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[Q] rom manager help!!

hey guys!!! so i have rom manager and dont really know how to use it ..lol simple u would say that its easy to use ,buut witch one do i use when updating clockwork mod!! to be honest i flashed the samsung galaxy s2 one but am afraid that i might have done the wrong one!!! can it even be used is the question? any info on this would be helpful thanks!!

mexipino said:
hey guys!!! so i have rom manager and dont really know how to use it ..lol simple u would say that its easy to use ,buut witch one do i use when updating clockwork mod!! to be honest i flashed the samsung galaxy s2 one but am afraid that i might have done the wrong one!!! can it even be used is the question? any info on this would be helpful thanks!!
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From what i know...No you can't use Rom Manager to flash CWM. You have to flash a custom kernel and they seem kinda buggy right now. I'm just rooted with no CWM.

thank you much appreciated!!good thing i asked!!!

mexipino said:
thank you much appreciated!!good thing i asked!!!
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Glad to help...

I rooted and I have CWM and I can get into recovery (power + vol up).
QUESTION: I know I can flash zip files, but having Rom Manager Pro, I can download available roms via Rom Manager. When I click on download roms, it says I have to install CWM (press install), since I already have CWM, should I use this app to install again?

Alex1x said:
I rooted and I have CWM and I can get into recovery (power + vol up).
QUESTION: I know I can flash zip files, but having Rom Manager Pro, I can download available roms via Rom Manager. When I click on download roms, it says I have to install CWM (press install), since I already have CWM, should I use this app to install again?
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My guess is pressing install will not do anything.

Quick question with ROM manager

I rooted my phone earlier today using Chainfire's CF auto root. Rooted and everything worked fine. So was looking around today and found some ROMs I want to try. I downloaded Rom Manager to make a backup, but every time I try to do a backup, it says need clockwork mod recovery.
I click install.
Then it brings me to something that says "Flash ClockworkMod Touch" under "Recovery".
But then under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" it says "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery"
Which do I click? I want this backup so I can flash roms safely.

I wouldntvuse rim manager, but I dont have another suggestion for ya.i woukd wait until smarter minds wake uo and install twrp asap.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

ahouck said:
I rooted my phone earlier today using Chainfire's CF auto root. Rooted and everything worked fine. So was looking around today and found some ROMs I want to try. I downloaded Rom Manager to make a backup, but every time I try to do a backup, it says need clockwork mod recovery.
I click install.
Then it brings me to something that says "Flash ClockworkMod Touch" under "Recovery".
But then under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" it says "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery"
Which do I click? I want this backup so I can flash roms safely.
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The reason it says that is because there are two diff versions of cwm available. One is the regular version and the other "touch" version. The touch version cost money while the other version is free. Rom Manager will work to flash cwm. I helped test it for koush:thumbup: personally I prefer twrp but it really doesnt matter.
With that being said I wouldnt use rom manager for anything else other than flashing the recovery. Do all your rom flashing, backing up...ect in recovery manually. Cheers and good luck:beer:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

I wouldn't use ROM manager for anything accept flashing a recovery as stated above. That being said I would highly recommend grabbing goo manager from the market and flashing twrp recovery. Once done, boot in recovery using goo manager or 3 button combo(volume up+power+home button). Make a backup manually in recovery.

Use Goo Manager. It will allow you to install TWRP, which is touch and free, and better the CWM IMO.

ManelScout4Life said:
Use Goo Manager. It will allow you to install TWRP, which is touch and free, and better the CWM IMO.
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Okay, so I got GooManager.
I have no ROMs or anything but if I click "flash ROMs" and "Try to find one for me" it pulls something, but I don't know what.
Is that what I'm looking for?
Sorry, first time rooting/trying to flash.

No. Don't use it to flash ROMs or backups or anything like that. Just use it to flash twrp and boot in recovery. When in the app hit menu then install open script recovery. Let it install then choose the reboot recovery option. Now you can make a backup and flash ROMs manually in recovery.

Froid said:
No. Don't use it to flash ROMs or backups or anything like that. Just use it to flash twrp and boot in recovery. When in the app hit menu then install open script recovery. Let it install then choose the reboot recovery option. Now you can make a backup and flash ROMs manually in recovery.
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Okay I backed it up.
Going to follow the steps to get CleanROM, but I have one last question. When uploading the CleanROM file to the phone, do I unzip it first, or leave it as is?

Leave it as is.
Sent from Galaxy Note 2 with CleanROM 3.5

ahouck said:
Okay I backed it up.
Going to follow the steps to get CleanROM, but I have one last question. When uploading the CleanROM file to the phone, do I unzip it first, or leave it as is?
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Leave it as is, your recovery does all the unzipping for you

azriley82 said:
Leave it as is, your recovery does all the unzipping for you
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Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!

ahouck said:
Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!
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Good luck
Sent from Galaxy Note 2 with CleanROM 3.5

ahouck said:
Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!
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No problem, if you run into any issues feel free to pm me, and I will do what I can to help you

Got it to work.
Thanks everyone!
I sense myself becoming a flash junkie in the near future.

ahouck said:
Got it to work.
Thanks everyone!
I sense myself becoming a flash junkie in the near future.
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Glad it worked.
Sent from Galaxy Note 2 with CleanROM 3.5

[Q] HELP! TWRP and CWM installed at the same time!

So I did something silly a while back and I've yet to be able to fix it. When I first rooted my phone I flashed TWRP and all was well. Then a while later, forgetting that I had TWRP, I installed CWM through RomManager. So now I have two recovery partitions and I'm unsure of how to fix this issue. I would ideally like to only use CWM. Has anyone had this problem? Can someone give me some advice on how to fix it? Any and all help would be appreciated

Mattamizer said:
So I did something silly a while back and I've yet to be able to fix it. When I first rooted my phone I flashed TWRP and all was well. Then a while later, forgetting that I had TWRP, I installed CWM through RomManager. So now I have two recovery partitions and I'm unsure of how to fix this issue. I would ideally like to only use CWM. Has anyone had this problem? Can someone give me some advice on how to fix it? Any and all help would be appreciated
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One will overwrite the other. Why do you think you have two recovery partitions ?

hednik said:
One will overwrite the other. Why do you think you have two recovery partitions ?
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If I reboot from RomManager I get dumped into CWM, but if I reboot manually and enter recovery it's TWRP.

Mattamizer said:
If I reboot from RomManager I get dumped into CWM, but if I reboot manually and enter recovery it's TWRP.
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You could try uninstall rom manager and then install goo manager and flash TWPR again. Then use goo manager to boot into recovery and see where it sends you
A way that would work for sure would be to just flash back to stock with Odin, using the pre rooted rom

hednik said:
You could try uninstall rom manager and then install goo manager and flash TWPR again. Then use goo manager to boot into recovery and see where it sends you
A way that would work for sure would be to just flash back to stock with Odin, using the pre rooted rom
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I just got goo manager last night (I've been running AOKP) so perhaps that is the route I'll take initially. I'd like to avoid flashing back to stock if possible as it would be a lot of work to get rid of one partition. I suppose it won't hurt anything if I just use one of the recoveries exclusively.
EDIT: Rebooting with goo manager dumps me into CWM. So does rebooting into recovery manually so it seems that you were correct. I don't know what the hell the deal was earlier. Must've been a hiccup or I'm an idiot. Thanks hednik!

I have the same issue only I would like to keep TWRP and lose CWM how do I uninstall? Thanks in advance
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Mattamizer said:
I just got goo manager last night (I've been running AOKP) so perhaps that is the route I'll take initially. I'd like to avoid flashing back to stock if possible as it would be a lot of work to get rid of one partition. I suppose it won't hurt anything if I just use one of the recoveries exclusively.
EDIT: Rebooting with goo manager dumps me into CWM. So does rebooting into recovery manually so it seems that you were correct. I don't know what the hell the deal was earlier. Must've been a hiccup or I'm an idiot. Thanks hednik!
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Re-install the stock rom via-odin, it will reset you're root and reflash the old recovery. Then restore you're root and reflash you're recovery (TWRP recommended).
Edit: BUT FIRST REVERT TO STOCK

simpson173 said:
I have the same issue only I would like to keep TWRP and lose CWM how do I uninstall? Thanks in advance
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try flashing this with odin... worked for me
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2att

t mobile galaxy s4 totaly bricked

I tied to flash the pac-man 4.2.2 ROM to my rooted s4. It worked but all the Google apps did not come with it... so I downloaded an app package off of GooManeger. Anyway after reboot it was obvious the app package was not compatible. Wiped phone, then no ROM, no OS, no nothing. Device doesn't get past initial boot screen. I can get into download and recovery mode. Not really sure how to download anything on my phone right now as my computer doesn't recognize it anymore. My recovery mode is TeamWin. I'm sure there's more you want to know so please ask and I appreciate your help.

re: fix phone
Christo_New said:
I tied to flash the pac-man 4.2.2 ROM to my rooted s4. It worked but all the Google apps did not come with it... so I downloaded an app package off of GooManeger. Anyway after reboot it was obvious the app package was not compatible. Wiped phone, then no ROM, no OS, no nothing. Not really sure how to download anything on my phone right now as my computer doesn't recognize it. My recovery mode is TeamWin. I'm sure there's more you want to know so please ask and I appreciate your help.
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You need to start from scratch using ODIN and flash the stock/non rooted Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S4 M919 firmware.
(using download mode in the phone)
Here is the download link: http://www.hotfile.com/dl/213469534/9ff06bd/M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_TMB.zip.html
After the odin flash you will need to root the phone unless you want to keep it stock.
Good luck!

Christo_New said:
I tied to flash the pac-man 4.2.2 ROM to my rooted s4. It worked but all the Google apps did not come with it... so I downloaded an app package off of GooManeger. Anyway after reboot it was obvious the app package was not compatible. Wiped phone, then no ROM, no OS, no nothing. Device doesn't get past initial boot screen. I can get into download and recovery mode. Not really sure how to download anything on my phone right now as my computer doesn't recognize it anymore. My recovery mode is TeamWin. I'm sure there's more you want to know so please ask and I appreciate your help.
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You may have wiped the /system folder which may explain why your phone is stuck on the booting sequence. As the poster said above, use Odin to flash the stock MDL and root again. As far as your computer not recognizing it. Put the phone into download mode (Vol Down + Home + Power), plug the phone into a different USB port (and let the drivers install if it's the first time you're plugging your phone in that port for Windows users), and then open up Odin and flash the stock firmware from there. Let us know if Odin recognizes your phone.

If you can still get into download mode and recovery, you are NOT totally bricked.
☞Sent from here☜

baseballfanz said:
If you can still get into download mode and recovery, you are NOT totally bricked.
☞Sent from here☜
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True. .. not bricked if you can get to recovery.

Thank you
I used a different site to download tar but your direction worked like a charm. thank you.

Christo_New said:
I used a different site to download tar but your direction worked like a charm. thank you.
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Glad everything worked out for you.

Recovery is not working
Got phone back to normal, then accomplished root access. Downloaded clock work and now recovery mode does not work. I downloaded CW from hot file. I was sure to download the right one for my phone... anyway I cant factory reset at the moment, it just sticks at recovery boot screen. What I'm trying to accomplish is download CW, pacman 4.3 ROM, and Gapps.

Christo_New said:
Got phone back to normal, then accomplished root access. Downloaded clock work and now recovery mode does not work. I downloaded CW from hot file. I was sure to download the right one for my phone... anyway I cant factory reset at the moment, it just sticks at recovery boot screen. What I'm trying to accomplish is download CW, pacman 4.3 ROM, and Gapps.
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You gotta be careful where you're getting your files from man.
Try Philz CWM flash via Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322676
You could also Odin back to stock (you know how to do that now:good
Root again and use ROM Manager to install CWM.

Christo_New said:
I downloaded CW from hot file.
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Start using and MD5 hash checker to make sure your downloads are not corrupted. :silly:
Odin back to stock and re-root. IIRC, CWM should be available from the Play store where you can then open the app and install/update the libraries. Didn't Pacman ROM include CWM?

Thank you guys for the advice. Super usefull
I was under the impression I needed to download a download a recovery mod first. Where is the best place to get my ROMs? I'm real interested in the pacman. I extracted the pacman files but it wont plug into the PDA in Odin. Also MD5 hash checker is something I've never heard of..

Christo_New said:
I was under the impression I needed to download a download a recovery mod first. Where is the best place to get my ROMs? I'm real interested in the pacman. I extracted the pacman files but it wont plug into the PDA in Odin. Also MD5 hash checker is something I've never heard of..
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What? You don't install Pacrom through Odin. You flash the zip in recovery.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

xdapowerapps said:
Start using and MD5 hash checker to make sure your downloads are not corrupted. :silly:
Odin back to stock and re-root. IIRC, CWM should be available from the Play store where you can then open the app and install/update the libraries. Didn't Pacman ROM include CWM?
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The app in the Play Store is call ROM Manager, you can use it to install CWM recovery.
Christo_New said:
I was under the impression I needed to download a download a recovery mod first. Where is the best place to get my ROMs? I'm real interested in the pacman. I extracted the pacman files but it wont plug into the PDA in Odin. Also MD5 hash checker is something I've never heard of..
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You need to have a working custom recovery first. Like Skipjacks stated, you flash ROM in the custom recovery.
I think you should start from the beginning and take it step by step.
I assumed at this point you're rooted on the stock ROM with stock recovery?
If not lets get to that stage and we can go from there.
-Stock ROM rooted with stock recovery
-Flash custom recovery
-Nandroid backup
-Flash custom ROM<<You are here
Let us know when you're ready for the next step.:good:

baseballfanz said:
The app in the Play Store is call ROM Manager, you can use it to install CWM recovery.
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Derp moment. CWM != ROM Mgr. :silly: Thanks for the clarification.

I did it all with exception of flashing the ROM. Every time I try to flash the pacman 4.3 it fails. Any suggestions on how to fix that or should I turn my attention so a different ROM. I'm going for optimization and complete customization, without needing a launcher. Or maybe a suggested ave to customize touch wiz to the fullest.

Christo_New said:
I did it all with exception of flashing the ROM. Every time I try to flash the pacman 4.3 it fails. Any suggestions on how to fix that or should I turn my attention so a different ROM. I'm going for optimization and complete customization, without needing a launcher. Or maybe a suggested ave to customize touch wiz to the fullest.
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That's good.:good:
What is the message or why is it "failing"?

It starts the download then at the end it says:
E: Error in /data/media/0/download/pac_jfltexx_4.3.Build-1_20130910-225309.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted

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It starts the download then at the end it says:
E: Error in /data/media/0/download/pac_jfltexx_4.3.Build-1_20130910-225309.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted
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You're using CWM? Try Phil's cam ore twrp

Same story :crying:

Christo_New said:
Same story :crying:
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Try this
http://highonandroid.com/android-roms/how-to-fix-status-7-error-with-cwm-recovery-on-rooted-android/

[Q] Total noob here, need (probably very basic) help

Hello, first time poster here!
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 and I want to flash CM 11 on it, because the stock Samsung's ROM is very bloated and slow.
I am looking at CM 11 from NovaFusion, which can be found novafusion.pl website.
I have currently downloaded:
cm11.0_codina.nova.20141215.zip
pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150106-signed.zip
I chose pico gapps because I want as less bloat as possible (only actually need Play Store).
The problem is, I don't know what to do next...
Now, I have a few questions:
Can I just flash CM trough the stock/default recovery mode that is already on the phone?
Can I use Odin to flash CM? If so, where is a trusted Odin download?
How do I restore the stock ROM that came with the phone if something goes (terribly :silly wrong?
Is it possible to reset flash counter and any other traces of root & custom ROMs on this phone in case I want to return it to warranty?
I added the "About device" info in the attachment!

1. flash it trough cwm temporary
2. no, you can't. novafusion didn't release Odin package for codina now.
3. backup your stockrom using cwm temporary
4. flashing rom trough cwm not increase flash counter

ekky21 said:
1. flash it trough cwm temporary
2. no, you can't. novafusion didn't release Odin package for codina now.
3. backup your stockrom using cwm temporary
4. flashing rom trough cwm not increase flash counter
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Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.

MrDinner said:
Hello, first time poster here!
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 and I want to flash CM 11 on it, because the stock Samsung's ROM is very bloated and slow.
I am looking at CM 11 from NovaFusion, which can be found novafusion.pl website.
I have currently downloaded:
cm11.0_codina.nova.20141215.zip
pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150106-signed.zip
I chose pico gapps because I want as less bloat as possible (only actually need Play Store).
The problem is, I don't know what to do next...
Now, I have a few questions:
Can I just flash CM trough the stock/default recovery mode that is already on the phone?
Can I use Odin to flash CM? If so, where is a trusted Odin download?
How do I restore the stock ROM that came with the phone if something goes (terribly :silly wrong?
Is it possible to reset flash counter and any other traces of root & custom ROMs on this phone in case I want to return it to warranty?
I added the "About device" info in the attachment!
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1. Well, I think the stock recovery doesn't allow you to install zip from sdcard. That's why we use CWM instead (plus it does more things than stock recovery). I recommend CWM
2. No, Custom ROM should be flashed through CWM, I think...
3. You can backup your current ROM (includes apps installed) through CWM and if something goes wrong, you can easily restore it from CWM again. BUT, if somehow you can't get to CWM, you can use ODIN to flash stock ROM and your phone should be back to its original state
4. Yup, it can be done from CWM or ODIN.. same method as in my 3rd answer
PS. I only gave answers to stuff I've done before.. basically, my answers are based on self-experience hope it helps!
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MrDinner said:
Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.
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Mm.. from what I remember... Temporary CWM will not replace your stock recovery, and you will need to flash the CWM everytime you want to get into CWM Recovery .-.

MrDinner said:
Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.
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Here : Temporary CWM.

Thank you everyone, I got CM 11 working easy and nice! :good:
Also, looks like the NovaFusion CM 11 ROM did something to the recovery, now it always boots to CWM even without a microSD card.
Does that mean that I can't get back to old recovery? Can I just flash stock ROM and get it back?
P. S. everything is so damn fast and smooth compared to stock ROM!!!

MrDinner said:
Thank you everyone, I got CM 11 working easy and nice! :good:
Also, looks like the NovaFusion CM 11 ROM did something to the recovery, now it always boots to CWM even without a microSD card.
Does that mean that I can't get back to old recovery? Can I just flash stock ROM and get it back?
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Yes, Custom ROMs like CM 11 have CWM Recovery or TWRP instead of Stock Recovery because they have functions such as backup your system and more. If you really want to have Stock Recovery then you have to flash Stock ROM using Odin.
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P. S. everything is so damn fast and smooth compared to stock ROM!!!
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Right. Probably that's why most of the people here use Custom ROMs.