Hello,
as far as I read into this, I need to copy the right partion with dd. To use dd I need to install busybox. To install busybox I need to root my phone. To root my phone I need to install a custom recovery... Now I can't backup the stock recovery anymore. I am in a doom loop. Any idea?
Btw: Samsung phone on android 4.4.2
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I rooted my phone and was able to access Clockwork, but since then I have not been able to boot into recovery. I have gone through many troubleshooting steps including trying to use Rom Manager by clockworkmod to flash a new recovery, trying to go through to root process again and trying to use terminal and adb to flash a recovery. When I try flash_image, it says "flash_image: not found". Rom manager won't boot into recovery. My phone sticks at the exclamation screen when I try to manually boot into recovery. I can't use update.zip because that requires that you have the ability to user recovery. I haven't been able to find any other way to flash a recovery mod onto my system. Is there any way that I can just get the files that are supposed to be installed on the phone and the locations they are supposed to go to so I can just flash them one at a time? Or does anyone have another possible solution?
ESPRDIAG.zip
ESPRDIAG.nbh
ESPRIMG.zip
ESPRIMG.nbh
All those files are showing as missing when I start bootloader.
I think you need to re-root your device if not first. If it is rooted whatever rom you have selected to install needs to be in the root directory of your sdcard. Again before you can flash any rom you need to be rooted and have access to clockwork.
I hope that helps if not try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702973&page=103
Go through the root process again to get back to clockwork to flash a new ROM. Or follow the process to flash the engineering rom, which will save you from having to do all of that to get back in to clockwork recovery each time.
Finally got it to work, but is there any way that I can get it to go into Clockwork every time I boot into recovery without having to flash it again?
Flashing the engineering rom will enable you to leave update.zip on the root of your sdcard and just flash update.zip eachtime you get to recovery to get into clockwork. Or if you have flashed eng build you can start using rom manager to boot into clockwork recovery. Afaik that's the only way to boot into clockwork.
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Hi everyone,
I've done a LOT of reading/searching, but since I can't find sulution decided someone could help.
Just to avoid future questions:
>My Desire is rooted.
>I tried using fastboot (Error: - not allowed)
>I tried using adb (I get an error that /system/bin/sh cannot be found).
>I tried Unreavoked3, but since the phone is rooted, the recovery doesn't isntall.
>I tried ROM Manager. It says the recovery is up to date, but when you boot it, it is stock.
>I'm using original USB cable supplied with the phone.
The only way I get into CWM recovery is flashing update.zip on my sdcard (fakeflash?).
My question are:
1. Why i cant access shell via adb?
2. How should i flash recovery?
Thank You in advance.
So if you turn the phone on whilst holding the volume down button and then select Recovery it doesn't boot into the custom Recovery?
No, it boots into stock recovery.
I just use the Android Flasher Utility (here). Really quick and painless, but you need s-off though.
I'm quite curious, how are you rooted without a custom recovery?
Maybe I don't get it, I bought the phone about a year ago and rooted using unreavoked utility. The recovery I get to gives me 4 options. Text is in blue colour, reboot, apply update.zip and wipe options. What I do, is apply update.zip so i get into CMW recovery.
If you rooted with unrEVOked it flashes CWM. If you've never had that you're not rooted
I'd go back to 100% stock with an RUU suitable for your phone and then root again
EDIT: You weren't rooted and then accepted an OTA update did you?
I think I didn't. So if I:
1. Do a nandroid backup now, I have custom rom installed.
2. Then go back to stock RUU.
3. Root the phone.
Can I do a nandroid restore so I don't have to install everything back again?
EDIT: But I have Superuser app, and if I enter Terminal, type "su" I get root privileges. How can I not be rooted?
Hello,
i have a question. Can you rood the galaxy gio after installing CWM recovery? If so, how do u do that?
I taught my phone was rooted and installed cwm recovery. But now it turned out that my something went wrong in rooting and cwm is allready installed.
Can i still root my phone without installing stock rom again?
I tried to go to update from sd card in the cwm recovery, but i can not choose any file.
I can only choose between no and yes install update. If i pick install update he installs something, but it is not the root file..
djemz said:
Hello,
i have a question. Can you rood the galaxy gio after installing CWM recovery? If so, how do u do that?
I taught my phone was rooted and installed cwm recovery. But now it turned out that my something went wrong in rooting and cwm is allready installed.
Can i still root my phone without installing stock rom again?
I tried to go to update from sd card in the cwm recovery, but i can not choose any file.
I can only choose between no and yes install update. If i pick install update he installs something, but it is not the root file..
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Hi,
You can try this, only for Gingerbread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111414
Use update.zip in the recovery mode.
So I was running the Unofficial Xperia Rom (4.4) and then decided to upgrade to CM12.
Upon booting up into CM12, I realised it wasn't as smooth as Kitkat, so I wanted to go back via restoring my nandroid backup. However, when I rebooted into Recovery, CWM is gone, and has been replaced by Cyanogenmod Recovery.
Due to the uselessness of CM Recovery, I can't flash CWM via this method and this gives me an error.
How do I install CWM recovery, given these methods don't work for me?
How about this one install it using terminal emulator
extract FOTA img to the root of your external sd card then type su on the terminal emulator then type this code
dd if=/ext_card/FOTAKernel.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel
This one's permanent so even if you update your rom. CWM won't be replaced by any other recovery.
Thank you! It worked for me.
You're Welcome.
Hi everyone,
What do you think of flashify to flash a custom recovery or a custom rom / stock ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349847
regards
Used flashify to backup stock recovery then flash custom recovery.
Need to have super su installed.
1. backup recovery if something goes wrong just in case.
2. Flash custom recovery. TWRP works fine for me.