Amon_RA recovery on O2X? - LG Optimus 2x

Is there an Amon_Ra recovery on the O2X or just CWM?

Just CWM for now.

Just CWM at the moment. I'd like to see some Amon_RA work though - he worked some real.. uh.. magic on the HTC Magic.

Not yet, but when I asked him about it he said "maybe... I will give it a try when I find some time". This was in late April, so guess we have to wait and find out.

Shame because clockwork has some issues with nandroid restores and cyanogen mod rom

Imperticus said:
Not yet, but when I asked him about it he said "maybe... I will give it a try when I find some time". This was in late April, so guess we have to wait and find out.
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I hope he decides to do it. Never did care much for cwm w/ my evo. Too many times cwm wouldn't wipe the dalvik properly.
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VisedMonk said:
I hope he decides to do it. Never did care much for cwm w/ my evo. Too many times cwm wouldn't wipe the dalvik properly.
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I actually had a real bad issue with wiping today on CWM - I had to manually format data, cache and system. When i wiped and rebooted, it still launched my old rom, although all userdata was gone.. Odd...

What‘s the difference between Amonra and CWM?
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Not a lot in all honesty, they do more or less the same thing. I used both on my N1 and generally preferred Amon Ra's one.
Not that I have anything against CWM though.

Both do what the are build to do, but i'm used to use Amonra... Now i'm on CWM, it's fine too.
Basics are the same, and they both do why we need them for

Amon menus are cleaner and tidy. I would love to have Amon_Ra recovery. --- good thing he has an o2x.

Also: Amon_Ra is much faster with backup and restore, and makes smaller files (I think). CWM takes forever.

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ClockWorkMod Recovery

anybod here use clockwork recovery?
if so, have you noticed anything bad? any problems or odditys?
im just wondering, cause im using it now and i like it but idk if its worthwhile and would like some feed back.
feefeeboomboom said:
anybod here use clockwork recovery?
if so, have you noticed anything bad? any problems or odditys?
im just wondering, cause im using it now and i like it but idk if its worthwhile and would like some feed back.
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currently using it and I've had no problems with it - it does store nandroid's in a different place (ClockWorkMod directory on the sdcard) than the Anon recovery apps do.
I'm currently using it... and it can't wipe my ext.

[Q] hero bootloop cyanogen 6 & N1 gapps

help?
I successfully rooted and added the CyanogenMod 6.0.0 to my htc hero. It seemed to be working fine, but without any Gapps. I then attempted to add N1gapps and now am in an endless cyanogen screen - stuck. I know I screwed up, I'm new to this stuff, though experienced with computers. I have tried reinstalling, including deleting the N1gapps from my sdcard and redownloading the cyangoenmod 6.0.0 I used the Universal Android app to root and Rom manager.
I don't know what to try next.
Update: I had the good sense to back up before I did the change, so I reverted to the original and reinstalled.. successfully. Now I'm just a little hesitant to jump in and screw something up again. From what I've read, I should get GApps as;
gapps-mdpi-20100917-signed.zip
Is that correct?
Also, having read for the last 4 hours or so, I apologize if this is posted in the wrong spot, and for my lack of such knowledge.
Yea flash that one and you should b good to go & remember always nandroid backup good luck oh and u might wanna take that backup and make a copy and put it on your computer so you'll always have it
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success! thanks for the assist. One maybe odd thing.. when I installed ROM manager and tried to reboot, pressing the power/home key didn't work for me, I found pressing the power/volume down key works.
That could b the recovery ur using although I'm not 100% sure but I use RA 1.6 try reflashing your recovery or try RA good luck
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I'm going through the same issue on my wife's n1.....however I accidentally erased the backup....is there anything that can be done.
PS. I've wiped....reinstalled etc. And still the boot loop
ka0bit0 said:
I'm going through the same issue on my wife's n1.....however I accidentally erased the backup....is there anything that can be done.
PS. I've wiped....reinstalled etc. And still the boot loop
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What recovery are you using?
D3FAULT said:
What recovery are you using?
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Not clockwork but the other one 2.5.3 something....I'm not at home at the moment.....I truly appreciate any help I could get. Thank you.
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ka0bit0 said:
Not clockwork but the other one 2.5.3 something....I'm not at home at the moment.....I truly appreciate any help I could get. Thank you.
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Well I would definitely try Clockwork, because from what I understand, it does the best job of wiping. In the worst case scenario, you may just need to get your N1 back to stock and retry from there if you wish.
Would you be able to post up some links? ?....my wife is still pretty pissed lol....
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ka0bit0 said:
Would you be able to post up some links? ?....my wife is still pretty pissed lol....
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lol, I imagine..
A quick google search got me this as far as stock ROMs go: http://android.modaco.com/content/g...es-zip-online-kitchen-optional-root-insecure/
(keep in mind I don't have an N1, so I'm not an expert at it by any means when it comes to ROMs, etc. Speaking of, if you haven't already, you might want to post about this in the N1 forums here on xda. Obviously they'll know about your problem than me.)
Once you have the rock ROM and you're rooted, download ROM Manager from the market to get the Clockwork Recovery.

[Q] if i change roms...

From CY6.1 rc1 to rc2 what do I need to do to restore everything like I was restoring a backup?
You don't have to wipe anything except cache and dalvik-cache which will not affect you. Thus, you will not lose anything you currently have...
Just go in the recovery, manually wipe cache and dalvik-cache, flash the RC2 zip file and reboot, you're good to go.
Thanks for reply. I know how to flash roms. I'm trying to get an answer about apps and settings and such. I apologize for not elaborating.
pukemon said:
Thanks for reply. I know how to flash roms. I'm trying to get an answer about apps and settings and such. I apologize for not elaborating.
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..as gravufo said: "Thus, you will not lose anything you currently have..."
Just to be sure. Sounds too easy and you know the saying.
go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik and do not do full wipe.
Then flash cy6.1 RC 2 and reboot and I'm set? If its that easy ill poop my pants. And then send you guys a picture. Just kidding.
It´s just that easy.
(Nandroid before...is never bad to have)
I know lotsa four letter words if it doesn't work out.
I updated from stable 6.0 but i never wiped cache. Does it matter?
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Appreciate the fast replies guys. I just realized I wiped rc2 last night when I was cleaning up excess and stuff. So I guess ill wait. The gamble of a headache is not worth it for the small differences. I wish gingerbread would hurry up. I'm eager to see if it allows custom/assignable ringtones. My Nokia e71 is sorely missed for that feature.
It is not a gamble, and there won't be any headaches. Just flash the RC2 zip. Don't wipe anything, even the cache, just so you can feel safe.
Of course, make a full backup to appease your fears, but that won't matter.
Just flash the RC2 on top of your system.
I did it this morning while still laying in bed with only 70% battery left and not plugged into the wall. And I didn't even make a nandroid backup.
+1, just flash...
I mean even if you don't wipe cache and dalvik-cache it won't matter...it's just a preventive measure and even if you DO wipe them, you won't even notice since you DO NOT lose anything
I flash new nightlies every day and you can trust me on this one
Ok all you pushy Smarty pants. Do I need to worry about Google apps or just flash rc2?
Very simple answer that most managed to miss.
If you want to back up all data and apps, use titanium backup.(buy it, its worth it) if you ever lose everything or move to a different rom, this will bring your apps, data and settings along to a new rom, or after a wipe
If you want to make a back up of your rom, in case something goes wrong, do a nandroid backup from recovery. And yes nandroid before you flash ANYTHING. You never know what could go wrong.
pukemon said:
Ok all you pushy Smarty pants. Do I need to worry about Google apps or just flash rc2?
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No, you do not need to worry about Google apps...think of RC2 as an update, not a different ROM...When you update your stock from from an OTA, do you lose anything? Nope. That is exactly the same thing here.
Put the RC2.zip in your sdcard
Reboot in recovery
Wipe cache and dalvik-cache (you will NOT lose anything)
Flash zip from sdcard
Reboot
Voilà
gravufo said:
No, you do not need to worry about Google apps...think of RC2 as an update, not a different ROM...When you update your stock from from an OTA, do you lose anything? Nope. That is exactly the same thing here.
Put the RC2.zip in your sdcard
Reboot in recovery
Wipe cache and dalvik-cache (you will NOT lose anything)
Flash zip from sdcard
Reboot
Voilà
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So you don't have to reflash gapps? A couple if days ago I went from a 6.1 nightly to RC2 - I didn't wipe anything, but when it booted I did not have gapps (everything else remained)... I then flashed gapps and they returned, but I had to reconfigure everything related to gapps (notifications etc). This has dissuaded me from flashing the new nightlies because I do not want to set up gapps every time...
What went wrong?
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NPuter said:
So you don't have to reflash gapps? A couple if days ago I went from a 6.1 nightly to RC2 - I didn't wipe anything, but when it booted I did not have gapps (everything else remained)... I then flashed gapps and they returned, but I had to reconfigure everything related to gapps (notifications etc). This has dissuaded me from flashing the new nightlies because I do not want to set up gapps every time...
What went wrong?
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Well, I did hear about people losing their Gapps when flashing a few of the latest nightlies (right before RC2), but it never happened to me...Maybe it depends on where you had them installed before? I installed the updates from the market, so they ended up in /data/ and not in /system...since flashing overwrites /system I guess that could be the reason?
Dunno...Worst case, you just reflash the Gapps and restore the settings through Titanium Backup
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So you don't have to reflash gapps? A couple if days ago I went from a 6.1 nightly to RC2 - I didn't wipe anything, but when it booted I did not have gapps (everything else remained)... I then flashed gapps and they returned, but I had to reconfigure everything related to gapps (notifications etc). This has dissuaded me from flashing the new nightlies because I do not want to set up gapps every time...
What went wrong?
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Fairly sure if you flash Gapps at the same time as the latest rom, you don't have that problem.
well just tried flash 6.1 N1 stable over 6.1 RC1. didn't work. did it this way, that way and another and still didn't work. wiped sd card and tried a couple times fresh and guess what? NOTHING. sigh.
pukemon said:
well just tried flash 6.1 N1 stable over. didn't work. did it this way, that way and another and still didn't work. wiped sd card and tried a couple times fresh and guess what? NOTHING. sigh.
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can you give details? Why didn't it work? What's the error message? How were you proceeding?
never got an error message. got the cyanogen icon bootloop everytime. waited about 20 mins after the whole sd card wipe and fresh install and nothing still.

Update to Koush's Bootstrap with BP Tools Support by Hashcode

Hashcode has modified Koush's fully functional bootstrap so it can be booted from power-off using BP tools!
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/p/android-downloads.html
Nice work!
So do we just uninstall koush's bootstrap and then install this one
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I just installed over top the existing one. Already had it installed. It worked perfect!
I'm able to get into the full version of CWM using BP tools.
Seeing as how I have been using Koush's bootstrap, I am assuming I need only remove the 'original' bootstrap and use this one in it's place?
P.S. This is what we needed. It works! Wow. You should perhaps remove the prior bootstrap before installing this new one. To avoid contusion. This new one says 'tweaked'
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Yeah, it makes sense to uninstall the original version. Otherwise you'll have two installed (with duplicate names and icons) and kinda makes it confusing.
This is a massive help - I've been fiddling with the 5.6.890 ROM, but its painful as everytime I get an unbootable system, it needs a reflash to get to recovery - that means being near a PC every time I want to try a tweak.
Doing a nandroid backup now...
Nandroid backup and restore successful with this new install.
Apprehensive to restore from older backups now even though this should be the same version of Koush's since it's his core app.
Thoughts?
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Nandroid backup and restore successful with this new install.
Apprehensive to restore from older backups now even though this should be the same version of Koush's since it's his core app.
Thoughts?
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I would think a backup WITH this installed is one step better than with the old
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Wolfhere said:
I would think a backup WITH this installed is one step better than with the old
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No doubt! I'm really glad we have this now.
ckarrow2 said:
No doubt! I'm really glad we have this now.
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We have yet another new recovery coming shortly, with cm7 support. Cm7 is booted, but don't expect anyone to see it soon. It needs a good week or 2 before it becoms beta. Radio, wifi, etc don't work yet. The new recovery will have a way to swap between cm7(for now, probably all roms later) and back to stock system very easily.
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I do have a small problem with this...
Downloaded, installed, clicked on "Bootstrap Recovery" and granted Superuser Permissions. Then, my phone rebooted. And since then, every time it came up, it stayed alive just up to the message where Superuser grants permission, and a new reboot took place.
I am, however, able to access the new recovery via BP tools.
Managed to get back to an operable state by removing the apk via adb. Still, I wonder how that strange scenario could happen and what I could do against it?
Notes:
The phone is running the "old" firmware, Superuser 3.0 and the newest su that came via the updating tool. Did some unbloating as well, some time ago.
CWM always fails!
Everytime I go into recovery from bp tools. I click restore it always ends up saying "error in restoring system!". No matter which back up i click.
Do you think that there is any plan of updating the "Market" version of the Droid 3 Recovery Bootstrap ? Or is this something else ?
what does BP tools provide?
noob question, what does this do for us that Koush's bootstrap doesn't? I've never heard of BP tools.
Basically this version allows you to access CWR when your bootlooping. Koush's bootstrap is supposed to kick over to recovery after the first loop, but if it doesn't your basically SOL and the only way to recover your system is to flash the sbf. What hashcode has done is modify it so you can also enter recovery by holding M while powering it on, and getting the boot options. You can then scroll down to BP Tools, and it will boot over to CWR. Thus if you bootloop you still have an option to get to CWR and your backups.
This is the same as the version on the market with tweak of the the extra boot optioni. ROM manager works fine with hashcodes tweaked version just like it did with Koush's version
VincentDHam said:
Everytime I go into recovery from bp tools. I click restore it always ends up saying "error in restoring system!". No matter which back up i click.
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it may not support your old backups... try doing a new backup, and restoring it... This tends to happen when recoveries first come out and new ones take its place..
Just did another full backup and restore with this version. No problems at all.
Thanx to Hashcode for this and his work, champion effort.
-smc
ok forgive me, but i bought koushs, and downloaded hashcodes. i was going to rename the current apk to bak and drop the new apk using root explorer, but what directory am i suppose to look in? data/app has com.koush.droid3.bootstra-1.apk, but im not super familiar to android yet (obviously lol)
edit: also i didnt see any d3bootstrapanything in system/app

[Q] Finallly rooted my N1 - so what is next for a new ROM?

Well after having my N1 for two years (I bought it on launch day) I finally got up the never to root it using this process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319653
Had a few heart stopping moments as the script hung until I realised that while I had download the SDK to get the USB driver I hadn't actually installed the driver for the phone.
Confirmed that it was rooted by downloading Titanium Backup and doing a backup.
For a new ROM (as yet undecided) is a Titanium Backup good enough or should I also do the cyanogenmod clockworkmod recovery?
Should I be able to restore my apps and settings after the new ROM using the Titanium Backup?
You wanna do a Nandroid or Full Image Backup with Clockwork. Titanium is just as you said apps and data. Although, I think CWM has a system bu option. Don't use CWM anymore use Amon_Ra. So not up on steps. The post 3.0 CW's have had issues and are documented.
You can restore apps and data at any time with Titanium, but I think to do system stuff you need to be restoring to same rom.
I highly recommend Nandroids and sdcard backups before doing any new flashing.
Start with CM7 roms the stable ones, then move on. Read OP pages fully and scan threads front to back for info/problems etc
Ken
Which recovery is user friendly for newbies like me.
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n1newbie said:
Which recovery is user friendly for newbies like me.
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Download rom manager from the market and install clockwork recovery.
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camalus said:
Download rom manager from the market and install clockwork recovery.
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Clockwork is probably the best and easiest to use.
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Clockwork is probably the best and easiest to use.
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But i hv read many ppl complaining abt the problem with their sd card partition due to cwm? ??
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use the pre 3.0 versions
Let's try Amon_RA Recovery
Best recovery by far. Never any issues. Been using this version for months and months. Perfect with flashing, backing up, restoring, and partitioning.
are you experienced with fastboot commands adb etc
The downside with Amon_RA is it doesn't give you the option to wipe the /system partition. I have stuck with a pre-3.0 version of ClockworkMod for this reason. There is a new recovery out there called 4EXT that is based on ClockworkMod, but doesn't have the issue with corrupting partitions. He has also added a TON of new features. This does seem to be the best on out there now. He even just released a touch-based version. The thread is in the development section.

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