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[Epic 4G Android Development] runngwlf:
I have no idea what's happening with this but... I flashed CWM5 and now when I try to make a nandroid of my current rom, and it errors and says it cannot back up data and aborts. Any ideas? I searched and tried restoring a nandroid from ACS recovery, it boots fine, but it still will not backup.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nyr35blue:
did you check to make sure the sdcard is mounted first? Ive had issues doing a backup until i realized that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] runngwlf:
Yeah, it's mounted, that was one of the things I checked. When it aborts, I can mount the sd card on the pc and it shows a backup there, but it's only roughly half the size of a normal nandroid and does not contain everything. I was able to work around by flashing CWM5 from rom manager, and it backed up ok there, but of course it boots right back into my old CWM the next time.

All in all it's ok, all I wanted to do was convert my current rom into a MTD nandroid so that I could flash back after trying CM9/7
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Why haven't you flashed CWM 5?
[Epic 4G Android Development] runngwlf:
I have.. the problem is that every time I try to create a nandroid with CWM 5 of the rom that is on my phone now, it gets to the end of backing up data and says "An error has occurred backing up Data" and it jumps out of the backup. I tried reflashing the rom I was on after a full wipe, if I create a nandroid at that point, it works, but if I flash a custom kernel, or the shake and bake theme that I use, it then gives me the same error backing up. So I went back to ACS recovery to try there, and it backs up the rom just fine. I tried flashing the CWM5 zip from rom manager and it immediately booted back into CWM 5 and it did the nandroid fine, BUT, the next time I rebooted into recovery, it came right back up to ACS recovery. Never had issues like this before.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
If your using acs recovery and then flash cwm cia rom manager the only way to boot to cwm is through rom manager... that's just the way it works... to boot into cwm instead of acs recovery with the three finger method you need to odin in cwm tar or flash cwm zip via recovery...
[Epic 4G Android Development] runngwlf:
Okay, I tried flashing the CWM zip from this post and that is when I was having the issues with making the nandroid. So I had flashed back. I Odin'd CWM5 and now it seems to work just fine. Go figure. Thanks as always for all of your help everyone!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Sounds like your flashable might have been a bad download. Been a run of those lately.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Robalboa:
I had the exact same problem I erased the clockwork folder on my sd card reflashed the clockwork zip and that fixed it for me. Had something to do with the old clockwork files being image and the new ones being tar.

Flashing zips in rehab

LWTG(BML)(el30)

camera 15% shutoff mod

shadow 2.0
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Been running CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4 from 3-finger launch, as well as from Rom Manager*.............however, Rom Manager's description is: 'Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.X.X.X..................and whenever I click 'Flash ClockworkMod Touch', as expected, responds w/ this message '..........currently not available for your device.'

Thanks for your support of our devices ;) shall be looking forward to newer chapters of ClockworkMod development as these become manifest.

**edit: inCM9, another way to open CWMv5.5.0.4 is: from power off, you select reboot, this opens up an additional window with two options = recovery or reboot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
We don't have an Epic-MTD supported CWM for ROM Manager yet. By telling ROM Manager in settings to manual flash override, choosing Epic-MTD and CWM 3.x.x.x it is actually using the recovery on your phone. If there was one available for ROM Manager, it would download a zip to your sd card and open that everytime it calls for CWM from ROM Manager. So you would actually have 2 recoveries. But right now you only have the one.

And the Touch CWM is not ready for us yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
I asked in the #epic but no one knew, so they thought it worthy of asking here.

If One is on EC05 stock, what is the best practice to get to CWM5?

I ended up flashing CWM 3, then 5 then CleanGB-MTD. Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Yes, just one click root EC05 then flash CWM5. If you flash CleanGB MTD you will have a special MTD version of CWM as your recovery. Remember you cannot restore a BML nandroid on MTD then.
[Epic 4G Android Development] optimiss:
I have an issue that I hope someone can help me with. I am on the CM7 release candidate without working wimax. I want to flash the newer verison with wimax but I am unable to boot into recovery. I have Rom manager and have installed CWM 5.0.2.7. My phone works fine in every way except that when I choose to boot into recovery my phone reboots and attempts to enter recovery but hangs on a screen showing a white box with an arrow pointing at an Android bot. It also has a progress bar at about 1/4 complete but the bar never progresses. I have tried reinstalling CWM via Rom Manager and Odin. Neither have worked. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks for any help you can offer.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
You messed up by using rom manager. Also it is a different recovery so you probably broke it even more with Odin. Try deleting the clockworkmod folder from your SD card and uninstalling from manager. If that doesn't work you may need to Odin to stock and repartition then root and install cm7.
[Epic 4G Android Development] optimiss:
I'm still not sure what mistake I made but I followed your advice and started from scratch. Thanks for the help.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
The mistake is not setting up ROM Manager to use the MTD Recovery. Sounds like you had ROM Manager load the BML recovery. CM7 and other MTD Converting ROMs install a modified CWM 5 just for MTD. So if you set up ROM Manager as Marcusant said by hitting menu>manual flash override, hit ok, Epic-MTD and clockwork 3.x.x.x, you will be able to use ROM Manager on MTD ROMs.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kehlan:
No simple step-by-step in the OP? We really HAVE to watch a tutorial?

Just as well, the OP could simply say WHERE in Odin the .tar file needs to go, saving users time.

Also, does this root the phone or not? The old One Click Root thread seems to not work for me anymore, and the latest posts just point here.

I'm really at a loss, and curious as to why things have gotten so disorganized.

EDIT: Got the other root method working. Why is it getting so much flak for being "so old"?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
You should be able to use the 5.0.2.7 tar and Odin it by putting it in the PDA slot in Odin with auto reboot checked only. Then in cwm flash the superuser 3 zip and your good to go. Rooted and boot it :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Plus Samsung made GB so the one click methods no longer work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Slimegod:
Will flashing this new recovery wipe out the ACS recovery I'm currently on?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
Yes, and I recommend doing so. Make sure to flash using Odin, instead of rom manager at first.

I am Z.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Reeseybaby:
DRockstar THANK YOU A MILLION OMG i can FINALLY go into clockwork mod without using Odin to get me into clockworkmod. I've been looking for something since yesterday to fix that since my Epic is on 2.3 EL30 stock. now all I have to look for is a "working" Sprint/wireless hacked hotspot for stockrom.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zman519:
bummp cuz i just used the .tar & ODIN arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ODIN how i hate theee, but love theeee (cuz if i'm using it i messed sum thing up hhehe)
[Epic 4G Android Development] ~~Tito~~:
Make sure Vol -/+, Cam & power are pressed to get into recovery. Took me the longest time to figure out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
No Vol +

Just remember Three Finger Salute, one button per finger
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
Remove sd-ext from recovery.fstab, mmcblk0p2 is now used for /system …

Since my first device was Galaxy GT-5510 Callisto then have this Epic4G is a whole new great thing :D

I used CleanGB BML with DarkTremor A2SD, than I found that there's no mmcblk0p2 support on this CWM5 build, so my nandroid backup seems uncomplete..

https://github.com/koush/android_device_samsung_epic4g/commit/aa0ecbe7d722bf222b9d9367a1c3ad6dc60c9616

How to add this feature on CWM5 other than build from source?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
When I ported CWM 5, I was faced situation where mmcblk0p2 was interfering with the dual boot partitions that the EpicCM devs were using... We decided that dual boot and ultimately CyanogenMod development for the Epic were more of a priority than the extra partition on the sdcard. At the time, I hadn't heard of a single person using the extra partition, and no one seemed to care until after I took it out, of course...

It does require a recompile to switch it back... I need to check that the sources are still there, since my original source posts were on the EpicCM github, and I think the team deleted my sources some time back... I do believe that the kernel sources are on my github still, while the cwm binary sources were all official, using the latest Gingerbread CM CWM branch, and the Samsung epic device in the Gingerbread CM sources.

Also, the MTD cwm is another build entirely, and uses the epicmtd device in CM sources.

Sorry I've been on a development hiatus for some time now, but I figured I'd give some insight to your request here.
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
Well, the Epic4G devs really have a long history & very mature build compared to callisto dev

IMHO the internal memory from epic is much much bigger than europa,callisto,tass & other samsung armv6 devices, but still smaller than other SGS variants.. so I think sd-ext is a cool feature too :)

I have CM7.2 RC1 sources (sync a few days a go) & EL30 SPH-D700_GB_OpensourceUpdate1.zip, can you give some guide to build BML CWM 5.0.2.8?
[Epic 4G Android Development] tydynrain:
Since I moved to MTD/Yaffs2, I've felt that CWM Recovery has been broken, since it doesn't backup my second partition, so basically I only use it now for flashing new kernels and ROMs. All my backups/restores are done now with Titanium Backup Pro (the ONLY app I've ever actually bought), which works quite well, and does near-perfect restores. I would LOVE to be able to backup everything in a system-wide snapshot as I used to be able to do with CWM and ACS Recoveries, but alas, I make due with what I have and adapt.

Data2SD has always been a very important thing for me since I install a gaggle-**** of apps. With the earlier versions of the Gingerbread ROMs implementing it was a challenge because no matter what was done, the second partition would not mount on boot. This was finally fixed for me with the later versions of SleeperROM/Samurai kernel combo. Once I had that in place I found the best Data2SD solution for me was the free (and incredibly useful) app Link2SD from the market, which links everything but app data (though that will be implemented in a future release) to the second partition on the SD card.

One of these days I will simply be forced into getting into coding myself. It may be sooner rather than later, as besides helping friends hack and mod their phones, I've been diving into Linux, and am enthralled. And since Android is Linux, they have much in common. This will only increase, as the latest Linux kernel released (3.3) merges Android code back into the development tree, which means that in time, Linux and Android may soon be interoperable to a good degree. Lindroid...Andrux...who knows. ;-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
I've done repack this cwm with voodoo repack tools, too bad it didn't works :(

build zimage & edit initram is easy on callisto for me because I join the forum since the early stage.. but on epic, most of dev has reach the high level on build.. so too difficult for me to learn all those great works ;)

maybe easier to rebuild the mtd version because the source is on cyanogen repo
[Epic 4G Android Development] locomariachi:
does anyone have a working link to cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5? the first link is borked
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I will host this until Drockstar's link is back up:

http://BillionUploads.com/zcdbn7v26zc1/cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.html
[Epic 4G Android Development] mcluvin1065:
everytime i download it from the link from: http://billionuploads.com/zcdbn7v26zc1/cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.html

it comes out as recovery.bin in winrar.....why?
[Epic 4G Android Development] etirkca:
Directly flash the .tar.md5 file using ODIN. You don't need to unpack it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Kikoshi:
Very dumb question, but Is there a FC19 or FC09 version of clockworks? I've installed the "official" FC19 version through Oding, and not only would i like to Root it, also use CM9 Beta2, which needs CMW5.

Thank you
[Epic 4G Android Development] etirkca:
This version works on FC19 and FC09. There isn't a new CWM version for each release.

Go check out qbking's helpful videos on how to install CWM and CM9 for assistance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Clockwork is not firmware dependent. CWM 5.027 is the latest and works for all of those.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Thing O Doom:
I was/am working on a Sprint Epic 4G and tried this but it nearly hard bricked, is this not compatible with sprint, or where did I go wrong?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Bad cable.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Thing O Doom:
Would a verizon Lgcosmos cable work fine then? I havn't had any problems with it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
Should work fine as long as it is good quality. The stock one that comes with the Epic is crap.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Thing O Doom:
What separates it from another micro cable? Connections? Sautering? Material? The verizon one seems sturdy, and transfers a hell of a bit faster, but it's older.
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
Usually the quality of the wire and shielding as well as how sturdy the connection is to the plug. Also, it's "soldering" lol. Try the cable you have, if it doesn't work then you'll know you need to try another one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DRockstar:
Everything is better than the Samsung data cable... The soldering, sheathing, and shielding. The age of a quality cable should not matter, only how you handle them. I personally use the following cables:

LG Charger usb cable for quick charging, not for data:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IQEG2Q

Blackberry usb data cable for odin, etc:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QATRCA

These cables are extremely affordable and have been very reliable for me. I have bought multiple cables from the same listings from the default sellers.

Hope that helps.
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
^ Yes what he said is exactly right lol. Hey DRockstar, long time no talk bud!
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
anybody else showing CWM Touch as available in Rom Manager? Not sure where else to look for the actual thing. I know there was an early alpha ver that the CM team had posted on the CM blog, but Rom Manager hadn't shown there was a version of CWM Touch available. Half tempted to get ahold of Koush and ask, but figured i'd give a shout out here first.. See if anyone else shows CWM Touch available via Rom Manager.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ÜBER™:
Nah.. using twrp =]. It works just as good if not better... it is a little different tho. But it works pretty well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Yup.......Rom Manager had an update to Flash ClockworkMod Touch: from the prompt, the following message 'ClockworkMod Touch is available as a free download + manual installation on the ClockworkMod website, or as an in app purchase here.'.........Play Store sells it for $1.99, seems reasonable.

THNX for the head's up.......gonna go chk it out.

*edit: upon further inquiry, Rom Manager was incorrect.....ogEpic4G is NOT yet a supported device (neither is epicmtd)...........Koush?

.........sent from today's android = 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
Yeah, I broke down and "bought it" last night.. but then nothing.. it says it flashed in rom manager, but then if i reboot to recovery, right back to 5.5.0.4.

Now I've gotta see a man about $2.. :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
What!?!?!..........dude, you own the as yet to be released epicmtd clockworkmod touch!..........I tried to find the free web version but kept coming to dead ends, with closest version available was for the Epic4G Touch device..........now we have to endeavor to see where the actual NOT 'virtual' touch recovery really is! Talk about false advertising! :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] xboxfanj:
You guys know cwm touch is free on his website right? You can odin the img file if you put it in a tar and itll work. Thats what i did on my galaxy tab.
[Epic 4G Android Development] unoriginal:
For the OG Epic 4G? If so where? If I head to http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and scroll down to Samsung Epic4G all I see is Download ROMs, the 5.0.2.7 version of CWM and N/A under the Touch column.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
There's the "alpha" release posted on the EpicCM blog if you dig back a little.. the customization guide towards the bottom..

http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/03/customization-guide.html
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
That's not cwm touuch recovery... that is twrp... both touch recoveries... but not the same...
[Epic 4G Android Development] zanderman112:
No, there is a temp CWM touch zip available. I never used it though

~ Mr. Z
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Heard about it but haven't seen it anyehere... ehh.. twrp works well enough for me...
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
If you downloaded the file at the END of the customization page, you'd realize that it IS infact the CWM Touch alpha. It's just a kexec install so as soon as you reboot it's gone.

There's no mention of TWRP anywhere on the customization page.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Well I stand corrected then! Thanks for the info! (And for not being an ass about it!)
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
The Epic CM Team's unstable test version 'ClockworkMod Touch 5.8.1.5 for Epic MTD' as presented on the Epic CM customization page is perhaps still in development, though who knows when it will be stable enough for actual use.......it's been a little while since I ran tests, deleted the file from my sd card actually (after testing)..............the ClockworkMod website, on the other hand, shows 5.8.1.5 as available for Samsung Epic 4G Touch, + for several Galaxy S2 devices (ATT , Verizon + HTC Desire).........+ N/A for og Epic4G............so, again, am wondering about update message that appeared on Rom Manager advertising the update + availability for us Epic4G owners!?!...........bad mistake.

..........sent from today's android 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] Falhawk:
disregard, its working now
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
Q: *what* is working now?..............thanks.

..........sent from today's android 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Let it go. I am always happy to see those nvm posts...lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
OK, coming in on the end of a conversation...WTH is going on here??? Is there or isn't there a touch recovery other than TWRP (had probs with it, fudged up my fone when I installed the samurai kernel that fixed the LED issue...afraid to go back...) SO a touch CWM would be the poop if it worked???:confused::confused::confused:

AND what in the wide wide world of sports is this craziness about CWM 5.5.0.4 working on the Epic? Thank you for letting me get that out, it was cathartic....
[Epic 4G Android Development] pvtjoker42:
there is a temp flashable CWM touch available. It seemed to work ok when i played with it for a bit, but apparently as a permanent install it has issues. It's supposedly being worked on, but obviously there's no ETA..

Glad i wasn't the only one that had issues with TWRP.. :p
[Epic 4G Android Development] sonarchist:
ha ha.........ok, for a sec there my mind went 'false-positive' + interpreted the post to mean that the touch recovery via rom manager was 'green-light' for the og epic............lol, 2 funny!

................on a separate note, apropos to prior post: flashed CM9-beta3 via the temp unstable CWM recovery earlier today: confirmed, Epic CM Team's Touch CWM does a good job, + beta3 running great! ;)

..........sent from today's android 4.0.4
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I rehosted the tar file and changed the link in the OP.

(I can do that now...lol)
[Epic 4G Android Development] chzeckmate:
The link for the tar file for clockwork on the first page of this thread cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5 (tar flash for odin) links to cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.tar

I wonder if this can be corrected.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
I haven't tried with this particular file, but quite often it's just the extension that is wrong (like when downloading certain files using your phone, which often changes or adds an extension, for example) - you may be able to just rename the file to change the second "tar" to "md5"
[Epic 4G Android Development] Naddict:
Yuuup... What he said is correct....
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
It actually still works like that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chzeckmate:
cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5 extension correction

Yes, this is true.

We

know this but I was just looking at QBKING77's tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo) on installing kennyglass123's [ROM][FC09][MTD][BML]Stock Deodexed Prerooted and there are quite a lot of negative responses many of which are related to the issue with this extension. To an experience eye, the extension is clearly erroneous on the download site (http://d-h.st/DRW) and needs to be renamed from cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.tar to tar.md5 but the folks who are watching this tutorial simply don't know what's up and are just doing their best to follow the instructions provided. Forgive me for being long winded here but QBKING77 seems to be taking a lot of negative flack when he's always been a pillar of support.

In the meantime, here is a link with the appropriate file name:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85859903/cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5

I hope it helps someone.

Regards,

Chzeckmate
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I will fix the extension in a little bit.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
OK no more tar.tar....you will have to cook your steak...uh...I mean the file is fixed. Just one tar as an extension and fixed the OP to show no md5 extension.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nathan951:
why does my CWM say:

Recovery v5.5.0.4

Is there a newer ver that i can odin or flash?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Because you are on an aosp rom... and no... don't touch your recovery if your on mtd....

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Android Development] hyuga:
Thanks, this worked fast. I installed the zip from ACS RECOVERY 1.0.0.0. It was almost instant. Rebooted into recovery directly, and I saw 5.0.2.7!

I performed a backup successfully too!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Awesome!
[Epic 4G Android Development] didhiy:
just remember that my first post/question on this forum was on this awesome thread :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Modmyppc:
Guys I was able to get odin to recognize my phone and once connected and installed the tar file. "cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar" My phone passes. and says its installed.

WHen I go to shut off my phone and turn it on by holding camera volume down and power my phone doesn't go into clockworkmod.

Is there another way to go into clockworkmod? My phone just boots up.

Cant figure it out.

Can anyone help?

Is there any other way to confirm that CWM has installed on my phone?