After I got my nexus back from HTC for a faulty power button, my nexus has been rooted via a replaced motherboard. Now I have already root my phone and unlocked the bootloader, however when I try to flash the recovery image I get
sending 'recovery' (4074 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image update error)
Also I can somehow access recovery, and it looks as it should. However when I try to backup my rom it says "Run 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" and similar things when I try any other the other options. Could someone please help with this?
How are you trying to flash it? Fastboot is the best foolproof way to do flash the recovery. I have never really seen that error before, what recovery are you trying to flash?
Your nandroid error is most likely because the sdcard thinks it's still mounted, or is mounted. Also, I don't know if this still happens but make sure you only do a backup, not backup +ext if you don't have an ext partition on the sdcard.
he's obviously using fastboot...
Did you make sure recovery.img had the right MD5 hashes as amon_ra posted?
I have check the MD5 checksums, and they match up. Also, i am using fastboot to flash, and I am trying to flash RA-nexus v2.0.0. Are you suggesting that I remount the sd card to get it to flash the recovery image?
cajer said:
I have check the MD5 checksums, and they match up. Also, i am using fastboot to flash, and I am trying to flash RA-nexus v2.0.0. Are you suggesting that I remount the sd card to get it to flash the recovery image?
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I would suggest you try in command line with the adb commands as follows:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 775 /system/bin/flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
reboot recovery
You need flash_image for this, check the wiki for the file...don't forget to put the recovery in the root of the sdcard and rename it to recovery.img for convenience purpose
gravufo said:
I would suggest you try in command line with the adb commands as follows:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 775 /system/bin/flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
reboot recovery
You need flash_image for this, check the wiki for the file...don't forget to put the recovery in the root of the sdcard and rename it to recovery.img for convenience purpose
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What do I do with flash_image? Also this device came back stock with frg 83, which I am trying to flash the recovery on. When I type in adb shell, I get "error: device not found" even though I can see it through "fastboot devices".
cajer said:
What do I do with flash_image? Also this device came back stock with frg 83, which I am trying to flash the recovery on. When I type in adb shell, I get "error: device not found" even though I can see it through "fastboot devices".
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flash image has to be placed in the root of your sd card as well as the recovery!
As for the adb shell, try enabling USB Debugging in Setting > Applications > Development
Make sure you're rooted too (use SuperOneClick if you're not already)
I can get through that string of commands until
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
reboot recovery
Then it says "No such file or directory". I have already rooted, and both the flash_image and recovery file have been placed in the root directory of the sd card.
Well, after you did that string of commands, does the problem persist?
Also, do you have at least 400MB free on your SD card?
Well, I can't get
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
reboot recovery
to work as it responds with "No such file or directory". Even if I go through after the errors, the recovery still gives 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" and similar messages. Do I need to find a way to put the file install-recovery.sh in my sd card root directory if so, where can I get it? In addition when I try to flash recovery with nexus one superboot I get "(remote: signature verify fail)" even though the MD5 sum matches up.
Yes I have over 5 gbs on the sd card.
rm = remove
The steps you are trying to perform with the 2 rm command is to remove the 2 files that automatically rewrite your recovery.
If you reboot without succeeding in removing these files, the recovery image you just flashed will be written over by the stock recovery...
Since you have rebooted, and are still having the problem, you need to do the whole list of commands again... be careful how you type...
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Danger, it seems as I can't remove those two files as I get the error message "rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh, No such file or directory". Any ways to successfully remove them?
Sounds like the files aren't actually there then, unless you're making a typing error...
Did your recovery update after the last attempt? Did it look different, what is the recovery version that is listed on the recovery screen?
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I have been flashing different themed recoveries to see if any data transfers, and the background changes. But as before the actions all say "Run 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" or something similar.
cajer said:
I have been flashing different themed recoveries to see if any data transfers, and the background changes. But as before the actions all say "Run 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" or something similar.
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if the rm doesn't work it's fine.
But what about your flashing command? It simply works or outputs an error too?
When u flashed themed ones, did the background change?
The background did change when I flashed the themed ones, however it still outputs errors like "Run 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" when i try to run any of the options under recovery. The fastboot flashing command gives this "writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image update error)" error.
cajer said:
The background did change when I flashed the themed ones, however it still outputs errors like "Run 'nandroid-moblie.sh' via adb!" when i try to run any of the options under recovery. The fastboot flashing command gives this "writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image update error)" error.
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When you try running a NAND backup or restore a previous NAND?
When restoring, the backup must be at the exact position where it was when you did it: /sdcard/nandroid/HT#####/BCD######
I was trying to backup my current image, and this happens with all other actions even the shut down action on the recovery page just with "Run 'reboot -p' via adb!"
lawl xD that seems useful...
well, that's extremely odd to be honest...uhm...I think you should try and contact amon_ra if possible...He knows the code of his recovery and might know what's wrong...
I really have no clue, sorry =\
PS: Have u tried clockworkmod recovery?
Alright I will try contacting amon_ra, and I will try clockwork tomorrow. I was going for amon_ra recovery to get Sense HD on it with sd partition. Thanks for the help though I learned more stuff about my phone.
EDIT: Wow, clockwork installed like a charm, and I didn't even have to do anything. I'm now a clockwork convert.
Hello,
i'm following this forum a long time, now. But at the moment I have a problem rooting my Vodafone Nexus One I can't solve.
It has 2.2.1 (FRG83D) on it. I unlocked the bootloader using fastboot. Now it shows the open lock when booting.
When I try to install a custom recovery using adb or terminal emulator, all looks good. But when i restart and go into recovery menu, always that damn standard menu appears (after putting power on & volume up).
Now I read, that I have to delete the install-recovery.sh in systems/etc and another file, I don't remember right now. I always get an error, when I try to delete or rename them. I tried it using adb, terminal and root explorer.
Does anyone have a clue how I can get rid of them?
Thanks!
Marco
Use fastboot, since you've already gone to the trouble of unlocking your bootloader...
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
fastboot boot name-of-recovery.img
You have to remount the system partition as writable.
You only have to delete the install-recovery.sh file. The other one can be left alone.
hey guys, thanks...
i just did it using the following program and steps:
* - Download Superboot and extract it to a directory on your computer
* - Put your device into bootloader mode. You can either use ADB or turn the phone on whilst holding the trackball to enter the bootloader.
* - If on Windows double click ‘install-superboot-windows.bat’
* - If on a Mac, cd into the directory containing the files and type ‘chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh && ./install-superboot-mac.sh’
* - If on Linux, cd into the directory containing the files and type ‘chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh && ./install-superboot-linux.sh’
after that i had to remount it as R/W partition.
When i type the dd if=/data/recovery.img of=/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096 to flash over the clockworkmod, into my command promt it says 'cannot open for read: No such file or directory' and i dont know what im doing wrong.
I mean everything else seemed to workout fine. i downloaded the recovery image it said to save it but it was already saved to my computer after i downloaded it so i dont know if this could be the problem.
Then i used the adb push recovery.img/data command to push the recovery image to my phone, i think this might be where i messed up. After i put in the command a long list of text pops up on the command prompt. It starts out showing 'Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26' then is followed by a long list of adb commands. Idk know if this is what its supposed to show.
Next i did the adb shell, su, dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p6.backup bs=4096 command and that worked fine it said 2560+0 records out, 2560+0 records in 10485760 bites transfered in 0.413 secs and i actually found that file on my sdcard. So i think i did that right.
Next i tried to use the command 'dd if=/data/recovery.img of=/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096' and like i said earlier it just says 'cannot open for read: No such file or directory'
Lastly i tried the rm /data/recovery.img command and it said rm failed for /data/recovery.img, No such file or directory in the command prompt.
Im sorry i am new at this but i thought i followed the directions perfectly and any help anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.
First off, before someone else says it, you shouldn't start a new thread for something we already have a topic for. But anyways,
Sounds to me like recovery.img never got pushed to /data. Not sure if its a typo in your post but 'adb push recover.img/data' should be 'adb push recovery.img /data'. The space is important. On your phone use a root file explorer and go to your /data partition and see if recovery.img is there. You may need to either change permissions for /data or just put recovery.img on your sdcard and move it to /data with a root explorer.
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Well im sorry im new to this kind of thing, i didnt want to make anyone mad i just wanted some help and i apologize if ive ticked somone off. How would i change the permissions for the data? And could you tell me how to use the root explorer to put the recovery image in the right place? Again i appreciate any help you can offer.
Is recover.img in the same folder as adb? Because the instructions assume your recovery.img is in the same folder you are working from. So if you have to cd to your adb folder to use adb then recovery.img should be in that folder as well. Look at your cmd window, whatever directory/ folder it says you are in that is where you should put recovery.img.
If you saw a bunch of commands it means the .img did not go through your command did not work. You dont have the recovery.img in /data either put the file on your sdcard and use a root explorer to move it to /data or try the adb push again, you most likely made a typo or something.
You would put recovery.img on your sdcard through your computer. Open root explorer and navigate to your sdcard, long press on the recovery.img select move, go to/ data on the root of the phone, not the one on either sdcard it MUST be /data not /mnt/sdcard/data or anything like that once there paste file to /data and finish up in adb shell.
Alright i copied the recovery image to the /data folder and finished up in command prompt and everything worked out like it was supposed to. what was i supposed to do next to put it into cwm recovery mode? I held power, volume down, 3d button but i just went into normal recovery mode. then i went to rom manager to try and put it into cwm recovery that way but it just rebooted my phone. And when i went back into the /data folder i couldnt find the recovery image there anymore and i did a search on my root explorer and couldnt find it anywhere.
Hold vol down + 3D + power when lg logo appears release power but keep vol down +3D held down until recovery pops up. If you still don't boot into cwm try flashing recovery.img again. Do NOT use rom manager at all to install cwm on this phone.
Well ive tried to take the recovery image from the sd card to the /data folder but when i run 'rm /data/recovery.img' on the command prompt then reboot my phone, i turn it off then try and put it in recovery mode but its just regular recovery mode not cwm recovery mode. And everytime i run the 'rm /data/recovery.img' when my phone boots back up the recovery image is no longer in the /data folder or anywhere. But if i dont run the 'rm /data/recovery.img' after moving the recovery image to the /data folder it stays in the folder. Is it supposed to dissapear from the /data folder?
And i tried putting the recovery image in the same folder as abd which is the platform tools folder then flash it over and i got the same message. (cannot open for read: No such file or directory.)
Im sorry for all the questions and I am thankful for your help. I feel like i cant be the only person having this problem, well i hope im not that would make me feel really stupid. Thanks.
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Well ive tried to take the recovery image from the sd card to the /data folder but when i run 'rm /data/recovery.img' on the command prompt then reboot my phone, i turn it off then try and put it in recovery mode but its just regular recovery mode not cwm recovery mode. And everytime i run the 'rm /data/recovery.img' when my phone boots back up the recovery image is no longer in the /data folder or anywhere. But if i dont run the 'rm /data/recovery.img' after moving the recovery image to the /data folder it stays in the folder. Is it supposed to dissapear from the /data folder?
And i tried putting the recovery image in the same folder as abd which is the platform tools folder then flash it over and i got the same message. (cannot open for read: No such file or directory.)
Im sorry for all the questions and I am thankful for your help. I feel like i cant be the only person having this problem, well i hope im not that would make me feel really stupid. Thanks.
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rm is the command to remove. So yes, recovery.img is supposed to disappear after that command. Put it back on /data and run the whole process from the CWM thread again making sure you do every step. Sounds like you may have accidentally skipped a step.
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Alright ill try that again, so i should put the file back on the /data folder and then still do the step where you try to flash over cwm from the cwm thread, even though its already there? Thanks
powers.jereme said:
Alright ill try that again, so i should put the file back on the /data folder and then still do the step where you try to flash over cwm from the cwm thread, even though its already there? Thanks
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Yea just do it all again. Worst case is you flash cwm back over cwm
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I got it to work Urabewe was right i just needed to put the recovery image in the correct folder and everything worked perfect. Thanks guys.
Is it possible to boot into CWM directly.
I am currently using this..
Bricked my phone while renaming framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak .
Can't use adb push in recovery "Read-only file system" error..
Can't use adb remount as well, "Operation not permitted"
Edit: Sorry, please delete this thread. Found a way to rename back the framework-res.apk within recovery and using adb shell
Hey guys, any help you could give me with my problem would be great. Basically, i tried to flash cyanogenmod 11 unofficial on my d959 g flex and it didn't work. unfortunately, i had created backups with twrp recovery, but had cwm on at the time and no cwm backup. I try to send the stock 1.5gb zip over with adb push or adb sideload, but neither is ever successful(stops after 1gb). basically need a way to flash a twrp.zip in cwm to restore my phone recovery to twrp, then I can restore my phone using my twrp backup. Any ideas? I've got the twrp.img file that the Freedom flex app downloaded before, and found a recoveryinstaller.zip that i have put it in and have thought about flashing that to my phone, but don't want to brick it further.
I lost where you replied to what I said about the otg cable but you're halfway right.
Try this.
Download Flash_img. and extract it from the zip file to a location on your computer. We extracted it to the main C drive (not in any folder) and will use that in the next steps.
Copy the recovery image for your phone to a convenient location on your computer, preferably with a short path. We will be placing it on the C Drive directly (not in any folder) and using that in the next steps.
Note: The recovery image should have .img extension. If it is in a zip file, extract the .img file from it.
Enable USB debugging mode on your device from Menu > Settings > Applications > Development.
Connect your device to your computer via USB.
Open a Command Prompt window on your computer and enter the following commands:
adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/
adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell
su
mount -o remount, rw /system
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cd /system/bin
chmod 777 flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
This will first transfer flash_image and recovery.img to your phone. Then it will copy flash_image to the /system/bin folder of your Android device and make it executable. Finally, it will flash the custom recovery image to your device using flash_image.
Note that we used c:\flash_image and c:\recovery.img in the first two lines as we had these files extracted at the root of our C drive. If you extracted the files elsewhere, use the appropriate paths and if your recovery image has a different name, use the appropriate name.
Reboot your device once the process is finished and you’re done. You may exit adb and the Command Prompt window on your computer by entering ‘exit’ twice.
Here is the "bumped" twrp.img
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2OabWtEBQcpVjZGb2ppT083OGs/edit?usp=docslist_api
Here is the flash.img that you need to extract on your PC
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2OabWtEBQcpcmowamtnUVY1YU0/edit?usp=docslist_api
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If you can get into download mode try opening cmd and
Fastboot flash recovery " then drag and drop the twrp.img that I just posted the link for here with out the quotations". It doesn't matter what you name it in this case. This is the easiest way to me.