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Clockwork 3.x does not flash properly?, want to go back to 2.5.x? Look here!

I'm looking for CW 2.5.0.1(?) so I can flash radio and other files. It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
I have not been able to find the 2.5.x CW img for the Evo. Also, now that my phone is crippled (flashed a new ROM), how do I install the 2.5.x over the 3.x? ROM Manager does not give me the option to flash back to 2.5.x
Thanks for any quick help!
BTW, I'm not using RA because it doesn't seem to allow me to navigate the SD directory to chose files to flash. If there is something I'm missing, let me know.
Edit:
See post #7 below, it contains the file to get you back to 2.5.0.1!!

snovvman said:
I'm looking for CW 2.5.0.1(?) so I can flash radio and other files. It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
I have not been able to find the 2.5.x CW img for the Evo. Also, now that my phone is crippled (flashed a new ROM), how do I install the 2.5.x over the 3.x? ROM Manager does not give me the option to flash back to 2.5.x
I believe that the new clockwork is causing problems for a lot of people, myself included. I cant revert to an old clockwork like 2.5 either. I just had to flash RA 1.8 on my phone and my wife's Evo.
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Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.

Justin.G11 said:
Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.
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For some reason that method isn't working for a lot of people, myself included. The thing that is working is to flash RA 1.8
I tried several times to revert to an old clockwork and kept getting an error.

go here... http://www.clockworkmod.com/download/recoveries/
click the supersonic recovery you want... make sure its the .zip file.
put on ur SD card and flash. hope this helps

Justin.G11 said:
Rom manager has an option at the very bottom called "all clockwork recoveries"... Use that and select whatever build you want.
Sent from my pants. You figure out how I typed it.
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cbond007 said:
For some reason that method isn't working for a lot of people, myself included. The thing that is working is to flash RA 1.8
I tried several times to revert to an old clockwork and kept getting an error.
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Correct, the older versions in ROM Manager do not work for the Evo.
I ended up finding a pc36img.zip and flashed it. I am now back to 2.5.0.1. I don't use RA because I can't select files. It's a pain when I have a lot of files to flash.

Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
Edit: Some additional info to save you some searching:
Make sure you flash using bootloader and NOT your current recovery. Power off, hold Vol Down, and Power On. Let it update the image, then reboot into recovery again. At that point, you should see 2.5.0.1.
ROM Manager does not properly downgrade. 2.5.1.4/3, I have been told, is not for Evo. You will need to flash manully as I described.

snovvman said:
It seems like 3.x "aborts" install with some files.
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There's a more sinister problem with 3.0.0.1 (which appears to have now been retracted, as ROM Manager, after updating me to 3.0.0.1, is now showing "Latest Recovery: 3.0.0.0" at the time I write this).
It's only sheer chance that I had another unrelated problem, or I would have been screwed -- the Nandroid backup is broken in 3.0.0.1 (it completed the backup operation within about 2-3 seconds, clearly not having backed up everything!)
Edit: I checked in the backup directory, and the only files backed up by 3.0.0.1 were boot.img and recovery.img
Now that I reverted to 3.0.0.0, at least the backup takes a good long time and seems to be listing all the usual stuff, but I don't feel that I can trust 3.0 now.
I'm going back to what was working for me a couple of days ago (2.5.1.2) when I tried CyanogenMod (6.1.1) for the first time. ROM Manager and ClockworkMod Recovery handled it all so perfectly that I kicked it off with checkboxes enabled for the "back it up" and "wipe" options, got called away for about 1/2 hour, and when I returned, there was CM6 in all its beauty, even including the Google apps.
Is there an "official" place to report bugs for ClockworkMod Recovery? I noticed that the clockworkmod.com web site has gone poof (Google cache shows it intact on Dec 11th).
--tgi
HTC Supersonic / Sprint EVO 4G / Hardware 002
myn's Rooted Froyo 2.2 3.29.651.5 Radio 2.15.00.09.01 Kernel 2.6.32-ge2fb08e [email protected] #11

I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.

tgi007 said:
There's a more sinister problem with 3.0.0.1 (which appears to have now been retracted, as ROM Manager, after updating me to 3.0.0.1, is now showing "Latest Recovery: 3.0.0.0" at the time I write this).
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When ROM Manager prompted me to update tonight, I got 3.0.0.2. I was able to complete a backup, including the WiMax partition. Going back to the advanced restore menu, I was given the option to backup WiMax and other partitions seperately.

Does flashing work properly now?

At this point I'm afraid to try.

Product F(RED) said:
Does flashing work properly now?
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Flashing works just fine with 2.5.0.1.

snovvman said:
Flashing works just fine with 2.5.0.1.
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snovvman said:
Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
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I have a Root folder I made in sd card and put the image file in folder in bootloader now its not reading it. what to do?
Edit: I figured it out and works perfect!! Thanks Button..

Product F(RED) said:
I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.
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+1 on this I will have to admit other than folder search I see nothing better about CW over AR and AR has great wiping features and usb mode. But to each its own...

Product F(RED) said:
I'm sorry, but as an AR Recovery user, I see no reason to switch to Clockwork other than being able to browse folders other than the root of your memory card for ZIPs. AR seems much more stable and has had all of the features (except that one) that CW recently had added.
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playya said:
+1 on this I will have to admit other than folder search I see nothing better about CW over AR and AR has great wiping features and usb mode. But to each its own...
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Question for yoru guys: When you flash with RA (/AR), do you just rename the file and put it into the root of SD each time? Is there an easier way to flash with RA that I am not aware of?

snovvman said:
Here is the Clockwork 2.5.0.1, packaged flashable.
Put it in the root of your SD, boot into bootloader, let it update, and life is good again...
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I tried this it says it runs the recovery but after I reboot and run rom manager it says clockworkmod 3.0.0.2. Am I missing a step?

snovvman said:
Question for yoru guys: When you flash with RA (/AR), do you just rename the file and put it into the root of SD each time? Is there an easier way to flash with RA that I am not aware of?
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Not defending CW, but it does have USB Mode. It's just tucked away in the menu.
If I'm on my PC, I download and then just drag to the phone or I use Dropbox, then Astro to move it to the root. If I'm not, then I use Astro. I don't have to rename anything.

ARG! I flashed 2.5.0.1 and still non of my old backups work they all hang at the white htc boot screen. I am just booting into recovery and running restore should I be doing something first?

Easiest Way To Flash CyanogenMod 7 With Video Included

before anything if your coming from CM6 or any other rom you need to do a complete wipe on your phone. if your coming from another nightly or another CM7 then your fine you just need to wipe cache & wipe dalvik cache.
things you need:
1. you need to be fully rooted
2. Astro - Free Download in market
3. Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.2 not 3.0.0.5 because .5 doesn't let you do back ups.
download it here http://phones.crackflashers.com/glacier/index.php?folder=cmVjb3Zlcmllcw==
4. Terminal Emulator - Free Download from the market
5. Rom Manager - Get The Paid Version from the market well worth it because once you load CM7 it will update you when new nightlies are ready to download instead of having to be checking over and over for updates.
download the latest nightly & google applications here (don't download Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5)
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/14459-nightlies-cm7-discussion-of-nightlies/
Directions how to load Clockword Mod 3.0.0.2, CM7 Rom, & Google Apps:
download clockwork Mod 3.0.0.2
Open Astro then look for your clockwork Mod 3.0.0.2 file which should be on your download folder long press it & click edit then click rename & rename it to
cwm2glacier & click ok. once is renamed long press it again & click edit then copy then on the top click on the home icon. once your on the home of your sd card long press on any file not folder but file and click edit then click paste
now your clock work mod 3.0.0.2 file should be on the home of your sd card.
double check & make sure is there
open Terminal Emulator & type
su then click enter then type this
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cwm2glacier.img
& click enter exit out of terminal emulator then reboot the phone. once the phone is rebooted turn it off . once its off press the volume down button and the power button and the same time until it goes into recovery choose recovery if your recovery looks orange and it says 3.0.0.2 on top then your good to flash your CM7 Rom.
before installing the CM7 rom do a full wipe. after the full wipe you can flash the latest nightly by choosing install zip from SD card then click on choose zip from sd card scroll down to look for your rom most of the time it should be on your download folder. find your CM7 rom and flash it do the same thing with the google apps flash them the same way as the rom which are a must to have your phone running properly.
here's the link to the video which pretty much tells you everything i just did
props to @mackster248 on twitter for hooking this up hope this helps you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exhuVe-ryI
questions hit me up on twitter @djeddieone

Thanks for the guide.
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From the CM PREVIEWS thread, it was mentioned that clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5 has been fixed and is now appropriate for use.

Cool thanks for the update

In the video you mention that it's difficult (or impossible or complicated, I forget) to flash from Ice Glacier to CM7. But all you've got to do is Flash CWM3, wipe, Flash CM7. Done.

raheelk said:
From the CM PREVIEWS thread, it was mentioned that clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5 has been fixed and is now appropriate for use.
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truth...ten...

getting the following message in TE.
flash_image: not found
What am I missing?

See this link if your having trouble installing ClockworkMod 3.0.0.x http://goo.gl/K0xTy
And CwM 3.0.0.5 works fine. You need to change the OP.
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Very good stuff for noobs like me. Thank you.

chutio13 said:
getting the following message in TE.
flash_image: not found
What am I missing?
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try following my post to get flash_image to work through terminal...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918275

This OP should be updated because the current CW v3.0.0.5 does make backups. The file was patched and is available in the CM7 OP. It would be good to include TrueBlue_Drew's guide on switching between v3.x.x.x and v2.x.x.x of Clockwork Recovery in case people want to go back and forth from Gingy to Froyo. Just a thought.

I am getting ready to flash one of the nightlies and just rooted my MyTouch 4G without issue (rookie at rooting) reading a bunch of articles, I flashed the recovery 3.0.0.5.
Now I see an article saying I need the 3.0.0.2 recovery, then I see another article saying the 3.0.0.5 had be fixed and was OK to use for flashing the new nightlies. My question is the 3.0.0.5 recovery OK to use and will it allow back ups to be flashed as well.
Thank You
Vinny

I hear alot about 3.0.0.5 but I've being flashing all the nightlies up to #22 making back ups clearing cache making back ups etc with 3.0.0.2 if its not broken why fix it ill update to the latest one once is final.

vinnyjr said:
I am getting ready to flash one of the nightlies and just rooted my MyTouch 4G without issue (rookie at rooting) reading a bunch of articles, I flashed the recovery 3.0.0.5.
Now I see an article saying I need the 3.0.0.2 recovery, then I see another article saying the 3.0.0.5 had be fixed and was OK to use for flashing the new nightlies. My question is the 3.0.0.5 recovery OK to use and will it allow back ups to be flashed as well.
Thank You
Vinny
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You will want to use the latest clockwork. You can use my method, it is easier than this one and makes it ready to change back to the recovery needed to flash froyo roms. Here is a link http://goo.gl/K0xTy

The copy of CW v3.0.0.5 available on the CM7 OP dated 2010-01-16 is confirmed working and making successful backups.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G

djeddieone said:
I hear alot about 3.0.0.5 but I've being flashing all the nightlies up to #22 making back ups clearing cache making back ups etc with 3.0.0.2 if its not broken why fix it ill update to the latest one once is final.
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If 3.0.0.2 works so great why did koush make 3.0.0.5? Its because there are functions that don't work correctly on 3.0.0.2

XfooYen said:
This OP should be updated because the current CW v3.0.0.5 does make backups. The file was patched and is available in the CM7 OP. It would be good to include TrueBlue_Drew's guide on switching between v3.x.x.x and v2.x.x.x of Clockwork Recovery in case people want to go back and forth from Gingy to Froyo. Just a thought.
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good idea. you know where i can find this guide by any chance?

[GUIDE] 2e recovery and Tegrak's kernel !!!BACKUP BEFORE PROCEED!!!

THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO REPORTS OF SYSTEM FAILURE AFTER THIS UPDATE, BOTH HAD LAGFIX ENABLED.
!!!BACKUP BEFORE PROCEED!!!
This guide is to help those who would like to test tegrak's kernel but have dowbts about losing ability to flash zip files from CWM. This will also help those who would like to have simple root solution, and 2e recovery on froyo.
a) If you want to have simple root solution, one click lagfix and 2e recovery. Tested with Doc's v9.1.4 but should work on any rom including stock
1. flash tegrak's kernel found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920711 using Odin (all instructions in tegrak's thread)
2. install Tegrak lagfix app from the market and install root from the app's menu
3. download attached file
4. extract this file saving directory structure and copy it's system folder into /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/ (If this path doesnt exist, create those folders) so your path should look like /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/system/...
5. reboot your phone into tegrak's recovery (simply reboot your phone and press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introduction)
6. (before proceed with this step backup your system partition from the same tegraks recovery) choose update from sdcard and select 00 folder
7. Install Rom Manager from the market and flash CWM from it. Now you have tegrak's kernel and CWM to flash all types of zip files.
a) If you already rooted your phone
1. flash tegrak's kernel found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920711 using Odin (all instructions in tegrak's thread)
2. install Tegrak lagfix app from the market
3. download attached file
4. extract this file saving directory structure and copy it's system folder into /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/ (If this path doesnt exist, create those folders) so your path should look like /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/system/...
5. reboot your phone into tegrak's recovery (simply reboot your phone and press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introduction)
6. (before proceed with this step backup your system partition from the same tegraks recovery) choose update from sdcard and select 00 folder
7. Install Rom Manager from the market and flash CWM from it. Now you have tegrak's kernel and CWM to flash all types of zip files.
All this process replaces your 3e recovery with 2e recovery image and as tegrak's kernel does not overrides original recovery image your CWM will be untouched by tegrak's kernel, and you will successfully have combination of two recoveries (CWM and Tegrak's) To access CWM you can chose "reboot in recovery" from the Rom Manager menu or from Tegrak lagfix menu, and to access tegrak's recovery, press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introductory window while booting up your phone.

Brack11, thanks for the guide, but you should be posting this over to the general subforum.
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g00ndu said:
Brack11, thanks for the guide, but you should be posting this over to the general subforum.
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I think it's too advanced and dangerous for novices that mostly visit general. Also both described things 2e recovery and tegrak's kernel are from the area of development, this is all about customizing rom. I dont agree that it should be in general.

Thanks a lot!!

I also fail with barebone rom with incorporated tegrak kernel in 3e recovery,**** m8 spend all day to fix it & get back to insanity rom
10ks m8 for your efort

hensk said:
I also fail with barebone rom with incorporated tegrak kernel in 3e recovery,**** m8 spend all day to fix it & get back to insanity rom
10ks m8 for your efort
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As I understand this fix didn't work for you, could you share to others what and how has failed?
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no, no mate, just did not know that there is
thread like this,with fix solution

hensk said:
no, no mate, just did not know that there is
thread like this,with fix solution
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Glad to hear that this works for you, thanks are accepted
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brack11 said:
Glad to hear that this works for you, thanks are accepted
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Point to note, this may even be only me.
The CWM does not reside in the kernel. Rebooting through recovery will only bring back to 2e. I need to apply update.zip again, reboot through recovery to get CWM. This happens everytime when going to recovery.
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g00ndu said:
Point to note, this may even be only me.
The CWM does not reside in the kernel. Rebooting through recovery will only bring back to 2e. I need to apply update.zip again, reboot through recovery to get CWM. This happens everytime when going to recovery.
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You are right, this has nothing to do with tegraks kernel or with recovery, I has this issue when I has rooted phone without custom kernel. It would always go to standard recovery and then I would have to apply update. I believe thoa is some special feature of the device.
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brack11 said:
You are right, this has nothing to do with tegraks kernel or with recovery, I has this issue when I has rooted phone without custom kernel. It would always go to standard recovery and then I would have to apply update. I believe thoa is some special feature of the device.
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Iirc, when I use Rom Manager the last time, it wasn't like that at all. Reboot let me goes directly to CWM. I only need to download it and apply it once.
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Iirc, when I use Rom Manager the last time, it wasn't like that at all. Reboot let me goes directly to CWM. I only need to download it and apply it once.
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Well, the tegraks kernel doesn't really replaces kernel, and if the kernel is stock you get thesame behaviour as you should have with the stock kernel, as I say, I never had rommanager be as default recovery, always either through update.zip or custom kernel (which is not custom in tegraks case)
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brack11 said:
Well, the tegraks kernel doesn't really replaces kernel, and if the kernel is stock you get thesame behaviour as you should have with the stock kernel, as I say, I never had rommanager be as default recovery, always either through update.zip or custom kernel (which is not custom in tegraks case)
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I understand, back in the days before the speedmod, voodoo or even the oc kernels, i installed the ROM manager and had made CWM as the default recovery. Anyway, it is still okay, I guess. Btw, using tegrak's kernel, have you tried using update zips via cwm?
I have not tried it yet, since I find that updating via tegrak method works very well for me.

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I understand, back in the days before the speedmod, voodoo or even the oc kernels, i installed the ROM manager and had made CWM as the default recovery. Anyway, it is still okay, I guess. Btw, using tegrak's kernel, have you tried using update zips via cwm?
I have not tried it yet, since I find that updating via tegrak method works very well for me.
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Yes, I used a few times to flash different modems and r64 theme.

Unfortunately this did not work for me (XWJS5), got stuck on initial splash screen, luckily Dean-O's post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10562493&postcount=80 saved my ass.
I've been unable to get 2e recovery working on a bear-bones kernel since XXJPY.

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Unfortunately this did not work for me (XWJS5), got stuck on initial splash screen, luckily Dean-O's post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10562493&postcount=80 saved my ass.
I've been unable to get 2e recovery working on a bear-bones kernel since XXJPY.
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Did you have lagfix enabled? As I can say from my own experience.now - this hack is DANGEROS if you have lagfix enabled. To say more any manipulations with recovery while on onenand fix - DANGEROUS AND LEAD TO LOOSING ALL PARTITIONS
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Did you have lagfix enabled?
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No, I have used the "hack" recovery 2e method with success right up until JPY, but JS3, and now JS5 does not work.
It seems to me (just learning Android), that it doesn't have write permissions to the /sbin directory, which is what the recovery script needs.
Recovery 2e works with CF-root, but I already have root, and rather not overwrite the stock kernel.

Ok, yesterday I have thoroughly tested my workarounnd for installing rom. I hade Doc's 9.6 downloaded 9.8 reboot into recovery using rommanager option, wiped cach partition, wiped dalvik, wiped data, flashed 9.8, wiped data again, and flashed again, rebooted, restored titanium backups, flashed tegrak's kernel, flashed update for recovery 2e from within tegrak's kernel, then rebooted into 2e recovery, flashed new modem (JVE) and flashed theme r64, rebooted, everything works as it should no errors no hangs no loops.

Does this still work?

[Q] please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok im a newbie at this root stuff and i just flashed the fresh evo 3.5.0.1 but i still cant figure out how to change the theme and the one im trying to get says it works with that fresh and when i download it i get two zip files do i need to add both them to my root on my sd im lost someone please help

Take the zip file you want and move it to your root SD folder. Reboot into recovery and choose that file with choose zip from SD option. Then just flash it just like you did for your rom. This is the basic method you use to flash anything to your phone.
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briankurtz79 said:
Take the zip file you want and move it to your root SD folder. Reboot into recovery and choose that file with choose zip from SD option. Then just flash it just like you did for your rom. This is the basic method you use to flash anything to your phone.
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and do a NAND BACKUP FIRST !

Both methods above are correct. And to add the cherry to our ice cream of helpitude, if the theme isn't obviously on when you reboot the rom, check the theme manager app in your app drawer.

What recovery version are you using? If its clockwork 3.0 then you'll need to use something else (either an order version of clockwork or amon_ra). This actually happened to me with cw3.0, I was able to flash a Rom fine but no themes.

Abricr said:
What recovery version are you using? If its clockwork 3.0 then you'll need to use something else (either an order version of clockwork or amon_ra). This actually happened to me with cw3.0, I was able to flash a Rom fine but no themes.
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You can flash themes, they just have to Edify compatible, which a lot aren't at the moment.

[Q] Broken Clockwork Mod Recovery

Noob alert.. Can someone help?
It only boots into Stock Android recovery. I want to try to get through this without going to Sprint.
Can't boot into Clockwork recovery. Mobile Odin won't discover "any" apk files (neither internal or external storage), so it goes without saying, I can't flash given I can't see the files with Mobile Odin. I already tried to restore a back up of my system & apps with through Titanium BU, but no good.
The good news is that I can still download and install root apps. The phone boots up and works fine otherwise.

Do a search for team epic recovery for gs III.then follow those instructions... Sorry can't do more for you as I only have 1x right now ... Google is your friend...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium

Follow instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769419
There are a couple different ways for you to flash a recovery since your rooted
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

I have to report back on this - as I went to Team Epic and downloaded the CWN recovery file and then couldn't get the Android recovery to come up any more. It's so temperamental!
After some pain and trying things I finally thought I'd try ROM Manager and clicked on the 1st menu item to flash the firmware. An amazing relief came over me as it completed! I was healed (so was my phone - good as new!).