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[EVO 4G Android Development] noirelion:
Use Amon Ra 1.8 and up... instead of clockwork...

85% of the roms that work just fine on Amon Ra- produce errors in recovery when I use Clockwork...

100% of thos same roms actually work with Amon- Ra.... we have to use what works.

Clockwork is a mess half the time- with it not wiping the cache/dalvik/ext/factory settings- that I've had it with spending an hour trying to get a rom I damned well know works- on Clockwork recovery...

Amon Ra 1.8 or 2.2 whatever just plain work. No its no ands no buts....

If you already have clockwork recovery stuck on your Evo 4G do what it takes to dump it and get Amon Ra on your rig- you will spend hours and hours less fekking around trying to get a rom to work with it... (I've flashed hundreds of times)....

Evo 4g Family (I have three Evo 4gs to manage: wife and daughters as well as my own) Evo4g hardware 003 and 2 each hardware 004 Evos

All currently running EvoNeo4.0 rom with wimax running! AND wifi hotspot at 4g too.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikevillarroel:
Doing this means that i won't need your update.zip anymore, just boot directly to recovery from the boot menu?
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
Re: Permanently replacing your recovery with ClockworkMod Recovery Image

So lost.....
[EVO 4G Android Development] itmustbejj:
howso thorpe? we're here to help :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] appzattak:
can we now remove all those files from the root of the sdcard that we've put on for the parts 1 and 2 of rooting and the ones you asked us to put on ???

--Steve
[EVO 4G Android Development] sph33r:
Everything went great getting Clockwork 1.8.8.2 on the phone.. but now I can't restore my Nandroid I made from before I did Toast's root process. The error is "Error while flashing boot image!"

Anyone else having this problem? I guess I'll flash something else while I wait to see if Koush has a fix for this.

EDIT: Reboot seems to have fixed it. It seems slow during the restore but it's working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MrDSL:
Re: Permanently replacing your recovery with ClockworkMod Recovery Image

Okay ill be home soon and I will finish rooting.

In short once I'm done just flash this image?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] illmaticone:
as always, thanks!

When can we expect Cyanogen mod for EVO ?? :D:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Gregalous:
Hey Koush, any plans on adding a USB-MS toggle to ClockworkMod? I love that on the RA recoveries and that's probably the only thing keeping me from switching.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
short answer, yes! wrong thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] leeh41:
I've used both Toast recovery and ClockworkMod. Aside from color and selection placement, what are some key differences for both? Anything I'm missing?

I'm still using the recovery from the root menthod, but have MOD manager installed which uses Clockwork. Both seem to work. is the only benifit from this the ability to remove the update.zip from /sdcard? If thats the case, wouldn't I benefit from having the option of both root recovery and clockwork recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] blehzz:
partitions menu has that option!
[EVO 4G Android Development] fecht:
please delete me
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
It already does. Check the partition menu.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Gregalous:
Ah, my bad. Thanks :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] JvIo55iBl3r:
Koush, do you mind to take a look at my question?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ztahoez:
trying to download the flash.img results in opening the file in the browser as a txt file anyone have a mirror
[EVO 4G Android Development] Arthur101:
hmm i must be in idiot i cant figure out how to make the android shell to work on the computer to the phone i rooted it already but cant figure out how to make this work...
[EVO 4G Android Development] oubravs2b:
+1...Koush?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
You are right
[EVO 4G Android Development] Saturn2K:
Try right-clicking and hitting save-as. That should maintain its filetype.

On your phone, make sure that USB Debugging is enabled. It's under Settings > Applications > Debugging.

Now hook it up to your computer and choose disk drive mode. Run the installed for HTC Sync. Now put the phone into Charge Only mode so it can see the SD card.

You need those two steps so ADB can see the phone. (To use it, open up cmd.exe and navigate to where adb.exe is stored. That will let your commands to adb work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Saturn2K:
Do we lose any functionality with the clockwork recovery as opposed to toast's root recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bcnice20:
Quick q when wiping the cache partition is that wiping the davilk cache if not it would be superb if a wipe davilk cache only feature was added it often helps with market and what not just wiping davilk cache
[EVO 4G Android Development] ryan5943:
It'll work with firefox. I had the same issue with internet explorer.
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Can we delete the files off the sd card when finished?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Saturn2K:
Yes, you can.
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Thanks, im also assuming i can delete update.zip from the card as well?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Arthur101:
Thanks got it working
[EVO 4G Android Development] xxbabiboi228xx:
I don't see why anybody would want to have it as a permanent recovery. I think having boot up from the SD card is awesome incase something ever goes wrong with your phone and you have to send it in for repairs they will see you have messed with the phone and probably be penalized for it and have to pay full price for the phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] v1pe:
so I'm a total android/rooting noob and after I finished replacing my recovery with clockwork and flashed the newest radio I did a nandroid backup but didn't realize it would re-write the previous one I did following toast's part 1 guide!

is there any way to revert to the old recovery so I can nandroid backup that and then come back to clockwork?

or does it even matter if I don't lose any functionality with clockwork?

EDIT: nevermind...I think I just realized that when I did my nandroid backup under clockworkmod it saved it under the clockworkmod folder...so I should actually have both backups on my sdcard?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkrechel:
that's correct one is in the nandroid folder, the clockwork one is in the clockwork\backup folder
[EVO 4G Android Development] thefirefli:
I'm not sure what I did exactly. I did use toast's method to root, then I downloaded clockworks rom manager from the Market Place. I tried to use it to flash roms that were on my sd card but it never worked. I decided to go back and flash with the Shipped RUU but it would never make it to the bootloader. I tried to put in bootloader manually boot I can't seem to flash the Shipped RUU. I thought I'd try and download the OTA and when it rebooted It went to a red question mark and then rebooted with out any update to my phone. I think I messed up my recovery or bootloader. Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] MrDSL:
yes i did and all is well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheBiles:
++1

Pretty please?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wastingoctober:
For those of us who haven't unlocked our NAND and are fine with not being able to boot into recovery mode using hardware keys, are we safe to ignore the unlocking the NAND step? Or will we still need to do it to prepare for future versions of ROM Manager?
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheBiles:
You can't do any of the steps in this topic without unlocking your NAND. If you want to use the old way you most likely won't be able to update your recovery regularly as that method falls out of favor.
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
What exactly does this allow me to versus to backing up my roms via Nandroid backup, I mean the difference?

I completed this process, but is there a way I can revert back to one of my nandroid backups?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
At first I didn't like this method.But I guess it's starting to grow on me. So I'll just deal with it for now. But do anyone know if there would be a way to use the Nandroid backups that we saved prior to this, in the future?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wastingoctober:
Sorry, I explained my situation really poorly. It probably sounds like I'm using unrevoked, which I'm not. I did part 1 of the unlocking steps described by toast, and put on OMJ's custom rooted ROM. I've put on ROM Manager and flashed the latest version of its recovery manager onto the phone. But if I'm understanding you correctly, I still have to go back and perform the NAND root to futureproof it?

Normally, I would do the NAND root no problem, but I got the phone for my girlfriend who has watched me mess up and fix my phone (MT3G) probably a dozen times, and she doesn't want to feel like I'm doing that to her phone. I really had to coax her into letting me do the proper root method since she was perfectly happy with unrevoked.

EDIT: I just re-read the first post and I get it now. I'll unlock the NAND while she's asleep. I don't have to re-install the ROM or anything do I?

EDIT2: I swear, next time I'll read better! Been having issues with that lately. I see that I either have to backup and restore using nandroid or install a new ROM. Good stuff. Maybe I can convince her to run a ROM that gives her better battery life since hers dies by about 3:00 in the afternoon while not using it much.
[EVO 4G Android Development] v1pe:
I just mounted my SD card on my PC and moved the folders from my previous nandroid backups into the clockworkmod/backup folder and I was able to access them from clockwork
[EVO 4G Android Development] M37R01D:
worked great thx for the info

my backup b4 unlocking the nand was done in clockwork which has a diff backup folder then nandroid. i thought i was out of luck as i couldnt much get back to clockwork but this worked flawlessly

Thanks and keep up the great work
[EVO 4G Android Development] jescott70:
Flash doesn't appear to work

OK,

I took the leap last night:

1) Ran the idiot proof method for rooting my phone

2) Followed the directions to unlock the NAND

3) Followed the directions in this post to flash the recovery image.

I pulled over the .6 rooted image and the new radio update and am not able to get either of them to flash.

1) Trying to flash from rom manager, I get to the reboot prompt but it never reboots.

2) Backing out into recovery I get to the clockwork recovery menu, clear the cache/data, flash zip from sd card. When I select the zip, a little bit displays on the screen for a few seconds and I'm back at the menu. I select reboot to system and the phone reboots. Problem is, when I go into "about phone" it still shows I'm running .1.

What am I missing? Which step did I most likely flub?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
added this to the sticky, also added [RECOVERY] to the title
[EVO 4G Android Development] epphllps:
I am getting the md5 mismatch error? This is pretty simple so what could I be doing wrong? I can't restore either of my backups due to this. I'm very tech savvy and this has been my open problem. So glad I made the switch from apple to android.
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
I'm having a problem with this. When I use Rom manger to "Save My Current Rom" My phone turns off then reboots with a Triangle a bird and a exclamation point on the screen and nothing else. i have to pull out the battery, then press the Power and Down Key. At which time, phone boots up to the bootloader screen, I select Recovery and it then completes the process.

I had this on my previous phone and when you hit "Back up Current Rom" it'll boot into recovery and start backing up your current Rom. Is that not the case Rom manager and the Evo or am I doing something wrong? Should I redo the steps on the first page?

Please somebody let me know.

Thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Android Development] phinnaeus:
There is an updated recovery in this thread, just search for 1.8.2.2
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
Thanks I got it working again :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] shizs14:
Thanks Koush
[EVO 4G Android Development] marclile:
I'm trying to find an answer to this too. does anyone have the stock recovery? or does anyone know if running the stock RUU from htc will reset the recovery back to stock?
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
I downloaded the files, placed them on my SDcard by dragging and dropping. Opened terminal on my mac and did that first command.

It's not working. How do I enter the commmand on a mac? Am I supposed to be going into recovery mode before I enter commnands?

My evo is on debugging mode and charge only mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Apo11on:
"Wipe Data and Cache" option in my ROM Manager 1.8.8.9 isnt working. I try to install custom ROM using "Update from SDCard" option, and check the checkbox for wiping. It reboots in recovery mode and then gives some failure message about /cache/update.zip

any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mongoose8p:
cd (wherever your android sdk tools folder is)

./adb shell

(enter commands)
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsnadell:
Well, I didn't make the switch from Apple to Android, but other than that, I'm having the same problem as above.

Very disappointing that all 3 of my backups won't restore.

Anyway to fix this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] MrDSL:
Question..When in recovery Idont see an option to wipe davik cache. I've heard some reports of users getting a endless boot cause all the cache isnt getting wiped correctly and they are using clockwork.

Any ideas on this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Good question, i would like some insight on this as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bcnice20:
And id rom manager been updated yet
[EVO 4G Android Development] ocelot4ark:
I'm having issues with getting ROM Manager to work. I've followed the steps here and I've done the reboot fix as well as the fix for 1.8.2.2-supersonic. No matter what I do, every time I try to install a ROM or backup or just go into recovery from ROM manager...nothing happens. It's like I've done nothing at all. Any ideas, guys? I used toast to root, steps 1 & 2.
[EVO 4G Android Development] appzattak:
so does this recovery not allow for partitioning of the sd card?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ocelot4ark:
ALSO - Now I can't get into the recovery screen. It just goes straight into the "volume down + power" flash thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] logosolos:
Thanks my phone just bit it and I did my backups with Clockwork!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rockcrawler:
This is initiated through the ROM Manager app.
[EVO 4G Android Development] roshambo:
I just flashed this and it came up as version 2.0.0.3. The power button doesn't select the menu options, it just turns the screen on and off. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] roshambo:
Hmm... OK, MD5s were different when I downloaded it again. It works now. Strange!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Fixed! Redownload.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheBiles:
I just noticed that ClockworkMod Recovery was updated in ROM Manager. Is there any ETA on the updated version for those of us with NAND unlocked? Perhaps just give us an option from the device selection menu to pick between the EVO with NAND unlocked and without it unlocked?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] admorris:
U

just downloaded new update and can now reboot into clockwork recovery... feel like I'm back home, as this is what I used religiously on my Droid.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oubravs2b:
Is there an easy way to remove this hack and go back to stock recovery without unrooting?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
Great question...has this been answered, @Koush? I, too, have heard reports of data/cache not being wiped properly in Clockwork. I just want to make sure this isn't and hasn't been an issue before I replace my recovery...

I'd like to know so that I can actually make use of having the ROM Manager PREMIUM license (which I paid for). Hopefully Koush will chime in relatively soon...Thanks in advance. Please let us know.
[EVO 4G Android Development] goffmj:
I, too, would like a 'Wipe Dalvik' option. I've been stuck in that boot loop before, only to be free with a Dalvik wipe.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
Im trying to dl the second link (http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush//recoveries/flash_image) and all im getting is a page with a bunch of jibberish on it. anyone have that file or a mirror?
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
That link seems to work fine for me. but here's a link http://www.4shared.com/file/aobdD3UY/flash_image.html

you'll have to rename it accordingly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
ok thank you that one works for me. what do i rename it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Think nothin' of it, my man. Rename it "flash_image"
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
hmmm it was already named that
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Well then you're all set! Flash away. Lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
ok im on the second line cat /sdcard/flash_image > flash_image

after entering i get no such file or directory
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Pull down your notification bar and make sure your usb connection is on Disk Only.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
will do.... grrrr yeah it was on disk drive. ill retry. thank you
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Lol No problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
ok last line ./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img

after entering i get mtd: not writing bad block 0x000000 or something to that nature
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Jesus Christ, not that error again. -.-

I have no idea how to solve that problem. Sorry, man.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
tried to start over and im getting cannot create flash_image: permission denied
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
grrr. im freakin tired and my eyes are blurry. Maybe i should call it a night and try with fresh eyes tomorrow. Thanks for your help and sorry for the problems.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Are you doing this via adb or terminal emulator?
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Lol Tomorrow's another day. Always happy to help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
Ehhh thru the emulator. Needs to be thru adb? I hate using adb. Don't quite yet have it figured out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Nope, emulator works just fine. Are you typing "su" before the first set of commands?

su = super user permission
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
I'm pretty sure I did but who knows I may not have. When I get really tired I really should just stop everything. But for some reason want everything done now. I get a little impatient. I may not get a chance tomorrow being fathers day and all. Maybe that's why. Well I'm just starting to ramble on about crapp now so Im gonna hit sack. Have a good night.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Run these commands in the emulator:

su

cd /data/local

cat /sdcard/flash_image > flash_image

chmod 755 flash_image

./flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img

Should work. I understand, sleep is probably something people need to function properly. Lol You too.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
Ok ran that and still got

Mtd: MEMGETBADBLOCK returned 1 at 0x00000000 (errno=0)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
Stupid errors!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] cosmocanyon:
Yeah, I think I'm going to return my premium license while I still can. No answer on this for some days and it seems like the feature is not supported. No sense using custom recovery that can't do something that important.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
I agree. I wish I could return mine, but I bought it awhile. I'm just waiting on KOUSH to chime in, but he must not check this thread very often. Shame.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Wipe cache is under the partition menu.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
You can also use fastboot to flash the recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Ah, you mean dalvik cache, and not cache. I misread. I'll add that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
By the way, the *easiest* way to get a hold of me to report a bug is twitter (@koush) or emailing me at koush ~at~ clockworkmod.com. I'm pretty responsive on both. I don't check the 14 forum threads for every device too often :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
I did tweet you yesterday sometime and never got a response (@m_kaswell)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Here's an IRC link if you wanna chat now:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=koush
[EVO 4G Android Development] njfoses:
Cool as that seemed to be the only thing missing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
It's in 2.0.1.0. Check advanced menu. Let me know if it works proper.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheBiles:
Could you add that to the "pre-flash" checklist in ROM Manager?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] StillSound:
I posted a dumb question I answered myself, sorry but I don't know how to delete posts yet :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] zunteck:
how can i return to the stock recovery menu?
[EVO 4G Android Development] lakeside00:
i tried to do the clockwork recovery but im gettin a cannot create flash_image: permission denied..somebody help
[EVO 4G Android Development] MisterKrispy:
So I've looked through the entire thread and I haven't seen an answer for those of us who need to return to the stock recovery (for warranty replacement, for me at least). Will running the stock RUU restore the stock recovery as well? Or will we need to flash the stock recovery before we "unroot"? If we need to flash it, where can a stock recovery.img be found? Thanks for the help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Just run the RUU.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MisterKrispy:
Thanks Koush!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chumba8:
Wow Koush

I was just posting how I really wanted that in CR PM me can I Google Checkout u a donation instead of papal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skywing269:
So I have my EVO completely rooted, saw there was an update to ROM Manager today, installed it, was notified of a new Recovery version as well and told ROM Manager to update that as well. It told me it succeeded and I can no longer boot into Recovery at all, it just hangs on the white htc EVO 4G boot screen. Any advice?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
i went into fastboot and i dont get an option to flash. All i get are bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, and power down. Is there a seperate file i need to dl?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tommy96814:
an easier way would be to download rom manager from market and then pick option one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
ive tried that and i keep getting "an error occured while attempting to run priveleged commands!"
[EVO 4G Android Development] jimmyz:
did you nand unlock?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Fastboot flash your recovery to fix this:

http://www.droidaftermarket.com/koush/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-supersonic.img
[EVO 4G Android Development] extrafuzzyllama:
whats the latest version?

i just used the one from first post

its version 2.0.1.0

and will evo ever get a cyanogen rom?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikevillarroel:
I replaced the recovery with ClockworkMod Recovery, then boot into to test, made a Nand back up and reboot. When i go to ROM Manager it says that i nedd to flash it, why it doesn't read the curent recovery image? is it normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Koush:
Yeah, it only knows what you flashed through the application. Just flash it through ROM Manager once, and it will know that you flashed it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikevillarroel:
Nice, thanks. So, it wasn't necessary to replace the main recovery image?
[EVO 4G Android Development] nikoboxxx:
Same thing happened to me.. I just went ahead and used the previous version (2.0.1.2) and that worked. 2.0.1.3 would not boot into recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sgitman:
Sorry for the ignorance.......I am still having trouble loading the recovery file. Getting the errors with both recovery images. Any ideas?