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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Anyone tried restoring a nandroid made with a previous CWM version with the new 5.x version? Curious as to if its backwards compatible.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tun4f1sh:
Yes, it works.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
Something I never noticed before is that when I created a nandroid through the new CWM it backed up recovery. Have the previous versions done that also?

Edit: found out the answer is yes by opening up a previous nandroid folder.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Samhain77:
I also got stucked on HTC boot screen in some cases... Reverted back to old recovery

._.-*Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk Pro*-._.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
I think anyone flashing the new CWM 5.0.0.1 should refrain from restoring a nandroid created with a previous version because it seems to me that restoring an old nandroid also overwrites the new recovery with the old one. That might be the reason for the need to reboot a second time by pulling the battery.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KeitaroSenpai:
Reproduced successfully... a little scary when it happens the first time ^^'

nandroid backup successfull and flash of the new CM7 nightly without errors.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jacklc000:
When performing a backup of current rom got stuck at the white HTC screen :eek: pulled battery and booted to HBoot then recovery....the backup continued from that point without any input from me. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
Yeah, I got this as well. Except without the backup part. Just installed new recovery and then was going to flash the newest CM nightly and bang, it gets stuck in the white HTC screen. Battery pull and boot to recovery and it continues where it should've. All good. Gave me a little scare though :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrbmg:
Had a little scare as well. Since installing the new recovery, it seems like every little thing i do in recovery has to have a battery pull. so i decided to switch roms, and wiped data, ran superwipe, and it wouldnt boot anymore lol. Actually got it into hboot, but i left the latest radio i flashed on my sdcard as pc10img!!!!! So i had to rename that file inorder to get to recovery because it kept trying to update the radio lol. After renaming the file, got into recovery and restored and all is fine now, i was fixing to cry!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
i successfully reproduced this bug even when i had checked the option of erase recovery in settings in rom manager before flashing 5.0.0.1.

after flashing i rebooted into recovery via rom manager, rebooted into recovery via recovery > advanced > reboot recovery, and finally rebooted into recovery from powered off to power on and via bootloader. all these worked perfectly without getting stuck anywhere.

then i rebooted into my current CM7 rom, opened rom manager and selected backup current rom. as soon as i hit okay the phone rebooted and got stuck on HTC screen ... i gave it 5 mins ... then battery pull + enter bootloader then into recovery ... the backup thing resumed from there......
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
interesting ... guys i was trying to get a logcat for the stuck HTC screen on recovery so i had my phone plugged in. i went into rom manager and selected backup current rom... this time the phone didnt get stuck on htc screen it booted into recovery and started backup without battery pull....

can anyone else test to confirm this ... i-e phone attached to pc via usb and make backup via rom manager....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
If you guys want a newer recovery then 3.0.2.4. I released an unofficial one that feels better than the released one in rom manager. 4.1.0.1 if I'm correct

I'm on my phone so I can't really give a link
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
For some reason my device is fine with the new CWM. I tried rebooting a few times but it always worked. I guess I'm lucky on this one :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
lucky one indeed :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tsubus:
It finally happened to me too!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
Welcome to the club lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
hehehehehe ... i guess you jinxed your lucky streak ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
the link is there in your signature :) thanks .... btw any plans to fork around to release and fix the 5.0.0.1 unofficial CWR ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jacklc000:
Tried to do backup with USB disconnected and it worked normally....plugged USB back in and performed backup ( with cable attached ) and it worked normally.....wow tried a second time and it worked again ....weird ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nooge9:
I installed this last night, then went to bed. I have a Tasker profile to do a NANDROID backup every morning at 5. Well, it auto-rebooted into recovery at 5AM and it hung at the boot screen...8AM comes by my alarm clock doesn't go off cause it's hanging :(

I wish this story could have been funnier -- I woke up on time nonetheless. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
So, I guess if you haven't flashed this yet, might be best to wait for the bugs to be sorted out first. Not really missing out on anything.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Same here, I was able to do a backup and able to flash but, when I first installed the new CWM I got stuck on the HTC screen; I got stuck there again when attempting to boot into recovery to flash.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ChronoReverse:
Oh man, this happened to me too and freaked me out until a battery pull restarted my phone without any problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
I cant restart into Recovery, any fix coming up?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DJMartini:
Dang backup is QUICK now! Sweet!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
Try flashing it again from Mod Manager worked for me after flashing again
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blahbl4hblah:
Not sure to be honest. I'll see. But you guys will have to test it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] c00ller:
FYI, Koush updated recovery to 5.0.0.8

via @clockworkmod
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Anyone tried the latest 5.0.0.8 version, does it still get stuck ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] looking-g:
5.0008 is working on the fly its very good on DZ here
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] veritasaequita:
i searched and didnt see anything pertaining to this issue. after trying to rebbot into clockwork im actually still in android recovery, the blue one and get this "can't open cache\recovery\command" ???anyone???
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] taz2781:
Hit the option "erase recovery" in the settings of rom manager and flash again the recovery... that solve the problem for me...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chibikit0:
I know that a botched root means a $600 paperweight and that there ain't no coming back from that.

I meant I want to make a backup of my ROM as it is now in case I get a virus or install a mod that causes problems I can't fix. Not backing up my ROM and not being able to restore to defaults after flashing the firmware when I started having problems is why I bought a G2 in the first place - my old winmo phone was beyond saving.

My understanding is Clockwork would allow me to make this, or am I wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Markley02:
For whatever reason rom manager wont install clockwork recovery and I dont have fastboot (work computer). Can I just install through terminal? This should work right?

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bobtentpeg:
Um, it'd be easier to fastboot it, Im not sure if the flash binary works
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] minotauri:
yes. the recovery will allow you to backup and restore among other things.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] veritasaequita:
Nope, still getting the same error...odd
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ThaGeNeCySt:
i'm an android flashing noob.. so excuse my ignorance but:

I have clockwork recovery installed... and did a full backup of my OS... let's say I decided to install the HTC Desire Z rom to get the bells and whistles of HTC Sense 2.2... then lets say I decided "ewl this is corny"... if I restored my old back up from SD Card, will that remove the current rom and pull it back to the old rom and settings I had? Or would I have to do a full wipe, reinstall old OS, then restore settings?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] PolishDude:
first one...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] a-money:
got a red triangle the first time i tried to boot into recovery, re-flashed it from ROM manager a second time and im golden

thanks to all the developers
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] touchpro247:
Can someone make me an update.zip w/ this recovery signed w/ test keys? Plz... You can PM me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i can not use backup utility is any one else having this issue
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rhcp011235:
Nice fast work.

Works here. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oldsk00lz:
Thatruth132 - make sure you are using the trackpad for selection and the power button for back. That may help?

-oldsk00lz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] whywhy1:
Good Stuff, thank you guys
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] minotauri:
koush: thanks for the quick work on this! I do have an issue as some others have stated. when i power off it automatically reboots into recovery. did the shutdown procedure get modified?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MetalMessiah78:
I too have this bug. Hopefully a fix is out soon. I'll post a comment in the market as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] a-money:
out of curiosity has anyone tried flashing CM6?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i did its not backing up at all , its saying " error while dumping hboot"
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jkayser:
5.0.0.8 is ok. Desire Z = G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Had to reflash x.8 a few times; kept hanging on the HTC screen when trying to boot into recovery from the OS (both via RM and via CM7s reboot menu), it would boot into recovery fine via the bootloader though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ditamae:
I'm seeing the latest version as 5.0.1.0. Can anyone confirm that this works without sticking at the splash screen? And are backups created with the previous version restoring without incident in 5.0.1? Thanks in advance...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dannejanne:
Damn it goes fast to make a backup now. Definitely like 5 times faster than before. Sweet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Backups made with previous versions were reported to work fine with 5.0.0.1 so I can only assume they'll work with 5.0.1.0; and I'll let you know in a second about the HTC screen hang.

EDIT: I get the HTC screen hang when trying to reboot into recovery via RM but not when rebooting into recovery via the CM7 reboot menu nor when booting into recovery via the bootloader.

SECOND EDIT: After a reboot, booting into recovery via RM works fine.

THIRD TIMES THE CHARM EDIT: I reflashed the latest recovery, rebooted and *then* tried rebooting into recovery via RM and it worked fine; seems it needs a reboot for it to stick.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
It all good
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
5.0.1.0 splash froze on me when i updated to it from 3.x.x.x and tried to flash a rom right away.

then I tried to boot into recovery and it worked fine.

then I tried to flash the rom again and it worked fine.

seems like it requires at least one "boot into recovery" before doing anything like flashing roms.

also, make sure you remove the old version of rom manager & rm pro from your system and install the new ones in the market (4.4.0.3 and 1.07 as of this post) or it will not allow you to flash roms.

for some reason, even with auto update enabled in the market app, I couldn't get these to update automatically and that was causing an issue.

I'm flashing virtuous unity 2.35.0 right now with 5.0.1.0 recovery as I type this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
I'm pretty sure it just needs a reboot as I can't get into recovery after flashing any of the 5.x recoveries via RM (it hangs on the HTC screen), but I can after a reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dannejanne:
v. 5.0.1.0

I can confirm that all the phone needs after flashing the new clockwork version is a reboot. Got the HTC hang too when trying to reboot into recovery the first time. Pulled battery and restarted and since then it boots into recovery without issue.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Careless_:
looks like it splash froze again for me.

battery pull and resboot worked.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] smokeuout:
+1 except ive never gotten stuck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] robmarms:
boot into recovery and select reboot recovery a couple of times... I would bet that eventually you will see the freeze... this never happened before.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
I can confirm this, after some reboot recovery (4 in my case) it hangs again with HTC, even with 5.0.1.0!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Nospin:
Remember to report any bugs you find, koush (think that's spelled right) is working hard on them.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Samhain77:
After a pair of "frozen reboot" it' working for me too!

._.-*Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk Pro*-._.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
on 5.0.1.0 i had smooth sailing for 3 or 4 times ..... even made nandroid backup with it without a hitch . and then stuck on HTC splash screen.... the bug definitely still exists
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
Ive just rebooted to recovery 3 times and then tried it 3 times with it plugged into my computer using adb, worked everytime, I am reasonably satisfied that 5.0.1.0 is working ok
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
Anyone know if recovery is checked, or plays a roll, during the boot process at all?

My system failed to boot this morning after flashing the latest recovery. I got the initial vibrate when it powered on and the HTC screen displayed followed immediately by a short vibrate. The HTC screen showed for the normal amount of time and then my system either powered off or stayed on but went to a black screen (capacitive buttons weren't lit up either).

I ended up having to revert to an old backup, flash the older recovery and then update my system.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Yep if u update to the latest recovery through Rom Manager you risk having your phone freeze at the HTC screen. So then you pull the battery reboot back into your rom, reflash it again via Rom Manager and reboot. Now it works.

Or the easier "works everytime on the first time way"...grab the recovery image online, download it and flash it through fastboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
This wasn't that problem, I couldn't boot into Android at all. It wasn't the HTC screen hang, it would go to a black screen after the HTC screen and then nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] astriaos:
I had an issue much like the above poster except my phone wouldn't even respond. It idled fine all night but juiceplotter records say around 12pm (some 10 hours after doing the flash to 0.8) the phone just up and died. It required a battery pull and then it booted okay, but I thought it had been completely bricked.

I also have had a larger than usual amount of force close issues today (usual would be one FC on boot cause LP+ is wonky) as well as a very strange problem with my screen shutting down and then acting really wacky when i tried to get it going. Then it worked fine after Poweramp decided to throw an error and I shut it down.

By bugreport, does that mean run a bugtest in adb, then upload the resulting text file somewhere or is there another way. I'd like to report my issues in hopes that they get fixed.

Edit: I just ran a test to make sure that I could boot easily into recovery Via the power menu after having updated this morning to 5.0.1.0 and it worked okay. Running a backup now. Looks like we're good for the time being.

Edit 2: I like the new color scheme by the way. Matches Cyanbread.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jarheadflip:
Can you partion sd card to ext4 on this update
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Android1126:
Bug Still Exists in 5.0.1.0

I flashed the new recovery (5.0.0.8 and 5.0.1.0) and got stuck on the HTC splash screen, slight panic though a battery pull fixed it. Then I came on here to see what all of you guys were saying, and I can confirm that even after rebooting (more times than I can count), re-installing ROM Manager internally as well as on SD card, that the bug still exists.

It's about 25% of the time, but still not cool. I hope this gets fixed soon. It isn't likely to be a huge issue, as I can still get into recovery via HBOOT, but it is definitely NOT stable and/or working properly. It should have been tested thoroughly before being put into production.

I'll wait on a stable release.

My 2 cents.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
So.. if I understand this correctly... recovery hiccups entering through rom manager but not via CM power button menu or alternate boot manager app? Thanks for a confirmation!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
As I understand it there still seems to be a bug whatever way you get to recovery,some people say flashing the new version using fastboot is 100% but alot of people seem to have the odd hang,I have managed to backup and restore using the new version,had the odd hang but nothing too serious,I never use the ROM manager to backup or go into recovery,always the power button or ADB.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] .A.J.:
Still in 5.0.1.0 is a bug where if u go to the wipe dalvik option & select no or use the back button it declares dalvik cache was wiped. I'm not sure if it is actually wiping it or not but it says it is even though I'm selecting no or backing out.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
Yip got that too,although I dont think the dalvik cache is being wiped
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
That's correct; but it also trashed my system at one point (couldn't boot into anything but recovery and had to restore an old backup) ... best hold off a bit on v5.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] .A.J.:
5.0.1.0 Just froze my phone @ the HTC screen via the CM power button menu.

I went back to 3.0.2.4 until the HTC screen freeze is resolved. I just noticed that it also has the bug I mentioned. It's not a big deal even if it is wiping the dalvik cache. I just don't like the HTC screen freeze. It is unsettling, to me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
Has someone informed koush or has the mail address for me to report that?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bombadier:
I mentioned about the dalvik cache bug on google+
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] burtcom:
koush at clockworkmod dot com

This seems to be the official support address.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] whistler4ever:
updated the clockwordmod to 5.0.1.0 and ran into a few weird issues. One being that I cannot turn off the phone. I do the power off, the phone ends up just rebooting!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philosophics:
I can't boot into recovery like I normally would be able to. I have to pull the battery, boot into the bootloader and then select recovery. This is tedious. I wonder when that particular bug will be squashed...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] OriginalGabriel:
You need to reboot once after flashing v5 for that to work but, there's more pressing issues (like not being able to boot at all, not being able to power off, etc.). I'd suggest holding off on v5 until the bugs are worked out.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Raul^:
Can I go back to previous version?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] philosophics:
I flashed it in fastboot and now I don't have any problems...

Sent from me CM7 Nightly HTC Vision using XDA App that needs to show signatures
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Samhain77:
You can install previous versions from rom manager...

._.-*Sent from my HTC Desire Z using Tapatalk Pro*-._.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Buddatearz:
Same htc screen issue, except before rebooting into cm7 i wiped dalvik and fixed permissions in the new recovery and it wiped all rom data, i lost su titanium backup couldnt obtain it and all my backups were gone (although the file was still on the sd card). I flashed an older clockwork, reebooted, and used titanium successfully. Very upsetting as i was flashing while driving (no laws against that). After a few frustating reboots and titanium restores i was back in action.

Def do a nandroid before flashing this, if @ all.

Koush is awesome, im gonna assume the new cwm doesnt like my rom or vice versa nightly 174.

EDIT: would apps2ext have anything to do with it maybe??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IharpI:
Yeah, Koush is doint great job, but this time a bug went into cwm ;)

I already contacted him via mail.

It is not apps2ext related.

Hope it gets fixed soon, like the faster backup much.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] robmarms:
Interesting... I flashed via fastboot this morning after a recovery erase and I still have ~33% hangs at the splashscreen. No different than before
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
thats predictable ... all the ppl who were saying that i flashed via fastboot and i have no more issues were probably having placebo effect.eventually their phone will hang too.

flashing via fastboot would have been the solution for us if rom manager flashing was failing or we wouldnt be able to get into recovery at all after fakeflash.... THIS BUG IS IN THE RECOVERY . No amount of flashing via this or that will fix it ....

btw ppl if your on twitter please tweet @clockworkmod about the issue we are having with desire Z /G2 because right now i see are tweets for updates for all other devices and bug fixes for themin CWR . All except for Desire z/G2

Edit: here is the official CWR 5.0 bug report thread on google +

our stuck at HTC screen issue is already posted ... you can post other issues over there
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] .BetaBoy:
yes you can, in Rom manager scroll all the way to the bottom and press "all clockwork recoveries" and select, 3.0.2.4. that one works 100%
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] scholar79:
Same here. Fastboot flash made no difference whether or not Recovery freezes intermittently, hence this is more of a confirmation that the bug is in fact in Recovery itself, as stated above.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
....my recovery has been working fine since that one hiccup after the initial upgrade of recovery. On a Tmobile US G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
Cant boot into Andriod, can someone please post CWM v.3.0.2.4 recovery .img with an MD5 please.

EDIT: NVM got it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
anyone tried the new 5.0.2.0 .... made a nandroid from it, booted up into cwr via bootloader , power menu and rom manager 3 or 4 times no hangs yet :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] EdKeys:
I just selected to install it via ROM Manager and after flashing 5.0.2.0 chose to backup current ROM and it stuck at the HTC splash screen. I pulled the battery and it rebooted into CM7 without doing a backup.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
hmm .... maybe i havent run into stuck at htc screen yet on 5.0.2.0 although first time i went into CWR it took about 30 secs on HTC splash screen before opening CWR ... did you give it 30 secs atleast?