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[Recovery] ClockworkMod - 5.5.0.4 - (Update: 07/11/12)

-build koush’s CWM 5.5.0.4 from CyanogenMod’s repo
-use latest ICS kernel
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog

Awesome!!!!
SGT 10.1 uplink initiative

Will this work on the I/O version?
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Yes
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pershoot said:
Yes
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Nice
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Works great, looks like I'm the only one to try it lol.
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What are the advantages of flashing a new recovery when you can already flash any zip using the default one?

Backup and restoring your entire system
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The ability to flash round via rom manager is also nice
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fixing one issue.
will refresh later.

trying to wait for the update... prob just flash back to back. what is the issue you are fixing? Thanks for doing this.

galaxy tab 10.1 - clockwork mod recovery - refreshed.

jaskru said:
trying to wait for the update... prob just flash back to back. what is the issue you are fixing? Thanks for doing this.
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nandroid backups.
fixed. refreshed. filename has not changed (its labelled 0521).

I'm getting a cannot determine image filename error. Any tips??

thepro8 said:
I'm getting a cannot determine image filename error. Any tips??
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show me what you are doing.

pershoot said:
show me what you are doing.
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I just rooted my device. Rebooted it.
Downloaded the clockwork recovery file, unzipped it, the .img file is in my downloads folder (did not change the name)
(in cmd window)
cd downloads
fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm_3.1.0.1-sam-tab-10.1-052111.img
(I get back)
error: cannot load 'recovery-cwm_2.1.0.1-sam-tab-10.1-052111.img'

thepro8 said:
I just rooted my device. Rebooted it.
Downloaded the clockwork recovery file, unzipped it, the .img file is in my downloads folder (did not change the name)
(in cmd window)
cd downloads
fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm_3.1.0.1-sam-tab-10.1-052111.img
(I get back)
error: cannot load 'recovery-cwm_2.1.0.1-sam-tab-10.1-052111.img'
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check the filename.
it is not recovery-cwm_3.1.0.1-sam-tab-10.1-052111.img when you unpack it.
ensure you have a working fastboot
you should fastboot boot it first prior to flashing/replacing.
you do not need to root your device to use this. if you are using this on the 'v', then you must unlock your bootloader prior.

pershoot said:
ensure you have a working fastboot
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I think this may be the problem because if try a "fastboot reboot" command I just get a waiting for device and nothing else.
hmm...how do i fix that

thepro8 said:
I think this may be the problem because if try a "fastboot reboot" command I just get a waiting for device and nothing else.
hmm...how do i fix that
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check the stickies in the 'v' forum.

Looks like i fixed it. i had to get my tablet into fastboot mode and then plug it in. then it detected my device and i was able to flash it.

[Q] Clockwork Mod to 4EXT recovery

Hey guys,
Before I get flame at, let me point out a few things
1.) I've been searching throughout the forum in and out to find the answer to my question but I have failed so.
2.) I'm using a custom firmware by nikhil007mmus Jelly Bean 4.1 on my HTC Incredible S
3.) Recently I was curious about new firmware from PACman. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105869
Hence my question is,
I'm using the original ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0, and I found out PACman firmware need to be flash using 4EXT recovery.
I've tried to install 4EXT Recovery, followed ALL the steps provided by alot of people, but everytime after finished installing all the settings and configuration, when I boot up my recovery it is still on ClockworkMod
Why is this so? What did I do wrong? D:
In need of serious guidance or help here

zeniaga said:
Hey guys,
Before I get flame at, let me point out a few things
1.) I've been searching throughout the forum in and out to find the answer to my question but I have failed so.
2.) I'm using a custom firmware by nikhil007mmus Jelly Bean 4.1 on my HTC Incredible S
3.) Recently I was curious about new firmware from PACman. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105869
Hence my question is,
I'm using the original ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0, and I found out PACman firmware need to be flash using 4EXT recovery.
I've tried to install 4EXT Recovery, followed ALL the steps provided by alot of people, but everytime after finished installing all the settings and configuration, when I boot up my recovery it is still on ClockworkMod
Why is this so? What did I do wrong? D:
In need of serious guidance or help here
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Flash the recovery.img file using flashboot. If you don't know how to do that reply and I'll guide you

Omg thank you for your reply!
unfortunately I have no idea how to do so, mind if you help me out step by step?
I'm stucked for 2 days straight figuring it out

zeniaga said:
Omg thank you for your reply!
unfortunately I have no idea how to do so, mind if you help me out step by step?
I'm stucked for 2 days straight figuring it out
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You need to have adb and fastboot installed in your computer.. if you are using windows you need the htc usb drivers as well
are you on windows?

Just install the 4EXT recovery app from the play store. Follow the steps and it will flash it for you.

Is your device unlocked?

Wow, this is some crazy in-depth **** goin' on!
I am on windows, mind to lay down all the things I need and the steps to follow?
I will read it tomorrow morning, needs to sleep now, it's past midnight here already lol
thanks again!

of course it is if you have already installed custom rom...how stupid of me
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Download the recovery zip file.
extract the recovery.img file and place it in C:\android-sdk\platform-tools\recovery.img
Open up command prompt and type:
cd \android-sdk\platform-tools
Now, make sure it detects your android:
fastboot devices
You'll see a line with a serial number, you're good to go (remember you need to be in fastboot mode while you do all of this, Vol. Up + Power while off)
Now, just flash the recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Would this work on the inspire 4g. IV tried flashing it from the app didn't work so now I'm here using the search button. Any suggestions?
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

samgurung said:
of course it is if you have already installed custom rom...how stupid of me
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Download the recovery zip file.
extract the recovery.img file and place it in C:\android-sdk\platform-tools\recovery.img
Open up command prompt and type:
cd \android-sdk\platform-tools
Now, make sure it detects your android:
fastboot devices
You'll see a line with a serial number, you're good to go (remember you need to be in fastboot mode while you do all of this, Vol. Up + Power while off)
Now, just flash the recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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This is the maual way to do it and while its good to know, the 4EXT Recovery App will do it all automatically for you.
enigma2446 said:
Would this work on the inspire 4g. IV tried flashing it from the app didn't work so now I'm here using the search button. Any suggestions?
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2
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Did the 4EXT app automatically detect the device properly? Is the recovery compatible with your device?

Yes it detected my phone and yes its compatible cuz the custom Rom I'm running supposedly had it built in but it's still cwm...... Android revolution hd 7.3
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

Thanks for the reply again lol,
and yeah I've flashed it to a custom rom lol.
By downloading recovery zip file you mean going into 4EXT website and download it down?
Once I extract it out, I need to put inside my phone's SD card right? I'm pretty lost at this part now.
I got how you mean by doing all this in the fastboot mode (The white screen with lines of words and THREE androids below the screen, correct?)
And I'm not sure about flashing the recovery.img, oh god..

zeniaga said:
Thanks for the reply again lol,
and yeah I've flashed it to a custom rom lol.
By downloading recovery zip file you mean going into 4EXT website and download it down?
Once I extract it out, I need to put inside my phone's SD card right? I'm pretty lost at this part now.
I got how you mean by doing all this in the fastboot mode (The white screen with lines of words and THREE androids below the screen, correct?)
And I'm not sure about flashing the recovery.img, oh god..
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In the bootloader go fastboot USB, I think you need debugging on but not certain. Then your ready to type command.
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

Connect your phone to your computer via usb (Make sure usb debugging is checked on the phone)
Open a command prompt window
type the following
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

Oh okay sweet, so I still need to go to 4EXT to download the file first before proceeding right?

No need am attaching the latest 4EXT TOUCH Recovery Zip file
Extract and follow instructions above.
Also dont forget to check the md5 of the .img file. You brick your device if you flash a corrupt recovery
If it works click "Thanks"

Please report if it works and if it does..please edit the title of your thread and added a '[Solved]' to it in the begining

Okay thanks alot! I will try it along the week, I'm kinda busy with daily work schedule recently,
Will update once I try it!
Thanks alot!

I'll bookmark this for my future usage tooo, this is good thread on switching CWM to 4EXT:good:

kanethesun said:
I'll bookmark this for my future usage tooo, this is good thread on switching CWM to 4EXT:good:
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These steps are manual steps on how to do them and if u just want 4EXT Recovery, then you can download the 4EXT Recovery App. The app will download the proper files as well as flash the recovery once the download is finished.

[RECOVERY] OUYA Safe Recovery // A flasher's failsafe.

OUYA Safe Recovery v1.0.0
Because the OUYA lacks a hardware recovery button combination.​Purpose
To create a safe environment where the end user can flash their OUYA with confidence.
How This is Achieved
By switching the roles of the boot image and the recovery image, the user is presented with a customized recovery before entering the actual ROM. This gives the user a failsafe before they start to flash their OUYA. This way if something were to go wrong in the flashing process, the recovery image is still in tact and the system can be restored to a working state.
Features
Custom font size that looks better on HDTV's.
Custom color scheme that matches that of the OUYA theming.
Custom reboot options.

Installation Methods
Method 1 - Computer
Simply download the archieve containing a script that will flash your OUYA. Follow the on-screen directions based on the OS your computer is running.
Method 2 - Recovery
This method is a little more dangerous, but if you already have Clockworkmod Recovery installed on your OUYA you can flash the specified zip to install OUYA Safe Recovery.

Downloads
Computer Method: Ouya Safe Recovery Installer v1.0.0.zip - 16.08 MB
Recovery Method: update_v1.0.0.zip - 6.93 MB
Source and GPL
The source for this project is quite simple, but will continue to evolve over time. If you are interested in taking a look at the required source code or compiling your own Safe Recovery binary, you can find the requested material here.

Credits
Credit to koush for maintaining ClockworkMod Recovery which this recovery is built and compiled from, and to mybook4 for the original CWM port to the OUYA.
Donations and Thanks
If you like the work that I am doing and would like to send a donation my way, please feel free to do so, even though it is not required. Every dollar is appreciated, and will go towards future development costs.

Changelog

Will we be able to install Cyanogenmod 10 with this recovery? Or will we need to replace the boot.Img in the zip so it will gflash correctly without having to use fastboot?
Edit: Where are my manners, AWESOME! Thanks for the recovery! I remember you talking about it in the Cyanogenmod Thread and I didn't expect it to be made so fast!

qwasz123 said:
Will we be able to install Cyanogenmod 10 with this recovery? Or will we need to replace the boot.Img in the zip so it will gflash correctly without having to use fastboot?
Edit: Where are my manners, AWESOME! Thanks for the recovery! I remember you talking about it in the Cyanogenmod Thread and I didn't expect it to be made so fast!
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To install Cyanogenmod 10 you will need to manually flash the boot.img to the recovery partition.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery 20130702-boot.img
Thanks for the nice comment!

ProfessorAnomaly said:
To install Cyanogenmod 10 you will need to manually flash the boot.img to the recovery partition.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery 20130702-boot.img
Thanks for the nice comment!
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You're welcome!
So I'm guessing all of the roms need to be updated to install to the recovery partition instead of the boot partition?

Hi, you have done A Great Job, i flashed (via CWM) the recovery and Its working, i also flashed boot image (via Fastboot) and its booting.. Everything is working, we are safe Now!!! Finally!!!! Thanks to you!!!
This should be in Xda Portal!!!!
Only one thing remains what should we choose when we are asked to disable recovery flash... ?

Tried the installer from windows and it reset the ouya and booted back into the ouya launcher? Am I doing something wrong? So far im rooted and adb is working as its sending the files to my internal SD Card. Driver is installed correctly on the pc. Im running Windows 7 (x86).
Sent from my A210 using Tapatalk 4

Does this have any passthrough mode? I mean, is there any functionality to make it automatically boot into the rom by default, and only show the recovery screen if you are holding the power button or some key on the usb keyboard?

qwasz123 said:
You're welcome!
So I'm guessing all of the roms need to be updated to install to the recovery partition instead of the boot partition?
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The updated fstab should allow for the existing ROMs to flash the boot image to the recovery partition granted developers are writing the image the correct way.

suruceanu.nick said:
Hi, you have done A Great Job, i flashed (via CWM) the recovery and Its working, i also flashed boot image (via Fastboot) and its booting.. Everything is working, we are safe Now!!! Finally!!!! Thanks to you!!!
This should be in Xda Portal!!!!
Only one thing remains what should we choose when we are asked to disable recovery flash... ?
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I've been choosing no, but I doubt it makes much of a difference.

martinbrettphilo said:
Tried the installer from windows and it reset the ouya and booted back into the ouya launcher? Am I doing something wrong? So far im rooted and adb is working as its sending the files to my internal SD Card. Driver is installed correctly on the pc. Im running Windows 7 (x86).
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It should work. I don't see why it wouldn't if adb is working correctly.
Maybe a bad download is to blame?

gianptune said:
Does this have any passthrough mode? I mean, is there any functionality to make it automatically boot into the rom by default, and only show the recovery screen if you are holding the power button or some key on the usb keyboard?
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This is what I have planned for the next update. Shouldn't be too long before I get it worked out.

ProfessorAnomaly said:
It should work. I don't see why it wouldn't. Maybe try rebooting?
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I did and nothing also the batch file is reporting unknown id for some of the commands. :S
Sent from my A210 using Tapatalk 4

ProfessorAnomaly said:
This is what I have planned for the next update. Shouldn't be too long before I get it worked out.
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I believe that for koush bootstrap recovery what it does is puts a certain file /system/etc on successful shut down and when it restarts the recovery checks first if the file is there and it moves into normal boot and after that it destroys the file to be rebuilt on successful shutdown.
But if the file is not found it goes into recovery mode

martinbrettphilo said:
I did and nothing also the batch file is reporting unknown id for some of the commands. :S
Sent from my A210 using Tapatalk 4
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Could you please screenshot the errors you are seeing?

I installed this but I'm confused on how to get into recovery. When trying to boot into recovery, it boots into a screen with a Ouya logo and an exclamation mark right under it (Ouya !")

martinbrettphilo said:
I did and nothing also the batch file is reporting unknown id for some of the commands. :S
Sent from my A210 using Tapatalk 4
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Sam3gX said:
I installed this but I'm confused on how to get into recovery. When trying to boot into recovery, it boots into a screen with a Ouya logo and an exclamation mark right under it (Ouya !")
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The installation was not successful. Please try again.

Htc Vivd Help Needed (Rooting)

Idk if I am in the wrong thread but here we go.
Htc Vivid​I Just got an Htc Vivid An I want to learn how to root it. I have tried Hasoon's program but it didnt work for me.​I have unlocked Bootloader SO I really need help on trying to root this device.
With Hasoon's Program I Tried to flash the TWRP Recovery but it didnt work so I haven't been able to get past flashing
Any Help Would Be Nice THNX
I have Skype if needed, Just ask

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
Idk if I am in the wrong thread but here we go.
Htc Vivid​I Just got an Htc Vivid An I want to learn how to root it. I have tried Hasoon's program but it didnt work for me.​I have unlocked Bootloader SO I really need help on trying to root this device.
With Hasoon's Program I Tried to flash the TWRP Recovery but it didnt work so I haven't been able to get past flashing
Any Help Would Be Nice THNX
I have Skype if needed, Just ask
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download version 2.2 and try using wcx recovery or twrp ... it should work

Ok
bilibox said:
download version 2.2 and try using wcx recovery or twrp ... it should work
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I Tried To use a Different recovery but when I flash it, First it loads me into Bootloader (Like it's Supposed to) Then A green Bar pops up,loads and then Nothing Happends. And a link would be great Thank you

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
I Tried To use a Different recovery but when I flash it, First it loads me into Bootloader (Like it's Supposed to) Then A green Bar pops up,loads and then Nothing Happends. And a link would be great Thank you
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Yeah. it does that in fastboot. click bootloader from fastboot and hit recovery.

ok
Alright! I will try it if it doesn't work then idk just gunna ask so if I get the WCX recovery it will work for the vivid and I don't have to do it with just to get a specific version

bilibox said:
Yeah. it does that in fastboot. click bootloader from fastboot and hit recovery.
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Also if I'm asking to such sorry it's my first root but hey atleast I unlocked it

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
Alright! I will try it if it doesn't work then idk just gunna ask so if I get the WCX recovery it will work for the vivid and I don't have to do it with just to get a specific version
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If you get that recovery.img you dont have to get the specific version of the tool kit

bilibox said:
If you get that recovery.img you dont have to get the specific version of the tool kit
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Ok Just to make sure the steps for me todo this would be 1, Get the Wcx Recovery.img then load into my (unlocked) bootloader, then flash the recovery.img and thats all i know idk if i need to flash a kernal or something sorry

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
Ok Just to make sure the steps for me todo this would be 1, Get the Wcx Recovery.img then load into my (unlocked) bootloader, then flash the recovery.img and thats all i know idk if i need to flash a kernal or something sorry
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Thats All you need to do

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
Ok Just to make sure the steps for me todo this would be 1, Get the Wcx Recovery.img then load into my (unlocked) bootloader, then flash the recovery.img and thats all i know idk if i need to flash a kernal or something sorry
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If you install the newest TWRP... There is an option to root your phone when it loads recovery
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4

rignfool said:
If you install the newest TWRP... There is an option to root your phone when it loads recovery
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4
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Ok I'm getting really confused here can someone tell me exactly waht to do

Dirtymonkeysk8r said:
Ok I'm getting really confused here can someone tell me exactly waht to do
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If you still need help, I wrote this guide for you and anyone else who is confused.
Now that you have unlocked the bootloader follow these steps.
1. Boot into the bootloader by pressing volume down + power.
2. Press the power button to enter fastboot.
3. Make sure that beneath the first few lines on the top of the screen it says fastboot usb highlighted in red.
4. Find a version of TWRP, WCX, or whatever recovery image you are going to use and then extract it into the folder on your computer.
5. In CMD, type this:
fastboot flash recovery "name of the file.img"
6. Press [bootloader] to go back to the main menu (without the brackets).
7. Scroll down with the volume button to recovery.
8. Boot into recovery.
If your recovery works, do this to use a custom rom.
9. Go back into the bootloader by turning your phone off and then using power + volume down.
10. Download a custom rom and open up the .zip file. Then, extract the file named boot.img and extract it into the folder on your computer.
11. Enter fastboot and type this into CMD:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
12. Go back into your recovery (following the steps above from 6-8). Mount your internal SD card and put on the file of the custom rom you wish to use onto your storage. Be sure to copy the file in .zip format, not after it has been extracted.
If your custom rom needs Google Apps, then download the correct file which should be specified in the download area of your rom's post.
13. Go back into the main menu of your recovery and then choose the option to flash the file.
14. Choose the file that you have just loaded onto your storage.
15. Flash Google Apps if you need it.
16. Thank me if it worked

works like a charm:laugh:

123650o said:
If you still need help, I wrote this guide for you and anyone else who is confused.
Now that you have unlocked the bootloader follow these steps.
1. Boot into the bootloader by pressing volume down + power.
2. Press the power button to enter fastboot.
3. Make sure that beneath the first few lines on the top of the screen it says fastboot usb highlighted in red.
4. Find a version of TWRP, WCX, or whatever recovery image you are going to use and then extract it into the folder on your computer.
5. In CMD, type this:
fastboot flash recovery "name of the file.img"
6. Press [bootloader] to go back to the main menu (without the brackets).
7. Scroll down with the volume button to recovery.
8. Boot into recovery.
If your recovery works, do this to use a custom rom.
9. Go back into the bootloader by turning your phone off and then using power + volume down.
10. Download a custom rom and open up the .zip file. Then, extract the file named boot.img and extract it into the folder on your computer.
11. Enter fastboot and type this into CMD:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
12. Go back into your recovery (following the steps above from 6-8). Mount your internal SD card and put on the file of the custom rom you wish to use onto your storage. Be sure to copy the file in .zip format, not after it has been extracted.
If your custom rom needs Google Apps, then download the correct file which should be specified in the download area of your rom's post.
13. Go back into the main menu of your recovery and then choose the option to flash the file.
14. Choose the file that you have just loaded onto your storage.
15. Flash Google Apps if you need it.
16. Thank me if it worked
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Okay, I am going to follow these instructions.. will this work to get me so I can install the team Hydra CyanogenMod 10.2 4.3.1 Jelly bean for this phone. Does the recovery image matter which I use?

GigabitP said:
Okay, I am going to follow these instructions.. will this work to get me so I can install the team Hydra CyanogenMod 10.2 4.3.1 Jelly bean for this phone. Does the recovery image matter which I use?
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Twrp or wcx...
No cwm
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk

rignfool said:
Twrp or wcx...
No cwm
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836 Is this basically explaining the same thing?

Yes... But since vivid users are notoriously bad at using the search feature on the website... Or in tapatalk...
We have to have 10000 of the same goddamn thread...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk

rignfool said:
Yes... But since vivid users are notoriously bad at using the search feature on the website... Or in tapatalk...
We have to have 10000 of the same goddamn thread...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk
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Nah, used the search function to find this thread and others. Thats how I wound up here. But anyways thanks for the info.

[CUSTOM RECOVERY] Cyanogen Recovery (2015-11-04)

Disclaimer
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in the products you find here before using it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications.
Notes
- The recovery cannot boot if flashed to the recovery partition instead it must be booted via fastboot using:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
- The reason it cannot be flashed is that the bootloader is signature checking the flashed image against Amazon's RSA keys.
- External sdcard is not accessible from the recovery at the moment - will fix
- The touchscreen panel is not usable at the moment - instead use the volume up/down keys to navigate and power button to select
- The volume up/down keys are swapped - will fix this
- Apply update from internal memory and sideload are working.
- This is a basic recovery - it has no backup or restore function
- This does the job until TWRP is available
Download
- Amazon Fire Cyanogen Recovery
XDA:DevDB Information
Cyanogenmod Recovery, Tool/Utility for the Amazon Fire
Contributors
ggow
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2015-11-04
Last Updated 2015-11-06

So what can we sideload and cannot? And the amzn rsa is located in /system/vendor/data. Now I'm wondering if someone still has the rsa bug from the hdx the old one and we can replace that with that file and try unlocking the bootloader.

Awesomeslayerg said:
So what can we sideload and cannot? And the amzn rsa is located in /system/vendor/data. Now I'm wondering if someone still has the rsa bug from the hdx the old one and we can replace that with that file and try unlocking the bootloader.
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- Pretty much anything we want to sideload, we can
- I have sideloaded:
Official Amazon Firmware
SuperSU.zip
Modified Gapps Package.zip
Xposed​- CVE-2014-0973 (the vulnerability which was exploited on the HDX) is patched in the Fire's bootloader

ggow said:
- Pretty much anything we want to sideload, we can
- I have sideloaded:
Official Amazon Firmware
SuperSU.zip
Modified Gapps Package.zip
Xposed​- CVE-2014-0973 (the vulnerability which was exploited on the HDX) is patched in the Fire's bootloader
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Oh ok. So we can try sideload in or flashing a custom image now?

Awesomeslayerg said:
Oh ok. So we can try sideload in or flashing a custom image now?
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Yes, we can flash a custom rom

ggow said:
Yes, we can flash a custom rom
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And the bootloader won't recognise the different Rom? I have heard on some devices if you install a different ROM then it doesn't go past the bootloader.
Sent from my XT912 using Tapatalk

Vlasp said:
And the bootloader won't recognise the different Rom? I have heard on some devices if you install a different ROM then it doesn't go past the bootloader.
Sent from my XT912 using Tapatalk
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- The bootloader has no knowledge of the Android ROM AFAIK
- We have to bear in mind that we are limited to the stock boot.img therefore
- Any rom we produce should be based off the stock boot.img
- If we did base the ROM off a custom kernel then we would have to "fastboot boot" the custom_boot.img each boot or reboot - so this is not feasible in terms of user experience.
- On the HDX, when it was a locked device I was able to boot AOSP in this manner

ggow said:
- The bootloader has no knowledge of the Android ROM AFAIK
- We have to bear in mind that we are limited to the stock boot.img therefore
- Any rom we produce should be based off the stock boot.img
- If we did base the ROM off a custom kernel then we would have to "fastboot boot" the custom_boot.img each boot or reboot - so this is not feasible in terms of user experience.
- On the HDX, when it was a locked device I was able to boot AOSP in this manner
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We should be able to use custom boot.img when we get safestrap, right?
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ggow said:
- Pretty much anything we want to sideload, we can
- I have sideloaded:
Official Amazon Firmware
SuperSU.zip
Modified Gapps Package.zip
Xposed​- CVE-2014-0973 (the vulnerability which was exploited on the HDX) is patched in the Fire's bootloader
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I'm actually interested in that modified gapps package... I'd like to keep the gapps as system apps properly.
Do you mind sharing which gapps package did you use and what modification you did?

this works on t he 50$ fire tab?

patt2k said:
this works on t he 50$ fire tab?
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This is FOR it dummy

stkpxl said:
Is it possible to flash the OpenGApps package? I usually stick with the Pico one and install apps from there.
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inscythe said:
I'm actually interested in that modified gapps package... I'd like to keep the gapps as system apps properly.
Do you mind sharing which gapps package did you use and what modification you did?
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- Yes, I'll post it shortly
- I have only flashed it so far with no testing
- My Fire hasn't been online yet because I haven't blocked OTA updates yet
- Will test and provide a link for download
EDIT: Good news the Gapps package works with full play store functionality
I'll upload it and post a link in the General Section

Vlasp said:
We should be able to use custom boot.img when we get safestrap, right?
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- I started investigating this and Safestrap may not be possible
- Safestrap is usually for locked devices granted, however...
- Even if it were possible our kernel doesn't have kexec capabilities
- As with other amazon devices we really need a way to unlock the bootloader.

Modified Open Gapps Package
inscythe said:
I'm actually interested in that modified gapps package... I'd like to keep the gapps as system apps properly.
Do you mind sharing which gapps package did you use and what modification you did?
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stkpxl said:
Is it possible to flash the OpenGApps package? I usually stick with the Pico one and install apps from there.
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- I have posted the Modified Open Gapps package here.
- Tested and seems to be working fine.

ggow said:
- I have posted the Modified Open Gapps package here.
- Tested and seems to be working fine.
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Very nice will have to play around with this later have this tablet for my grandma so at least with root and custom launcher I can make it easier to use at least

ggow is the ****ing bomb!
Between all your work on the FirePhone and this tablet, tell me what I owe you!

Moogagot said:
ggow is the ****ing bomb!
Between all your work on the FirePhone and this tablet, tell me what I owe you!
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Your first born maybe?

If someone wouldn't mind explaining the process of getting this recovery in my tablet. I' mused to flashing on my phone. Thanks

sandman512 said:
If someone wouldn't mind explaining the process of getting this recovery in my tablet. I' mused to flashing on my phone. Thanks
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No problem. You can find instructions here.

sandman512 said:
If someone wouldn't mind explaining the process of getting this recovery in my tablet. I' mused to flashing on my phone. Thanks
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you need adb and fastboot files
several options there are some basic information in my Amazon Fire Index
Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
once you have adb setup
boot Fire into fastboot mode: power off, Hold volume down, power on
if it boots to recovery select bootloader
once in fastboot mode check device manager Fire should be listed as Android adb interface
If so you should test fastboot commands with
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
should get this back
Code:
ford
if so
place recovery.img in the same location as listed in command prompt
then boot recovery.img with
Code:
fastboot boot 2015-11-04-cm-12-recovery.img
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