I have a problem I'm trying to use unrevoked flash tool and I get no farther then pushing recovery. I really need help I have rooted my and installed the proper drivers but can't get past pushing recovery please help.

Thanks for this....
Finally rooted and added this, nice little tweak, and an easy thing thing I can answer when someone says, what does rooting allow your phone to do?

CW Recovery error

I'm getting this error whenever I boot into Recovery via ROM Manager:
Blue Menu:
E:Failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
When I boot into Recovery via buttons, I get the Green Menu with no errors.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks.

sabesh said:
I'm getting this error whenever I boot into Recovery via ROM Manager:
Blue Menu:
E:Failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted
When I boot into Recovery via buttons, I get the Green Menu with no errors.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks.
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Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213

bluebullet2121 said:
Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
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just go into recovery via power option menu's instead of rom manager

bluebullet2121 said:
Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
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This worked! Thx.

sabesh said:
This worked! Thx.
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Glad to help.

Might I just take this time here to encourage the use of CWM Recovery instead of ROM Manager. ROM Manager has given me a good deal of trouble, CWM Recovery never has. Plus, when flashing a new ROM, if you install CWM Recovery with root via update.zip, you don't need to waste time signing into Market and downloading ROM Manager. Just my opinion.

Dungeon47 said:
Might I just take this time here to encourage the use of CWM Recovery instead of ROM Manager. ROM Manager has given me a good deal of trouble, CWM Recovery never has. Plus, when flashing a new ROM, if you install CWM Recovery with root via update.zip, you don't need to waste time signing into Market and downloading ROM Manager. Just my opinion.
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Thanks! Is there a tutorial on how to install CWM Recovery with root via update.zip? I'm finding bits and pieces on the subject, but not all the steps involved. Cheers.

sabesh said:
Thanks! Is there a tutorial on how to install CWM Recovery with root via update.zip? I'm finding bits and pieces on the subject, but not all the steps involved. Cheers.
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try this:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

sabesh said:
Thanks! Is there a tutorial on how to install CWM Recovery with root via update.zip? I'm finding bits and pieces on the subject, but not all the steps involved. Cheers.
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you put the update.zip file on the root of your sdcard, not the external
reboot into recovery and hit REINSTALL PACKAGES
it will reboot and probably put you back in recovery, click on REINSTALL PACKAGES again, and it should kick you straight over to clockworkmod

bames said:
try this:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
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Pirateghost said:
you put the update.zip file on the root of your sdcard, not the external
reboot into recovery and hit REINSTALL PACKAGES
it will reboot and probably put you back in recovery, click on REINSTALL PACKAGES again, and it should kick you straight over to clockworkmod
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Much appreciated. Thanks!

[Q] Need help with ROM Manager

Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.

Xanaki said:
Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.
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When it goes into recovery, is it the ClockWorkMod recovery menu? Green text? If it isn't getting there you need to install it from ROM manager first or just install it off an update.zip file that is floating around XDA and other sites. Once that is setup, you can run the backup through ROM Manager. It should boot into a recovery mode and then start doing a lot of writing of files to your new backup directory.
Post back if you are still having problems.

I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...

Xanaki said:
I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...
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I'm sorry, you are looking for recovery-update.zip. I would try to run the ROM Manager install again and see what happens. I haven't had to play with the Android Recovery in quite some time but if the recovery-update.zip file is in the root of your sd card, you should be able to install it through the Android recovery. I'll keep looking. If I can find the file on my phone, i'll post it. Good luck.

If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.

There may be some help in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734163
First try to flash it again through ROM Manager.

mxracer101 said:
If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.
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DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.

Thanks!! Trying that now

Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?

Xanaki said:
Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?
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That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.

trekie86 said:
That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.
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you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery

trekie86 said:
DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.
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Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?

Xanaki said:
Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?
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this will explain and provide a fix for you....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213

Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?

Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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I missed it too. The above post regarding 3e recovery is what you need to do, one of the phones I have I need to do the same process after flashing back to stock. Sorry for the confusion.

Been having a similar issue when it takes you to stock recovery, I hold down both volume buttons and power until I see AT&T let go of power it usually takes me to clockwork recovery menu, I then select whatever I want to do backup, recover, or install from sd.
I don't know why it started doing that but that's what I found works. Hope it helps.

trekie86 said:
You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?
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Im on the leaked AT&T version of 2.2 not Rogers. I haven't had the chance yet to try the recovery method mentioned but I plan on doing so today, I will update as to if this works or not. Also I did read somewhere that flashing a new Kernal might resolve this issue, I do have SGS Kernal Flasher but I dont have another Kernal to flash to...

[Q] Clockwork Recovery "failed to verify whole-file signature"

Well, i've been looking at themes to put on my official 2.2 Captivate and they all are saying to create a NAND backup first before doing anything. So i did some research and from what I can tell, you do this with CWM. My phone is rooted. I downloaded ROM manager, i flashed it, then i go and click "Make backup", the phone reboots and the blue system recovery menu comes up(3e, i'm not sure if that makes a difference) and I click "reinstall packages". It goes through finding update package, opening, verifying, and then it says:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
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I'm then right back at the recovery menu.
I'm not too sure what I should do from here.
Help would be great, thanks

Darksider94 said:
Well, i've been looking at themes to put on my official 2.2 Captivate and they all are saying to create a NAND backup first before doing anything. So i did some research and from what I can tell, you do this with CWM. My phone is rooted. I downloaded ROM manager, i flashed it, then i go and click "Make backup", the phone reboots and the blue system recovery menu comes up(3e, i'm not sure if that makes a difference) and I click "reinstall packages". It goes through finding update package, opening, verifying, and then it says:
I'm then right back at the recovery menu.
I'm not too sure what I should do from here.
Help would be great, thanks
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It's because 2.2 uses 3e recovery which is not compatible with CWM. If you wish, you could theme 2.1 stock I guess, but a better solution is a custom ROM with themes

koreancanuck said:
It's because 2.2 uses 3e recovery which is not compatible with CWM. If you wish, you could theme 2.1 stock I guess, but a better solution is a custom ROM with themes
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Alright. Thanks.
Is there currently a solution being worked on to make CWM work on 2.2? Or, is there another option to make a NAND backup on 2.2 other than CWM.
I'd rather not go back down to 2.1. I saw that some ROMs are already made for 2.2 like Cog 4 and Serendipity(But, you also should make a backup before flashing, lol. Which leads back into my earlier question in this post if there are any other solutions than CWM for 2.2). I probably will end up putting a custom ROM on my Captivate, but if it's just a matter of waiting a little while until development for 2.2 Captivate gets going, then i'll just wait.

Darksider94 said:
Alright. Thanks.
Is there currently a solution being worked on to make CWM work on 2.2? Or, is there another option to make a NAND backup on 2.2 other than CWM.
I'd rather not go back down to 2.1. I saw that some ROMs are already made for 2.2 like Cog 4 and Serendipity(But, you also should make a backup before flashing, lol. Which leads back into my earlier question in this post if there are any other solutions than CWM for 2.2). I probably will end up putting a custom ROM on my Captivate, but if it's just a matter of waiting a little while until development for 2.2 Captivate gets going, then i'll just wait.
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yeah. have a look in the dev forum.....not to mention this exact thing has been answered about 1000 times since 'official' froyo dropped.....

Pirateghost said:
yeah. have a look in the dev forum.....not to mention this exact thing has been answered about 1000 times since 'official' froyo dropped.....
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Thanks for the advice. I found a link to this in the captivate dev forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
Worked perfectly It's performing a backup as we speak.

I also have this problem in my SGS2.
I root it then downloaded ROM Manager pressed the Flash CWN recovery, chose the SGS2 option and then it automatically download CWN 4.0.1.5, then, after doing that, every time I try to reboot into Recovery it show my the signature fail error.
I got 2.3.3.

saar17 said:
I also have this problem in my SGS2.
I root it then downloaded ROM Manager pressed the Flash CWN recovery, chose the SGS2 option and then it automatically download CWN 4.0.1.5, then, after doing that, every time I try to reboot into Recovery it show my the signature fail error.
I got 2.3.3.
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exactly Same thing here

Not that this hasn't been talked about sense forever. A search would have told you this, but this is not the sgs2 forum, I would look there.
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I NEED to get Clockworkmod Recovery on my phone, but I can't seem to get it to work

I got my phone back just 3 days ago and figured i'd finally customize it. I FINALLY figured out a safe and full-proof way of rooting my samsung galaxy s i9000M. I FINALLY figured out that I need to switch the <3e> recovery to <2e> recovery so that I'm able to flash custom ROMs.
Here's the annoying part...
I STILL can't set up Clockworkmod recovery instead of the stock recovery menu. The tutorial I'm following specifies that I need this recovery in order to get everything workin.
I have the phone rooted and I have ROM manager installed too.
Won't someone tell me how to install it on my phone?
I've tried this website:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-3-using-rom-manager/
didn't work many times
thanks in advance!

stacyluo said:
Hi, I'm new to this forum.
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gotta start somewhere

I should point out, it keeps saying "can't open /sdcard/update.zip"
(no such file or directory) if that helps

You mean you don't have recovery yet or you can't install any zip files?
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You'll probably need to do it via Odin.
If you look at the guides here on XDA you'll see easily how to do this.
There are probably easier ways to do by now, but you can follow the more traditional method without much difficulty and not really with that many screw up chances.
Just grab a custom Kernel, like SpeedMod or so, for Odin installation.
Follow the steps that you'll see on the Odin guide to install just the Kernel. Once that is done the Recovery mode will be altered and you can start using CWM normally from there on (or until you install some other full ROM that replaces the kernel and recovers the official recovery mode).