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flashing custom rom problem

Hi all,i have just rooted with unrevoked 3.21,did a nandroid backup and titanium backup and would like to install custom rom.I used rom manager,flashed clockworkmod recovery via the option there and put the rom zip in root of sd card and select install rom from sd card.When i select start to backup current rom and wipe data and cache,it boots into recovery and then a exclamation mark with yellow triangle pops up and stayed there.I pressed the power button and out comes and error saying ....invalid update argument??and installation was aborted.i was able to boot back into phone...
pls help//
Thanks!!

Did you already toggle signature verification? If not you can either flash the rom yourself from recovery or (also in recovery) toggle signature verification to get rom manager working.

so i must toggle to disable?how abt the exclaimation mark?i read that it is the stock recovery?

Not 100% sure but when i first rooted i tough i also head the exclamation mark even tho i had clockwork mod, did you try to boot in to recovery manually?

its my first time flashing new rom too..i did not try to flash via recovery option as i heard rom manager is safer..so flash via recovery?

Would've been wiser to have read up on everything before rooting

well,i did read up before rooting..still new to all these..i googled my problem and cant seem to find solution..

If you had read up you'd know how to flash a custom ROM as guides include both at the same time. Go read the rooting guide in the Dev section, covers everything you need to know

ok i am back from more reading..pls correct me if i m wrong..
some users had the same error as me...exclamation mark when booting into recovery..a suggestion was to flash cwm again in rom manager as sometimes it does stick when using unrevoked root method?

[Q] how to remove amonra recovery

So I don't want to unroot. I have amonra, clockwork, and rom manager. When I boot into recovery it goes straight to ra recovery, I have to flash the update.zip to get to clockwork. I would just like it to boot straight to clockwork or to remove ra
I installed rom manager the other day and updated to the latest version thinking that would overide ra when booting to recovery from rom manager, only for ra to come up saying 'bad' update.
I know this will more than likely be simple, I have done a few searches but not found much apart from unrooting.

stevoh84 said:
So I don't want to unroot. I have amonra, clockwork, and rom manager. When I boot into recovery it goes straight to ra recovery, I have to flash the update.zip to get to clockwork. I would just like it to boot straight to clockwork or to remove ra
I installed rom manager the other day and updated to the latest version thinking that would overide ra when booting to recovery from rom manager, only for ra to come up saying 'bad' update.
I know this will more than likely be simple, I have done a few searches but not found much apart from unrooting.
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you need to re run unrevoked and untick use custom recovery so it flashes clockwork or use custom and select a clockwork recovery of choice
its in the clockworkmod thread in the dev section and the amonRA thread
please read them

Hello!
You need to unrevoked again....Downolad unrevoked for your phone, BEFORE to plug your phone to your computer go in the up left corner and choose your recovery , wich can be amonra or clockwork mod, let computer do the job and voila! You are donne

Thanks you very much dudes. I was a total noob to all things root when I did mine and just followed steps from a mate. I couldn't remember how RA got on there. Cheers
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Hey, so I hope you guys check this. I tried running the unrevoked again.
Only for it to seemingly get right to the end and attempt root (I thought it was just going to reflash and slap the clockwork in there) for it to say Error: failed to get root - Is your firmware too new?
Is there an easy way around this? Or is it the rom I am running??
I haveOxygen-20. RC6

stevoh84 said:
So I don't want to unroot. I have amonra, clockwork, and rom manager. When I boot into recovery it goes straight to ra recovery, I have to flash the update.zip to get to clockwork. I would just like it to boot straight to clockwork or to remove ra
I installed rom manager the other day and updated to the latest version thinking that would overide ra when booting to recovery from rom manager, only for ra to come up saying 'bad' update.
I know this will more than likely be simple, I have done a few searches but not found much apart from unrooting.
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how did u do that ?!?! i have ra recovery but dont want it beacuse strangely i cant and am unable to flash an roms by it !! i dunno wat d fault is but im doing evrythn correctly.. plz help me ! can i have two recoverys like u ? and how !? btw i have lg p500... plz help ! i want some other recovery so that i can flash roms from it... for some reasons im not being able to flash roms from ra recomery aka "amon_ra_recovery_installer".. any help will be appreciated !!

You don't get 2 recoveries. If you 'fake flash' using ROM Manager it'll lose CWM instead of your normal recovery

You could try to S-OFF with AlphaRev iso (which will also update the recovery to CWM-AlphaRev 2.5.1.8 with dark blue color)
When you are S-OFF you can update the recovery with fastboot
If you don't want or cannot do all this, you could try to fake flash the CMW 3.2 recovery when you need it.
Fake flash means to load another recovery (3.2) while in recovery (2.5) by simply applying a zip file. You then have all the feature of the 3.2 recovery without permanently installing it.
1) put the zip with 3.2 recovery on your SD card (zip in thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1039954)
2) boot in recovery
3) apply the zip (like you would flash a rom, but it only loads the 3.2 recovery operating system without removing/deleting any file in your phone). You should notice the text color change and a few more options in the menu.
4) enjoy
Fake Flash is more or less what what Rom Manager is doing when you use it to reboot in recovery mode (but it only supports a restricted set of recovery versions that have been tuned to work with Rom Manager).
Another benefit of fake flash is that you can still use your old nandroid backups, as it it not recommended to restore with recovery X a backup made with recovery Y.

[Q] Changing from CWM to EXT4 recovery

Hi folks,
As the title says, I want to change from CWM to EXT4 recovery for future use (mainly for ICS 4.x and ICS 4.x MIUI)
Can someone guide me how to get rid of the CWM recovery?
I only have the recovery flashed so I'm not using CWM ROM manager.
All help is appreciated.
Cheers,
R.

Go to 4ext.net. download recovery updater app. Install it then use it to install 4ext recovery. You should try the touch version is pretty sweet

Thanks,
So it will overwrite CWM?
And do I need to install recovery updater first and recovery touch on top of it, or will touch be installed through the main app?
EDIT: Well I answered my own questions .. .. It went pretty smooth, so thanks again!!

Got the same issue!
Unlocked my bootloader fallowing HTCdev.
My device is still S-ON. Currently using CWM to flash ROMs and fastboot to flash boot.img.
Is there anything to take care about when switching to 4EXT in my situation?
Thanks.

[Q] Stuck on HTC logo after instalation of custom rom

Hi, i have my friends Wildfire S to troubleshoot. He did instal some incompatibile RUU stock rom on it. Thats all i know for now. I can access bootloader and clockwork recovery, but i am unable to get into system after installing rom from clockwork mode. Is there any way to get the phone to stock ?
thanks

MirQoo said:
Hi, i have my friends Wildfire S to troubleshoot. He did instal some incompatibile RUU stock rom on it. Thats all i know for now. I can access bootloader and clockwork recovery, but i am unable to get into system after installing rom from clockwork mode. Is there any way to get the phone to stock ?
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if you just want stock rom,you can use mine.i have made some stock flashable zips.
just wipe everything and flash it (follow instructions)
links are in my work(check my signature)

well thanks but that didnt help me at all. still stuck on HTC logo and cant boot into android.

[Q] Problem with custom roms

so i have the desire hd and i love the phone a lot but not the os too much. so heres the deal i tryed installing cyanogenmod.I unlocked the bootloader left the s-on and installed custom recovery via fastboot without a problem. next thing is I installed 3 recoverys non touch everyone different but when i install zip file with the rom it gets stuck every time on boot screen. the thing is i tried cyanogen 7.2.0 9 and 10.1 non of them worked and got stuck right on after it at the htc green logo,. whats the problem i pulled out the battery tried with only usb nothing worked. then i got scared that it isnt bricked dowloaded the original stock rooted rom as it was and installed through the same recovery .then it worked without a problem not even a glitch . i dont get it .im confused. apologies to the admin if it isnt in the right section.
my android version is 2.3.5 withe sense 3.0 and thats it . cant figure whats the problem . i flashed ducent of phones from symbian to iphone and even java based phones and even few htc ., but never had that boot loop problem., anyone please help

Fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img.

bananagranola said:
Fastboot flash the ROM zip's boot.img.
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so i need to flash boot.img from the rom and flash it with fast boot then install software with custom recovery . i use boot image from stock rom or cyanogen ?

alenkosb said:
so i need to flash boot.img from the rom and flash it with fast boot then install software with custom recovery . i use boot image from stock rom or cyanogen ?
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No, flash ROM from custom recovery first, then the boot.img from fastboot. Use a custom, not stock, recovery (CWM, 4ext, or TWRP).

bananagranola said:
No, flash ROM from custom recovery first, then the boot.img from fastboot. Use a custom, not stock, recovery (CWM, 4ext, or TWRP).
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i used 3 diferent custom recoverys for desire hd. ill try the method.btw you cant install cyan with stock recovery .boot img from stock rom ?

no, the boot.img inside the zip of the Rom you´re going to flash at this moment

alenkosb said:
i used 3 diferent custom recoverys for desire hd. ill try the method.btw you cant install cyan with stock recovery .boot img from stock rom ?
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I have no idea what you're trying to say. What recoveries have you tried to flash? How have you tried to flash them? How are you trying to flash the ROM? What is "cyan," ClockworkMod (CWM) or CyanogenMod (CM)? What is a "stock recovery .boot img"? You can't flash anything from the stock recovery. You can't flash the stock ROM's boot.img with a custom ROM. Recoveries do not have boot.imgs that you need to worry about. I am saying that you need to have a custom recovery, like CWM, 4ext, or TWRP, installed. You do that through "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img." You then need to download a ROM zip, boot into recovery with power and volume-down, factory reset, and install the ROM. You then need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip you just flashed and flash it from the computer with "fastboot flash boot boot.img."

bananagranola said:
I have no idea what you're trying to say. What recoveries have you tried to flash? How have you tried to flash them? How are you trying to flash the ROM? What is "cyan," ClockworkMod (CWM) or CyanogenMod (CM)? What is a "stock recovery .boot img"? You can't flash anything from the stock recovery. You can't flash the stock ROM's boot.img with a custom ROM. Recoveries do not have boot.imgs that you need to worry about. I am saying that you need to have a custom recovery, like CWM, 4ext, or TWRP, installed. You do that through "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img." You then need to download a ROM zip, boot into recovery with power and volume-down, factory reset, and install the ROM. You then need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip you just flashed and flash it from the computer with "fastboot flash boot boot.img."
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. heres the deal ive had 3 clockworkmode recoverys and different versions tried 3 zips(roms) with each one and every time de same thing.BUT now thanks to your help i flashed the boot.img file and it works perfectly