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CDMA Desire: What version of Clockworkmod recovery

Hi all,
I'm sort of new to this. I've been using clockworkmod recover for a while now. Mostly to back up and restore. I want to try to load the stable CM7 rom or maybe some other rom that supports A2sd+ but I saw that at least CM7 recommends a newer version of ClockworkMod Recovery.
Right now I have 2.5.0.9. It's also the one that shows up in Rom Manager.
But I've seen here and other forums that people are now unto 3.0.0.5 and even beyond (I saw 3.0.2.4 on the CM forum)
So my question is what is the latest version of ClorkworkMod for the CDMA desire and how do I get it?
I saw an article on addictivetips.com that suggested renaming the new version to the name of the old one (2.5.0.9) and placing in in the Rom Manager folder on the SD and then flashing from Rom Manager thus fulling it into flashing a newer version.
Some, forums have guides on how to do that using adb and yet others have it as a zip file that can be flashed from the hboot.
Whats the best and I guest simplest way to get the new version.

Did you actually run into trouble with your current CWM trying to setup CM7?
The wiki states no problem using the version you currently have - 2.5.0.9.
If you do want to upgrade, you should follow this post.

foalsrock said:
If you do want to upgrade, you should follow this post.
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Yep. thats exactly the forum I was referring to when I mentioned 3.0.2.4
Although I was not able to flash it using the PB99IMG.zip. Probably should ask there about that.
I did flash CM7 but,
here is what's weird: I tried the method where you fool the rom manager into flashing a newer recover outlined here.
Got the 3.0.2.4, but then when I went back into the Rom manager and hit reboot into recovery, it boots me into 2.5.0.9.
If I just press the power button, select reboot, and reboot into recovery I get 3.0.2.4. It's like I have two recovery images loaded.
I wiped the phone restored my nandroid backup of the stock rom I get 2.5.09.
Wipe again, as always everything data, cache, and dalvik. Load CM7 again. And the same thing two recoveries depending on how I reboot into it.

P.S.
1. Happy Passover, חג שמח.
2. forgot to say: if I power down and boot into Hboot with vol down + power and then go into recovery I get into 3.0.2.4

Do you happen to have your phone S-OFF?
If so, a simple solution might be to flash the 3.0.2.4 recovery .img file using "fastboot flash recovery xxx.img" @ hboot.
But you shouldn't S-OFF just for this as I'm not sure it'll actually resolve what you're experiencing.
It's a pretty odd situation and I think I better not give you advice which could potentially worsen it.
I'd seek help in the thread linked in the CM forums or hope that someone else might notice this post.
חג שמח! =)

foalsrock said:
Do you happen to have your phone S-OFF?
If so, a simple solution might be to flash the 3.0.2.4 recovery .img file using "fastboot flash recovery xxx.img" @ hboot.
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I do have S-OFF, how would I flash this in Hboot?

Zhenya13 said:
I do have S-OFF, how would I flash this in Hboot?
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This is assuming you have the Android SDK all set up on your computer (if not, read through the wiki).
Boot into the bootloader, type "fastboot devices". If you see your device listed - continue flashing by typing "fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img"

foalsrock said:
This is assuming you have the Android SDK all set up on your computer (if not, read through the wiki).
Boot into the bootloader, type "fastboot devices". If you see your device listed - continue flashing by typing "fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img"
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Where should I put the img file? just to the root of the SD card?
תודה רבה

You should have the recovery .img file on your pc when flashing via fastboot

Help!!! I may have bricked my Evo

Ok so heres the deal, I used unrevoked about a week about to root my EVO and disable the security. I had some problems trying to install a custom rom via the recover program or rom manager. Last night I was messing with it and I set my phone down to go do something and my little brother got a hold of my phone while it was in recovery. He managed to wipe my sd card which had my backup files on the card. Now I cant restore the phone and I cant get a rom to load on my phone. What can I do Im dying without my phone.

Help Please!!! I can get into recovery and bootloader.
It Shows S-Off
HBOOT - 2.10.0001
Touch Panel ATMEL224_16ab
Radio-2.15.00.11.19
October 15, 2010
Oh and Hardware version I believe was 0002
I tried to instal another ROM but I get an error from clockwork about being outdated and Amend Script no longer supported. What do I do?

First, download the PC36IMG.zip for amon_RA. You can get it here. Place the file on the root of your SD card and flash from the bootloader. Installation takes around 10 seconds and yes, the bootloader will autodetect the file. Before doing so, put the rom you want to flash on the SD card. If you want a rooted stock rom, i recommend downloading the ODEXED version from here. After you've flashed amon_RA, reboot into your new recovery, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card. Afterwards, flash the rom and you should be good to go.
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I have tried that multiple times and It will not detect and load it. It just says something like invalid or no image. If I enable S-On again can I return the phone for warranty replacement?

If you can get into recovery... choose the option to mount via USB (2nd choice I think) use that to transfer a ROM to your sd card and flash it...
Edit: oh you're on clockwork... I'm pretty sure my ROM will flash through clockwork even with new versions... find my Rom...skyraider for evo 4g in the development section and try to flash it...

Double check to make sure the file is not named PC36IMG.ZIP.zip and make sure you didn't download the file ending in .img. If you did, you will have to flash it via ADB. The correct file should work. THIS is the correct file.
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And get rid of ROM Manager.
Make sure the pc36img.zip file isn't named pc36img.zip.zip, too
You can also run RUU and restore it to stock and start over

HipKat said:
And get rid of ROM Manager.
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No doubt! You do not need it.
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If you can't get amon ra to flash, the key for you is finding a ROM that still uses the old script styles...
Search for ROMs from early this year or late last year... just to get you up and running. Once you're running, use ROM manager to flash alternate recovery ( bottom of Rom managers list) and stick with amon

Ok I think it loaded when I got into bootloader there was a little bar on the right side that loaded up to the top and finished. It never asked me it just did it. Now my problem is it says S-On instead of S-Off and I can only get to bootloader and recovery

Flashing amon_RA should not have returned your device to S-ON, but being that you are, you can either flash a ruu or unroot again and flash whatever rom you like.
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It finally worked the RUU detected my phone and installed the last release build. Thank you all for your help!
Sent from my HTC EVO using XDA App

Poseidon215 said:
It finally worked the RUU detected my phone and installed the last release build. Thank you all for your help!
Sent from my HTC EVO using XDA App
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You're very welcome. Have a great day...

[Q] Try fastbooting a recovery on?

Hi, I have this (noob) question when reading the description of CWM in Android Market:
"HTC Users: Flash recovery not working? Try fastbooting a recovery on."
May I know what does "Try fastbooting a recovery on."
Is that meant booting into recovery with Fast Booting setting ticked?
Thanks.

If I was to interpret that remark literally it would mean that you would have to use fastboot and push a Rom to your phone via fastboot. This requires eng s off and is not noob friendly.
I assume it means that you need to manually enter recovery by powering off phone and holding vol down and power to get into hboot. You must have fastboot unchecked in power settings on a sense Rom if just powering down to enter recovery. If you are using a program to reboot into recovery it doesn't matter.
I would recommend if you have issues with cwm to just use 4ext recovery instead.
4ext recovery is better imo and now has a touch screen UI.

Thanks for answering. I think I understand it now.
I have another (noob) question:
What are the differences between the Market version CWM and this (link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003723 )?
Which one shall I use?
Thanks again.

Its the same. Just a way for people to get newer versions before cwm releases them. Just use the market to download rom manager and flash your recovery with rom manager.
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Gizmoe said:
Its the same. Just a way for people to get newer versions before cwm releases them. Just use the market to download rom manager and flash your recovery with rom manager.
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Thanks, Gizmoe.

Gizmoe said:
If I was to interpret that remark literally it would mean that you would have to use fastboot and push a Rom to your phone via fastboot. This requires eng s off and is not noob friendly.
I assume it means that you need to manually enter recovery by powering off phone and holding vol down and power to get into hboot. You must have fastboot unchecked in power settings on a sense Rom if just powering down to enter recovery. If you are using a program to reboot into recovery it doesn't matter.
I would recommend if you have issues with cwm to just use 4ext recovery instead.
4ext recovery is better imo and now has a touch screen UI.
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Hi, Gizmoe. It's me again.
May I know will the partition be formatted to EXT4 in CWM?
Thanks.

You will have to use 4ext recovery if you want ext4 partitions. There is a program in market called 4ext updater that will install it on your phone. This is the version of recovery that I use, because it has more options and ext4 support. Backups you have made with cwm will not work with 4ext and vice versa, just keep that in mind.
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[Q] Toward Android 4

Hi there,
I have been battling (and learning) for now over 4 days with a mate that has succeeded installing Android 4.0 on his HD. We are having difficulties on a few points. I have some part of answers I found here and there, however there are still a few dark areas in my research at this stage. I have looked up the sticky one and have not found any answer that suits my issues.
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
My set is an Autralian HTC Desire from Telstra.
Thanks in advance if you wish to help us.
z:/

zipstor said:
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
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You can´t install 4Ext recovery if you aren´t s-off...

Go to revolutionary.io
This will S-OFF and if I recall right also install a recovery.

Okay I've used the revolutionary tool, I am s-offed, thanks for that, now how can I make sure recovery went okay

Well... try it?
Press volume down + power to get into bootloader, then launch recovery.
You navigate the menu with volume up and down.

FYI this is the desire not desire HD forum.

Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra rom thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.

zipstor said:
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra "sense" thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
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If you can now boot into android I would recommend the 4ext recovery (see my sig). Download the app from the market and use this to install the latest Touch recovery.

yep 4ext is good can also solve usb bricks although i solved mine with a simple adb command

sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
Message from Maximilian Riedel:
The application will be automatically downloaded to your device.
Your order has been sent to Maximilian Riedel.
Maximilian Riedel is responsible for charging and shipping your order. Have questions? Contact Maximilian Riedel.
Feb 6
Maximilian Riedel received your order.
Feb 6
You placed an order with Maximilian Riedel on Feb 6. Google Checkout sent a copy of this receipt to [email protected]
Order Date: February 6, 2012 12:39:42 AM UTC+11
Order Number: 1299xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx130.1
Item
Price
4EXT Recovery Control
€1.98
Tax:
€0.00
Total:
€1.98
Even if I try to get the free version it says that the content is not supported on the phone...and its a .apk..

why not just flash clock work mod touch recovery esentially the same thing all your paying for really is the touch recovery and a few extras
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img

I can give it a go... sure..
Any instruction sheet anywhere?

first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick

WAIT!
You mention Desire HD in first post. Please confirm yours is NOT HD.

not hd dude

seanpr92 said:
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
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Your syntax makes it difficult to understand. I will try this but in the future it would be good if you could improve it.
Shall I extract the img files with an ISO reader or shall I open them with my phone system?

hi,
use 7zip to extract the img file but don t touch the file img... this is the one to flash into your device by the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\wherethe.imgfile.isonyourcomp
i would advice to do first a
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
in a cleaner way but not mandatory.
have a look in this following link everything to know to install and use adb/fastboot
look to my signature there is a link to the 4ext dev's thread. he s really aware and give a best support for his work. what i ve seen, i advice to have a look and post your experience. once u got the app 4ext running on your device it becomes really easy to flash recovery (and his is really rockin')
hope this help

zipstor said:
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
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Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.

Okay so thats an attempt to use your tips, the phone is connected via usb in charge only mode and here is what I get on CMD
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot erase recovery
< waiting for device >
Are you suggesting me to post on the EXT4 post as well?

ascot17 said:
Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
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That's okay mate, thanks for your concern.
What do you suggest if 4EXT is not getting me anywhere and I get the red triangle no matter what..?

[Q] Problem with CWM 5.0.2.0 stable installation.

Actually, I got no place to post my question. So, I thought of starting a new thread.
I have installed CyanogenMod 7 on my HTC buzz by downgrading its stock rom as it suffered a OTA update before. I guess you guys r well aware about the process.
During the downgrade, my phone got Revolutionary CWM 4.x.x.x by default. In fact, I have flashed CM7 using revolutionary.
Now, CM7 comes with ROM Manager built-in and I tried to install CWM 5.0.2.0 recovery right form the GUI. The update.zip was downloaded. I could update it manually form my recovery options.
But, it was not stable. Each time I boot into recovery, Revolutionary CWM shows up, instead of CWM 5.0.2.0. To use it again, I have update the package each and every time.
Is is quite normal? Or, I am missing something? Plz help with advice.:crying:

I did this via Rom manager. Not through Recovery.
YNWA

ChandanRoy said:
Actually, I got no place to post my question. So, I thought of starting a new thread.
I have installed CyanogenMod 7 on my HTC buzz by downgrading its stock rom as it suffered a OTA update before. I guess you guys r well aware about the process.
During the downgrade, my phone got Revolutionary CWM 4.x.x.x by default. In fact, I have flashed CM7 using revolutionary.
Now, CM7 comes with ROM Manager built-in and I tried to install CWM 5.0.2.0 recovery right form the GUI. The update.zip was downloaded. I could update it manually form my recovery options.
But, it was not stable. Each time I boot into recovery, Revolutionary CWM shows up, instead of CWM 5.0.2.0. To use it again, I have update the package each and every time.
Is is quite normal? Or, I am missing something? Plz help with advice.:crying:
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Yes this is normal for ROM manager as using ROM manager is only giving you a temp recovery over your stock ( in your case revolutionary cwm ) to get the cwm 5.0.2.0 you want you need to get either a PC49IMG.zip version of the cwm and use the boot loader method, use ADB/Fast boot method or use the terminal emulator method.
Tutorials are all over the wildfire thread and so are the necessary files etc.
Sent from my Nexus 4

That what u have to flash is temporary.
For permanent recovery, copy the recovery onto your pc.
Turn on the willy in hboot mode, goto fastboot connect usb
Type fastboot flash recovery name.zip
here name is the name of recovery zip AS IT IS.