I currently have my bionic rooted and have the safe strap installed. When going into ROM manager it says that i must have clockworkmod recovery installed in order to access some of the things. Would i brick my phone (or have a chance of it?) if i install it having also installed the Bionic Safestrap. Thanks for any help!
Safestrap does not have any interactions with ROM Manager. Bionic Bootstrap has provisions for ROM Manager.
Use only 1 of the recovery methods. Do not use both. You could cause a lot of problems by running Bootstrap+Safestrap.
So baisically i shouldnt use rom manager to reboot into recovery? If i install Clockwork Mod from the ROM manager app does that then install the bionic bootstrap? thanks
Bionic Bootstrap is a standalone APK that exists separately from ROM Manager. It enables a secret spot that ROM Manager can access to activate recovery functions, such as when you use ROM Manager to reboot to recovery. Alternately, Bootstrap has a button that you can use to reboot to bootstrap recovery.
On the other hand, Safestrap runs as a secondary bootloader when you start your phone. ROM Manager does not know how to interact with it.
Pick one, and stick with it.
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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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I have already the CWM via speedmod kernel. But I wanna know what happens if I install it also with the Rom Manager.
1. Which version I get via the Rom Manager? (I saw somewhere 1.4 is that right? but CM7 likes version 3)
2. How it actually works? When I read older threads my understanding was that Rom Manager actually doesn't overwrite the 3e recovery but just loads it on top of it. (uninstalling Rom Manager you get the old 3e somehow) In a later thread is just mentioned that it installs it.
3. Why isnt the kernel CWM recovery recognized in Rom Manager?
4. Will I be able to flash/upgrade roms via kies normally since I am still on stock, installing the recovery through Rom Manager.
5. In koushes thread is written "Flash back to stock kernel" if I flashed some other recovery I didnt, I used the kernel (speedmod) should I still flash back to a stock kernel WHY?
(pls dont post me links to the old CWM thread, I didnt understand it as you can see from my question )
Basically asking what will happen if I install CWM with the Rom Manager , having the speedmod kernel installed. (2 recoveries? which one will boot? etc etc)
sorry for questions that were probably answered in many threads.
I have successfully rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note, but it still doesn't have CWM installed. So I downloaded Rom Manager from the market, and tried to flash CWM from there. However the "Confirm Phone Model" dialog does not list the Galaxy Note I attached a screenshot of the choices.
Which do I pick? Or should I install CWM the long way?
Saw this thread, proceeding to this thread. Long method it is~
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Yes U R on right track
I have the same problem, I was able to ROOT and install CWM (I have version 5.0.2.7) using the instructions in this post. But I cannot do a ROM Backup with ROM Manager because it does not recognize the Recovery as valid one, I can boot into recovery from ROM Manager but I cannot do a Backup, I tried with the Manual Flash Overdrive option in ROM Manager and did not work, please any suggestion how to make ROM Manager recognize CMW that was manually installed ?, thanks
i have the same issue with my Neo V. i installed CMW manually and wanted to do rom backups so that i can flash a new rom. unfortunately the rom manager im using wont allow me to backup telling me to install CMW which is redundant cause i already have CMW installed. and worse is its asking me to chose phone models where my phone models is not even supported. how do i get over these??? arent there any rom manager updates?
ROM manager is not supported to Note
Just open CWM applicayion, you will find backup option there only.
My phone is a Captivate running 2.2 . I have rooted it, installed ClockworkMod Recovery via ROM Manager, and have an ICS ROM on my interal storage.
However, when I boot into recovery mode, I am taken to Android system recovery <3e>, which doesn't give me an option to install a ROM (or to continue installing a ROM, if I try to install with ROM Manager). I can delete cache, and 'reinstall packages', but that gives me a signature verification error.
Can someone tell me what I'm missing? Is ClockWorkMod Recovery not installed correctly? Is there a particular issue with 2.2?
Last week I put a ICS CyanogenMod ROM onto a Kindle, so I understand the flow of things.
Thanks!
"3e" recovery issue....
That's odd
See TRusselo's "Guide" that is a stickied thread in the Q&A Forum...
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Hey all,
I've been searching all over for the solution to this problem and I haven't been able to find any sort of solution and all my attempts to google have been in vain. I've been having problems installing any rom from clockworkmod. I have a droid bionic with the system version, 98.72.22.XT875 the android version is 4.1.2. So I was originally trying to get the pacman rom on my phone. I flashed a clean jellybean rom from RSD and then I used bootstrap and rom manager to flash clockworkmod recovery. However every time I tried to install the pacman rom I get an error that says something similar to E: system cant find *blank* file. When I reboot my system after this the phone says that I've lost encryption and it wont allow me to access the phone anymore. So I tried downloading the cryogen mod off of rom manager and I had the same problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
You cannot use bootstrap with the jellybean firmware on a bionic, you must use safestrap. It is the only currently working recovery.
Clockworkmod doesn't work either (as far as I know.. Is there even a build for the bionic?)
Clean again with an fxz, root, install safestrap app, install recovery through the app, reboot to safestrap, create a ROM slot, install your ROM to that slot, and all should be good.
(The reason your attempts were in vain is because the boot loader is locked, thus some boot-time patching and workarounds must be done)
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Safe strap works great. Boot manager is supposed to work also, haven't tried it yet.