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[Q] New update.zip for flashing custom roms?

I have been using eugene's update.zip to get into clockwork mod.(along with the engineering build) It works fine.
My problem is it contains an old version of superuser.
I had been using su-2.3.3. But every time I go into clockwork mod for anything I'm reverted back to su-2.1.
Which doesn't even work at this point, it actually breaks the app altogether, causing repeated FC.
What I've been doing is just reflashing su-2.3.3 to get back up and running, but I was wondering
is there a new update.zip for getting into clockwork mod?
Something that doesn't even have su installed.

Just remove su from that update and resign it...
-BMFC
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bmfc187 said:
Just remove su from that update and resign it...
-BMFC
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OK so I removed he superuser.apk. How do I resign this? Sorry I'm a noob at this.

Personally I use ROM Manager by Clockwork in the market. Koush keeps it updated very well and there is no need to keep update.zip on your sd card with this app, it allows you to reboot directly into recovery from the app.

RavenWulf said:
Personally I use ROM Manager by Clockwork in the market. Koush keeps it updated very well and there is no need to keep update.zip on your sd card with this app, it allows you to reboot directly into recovery from the app.
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WOW!!
Your sooo right!! I finally gave rom manager a shot and your right this is waaayy easier.
I had considered using it but I was unsure about how it could access the recovery seeing as the MT3GS has got a weird nand thingy.
Also I'm so used to the G1 and N1's aman ra recovery's that I always looked at clockwork as being lame. But I stand corrected, I'm going to buy the pay version.

RavenWulf said:
Personally I use ROM Manager by Clockwork in the market. Koush keeps it updated very well and there is no need to keep update.zip on your sd card with this app, it allows you to reboot directly into recovery from the app.
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I agree, I do the same thing. I love how well it works to it's perfect for reboot recovery too, now extra steps in the process of getting to recovery. I do keep the update.zip on my sdcard just in case something goes bad I can get back in without relying on my apps loading.

[Q] ClockworkMod to amonRA recovery and other MISC questions

Okay so i have a question about switch from clockworkmod to amonra. How would I go about doing this without rom manager and not using the adb method. Could I flash it through my existing clockwork mod recovery? Or do i HAVE to do it through fastboot?
This is another random question,
Which do you think is better cm6.1 with snap8.x( x being whatever version)
or cm6 with snap7.6BFS?

I don't know about fastboot, but I tried to flashing it through clockworkmod recovery and it's not working..
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Flashing through recovery? I don't think that could be done. You can only do ADB, ROM Manager, Fastboot, or flashing as a PC36IMG.zip in hboot.
As for the kernels, stick with stock on CM 6.1. Snap 8 was designed for CM6, as was Snap 7. Besides, CM 6.1 nightly (and I think RC2) is running the .35 kernel, which is what Snap 9 will be based off of.

Okay thanks I get it now.

i am trying to find the amonra recovery, so i can partition my sd card.. can someone point me in the right direction? maybe some quick notes on how to flash it?

Do a search for the Amon Ra PC36IMG.zip in the dev section, put it on the root of your SDCard, boot into Hboot (vol-down & Power button).
Wait for the scan to fond the file and when it asks if you want to update, do yes, and it will flash Amon Ra onto your Phone, then you cna boot up into recovery.
Prett yeasy actually.
just make sure the file is named EXACTLY PC36IMG.zip

HipKat said:
Do a search for the Amon Ra PC36IMG.zip in the dev section, put it on the root of your SDCard, boot into Hboot (vol-down & Power button).
Wait for the scan to fond the file and when it asks if you want to update, do yes, and it will flash Amon Ra onto your Phone, then you cna boot up into recovery.
Prett yeasy actually.
just make sure the file is named EXACTLY PC36IMG.zip
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+1 I was going to post the same thing. Everyone makes it so complicated when its acctualy really easy.
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thanks guys.. got it done.. took a whole minute.. lol.. im a newb.. still learnning..

should i remove the zip file from my root? i think i read somewhere that people are doing that?

dgrobe2112 said:
should i remove the zip file from my root? i think i read somewhere that people are doing that?
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Yes, you should always remove pc36img files after installing them. That way you don't run into any complications later if you try to use another file of the same sort, such as a splash screen or something.
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Tell ya what I do;
I have a folder on my SDCard I named XDA, and then I have subfolders for ROMS, Kernels, Themes, Apps, and Utilities. I'd rename the Amon Ra file PC36IMG_amon ra.zip and move it into a folder on your SDCard so you always have it relatively handy, then you just drop the amon_ra part and move it to your root again, if you need it.
I have the same thing with the RUU for my phone

HipKat said:
Tell ya what I do;
I have a folder on my SDCard I named XDA, and then I have subfolders for ROMS, Kernels, Themes, Apps, and Utilities. I'd rename the Amon Ra file PC36IMG_amon ra.zip and move it into a folder on your SDCard so you always have it relatively handy, then you just drop the amon_ra part and move it to your root again, if you need it.
I have the same thing with the RUU for my phone
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I never thought of that, great idea. I think I'll try doing that. I kind of do the same with my splash screens. I'll have a few on my phone at one time and once I install, I'll rename it with a description as to what it is so I don't forget. I also do the same with my boot animations, at least the ones that aren't flashable. I just never thought about making a folder. Now I can't wait to get home and re-organize my card.
Thanks for the pointer! The teacher has been schooled, lmao
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dgrobe2112 said:
should i remove the zip file from my root? i think i read somewhere that people are doing that?
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You can remove it or just rename it, cuz if its named PC36IMG, it'll scan and be detected every time you go to the bootloader, so its your preference.

squick said:
I never thought of that, great idea. I think I'll try doing that. I kind of do the same with my splash screens. I'll have a few on my phone at one time and once I install, I'll rename it with a description as to what it is so I don't forget. I also do the same with my boot animations, at least the ones that aren't flashable. I just never thought about making a folder. Now I can't wait to get home and re-organize my card.
Thanks for the pointer! The teacher has been schooled, lmao
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No Prob. I'm totally OCD about being organized. It's an illness... lol

evo4gfan said:
Okay so i have a question about switch from clockworkmod to amonra. How would I go about doing this without rom manager and not using the adb method. Could I flash it through my existing clockwork mod recovery? Or do i HAVE to do it through fastboot?
This is another random question,
Which do you think is better cm6.1 with snap8.x( x being whatever version)
or cm6 with snap7.6BFS?
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hey i have a question by any chance if i switch to amom ra would i be able to switch back to CwM?

You can,also flash a recovery through terminal emulator
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Jcki4 said:
hey i have a question by any chance if i switch to amom ra would i be able to switch back to CwM?
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Yeah
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U can also flash different recovories thru rom manager
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HipKat said:
Tell ya what I do;
I have a folder on my SDCard I named XDA, and then I have subfolders for ROMS, Kernels, Themes, Apps, and Utilities. I'd rename the Amon Ra file PC36IMG_amon ra.zip and move it into a folder on your SDCard so you always have it relatively handy, then you just drop the amon_ra part and move it to your root again, if you need it.
I have the same thing with the RUU for my phone
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good idea but, that will take up some space on your sd card, depending on how many roms you have on there, including themes, splash screens, recoveries, radios, so on and so forth, what i did is the same thing but on my pc, i have plenty of storage on my pc, and that way keep room on my sd card for music, pictures, videos, and whatever else. so if i need any roms or recoveries, splashes, bootanimations, themes, or whatever, they are on my pc, all catagorized and in corresponding folders.
and also if you dont have the room on your pc, it is posted here and able to find with search key. lol

[Q] Delete Clockworkmod Directory

This is probably a real dumb question, but just to be sure I figured I'd ask...
I am using the Amon Ra recovery.. ..however, I first started w/ Clockwork after rooting.. ..can I safely delete "clockworkmod" directory from my phone? I guess I'm asking because I don't see an AmonRa directory and just wanted to make sure my new recovery wasn't just leeching whatever it needed from my Clockwork directory.
Actually.. ..while I'm in this line of questioning.. ..what exactly is either one of these programs for? Just an interface to flash ROMs and other mods from?

I want to know this also because I'm done with CWM.
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gqstatus0685 said:
I want to know this also because I'm done with CWM.
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Same for me my clockworkmod is corrupt how to remove it ???

Yes you can delete it as long as you don't want the backups from it anymore ra backups will be in a new folder called nandriod .
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Also your backups from cwm won't work on ra you can restore them on cwm then switch to ra and make a new one from there just go back and fourth till you have them all on ra this is what I did when I switched way back when.
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magicdot said:
Actually.. ..while I'm in this line of questioning.. ..what exactly is either one of these programs for? Just an interface to flash ROMs and other mods from?
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They are recoveries. They do just that, allow for recovery. A safe place to mess with your Operating System (aka "ROM") without the actual O.S. running.
Mainly used for making backups, wiping, and flashing new ROMs. A nice front end to doing these things, instead of having to use the command line and having to type everything out.

[Q] Rom manager is not switching recoveries.

Any idea why ?
When i tell rom manager to install a recovery it shows as if it's doing it. But then when I reboot in to it, it's still the same (right now i have Amon)

I've seen people have this problem before. I've never used Rom Manager so I haven't experienced it, but I've helped others with the same issue.
Since you're on Amon Ra, I'm assuming you're trying to flash ClockworkMod? If so you'll need to get a PC36IMG of CWM and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into the bootloader - you can use an app to do this or you can do it manually. To do so manually, power down the phone. Then hold the volume down and power buttons at the same time until you see the bootloader. It will ask you to update, choose yes (volume up) when it asks you to update.
Ta-da! You're done.
Here's a PC36IMG of CWM, I'm not sure the exact version as it's only there if someone else needs it, but it is 3.x --
http://db.tt/9sksyTK
Also, out of curiosity, why are you switching?

I had to use ra for the radios update.
I had to load it manually too. I wish I could find why its not working

If you on amon_ra, I don't believe rom manager will work.

lowspeed said:
I had to use ra for the radios update.
I had to load it manually too. I wish I could find why its not working
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Stay on RA and flash thru recovery and learn how to use those tools. It will help you out in the long run...Some how some way

Why would you want to go from AR to CWM?? To me, that's a downgrade

Because I can batch a few zips easily....

I had that same problem but I did use the above post to go back but now I use ra its way better the only good thing about cwm is you can name your backups but I just back them up to my PC anyway and name them just incase my sd card gets fried.
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You can name them on your SDCard.
Just do it like this: BDEARS-20110605-1956-mik_101_full
Notice, no spaces, and the original name still in there.

HipKat said:
You can name them on your SDCard.
Just do it like this: BDEARS-20110605-1956-mik_101_full
Notice, no spaces, and the original name still in there.
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You can do that and restore them like that or do you have to delete the name first cause that would be awesome I thought it wouldn't work if you renamed it.
Also can you use any name or does it have to be the name of the ROM it is of?
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You can restore it like that.
I'm pretty sure - and _ are the only acceptable non text characters in the name

HipKat said:
You can restore it like that.
I'm pretty sure - and _ are the only acceptable non text characters in the name
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I'll have to try that it would make it much easier for me to keep track.
Thanks for the info.
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does anyone have the link to amon to flash

weztcoazt said:
does anyone have the link to amon to flash
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Here:
http://db.tt/WP0beNa
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

ClockworkMod Backup

Guys I just make a backup for my GS3 on CWM and see that the backup was saved on the internal sd card, there is a possibility to change the path and save it directly on external sd or have to make a copy/paste.
Another thing the backup name and date is 5-1-1970.

Load TWRP recovery. You can then select if you want to backup to internal or external SD.
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or stay on CWM and use Rom Manager to select where the backup will be saved and name it what you want.

Rom manager sucks your just asking for problems, go with twrp and be done with it
hmmm....

thatsupnow said:
Rom manager sucks your just asking for problems, go with twrp and be done with it
hmmm....
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if you're using it for anything other than installing/updating your recovery or making a backup, i agree. otherwise, you're just fine

Thanks to all for your response.

If you use nandroid backup then you can select your backup path as well.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
if you're using it for anything other than installing/updating your recovery or making a backup, i agree. otherwise, you're just fine
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1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)

hednik said:
1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)
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Thats okay and useful because I was wondering if I have installed CW and want to unistalled to use TWR.
Thanks mate.

hednik said:
1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)
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hilarious. "Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone..." thats like my worst nightmare.
"aw, man! you mean i gotta use twrp now?"

xBeerdroiDx said:
hilarious. "Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone..." thats like my worst nightmare.
"aw, man! you mean i gotta use twrp now?"
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On my cappy the power and volume buttons were less than reliable and it led to many paniced flashing sessions and erased media...plus my old man eyes hate the small size

hednik said:
On my cappy the power and volume buttons were less than reliable and it led to many paniced flashing sessions and erased media...plus my old man eyes hate the small size
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you cant be THAT old. pre unix?

Twrp is so much better than cwm, but 4ext rules them all (to bad its not sorted on the s3 yet)

xBeerdroiDx said:
you cant be THAT old. pre unix?
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Haha no... I'm far under the hill. Just old man eyes.
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mrhaley30705 said:
Twrp is so much better than cwm, but 4ext rules them all (to bad its not sorted on the s3 yet)
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Is it? So like...when you create a back up and then go to recover it, it actually works unlike in CWM?

Prufta said:
Guys I just make a backup for my GS3 on CWM and see that the backup was saved on the internal sd card, there is a possibility to change the path and save it directly on external sd or have to make a copy/paste.
Another thing the backup name and date is 5-1-1970.
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you could always just connect to your computer and find the folder with your backup in it, and copy and paste it to the SD card...just saying lol..
I always save a copy of my backups to my computer just in case...

Saying Rom Manager sucks is just a ridiculous statement.
I've used it extensively and never ever had a problem.
I prefer CWM over TWRP also. Its a matter of preference.
Rom Manager shouldn't be used with the s2 but with my s3 it works perfectly.
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"

S3freak said:
Saying Rom Manager sucks is just a ridiculous statement.
I've used it extensively and never ever had a problem.
I prefer CWM over TWRP also. Its a matter of preference.
Rom Manager shouldn't be used with the s2 but with my s3 it works perfectly.
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"
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I agree. I like clockwork mod touch and it works just fine on my s3 as well. never used twrp yet, nor have i needed to. What are some pros and cons between the two?

For me its the smooth, intuitive interface and the ease of use on twrp. Clockwork is very straight forward and stable, tried and true. TWRP is very different but once you use it it will all make sense.
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Backup date of creation concern.
The debate of which is better,(TWRP or CWM), which is more preferred or whatever is irrelevant. I dont know why you people cloud up a post like this with a debate in stupidity. But let me ask a question about something I cant seem to find anywhere else and this post only hints at. I was having some difficulties getting my device to complete a backup and ended up here. Its the date of creation listed on the backup folder I wish to bring up. It may not matter much, but I am very curious as to why an app would create a folder with such a date.