I have a Motorola Droid which appears to be stuck at Firmware version 2.1.
I want to update the firmware. ROM Manager is not available in the Market and I cannot find the appropriate APK file to do a sideload.
Questions:
1. Where can I find the correct APK file so I can do a sideload? or
2. Where can I find a link to install the latest clockwork recovery mod? and/or
3. What rom/build (preferably CM7 or CM9) is recommended?
Thanks in advance!
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I am very confused.
I have a Motorola Droid on STOCK 2.1 which I would like to root and install a froyo custom ROM. I have read so many guides / articles / posts on the doing so. I have stumbled upon "Guide to Rooting Android 2.1 On A Motorola Droid" at droidlife.com. My question is the following:
The guide says I should flash/install SPRecovery using RSDLite first. This will help me install a rooted ROM. But towards the bottom of the guide I am also told to install ROM Manager to install other custom ROM's. I have read that installing ROM Manager will "disable" the SPRecovery. Is this okay?
Should I use SPRecovery to install the very first rooted ROM onto the phone and then use ROM Manager to install ANY other ROMs thereafter. After I install a rooted ROM (using SPRecovery) will I never use it again after I install ROM Manager. Thanks.
On my wife's Droid, I followed the guide and used SPRecovery to install the original rooted ROM. Then, I put ROM Manager on there to start trying out different ROMs. I haven't used SP since the original flash. You still can flash ROMs with SP, but ROM Manager makes it much easier, especially when you become a flashin' fool, lol. With the SP, you have to rename every ROM you put on there to "update.zip," and they can become difficult to keep track of.
RomManager will ask you to install clockwork. This is fine as it will give you the option to instal SP again if you want.
Honestly I do not know the difference between the two and just let Rom Manager do the work for me.
thank you very much...much clearer...
So it seems i should use SPR to install the first rooted ROM and then go with ROM Manager's Clockwork Recovery to handle any future ROMS thereafter. Please let me know if I misunderstood. Thanks.
That's pretty much the best idea, I flashed sprecovery through terminal then after I installed a custom rom switched to rom manager and clockworkmod recovery. Clockworkmod is a little easier to use if you need to flash manually which I mostly do and has some more features that sprecovery doesn't. The main one being for sprecovery you have to rename all zips to update.zip and keep it in root of sdcard. With clockwork I created a directory with subdirectories for roms themes kernels and etc. You can choose to install a zip in clockwork and navigate to where its stored. A little neater, as well both have backup which is always recommended. The reason for using clockwork is mine has issues with mounting sdcard and system when I choose to flash from rom manager. It reboots to recovery and does it automatically which mine has issues with( can't figure out why) but through recovery its self its convenient. Mostly the only time I have to rename a zip to install is for baseband updates.
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Hello. I have a rooted Nexus One 2.2 build FRF50 and want to update to the FRF83. Google is trying to push these updates to me and I try to download and install them, but upon reboot, it fails.
I have tried to download the the zip file from the web and renaming it to "update.zip" and placing the file on my root directory. I have then tried to install from the zip file in recovery mode, it starts, but fails.
I'm happy with my 2.2 Nexus One, but I would like to get the latest system update...please help...thank you.
First, FRF91 is the newest. You have to have the stock recovery for you to flash the official updates. Grab one from the dev section and flash that. Read the description and find out which suites your needs the best.
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Hello. I have a rooted Nexus One 2.2 build FRF50 and want to update to the FRF83. Google is trying to push these updates to me and I try to download and install them, but upon reboot, it fails.
I have tried to download the the zip file from the web and renaming it to "update.zip" and placing the file on my root directory. I have then tried to install from the zip file in recovery mode, it starts, but fails.
I'm happy with my 2.2 Nexus One, but I would like to get the latest system update...please help...thank you.
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I think that you are using a moded recovery, you need the stock recovery in order to flash official updates
Where can i download the most stable verson of froyo?
okay i downloaded the cyanogenmod vanilla but now i need a link to tell me how to install it. please help
you need to put it on the root of your sd card and then flash from recovery. Download rom manager from the market is an easy way to flash rom and also recovery image. Do a search in the devolopment thread , there are many tutorials.
I would like to install CM7 ROM on my Milestone which already has a GOT Froyo 2.2.1. What are the steps I need to follow without bricking my device?
Hi, take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932196
Install latest Androidiani OpenRecovery can be found here.
It's wise to make a backup using OpenRecovery first before you update.
Copy the latest CM7 build to the folder /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates
Don't unzip your download.
If you want to use Google Apps i.e. GMail etc. then you need to download this here.
Then reboot into OpenRecovery and scroll down and Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Go to Apply Updates and choose your freshly downloaded zip file.
Then install the gapps file the same way.
Reboot your phone and voila.
You understand that everything you do, is at your own risk off course. Always use common sense!
Does this also work on Android 2.1?? or is there another procedure for 2.1?
I'm running a Milestone A853 on 2.1
You can install the 2.2 with a full version and flash with the RSDLite then you can put the 2.3.3 cyanogenmod.
i install ROM manger then it ask me to install clock-work , but it fails to download.
I want to install clock-work-mod manully. I dont know how to .
I'm using ubuntu os.
when i use sbf-falsh and clock-work-mod to flash it .fails too.
now I have a .img file. How can I flash it to my Milestone. (android 2.2)
and what version is available?
clockwork mod is not for milestone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11902442&postcount=2