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[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Ever use a Samsung phone before? It is a CWM thing related to Samsung phones. If you don't like it, you don't have to use it, and if you aren't going to fix it, there is no reason to keep complaining either.
[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Rather than throwing a fit, just flash your Rom and kernel then do an advance restore of just data.

Its the same thing.
[Verizon Droid Charge] timgt:
Last phone was a samsung captivate.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Well, I don't know what it is, but restore has not worked outside of one test by one person on the Charge. If you want to figure it out, go for it, but coming here and bashing me because the CWM source isn't restoring properly isn't going to get it fixed. Again, this is compiled using the CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery source with NO changes, and also using the repo the Koush would use to compile recovery as well, so if the CM team built recovery, it'd have the same issue.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
Wait a minute. That may the most informative post for the Charge I've ever read....

Let me get this straight: The backup under CWM does work. In order to do a full restore all you have to do is reflash your kernal, recovey and ROM and then do an advanced restore of the /data directory and you're back where you were when you did the backup?

Hell, that'll make playing with new ROMs SO much easier. When I've had problems with new ROMs I've been wiping the phone, reflashing everything, rerunning setup, downloading titanium backup and then restoring apps w/ data - which doesn't restore kindle and a few other apps, makes me re-setup bluetooth, and network, doesn't fix the widgets on Launcher Go, is sometimes problematic due to w/ data, etc. etc. etc. This will save me hours!
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
I posted a pretty complete walkthrough on post number 258 of this thread...
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
So you did! Credit to you or whoever figured it out. Major help to me.

For the record, does this restore bluetooth parings, wifi pwds, keyboard selections and other similar system settings?
[Verizon Droid Charge] speedy1979:
Yes just be sure to use advanced restore and choose restore data.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JOrtenzi:
will using the data from a nandriod only work if you have flashed the same ROM?

Or is there a way to et all the data back using your nandoid with a different room? (besides TiBu)
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
Same rom other Rom will conflict with data using nandroid

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[Verizon Droid Charge] JOrtenzi:
got it, thanks.

And what is the whole "banana" thing? I just booted into CWR and I am looking at a banana... what is that about?

Everything seems to be working, but I thought I read that the whole banana in cwr was an issue?
[Verizon Droid Charge] retoucher:
Thank you Imnuts for all your work.

Just wanted to share my experience going back to my Fascinate time.

I liked you 100mV undervolted kernels on Fascinate. At some point you started bundling them with CWM 3x and that had broken my ability to do restores in CWM.

So I resorted to flushing Navendrob's CWM (based on nemesis' OTB) right after your kernel and everything was good again. Perhaps there is something specific to the way you compile your code... Just a thought. Thanks.

EDIT:

Flashed GummyCharge FE 1.9.1 in odin (replaced humble 1.42). Backup and RESTORE works now, so is cutom Bootanimation.zip in /system/media.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
If you go back to the OP of this thread and flash the lastest CWM version that will be resolved. For the time being, if you scroll through the menu three times you get a pop up that says "back button enabled" and you will be able to make selections like normal. The newest CWM version is 4.0.1.4.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Raccroc:
Fix Permissions script seems to be not working for me (tested in 4.0.0.8 installed with the GC 1.9.1 Odin and with the 07/30 release 4.0.1.4 Odin...this may be a Kernel/PBJ issue instead/also?).

From Show log: cat: can't open '/data/system/packages.xml'

Issue: packages.xml is actually in /dbdata/system/packages.xml (at lease on FE...can someone verify GB?).

Simply opening /sbin/fix_permissions and changing all "/data/system/packages.xml" to "/dbdata/system/packages.xml" allows the script to run just fine from Terminal. That said, it doesn't appear that is the location that CWR is pulling the script from, as it Recovery is still erroring out.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
That is where recovery pulls the script from, and if someone can verify that packages.xml doesn't reside in /data on another ROM, I'll change the location in the script. The reason it probably errors out for you is that the kernel extracts that file on every boot, so if you edit the file, it just gets wiped out the next time your phone turns on.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cilraaz:
I can confirm that packages.xml exists in /dbdata/system and not /data/system on the Humble ROM v1.42. I can't say for stock or other ROMs, though.

Thanks for the update. Love the ability to use custom boot animations!
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
I'm worried more about Froyo v. Gingerbread. Given that all ROMs are based on the same framework, the file should be in the same place on all of them, but I don't know if this will switch in the Froyo ROM compared to the Gingerbread ROM.
[Verizon Droid Charge] aaronDroid80:
Search youtube for peanut butter jelly time, then all will make sense.
[Verizon Droid Charge] 2scampy:
Packages.xml is in dbdata/system in GUMMY GBE 1.8 as well.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KassaNovaKaine:
Edit. Nevermind.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
Hey guys, just thought I'd share my findings. I HAVE been able to do a FULL restore of a backup using this latest CWM version (I actually flashed the latest PBJ overclocked kernel which came with the new CWM so it may be a combination of the two)...

Just to clarify:

1) I did a full backup using the newest CWM version (4.0.1.4)

2) wiped data and cache

3) did a full Odin install (GummyCharged 1.9) then flashed GummyCharged 1.9.1 to get back to the same exact rom build as the backup

4) rebooted into CWM again, and was able to successfully do a complete restore back to the state my phone was before the wipe!

So in short... IT WORKS!!!! BIG, BIG, BIG thanks to Imnuts for providing some kick @$$ kernels and CWM updates. There is now NO reason to not be modding the hell outta your Charge!!!! :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Thanks for the info from those that posted where the packages.xml file is located. I've updated the fix_permissions script and will update this soon :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] garryo:
@imnuts

quick question - I am sure this have been answered I i could ot find a solution.

In CWR version. 3 (red) under advanced I see an option for Voodoo Lagfix enable/disable.

I have installed version 4.x listed here and even with a voodoo kernel I do not see lagfix enable/disable option.

Can you please give e an idea what I am missing. Also need to know if backups are compatable between two versions.
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
I believe the voodoo lagfix option has been removed from recent versions of CWM due to the fact that it doesn't work right, reporting that its disabled when its not and vice versa... as for the backups, I would say no since its been kind of a mixed bag, works for some people and not for others (myself included :()

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[Verizon Droid Charge] hoppermi:
Use the voodoo control app for the functionality you are seeking
[Verizon Droid Charge] NattyBee:
Can anyone explain this banana thing with the new recovery?
[Verizon Droid Charge] aaronDroid80:
And again...
[Verizon Droid Charge] NattyBee:
I guess I wasn't clear in my question... I know what that dancing banana IMAGE is from, but what I want to know is the significance of it. I read folks talking about it as if it were some sort of error message or something...
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
The "error" was from some changes that went though to the CWM source that messed up the button functions. Not sure what caused it, but it should be fixed now. If your recovery is blue, you should update as the latest is orange. Also, I'll be updating my kernels, which will have an update to recovery in them as well that should fix the problem with running fix_permissions for people.
[Verizon Droid Charge] NattyBee:
Gotcha. Thankyou much :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Recovery is updated, but I haven't made an Odin image for it. If you want the latest changes to recovery, flash one of the 3 kernels I just posted updates for, and it will give you the recovery changes. It would be nice if you keep problems separated, posting problems with recovery here, and other issues in the respective kernel threads.
[Verizon Droid Charge] NattyBee:
3 kernels? I didn't know you had 3 available...I thought you had only Peanut butter Jelly Time regular and OTB...anyhow, I will be updating as soon as I get a chance...and I'll have to check out this third kernel, lol. Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
voodoo, no-voodoo, overclock
[Verizon Droid Charge] NattyBee:
Oh. Duh, haha, I forgot voodoo/no voodoo, haha! My apologies
[Verizon Droid Charge] Blanco954:
Sorry if this question has been answered. If I am running a stable ROM and pair that up with your OTB kernel with integrated updated CWR. Is it save to do a nandroid backup and restore from that backup without bricking the phone?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mms2020:
I updated with CWM with 8/7 Kernel. Made a backup and then tried to restore. Now the phone just boots into CWM. Any idea how to unbrick the phone? Thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] Blanco954:
There's a sticky on fixing your phone through Odin flash. Check that out. I have restored from bad flash through Odin with stock image of the ee4 update this is the full restore not just the OTA update. You can find all of these in the general section or sticky forum threads.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
I have been able to do a full back up and restore from the kernel update from 7/30. I posted it earlier in this thread. I am about to flash the updated kernel w/ CWM from 8/7-8/8... I will let you know if I can back up/restore w/ out bricking.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
How are you about to flash the new CWM? The download link is still set to 7-30
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
Yes, my appologies... It was the kernel that has the update for CWM in it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126136

But I HAVE been able to backup/restore since the 7/30 update. And its the same CWM on both forums, just comes w/ the kernel on the kernel thread, obviously. :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] Raccroc:
Can somebody who has the one of the kernels with the latest CWR please run Fix Permissions in Recovery, then look at the Show Logs, and report if it worked for them?

While the path has been changed to /dbdata/system (which is correct), I am getting that it still cannot find the packages.xml file. I would like verification that the problem isn't just me.

If it is everyone, it is my GUESS that the /dbdata (/dev/block/stl11 /dbdata ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,nodelalloc,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0) is not being mounted by CWR; however, I am not sure how to check that.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KaneD20:
I was able to get it corrected following instructions from a response thanks to "hazard209". Here was his post:

I would try going back to stock using Imnuts' stock ROM and PIT file which can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1111486

That has always fixed any and all issues I've been having with the phone after messing something up.

EDIT: Here is the stock EE4 ROM http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1172182
[Verizon Droid Charge] vegasjones:
The new CWM file wont flash for me. I had to go back to stock and re-root tonight due to boot looping.

Even though it's still named "0730" I had to go back and use the last "0730" version in order to load up CWM. Not sure what's going on with the latest download but it seems that it's not working.
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
What's with the new orange CWM? I flashed the new overclocking kernel, booted into CWM and it's orange with a banana in the background. Also, there are no voodoo controls in this new version...
[Verizon Droid Charge] jagri44451:
When I mount everything then run fix permission it works no problems
[Verizon Droid Charge] TrypWyr:
Hey all! Thanks so much to this community, I wouldn't have been able to root without you guys! Now I'm happily on Gummycharged 1.9.1 with imnut's newest kernel and life is good!

One quick question tho, which I'm sure is total noobness: I see this talk of "fix_permissions", and I get that it "fixes permissions" and all, but to what end? Why would I want to run this? I'm not seeing any errors that I'm aware of, so I don't want to just run it for the sake of doing it...

Imnuts, thanks for all your work, you rock!

Tryp
[Verizon Droid Charge] Raccroc:
Typically you wouldn't run the fix permissions script. Unless you have specific issues which it is known to fix or are debugging an issue, it is usually better to leave this alone (along with the rest of the Advanced menu) . You can look at exactly what it does if you look in /sbin (...and if you don't know what that is, most definitely leave it alone).
[Verizon Droid Charge] Raccroc:
I appreciate it. I just tried from recovery again and it is still failing to find the script. The scrit is fine, as it runs without error from terminal.

I'll try a wipe and reflashing to make sure CMR got updated when I flashed the latest kernel.

Can someone tell me what the latest version numer is?
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
It's orange.8.0.1.4

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[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
I'll build an Odin version of the latest recovery then, so people have it for EP1Q if they want it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] cold21blooded:
that would be dope
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
i have the 7/30 one and its the orange CWM abd works fine for EP1Q

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[Verizon Droid Charge] gdubya34:
In ROM Manager it says my CWM version is 3.1.0.1, does that mean I have areally old version? It has been working fine, but I read on another thread that the nandroid back ups through CWM are bricking phines when you go to use it to recover your phone.

I want to try a different ROM, but I am a little leary if m backups are actually working. ( yes I am a noob currently running gummycharged 1.9.1 with a bluemyst theme).
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
I would suggest not using rom manager for anything on this phone as its not supported. Your CWM should be orange and say 4.0.1.4 or something like that which is the most recent... as for backups its hit or miss really, some people get it to work and some don't so do a double backup to your sd card or something if you want to try
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
Do not use ROM Manager. It is not fully compatible with the Charge, and may cause issues.
[Verizon Droid Charge] gdubya34:
Deleted ROM manager, looked at CWM it says "voodoo lagfix recovery v4.0.0.8"

How do I update to 4.0.1.4 and is it nesassary to update it?

Thanks for the heads up!
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
you should be ok with that one, there's not much difference between his new ones... As long as its orange and 4 something you're fine, but if you really wanna be up to date I think his newest kernels will install the latest when flashed

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[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Updated. Backup/Restore seem to be working for people now. If you ever receive the error that /system cannot be unmounted, run the following with your phone hooked up via adb.

adb shell umount -l /system
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
Thanks bro you're always looking out for us... preciate the work.... you the man

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[Verizon Droid Charge] jselden:
For some reason after flashing the newest update I have lost the boot animation. Is it possible to get it back? Was it supposed to be removed or did mine just mess up?
[Verizon Droid Charge] putney1477:
Mines blue. How do I get the latest one? Im running eclipse with pbj kernel.
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
I believe its supposed to be removed as mine is as well, though I don't know if imnuts purposely removed it or its just a side effect of the new CWM

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[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
you can download the one in the OP and odin it or flash his newest (7/30 or higher) pbj kernels and it will install for you

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[Verizon Droid Charge] putney1477:
Thanks. I should have llooked there before I asked. Sorry :) but thanks for your help.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tsitalon1:
Update:

Backup worked, and restore worked!!!!

Unfortuanately, the physical back button doesn't work anymore.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jselden:
Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was just me. As long as it wasn't I am fine with that. It still boots fine(however a blank screen is kind of nerve wrecking until it starts)
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
back hard button or back option in CWM? I know on this one you might have to do that old trick of scrolling down through the menus a few times to enable it

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[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
yeah it is lol, but for me its not too long of a boot anyway (about 15 seconds)

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[Verizon Droid Charge] tsitalon1:
The physical back button doesn't work anymore.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Seems that none of the bottom buttons work anymore. However, you have three options.

Deal with it

Lose restore functionality

Fix it yourself
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
LOL who uses the hard buttons in CWM?? I only use volume up/down and power for scrolling/selection
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
I'll take #1 for 200 points alex
[Verizon Droid Charge] chiahead52:
this is only while inside of CWM correct? Not after phone boots up?
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
Has to be cuz I have the fixed CWM installed and buttons work fine, I guess just not in CWM itself (but I don't care cuz I don't use them anyway :cool:)
[Verizon Droid Charge] tsitalon1:
I'll take #1.

No need to be an ass, just letting you know in case you weren't aware.
[Verizon Droid Charge] will2live:
#1 works for me.

Just an fyi tho the bottom buttons didn't work on the last build of CWM in your 8/7 & 8/8 kernels. Why it is being brought up now I have no idea. It is old news and NOT a big deal anyways.
[Verizon Droid Charge] mr.terry:
sorry if this has been touched on but in 35 pages i may have missed it... but can i use the same adb install i used for initially rooting my og droid? just got my charge yesterday afternoon and im playing catchup here trying to figure out how to root it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
This is covered in a few other threads, but all you need to root is ODIN, CWM, and a kernel.

Stock phone -> Flash CWM via ODIN -> enter CWM before phone boots and overwrites it with stock recovery -> flash imnuts' latest kernel.
[Verizon Droid Charge] billku:
Has the version number changed from 4.0.1.4? Or the color? Just trying to figure out how I can tell if the flash took... thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
To see if it worked, after booting into CWM, go to mounts and storage and make sure that /system is not mounted. It should show "mount /system" if it worked.
[Verizon Droid Charge] billku:
I'm sorry, I phrased my question badly -- I had the prior version of CWM you posted installed, is there a way to see if the new version is installed, because the version number and color has remained the same for me... again, sorry for the confusion and thanks...
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
I did answer. That is the easiest way to tell if you have the new version. Otherwise, get the kernel info via adb and uname -a and see when it was built.
[Verizon Droid Charge] billku:
Great, thanks, sorry for my confusion...
[Verizon Droid Charge] ¿GotJazz?:
Thanks, imnuts! Been eagerly awaiting this one.

Any way to donate?

¿GJ?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Lockett:
Guessing by your username you drive a DSM, therefore you should be used to things not working. Sorry, I couldn't resist, lol. (I owned 2 of them so I know how it goes)
[Verizon Droid Charge] tsitalon1:
HAHA...my DSM's all worked, and very quickly I might add. :)

Currently drive an 08 evo, and still drive a 91 GVR4.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
The Donate to Me button above my avatar ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
Wow, working backup!! Am flashing now!

Have been playing with lots of different configs. Currently on EE4 bloated/rooted. Wanted to try Gummy 1.9RC2 w/ EXT4 again. Does this recovery wipe the phone the way the one that gets installed if you follow those guy's steps?
[Verizon Droid Charge] ElecTech1:
I know you currently stopped work on the voodoo cwm due to issues with it, but will you ever release another? Or include some of the advanced options such as the wipe voltage settings again?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Loustsoul:
Does this work for any rom? I don't know if they are specific to each rom?

Wriglys lightning
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
yes should work with any rom, only kernels are rom/baseband specific

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[Verizon Droid Charge] Loustsoul:
This one works correctly? Flash via odin? Wipe anything? Thank you.

Wriglys lightning
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
no need to wipe anything and yes this one works fine, it will flash stuff fine and do backups/restores but as usual don't bother with any voodoo menus in it... also be careful if you're on the new Gummy rom it may wipe your phone if you use it after setting up the rom

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[Verizon Droid Charge] Loustsoul:
I'm on the new gummy. I thought the wipe issue was in the recovery. Is it in the rom?

Wriglys lightning
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
It is with recovery but kinda both, its got something to do with how CWM is integrated with the Gummy rom, booting into it after you're set up will wipe your data

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[Verizon Droid Charge] Loustsoul:
That sucks. So no point in having a recovery with the latest gummy.

Wriglys lightning
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
yeah pretty much

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[Verizon Droid Charge] d-loko:
any way to rip that option out of the power screen?

'RECOVERY' is awfully close to 'POWER OFF'.. i'd say one beer would do it lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
I use QuickBoot from the Market. At least for now, it would be a great alternative.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chessmaster W/nook:
I just realized, you live awfully close to me... :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] douglasmcusmc:
I have gummy (1.9.1) and have booted into recovery without any data wipes.. What gummy will wipe data.
[Verizon Droid Charge] d-loko:
Its the CWM that's baked into the GummyCharged GBE 1.9RC2.3 w/EXT4
[Verizon Droid Charge] NotATreoFan:
What is it with all these Philly people? :rolleyes:

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[Verizon Droid Charge] ddemlong:
OK, just ran into an issue..

I went I used ROM Manager to attempt to make a back up before the release of 2.0, however it gave me an error and I pulled the battery. Tried to load up again and phone went into bootloop.

I then attempted to restore a file I backed up using CWM.. It goes through the entire process then gives me an error message about formatting.

Is there an issue with the CWM restore and should I use ODIN backup instead?

Little Irritating, the only thing I can think of right now is reflashing with ODIN and trying the restore file again, if then doesnt work just reflash a clean slate.

Sorry, I Know, I didnt read through 30 something odd pages to see, just looking for a quick answer