Quick story:
I just unlocked and rooted my phone yesterday,
and I installed Rom Mananger to flash clockwork recovery and i noticed that I have to flash it every single time for it to work... As in every time when I try to reboot into recovery without reflashing it, it gives me an android with red error sign in the middle?
Please help me with this!
Thanks!
Yes I'm a newb
I am in the same boat! I hope one of the experts offers some help!
Have you tried renaming or deleting the 'recover-from-boot.p' file in /system? That fixed it for me, I renamed it to recover-from-boot.p.bak using root explorer, reflashed the recovery and all is well now.
zachberger said:
Have you tried renaming or deleting the 'recover-from-boot.p' file in /system? That fixed it for me, I renamed it to recover-from-boot.p.bak using root explorer, reflashed the recovery and all is well now.
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Great! that worked!
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im seeing an android with an exclamation point! when i go into recovery. this wasnt happeneing yesterday. what happened?
qman66 said:
im seeing an android with an exclamation point! when i go into recovery. this wasnt happeneing yesterday. what happened?
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What did you use to install it? When I first tried to flash it with ROM Manager CWM would dissapear every reboot or 2. I then downloaded the CWM recovery image and flashed it with fastboot and it has been perfect since. (theres literally no use for ROM Manager and it causes alot of problems for people in general)
sluflyer06 said:
What did you use to install it? When I first tried to flash it with ROM Manager CWM would dissapear every reboot or 2. I then downloaded the CWM recovery image and flashed it with fastboot and it has been perfect since. (theres literally no use for ROM Manager and it causes alot of problems for people in general)
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first i flashed it with adb then i heard it was good to use rom manager to re flash it.
Did you delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p? Each time you reboot the system, Android overwrites the recovery if this file exists. Reflash clockworkmod and delete the file using adb shell or root explorer..
madj42 said:
Did you delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p? Each time you reboot the system, Android overwrites the recovery if this file exists. Reflash clockworkmod and delete the file using adb shell or root explorer..
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perfect thanks. its working
I am having an issue with cwm. when I go into rom manager i was able to succesfully flash it to my phone. Now when i reboot into recovery I get the android guy with a red exclamation point. sometimes I can get in but I cant reboot my phone from the menu and have to do a battery pull. I am able to flash .zip's and update the bootanimation for example if i get in. When I reboot from rom manager I get some error message that is stopped working before it reboots and again sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.
should I push the recovery through the sdk again?
Yes, you should. I read that sometimes CWM won't stick if applied through ROM Manager.
There is a file on the nexus s and i believe the Gnex as well that will rewrite the stock recovery after a reboot. unless you change this file you have to flash the recovery every time you want to go into it. use a file manager and search for install-recovery i believe its install-recovery.sh and rename it to install-recovery.sh.bak ( or wtv ) may solve it.
I just did a quick search in root explorer and found a file called "install-recovery.sh"
it should be in the root folder/etc/install-recovery.sh
and i just tried going into CWM and got the same thing as the OP. I am going to rename the "Install-recovery.sh" file like Goat_For_sale suggested, then reinstall CWM and see what happens after a few reboots.
Standby.
*final* edit
So here is what I did.
1.renamed "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak" (located in the "etc" folder of the root) I used root explorer. Make sure you mount as writeable or else you cant change the file name.
2. rebooted phone as normal. went into Rom Manager and reinstalled CWM.
3. turned phone off, and booted into recovery and boom! CWM came up nicely.
Glad I found this thread, or I would have been annoyed when I go to flash a rom tonight and couldnt figure out why I wasnt able to get into CWM.
Good luck OP.
I hope you were able to resolve this issue. I was having the exact same issue and i followed the instructions in this thread and it corrected it and i havent had a problem since.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392336
Now cwm seems to be working but when I hit to boot into recovery from rom manger it says that something has stopped working unexpectally but it seems to boot into recovery just fine.
If you follow the steps on the link that i posted, and make sure that you follow the step of deleting the file with Root Manager once you have moutned as RW then that should get you working. If you are still having issues with I would be happy to walk you through the process tonight over google talk once i get off of work.
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
TSanborn79 said:
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
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dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
threepio said:
dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
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I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
It actually says superuser has stop working. Finally was able to read it.
I am having issues with my gnex and recovery. I am rooted and can run clockwork when I boot from the app. However when I run root explorer i can find any of the recovery files to delete or rename. They arent showing up in system or etc but when i restart my phone stock recovery is still there... ideas?
TSanborn79 said:
I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
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wierd. I havent had a problem yet. Hope u get it figured out.
Hi
I have successfully downgraded to 2.3.3 and installed Clock work mod recovery.I want to install the but I have lost the wifi capability as when i try to turn wifi on, it says error.
Secondly,I cannot install superuser from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1742522
I downloaded the 2nd zip file(SuperSU_V0.93_-efghi-signed_Stable_Update.zip) ,put into sd card,booted into CWM recovery,install zip from sd card,reboot and then the phone stuck at White boot screen with HTC text on it.
I tried restarting but I had to take out battery finally to restart it,and it stuck there again.
. I was having a nandroid backup and I restored boot from there.
Does anyone know what am I doing wrong.Shall I download the first one rar file also then convert it to zip and flsh it with CWM recovery?I want to install this ROM(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830675)
Did you go through revolutionary after downgrading to get S-OFF?
brymaster5000 said:
Did you go through revolutionary after downgrading to get S-OFF?
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Yes,I have also installed CWM.I can see the seperuser installed but whenever I try to install some application that requires root,the superuser crashes and asks me to Force Close.
I am trying to flash superuser zip but that just gives me bootloops.Same thing happens when I try to flash a ROM zip.Any solutions???
This is the one you need and flash it via recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/204/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip
sjpritch25 said:
This is the one you need and flash it via recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/204/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip
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Thanks.Problem solved.I simply installed from market.It upgraded and root apps are working now.Thanks everyone:victory:
Can someone help me with twrp install? Ive flashed the latest version #7 using odin v 3.07 and it says "Reset" and i have a green block yet when i boot into recovery i still have the stock recovery.I also tried the suggested toolkit, says successful yet no twrp just stock recovery. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance...JW
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Can someone help me with twrp install? Ive flashed the latest version #7 using odin v 3.07 and it says "Reset" and i have a green block yet when i boot into recovery i still have the stock recovery.I also tried the suggested toolkit, says successful yet no twrp just stock recovery. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance...JW
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Use a root explorer and navigate to /system, there will be some recovery____.sh file and one in /system/etc too. Rename these files. (P.s I don't know exactly what its called)
emwno said:
Use a root explorer and navigate to /system, there will be some recovery____.sh file and one in /system/etc too. Rename these files. (P.s I don't know exactly what its called)
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I have this same problem and the file you mention doesn't exist in either location. I flashed the new tar you have up today. Recovery fails to load at first and the samsung white load screen flashed a couple time. Eventually the default recovery loads.
recovery-from-boot.p / install-recovery.sh. Search for these in /system. This is all I got, try reading around the toolkit thread, there should be something there
emwno said:
recovery-from-boot.p / install-recovery.sh. Search for these in /system. This is all I got, try reading around the toolkit thread, there should be something there
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That first one is there yes. I should delete that?
Rename to something else
Okay, everything seemed fine on my s2 until the latest CM download. I install it though CWM and it seems fine but then it says
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/firmware/cm-11-20140619-NIGHTLY-hercules.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
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Firmware is just the folder name for where i keep the files i may flash to it. I have tried other
I tried to install CM 10.2.0 and it seems to work. but then when i try and boot, it goes to the splash screen and just stays there. Did I do something wrong that is causing this?
Spud37 said:
Okay, everything seemed fine on my s2 until the latest CM download. I install it though CWM and it seems fine but then it says
Firmware is just the folder name for where i keep the files i may flash to it. I have tried other
I tried to install CM 10.2.0 and it seems to work. but then when i try and boot, it goes to the splash screen and just stays there. Did I do something wrong that is causing this?
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"Set metadata recursive" probably means you are using a recovery that is too old.
@Spud37
Yes, it means your recovery is outdated. Here is a download link for the latest TWRP that you can flash in Odin as PDA. http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hercules/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hercules.tar
This link came from teamwins website (teamw.in)
Sent from my SGH-T989
jrc2 said:
@Spud37
Yes, it means your recovery is outdated. Here is a download link for the latest TWRP that you can flash in Odin as PDA. http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hercules/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hercules.tar
This link came from teamwins website (teamw.in)
Sent from my SGH-T989
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Well there is another issue with my phone that I have actually worked around for awhile now. The MircoUSB on the phone is broken. I bought an extra battery and swap it, I also just use the SD card to copy anything to the phone. Is there a way for me to flash the phone with the new TWRP from the sd card. Why would the older TWRP not install CM 10.2.0 ROM? Do I have to go older perhaps? Thanks though. Knowing is half the battle
EDIT: Going to try and install 10.1.0 and see if it will let me boot. I figure once I can get it to boot, it will be easier to update the Recovery on the phone.
EDIT 2: No problems or errors occured when I installed CM 10.1.0.zip. However it still got stuck in a boot loop. I did however find a file called superwipe for the T mobile S2. I am wondering if that could help
EDIT 3: Okay so the superwipe worked and i am now running 10.1.0, Is it possible to install a Recovery from the phone without using odin?
What all did you wipe when you installed 10.1? There is a way to update the recovery if you can get the phone to boot. What is the latest thing you got to boot on your phone?
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jrc2 said:
What all did you wipe when you installed 10.1? There is a way to update the recovery if you can get the phone to boot. What is the latest thing you got to boot on your phone?
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I had wiped everything, formatted and fixed permissions, it didn't work. It wasn't until i found the Superwipe that installation worked and i was able to boot to 10.1.0. How can i update/change the recovery from the phone.
Thanks
Spud37 said:
I had wiped everything, formatted and fixed permissions, it didn't work. It wasn't until i found the Superwipe that installation worked and i was able to boot to 10.1.0. How can i update/change the recovery from the phone.
Thanks
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It is a lot more risky if your usb port doesn't work, since you can't flash back to stock in Odin if something goes wrong. I would recommend that you get someone to fix that USB port before you make too many changes.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. These changes could brick your phone if something goes wrong. Proceed at your own risk!
Okay, now for the tutorial. These instructions are assuming that you are already rooted. Download this file and make sure you check the md5sum. Rename it to TWRP.img and move it to /storage/sdcard. This will make the next steps easier. If you move the file somewhere else, make a note of the location of the file. If you have not already, install the terminal emulator app form the Play Store. Open it and type the following lines in it.
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su
[CLICK ENTER]
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dd if=/storage/sdcard/TWRP.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
(Change the path to wherever you moved the file to) [CLICK ENTER]
Reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik. Reboot. If recovery says that system recovery will override it on reboot, click fix. This should update your recovery.
Have a good afternoon,
jrc2