[Q] Flash recovery with having to rebuild everything? - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I am flash junky but I have a question.
I was going to flash the latest ClockworkMod but I really don't feel like having to do a full wipe and reload of everything. I am also running Firerat's MTD's. I guess my question is: Is it possible to flash recovery and set Firerat's back up while keeping my current rom/apps/etc all intact? Nandroid obviously won't work because it restores the recovery image etc. as I am running CWM 3.x already but was going to update it.
Thoughts?

Pyr0TeK said:
So I am flash junky but I have a question.
I was going to flash the latest ClockworkMod but I really don't feel like having to do a full wipe and reload of everything. I am also running Firerat's MTD's. I guess my question is: Is it possible to flash recovery and set Firerat's back up while keeping my current rom/apps/etc all intact? Nandroid obviously won't work because it restores the recovery image etc. as I am running CWM 3.x already but was going to update it.
Thoughts?
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You need to wipe everything if you are redoing your FR mtdpartmap OR the recovery, since a new recovery wipes the FR mod. A nand restore DOES work though. SO you would:
nand backup
flash new recovery
wipe
flash fr recovery
wipe
reboot recovery
nand restore
flash fr boot
reboot

il Duce said:
You need to wipe everything if you are redoing your FR mtdpartmap OR the recovery, since a new recovery wipes the FR mod. A nand restore DOES work though. SO you would:
nand backup
flash new recovery
wipe
flash fr recovery
wipe
reboot recovery
nand restore
flash fr boot
reboot
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But the nand restore would restore my recovery too since I am already running CWM 3.x eh?

Pyr0TeK said:
But the nand restore would restore my recovery too since I am already running CWM 3.x eh?
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No, if you look inside a nand backup the only partitions that are backed up and restored are boot, cache, data, and system. Your recovery will remain intact.

c00ller said:
No, if you look inside a nand backup the only partitions that are backed up and restored are boot, cache, data, and system. Your recovery will remain intact.
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Weird because when I just ran my backup... one of the listed items that gets backed up is "recovery". Is it lying?
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Pyr0TeK said:
Weird because when I just ran my backup... one of the listed items that gets backed up is "recovery". Is it lying?
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FYI your pic is totally normal, nand backs up recovery, cache, etc. All the stuff in your pic. It does not matter, it doesn't overwrite your recovery, ignore it. I know what I'm talking about, I have done those steps a number of times.

il Duce said:
FYI your pic is totally normal, nand backs up recovery, cache, etc. All the stuff in your pic. It does not matter, it doesn't overwrite your recovery, ignore it. I know what I'm talking about, I have done those steps a number of times.
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I will go with the flow then... will let ya know. Thanks.

il Duce said:
You need to wipe everything if you are redoing your FR mtdpartmap OR the recovery, since a new recovery wipes the FR mod. A nand restore DOES work though. SO you would:
nand backup
flash new recovery
wipe
flash fr recovery
wipe
reboot recovery
nand restore
flash fr boot
reboot
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Success! Thanks bro... knew I could count on you.

Pyr0TeK said:
Success! Thanks bro... knew I could count on you.
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NP. So yeah c00ller was right, the nand does backup all the stuff in the pic, but it only restores the stuff he mentioned, plus ".android_secure" and "sd-ext" (if you use it). I'm sure my names are off, but yeah it makes FR a lot easier with nand

Pyr0TeK said:
So I am flash junky but I have a question.
I was going to flash the latest ClockworkMod but I really don't feel like having to do a full wipe and reload of everything. I am also running Firerat's MTD's. I guess my question is: Is it possible to flash recovery and set Firerat's back up while keeping my current rom/apps/etc all intact? Nandroid obviously won't work because it restores the recovery image etc. as I am running CWM 3.x already but was going to update it.
Thoughts?
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Nandroid doesn't actually restore the recovery image, it only backs it up. And to answer your question, yes, you can install the new recovery without having to wipe out everything.
All you have to do is use ADB to flash the new recovery FROM WITHIN RECOVERY, and then immediately flash fr-recovery before doing ANYTHING else.

jasonmaloney said:
All you have to do is use ADB to flash the new recovery FROM WITHIN RECOVERY, and then immediately flash fr-boot before doing ANYTHING else.
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Man you're good. For real? No redo of rat stuff? I assume this only applies if you are NOT adjusting the mtd or flashing something new, i.e. only when flashing a new recovery image on it's own?

il Duce said:
Man you're good. For real? No redo of rat stuff? I assume this only applies if you are NOT adjusting the mtd or flashing something new, i.e. only when flashing a new recovery image on it's own?
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Right. But I should point out that I should have said FR-RECOVERY, not FR-BOOT. I just hosed my install by flashing the incorrect one.

jasonmaloney said:
Right. But I should point out that I should have said FR-RECOVERY, not FR-BOOT. I just hosed my install by flashing the incorrect one.
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lol...
Ok... so this would work correct? (of course you know I am going to try it anyway... lol)
Boot into recovery.
adb flash recovery
flash fr-recovery
reboot
Nothing else to be done and rom will bootup etc just like before? If so... freaking sweet!
Again... thanks guys.

jasonmaloney said:
Right. But I should point out that I should have said FR-RECOVERY, not FR-BOOT. I just hosed my install by flashing the incorrect one.
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Is it also necessary to flash fr boot after fr recovery? I assume not but I gotta check.

il Duce said:
Is it also necessary to flash fr boot after fr recovery? I assume not but I gotta check.
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Yeah... not sure... to setup Firerat's MTDs, it states to wipe boot, cache, data, system... then flash fr-recovery... then wipe system, cache, data again... reboot into recovery... flash rom etc... then flash fr-boot. Hmm... maybe all those steps aren't needed if it has previously been setup before flashing a new recovery?
He also stated in ALL CAPS to flash the new recovery WHILE BOOTED INTO RECOVERY. I usually flash a recovery via adb when my phone is booted up into a rom, then adb reboot recovery. Flashing it while booted into recovery work differently rather than flashing it while the phone is booted into a rom?

Pyr0TeK said:
lol...
Ok... so this would work correct? (of course you know I am going to try it anyway... lol)
Boot into recovery.
adb flash recovery
flash fr-recovery
reboot
Nothing else to be done and rom will bootup etc just like before? If so... freaking sweet!
Again... thanks guys.
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That would be correct.
il Duce said:
Is it also necessary to flash fr boot after fr recovery? I assume not but I gotta check.
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Not if you haven't made any changes to the boot partition.
Pyr0TeK said:
Yeah... not sure... to setup Firerat's MTDs, it states to wipe boot, cache, data, system... then flash fr-recovery... then wipe system, cache, data again... reboot into recovery... flash rom etc... then flash fr-boot. Hmm... maybe all those steps aren't needed if it has previously been setup before flashing a new recovery?
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As long as you already had cMTD set up, and as long as you aren't changing the partition sizes again, and as long as mtdpartmap.txt is still in place, this works.
Pyr0TeK said:
He also stated in ALL CAPS to flash the new recovery WHILE BOOTED INTO RECOVERY. I usually flash a recovery via adb when my phone is booted up into a rom, then adb reboot recovery. Flashing it while booted into recovery work differently rather than flashing it while the phone is booted into a rom?
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Use the flash_image binary.

jasonmaloney said:
Use the flash_image binary.
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Boot into recovery...
CMD from Windows
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/blahblah.img
flash fr-recovery from recovery menu
reboot
You duh man JM...

Pyr0TeK said:
Boot into recovery...
CMD from Windows
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/blahblah.img
flash fr-recovery from recovery menu
reboot
You duh man JM...
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thanks.
One thing that I thought I should mention. while in recovery I tried to flash_image recovery and it failed saying it could not access my recovery img. So after a couple of tries I figured out I needed to mount my sdcard from the "mounts" menu in cwm, then it allowed me to flash the recovery. Might not be a common issue but I added for what its worth. Thanks everybody.

chalan30 said:
thanks.
One thing that I thought I should mention. while in recovery I tried to flash_image recovery and it failed saying it could not access my recovery img. So after a couple of tries I figured out I needed to mount my sdcard from the "mounts" menu in cwm, then it allowed me to flash the recovery. Might not be a common issue but I added for what its worth. Thanks everybody.
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You may be able to specify a local .img file instead of from the phones sdcard also:
flash_image recovery c:\blahblah.img
I think... haven't tried it.

Pyr0TeK said:
You may be able to specify a local .img file instead of from the phones sdcard also:
flash_image recovery c:\blahblah.img
I think... haven't tried it.
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This is incorrect.

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[Q] com.android.phone

Is anyone else having with this file? I have been trying to update my Nightly build of CM7 heroc #12 to 13. I do the wipe and all that and the install is successful but when the phone loads it says com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please restart. I click ok and it does it again over and over again and its pops up right away after i click ok. any suggestions??
You might have a bad download. Redownload and see if that works. Also are you using firerats mod??? If not then try a full wipe as in data,cache,dev-cache and sd-ext.
Yea its me again with the
Modified Hero--
No I am using Nandroid. and I did that. um I will try the redownload and see if that works thanks for the advice. whats Firerats?? Is that better?
lucifersocom said:
No I am using Nandroid. and I did that. um I will try the redownload and see if that works thanks for the advice. whats Firerats?? Is that better?
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Firerarts is a mod that will resize your data partition. And what recovery are you using??
Yea its me Again With the
Modified Hero-
Your recovery image may be outdated, update your recovery image and then do a wipe on data, cache, and dev-cache and then reboot.
waffle_ said:
Your recovery image may be outdated, update your recovery image and then do a wipe on data, cache, and dev-cache and then reboot.
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Ok I redownloaded the ROM and it works now no issue what so ever also did all this other stuff Thanks guys!
laie1472 said:
Firerarts is a mod that will resize your data partition. And what recovery are you using??
Yea its me Again With the
Modified Hero-
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Oh ok and I am using the stock recovery. I tried amon_Ra and clockworkMod but hey both do something wrong cause everytime I do a backup something on my phone doesnt work afterwards or the recovery doesnt work and the Stock one is working perfectly fine.
You're welcome!
For good measures, you should wipe everything and then flash your recovery TWICE, and then reboot into recovery mode -- flashing it twice usually ensures a healthy installation without problems.

[Recovery] CWM 5.0.2.0 - Flashable Zip

Attached is a flashable zip of CWM 5.0.2.0. I successfully installed the file from CWM, CWM Touch, and TWRP.
Good luck!
(All the usual warnings apply: flash at your own risk, etc., etc.)
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Back Story:
Today I was flashing an alternate recovery when I got stuck at the boot logo. I (foolishly) had no other zip flashable recoveries on my phone. Since I had no PC access, I was SOL until I got home. I searched the forum and found no flashable standard CWM recovery. So, I decided to make one.
Do yourself a favor, save a copy on your sd card and hope you never need it!
I think all recoveries in THIS thread can be flashed via recovery. Just choose the zip format and colors of your choice. I've tried before flashing via TWRP. Anyway,thanks for sharing.
You are correct. And romracer's recovery is great, but I wanted CWM.
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Question - why is it necessary to format /cache before flashing? I mean, the recovery log is in there (/cache/recovery/log).
I don't get it. A recovery that you can flash from recovery in case you can't get into recovery?
yeahmann said:
I don't get it. A recovery that you can flash from recovery in case you can't get into recovery?
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Not exactly.. It's when we wanna change recovery to others. Like changing TWRP to any button recoveries. But,we still can access recovery. If we can't access recovery,the only way is by flashing image format via fastboot command.
Before I made this file I analyzed other zip flashable recoveries, and they wiped cache as well. I don't fully understand why myself. Maybe for the very purpose of clearing the recovery log? Maybe because we are taught to always clear the cache before flashing anything and it's just a habit?
ravilov said:
Question - why is it necessary to format /cache before flashing? I mean, the recovery log is in there (/cache/recovery/log).
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I could access recovery. I just couldn't get past the boot logo. I did say "boot loop" instead of "boot logo" in the original post (I corrected that - my bad). Was this the source of your confusion?
yeahmann said:
I don't get it. A recovery that you can flash from recovery in case you can't get into recovery?
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upndwn4par said:
Before I made this file I analyzed other zip flashable recoveries, and they wiped cache as well. I don't fully understand why myself. Maybe for the very purpose of clearing the recovery log? Maybe because we are taught to always clear the cache before flashing anything and it's just a habit?
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Ah, I see.
upndwn4par said:
I could access recovery. I just couldn't get past the boot logo. I did say "boot loop" instead of "boot logo" in the original post (I corrected that - my bad). Was this the source of your confusion?
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I think he was confused about why would you want to flash recovery if you already have a working recovery? And if you don't have a working recovery, a flashable recovery won't help. IE, he thought this is for emergency purposes, but in case your recovery is malfunctioning.
ravilov said:
Ah, I see.
I think he was confused about why would you want to flash recovery if you already have a working recovery? And if you don't have a working recovery, a flashable recovery won't help. IE, he thought this is for emergency purposes, but in case your recovery is malfunctioning.
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Having a flashable recovery if your recovery works allows for easy switching. I'm not (yet) a touch recovery fan, but some roms require them.
I was trying to install a touch recovery when the install failed (bad download I think - I downloaded another copy and it installed fine). My phone would not boot past the logo, but I could boot to recovery. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot a few times, re-flashed the recovery, fixed permissions, etc. to no avail. I had no PC access, so I couldn't fastboot a recovery. So, I had no phone for a few hours. During that time I was wishing I had a recovery flashable recovery (if I hadn't recently deleted a copy of romracer's recovery from my phone I would have been good to go). I made one, pulled my sd card and loaded the file, replaced the sd card, booted to recovery, then flashed the recovery I made. The abridged version is the back story in the OP. Anyway, that brings us to the whole point of this thread.
Edit:
I think I set a record for most times using the word "recovery" in a single post.
Although I do appreciate your contributions... I refuse to do any flashing whatsoever unless I have PC access or it's already a dire emergency.
Nandroid -> Titanium Backup -> MyBackup -> Image SD Card (With all three backups) to desktop / laptop -> blast everything on phone to kingdom come -> begin whatever flashing that I probably shouldn't be doing...
Probably overkill, yes; but your remote flashing with no PC access? You sir, are a brave soul.
Normally I am almost as cautious as you. But I was at a really boring offsite meeting. But, I learned my lesson.
xdraconis said:
Although I do appreciate your contributions... I refuse to do any flashing whatsoever unless I have PC access or it's already a dire emergency.
Nandroid -> Titanium Backup -> MyBackup -> Image SD Card (With all three backups) to desktop / laptop -> blast everything on phone to kingdom come -> begin whatever flashing that I probably shouldn't be doing...
Probably overkill, yes; but your remote flashing with no PC access? You sir, are a brave soul.
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[Q] Corrupt Data Partition

Hi
I just tried flashing ARHD 20.2 coming from rooted stock 4.1.2 via CWM touch. The rom won't install, halfway through the phone just re-starts. Also whenever I try a factory wipe or data re-format from cwm my phone re-starts immediately. So I have recovery but I can't flash a new ROM.
Have I corrupted my data partition somehow? Is there a way around this? Maybe via a new recovery or kernel? My searches on xda haven't come up with much. Any ideas? Thanks.
showingcatches said:
Hi
I just tried flashing ARHD 20.2 coming from rooted stock 4.1.2 via CWM touch. The rom won't install, halfway through the phone just re-starts. Also whenever I try a factory wipe or data re-format from cwm my phone re-starts immediately. So I have recovery but I can't flash a new ROM.
Have I corrupted my data partition somehow? Is there a way around this? Maybe via a new recovery or kernel? My searches on xda haven't come up with much. Any ideas? Thanks.
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follow this guide step by step, maybe you forgott something http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
herwegan said:
follow this guide step by step, maybe you forgott something http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
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HI, thanks for the advice although I don't understand what you want me to do. I guessed you might have meant try going back to stock which I just tried but that didn't work. I do not seem to be able to flash any ROM.
I can enter in and out of CWM recovery but that is it. My phone is formatted and wiped (excepting my suspect data partition???). So I am doing all flashing etc by adb and fastboot.
I tried a TRWP flash over the top of CWM but it only briefly flashes the twrp logo and then restarts the phone, so I have gone back to CWM which at least works.
In my CWM log I see this
I: Can't partition non-vfat: datamedia
I: Can't format unknown volume: /emmc
Any attempt to format data still just restarts the phone.
showingcatches said:
HI, thanks for the advice although I don't understand what you want me to do. I guessed you might have meant try going back to stock which I just tried but that didn't work. I do not seem to be able to flash any ROM.
I can enter in and out of CWM recovery but that is it. My phone is formatted and wiped (excepting my suspect data partition???). So I am doing all flashing etc by adb and fastboot.
I tried a TRWP flash over the top of CWM but it only briefly flashes the twrp logo and then restarts the phone, so I have gone back to CWM which at least works.
In my CWM log I see this
I: Can't partition non-vfat: datamedia
I: Can't format unknown volume: /emmc
Any attempt to format data still just restarts the phone.
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edit: format every partition on your device first through cwm, then
try to adb sideload a rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318497
herwegan said:
edit: format every partition on your device first through cwm, then
try to adb sideload a rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318497
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This is what I am already attempting but unable to do.
showingcatches said:
This is what I am already attempting but unable to do.
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to add more info to my situation: if I choose the wipe data option in the install of ARHD 20.2 the phone immediately restarts on the commencement of the installation.
If I don't choose the wipe data option the installation seems to fail when it has finished unpacking.
herwegan said:
edit: format every partition on your device first through cwm, then
try to adb sideload a rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318497[/QUOT
I have formatted every partition I can in CWM. Recovery immediately crashes if I try to format my /data partition or the /sd card partition.
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showingcatches said:
herwegan said:
edit: format every partition on your device first through cwm, then
try to adb sideload a rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318497[/QUOT
I have formatted every partition I can in CWM. Recovery immediately crashes if I try to format my /data partition or the /sd card partition.
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try to reflash the newest version of cwm/twrp via fastboot and see if it helps..
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herwegan said:
showingcatches said:
try to reflash the newest version of cwm/twrp via fastboot and see if it helps..
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I am on latest CWM touch for HTC one- 6.0.3.6. And as I said before I can't fastboot TWRP it doesn't seem to be working.
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showingcatches said:
herwegan said:
I am on latest CWM touch for HTC one- 6.0.3.6. And as I said before I can't fastboot TWRP it doesn't seem to be working.
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flash it again. maybe there's a bad flash of cwm..
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Does anyone know a way of getting the status/health of disk partitions by adb or some such method. Thanks in advance
Data is permanently mounted in CWM too.
herwegan said:
showingcatches said:
flash it again. maybe there's a bad flash of cwm..
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Nope doesn't work
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showingcatches said:
herwegan said:
Nope doesn't work
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Solved!
I just kept trying to install ARHD 20.2 in the end itflashed succesfully when I unchecked all programs and options before flashing. I don't understand but I have a phone again.
Thanks for your help Herwegan!!
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showingcatches said:
showingcatches said:
Solved!
I just kept trying to install ARHD 20.2 in the end itflashed succesfully when I unchecked all programs and options before flashing. I don't understand but I have a phone again.
Thanks for your help Herwegan!!
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you're welcome, nice to hear it works again
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[Q] 4.4.2 CM11, return to all stock?

I have an HTC One on sprint, running a CM11 nightly. While I liked it for a while, due to business aspects, I need to go back to iphone. I am just gonna trade someone I know for my HTC for their iphone. I guess what i was wondering is what is the process of returning it back to stock? They still want root access, just not a custom ROM. I'm S-ON, HBOOT 1.56.000, Radio, 1.00.20.1100, and OS 4.06.651.4.
I'd like a step by step process hopefully (not an expert on androids, more used to iphones). But i do have some experience with cmd. I was also wondering if I turn it back to stock, will i lose all of my data (contacts, photos,etc.) I know you lose apps, but when I flashed to CM11, I backed up with TWRP, and then had to use CWM, so i couldn't restore my contacts. I do have a backup of my original ROM before i went to CM11 in TWRP, but I had to flash to CWM, so I'm not sure if it's still there.
Also, if they wanted to keep the CM11 on it, would there be any problems switching phone numbers and whatnot on it? I'd assume not because it still has an IMEI, but just wanted to make sure.
Find a flashable zip of twrp and if you didn't delete it ur backup of ur stock rooted should work...u have to have Sprint base Rom to swap phones so NO cm11 will not work when you go to trade phones
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noXcape said:
Find a flashable zip of twrp and if you didn't delete it ur backup of ur stock rooted should work...u have to have Sprint base Rom to swap phones so NO cm11 will not work when you go to trade phones
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I tried to reflash twrp. It wouldnt work. it wouldnt recognize touches.
So if I want it all stock, except for root, can I use an RUU? I know it wipes everything, but better than nothing. plus i could sync with htc manager and get everything i had back.
FireGuy2014 said:
I tried to reflash twrp. It wouldnt work. it wouldnt recognize touches.
So if I want it all stock, except for root, can I use an RUU? I know it wipes everything, but better than nothing. plus i could sync with htc manager and get everything i had back.
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what version of twrp did you flash, should be 2.6.3.0 or higher. thus the touch problems, you don't need to ruu.(openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7wls.img)
Aldo101t said:
what version of twrp did you flash, should be 2.6.3.0 or higher. thus the touch problems, you don't need to ruu.(openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7wls.img)
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I used that originally i believe. So if I re-flash my recovery to twrp, I can restore from my back up, even if I was rooted? and would i still have CM11, or stock sense?
FireGuy2014 said:
I used that originally i believe. So if I re-flash my recovery to twrp, I can restore from my back up, even if I was rooted? and would i still have CM11, or stock sense?
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yep, you'll still have the same rom after flashing recovery til you restore a previous backup, you can back up cm 11 too.
Aldo101t said:
yep, you'll still have the same rom after flashing recovery til you restore a previous backup, you can back up cm 11 too.
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I'm selling it and the person wants a stock rom, but also rooted. So Would I have sense or CM11 if i flash my twrp and restore my backup?
FireGuy2014 said:
I'm selling it and the person wants a stock rom, but also rooted. So Would I have sense or CM11 if i flash my twrp and restore my backup?
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if your backup is stock sense it will be sense.i have no idea what your backup is. you should know that.
Aldo101t said:
if your backup is stock sense it will be sense.i have no idea what your backup is. you should know that.
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I tried using the twrp manager from the play store but it says I'm not supported. 2.7.0.0 is the latest. It shows the backup i have though. Does anyone know where I can download it from and flash it onto my phone?
FireGuy2014 said:
I tried using the twrp manager from the play store but it says I'm not supported. 2.7.0.0 is the latest. It shows the backup i have though. Does anyone know where I can download it from and flash it onto my phone?
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http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls is where to go 2.7.0.1 is the latest, flash this with adb fastboot, in your bootloader
Aldo101t said:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls is where to go 2.7.0.1 is the latest, flash this with adb fastboot, in your bootloader
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would the command be fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.1-m7wls.img?
FireGuy2014 said:
would the command be fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.1-m7wls.img?
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yessir
Aldo101t said:
yessir
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should i erase my cache first?
Or just plug it up, go to bootloader, and flash it, then restore?
FireGuy2014 said:
should i erase my cache first?
Or just plug it up, go to bootloader, and flash it, then restore?
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not sure on the cache erase some say do some say don't i'd try it without first if you have issues wipe it and reflash recovery
Aldo101t said:
not sure on the cache erase some say do some say don't i'd try it without first if you have issues wipe it and reflash recovery
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tried to no avail. I tried and it was stuck on HTC logo for 15 minutes. I reflashed to CM11, and im downloading the RUU now to completely wipe/restore it. Unless i did something wrong? I erased cache using adb, then booted up, restored my stuff, and it said successful, but it was on the htc logo. I tried again to the same thing. then i reflashed cm11 and it worked. did i forget to do a factory reset before i restored everything? it said it wiped stuff before it restored it.
FireGuy2014 said:
tried to no avail. I tried and it was stuck on HTC logo for 15 minutes. I reflashed to CM11, and im downloading the RUU now to completely wipe/restore it. Unless i did something wrong? I erased cache using adb, then booted up, restored my stuff, and it said successful, but it was on the htc logo. I tried again to the same thing. then i reflashed cm11 and it worked. did i forget to do a factory reset before i restored everything? it said it wiped stuff before it restored it.
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after you erased cache did you flash recovery, then reboot recovery and restore a backup
when you are on the htc logo hold the power button down til it reboots and see if it goes past the htc screen
you don't have to factory reset to restore a rom just hit restore and select the backup
Aldo101t said:
after you erased cache did you flash recovery, then reboot recovery and restore a backup
when you are on the htc logo hold the power button down til it reboots and see if it goes past the htc screen
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I flashed recovery, then erased cache, then rebooted to recovery, and restored a backup. when it said successful, i rebooted from there, and it vibrated on bootup, but stayed at the htc screen for a while. I held the power button and rebooted. same thing.
FireGuy2014 said:
I flashed recovery, then erased cache, then rebooted to recovery, and restored a backup. when it said successful, i rebooted from there, and it vibrated on bootup, but stayed at the htc screen for a while. I held the power button and rebooted. same thing.
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well, i don't know, i'd try 2.6.3.0 twrp and don't wipe cache, thats what i been using, what the hell can't hurt to try at this point in the game
sometimes it takes awhile on the first boot, i've had some take quit awhile, but i don't know
Aldo101t said:
well, i don't know, i'd try 2.6.3.0 twrp and don't wipe cache, thats what i been using, what the hell can't hurt to try at this point in the game
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I'm gonna try an RUU. I'm downloading the latest one right now (4.06.651.4 i believe). I'll let you know how it works out. since i'm S-ON, all i need to do is relock boot loader and then run the RUU correct?
FireGuy2014 said:
I'm gonna try an RUU. I'm downloading the latest one right now (4.06.651.4 i believe). I'll let you know how it works out. since i'm S-ON, all i need to do is relock boot loader and then run the RUU correct?
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yes,

[Q] Problem with my p880 after installing android.

Hey guys, I'm new here..idk if this is the right category but here we go: I tried to upgrade the software from the phone and after reboot just went in recovery mode and I found out I have no android. After that I copied stable cm 10.1 gapps on my sd card then I tried to install the zips, everything seemed ok..I restarted the phone and it went straight to recovery mode. I did the same thing with the android 4.4.2 MoKee and happend the same thing. What should i do?
kanaal said:
Hey guys, I'm new here..idk if this is the right category but here we go: I tried to upgrade the software from the phone and after reboot just went in recovery mode and I found out I have no android. After that I copied stable cm 10.1 gapps on my sd card then I tried to install the zips, everything seemed ok..I restarted the phone and it went straight to recovery mode. I did the same thing with the android 4.4.2 MoKee and happend the same thing. What should i do?
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Try installing Symbian , just kidding.
Did you unlock the bootloader of the phone while you were on stock rom?
fuathan said:
yeah guys I ask anything ?
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Apparently you do.
Coolneng said:
Try installing Symbian , just kidding.
Did you unlock the bootloader of the phone while you were on stock rom?
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Yes, I unlocked the bootloader
kanaal said:
Hey guys, I'm new here..idk if this is the right category but here we go: I tried to upgrade the software from the phone and after reboot just went in recovery mode and I found out I have no android. After that I copied stable cm 10.1 gapps on my sd card then I tried to install the zips, everything seemed ok..I restarted the phone and it went straight to recovery mode. I did the same thing with the android 4.4.2 MoKee and happend the same thing. What should i do?
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Can you little better describe how did you upgrade the software. Recovery, rom etc. Did you start at stock ICS or JB?
LGaljo said:
Can you little better describe how did you upgrade the software. Recovery, rom etc. Did you start at stock ICS or JB?
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I had stock JB and I had this program in menu "Software update" and it was an 19-25 mb update..I downloaded and I installed the update then the phone rebooted and it went in cwm recovery. If I install a custom rom everything seems ok, after reboot it enter straight to recovery and I don't know why.
kanaal said:
I had stock JB and I had this program in menu "Software update" and it was an 19-25 mb update..I downloaded and I installed the update then the phone rebooted and it went in cwm recovery. If I install a custom rom everything seems ok, after reboot it enter straight to recovery and I don't know why.
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If you set up working stock JB follow this:
*prepare custom ROM, kernel and Gapps then copy to SD
*if you want CWM download this: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-p880.img, then copy *.img file to a folder where adb is installed and rename it to recovery.img
*boot to fastboot mode (adb reboot oem-unlock)
*install recovery in fastboot mode (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
*power off, then boot to recovery
*flash ROM, Gapps and kernel
LGaljo said:
If you set up working stock JB follow this:
*prepare custom ROM, kernel and Gapps then copy to SD
*if you want CWM download this: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-p880.img, then copy *.img file to a folder where adb is installed and rename it to recovery.img
*boot to fastboot mode (adb reboot oem-unlock)
*install recovery in fastboot mode (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
*power off, then boot to recovery
*flash ROM, Gapps and kernel
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Ok, I will try this but can you suggest me a good custom ROM and kernel? I never installed a kernel before and i don't know what to look for
kanaal said:
Ok, I will try this but can you suggest me a good custom ROM and kernel? I never installed a kernel before and i don't know what to look for
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You don't really need different kernel, for first start I suggest you official CM11 nightly
Hit thanks if it helps
LGaljo said:
You don't really need different kernel, for first start I suggest you official CM11 nightly
Hit thanks if it helps
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While I try to install the cwm I get this error http://i.imgur.com/d9nPSeI.jpg I installed with my cwm 6.0.4.4 the CM11 gapps and this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241474 all of these installed with no problems, after that i reboot and the cwm recovery appears w/o pressing the volume button.
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While I try to install the cwm I get this error
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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I installed with my cwm 6.0.4.4 the CM11 gapps and this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241474 all of these installed with no problems, after that i reboot and the cwm recovery appears w/o pressing the volume button.
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I recommend you not to use this kernel, it is deprecated. Try without flashing different kernel first. Which CWM did you download? From link I gave?
EDIT: Have you done formats of /system, /data, /cache ?
You bugged out your device. OTA doesnt work properly with custom recovery installed. Reflash kdz to fix the issue,but try grabbing everything you need from via adb from recovery first as you may have to do hard reset from stock recovery which will format your internal sd (in case you dont know how to flash custom recovery via fastboot)
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I recommend you not to use this kernel, it is deprecated. Try without flashing different kernel first. Which CWM did you download? From link I gave?
EDIT: Have you done formats of /system, /data, /cache ?
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Yes, from the link you gave me and I did formated the /system, /data and /cache
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You bugged out your device. OTA doesnt work properly with custom recovery installed. Reflash kdz to fix the issue,but try grabbing everything you need from via adb from recovery first as you may have to do hard reset from stock recovery which will format your internal sd (in case you dont know how to flash custom recovery via fastboot)
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What kdz is? Sorry, but i'm new in this thing.
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Yes, from the link you gave me and I did formated the /system, /data and /cache
What kdz is? Sorry, but i'm new in this thing.
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You can reflash or put phone to stock state with using lgmobile support tool. Just put phone in S/W mode (volume down and USB cable plug in) and in dropdown menu select update recovery
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You can reflash or put phone to stock state with using lgmobile support tool. Just put phone in S/W mode (volume down and USB cable plug in) and in dropdown menu select update recovery
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Ok, so i was following this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723 and on LG Mobile Support when I press install usb driver I can't find LGP880, why? maybe something is missing from pc like drivers or something like that?
EDIT: I did it, my phone works fine thank you very much! one more thing..can i install CM11 w/o problems now? i mean while i'm on 4.1.2
kanaal said:
Ok, so i was following this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723 and on LG Mobile Support when I press install usb driver I can't find LGP880, why? maybe something is missing from pc like drivers or something like that?
EDIT: I did it, my phone works fine thank you very much! one more thing..can i install CM11 w/o problems now? i mean while i'm on 4.1.2
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yes, you can. the bug you encountered only happens when you use OTA with modified stock firmware.
good luck :good:
Flying_Bear said:
yes, you can. the bug you encountered only happens when you use OTA with modified stock firmware.
good luck :good:
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Ok, I got it. Thank you! One more thing, I swear it! When I try to root my phone (I follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818502 ), the SystemBackupTest doesn't work, I googled the problem and I found nothing.
kanaal said:
Ok, I got it. Thank you! One more thing, I swear it! When I try to root my phone (I follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818502 ), the SystemBackupTest doesn't work, I googled the problem and I found nothing.
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you are using deprecated method. that's method for ics. search for a way to root jellybean 20a.

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