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[Q] Recovery Problems

Hi everyone. I'm having some problems with my Recovery which I can't seem to figure out:
I tried to mod my phone with CM6.1 the other day using ROM Manager. ROM downloaded and started to install, no problems. When it tried to boot up again, it got stuck in a loop at the CM loading screen. When I tried to reboot in to Clockword Mod Recovery, all I got was a picture of a phone with a triangle (can't remember which colour - think it was green). Eventually I realised that was a stock recovery and managed to get my phone restored to my backup but I can't seem to get my recovery to go to anything but the stock one. Rom Manager reports Clockwork Recovery reports ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7 installed and I've tried using Rom Manager, Android Commander and UnrEVOked to flash ClockworkMod and Amon-Ra and nothing works - I'm still at the built-in recovery.
Now, If I boot in to recovery, I get the red triangle and a message on screen stating "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command".
If I do use the built-in recovery to flash ClockworkMod as an update.zip, ClockworkMod launches but when I reboot, it's gone again and I'm back to stock.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

"Android Commander and UnrEVOked to flash ClockworkMod and Amon-Ra and nothing works" make sure youre trying to flash a .img file
"Clockwork Recovery reports ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7 installed" that because the recovery (.zip) is saved on the SDCARD. When booting Recovery from ROM Manager, youre fake-flashing the file (.zip)
"If I do use the built-in recovery to flash ClockworkMod as an update.zip, ClockworkMod launches but when I reboot, it's gone again and I'm back to stock." thats fake-flashing
what HBOOT are you on??
EDIT: You should S-OFF your Desire "http://alpharev.nl/".
WARNING: When using S-OFF your flashing a custom HBOOT. If that goes wrong, it may brick your Desire. If you use S-OFF, then you can flash a permanent recovery using fastboot

Thanks Chris. Any idea why it would have reverted though? I used to have a permanent version of ClockworkMod until the other week
Edit: HBOOT just says 0.80.0000 and has 3 androids on skateboards
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Go back to stock, download the original ruu for you phone. After that try rooting again.

Rats - had a feeling that may be the answer. Think I'll be able to restore a backup?
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I fake-flash all the time. I once messed up a ROM's installation and got stuck because it messed up the recovery too.
The loop startup is probably caused by older cache from your previous ROM. Just boot up recovery again, clear cache and restore factory settings and then flash your CM again. Should do the trick.

Chris016 said:
what HBOOT are you on??
EDIT: You should S-OFF your Desire "http://alpharev.nl/".
WARNING: When using S-OFF your flashing a custom HBOOT. If that goes wrong, it may brick your Desire. If you use S-OFF, then you can flash a permanent recovery using fastboot
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Flashed my HBOOT with AlphaRev - those guys are brilliant, coding that!
Thank you for your help!

Bingo!
Think I've nailed it now!
I used Fastboot Commander [v.1.0] to flash Amon-RA which took and stayed!
To confirm: I installed AlphaRev bootloader to S-OFF then Fastboot Commander to flash Amon-RA. Hopefully, I'll now be able to flash Clockwork Recovery again (as I use Rom Manager) and be back up and running!
Think I may skip CM6.1...

Problem installing Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5

I have my Desire rooted S-OFF running CWM 2.5.0.9 and phoenix 1.3 ROM. I have been trying to upgrade to CWM 3.0.0.5. I tried following directions website and chose renaming my file as update then installing it from recovery. Now the phone will not boot into recovery although it is otherwise fully functional. Any thoughts on how to begin to remedy this? ROM Manager still says I am running 2.5.0.9.
The phone will boot into the FASTBOOT/HBOOT white screen but when I select RECOVERY it hangs at the splash screen. I posted this at the Teamuscellular site but it appears after maintenance I can no longer post over there so posting here in hopes of a faster response.

Download this and install the image. Will flash it all for you no problem. Make sure you get the .img.

I followed the instructions listed ... even tried custom recovery with unRevoked but I get the same result. Going to try reflashing 2.5 to see if I can get back into recovery at all.....

Boot into the fastboot screen and flash the new recovery from there via usb.
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You r soff so you use android flasher to install custom recovery img.
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[Q] cannot flash ROM

i must have missed something or did something wrong.
i installed visionary, temp root and perm rooted.
ive got my custom ROM in the root of my SD card.
downloaded and installed ROM manager.
through ROM manager i installed clockworkmod recovery.
i installed easyradiotool and selected Rdio S-OFF
running ROM manager i selected "install ROM frm SD card"
selected my ROM and it booted into Recovery, i was given 4 options:
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partion
which am i meant to choose to install my ROM, or what have i missed out?
many thanks

Re-Flash recovery from within ROM Manager, some users require it to be flashed twice.

I did exactly the same (except for that Radio S-OFF thing) and I have the exact same problem.
All I get is that mobile phone with the exclamation mark.
Help please..

bangbangparis, you need S-OFF to get ClockworkMod.

I got mine flashed, red triangle with exclamation mean its in recovery mode, press the + volume button and power then go from there.
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Ok sorry I'm new to this stuff..
so apparently i did S-OFF because I got the ROM-Manager.
But what do I have to do in Recovery Mode? It gives me only those 4 options you mentioned before.
I'm close to smash my phone against a wall..

You can have Rom manager without S-OFF, too. Go to bootloader and see if it says S-OFF at the top.
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Which version of CMW did you install from ROM Manager? I know when I first flashed it to my DHD I had to go to install update.zip to get to the Recovery menu them from there i was able to flash the custom rom

HTC Desire wont boot into recovery

I flashed the data++ hboot from alpharev, and now i can get to bootloader screen but when i select recovery( to boot into recovery) it just flashes HTC and then returns to bootloader screen. how do i fix this?

Reflash recovery...
Fastboot flash recovery "your recovery file name"
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Use Android Flasher to flash recovery. Much easier and no adb commands are needed.

[Q] Change recovery after revolutionary ?

Hi all,
I've S-OFF my HTC Desire with revolutionary and all is working as expected, recovery and custom rom (ICS). But I'm very interested to have a touch recovery (like 4EXT). I've tried to install by using the provided application, and all seems installed correctly, but when I tried to switch back on recovery, (vol down, then recovery in the menu), I get HTC logo during 1 sec, then back in the menu. I've reinstall a working recovery with revolutionary, but it seems that I cannot change my recovery anymore.
I've also tried to install the official Clock Mod recovery, but I get exactly the same result.
Is there a way to change the recovery image after using Revolutionary to root and S-OFF my HTC Desire?
Thanks
Olivier.

Try to flash a recovery image manually using android flasher or adb.
via xda app

stankyou said:
Try to flash a recovery image manually using android flasher or adb.
via xda app
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You cant flash a recovery image via adb. You can only flash a recovery image via fastboot.
OP should read the adb and fastboot faq available via my signature.