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Recovery image would't update/install.

Hi everyone,
I've done a LOT of reading/searching, but since I can't find sulution decided someone could help.
Just to avoid future questions:
>My Desire is rooted.
>I tried using fastboot (Error: - not allowed)
>I tried using adb (I get an error that /system/bin/sh cannot be found).
>I tried Unreavoked3, but since the phone is rooted, the recovery doesn't isntall.
>I tried ROM Manager. It says the recovery is up to date, but when you boot it, it is stock.
>I'm using original USB cable supplied with the phone.
The only way I get into CWM recovery is flashing update.zip on my sdcard (fakeflash?).
My question are:
1. Why i cant access shell via adb?
2. How should i flash recovery?
Thank You in advance.

So if you turn the phone on whilst holding the volume down button and then select Recovery it doesn't boot into the custom Recovery?

No, it boots into stock recovery.

I just use the Android Flasher Utility (here). Really quick and painless, but you need s-off though.
I'm quite curious, how are you rooted without a custom recovery?

Maybe I don't get it, I bought the phone about a year ago and rooted using unreavoked utility. The recovery I get to gives me 4 options. Text is in blue colour, reboot, apply update.zip and wipe options. What I do, is apply update.zip so i get into CMW recovery.

If you rooted with unrEVOked it flashes CWM. If you've never had that you're not rooted
I'd go back to 100% stock with an RUU suitable for your phone and then root again
EDIT: You weren't rooted and then accepted an OTA update did you?

I think I didn't. So if I:
1. Do a nandroid backup now, I have custom rom installed.
2. Then go back to stock RUU.
3. Root the phone.
Can I do a nandroid restore so I don't have to install everything back again?
EDIT: But I have Superuser app, and if I enter Terminal, type "su" I get root privileges. How can I not be rooted?

[Q] Change recovery

How do I change my recovery back to clockwork from amun ra.
I used the unrevoked method to root my desire. For some reason I flashed the amun ra recovery. I want to put clockwork back on.
I've tried using unrevoked to load a custom image, and using rom manager. neither of these methods work.
Could anyone help as I cant find another way by searching the forum.
Thanks in advanced

if you want to get new recovery with unrevoked, you would have to run a RUU and unroot, then root again,with clockwork.
other options you have:
1) fake-flash.zip of CWM recovery - you would boot normally into AmonRa, then choose to flash the .zip file of CWM, and CWM would boot up - however you'd have to do that every time, and if for some reason your SD would corrupt or smth you would have only AmonRA.
2) the only other way is being S-OFF, and flashing CWM through fastboot. go to desire TUT section, and find a video 'how to set up adb'. do it, then s-off your device (if you already havent) and take it from there, there are numerous tutorials how to do it

Thank-you for the prompt reply.
I have just S-OFF my desire using alpharev method and installed the custom recovery that came with it.
Much happier now
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] Revolutionary recovery overrides Clockworkmod recovery

Hello.
I did s-off on my phone (HTC Desire) with revolutionary and I used fastboot to install revolutionary recovery.
Now, when I try install clockworkmod recovery, revolutionary overrides it.
Do I should follow this thread or what?

Use the faq and irc channel of revolutionary.
SwiftKeyed from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App

Why would you rather use the "out dated" clockwork recovery?
The revolutionary recovery IS clockworkmod, It had just been re-skinned effectivly and is a newer version.

Having S-Off'd a friends phone and finding that he got the revolutionary CWM mod and I didn't have that on my S-Off Desire I ran the new AlphaRevX on my own phone. It asked if I was mad since it detected S-Off and asked if I wanted to flash the new CWM. Damned right I did!

So it installed its recovery even though you were already s off?
Does anyone have an img file of their recovery?
To the op:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
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Sent from my Htc Desire running Supernova Extreme - Gingerbread goodness with Unlimited Internal memory

Unlocking bootloader & Installation of CWM

I followed HTC Dev to unlock bootloader of my HTC Wildfire S A510e.While doing so, I couldn't update boot loader(matching ROM wasn't available) but have successfully unlocked it for my device. I'm able to Root my device but during CWM installation, I'm unable to flash CWM (ROM Manager can't find Superuser though it's installed). Even Titanium backup can't find superuser.
Please see if anyone can help....[/FONT]

jitukashyap said:
I followed HTC Dev to unlock bootloader of my HTC Wildfire S A510e.While doing so, I couldn't update boot loader(matching ROM wasn't available) but have successfully unlocked it for my device. I'm able to Root my device but during CWM installation, I'm unable to flash CWM (ROM Manager can't find Superuser though it's installed). Even Titanium backup can't find superuser.
Please see if anyone can help....[/FONT]
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you have to flash cwm recovery manually by fastboot

Yes exactly.
Download CWM here:
GSM Phones only: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.img
CDMA Phones only: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvelc.img
BE SURE TO FLASH THE RIGHT RECOVERY OR YOUR PHONE WILL MOST LIKELY BE BRICKED
Put the image file in the same directory as adb and fastboot binary.
Boot the phone into fastboot and write this command:
fastboot flash recovery <name image file> (i.e. recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.img)
After successful flash download the root.zip file found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275
Place it in your sdcard and reboot again into recovery.
Flash the zip, and voliá! Rooted phone.
Be sure to update superuser from market and update the su binary after that.

thanks bro - bt 1 more help
kantry123 said:
you have to flash cwm recovery manually by fastboot
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Thanks a lot....I'm running Cyanogene 9 on my device now ! In weather widget, display is in chinese language only....how to fix it ?

[Q] stock recovery backup

Hello,
as far as I read into this, I need to copy the right partion with dd. To use dd I need to install busybox. To install busybox I need to root my phone. To root my phone I need to install a custom recovery... Now I can't backup the stock recovery anymore. I am in a doom loop. Any idea?
Btw: Samsung phone on android 4.4.2