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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Illwun11:
I have done this I played with the Desire Z Rom and went back to stock. In order to do that you need to do a backup in clockwork so you have it then flash your rom after wiping first of course if you want to go back just boot into clockwork do a wipe and restore your backup. Worked perfect for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SoTacMatt:
I had it install fine.

When I reboot, I try the holding down volume and power button. I cannot get it into fastboot or recovery.

Am I doing something wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Koush:
The G2 boots into "recovery" when powered off and charging to show you the charge icon. It's a special mode. This will probably never be fixed, because HTC's recovery code is not open source, so I would not know how to fix it.

Yeah, I don't fix bugs. I guess my Github stream is a lie.

https://github.com/koush

Bugs are prioritized and fixed accordingly. And frankly, the G2 recovery charge bug is a very low priority bug when compared to the billion other things I need to get done. If you want it fixed, fix it yourself and send me a pull request.

Also, I highly doubt Amon RA will be ported to any new HTC device made from now on. They're all gonna mmc devices, and not mtd devices anymore. That recovery only runs on mtd. I had to do a ridiculous amount of work to add support for that.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adp21:
I come from a Moto Milestone where I had the G.O.T Recovery flashed, which allowed me to backup "user settings and data" only

I don't see the above option under Open Recovery

Am I missing out on something or would a future version of Open Recovery support data and user settings back up only (as opposed to backing up the entire ROM and the whole nine yards with it)?

A good reason to have this option would be when someone wants to install a new ROM but does NOT want to go thru the entire exercise of setting up their Google account, other email accounts, settings etc etc once the new ROM is installed...

In my case for example I installed the SENSE ROM and absolutely hate it (whenever I try to send a SMS, SMS app freezes up - both the stock Messaging app and also third party ones like Chompsms etc)

I wanna go back to the stock G2 ROM but dread going thru the entire set-up process again...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jon3sey:
koush your work is greatly appreciated. Thanks for everything thus far. I owe you and the cyanogen team a special brew.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] istheGman:
Me too

Sent from my Abacus
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1doobie:
How come u can't flash a kernel through recovery? Is that something that can be fixed in a recovery update?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Dalamak:
I get the same error, but it seems to work fine
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] richierich118:
I have used clock work on many of my android phones but to hear u say u don't fix bugs is crazy that's like the car company telling me we don't fix broken parts or do recalls or tmobile nvr doing ota updates to fix phone issue. I am a heavy donator and this statment just disappointed me. I love ur work but with no support the product is useless thank god I didn't install this yet
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] stevencpoynter:
Yo richie, check his github. Full of notations of bug fixes, his post was pretty thick with sarcasm. Either way, if its man made its gonna have bugs..give him some time, 99% of devs do this stuff in their free time.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drexplosivo:
Duuuuuuuuuude.

Reading is fund-a-****ing-mental.

Try this on for size:

<sarcasm>Yeah, I don't fix bugs. I guess my Github stream is a lie.</sarcasm>

He was being facetious. Do you know what Github is? Did you follow the links? Were you aware of the fact that typing "u" instead of "you" makes you look like a candy-coated 12 year old douchebag?

And here's a fun question you might ask yourself...How long between permanent root and clockwork being ready for the G2/Desire Z/Desire HD/MyTouch 4G?

A little more than 24 hours.

Now, how long did it take HTC to get compliant with the open source rules for their kernel?

A little more than 2 weeks.

So who's doing the real support here?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] attn1:
All settings are not compatible from ROM to ROM and can wreak major havoc when carried over, and sometimes new features can be pooched with existing settings even in updates to like ROMs. I'd absolutely hate to see that option in clockwork, because it would create a support nightmare and lots of issues for the uninitiated. Further, wiping, then flashing and then restoring settings is no different than just flashing without wiping - it makes wiping data pointless. Just my opinion.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] attn1:
You are a poster boy for birth control advocacy.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MetalMessiah78:
Koush, thank you for addressing what the problem is. I didn't mean to upset you; I was going based on the comments in the Market when I said what I did. I'm glad that you took the time out of your busy schedule to let us know what was happening. I'm sure if any of us knew how to fix the problem, we would, but if there is no mention of the problem in the original post and no explanation, a lot of us think that you are just ignoring our concerns, as a lot of developers are known to have a holier than thou “Rock Star” attitude.

With the G2's stock recovery, when you power off and charge, there is no charging screen. The phone just stays off. Would it be possible to add an option to the recovery to power the phone off or for the phone just to stay off?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cparekh:
Umm, he used irony to say he does fix bugs. In any case, I think the proof is in his record --- bugs are continually and rapidly fixed. That is why I use the paid version of ROM Manager, and that is why CyanogenMod / Team Douche continues to use CWR and ROM Manager as their preferred update method.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] richierich118:
Sorry i just seen i dont fix bugs and that pissed me off. I guess i have to send a round of beers his way. Sorry but i do have a small company and I am a big fan of supporting my customers thru thick and thin
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1junky:
When i boot into recovery i get this message at the bottom of the screen:

E:Cant find MISC:

When i try to back up my rom i get this:

Backing up boot...

Error while dumping boot image!

E:Can't find MISC:

What am i doing wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GoT_VtEc?:
So I can use this to backup my stuff on my phone rather than using Titanium backup?....forgive my ignorance Im new to the Android platform so I am trying to learn what certain things do :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Koush:
You must have flashed the wrong image. That only happened in very early beta builds.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] perquisitor_omnia:
@GoT_vtec: This is slightly different. Titanium Backup will restore your apps and settings to any ROM and the recovery backup will backup everything in case your ROM gets corrupted or you want to restore to a previous ROM if you wanted to try something experimental.

edited because my quote didn't show up.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] potentdro:
What's the difference between this and titanium backup. This is a backup right?

Edit

Nvm, got it

Sent From My G6
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] D_Rob:
That happened to me the 1st time I tried it for some reason. I rebooted, waited till I had a better signal, cleared download cache and reflashed clockwork mod recovery. Fixed it, also, be sure you have updated to the newest version of Rom Manager. They had an update like 15 minutes after I got it off the market.

This pretty much makes a ghost copy of your rom, all settings, all apps like a image. So when you do a restore, everything comes back just as it was when you backed it up.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] g1junky:
i fixed it lol i flashed the recovery img in the op
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Modernly:
Had the same issue as some others but after a reflash with delete option checked in Settings it worked like a charm.

Thanks for the quick output/updating. Really great.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] adp21:
hi - i posted this question earlier but got no reply - so here goes again

hope someone can help me out :-)

i have the latest version of cwm recovery installed on my g2 (running the sense rom)

i come from a motorola milestone running the G.O.T recovery which allowed me to back up my data and settings only. This was pretty darn useful when someone wants to switch to a new ROM but doesn't want to resync back all the apps, data, settings etc...

My question is this:

Does the CWM Recovery allow us to back up & restore only data & user settings?

Or do we have to backup everything (incl. ROM) and restore everything (incl. ROM)?

If CWM doesn't allow data/ settings only backup, anyone know of another recovery that allows us to do that on the T-Mo G2?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ddgarcia05:
You backup the whole rom and can only reinstall the whole rom, not parts.

Use titanium backup to backup apps and app data. titanium backup can also backup setting. You can later pick which apps and/or setting to reapply or uninstall. But, titanium does not back up full roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DJ ELITE:
purchased. thx 4 your hard work. it's truly appreciated. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Snuggl3s:
So now whenever i turn off my G2 and plug in my charger it boots into Clockwork Recovery. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
Apparently it's a known issue with Clockwork Recovery. This happens on other phones as well, not just the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Snuggl3s:
Whew! Thought I effed something up lol

fRom Snugs HTC Glacier ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] potentdro:
what do i do with the red triangle?

NVM, got it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] renn9420:
If you plug in your phone before powering off it will charge. But plug or unplug while off, phone will boot into recovery.

Hey beats going into Hboot then into recovery. Less buttoms.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rraxda:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk1

(No such files or directory)

I am still able to complete a backup, but this pops up right at the beginning of doing a ROM Backup. Anyone else have this issue or know what the problem is?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
I posted earlier in the thread about not being able to turn off my phone and charging it without it going into recovery. I am now running the evil z rom and i can now turn off my phone and it will not go into recovery. If you like sense, give it evil z a try.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fryrice8850:
anyone getting md5 sum error?

No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.

Generating md5 sum...

Error while generating md5 sum!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
I keep getting the following error after trying to reboot into recovery. I hit volume up and power and it shows the Android system recovery with the message "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" in yellow at the bottom. I have flashed this a few times using ROM manager and also selected erase recovery option and even the fix permissions and I still can't get into recovery. I have permanent root with visionary r12 and also flashed to the hboot.eng.img using the method posted. Any ideas? I've seen others ask this but no answer as of yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
Rom Manager is telling my phone needs to be rooted but my phone is indeed rooted and S-OFF

Wonder what is causing the issue and if there is way for me to fix it ?

Error " Super user was not found at"/system/xbin/su" but i have the SU icon on my phone and it has given the SU privileges to other applications that is how i was able to root my phone
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xzxxzx:
I thought I did, too. When I was on that screen again I was wondering if my phone was now effed...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fryrice8850:
Got it figured out...used another micro sd card and I was able to backup
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shibby80:
same problem here
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
No one can help me with the issue i am facing
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drumsforjs:
I had the same problem this is what i did and worked.

1.opened visionary and pressed root now.

2.opened terminal on my phone and typed su

3. Then typed sync and waited.

4. Rebooted and everything worked fine.

I think your root didnt stay after reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
Well i followed these steps but still the same issue when i go into recovery phone is saying S-off but when i trying to rom manager it is telling me phone is not rooted :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
I'm guessing no one knows how to fix the problems were having.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shibby80:
mine works now i just rebooted again tried clockwork recovery and it was there i guess it just didnt stick the first time
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
I've tried mine about 4-5 times and still didn't work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mac404:
The first time I did this, I got the error screen. So I reinstalled recovery, but without clearing cache and it didn't give me the error but also never booted into recovery. Clearing the cache and re-downloading solved it. Backup went perfectly after that. Looks like I'm going to be buying the pro version very soon.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cnut4ever:
what is clockwork mod recovery? how do you use it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gteye:
The red triangle scared the hell out of me but reflashing and rebooting did the trick.

Backup is running now.

Will be buying the full version tomorrow!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
use the search please
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sparksco:
Great Work!

I have had Premium version of Rom Manager for quite some time, and I must say it has came a long way with improvements.

Thanks again!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WarBird87:
I got the same error... and didnt pay any attention to it... until i went to flash the stock rom i thought i had backed up... went to restore it and it said error, no MD5sum, unable to restore...

any one know why we got this error and how to fix it... i was going to go back to stock with bacon bits because the unofficial CM 6.1 is eating up my battery and i wanted to go back and wait for official... now i am pretty screwed and cant go back to stock with out that MD5sum
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sparksco:
It sounds like a bad flash of the recovery to begin with. First off when you see a error on a nandroid backup, do not ignore that. Try doing the backup again, then if you still get the same error, then you need to reflash recovery with rom manager and try again.

Edit: Alternatively, you can use adb shell to flash the recovery image to your device. You need debugging turned on to use it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lafa:
same here on my G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] byno1:
How do you get s-off I'm still waiting for my G2 to come from tmobile got a new one cause I can't get the new update since I took my goggle goggles off
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
I keep getting the following error after trying to reboot into recovery. I hit volume up and power and it shows the Android system recovery with the message "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" in yellow at the bottom. I have flashed this a few times using ROM manager and also selected erase recovery option and even the fix permissions and I still can't get into recovery. I have permanent root with visionary r12 and also flashed to the hboot.eng.img using the method from another post. Any ideas? I've seen others ask this but no answer as of yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BobbyHill:
FWIW, I've seen the same thing on both the G2s I've had, both with the stock recovery and Clockwork. Not sure what it is, but it doesn't seem to cause any problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Yeah thats weird. I would try flashing the recovery manually.

goodluck.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
Yeah I'll give that a shot tonight and see what happens.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] martinezl907:
y does my phone always boot into recovery mode when i put it to charge. any ideas or help
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] GrandMstrBud:
Flashing manually worked like a charm on the first shot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lafa:
Can't get clockwork to flash on my G2

Since I can't make ROM Manager to successfully install clockwork recovery, get the "/cache/recovery/command" message. I tried using the fastboot but it also fails. I booted the G2 into FastBoot USB mode and tried the command below without luck.

Any one out there with same problem, that was able to flash clockwork? What am I missing?

$ sudo ./fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img

sending 'recovery' (4040 KB)... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

I tried flashing multiple times, try erasing it and re-flashing, removed the cache on rom manager, and re-flashed twice before rebooting, nothing seems to work.

I finally figured out that my phone was not S-OFF, so I followed the S-OFF thread, and clockwork installed fine.

It would be nice if rom manager could detect that the phone was S-OFF and warned you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JonInAtl:
Known issue.

It's mentioned on almost every other page of this thread.

You'd know that if you looked.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Big Dawg 23:
Thanks Koush for the nice app. I purchased yesterday before flashing my G2 over to Cyanogen 6.1 RC1.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] porear:
I have tried flashing recovery from both ROM manager and via fastboot, erasing the old recovery as I do it, and then fixing permissions. I can reboot into CM recovery from ROM manager, and can get there from the boot loader, but volume up + power just does a normal boot. ??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Yeah, me either. Since I installed CM RC1, theres a nice feature, while rebooting, that allows you to select option you want.

Reboot

Recovery

bootloader (hboot/fastboot etc..)

I only used it once, but nice to have.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] potentdro:
Has anyone been able to find a way to charge the phone while it is off without it booting into recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
sd card partitioning doesnt work
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Not yet... hopefully Koush figures it out soon!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] elracing21:
For real, this thing is annoying. I can't shut my phone off wile charging :(

but not trying to be a d**k keep up the good work fellas.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Krazi Bluntz:
where can I get the manual recovery image the one in OP doesnt work? thanks

Edit: Nevermind got it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ddk19:
I cant get to the clockwork recovery, only the android system recovery. Any suggestions? I do have root access
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
Install "Rom Manager" from Market. Have it install the Recovery, then use that app to reboot into recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mike96789:
In rom manager, what is the difference with the kernals. I see a custom and stock plus kernal. Has anyone applied them? And what do they do? Are they already included in the ne 0.7.0 rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] .A.J.:
2.5.1.3

I just checked and there is an update. Anyone know what has changed?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jbenson:
Same here! What's the changes?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] luis86dr:
No idea and yes I did get the update. Probably can be found on his site.

[G2/HTC Vision]
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mikey:
Change log.http://gh-pages.clockworkmod.com/ROMManagerManifest/CHANGELOG.txt
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Azrael3123:
That change log doesn't seem to include this new version yet. Newest version that I just flashed was 2.5.1.3. Some said something about added touch panel support in the nightly thread but I'm not too sure what that is....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] PlatinumMOTO:
You can use the back button on the G2 instead of power to go back
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
Can someone post recovery.img 2.5.1.3
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] instigator008:
Still cannot recharge with phone off. Still boots into recovery :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vandam500:
Close all your programs, put phone on airplane mode and put on silent too just in case. There you go, nearly identical to having your phone off.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ctraywick1:
My clockwork is not working correctly. It says there's a new verison but when I try to flash it I get an error... It won't let me do anything (I'm trying to downlod the new cm6 rom) it let's me download but when it goes into recovery mode to install nothing happens. I tried uninstalling rom manager and redownloading but no luck. Any suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gteye:
It installed fine for me but when I launch rom manager after flashing it says current version 2.5.1.3 but then says latest version 2.5.1.2.

I did a backup after and it worked fine though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Except .. it isn't off. :|
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Lol! I totally agree... not even close. I guess you can pull the battery to rest the circuits but most of us do it to charge it quickly. Has anyone tweeted the issue to koush? I'd assume he knows about it but not sure either...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] igashu:
Awesome work, Koush!

Feature suggestion, if I may - I'm not sure what the most elegant way to go about this would be, but it would be really cool if from ROM Manager we were able to specify additional .zip files we wanted to be able to flash along with a new ROM. For instance, every time I flash a new CM on my G2, I have to separately flash Pershoot's kernel, reinstall the LED fix, reinstall Swype, etc.

It would be really neat to be able to add our own update.zip files to a list, such that checkboxes similar to the Google Apps option would display for them when flashing a new ROM, allowing us to get everything copied over properly in a single reboot.

Just an idea for further streamlining the processes we do every day (especially those of us enamored with nightly builds.)

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SoTacMatt:
I'm sure he knows. It is earlier in this thread or in the other thread about ClockworkMod
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i partitioned my sdcard for ext3 and titanium picks it up but nothing is being written to it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
First of all, this is a ROM issue, not a recovery issue. Second, you would have to run a script (atm) in order to have the device use the ext3 as internal storage.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
is there any way possible that when it made the partition it was broken , because the reason im saying it here is because it picked up on titanium but it reads 0 mb

sorry for asking here
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Coreburner:
Even if it was 100% stock it still wouldn't be totally off. Its a HTC design flaw Sorry, feature, that show the battery level in a "special mode". Besides how much power can the phone really pull in recovery anyways?

Koush, Awesome work I'd help bug fix your app if i could write code for android.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vandam500:
:p

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