Hello everyone!
I've been trying to find anything about this issue, but nothing seems to work.
I had OTA 2.3.4 android on my t-mobile g2. So i have decided to downgrade it, to install CyanogenMod.
So I followed this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Everything went fine.
Then rooted it following this guide http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
Then this http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Vision:_Radio_and_CyanogenMod to install CyanogenMod, but ClockworkMod doesn't seem to work. When I do Wipe data/factory reset, anything in Clockwork doesn't work. Even reboot or power off. This icon with yellow cirlce with hat on it comes on and does nothing. I waited like 20 mins, still nothing. If I push power button it goes back to clockwork recovery with all these options, but nothing isn't working.
I installed it using Rom manager, so its last version 5.0.2.0 (first i had 3.xx version but it acted the same way).
(oh by the way, i tried update it using OTA update from air, it freezes when HTC logo comes on and does nothing, factory reset is the same way)
I have root and S-OFF.
Please, guys help!!!
Disregard this first stuff, although it is probably a good idea to use a 3.x.x.x recovery anyways atm.
Are you sure that you were unable to use CWM recovery properly when you were on an earlier version like 3.0.2.4? The 5.x.x.x versions are a bit buggy I wouldn't bother with them at this point.
Go into ROM manager, hit menu > settings > 'Erase Recovery' set to ON.
then, go back to the main ROM manger screen, hit 'All ClockworkMod Recoveries' > select '3.0.2.4' > OK.
You will then see a progress bar at the top, and then a message saying you've successfully flashed recovery. Now power off, hold vol. dn + Power and enter the recovery again. Try doing some functions and see if it works.
Don't try and do a factory reset etc. through CWM if it does work though, the first thing you should be doing is going to 'backup and restore' > 'backup' to make a nandroid backup of this current setup. If successful, THEN you can wipe data and try to flash the CM7.zip.
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Not sure if you're aware either... You should be using the trackpad to select items in the CWM recovery. Not the power button (turns on/off screen) or menu button (shows/hides menus) or anything. Scroll with the trackpad and press down to select highlighted items with the trackpad. The only 2 buttons you need in CWM recovery for 99.9% of operation is the trackpad and the 'back' button.
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Also as an aside, don't try to accept any OTA's or anything. They won't work and may cause issues when you're rooted.
BTW disregard most of my previous post. I'm 99.9% sure you're just hitting the menu button thinking that its selecting things, but the MENU button just hides the menus, it doesn't select. Like I said, use the trackpad to select the menu items!!!
As I said in my previous post though, I want to reiterate: do a nandroid backup before wiping data. Its just a good idea to have your rooted 2.2 ROM as a nandroid backup to return to if something goes wrong with the flash. Just make it easy on yourself and do a backup, THEN wipe data and flash your .zip.
Duh, stupid me! Its working, actually it was working all this time. I was pushing a wrong button, power button. Use a track pad! Dumba**
Thank a lot!
martonikaj +1 thanks!
impulse7 said:
Duh, stupid me! Its working, actually it was working all this time. I was pushing a wrong button, power button. Use a track pad! Dumba**
Thank a lot!
martonikaj +1 thanks!
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Of course, glad you figured it out. Be sure to make a nandroid backup before and after flashing CM7 .
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Hey guys, got a bit of a problem, whilst performing a backup, with Clockwork recovery. I followed the steps listed here http://theunlockr.com/2010/02/06/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-android-phone/ Hit Backup and Restore and my phone has gone to a black screen.
Is this normal or should I start panicking now?
I didn't follow the link but i'm gone guess you used the power button and not the trackpad. just hit it again and use the trackpad form now on in recovery.
Thanks for the quick response man, I was s******g myself
1. Once in recovery mode, simply use the trackball to select the option that says Backup (on different recovery images it says different things but it will say something like backup or Nand backup or Nandroid backup
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Guess I mis-interpreted that. I thought it meant to simply use the optical button to scroll to the item. It's running the backup as we speak by the way
Ah bugger... Seems my problems ain't over yet. I selected to reboot and now my phone's gone into a 'reboot loop'. Flashing the HTC logo, which hangs for a few seconds, disappears, then comes back, over and over...
Seems to be an issue with CWM. Restore the backup and it'll work fine
Thanks again EddyOS, seems to be working again now. Restored no problem and rebooted fine.
Any idea where I go from here seeing as CWM doesn't seem to like my phone? Am I still safe to look into flashing a custom rom? That experience has seriously shook my confidence...
Problem only seems to affect the first backup - should be fine from now on. Personally I use AmonRA as my recovery
Hi im sorry if this question has been asked before..I was trying to install [ROM] Warm Z TwoPointTwo - [RLS 1 - 02/23/2011] - Yabba Dabba Doo via Rom Manager Premium. It started the flashing progress and looked like it was going to go through but then it said installation aborted. The phone booted up and when it got to my home screen it looked like my phone just did a factory wipe. All my apps were gone and I had to sign back into google as if I just got the phone out the box. Please help.
First of all WELCOME!!!
Im assuming that you are rooted correctly with s-off so do this for me. Place the .zip of the rom on to your SD card (not in a folder of the sd card, on the root of it) . Now, turn your phone off. Now, hold the volume down button and while still holding press the power button to turn on the phone. You should be taken to a bootloader screen. now press the volume down button to scroll to "recovery" now press the power button to select. Your phone should reboot into recovery. Now goto wipe and wipe the first 3 options listed by pressing the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select. Once completed goto where it says flash zip on sd card (something along those lines ) find your zip then press the powerbutton to select it. Now select reboot or power off phone and you should be good to go with the rom.
Also pat yourself on the back for killing a kitten...
you should have checked this thread out first but your new. So PLEASE, for the sake of the XDA community. Visit THIS THREAD TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING ROM FLASHING AND BACKING UP
oh ok ill try that and sorry I shouldve checked the other threads but ill try what you said and Ill post back thanks
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Hi im sorry if this question has been asked before..I was trying to install [ROM] Warm Z TwoPointTwo - [RLS 1 - 02/23/2011] - Yabba Dabba Doo via Rom Manager Premium. It started the flashing progress and looked like it was going to go through but then it said installation aborted. The phone booted up and when it got to my home screen it looked like my phone just did a factory wipe. All my apps were gone and I had to sign back into google as if I just got the phone out the box. Please help.
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Welcome. You will like Warm Z, but, in my opinion, you will love Warm TwoPointTwo RLS-5, but to each his/her own.
Shut down your EVO. Now press and hold the volume down button and then press the power button. You will enter the bootloader screen. Select recovery. I don't know what recovery you have (Clockworkmod or amon RA) so the menus will be slightly different. I'm an amon RA user. Anyway, select the wipe menu and wipe the following at least twice:
Data/factory reset
cache
dalvik cache
DO NOT REBOOT
Maneuver to the flash menu and then select the rom you're going to flash and flash it. Afterwards, reboot and be patient. You may appear to hang at both the white HTC screen and the Warm splash screen. That's normal. Once you've gotten to your homescreen, login with your credentials. You should be good to go now.
Yes I use WarmTwoPointTwo RLS 5 as well. Great ROM with sooo many customization options. I attached a screenshot of my main screen. See all the transparency with beautiful widgets live weather wallpaper? I love it!!!
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First of all WELCOME!!!
Im assuming that you are rooted correctly with s-off so do this for me. Place the .zip of the rom on to your SD card (not in a folder of the sd card, on the root of it) . Now, turn your phone off. Now, hold the volume down button and while still holding press the power button to turn on the phone. You should be taken to a bootloader screen. now press the volume down button to scroll to "recovery" now press the power button to select. Your phone should reboot into recovery. Now goto wipe and wipe the first 3 options listed by pressing the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select. Once completed goto where it says flash zip on sd card (something along those lines ) find your zip then press the powerbutton to select it. Now select reboot or power off phone and you should be good to go with the rom.
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I tried your method and the message i got in recovery is
Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported.
Amend scripting was deprecated by Google in Andriod 1.5
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update binary) to create working update zip packages.
Installation Aborted.
ok I think I've seen this before. check this thread out that should help (post 3). Post back to let us know, then we can go from there.
ok it seemed to work this time. i had to choose a different recovery but now im at the warm z boot animation screen....just waiting for it to go to the home screen. thanks for all your help guys
exactly how long does it take to go to the home screeen
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ok it seemed to work this time. i had to choose a different recovery but now im at the warm z boot animation screen....just waiting for it to go to the home screen. thanks for all your help guys
exactly how long does it take to go to the home screeen
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Upon first load it can take up to 5 minutes....any more than that you probably have a bootloop, so re-flash then install the rom again.
Kelsey Jones said:
ok it seemed to work this time. i had to choose a different recovery but now im at the warm z boot animation screen....just waiting for it to go to the home screen. thanks for all your help guys
exactly how long does it take to go to the home screeen
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YAY!!!!!! The first initial boot may take a few minutes just be patient just as you been thus far.
After it boots up your good to go! Might want to install titanium backup premium for your apps so when you flash other ROMs you can easily batch restore your apps.
Also, Once you customize the rom to your liking reboot into recovery and do a NANDROID backup. Once you have a backup you can flash other roms and if you dont like them all you have to do is a NANDROID Restore and you will have everything back to normal as if you never flashed anything at all
So have fun and try different ROMs, a caveat it is ADDICTING! Ask anyone here. So good luck and try Warm twopointtwo (see my signature)
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Yes I use WarmTwoPointTwo RLS 5 as well. Great ROM with sooo many customization options. I attached a screenshot of my main screen. See all the transparency with beautiful widgets live weather wallpaper? I love it!!!
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NICE! Sorry for disappearing. I had to go and pick up one of my daughter's friends and will be dropping them off at the mall momentarily.
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Kelsey Jones said:
I tried your method and the message i got in recovery is
Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported.
Amend scripting was deprecated by Google in Andriod 1.5
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update binary) to create working update zip packages.
Installation Aborted.
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Flash amon RA 2.3 and get in the habit of not using ROM Manager. It is far too easy and effective to do your flashing directly from within recovery. Be sure to make a nandroid backup everything you make a significant change to your setup because you can always nandroid restore to what you had prior to the changes you've made.
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okay it went to the homescreen. this is a beautiful ROM thanks to all that helped me
Oh Dang...I'm behind on my replies....sorry. Normally, I read backwards from the last reply, but this time, I didnt. My apologies to the those who've already answered your questions and helped you out. Take care.
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Kelsey Jones said:
okay it went to the homescreen. this is a beautiful ROM thanks to all that helped me
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No Problem, Glad we could help and thanks for posting your question in the Q&A and not the General Forum.
Hi,
I recently rooted my phone through VISIONary+ r14 and today downloaded ROM Manager. I flashed ClockworkMod Recovery, but I can't back up my current ROM (stock/branded). I want to make a complete 100% backup of my current phone to be able to restore later if I need to.
However, I don't know how to do it. There is a 'Backup current ROM' option on ROM Manager, but whenever I do it my phone restarts showing the black screen with the phone and the red Caution exclamation mark + triangle, so I have to hold Volume Up and the Power button to restart my phone.
What do I do?
Also, it may be worth mentioning my Desire HD is a Vodafone Australia branded phone which hasn't been updated at all.
Well, the triangle image thingy means you dont have recovery flashed...
So, you have to choose 'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery' first. - That wil download a file from the internet and install it for you, so make sure you have internet connection
That will flash/install a recovery for you, in which you can create a backup.
Oh and i think you need to S-OFF your phone before installing recovery (im not sure about that but thats what i've heard)
click here for S-OFF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403 --the last process says that after S-OFF you can install CWM recovery
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I flashed ClockworkMod Recovery,
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Can you confirm if you did this separately to ROM Manager or as per above, used the Flash Recovery option in ROM Manager?
Have you confirmed you do have root?
If you reboot into recovery do you get to the clockworkmod recovery screen? What version is it?
If root can't be confirmed, re-do the visionary method. If root is confirmed but can't get to CWM-R do as per above and flash recovery from RM console.
Yes, I can confirm it is rooted.
I just ENG S-OFFed, so I'm going to try flashing recovery once again, although I'm still pretty sure it worked before that since Clockworkmod says "Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.0.2.6, Latest Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.0.2.6"
Will I do damage flashing it again?
EDIT: I pressed Flash ClockworkMod Recovery again and it waited for a little and then said that it was successful.
EDIT 2: Attempting another backup... And it's working!
No, you won't damage the it.
As I fly through different ROM's and do lot's of restores and backups I often have times where I need to reflash recovery.
look uot the link in my signature and try to do what it explanes......
Do all fases of rooting and you will have a perfectly rooted phone.
Also follow suggestions of CodeNameUnknown1.
Try man....Try
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EDIT: I pressed Flash ClockworkMod Recovery again and it waited for a little and then said that it was successful.
EDIT 2: Attempting another backup... And it's working!
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Great news!! Glad you got it sorted so far.
So, I have a problem.
I pressed the Backup option in ROM Manager, and the phone restarted, I'm now in Recovery mode... But I have a very strange problem. I can't make any selections.
I can scroll through the menu options fine, but can't select anything. If I press the power/lock button, the menu goes away and the clockworkmod logo in the middle just brightens up. If I press the home or menu buttons, the same thing happens, and if I press them again the menu just reappears. The return and search buttons do nothing except vibrate. What the hell?
That's an odd one.
Can you boot into recovery by turning phone off then holding vol- press power button and go to recovery from there? Does this do the same thing?
If same then I would uninstall ROM Manager and flash the recovery again via fastboot (in which case you can download the 3.0.2.8 version (page 3 ish of the development forum). Then try again.
Then re-install ROM Manager (which will show wrong version but ignore it).
At the moment I'm having trouble trying to turn off the phone at all :S looks like I'm actually going to have to open this horrible battery cover.
EDIT: After a battery pull I tried holding the Vol+ button and power button but it has just booted normally.
I can't actually try the vol- and power because my volume down button simply doesn't work...
EDIT 2: Uninstalled ROM Manager, reinstalled, booted into Recovery Mode, now it's backing up right next to me! Yay!
So I assume that, once it's done, I just take one big file it makes and put it on my laptop or something?
EDIT 3: Okay, one more step and I should be completely rooted with no hassles.
Will this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537) work for a branded phone? It says it requires a stock kernel. My phone meets all other requirements, but is the kernel of a Vodafone AU branded Desire HD 'stock' enough to work with this S-OFF tool? I would attempt it but I'm a little worried I might screw something up.
noodlesfordaddy said:
EDIT: After a battery pull I tried holding the Vol+ button and power button but it has just booted normally.
I can't actually try the vol- and power because my volume down button simply doesn't work...
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Is this still an issue? If so you really need to get that fixed!!
noodlesfordaddy said:
EDIT 2: Uninstalled ROM Manager, reinstalled, booted into Recovery Mode, now it's backing up right next to me! Yay!
So I assume that, once it's done, I just take one big file it makes and put it on my laptop or something?
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Yep.
noodlesfordaddy said:
EDIT 3: Okay, one more step and I should be completely rooted with no hassles.
Will this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537) work for a branded phone? It says it requires a stock kernel. My phone meets all other requirements, but is the kernel of a Vodafone AU branded Desire HD 'stock' enough to work with this S-OFF tool? I would attempt it but I'm a little worried I might screw something up.
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You are good to go.
Currently running CM7.1rc1. I've got Clockworkmod 3.0.0.8 flashed.
I'm trying to reset my battery stats, but when I reboot into recovery, whether it be directly out of CWM, or by choosing reboot > recovery after holding the power button down, or by holding power + volume down while the phone is off, CWM is unresponsive. The initial menu comes up, but when I select an option and hit the power button to select it, all I get is a black screen with the ROM Manager logo showing. Pressing the power button again will return me to the initial menu, but nothing else happens. I have to remove the battery to reboot the phone.
I have tried flashing older versions of CWM, which don't work, and I've also tried reflashing the lastest CWM. I have "erase recovery" checked in the settings menu. I've tried flashing the alternate recovery, but that fails.
Any thoughts on what I can do?
You need to press the trackball instead of power to make selections.
Man, now I feel like an idiot. Thank you.
yeah, was gonna say you use the trackball to make selections in CWM.
i did the same thing lol
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You need to press the trackball instead of power to make selections.
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Lmao OMG I feel dumb phones my girls I'm tbolted
My G2 is rooted and It wont allow to access my recovery image.
Also: the phone takes awhile to boot up, I wiped and changed the rom already still the same results.
And it doesn't show any boot animations. I'm think this could be a hardware problem. Am I right?
Which recovery are you using? If you have 5.x its still very buggy and fails to boot to recovery a lot of the time. Downgrade back to 3.0.2.4, or use 4ext recovery.
On every boot? Cause the first boot is meant to take quite a while.
Please define how long exactly its taking, cause a minute or so is not unusual.
Boot animations would normally be a rom issue I think.
-Nipqer
If you are having trouble getting to recovery, you can 1) remove and re-insert the battery 2) hold down the volume down key, then press the power button on top of your phone 3) Let your phone boot to a white screen with colorful text 4) Use your volume up and down keys to highlight the recovery option 5) press the power button to select recovery.
Now that you are in recovery, you can either restore a nandoid back up you made previously, or flash another rom (you might be best off flashing a rom that is not Sense 3 or 3.5 unless you are sure you either have an HTC Desire Z (not a G2 phone) or you know that you have upgraded your G2 HBOOT to a Desire Z HBOOT).
Hope this helps you!
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Which recovery are you using? If you have 5.x its still very buggy and fails to boot to recovery a lot of the time. Downgrade back to 3.0.2.4, or use 4ext recovery.
On every boot? Cause the first boot is meant to take quite a while.
Please define how long exactly its taking, cause a minute or so is not unusual.
Boot animations would normally be a rom issue I think.
-Nipqer
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Every reboot it doesn't show the boot animations. and it also doesn't show the recovery screen at all. It's a display problem for sure I think.
Also the phone wont show the home screen until I tap the power button for like 2 minutes. (The LEDS pop up on the buttons, but the screen wont turn on)
I also changed the battery still no bueno.
antinerd said:
If you are having trouble getting to recovery, you can 1) remove and re-insert the battery 2) hold down the volume down key, then press the power button on top of your phone 3) Let your phone boot to a white screen with colorful text 4) Use your volume up and down keys to highlight the recovery option 5) press the power button to select recovery.
Now that you are in recovery, you can either restore a nandoid back up you made previously, or flash another rom (you might be best off flashing a rom that is not Sense 3 or 3.5 unless you are sure you either have an HTC Desire Z (not a G2 phone) or you know that you have upgraded your G2 HBOOT to a Desire Z HBOOT).
Hope this helps you!
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I wish it did mate. I've tried all those solutions unfortunately. Thanks anyways.
Also I am currently running the latest CM7.
Try starting up rom manager. It had an option to reboot into recovery. It might work.
Further check if there is a file called PC10IMG.zip in the root of your sdcard. Delete it when it's present.
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Try starting up rom manager. It had an option to reboot into recovery. It might work.
Further check if there is a file called PC10IMG.zip in the root of your sdcard. Delete it when it's present.
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Also tried that... and PC10IMG.zip was deleted quite awhile ago.
this is bananas.
Hi!
I have a similar problem here!
I sent my Desire Z in for repair (display was not working), they replaced the main board and shipped it back with the stock Gingerbread ROM.
I downgraded to the stock Froyo ROM and rooted it again (including S-OFF, flashing HBOOT, CWM recovery etc.)
I wanted to restore a backup (done before sending it in) using CWM, but when I select the "backup/restore" menu item all I get is a black screen with the CWM logo in the middle. When I press the power button it goes back to CWM's main menu.
It's the same with version 5.0 and 3.0.
I was able to restore the backup from the ROM Manager, but I don't want to install any other ROM right now because if something goes wrong, I won't be able to restore.
Is there something I can do?
Thanks!
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Well, I feel like a moron.
The power button is not to select menu items in CWM. When I press the trackpad instead of Power all is fine
Should I install CWM 5 again or keep 3? What do you recommend?
From all I've read CWM is still buggy. I'd use 4EXT Recovery instead. It has fantastic support and contains all the options in CWM and more. Link is in my signature.
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Im also facing the same problem before this. Im unable to go into recovery by manual that mean by using vol down + power. Just boot normally & using the rom manager to boot into recovery. Problem solve.
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