Need help guys... thinking of unlocking and flashing a custom rom in my Butterfly S. But before that, I want to backup my stock recovery first... Any idea how this is done?
shadow071506 said:
Need help guys... thinking of unlocking and flashing a custom rom in my Butterfly S. But before that, I want to backup my stock recovery first... Any idea how this is done?
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You can't backup stock recovery if you don't have S-Off.
tsokh said:
You can't backup stock recovery if you don't have S-Off.
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So this it is not possible?
someone i asked told me this:
"Boot cwm via adb fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) then backup rom (which is stock) then flash the custom recovery"
can this not be done? Thanks..
shadow071506 said:
So this it is not possible?
someone i asked told me this:
"Boot cwm via adb fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) then backup rom (which is stock) then flash the custom recovery"
can this not be done? Thanks..
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Yes, you can backup your stock rom with CWM or TWRP, but not the recovery. Recovery and rom are two different things.
Do you mean it's possible to boot a custom recovery without even unlocking the bootloader via HTCdev, i.e. without losing the whole /data filesystem? If that's the case and you haven't unlocked yet, would you mind creating a full backup along with /data and posting it somewhere? I'd really like to know what's missing in the backup I made after unlocking.
Also, it might be possible to read the recovery image from its partition using dd within a custom recovery. I know no specifics, though, and it's just a guess anyway.
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After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..
kkalkan said:
After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..
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Grab a RUU and extract the recovery.img file from the ROM.zip. Then flash the recovery image in FASTBOOT USB mode using
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Thank you for the reply. Another method yet? ready to file the form. examples. sensation, such as stock recovery is installed?.
Ouh.
For my little brain.
I use MIUI S-OFF (Clockworkmod installed with CWM Recovery).
I extract the recovery.img from a RUU go in fastboot and use the android SDK to flash it?
What is with the S-OFF and what happens then? Is it S-ON then?
justPwnY said:
Ouh.
For my little brain.
I use MIUI S-OFF (Clockworkmod installed with CWM Recovery).
I extract the recovery.img from a RUU go in fastboot and use the android SDK to flash it?
What is with the S-OFF and what happens then? Is it S-ON then?
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S-OFF is controlled by the HBOOT/bootloader. Installing another recovery image will not affect the bootloader, so you will still have S-OFF. However the stock HTC recovery does not allow you to flash custom ROMs.
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kkalkan said:
After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..
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kkalkan said:
Thank you for the reply. Another method yet? ready to file the form. examples. sensation, such as stock recovery is installed?.
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OK, in looking at your posts again, are you asking how to backup your phone using a custom recovery so that you can restore it later?
If so, you would use the Backup option on the recovery menu and it create a backup file of the phone's current image to the SD card.
If you wish to restore this backup file, you would choose the Restore option on the recovery menu and then choose the backup file on the SD card.
If i install the Stock, the ROM doesn't allow to flash custom roms.
How do you mean that? Isn't it possible to install CWM +Recovery and flash a custom rom?
justPwnY said:
If i install the Stock, the ROM doesn't allow to flash custom roms.
How do you mean that? Isn't it possible to install CWM +Recovery and flash a custom rom?
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Yes it is possible to flash a custom ROM with CWM recovery. But if you reinstall the stock recovery (which is what I thought the original poster was asking), it will overwrite CWM recovery and you won't be able to flash a custom ROM.
Realy? And how can i get it back?
justPwnY said:
Realy? And how can i get it back?
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If you are still S-OFF or have an unlocked bootloader, then you would simply reinstall CWM.
Ok thanks i will give it a try!
Thanks for your answers
I remember reading somewhere (dont remember exactly where) that you can make a nandroid backup before rooting or flashing a custom recovery.
This was done by booting into fastboot mode and running the custom recovery, not flashing, just running it. This would preserve the stock recovery as a custom recovery is not flashed, but would still allow you to make a backup of the stock rom without root and without a custom recovery.
Is this a possible method for making a nandroid backup of the stock rom? Which would allow you to return to stock after rooting and installing custom roms?
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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One more question, even if you have a nandroid of the stock rom, wouldnt your device still show up as tampered and unlocked? Is there a way to remove that AFTER returning to the stock rom..?
EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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Hi, you again
That didn't work for me with CWM, but it didn't work after I flashed it either. It just failed to back anything up.
I didn't try it with TRWP though, in theory you're correct.
Hi,
Before making any change to my one I would like to backup everything.. So if needed I can go back to stock..
How can I backup my phone? Hboot, boot, recovery, rom...
zopostyle said:
Hi,
Before making any change to my one I would like to backup everything.. So if needed I can go back to stock..
How can I backup my phone? Hboot, boot, recovery, rom...
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First of all you need to unlock the phone either through HTC Dev (details in the flashing guide link below) or by switching to s-off and then unlocking. You can't backup the firmware (boot etc.) or the recovery but you can backup the stock rom before flashing a new recovery and rom.
There is a guide here which walks you through the unlocking (using HTC Dev method), flashing recovery and rooting and this thread shows how to s-off your device. If you use s-off to unlock the device then in the rooting guide just jump to the flashing recovery section and continue from there.
If you're new to flashing, rooting, etc. and/or you don't understand the above terminology then you need to do plenty of research through these forums and google so that you understand the consequences of what you're doing and the associated risks.
zopostyle said:
Hi,
Before making any change to my one I would like to backup everything.. So if needed I can go back to stock..
How can I backup my phone? Hboot, boot, recovery, rom...
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I would backup /system by doing a nandroid backup via TWRP or CWM. From what I understand you don't need to flash a custom recovery to do this. You boot a custom recovery using adb with your phone connected to the computer. adb boot recovery recoveryfile.img
You can backup hboot, boot and recovery using the dd command. I think you need to be rooted to use dd.
Sorry for the vague information but I don't have an htc one yet. I'll be getting it next week. I know there is a way to do a full backup. There are all these dumps of GE phones and yet nobody is saying how they do them.
Once I get my phone and figure it out I'll write up a guide. I may even put together a fancy program to do it all.
Thanks to both of you... I'll research more and do this with calm and caution...
Hi there!
I've just switched over from iPhone to android and want to root my HTC One. But before I do that, I would first like to make a backup of the stock ROM and stock recovery (if I want to go back to stock later because of service, selling the device and so on).
When i searched the web i found this guide. The guide mentioned that you could boot TWRP through "fastboot boot recovery.img" without flashing the recovery and then make a nandroid backup of the entire stock system (with the recovery included).
But when i tried doing it through fastboot the boot loader frooze and i had to restart the phone. How do i make a backup of the stock ROM and recovery if i can't do it like described in the guide?
I know you should be able to install an RUU if you wan't to go back to stock but i run a carrier branded phone with a CID that has no available RUU's...
I currently run Stock HTC Sense ROM and recovery with a unlocked bootloader through htcdev.com.
So how do i make a backup of the stock recovery and ROM, I would really appreciate all possible answers and theories!
Thanks for the reply!
You can install TWRP and backup your stock ROM, and for the recovery what you can do is download an OTA update from somewhere around here on the forums, extract it and you will find the stock recovery inside it and you can flash it easily the same way you flash TWRP using fastboot but what I dont know is if you have to find an OTA for your carrier branded phone or the recovery isn't affected by carriers, I hope someone can answer this question!
RTIT said:
You can install TWRP and backup your stock ROM, and for the recovery what you can do is download an OTA update from somewhere around here on the forums, extract it and you will find the stock recovery inside it and you can flash it easily the same way you flash TWRP using fastboot but what I dont know is if you have to find an OTA for your carrier branded phone or the recovery isn't affected by carriers, I hope someone can answer this question!
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Thank you for your reply!
Yes i also wonder if you have to find a specific OTA for your specific phone or if the recovery is "universal" for all different versions. My CID is H3G_G04 which seems to be a specific version for the operator three (3). I have not been able to find any RUU's or OTA's for that specific CID.
It would be awesome if anybody could answer this!
Thank you
Viggan said:
Hi there!
I've just switched over from iPhone to android and want to root my HTC One. But before I do that, I would first like to make a backup of the stock ROM and stock recovery (if I want to go back to stock later because of service, selling the device and so on).
When i searched the web i found this guide. The guide mentioned that you could boot TWRP through "fastboot boot recovery.img" without flashing the recovery and then make a nandroid backup of the entire stock system (with the recovery included).
But when i tried doing it through fastboot the boot loader frooze and i had to restart the phone. How do i make a backup of the stock ROM and recovery if i can't do it like described in the guide?
I know you should be able to install an RUU if you wan't to go back to stock but i run a carrier branded phone with a CID that has no available RUU's...
I currently run Stock HTC Sense ROM and recovery with a unlocked bootloader through htcdev.com.
So how do i make a backup of the stock recovery and ROM, I would really appreciate all possible answers and theories!
Thanks for the reply!
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If it's a new phone and has hboot 1.54 then you can't boot into recovery through fastboot as HTC have blocked this. You will have to flash recovery and then do your backups. There are plenty of sources around for the stock recovery if you require it later.
rider5512 said:
If it's a new phone and has hboot 1.54 then you can't boot into recovery through fastboot as HTC have blocked this. You will have to flash recovery and then do your backups. There are plenty of sources around for the stock recovery if you require it later.
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Is there any other way to extract a recovery from my phone? I can not find any RUU's or OTA's for my specific CID. It's almost like it didn't exist...
Viggan said:
Thank you for your reply!
Yes i also wonder if you have to find a specific OTA for your specific phone or if the recovery is "universal" for all different versions. My CID is H3G_G04 which seems to be a specific version for the operator three (3). I have not been able to find any RUU's or OTA's for that specific CID.
It would be awesome if anybody could answer this!
Thank you
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Recovery seems to be universal. Someone posted that they used this stock recovery to restore back to stock and get an OTA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224752
Hey everyone
I've recently solved my OTA problem (seen here) but I soon discovered yet another problem.
When I tried to enter SuperSU, I received the following error shown below.
As mentioned before, I'm on 4.4.2 and I have NO desire whatsoever to unlock my bootloader all over again. Is there anyway to re-root my phone without unlocking my bootloader or will I need to do just that in order to re-root?
Thanks in advance
Anyone?
Please help :crying:
ArmyMan007 said:
Please help :crying:
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From what I know, and by the error displayed on the attached screenshot, you need to do the whole rutine all over again. I am pretty sure rooting can not be done if bootloader is locked, which might mean you have a stock recovery image as well - and since that is not keen to be rooted (as far as I know) you need to flash a custom recovery like twrp. I might be wrong in all this, I'm newish to all this.
ArmyMan007 said:
Hey everyone
I've recently solved my OTA problem (seen here) but I soon discovered yet another problem.
When I tried to enter SuperSU, I received the following error shown below.
As mentioned before, I'm on 4.4.2 and I have NO desire whatsoever to unlock my bootloader all over again. Is there anyway to re-root my phone without unlocking my bootloader or will I need to do just that in order to re-root?
Thanks in advance
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Since you are S-ON you can not flash a custom recovery or root without unlocking your bootloader.
Frogger209 said:
From what I know, and by the error displayed on the attached screenshot, you need to do the whole rutine all over again. I am pretty sure rooting can not be done if bootloader is locked, which might mean you have a stock recovery image as well - and since that is not keen to be rooted (as far as I know) you need to flash a custom recovery like twrp. I might be wrong in all this, I'm newish to all this.
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Well, for starters, my bootloader is unlocked (as mentioned before), thus we eliminate the bootloader unlocking dilemma. But it still doesn't tell me how can I re-root my device: you want to tell me that I have to do is to flash a custom recovery and install SuperSU again, and my phone will be rooted again?
majmoz said:
Since you are S-ON you can not flash a custom recovery or root without unlocking your bootloader.
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Like I wrote before: I DO have an unlocked bootloader
ArmyMan007 said:
Well, for starters, my bootloader is unlocked (as mentioned before), thus we eliminate the bootloader unlocking dilemma. But it still doesn't tell me how can I re-root my device: you want to tell me that I have to do is to flash a custom recovery and install SuperSU again, and my phone will be rooted again?
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flash twrp 2.6.3.3. boot in recovery then exit, twrp will prompt you to root the phone. Then yo ucan flash back the stock recovery for future ota updates.
alray said:
flash twrp 2.6.3.3. boot in recovery then exit, twrp will prompt you to root the phone. Then yo ucan flash back the stock recovery for future ota updates.
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Why can't I flash twrp 2.7.1.0? and don't I need to install SuperSU via twrp? and what do you mean that twrp will promote me to root the phone? it never did that before..
ArmyMan007 said:
Why can't I flash twrp 2.7.1.0?
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latest known bug free version of twrp is 2.6.3.3/.4 thats why we always recommend using this version.
and don't I need to install SuperSU via twrp? and what do you mean that twrp will promote me to root the phone? it never did that before..
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that is for the M8 but same thing apply for the M7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGKlkJRroQ#t=122
or flash the latest su binary from twrp
alray said:
latest known bug free version of twrp is 2.6.3.3/.4 thats why we always recommend using this version.
that is for the M8 but same thing apply for the M7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGKlkJRroQ#t=122
or flash the latest su binary from twrp
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I used to install the latest binary within twrp and it never asked me to do so. Now I got root access again Can I flash my stock recovery again?
ArmyMan007 said:
I used to install the latest binary within twrp and it never asked me to do so. Now I got root access again Can I flash my stock recovery again?
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yes you can flash your stock recovery again, might be a good idea to do a nandroid backup of your current config before flashing back the stock recovery.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
alray said:
yes you can flash your stock recovery again, might be a good idea to do a nandroid backup of your current config before flashing back the stock recovery.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
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Will do! Thanks a bunch!!!