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[Sebastian404]

Please find attached *MY* build of the latest version of Koush's ClockworkMod Recovery for the ZTE-Blade. It is not officially supported by Koush, please do not bother him with support questions for this build.

I have tested it as much as I can, but I'm always open to any more constructive feedback.  Please see one post down for a change log for THIS build.  Koush seems not to publish a change log (unless you know of one).

To install:

• Recovery Manager
  Download the img file to your SD card, and then you can use the Recovery Manager application to install your recovery.
• fastboot method
  • Unplug the USB cable, turn off your device and take out the battery
    
  • Replace the battery and turn the device on holding the 'volume up' key. The device will stay at the 'green android' screen.
    
  • Plug the device into the PC.
    
  • From a command prompt run 'fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img'
    
  • When this finishes, from the command prompt run 'fastboot reboot'
• update.zip method
  If you have a previous version or another recovery install, install the update.zip and restart your device.

How to Enter recovery mode:

• restart your device holding down the 'volume down' key
  
• Use the Recovery Manager application to Reboot into Recovery
  
• if you have ADB configured type 'adb reboot recovery' from the command line.

Downloads:

The Latest version of Clockworkmod Recovery can found  HERE

Previous versions:

• Older versions of Clockwork recovery can be found here.

Official release

• The offical version of ClockworkMod Recovery if available for this device can be found here

Warning:

• Support for the old style update files that use the Amend scripting (update-script) method  is no longer supported With ClockworkMod Recovery from v3 onwards, if you require support for the Amend scripting method, use v2.5.1.8.

Source

• The Device Config to build ClockworkMod Recovery  as part of CyanogenMod can be found on my GitHub.

Kernel Information

• Information about the Kernel used in this ROM can be found on this thread.

Edited by Sebastian404, 13 May 2011 - 07:18 PM.

[Sebastian404]

Know issues:

none.

Build Change Log:

2010-12-23 - v2.5.1.8 b1 - Initial release
2010-12-23 - v2.5.1.8 b1 - ADBd working correctly
2010-12-23 - v2.5.1.8 b1 - Screen correct way up
2010-12-27 - v2.5.1.8 b2 - Added EXT3 support
2010-12-27 - v2.5.1.8 b2 - SDcard partitioning works as expected
2011-01-09 - v2.5.1.8 b3 - added EXT4 support to Kernel
2011-01-09 - v2.5.1.8 b3 - added TFT support to Kernel

2011-01-23 - v3.0.0.5 b1 - Initial release
2011-02-04 - v3.0.0.5 b2 - added ro.product.board to default.prop for amend scripting
2011-02-04 - v3.0.0.5 b2 - replaced kernel with custom version without TFM mode for quicker boot

2011-02-16 - v3.0.0.6 b1 - Initial release

2011-03-12 - v3.0.1.4 b1 - Initial release
2011-03-14 - v3.0.1.4 b2 - Screen rotation bug fixed.

2011-04-01 - v3.0.2.4 b1 - Initial release
2011-04-01 - v3.0.2.4 b1 - upgraded to 2.6.32 kernel
2011-04-01 - v3.0.2.4 b1 - two versions of recovery image to support Generation 1 & 2 devices
2011-04-14 - v3.0.2.4 b1 - usb problem resolved.

2011-04-25 - v3.0.2.8 b1 - Initial release

Edited by Sebastian404, 13 May 2011 - 07:18 PM.

[nedian05]

Sebastian404, on Dec 23 2010, 18:21, said:

Know issues:

None (?)

Resolved issues:

- ADBd working correctly
- Screen correct way up
- SDcard partitioning works as expected

Should this be installed same way as Paul's?

[Sebastian404]

nedian05, on Dec 23 2010, 18:45, said:

Should this be installed same way as Paul's?

Yeah, exactly the same as any recovery image...

• Unplug the USB cable, turn off your device and take out the battery
  
• Replace the battery and turn the device on holding the 'volume up' key. The device will stay at the 'green android' screen.
  
• Plug the device into the PC.
  
• From a command prompt run 'fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.8-blade.img'
  
• When this finishes, from the command prompt run 'fastboot reboot'

To enter recovery mode, restart your device holding down the 'volume down' key, or type 'adb reboot recovery' from the command line.

Edited by Sebastian404, 23 December 2010 - 06:56 PM.

[rayraven]

^Will this still work from a terminal on the blade?
Thats how i flashed the original clockwork mod.

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryCW.img

[Sebastian404]

rayraven, on Dec 23 2010, 19:01, said:

^Will this still work from a terminal on the blade?
Thats how i flashed the original clockwork mod.

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryCW.img

I've not tried it, but cant see any reason why it should not...

[rayraven]

Works okay that way as well.
Got a read error after flashing though, i hope thats okay?

[misterLjay]

rayraven, on Dec 23 2010, 19:01, said:

^Will this still work from a terminal on the blade?
Thats how i flashed the original clockwork mod.

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryCW.img

I flashed it using Terminal and worked fine. Nice work Sebastian404

[gueschmid]

Hallo,

i cant flash it, because my SF (SWISS) do nothing if I push the +-Key and insert the batterie!

Any ideas?

Thanks gueschmid

[lixcab]

Cool.  

Thanks!

[jurrasstoil]

gueschmid, on Dec 23 2010, 20:22, said:

Hallo,

i cant flash it, because my SF (SWISS) do nothing if I push the +-Key and insert the batterie!

Any ideas?

Thanks gueschmid

i have swiss sf as well and it worked for me.

insert the battery, hold the + volume button on the right and while holding it press the power button on the top.

Edited by jurrasstoil, 23 December 2010 - 07:26 PM.

[Carlrg]

Hi Seb thanks for the updated Clockwork great work. Just to let you know i have tried to do 3 nandroid backups and each time i have had 3 errors. Firstly no /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage. No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext. Generating md5 sum... Error while generating md5 sum! The second error is ok as i do not have an ext- partition, but can you please shed any light on the other errors. I am running pauls Eclair R4 and have had no issues with any earlier vers of clockwork. Thanks, Carl.

[hyperfighting]

Works great, thanks very much ! ;p

[oh!dougal]

Seb, there were (if I understood correctly) some issues with some roms/patches requiring either 'old' or 'new' Clockwork.

Am I correct in thinking that this should handle both methods of 'scripting' the flash process?
If so, would it make sense to note that at the top of the thread?




Splendid that it should be the right way up, but ... actually,     I did rather like the quirk that, to play around with the phone's firmware, one had to use it upside down!
It was part of the phone's character!

[Sebastian404]

Carlrg, on Dec 23 2010, 19:27, said:

No /sdcard/.android_secure found.  Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum... Error while generating md5 sum!

The first two are just because you don't have a2sd, that .android_secure is how it tells there is something on the sd-ext partition (I belive)

The other one is a bit more interesting tho, did you use the file that's attached to the first page of this thread, or one from the other thread?

I've just test the backup/recovery and it works fine for me...

Edited by Sebastian404, 23 December 2010 - 08:02 PM.

[Sebastian404]

oh!dougal, on Dec 23 2010, 19:47, said:

Seb, there were (if I understood correctly) some issues with some roms/patches requiring either 'old' or 'new' Clockwork.

Am I correct in thinking that this should handle both methods of 'scripting' the flash process?
If so, would it make sense to note that at the top of the thread?

I'm not sure, there is no change log for clockworkmod recovery that I could find...

However I build a 'old style' update.zip, and applied it to my phone, and it seems to work.. so I'd say that bug has been fixed...

[Carlrg]

Sebastian404, on Dec 23 2010, 19:52, said:

The first two are just because you don't have a2sd, that .android_secure is how it tells there is something on the sd-ext partition (I belive)

The other one is a bit more interesting tho, did you use the file that's attached to the first page of this thread, or one from the other thread?

I've just test the backup/recovery and it works fine for me...

Thanks for your reply Seb. I used the file from the first thread. I will reflash with the file from this thread and let you know. Regards, Carl.

[oh!dougal]

Sebastian404, on Dec 23 2010, 20:01, said:

I'm not sure, there is no change log for clockworkmod recovery that I could find...

However I build a 'old style' update.zip, and applied it to my phone, and it seems to work.. so I'd say that bug has been fixed...

Great -- thanks -- I'll flash it in asap!

[superkryo]

Thanks for this great update, esp for the screen right way up.

Can you include ext3 support in the kernel. Can't backup a2sd on ext3. See http://android.modac...p...t&p=1501261 for ext3 support to 2.5.1.3. Thanks.

[Carlrg]

Carlrg, on Dec 23 2010, 20:09, said:

Thanks for your reply Seb. I used the file from the first thread. I will reflash with the file from this thread and let you know. Regards, Carl.

Worked fine with the file off this thread. Thanks very much for your time Seb, best regards, Carl.