Clockworkmod broke my recovery, any suggestions? - Streak 5 Android Development

SOLVED it myself - read below:
The super quick version:
During an attempted downgrade from 02 2.1 6941 (it was buggy as hell) back to ATT 1.6, I tried a method someone posted involving clockwork 1.8.1.7. Unfortunately, clockwork can only burn .zip clockwork formatted roms (you cannot simply rename a pkg a zip). All attempts to switch back to any other recovery program simply resulted in a black screen after selecting update - many recovery roms were tried. So I was stuck with no way to even try to burn a regular pkg rom and a broken clockwork (1.8.1.7 "works" but with errors).
TLDR: Black screen after "press camera button to update" on all recoveries except clockwork 1.8.1.7 on 02 1.6 4399.
Solution:
Installed clockwork formatted rooted 4399
Installed older recovery rom I found
I can provide links to these later. I don't have them on me at the moment.

If anyone has any idea how to solve FOTA name mismatch, or even wtf it means, let me know.

WOuld be great if u could tell the forum what u did
You may not be alone

r00tcause said:
Solved my own problem after hours of trial and error - no thanks to anyone here.
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The Streak community seems to be pretty small at this time. Until we have a bigger user base we are all kind of breaking new ground. People might not have had the same experiences as others, such as yourself, so maybe you could share your story and help someone in the future.

drgopoos said:
WOuld be great if u could tell the forum what u did
You may not be alone
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I was busy raging at the time.
I am *still* stuck on o2's OS (but 1.6 which works fine instead of the seriously bugged 2.1, which worked "ok" at first and got so buggy that it wouldn't allow me to answer incoming calls) but at least my recovery is no longer broken.
I can't swap back to ATT though due to a "FOTA name mismatch", whatever the hell that is.
The black screen recovery error seems to be caused by the ROM itself. Certain recoveries simply do not work on certain builds. It seems as though pretty much all of them failed with the build I had. However, I found an older recovery (smaller than the rest at 2.7mb) and used that along with a rooted ZIP format (clockwork) version of 4399.
It was really just about finding the right files and the right combination.
I hope I can upgrade to the ATT froyo when it gets here without issue. For now, I am staying with what works.

Download the attached recovery, flash it and you should be able to update any official rom.

crash6 said:
Download the attached recovery, flash it and you should be able to update any official rom.
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**I looked through my recovery roms and I had already tried THAT EXACT ROM, so perhaps stop making assumptions, eh?**
The only recovery that worked was the 2.7mb one. I tried many others. They all resulted in a blank/black screen after selection.

The files I used to fix the issue are linked below.
The first is a zip/clockwork version of O2's 4399 build which clockwork can burn. The second is the stock 4399 recovery (2.7mb).
4399-update-streak-stock-rooted-signed-clockwork.zip - 80.1 Mb
recovery.stock4399.img - 2.7 Mb
*This fixed the black screen on all recovery roms except clockwork 1.8.1.7 issue. It won't do a thing for FOTA mismatch.

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I cannot access recovery anymore

Tuesday night I loaded CM7, and then the Market wouldn't update my apps so I decided I would restore BAMF 1.5. After doing so, the Market just gave me "Fails" trying to update, and I could not access recovery, as I was going to do a complete wipe and reflash. Most of Wednesday, an extremely helpful & knowledgable member, Mattgyver83, tried diligently to help me rectify the situation, but to no avail. We tried to Fastboot, tried flash_image, tried fix permissions...shoot, I practically wore out adb..anyway, I ended up reverting back to stock and unrooted. I used jcase's method to revert back to stock, and that was painless, and successful. I decided last night to try rooting again, thinking a fresh root would solve my issue of not being able to access recovery. Root was successful, but I still cannot access recovery, through rom manager, or through bootloader. When I attempt it my Tbolt goes to white HTC screen, and stays there. All functions of my phone now work, and all aspects of root work, except I cannot flash anything. Rom manager shows I have clockwork recovery, but I just can't get to it.
Sorry for the long ramble. If anyone has had this issue, or if anyone knows a fix, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I wait for Gingerbread.
Thanks
Happened to me with CM7 builds. For some reason they were erasing the recovery. Just have to reflash the recovery in Rom Manager and you'll be all set in the future.
do what i do pull batt leave out for a min, then put the batt back in and connect usb right away.
travishamockery said:
Happened to me with CM7 builds. For some reason they were erasing the recovery. Just have to reflash the recovery in Rom Manager and you'll be all set in the future.
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Tried that, but thanks. Still just goes to white HTC screen, and stays there until I do battery pull.
jr4000watts said:
do what i do pull batt leave out for a min, then put the batt back in and connect usb right away.
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I can get to bootloader, just not able to get into recovery.
I'm stabbing in the dark at this, but this did work for me with my Droid...
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
Ie. Flash recovery and wait until the confirmation pop-up/message only takes a few seconds to pop up. If the message takes longer than 5 seconds or so, re-flash recovery and repeat until the confirmation comes up quickly.
This sounded retarded to me, but I was at the end of my rope so I tried it. It worked like a charm.
M.
monolithic said:
I'm stabbing in the dark at this, but this did work for me with my Droid...
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
Ie. Flash recovery and wait until the confirmation pop-up/message only takes a few seconds to pop up. If the message takes longer than 5 seconds or so, re-flash recovery and repeat until the confirmation comes up quickly.
This sounded retarded to me, but I was at the end of my rope so I tried it. It worked like a charm.
M.
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Thanks, but that didn't work. I think something in my os got lost when I restored BAMF from CM7.
Yea I spent a good few hours yesterday trying to help Orio out and we attempted a ton of things to try and fix the recovery issue, this post should offer a bit more insight to the methods used, this is running off memory;
adb reboot recovery failed
Reinstall latest Rom Manager apk and Flash CWM
flash latest rom manager via fastboot (CWM only)
(fastboot flash recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.5.img)
**did not do fastboot erase recovery first**
"return to stock safely and properly" XDAthread by jcase
return to stock image [RUU], reroot, try again
try to boot into recovery via hboot
manually installed fix_permissions.sh script and busybox on rooted stock, ran.. didnt fix
tried to see if flash_image method would work, didn't
All of the above have failed and we basically tried almost all combinations. Not once would this phone get back into recovery, even after flashing the appropriate RUUs which include either stock android or CWM recovery. The only thing we have not currently attempted which might be the last thing left is to do is manually install the nandroid.sh script and do an advanced restore of the recovery image only from a nandroid backup on SD. I would rather not go down this method as it could have an undesired result, I have done it to restore a G1 back in the day but not 100% if its gonna work on a tbolt. Thankfully his phone boots, and we can get into hboot, but yea.. pretend recovery just doesnt exist at all...
Curious if anyone has any knowledge above what we have already tried.
monolithic said:
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
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I recall the same thing and its a good thought however that was mostly a generic error due to a CWM update and CM6 (I think) but either way flashing an RUU should override this shortcoming and im pretty sure that issue was worked out in CWM as well.
Not to be rude, but I don't think this question belongs in the development section.
Orio56 said:
I can get to bootloader, just not able to get into recovery.
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do you still have the P zip file for the radio (baseband) on your SD card? if you do....try to delete it...then hold power and volume down button down....then see if you can get into recovery....
probably not going to work...but it is worth a try......
hogowner said:
do you still have the P zip file for the radio (baseband) on your SD card? if you do....try to delete it...then hold power and volume down button down....then see if you can get into recovery....
probably not going to work...but it is worth a try......
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Thanks, but no, I deleted that after loading it. I actually reverted back to stock/unrooted last night and rerooted and the problem still remains. It's quite strange.
maybe i missed it if someone suggested this but what about flashing an older version of CWM?
shelooga said:
maybe i missed it if someone suggested this but what about flashing an older version of CWM?
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That is what I was going to suggest. In ROM Manager at the very bottom try and flash an older version.
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SUCCESS !!!
I fixed it !
Apparently, when I loaded up cm7, files showed up about the same time on my sdcard in clockworkmod download file. I deleted those files, and reflashed clockworkmod in rom manager, (which this time took like 3 - 4 minutes), and rebooted into recovery and it worked...did it again, just in case it was a fluke and it worked.
All is well now...the planets are realigned !!!
Thanks everyone for your ideas and especially thanks to mattgyver83 who helped me for something like 4 hours yesterday. Exceptional kindness !!
mods...you can close this thread.
GREAT NEWS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
THANKS FOR REPORTING BACK!
This may help out other members with the same problem!!
now go ahead and start playing with your T-BOLT again!
That's a very odd solution. My first two things to try would have been:
1) fastboot:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery C:\some\local\path\recovery.img
You can't, well, probably shouldn't, flash a recovery from the /sdcard. When in fastboot mode I don't think the sdcard is even mounted. Either way, I think fastboot needs the img file on the local file system.
2) Create a PG05IMG.zip file with the recovery.img file in it, and flash that through HBOOT. Although this should have been done in some form or fashion when you downgraded or re-rooted, so YMMV.

[Q] Cannot boot into Recovery

Hey all. I just got a new G Tablet and am trying to install CM7 I was following the instructions to the letter from (Since I an't post links, just google this) Cyanogenmod G Tablet Wiki Full
I got through the 'Installing ClockworkMod Recovery' part and everything appeared to finish successfully.
After rebooting the device, I tried to boot into Recovery to install CM7 and the device just freezes on the ViewSonic splash screen. The screen says 'Recovery key detected Booting recovery kernel image', but it just sits there.
I am able to boot the device into the stock OS, but I can no longer get into recovery.
What can I do?
Tap UI Version: 1,2-4349
Kernel Version: 2,6,32,9-00001-g0e0c333-dirty
Build number: FRF91
Thank you in advanced for your help. Please let me know if there is any other information you need about my device.
Andrew
The key to your post is
Tap UI Version: 1,2-4349
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You're on the 1.2 bootloader, and CWM .8 will not work on it. There is a versio nthat WILL work, but I, unfortunately don't know the exact link to provide for you. I'll attempt to look it up and get back to you, though.
basically, your G-Tablet, was at some point, updated with the most recent OTA update provided by viewsonic. The update was pulled 24 hours after it was released. You're not lost with 1.2...you have many options. You can either stay on 1.2 and flash any of the many 1.2 roms...some are listed in the development section, others can be found on "another" forum.
If you need CM7, then I suggest that you follow the "foolproof flash to stock 4349" thread, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039000) but STOP once you've successfully flashed STOCK 3588.
3588 is on the 1.1 bootloader required for CM7.
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I also find it interesting, it appears that pershoot's kernel has been installed already? Was this a brand new out of the box G-Tablet, or a used one? I am actually hoping that it's used. If it's NEW, then VS needs to explain how it came with a redacted update AND a custom kernel...
THANK ROEBEET FOR THIS:
Since I can't link to another forum, I decided to copy and paste. If people are going ot come ot XDA with issues involving the now taboo 1.2 bootloader, then they'll need to admit that the only way to help them is to link to a forum that everyone is migrating to.
Download
clockworkmod v3.0.2.8 (1.2 branch / NIA rev5) Link: http://www.mediafire...2flqn8b10ebcq44
md5sum: ac4d728d74a6b608cce588d2649e79f3
(updated on 5/15/2011)
clockworkmod v3.0.2.8 (1.2 branch rev2) Link: http://www.mediafire...x61q8jlu2dx8i9u
md5sum: 48c0c40175ab38cebc1199f9d3be8a7d
(updated on 5/05/2011)
THIS REV2 VERSION HAS BEEN TESTED MORE, but nandroid restores are not working properly. Rev5 corrects that, but I need more testers to confirm stability, please!
Many thanks to bekit and rothnic, for their work with clockworkmod!! Their documentation is what assisted me to get this functioning.
NOTE ON CWM: Do not use the Android GUI tool to wipe user data, or else cwm will get stuck in a reboot loop! If this occurs, there are two ways to fix this:
1- ADB required
In clockworkmod, go to mounts and storage and mount /system. Then, run this on your local PC:
adb shell
cd /system/bin
./fixrecovery.sh
Then reboot. What should occur is that standard recovery should pop up and complete the data wipe. On the next reboot, you should be able to get back into the GUI.
2- nvflash required
Using the 4349 nvflash image, run this:
nvflash --bl bootloader.bin --download 9 part9.img
Then reboot. What should occur is that standard recovery should pop up and complete the data wipe. On the next reboot, you should be able to get back into the GUI.
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TJEvans (is it ok if I call you TJ for short?) thank you very much for your help, I appreciate it very much. I'm sorry if confuse some terms here as I try to address your posts inline below, but I would definitely still consider myself a novice at this process of installing custom roms.
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I also find it interesting, it appears that pershoot's kernel has been installed already? Was this a brand new out of the box G-Tablet, or a used one? I am actually hoping that it's used. If it's NEW, then VS needs to explain how it came with a redacted update AND a custom kernel...
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This is a brand new G Tablet. I litteraly got in the mail today from Tiger Direct. I'm wondering if the Clockworkmod I tried to install is responsible for the custom kernel.
TJEvans said:
If you need CM7, then I suggest that you follow the "foolproof flash to stock 4349" thread, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039000) but STOP once you've successfully flashed STOCK 3588.
3588 is on the 1.1 bootloader required for CM7.
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I don't necessarly need CM7, but that is what I have on my Nook Color, and I really like it.
The main question I have is that right now, I cannot get into clockwork or stock Recovery at all. I do have adb working, so I would think my next steps will require me to use adb.
At the moment since I can't get to recovery I seem to be stuck. Is there a process somewhere I can get recovery working again using adb?
OK...let's try something. It looks like you may actually be in stock recovery, but there's nothing for it to recover.
do you know of a way to get a file and a folder onto your internal SD?
if so, let's edit the instructions to be able to flash to 3588 stock...
What you need:
1. A stock 3588 image renamed to 'update.zip' (http://tapntap.http.internapcdn.net/...-3588-user.zip)
2. A folder called recovery with a file in it called COMMAND inside it with the following line of text:
Code:
--update_package=SDCARD:/update.zip
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if yo ucan get those on the SD, then when you reboot, the stock recovery will run and install stock 3588 1.1 based rom and recovery, then you can install your CWM .8.
I have never used NVFlash or ADB, or APX...I have no experience with them. I'm just here helping people that have compatibility issues between 1.1 and 1.2 bootloaders.
After all, the key to fixing problems, is to first find out what the problem is...
I wish I could help more, but I've seen more and more people softbrick their g-tabs by using NVFlash than anything else. I'm not ready to go messing around with my own root files, yet.
If you can get that file, and that folder onto your SD, then stock recovery will automatically recognize it and run it...
I may have just really screwed things up. I ran 'adb reboot recovery' and I gets to the Splash screen with 'Booting recovery kernel image' and gets stuck. Now, I can't get into the device at all.
Also, none of the links in your posts seem to work for me.
try them from the original post, then:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1039000
sorry, like I said, I'm not a techy...just a guy that doesn't like to see people suffer...
TJEvans said:
THANK ROEBEET FOR THIS:
Since I can't link to another forum, I decided to copy and paste. If people are going ot come ot XDA with issues involving the now taboo 1.2 bootloader, then they'll need to admit that the only way to help them is to link to a forum that everyone is migrating to.
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It's far from being taboo since it's the honeycomb bootloader... their recovery was blue for a reason...
maybe they pulled those OTA update because they had not licensed honeycomb anyhow, 1.2 is perfectly good to install as long as you use a 1.2 compatible kernel you can even use non 1.2 rom!
Ok, I was able to get the device working again using NVFlash. (http forum,xda-developers,com/showthread,php?t=861950 replace commas with periods).
Now, I have the following:
Tap UI:1,1-3588
Kernel is still: 2,6,32,9-00001-g0e0c333-dirty
I don't know anything about this kernel, or how I got it, other than maybe it came with my first errant clockwork install.
Can you give me some pointers on how I should proceed? (I would still like to get to CM7 at some point, but I don't know if I should get a different kernel or go back to the stock kernel as well)
GREAT NEWS....glad you god it running so far.
OK, that may be the stock kernel...the numbers looked familiar to me, and I've never seen the stock kernel on that report...so, I may be mistaken.
in any case, you are now back on stock 3588 1.1 bootloader...
Now, you should be able to install the CWM .8 that you tried before, and flash CM7 from there...basically, follow the guide you followed before. but this time, it should work fine, since you are on the right bootloader.
Just remember, research ANY new roms you want to try to make sure what bootloader they are on.
to P00r:
as long as you use a 1.2 compatible kernel you can even use non 1.2 rom!
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see, I didn't even know that...
The thing I'm seeing, is that Clemysn posted the BOS infromation here, and tried to emphasize that it's a 1.2 Rom...The 1.1 rom's though, do not indicate that they are 1.1 Roms. when 1.1 was all that existed, it made no difference, but now that there is another option, they should at least make sure to add "PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE USING A 1.1 BASED BOOTLOADER BEFORE FLASHING THIS ROM!!!"
As you can see from Imarikinrat's post, he bought a supposedly factory G-Tablet with 4349 prepackaged on it...now, granted, you and I both know that it's more than likely a refurbished one, as I can't see Viewsonic intentionally releasing product with a bootloader and firmware that was pulled from their updater...
in any case. Roebeet kinda predicted that this would happen a bit. Since most moderators on XDA downplayed the impact of 1.2, it's gone fairly ignored. Think about Imaricanrat's post for a second. Had he not posted his system information there is no way that we would have known that it was a bootloader conflict. It would have been assumed that he was on 1.1 bootlaoder with a "brand new" g-tablet (seriously, man, I'd check that thing with a magnifying glass to make sure that there are no scratches or anything that would indicate that it was anythign other than BRAND NEW)
anyway...had he not posted that he was on 1.2, then who knows what advice he would have been given.
Well, now I'm back to my original problem. I cannot get into Recovery. When I start holding Power and Vol+, I see 'Recovery key detected Booting recovery kernel image' it then goes to the 'gtablet' splash screen then quickly into a screen with a box with an arrow and a progress bar (the progress bar has the candy cane animation and nothing happens for all of 3 seconds) then the device reboots.
I have tried putting the recovery folder and update.zip in the internal memory, and on an sd card to no avail. Any other suggestions?
that most certainly sounds like stock recovery to me...
I'm at a loss...it worked fine for me when I flashed to 4349 from stock 3588...just ran and installed, then I ended up on 4349 stock...
you're following the CM7 install guide? Or are you trying to install CWM at this point? I never installed CWM myself, as mine came with it on it.
I'm trying to install clockworkmod so that I can install CM7. Is that the right way to do it? I know there was a stock recovery gui that I cannot get into now.
as long as the recovery folder is on the SDcard, it will automatically attempt to run it...
picture it this way...remember back in the day of windows 3.1 In some cases, if you inserted a floppy disk with a boot file on it, it would check there first, then boot from internal memory...
So, the recovery folder is telling it to run the file in it, which unpacks and installs the update.zip.
once again, though, I never installed CWM myself, but from what you're saying, it should be working.
what happens if you remove the folder and file (after running it), and attempt to go into recovery again?
When I remove the file, folder, and SD card and try to get into recovery, I see 'Recovery key detected Booting recovery kernel image' it then goes to the 'gtablet' splash screen then quickly into a screen with a box with an arrow and a progress bar (the progress bar has the candy cane animation and nothing happens for all of 3 seconds) then the device reboots.
hmm...the box with the arrow and progress bar indicates that it's trying ot run something from recovery...weird..
ANYONE ELSE???
I'm not experienced enough to help...anyone else know enough about flashing CWM from stock, or flashing CM7, that can help out, please chime in.
thanks.
and sorry Imarican...I tried, but once again, no techie here.
No worries man, thanks for your help. Have a good night.
Update: Ok, I think somehow this whole process messed up the 'Recovery Partition' on my G Tablet for whatever reason. When I performed the NVFlash back to stock, it managed to 'fix' the majority of the device, allowing me to boot normally into Tap UI:1,1-3588. However that flash did not fix my Recovery Partition.
With all of that in mind, I found instructions on XDA to install 'clockworkmod via nvflash' (Since I still cannot post links, just google that and it should be the first link, also it's XDA thread 1058649).
After following those steps, I am now able to boot into Recovery which is now Clockwork Mod Recovery, and hopefully *crosses fingers* be able to flash CM7.
Given that I will probably never go back to stock anything on this device, does anyone know where I can download the 'Stock Recovery' for the G Tablet?
so is the point of this article Tiger direct sell used products as new?
so is the point of this article Tiger direct sell used products as new?
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unconfirmed...what we know is that he had 1.2 4349 out of the box, stock firmware. There are a few possibilities. This could be a Tiger Direct return that was repackaged and sold as new. It could also be a direct from VS return that was repackaged as new, OR, VS actually sent a stock of G-Tablets to Tiger Direct that were packaged with the 4349 firmware on it.
Either way, people need to be careful when flashing roms and such. XDA has not, so far, made it clear which roms, kernels, and CWM versions are good on which bootloader. Some have been asking that devs start exiting posts to indicate which bootloader is needed for each mod, to attempt to avoid confusion.
We must also realize that new G-Tablets are being bought every day, and not every owner is knowledgable of the issues of the recent past, with VS, NVidea, 1.1, 1.2, etc. Most people probably, reasonably, assume that they can open it, root it, and start flashing whatever they want, not even aware that there is a difference.

clockwork recovery shows flasheed but still loading original recovery

Guys,
I have tried several roms and decided to odin back to 2.1, updated to 2.2 and just clean it up a bit and leave it as is for a while.
Everything went just fine, but yet again this damn clockwork recovery issue which I knew I would get but thought maybe it would be solved by now on rom managers side.
So, in rom manager, it shows that current recovery is 2.5.1.2 which matches the latest, however, when I reboot into recovery, I am still getting the standard 2.2 recovery console.
I tried searching but not sure what the issue is, of course I get the signature issue when I try to update package.
It's wierd that it's showing it's installed but it's not actually booting into the correct recovery console.
Thanks.
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Guys,
I have tried several roms and decided to odin back to 2.1, updated to 2.2 and just clean it up a bit and leave it as is for a while.
Everything went just fine, but yet again this damn clockwork recovery issue which I knew I would get but thought maybe it would be solved by now on rom managers side.
So, in rom manager, it shows that current recovery is 2.5.1.2 which matches the latest, however, when I reboot into recovery, I am still getting the standard 2.2 recovery console.
I tried searching but not sure what the issue is, of course I get the signature issue when I try to update package.
It's wierd that it's showing it's installed but it's not actually booting into the correct recovery console.
Thanks.
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delete whatever update.zip you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
get the 1 from there, reinstall packages twice and it should go to clockwork recovery
Okay, obviously option b would be better, however, will I have to reroot after if I use option B?
Nadda, same results, it's okay though, I'll live with it for now since I'll keep 2.2 with all the crud removed for now.
Please read that guide. You've missed some key points. I'd explain more, but I'm hanging with my kid.. Read the guide.
had the same problem i used this method and it worked for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423&highlight=recovery

[Q] [ROM] SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks,By meghd00t. New 25/10 problems

First of all, I want to thank everyone working on the CM7, CM9, CM10, SGT7, TWRP, CWM projects for the Nook Tablet. I've really been enjoying trying different ROMs on my Nook Tablet.
I started with CM7, and it ran pretty well. I also tried the CM9 (NX-Fire?) port, and I liked it as well.
I have been using the SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks and it has been fine up to the 27/9 release. I cannot run anything higher than this on my NT.
I have tried CWM (up to 6.0.1.2) and TWRP (up to 2.2.2.0) to flash the newer ROMS, but the ROMS will not boot. The screen blanks, and after a time, it goes back to the boot screen.
I also can't seem to use the CWM 6.0.1.5 or TWRP 2.3.1.1 from the SGT7+CM10 thread.
I know I have the 16GB Nook Tablet. I have repartitioned the userspace, as mentioned in other threads. I can't help but feel like I'm missing a step somewhere.
Presently, my NT is running TWRP 2.2.20 and SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks 27/9. Any one have any hints? A thread on the boards I have missed? Any help would be appreciated.
Again, thanks for all the hard work!!
Hi,
TWRP 2.2.2 has a flashing bug that causes updating recovery with current script to fail.
You must manually update to newer version and after that recovery update packages will function as descripted
Moved. Questions belong in the Q&A section.
Thanks
AvRS
demetris_I said:
Hi,
TWRP 2.2.2 has a flashing bug that causes updating recovery with current script to fail.
You must manually update to newer version and after that recovery update packages will function as descripted
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Thanks! I'll try that this weekend. I knew I was missing something.
demetris_I said:
Hi,
TWRP 2.2.2 has a flashing bug that causes updating recovery with current script to fail.
You must manually update to newer version and after that recovery update packages will function as descripted
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Sorry, but how does one manually update a recovery? I've tried flashing the newer TWRP from CWM as well (from an older version of CWM), and while the flash doesn't fail, it won't let me boot into TWRP, and the new CWM crashes before I can do anything. I've also tried flashing the recovery from fastboot, but I get a "bad boot magic" error when I try to boot.
Just flashed couple of days ago: pretty nice ROM
Besides annoying "SD card unmounting" problem I found that B&N Nook app does not work, it just keeps restarting, some error message shows up but goes away so quickly I can't read it. I wiped before I installed the ROM and reinstalling the app didn't help.
Please post a link to cwm 6 please, i need to install cm10 without it freezing and crashing
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jnorrisman said:
Please post a link to cwm 6 please, i need to install cm10 without it freezing and crashing
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There is a search function on here...
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jnorrisman said:
Please post a link to cwm 6 please, i need to install cm10 without it freezing and crashing
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda app-developers app
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The OP in the developers section has links to both CWM and TWRP for your use. Remember, SEARCH is your FRIEND!
play store/goomanager closing
First let me say this rom is awesome! I had no idea my nook could run this smoothly. The only problem I seem to have is that on the newest build(10/25) both playstore and goo manager will open then close. I have tried clearing the app cache, re flashing rom and gapps, full wipes then reflash. I also tried reflashing the newest gapps without success. The 10/12 build works with both play store and goo manager. I am using the 10/12 build now so no worries if it can't be fixed. Again thanks for the time and effort on an awesome rom:good:
edit: I am using the latest twrp for my recovery (also awesome). the tablet is the 16gb version
Same problem as OP, latest SGT7 not loading
I am having the exact same problem as Byron and Spurious. I've really enjoyed this series of ROMs up until the last couple, which give the same symptoms as described in the OP - the ROMs will appear to load up to a certain point, then the device reboots. For me, the the device will load up to a seemingly random point -- sometimes it will reboot itself during the boot animation, and once it got all the way to the point where it starts updating the applications. But it never actually finishes booting up before it reboots itself.
In addition, the latest CWM and TWRP do not work for me. TWRP does not come up at all, and sometimes CWM will come up and I can move around the menus for a few seconds, then it hangs. It happens whether they were flashed via fastboot or SD, I've tried every combination. I can fastboot back to TWRP 2221 or CWM 6013 and they work fine.
I've been keeping my NT (16G) updated with the latest builds since early ICS and everything has worked as described up until now. I follow all instructions to the letter as regards to wiping, etc. so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong.
Is anybody else having the same issue with these latest ROMs? Byron, Spurious - did you get yours sorted? Could it be a hardware issue?
jarvz said:
I am having the exact same problem as Byron and Spurious. I've really enjoyed this series of ROMs up until the last couple, which give the same symptoms as described in the OP - the ROMs will appear to load up to a certain point, then the device reboots. For me, the the device will load up to a seemingly random point -- sometimes it will reboot itself during the boot animation, and once it got all the way to the point where it starts updating the applications. But it never actually finishes booting up before it reboots itself.
In addition, the latest CWM and TWRP do not work for me. TWRP does not come up at all, and sometimes CWM will come up and I can move around the menus for a few seconds, then it hangs. It happens whether they were flashed via fastboot or SD, I've tried every combination. I can fastboot back to TWRP 2221 or CWM 6013 and they work fine.
I've been keeping my NT (16G) updated with the latest builds since early ICS and everything has worked as described up until now. I follow all instructions to the letter as regards to wiping, etc. so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong.
Is anybody else having the same issue with these latest ROMs? Byron, Spurious - did you get yours sorted? Could it be a hardware issue?
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Sort of. I figured out what I was doing wrong flashing the recovery from fastboot (you apparently have to extract the .img file from the zip) but was still having the exact same issues with CWM and TWRP as you. I've managed to get a newer version of CWM installed without it hanging by using the 5 touch enabled one from here. Using this I still have the same issues with the meghd00t rom going into a bootloop though.
I noticed OP said he has repartitioned his Nook, and I have as well. I wonder if this could be causing problems, have you done this as well, jarvz? Does anyone else have any input about if repartitioning could effect this?
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Sort of. I figured out what I was doing wrong flashing the recovery from fastboot (you apparently have to extract the .img file from the zip) but was still having the exact same issues with CWM and TWRP as you. I've managed to get a newer version of CWM installed without it hanging by using the 5 touch enabled one from here. Using this I still have the same issues with the meghd00t rom going into a bootloop though.
I noticed OP said he has repartitioned his Nook, and I have as well. I wonder if this could be causing problems, have you done this as well, jarvz? Does anyone else have any input about if repartitioning could effect this?
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Yes I have repartitioned mine as well, so that must be it. I was hesitant to go to the 5-touch because it was indicated in the thread that there was no way back after you do the firmware update, and so far there is only one rom that worked with the new firmware, so I didn't want to take a chance.
At least I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything wrong, lol.
jarvz said:
I was hesitant to go to the 5-touch because it was indicated in the thread that there was no way back after you do the firmware update, and so far there is only one rom that worked with the new firmware, so I didn't want to take a chance.
At least I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything wrong, lol.
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Yeah, I don't have the new touch firmware installed either. CWM worked fine, though TWRP didn't seem to work properly (maybe it needs the new touch firmware?).
Do you know if there is any mention of re-partitioning causing an issue? I looked in the rom dev thread but didn't notice anything. I guess one of us who are seeing this issue could post there to see if anyone knows what could be causing this.
I finally got it to work. My PC is running Ubuntu, so YMMV.
Here is what I did:
1. Used "gparted" to create 2GB FAT32 partition that is bootable.
2. Used the instructions in the this thread thread to create a bootable SD disk that boots into CWM 6.0.1.2.
3. CWM 6.0.1.5 just doesn't seem to work on my Nook Tablet. So, I downloaded CWM 6.0.1.3 from here
4. I downloaded the latest ROM here
5. Downloaded the latest gapps: here
6. Copied the CWM, ROM, and gapps to the SD disk.
7. Inserted the SD and booted the Nook Tablet.
8. On first boot, it boots to CWM 6.0.1.2, so I flashed the CWM 6.0.1.3, and rebooted.
9. This time it boots to Cyanoboot, so I entered the boot menu and selected EMMC Recovery.
10. From CWM 6.0.1.3, I formatted /storage, and did a factory wipe. (I didn't format /storage the first time, and the wireless would not come up.)
11. Installed ROM from SD card.
12. Installed gapps from SD card.
13. Rebooted, this time letting cyanoboot boot from EMMC.
14. Profit!
I haven't tried 6.0.1.4 to see if that would work.

[Q] Can't get in recovery with TWRP, but I CAN get into bootloader and boot normally

I am rooted and S-Off. I am using the ViperOne custom ROM for my phone.
The end goal is for me to update my firmware, because my phone has an over 10 minutes boot time normally. (Not an exaggeration. I have actually timed it with a timer.) I read that in order to fix this, I should try to update the firmware by going to stock recovery and doing an OTA update.
My TWRP has worked flawlessly for me over the years, but for some reason it won't work anymore. It will hang on the boot screen for over an hour. After that hour, I assumed it's not slowly booting. (As a bit of background, recovery would boot quickly while my phone still had problems with 10 minute boot times).
Another piece of information is that the last time TWRP worked was when I used it to install .zip files from Titanium to get all my apps working. That worked perfectly fine, my apps got updated, and no trouble. I wish I could say what happened between then and now, but from what I can remember, I just used my phone normally, such as using web browsers and games. I don't remember messing with any system files.
I do know that ClockWorkMod recovery DOES work if I flash that, but my nandroids are all on TWRP. I have tried to flash different version of TWRP as well. It doesn't seem to matter which one I flash, my phone reacts exactly the same.
Another thing to note, I'm not sure if it's significant or not, is that when I got into hboot, I get the following message for a split second. I can't read the file names exactly, but I got the extensions. Then I get the normal screen with the vol instructions and choices to go to fastboot, recovery, etc... The message reads:
SD Checking...
Loading [(something).zip]
No Image!
Loading [(something).nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
Loading [(something).zip]
Loading [(something).nbh]
No Image or wrong image!
I hope this is a decent amount of information. I tried to include as much as I could, but if I'm missing any critical details, let me know and I will GREATLY appreciate your help!
have u tried to rewrite the image, download the new TWRP and load it via adb
Bradl79 said:
have u tried to rewrite the image, download the new TWRP and load it via adb
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Well, I did do that. I rewrote different versions of the image and none worked.
Sadly, my solution was to completely wipe my phone. More than the default factory reset.
I'm so it has been solved, but probably not in the most practical way for others with a similar problem.
Battletooth said:
Well, I did do that. I rewrote different versions of the image and none worked.
Sadly, my solution was to completely wipe my phone. More than the default factory reset.
I'm so it has been solved, but probably not in the most practical way for others with a similar problem.
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Having the exact same issue. Attempted to install twrp-2.8.6.0-m8.img using adb, but TWRP never loads. I can load prior versions but same results. Going to HBOOT I get a bunch of messages related to 0P6BDIAG.zip, 0P6BIMG.zip
and some .nbh. I think it's looking on my SDCARD for those.
If you're looking to update your firmware, you can use an official RUU to change the firmware of your phone. You can read more about it in this stickied thread in the general forum to see if it fits your needs. If you decide to do this, your phone will be completely stock after the RUU finishes running so use fastboot to flash TWRP (or whichever recovery you prefer).
Regarding the messages you see in hboot, it will always check for those files if you have an external sdcard mounted. If they are present, you will be given the option to flash the update. If not, you will get regular hboot access after the check. It is completely normal and nothing to worry about.

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