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[Amon_RA]

This is a custom recovery based on Cyanogen's recovery source with a lot of things added by me. The purpose of this recovery is to avoid using adb by accessing all features directly from the menu.

Use the trackball (up+down) to navigate through the menu, press the trackball to select items. Use the Volume-down key to go back to a previous menu.

Always check recovery.log before posting your issues!
Please make sure that your ROM supports apps2sd if you plan to use the ext-features! (/system/sd MUST be available in the ROM)

Features

• full ADB access in recovery mode
  
• Awesome Care-Bear version! (Blame packetlss for talking me into it )
  
• Busybox v1.15.3
  
• Kernel with ext3 + ext4 support
  
• HW-Key navigation (Trackball + Volume-key) option
  
• Extended menu :
  • Reboot system now :: reboot your phone
    
  • USB-MS Toggle :: enable/disable USB mass storage (use when the phone is connected to your PC)
    
  • Backup/Restore
    • Nand backup :: Make a Nand backup, the following partitions are NOT included :
      • Recovery (to avoid restoring old version)
        
      • Cache (no need to backup imo)
        
      • Misc (no need to backup imo + restore issues on some phones)
        
      • Splash1+2 (no need to backup imo + restore issues on some phones)
    • Nand + ext backup :: Make a Nand + ext backup
      
    • Nand restore :: Restore a Nand backup
      
    • BART backup :: Make a BART backup (Nand + ext)
      
    • BART restore :: Restore latest BART backup
  • Flash zip from sdcard :: Flash a zip update file from your sdcard
    
  • Wipe
    • Wipe data/factory reset :: Wipe /data and /cache
      
    • Wipe Dalvik-cache :: Wipe Dalvik-cache both on /data and ext
      
    • Wipe SD:ext partition : Wipe the ext partition on your sdcard
      
    • Wipe battery stats : Wipe the battery stats in /data
      
    • Wipe rotate settings : Wipe the sensor settings in /data
  • Partition sdcard
    • Partition SD :: Interactive SD partitioning
      
    • Repair SD:ext :: Repair the ext partition
      
    • SD:ext2 to ext3 :: Convert ext2 to ext3
      
    • SD:ext3 to ext4 :: Convert ext3 to ext4
  • Other
    • Fix apk uid mismatches :: Does extacly that
      
    • Move apps+dalv to SD :: Moves all apps and Dalvik-cache to sdcard (This will NOT enable apps2sd!)
      
    • Move recovery.log to SD :: Moves the recovery log file to your sdcard. (Use when you want more detailed recovery log information)
  • Power off :: Powers off your phone
• Scripts available via adb :
  • Nandroid v2.2.1 : enter "nandroid-mobile.sh" to start.
    
  • BART v1.0.1 (Backup and Restore Tool) : enter "utility" to start.
    
  • switchrom.sh V1.1 : enter "switchrom" or "u" to start.
    
  • sdparted v0.6 : enter "sdparted" to start.

Install

Pre-Requirements :
- unlocked bootloader : How to unlock the bootloader.
- root access : Modaco's superboot.

Check if there's no /system/etc/install-recovery.sh script if you keep booting back in the stock recovery (exclamation mark with a little Android).

via fastboot

Copy recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding the trackball)
Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img

via terminal app

Copy recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img to the root of your sdcard
start the terminal app
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)

How to boot in Recovery Mode

• Boot the phone while holding down the VOLUMEDOWN-key.
  
• Navigate to RECOVERY with the the VOLUMEDOWN-key.
  
• Press the POWER-key to select.

Download

ALWAYS check the md5sum to make sure the zip isn't corrupted.
Click on the Mirror-link if you don't like rapidshare

Latest :

• recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2.img (Click here to download from a Mirror) - MD5Sum: ff5fd441763c238a7c17ac1435b07dc1
  
  
• recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2-green.img (Click here to download from a Mirror) - MD5Sum: 6dcb29999d611e47325d759eef87bd02
  
  
• recovery-RA-nexus-v1.6.2-pink.img (Click here to download from a Mirror) - MD5Sum: b2f74ec86cc8e98ddc52edcafe2df2ed

Change-log :
v1.6.2

• New unyaffs binary patched by Koushik Dutta and Packetlss to fix the "losing root"-issue and incorrect file-time after a Nandroid restore.

v1.6.1

• New unyaffs binary patched by Koushik Dutta and Packetlss to fix the "losing root"-issue and incorrect file-time after a Nandroid restore
  
• New dump_image binary (by Brainaid) patched by Packetlss to fix the "bad blocks"- Nandroid restore issue. (This will not fix old corrupted Nandroid backups! Please make new backups!!)
  
• New mkyaffs2image binary
  
• New flash_image binary
  
• Reverted to the old green text color
  
• Switched the Nexus logo to a Green Carebear with Nexus One logo (Thanks Montalbert!)

v1.6.0

• Fixed mkyaffs2image-arm-uclibc which will hopefully fix the "losing root" issues after a nandroid restore (a big thanks to packetlss for the help on this one)
  
• Updated busybox to v1.5.3
  
• Recompiled kernel to fully support ext3 and ext4
  
• Added lots of ext-features + scripts to stop the a2sd nagging
  
• Created a carebear version after the idea of packetlss. Be aware that this version contains some "ultra-secret" features!

Special thanks to :

• packetlss for all the hours of support and awesome coding skills, THANKS man ^^, donate to Haiti
  
• Koushik Dutta for the unyaffs binary code fix and help ^^
  
• Cyanogen for his dedicated work! , buy him a beer!
  
• JesusFreke for his awesome JFv1.43's recovery , donate
  
• pensive for adding awesome features to Nandroid
  
• Bkmo for his utility script!
  
• Devsk for his switchrom script!
  
• 51dusty for his sdparted script!
  
• k4str0 for his fix_permissions v2.03 update.
  
• Devsk, Dumfuq, Overground for creating BART
  
• rikupw for the ideas and toggle_ums script.
  
• http://www.androidspin.com for hosting ^^

Attached Files

•  recovery_RA_nexus_v1.6.2.img   3.86MB   565 downloads
•  1.6.2_normal.png   9.28K   291 downloads

Edited by Amon_RA, 13 March 2010 - 10:30 AM.

[PaulOBrien]

WOOHOO!

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[domi55]

omg that was really quick! cheers Amon_RA!

[josharmour]

Good job

[RastaCre]

Works like a charm.

Great job on this one... Amon_RA ur the king of recovery images!!!

Also I cant wait till Cyanogen gets his hands on his new N1....

[nexvision]

Worked like a charm....

[kkiran]

You sir are a hero!

For anyone want noobs guide [Mac/Win/Linux]: http://ilikemygoogle...-for-nexus-one/

[juju125]

Thanks a lot Amon_RA... that was fast.

one question.... can I permanently flash the image using Flash_image command.

thanks.

[josharmour]

juju125, on Jan 7 2010, 06:54, said:

Thanks a lot Amon_RA... that was fast.

one question.... can I permanently flash the image using Flash_image command.

thanks.

Once your rooted you can flash it permanently several ways.  But make sure to do the superboot first.

I chose to flash it permanently using fastboot

'fastboot flash recovery /path/to/good/recovery.img' after I superbooted.  I noticed before I superbooted that I was going back to stock after another reboot.

[juju125]

josharmour, on Jan 7 2010, 07:12, said:

Once your rooted you can flash it permanently several ways.  But make sure to do the superboot first.

I chose to flash it permanently using fastboot

'fastboot flash recovery /path/to/good/recovery.img' after I superbooted.  I noticed before I superbooted that I was going back to stock after another reboot.

thanks for your reply . I have a question, how do I do a superboot.

[Joost39]

Please make a mirror.....

[PaulOBrien]

What is the key combo to enter recovery?

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[Joost39]

Paul, on Jan 8 2010, 14:06, said:

What is the key combo to enter recovery?

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Hold the volume down button and hit the power button (while holding the side volume down button). You should see the bootloader screen (with the word unlocked on top).

[Amdathlonuk]

How do I enter Amons recovery after flashing it?

[Mantisen]

Amdathlonuk, on Jan 14 2010, 21:35, said:

How do I enter Amons recovery after flashing it?

Well if the phone is plugged in to the computer you can just do

adb reboot recovery (atleast that's how I accessed it)

[Nanu*1]

Amdathlonuk, on Jan 14 2010, 20:35, said:

How do I enter Amons recovery after flashing it?

press volume down whilst powering up and the option to boot recovery is there, use the vol. keys to move up and down and power to select

[joint]

can anyone upload to another server ? Rapid always bad link to download ...
tks

[Amon_RA]

joint, on Jan 16 2010, 18:43, said:

can anyone upload to another server ? Rapid always bad link to download ...
tks

It's also attached to the first post....

[joint]

Amon_RA, on Jan 17 2010, 02:55, said:

It's also attached to the first post....

you are right ...
sorry ... maybe I'm old  
many tks anyway and my compliments for your work !!!

[Master_Ne0]

Can anyone confirm if the nand backup includes the system/lib  dir?

I used unyaffs.exe on my system.img backup and the lib dir was not extracted, i wasn't sure if it's unyaffs failing or the nand backup?

Cheers,

Ne0