Guest brackehill_mob Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Ye Gods Paul could you make the font any smaller? ;) First time I've ever needed to find my glasses to read the screen :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Worked out how to get RomManager working with our clockwork, I used rom manager to install any old recovery (I selected dell streak), I then reflashed our clockwork and rom manager likes it :) It creates a file called settings in /sdcard/clockwork which tells it that it's got a "proper" recovery installed. Ah cool. I'll check that out ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skerved Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Worked out how to get RomManager working with our clockwork, I used rom manager to install any old recovery (I selected dell streak), I then reflashed our clockwork and rom manager likes it :) It creates a file called settings in /sdcard/clockwork which tells it that it's got a "proper" recovery installed. Alright! I was afraid to do so as I am indeed a noob and thought I would ruin something. ;) Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 more good news, we have a boot key sequence! ftm mode now gives us recovery but the keys dont work, something paul can fix i hope, power on and vol - enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fradleyp Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 how do i enter recovery mode so I can back up phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmc Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Worked out how to get RomManager working with our clockwork, I used rom manager to install any old recovery (I selected dell streak), I then reflashed our clockwork and rom manager likes it :) It creates a file called settings in /sdcard/clockwork which tells it that it's got a "proper" recovery installed. After I try the Dell Streak recovery do I need to go through the fastboot (power on and volume up at the same teime etc) sequence again to reinstall/flash the clockwork recovery boot routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 After I try the Dell Streak recovery do I need to go through the fastboot (power on and volume up at the same teime etc) sequence again to reinstall/flash the clockwork recovery boot routine. yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 After I try the Dell Streak recovery do I need to go through the fastboot (power on and volume up at the same teime etc) sequence again to reinstall/flash the clockwork recovery boot routine. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 how do i enter recovery mode so I can back up phone Instructions are written by Paul on the first page of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cobble Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 how do i enter recovery mode so I can back up phone Install 'Quick Boot' from the market after flashing ClockworkMod. Quick Boot gives you the option to boot into Recovery Mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fradleyp Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Instructions are written by Paul on the first page of this thread. sorry mate just re read, didn't see it first time round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fradleyp Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 sweet backing up now, I love stuff like this. Can't wait for my 16GB to arrive. so in future R's would I just select load update.zip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 sweet backing up now, I love stuff like this. Can't wait for my 16GB to arrive. so in future R's would I just select load update.zip? Yep thats the plan :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fradleyp Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 That is very cool, if we could get froyo this phone would be the dogs dangly bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fransis.co Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 After I try the Dell Streak recovery do I need to go through the fastboot (power on and volume up at the same teime etc) sequence again to reinstall/flash the clockwork recovery boot routine. It would appear not. I installed RomManager and made a backup after flashing the Clockwork Recovery. Just ignore the `must have Clockwork` message and make a backup. Back into RomManager, select the Streak backup and exit. Going back into RomManager I was able to Select/Manage my previous backup made earlier today. Saves flashing the Clockwork twice. Francis.co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 It would appear not. I installed RomManager and made a backup after flashing the Clockwork Recovery. Just ignore the `must have Clockwork` message and make a backup. Back into RomManager, select the Streak backup and exit. Going back into RomManager I was able to Select/Manage my previous backup made earlier today. Saves flashing the Clockwork twice. Francis.co Did you already have a clockwork directory on the sd from a previous phone? If the file is still needed it should be possible to just create it rather than installing a wrong recovery first Name /sdcard/clockworkmod/.settings Contents {"is_clockworkmod":true,"current_recovery_version":"2.5.0.1","readonly_recovery":false,"recovery_timestamp":1286383549874,"detected_device":"streak","reboot_recovery":""} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fransis.co Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Did you already have a clockwork directory on the sd from a previous phone? If the file is still needed it should be possible to just create it rather than installing a wrong recovery first Name /sdcard/clockworkmod/.settings Contents {"is_clockworkmod":true,"current_recovery_version":"2.5.0.1","readonly_recovery":false,"recovery_timestamp":1286383549874,"detected_device":"streak","reboot_recovery":""} No, I didn`t have a previous clockwork directory. Your right, must be a better way than to install a ghost recovery. I`m new to all this. :) Fr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 It would appear not. I installed RomManager and made a backup after flashing the Clockwork Recovery. Just ignore the `must have Clockwork` message and make a backup. Back into RomManager, select the Streak backup and exit. Going back into RomManager I was able to Select/Manage my previous backup made earlier today. Saves flashing the Clockwork twice. Francis.co I missread, so you are sayins you flashed clockwork (for streak) through rom manager and then did a backup using that version? I guess that's possible, I assume the list of recoveries rom manager gives you is somehow based on a match of some kind based on your hardware. You probably wouldn't be able to boot directly into that recovery and use it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fransis.co Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) No, t`other way `round. Flashed the Blade Clockwork Recovery - Installed RomManager - Made a Recovery backup - Installed the Streak Recovery - RomManager now gives access to the Recovery (Blade) backup made earlier. I haven`t tried a recovery from the SDCard, do you think it would work ? Fr. Edited October 6, 2010 by Fransis.co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 more good news, we have a boot key sequence! ftm mode now gives us recovery but the keys dont work, something paul can fix i hope, power on and vol - enjoy Good call, I reckon I can do something with this! :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hmm, the system is definitely going into some kind of special mode (no keypad, no USB) on powering on with volume down pressed... could be challenging to make it do anything useful. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) Hmm, the system is definitely going into some kind of special mode (no keypad, no USB) on powering on with volume down pressed... could be challenging to make it do anything useful. P If you can detect this FTM mode, can you then do a reboot into proper recovery? alternatively Is the SD there, if so then it could be used for some kind of last chance disaster recovery if you can detect this mode, eg flash any MCRi image which is on the sd card, maybe even a boot image too? Maybe from a seperate /sdcard/disaster directory The biggest issue that a boot key sequence into recovery helps with is when you can't boot normally and haven't got access to a pc like when you are on holiday, the options above might help with that and at least get you in a position where you can restore a backup. Edited October 7, 2010 by rjm2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Yeah, and therein lies the problem, detecting FTM mode. :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 For now i'm trying to determine whether I can just always reboot into recovery, but even that is proving troublesome atm... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjm2k Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) For now i'm trying to determine whether I can just always reboot into recovery, but even that is proving troublesome atm... P can you do it by testing how many usb devices are there, or if the usb controller device is there etc? I guess if sd is there then whether or not you have booted into proper recovery you can write a file out and force boot into what you know is proper recovery, detect/remove the file and not force a reboot again? ie FTM Mode if not file exists then create file reboot recovery else 'should never be hit in ftm mode remove file carry on endif proper recovery Mode if not file exists then 'hit 1st time into recovery create file reboot recovery else 'hit 2nd time into recovery and 1st time into recovery after ftm remove file carry on endif Edited October 7, 2010 by rjm2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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