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[myTouch 4G Android Development] Ace42:
-From Mr.Dutta via G+

I've just finished releasing updates to a bunch of devices to ClockworkMod Recovery 5.

Major changes:

Backups now use tar over yaffs for everything except mtd partitions. Backups got way faster.

Backups now preserve the filesystem type at time of backup. Restores will restore the appropriate filesystem type at restore.

Please update to ROM Manager 4.4.0.3 or higher and try out the new recovery!

Troubleshooting:

Flashing issues: If a recovery does not flash properly, enable erase recovery in settings and try flashing it again. Recovery flashing can be finicky at times.

Bugs: Report them to me! You can always revert back to the older recovery too from within ROM Manager!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] allenymf:
Thanks for the heads up. Just flashed via rom manager without any issues.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] epolaris:
I decided to flash the upgrade. The flash went perfectly. However, I can't boot into recovery while within Android. I have to power off and boot into the bootloader and then select recovery... Whenever I try to reboot to recovery via the Android UI, it reboots and hangs at the boot splash screen.. It doesn't even work if you select the option from the ROM Manager itself just hangs... I rolled back to previous version and its working again...

Possible bug??...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] mackster248:
I'm not quite sure if that's a bug. Since there's a lot of internal changes, I'm assuming the path it takes from Android to CWM has changed. So maybe that's why we're stuck at the splash screen.

But that's not too big of a problem. So far it's much faster than the previous versions.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bstapley:
WOW! I just did a backup of my current Rom and it literally took like 1 minute! It's WAY faster now. :)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bstapley:
I'm not having that issue at all. I can reboot into recovery using the power menu within Faux's 1.3.1 rom and it works perfectly. I can't speak about other roms, but just letting you all know that Faux's latest works fine.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stewartsoda:
<EDIT EDIT>

lol wrong forum.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] saranhai:
updated to 5.0.0.1. seems pretty neat.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] coupetastic-droid:
This new recovery backs up roms really fast. With the old version it used to take my phone 2 to 3 minutes to back up. Now about a minute. Its actually kind of scaring me. I don't know if its backing it up correctly. I'm affraid to restore lol.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Ace42:
I posted the changelog on the 1st page.

"I've just finished releasing updates to a bunch of devices to ClockworkMod Recovery 5.

Major changes:

Backups now use tar over yaffs for everything except mtd partitions. Backups got way faster.

Backups now preserve the filesystem type at time of backup. Restores will restore the appropriate filesystem type at restore.

Please update to ROM Manager 4.4.0.3 or higher and try out the new recovery!

Troubleshooting:

Flashing issues: If a recovery does not flash properly, enable erase recovery in settings and try flashing it again. Recovery flashing can be finicky at times.

Bugs: Report them to me! You can always revert back to the older recovery too from within ROM Manager!"
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I also added the info from his Google+ page to the OP.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] crawler9:
Any information on whether other built in tools such as sdparted were updated too? I have been having a lot of trouble with my SD card (I couldn't get it to format through sdparted because of some error I can't remember) and the option to partition your SD card through ClockWorkMod Recovery 3.x didn't allow to set EXT to a size of 0. I was able to partition my card the way I wanted through sdparted after flashing the new 5.0.0.1 recovery, but was curious as to whether there was a change within the recovery img that allowed me to finally partition the way I wanted or if the change was something else that caused my SD card to start functioning correctly.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] d12unk13astard:
+1 Same here
[myTouch 4G Android Development] coupetastic-droid:
just did a restore and everything went perfectly fine. thanx. :D
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darksoul0013:
I was just wondering that when I flash a rom and it calls for 3.0.2.4 recovery do I still use that or can I use the new recovery..I know it's a dumb question but just want to make sure
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Shouldn't be a problem. Nothing was changed that would make affect how a ROM is flashed.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] coupetastic-droid:
I'm pretty sure new roms will work with the 3.0.2.4 recovery and newer untill stated from rom developer. I flashed virtious unity 2.35 to my girls phone today with the new recovery and had no problem.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darksoul0013:
Thanks for answering my question...I appreciate it...just wanted to be sure.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] saranhai:
New version already? Clockworkmod recovery 5.0.0.8. :O
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rayne127:
Is there going to be a way to restore backups created with 3.* in the future or will you have to install 3.* if you need to restore a backup created with that version?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] dementor123:
As per OP, yes, we have to flash 3.* to restore backups created with 3.*, but I would appreciate if someone can confirm this. I'm only concerned about stock nandroid restore in future for troubleshooting/unrooting purposes.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] mike2541:
Just flashed it and it backed up fast. I to am a bit scared to try a restore just because of how fast it backs up lol

I would hope they make it so its backwards compatible

Yea my stock nandroid is on 3.* as well and would not like the idea of not being able to restore it due to this.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] crawler9:
Current versions (5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.8) seem unable to restore .android_secure from backup, Koush is aware and says he'll fix it. In the meantime, if you need to restore your .android_secure, the backup exists and can be extracted to the root of the sdcard using any archive manager capable of extracting tarballs. I use 7-zip.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] marsr:
Are restore speeds just as quick?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rayne127:
Thank you. That's the same reason I was asking. I just made a nandroid of my current ROM with the new version of CWM, and it took quite a long time. I feel like it took longer than older versions. It would pause at the beginning of each step for almost a minute and then start working. I don't know if it's because of my phone or the ROM I'm using...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] zwindschz:
Just did a backup with both recoveries pretty much exact same speed for both 9 minutes backing up latest virtuos unity with about 80 total apps.

Actually network time is messed up now it's hour off.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Onefast:
Looks like 5.0.1.0 is out... Went into ROM manager and got the

update is available message
[myTouch 4G Android Development] khathaivu:
i just try to restore and YES, you have to flash back whatever version on have on your back up ( mostly 3.x) to restore it. if you keep at 5.x then it wont recognize it
[myTouch 4G Android Development] saranhai:
Anything different?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] crawler9:
Yes,

Upon restoring a backup in 5.0.0.1 and 5.0.0.8, the recovery would search for .android_secure.img and would fail to restore the .android_secure backup because in 5.x, it's now being saved as .android_secure.vfat.tar. 5.0.1.0 successfully restores from the .android_secure.vfat.tar file. This is the only change I know of, but there may be other changes as well.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] makes2068:
Did the new version backing up the sd-ext partition? can´t find anything.

Still did a backup... No sd-ext Partion saved.

Help!!!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] crawler9:
ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0 is now available.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] crawler9:
5.0.2.0 fixes a bug that leads to occasionally losing root privileges after restoring a ROM.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
In my opinion, ClockworkMod supports too many different phone models. I think that's what leads to so many bugfix releases. Amon_RA's recoveries almost never had bugs that had to be addressed, or if there were, they were very minor.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Onefast:
I just restored a backup I made and lost root... Had to reflash vu 2.35... then I could update clockwork recovery... Then finally restore again without losing root...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Just to confirm, you kept root when restoring a backup using 5.0.2.0, correct? I just tried myself, and 5.0.2.0 seems to be working perfectly.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Onefast:
Yes, root remained after restoring with 5.0.2.0. Looks like they fixed the bug.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] htc_sandman286:
hey im freaking out just a little bit lol, i flashed cwm 5.0.0.1 and thought it was great, nothing too bad until i read this forum and checked that my phone will not update to 5.0.0.2, it says i have no root access, what is the best most possible and/or easiest way to fix this issue? i even tried to use terminal, but again, denied root access error? please help, im using VU 2.35 with V6 kernal
[myTouch 4G Android Development] htc_sandman286:
nvm i fixed it, i wasnt sure if i could reinstall the original VU rom but it worked, thanks :)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] saranhai:
wow new clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0 backs up really fast :eek:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] AndrewAD3:
+1. Love the new color too.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Sunkins:
met the same problem and can not boot into rec via android power menu
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Orical:
I didn't notice a difference in the back up speed over all but this does correct a recent problem I ran into using MIUI, here I'll explain.....

MIUI uses an OTA updater when an update comes out for said device and it has the option to restrict the updater to only WIFI but not to disable the updater, normally this wouldn't be an issue if you continued to update when it released but I was on an earlier build and wanted to stay with that particular build but I noticed when I did a reboot it would start to download the new ROM. Due to the fact I can't control the updater to disable it I would have to always have the new updated ROM on my SD Card (taking up space and network usage) in order to prevent it from continuesly downloading it.

It's weird too, even though I let it download the second time and deleted it when ever you reboot it looks to see if you have the latest build and if not it automatically starts to download it, you can pause it but no matter what it starts to download every time.

Long story short, if your running MIUI and don't want it to update your ROM to the latest Update install CWM 5.0.2.0, MIUI only works with CWM 3.0.2.4 ....
[myTouch 4G Android Development] SmoothMarx:
I'm having an issue with getting in recovery. I use the Manager app and it flashes 5.0.2.0 successfully (or so it says), but when I try to reboot into recovery, it sends me to the bootloader. From there, I try to boot into recovery, to no avail.

Finally, I turn off the phone, try to reboot it directly into recovery, but with no results.

I've tried ticking the "Erase recovery" option, with no changes.

I have a Nexus S running CM 7.0.3.

Any suggestions?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Installing it via ROM Manager is the least reliable method and often doesn't "take". Usually after multiple attempts it will work, but I recommend the alternative methods listed in the OP.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] SmoothMarx:
Thanks, but it still isn't working. Now it says:

mtd: read error at 0x00000 etc etc (out of memory)
error reading recovery: No space left on device
flashing recovery from /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-glacier.img
mtd: write error at 0x00 etc (out of memory()
mtd: re-read error at 0x00etc (out of memory)
skipping write block at 0x000
and on and on
[myTouch 4G Android Development] jaibar:
Doesn't it depends on how many applications are installed?

For me (250+ apps), I can't really notice a difference...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rayne127:
I don't even have that many apps and its still just as slow or slower to me.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stocaprimo:
Can't boot into recovery if flashing via Rom Manager or adb ( 5.0.2.0 ). With Rom Manager I got no recovery at all, using adb the phone's stuck on Google logo. I'll do a rollback to 3.x
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Your entire post doesn't make a lot of sense. There aren't any ADB instructions. There are terminal emulator and fastboot commands (both of which are different from pure ADB). I also don't know what Google logo you're talking about. There are only two splash screens when booting the phone...the bootloader screen (MT4G logo) and then the ROM's splash screen. Provide a little more info and we can help you out.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darkpain:
Hello,

I installed latest clockworkmod recently and since then i cant make a backup!

I tried 4 times and it says

Error while making a backup image of /sd-ext

I check my sdcard with chdsk and e2fsck and no errors found!!!

Why this is happens?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
You get that message because no EXT partition was found on your SD card. That is NORMAL. The Nandroid backup was still successfully created despite that message.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darkpain:
But i have ext3 partition:p and i didnt have problem with 2.0.5.7 version that i had before....

I realize that every time i was trying to make backup with new clockworkmod was harming my ext3 partition and i was doing e2fsck but still couldnt make backup!!!

Now i installed 4ext recovery:eek: and backup done successfully with no ext3 errors!:D

Sorry for that but new version is buggy!(i searched google a lot)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Just to make sure, you have a MT4G right? I see a Desire in your sig, but nothing about a MT4G. I hope you're using the appropriate CWM build for your device.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] darkpain:
No i have Desire(bravo)...Sorry for that i didnt notice:o

But i downloaded cwm with rom manager.....
[myTouch 4G Android Development] kambiz.aghaiepour:
Currently running with version 3.0.0.6 which I installed because I thought I had read that it can allow me to switch between ext3 and ext4 based roms (and it can). I was playing around with cm6 and cm7 and and currently running VU3.0. My question is, if I upgrade to 5.0.2.0, will I be able to use the existing backups I've made in 3.0.0.6 ?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
That's answered in the OP. No, you can't. 5.0.2.0 can also handle both Ext3 and Ext4 ROMs, but backups made in previous versions cannot be restore in 5.0.x.x.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] kambiz.aghaiepour:
Oops. Sorry I missed that. Thanks for pointing that out. So is there any compelling reason to upgrade from 3.0.0.6? Any rom I've played around with appears to work with the version I have and I can go back and forth.

That being said, I suppose one possible way to get up to speed is to have a copy of 3.0.0.6, and one of 5.0.2.0. Then go through the following:

current=$(current favorite ROM)

for backup in $(list all current backups from 3.0.0.6) ; do

restore $backup using 3.0.0.6

flash recovery 5.0.2.0

create new backup using 5.0.2.0

flash recovery 3.0.0.6

done

It would be cumbersome, but that might work. On the other hand, perhaps I should just not care, and just archive off a copy of the 3.0.0.6 backups and roms, and the recovery image itself and just call it a day and move forward with 5.0.2.0.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] kambiz.aghaiepour:
Hmm... I wonder if there would be a way to convert the 3.x based backups to 5.x.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] mackster248:
Maybe, but I would imagine it'd be a real ***** to do so. Or most likely confusing and or time consuming.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] wolfepakt:
Not to hijack this thread but 4ext recovery can use both.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stm999999999:
no recovery menu after updating!

Hi!

I have a little problem. I have a Desire .

Coming from CWM 2.5.0.7 I updated to 5.0.2.0 via ROM Manager.

but now I cannot get into the recovery menu!

I reboot into recovery, I get the HBOOT screen

choosing Bootloader there is an error message (I did not take a note of it this time) and the HBOOT screen comes again.

choosing recovery:

the alpahrev screen for some seconds and then the screen described above. :(no recovery menu)

meanwhile I tried to install 4EXT-RC6 as an alternative. But same problem. Now I put again 2.5.0.7 via ROM Manager and this time I take a note of the screen:

AlphaRev

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

FASTBOOT

vol up

[...]

BOOTLOADER

REBOOT

REBOOT BOOTLOADER

POWER DOWN

choosing Bootloader:

AlphaRev

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

Loading...[PB99DIAG.zip]

No image!

Loading...[PB99DIAG.nbh]

No image or wrong image!

Loading...[PB99IMG.zip]

No image!

Loading...[PB99IMG.nbh]

No image or wrong image!

choosing recovery: no recovery menu. :mad:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Have you tried re-flashing CWM recovery via one of the methods described in the OP? Flashing via ROM Manager is the least reliable method, so I'd try terminal or fastboot. Just make sure you download the Desire version, not the one linked to in the OP. If you have any further questions, I'd try asking in the Desire forum.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stm999999999:
Meanwhile I found the tip to flash it via Unrevoked3 - worked ...

now I flashed 4EXT via Unrevoked :D

And sorry for using the wrong subforum ... I searched for cwm and did not have a look at the forum. :eek:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I've updated the OP to reflect the fact that version 5.8.0.9 is now available. This version is now controllable with the touchscreen instead of only hardware keys! :cool: Please note that this version is considered to be in beta stage at this point.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] radamo:
Are there any plans to add the ability to support restoring Nandroid backups created with prior versions of recovery?... 5.0.x.x and 3.x?

Thanks,

RA
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
I haven't personally asked Koush that question, but I doubt it. If it's important to you, try contacting him via Twitter, Google+, or IRC. Maybe he'll add that in if it's requested enough (unless it's more of a PITA than it's worth).
[myTouch 4G Android Development] el_smurfo:
Touch recovery seems to work ok...not quite as smooth as the demo video, but that's on Nexus hardware, so it's understandable.

BTW, I think the standard method of restoring old backups is to flash an old recovery, restore the backup, flash the new recovery back and make a new backup if you like.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] radamo:
Okay, will do. I don't have a critical need but was wondering since 4ext seems to support it.

Thanks,

RA
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
OP updated again. A major bug was fixed for 5.8.1.0.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] adulel08:
followed OP instructions for terminal install.

said couldn't find flash file.

renamed to recovery.img

any help?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
What terminal app are you using? Did you successfully get SU access before entering the flash command?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] adulel08:
Terminal Emulator /blue screen one?

and yes i got SU.

ive re-downloaded renamed to 'recovery' its img file

moved to root of sdcard

then put in exact commands in OP. :mad:

can anyone PM redeem code?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Well, the instructions are correct so I'm trying to think of what the problem might be. Are you leaving the ".img" extension? It should be "recovery.img". Renaming is optional, it just makes it easier to enter the terminal commands. All that matters is that the file name you enter for the flash_image command matches up to the file's actual name. Have you verified the MD5 checksum to make sure the file isn't corrupt? If none of this works, try an alternative method such as using ROM Manager to flash the recovery (simplest method).

What do you mean by redeem code?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] quickfixguru:
Having the same problem....definitely not a noob or new to this.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Try a different method. Not all ROMs support the flash_image command.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] RavenWulf:
I'm guessing Redeem Code is if someone else buys it for you they send you the code to unlock the ability to download Touch Recovery through ROM Manager. On Koush's site for the different apps it has links to Android Market and Gift Me.

Edit: good looking out TeeJay, I hadn't checked his site in about week so I missed when he put up our TR.img
[myTouch 4G Android Development] wealthy23:
If terminal doesn't work do a clean install of tdj cm7 and use the terminal in that rom I had no flash image found in the miui now the touch recovery works
[myTouch 4G Android Development] marquis.hagetaka:
this touch recovery is quite nice
[myTouch 4G Android Development] adulel08:
ended up just buying it paypal. much quicker then using track pad. feels good to support the community =)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Exactly! Sharing of things like redeem codes isn't allowed here anyway.

I personally prefer flashing the recovery via fastboot, but I encourage everyone to purchase the touch version through ROM Manager or whatever legit method to support Koush's development. He's really good about supporting nearly every Android device on the planet, even the newest. :cool:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] invasion2:
How do you flash via fastboot? On MIUI the terminal method doesn't work. It the OP it says "Move recovery.img to a location where fastboot can find it." Where would that be? Just on the root of SD?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] wealthy23:
The root of the sd card but it didn't work for me in miui so I had to flash cm7 and use terminal
[myTouch 4G Android Development] invasion2:
Ugh....let me try it. Do I name it recovery.img? Or put it in a zip and name it PD15IMG?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TeeJay3800:
Do you know what fastboot is and how to use it? If not, do some reading first. First step is to put the file in the ADB folder of your computer, and for goodness sake, DO NOT name it PD15IMG.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] invasion2:
LOL ok. Thanks for help :cool:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Orical:
+1 CM7 from MIUI worked great, no hick-ups going that way.

I was a little nervous about whether or not it was going to install my back-up considering you can't from 3.0.2.4 to 5.0.1.0 but it worked like a charm, Thanks again.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] exit_:
Ok so basically, from reading the thread. The only advantage from upgrading my current 2.5.0.7 (that basically came with the rooting of my desire) to 5.0.2.0/5.8.1.0 is a bit faster backup/recovery with support for remembering fs, and touch screen support (in 5.8.1.0)? And while doing so, I risk getting problems with bugs? Seems like the desire-users who reported problems here picked the wrong img though, so bugs are mby not a big risk.

Is there a more extensive changelog that gives a better overview of what has changed?

With the latest version, I still wont be able to convert my sd-ext (to ext4) from recovery - correct?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] eqjunkie829:
Wow I was getting frustrated trying to flash this through adb but finally got the problem figured out. I was running the ICS beta 7.1 and then reverted to cm7.1 stable version and it worked like a charm.

My thoughts on the CWM touch recovery is that it is very basic looking and not very attractive like 4ext touch recovery, but I guess that if it works for you then great.