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[myTouch 4G Android Development] cbeezy34:
You need "root explorer" from the 4shared app when you type in ".apk root explorer" in the search box its a free download. When you open root explorer it has the option at the top right that you need to click to "r/w" this will let you copy that file and paste it in the file "system/lib" file.....but I have done this and went to terminal and it still says flash_image not found, maybe it will work for you hopefully. This is frustrating.

I also noticed from a youtube video is that when you hold the power button + volume down for 5 secs.....the white screen that comes up that gives the recovery and reboot options... at the top you will see either "S-on" or "S-off"....if it says "S-on" then the phone is only temp rooted...we need the S-off I beleive to actually get cw to startup in recovery...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] 30Glock:
After countless days and following every tutorial, Vid, Links, I give up and will wait. Thanks to all who posted and reposted to try and help with this. I will have nightmares with ( file not found )
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
OK, guys and gals... how hard can it possibly be?

1. Make sure you're rooted with S-OFF

2. Make sure you have flash_image binary in your /system/bin (if not - take it out CM6 rom and adb push or use root explorer to put it in there)

3. Make sure that your new recovery is on the root of your SD (not zip, not rar, has to be .img) and named recovery.img

4. Flash recovery by entering in terminal (or adb shell session)

$su
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

Possible errors:

1. flash_image is not found - you don't have the flash_image binary in /system/bin

2. recovery.img is not found - you don't have the correctly named file on your sd card

3. Sending - OK, Writing - FAILED - you don't have root.

Good luck.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
DO NOT follow every tutorial. Find ONE that is proven to work and follow ONLY ONE. Waiting is not going to get you anywhere - there WILL NOT be 1-click root for this phone, protection is simply too complex to put it all in one script.

For the millionth time (not specifically to you but to all):

YOU NEED TO LEARN ADB AND BASIC COMMANDS. YOU NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO FASTBOOT. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH ROOT EXPLORER FOR MUCH LONGER .
[myTouch 4G Android Development] geoffott:
It does say to put it into the system/lib file, but it is wrong...you need it in the system/bin file; (aka the same one you took it out out of from the CM7.zip file)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] speoples20:
Root explorer is not free, warez or telling people how to get them is not allowed here.

I am Jack's MT4G
[myTouch 4G Android Development] 30Glock:
Ok I think am almost there, After typing this--$su

#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img-------- I no longer get errors, after hitting enter it goes to # . It just sits there at prompt, I reboot and still have the green recovery.

EDIT: Worked with Root Explorer. Thanks to all that helped.

EDIT: After all the hoopla, I reverted back to Ice.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cbeezy34:
S=off

for a S=off guide here its under.... HTC Glacier: myTouch 4GmyTouch 4G Android DevelopmentGuide to permaroot, s=off AND s=on!

i follow this method from that page and it worked:

Terminal Emulator Method

3a. Start terminal emulator up on your device.(I prefer this method b/c you can see the output.)

a. type "su" + enter to gain root privileges.

b. Type "cd /sdcard/root" + enter.

c. Type "sh root.sh" + enter.

d. Follow the on screen prompts.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] tenbeau:
This is exactly why I am seriously leaning to sending the phone back. I have a Vibrant and a Nexus One and have never had any problems flashing CW recovery or flashing roms or installing apks. I spent over 9 hours just trying to get fastboot to be recognized by my PC. I have read countless threads about it and I sympathize with the people having problems with this. It is very confusing(terms are thrown out without explanation)to me. I am very grateful to this forum as it has been of tremendous help to me and most of the people have been kind and helpful. I understand that all noobs must make an effort to read and learn and than apply the best they can. I am doing that and still have questions and confusion with this phone(not with the Vibrant or Nexus One) after weeks of working with it.. I have been a teacher for over 30 years and can not remember a single time when I was this discouraged and frustrated over the inability to not only understand but to apply what I am trying to learn. Once again let me state I am very Grateful to XDA and this forum. Without the people here I could never have rooted and flashed roms on my Vibrant or Nexus One. I surmise that perhaps I am just not suited for the MT4G. It is a wonderful phone.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
N1 was a factory unlocked phone with no protection. So yes, it was easy. Not so with this phone.

Simple trouble shooting:

Can you use fastboot with your other phone? If yes - then everything is set up right on your pc as far as adb goes. If not - set up adb (including fastboot binary)

Plug in your MT4G and type adb devices. Does your pc recognizes it? If no - install the correct driver. If yes - then make sure that you put it in fastboot mode and type fastboot devices.

Does it see the phone? If yes - go ahead and flash what you need. If not - you need fastboot driver.

Any other q? Ask! We're here to help you learn, we're NOT here to do it for you. But, if I have to explain every term to you, every simple step can turn into page worth of explanations, each one documented multiple times. Again, not you personally, but "you" on general.

And by no means I want to discourage anyone from learning, I just want to make people understand what they are about to do so they don't flash blindly without knowing what they're actually doing.

Sent from MT4G.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] tenbeau:
Any other q? Ask! We're here to help you learn, we're NOT here to do it for you. But, if I have to explain every term to you, every simple step can turn into page worth of explanations, each one documented multiple times. Again, not you personally, but "you" on general.

Thank you for your kind reply. I do realize that it is my responsibility to search and read etc. I have been doing that. I have my Vibrant and my Nexus One both recognized in adb and fastboot. The MT4g is recognized in adb but not in fastboot. I have tried installing drivers, reinstalling drivers, forcing drivers to install and have bought and installed PDAnet. Nothing so far has worked. I took a Nexus S I had purchased back after 4 days because of the same situation. I am willing to spend time(and certainly have) to read and search. I do not expect someone else to do it for me. I guess it is catch as catch can as far as learning not only how to perform certain actions on your phone but also how to interpret the terms used. I must say that XDA does a marvelous job of facilitating all levels of skill and knowledge and by and large the people who frequent this forum are very helpful and kind. Well, enough of this, I have one question should I ever manage to get fastboot to work on this MT4G ( I have 9 days left in buyers remorse) and if I am able to flash this recovery would I have to than re flash the prior recovery to flash roms not Gingerbread based? I would imagine so but than what do I know. LOL
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cthulion:
Quote:

Possible errors:

1. flash_image is not found - you don't have the flash_image binary in /system/bin

2. recovery.img is not found - you don't have the correctly named file on your sd card

3. Sending - OK, Writing - FAILED - you don't have root.

Good luck.[/QUOTE]

This is the error I get on terminal: "Error scanning partition"

On fastboot I get the file not found thing....flash_image is not only on system/bin but also xbin and lib....

I'm rooted, s off, have some overclock kernel for stock ROM, which is what I have.

the only problem I've been having that I can think of is that sometimes I have to re install busybox to be able to get rw permissions on system folders.

I rooted tru visionary +

What am I doing wrong? I know I placed the files in the right places, and I'm doing the commands right.

Thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cthulion:
So, I tried and I tried and I tried...just now I redownloaded recovery.img for the 666th time, Lo and behold: it ****inng worked! Why? Have no idea...just typed in tru terminal emulator cause I had nothing else to do, lol.

My only hope is: if I actually don't like this ROM, I won't be such a pain to revert CW.

Would root manager be able to revert CW to 2.5?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
@cthulion I'm glad you got it working.... I think that you were mixing up 2 different methods of doing it (via terminal and via fastboot) but you got it working and that's all what matters. Hopefully you can reproduce the positive result if you ever need to do that again.

@tenbeau yes and no. At this point GB recovery is not compatible with froyo roms and froyo recovery is not compatible with gb roms. Main reason for that is that both 2.3 roms and recoveries are unofficial with very little or no support from developers. Once @koush drops official recovery for us it will be backwards compatible so you wouldn't have to swap them everytime.

Now, back to your situation. You obviously have adb installed correctly with fastboot binary (since it can see and fine your other phones).

Your MT4G, which Hboot do you have? Stock or ENG? Don't quote me on that, but I think you need engineering hboot to flash recoveries. Grankin's guide has steps to flash it, there's no harm to it, just do it to be safe.

What OS are you using on you computer? I don't think I've seen that info yet...

I pulled fastboot driver out of my Win7 machine, it should work on all Windows machines. There are 2 files in the zip and a screen shot that shows where they go (sorry, I don't have an installer)

See if you can get it going by placing files in the correct directories and plugging in your phone in fastboot mode.

If it fails... we'll go the terminal route and I can walk you through it.

Good luck
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
Just re-flash the original rom and all should be well, all your settings will be saved

or... flash boot.img out of original rom with fastboot (or terminal for that matter.) Stock kernel has ability to OC to 1497Mhz which is plenty at this stage (remember these are pre-alpha builds)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] tenbeau:
Thanks so much for your patience and kind and accurate help. I tried the drivers you provided and lo and behold it now works. The MT4G is now recognized in adb and also in fastboot mode. I am not sure which Hboot I have but I rooted with with visionary and used terminal emulator to turn s off. I am guessing I have stock hboot. I am using W7. I have flashed and am now on Iced Glacier 1.14( I was on this when this whole saga started). I am not going to flash the cw3 recovery until I comprehend this whole thing in a more complete fashion. Once again thanks for the help and guidance.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] borodin1:
Lol... I haven't taken a plunge yet neither, I'm still on CM6. I would, but I want to wait for official release with somewhat organized thread. And I'm too lazy to re-do my screens and my settings. Gridlock is doing whole lot of work compiling and releasing but the thread is a joke, can't get any useful info there so I resort to checking CM commits and watching.

Everyone who wants to learn things or troubleshoot stuff should really be on IRC, all devs are there and you'd be getting help in real time, rather then waiting for an answer here.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] tboa2608:
Fixed confusion.....

After trying this method I was finally able to do it like this:

First I used Root file manager

Then I had a problem with copying it on sys

Then I followed step 3 but instead of pasting it on "/system/lib" on your phone, i paste it to "/system/bin"

Now the problem is that when you want to paste something into the phone's system through Root file manager, after copying it and going to "system/bin", you have to click to "r/w" on top right hand side, this option will let you paste the file and you be ready to go and follow the terminal emulator procedure

I hope this helps you..........

Now I'm finally running

*New* CM Nexus_S_V1.3
[myTouch 4G Android Development] RnRexpress3423:
This worked perfectly! Thanks you.. So weird I had to do it this way though as I just got a brand new phone because of the inferior screen issue. I don't remember having to do all this to install the recovery the first time on my old Mytouch4g.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] kirkcody:
Help

Hey I succesfully flashed cwr 3.005 or whatever coming from stock rom im on crackflashers #40...and recovery 3.005 wont let me backup,so someone suggested flashing 3.002 img..I tried thru terminal as i did the first and i get this error now....Failed with error: -1. What am i doing wrong?:confused:
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cthulion:
There have been reports of successful CW3 flashes through Rom Manager.

Apparently all you need to do is rename CW 3 to one of the other CW versions on rom manager's folder.

Ill test and report soon.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Lakeshow423:
I'm gonna flash previews for CM7, I want to try it out. If I want to flash back to my regular daily rom can somebody post the recovery.img for clockwork 2.xxxx. I would jjust go into terminal and flash that recovery then go to recovery and flash my nandroid of gorillas DHD.

Thanks for the help in advance..decided to take the plunge LoL!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] hawaiianboi:
I can confirm that this method does work, I wasn't able to flash my recovery through the steps as posted in the op, I just made a copy of my original recovery for safekeeping first.thanks for the awesome idea!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] geoffott:
I got that error once when I mis-typed the path of the recovery.img; in other words, I typed in "su [enter] flash_image recovery recovery.img [enter]" instead of "su [enter] flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img [enter]"

So that led me to believe that this particular error is in the file not being in the location that the path leads to.

Hope this helps you.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] shatterpoints:
I downloaded CW 3.x and renamed it "recovery.img" and in terminal emulator on my phone I typed the following

su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

reboot recovery

After you type flash image etc terminal emulator displays a blank line, so it looks like nothing happened. So I typed reboot recovery to check and low and behold cw 3.0.0.5 was flashed w/o a problem.

Everyone attempting this should have rooted their phone already, and should have basic adb command knowledge. This is really very simple to follow.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] kennyp987:
follow this and it will work without a doubt.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] cam_hamlin:
i got to work with a couple tries....flashing cm7 now....
[myTouch 4G Android Development] neidlinger:
For what ever it's worth. I just tried to Flash the recovery.img via Term Emul and it didn't take. Tried it twice just for measures. Didn't work.

Flashed it via Fastboot. Took and worked like a champ.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TrueBlue_Drew:
Easy Install of ClockworkMod 3.0.0.1

If you are having trouble flashing ClockworkMod 3.0.xx see my post here.

I am using 3.0.0.5 because I know it will make a Nandroid backup.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Caodiordna:
you forgot to tell us to put recovery.img into folder Android Sdk\tools\, so we can't make it succeed through ADB ...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] mdiggty:
True Blue Drew Rules

I have been working on the cmod 3 for 7 hours, 4 shots and 5 five beers. And this worked like a charm. Thank you so much
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Bronyr:
Easiest guide to flash cw recovery to 3.xxx (and back to 2.5.x.x) here:

http://bit.ly/dVykzW

Give TrueBlue_Drew thanks for this excellent solution.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] TrueBlue_Drew:
lol...glad I helped hopefully you were able to get to more drinkin and less being frustrated!!

Much appreciated!! Please link your link to the link in my sig. I am trying to track traffic. Thanks
[myTouch 4G Android Development] asifriyaz:
Thanks for help

bless u

keep itup:d
[myTouch 4G Android Development] suwei:
1. Make sure you have Rom Manager Installed (Free in Market).

2. rename "recovery3......img" with "recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-glacier.img"

3.put this "recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-glacier.img" on sdcard/clockworkmod/download/koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/

4. Open Rom Manager and choose 2.2.1.4 from "All ClockworkMod Recoveries"

that earlest !!! then ClockworkMod Recovery v3..... will now be installed on your phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
Can any one come up with a recovery for the HTC wildfire bee cdma NOT the HTC wildfire buzz gsm. I have rooted the bee but can't find a recovery for it. I was told that we need a kernel source. I have tried other recoverys alot with no luck. I have rom manger and there are different recoverys and went through alot of them even the alternative recoverys. This phone is on alltel and is going to be released January 28th for version.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] juicy_juice:
Bump. Been looking for a way to get my phone fully rooted and start throwing roms on it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zifnab06:
Have you guys gotten past the nandlock? You may have temporary root, but you probably will not have a permanant root (as the nandlock needs to be removed first).

If you have, I can try to get CWM to compile. I don't think we need a kernel, it uses a dumbed down version of the base kernel, with binary drivers.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
Not sure I did get it rooted but can't find a recovery for it and I'm afraid to do any thing without being able to make a backup. This is on the bee wildfire cdma not the buzz wildfire GSM.

I have tryed to get xda to start a thread for the bee it comes out for version 1/28/11 came out for alltel oct29. Alot of people think they have the buzz to find out they have the bee like I did after I got it rooted. I used unrevoked root for the buzz it worked for the bee.

I have tryed all kinds of recoverys with no luck.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zifnab06:
The problem for recoveries are that they are device-specific. Say you have a recovery for the hero-cdma. You try and flash that to your bee/wildfire-cdma. The recovery fails to boot because A) wrong kernel and B) wrong device drivers.

Compiling a clockwork mod recovery for a new phone is fairly trivial. But if the phone is nandlocked, you have to bypass that nandlock beforehand. I can probably do it, but I'd need a dump of the phones hboot (to dissassemble and reverse-engineer

I'm fairly certain the phone is nandlocked (if you can, grab z4root and use the temp root exploit, remount /system rw, and do 'mkdir /system/test', it should fail. if it succeeds, your device isn't nandlocked). I have a bee, just have not had a chance to get adb running to test this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
Can I use terminal and do

su enter

remount/system rw. enter

mkdir/system/test. enter

Would this work. I used the buzz root method and tried to update the bee with the buzz ruu 2.2 update. When it got done it had an error and I unplugged the phone from the PC with out stopping or ending any thing and the new market stuck. So the phone has the new market now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
I tried the above 1st one got remount/system: not found

2nd one I got mkdir failed for /system/test read-only file system
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] foxrida911:
have u guys ran into the htb from alltel that clockwork mod revovery doesnt work on all i get is the default recovery mode and i cant flash a rom or update to 2.2 on it cause everytime i try i keep getting told whole signature verification failed how can i fix that ??? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
when did you get the 2.2 update the twe htc bee phones we have are still 2.1 we are on alltel. and where did you find clockwork recovery for the bee at if you dont mind me asking.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] foxrida911:
theres a kernal on the htc developer page thats supposed to work with it but i have alltel on it to and there was a thread somewhere online that a guy used clockwork mod flashed for the htc aira and he said he was able to change the rom but i cant even find a rom for the bee anywhere let alone a 2.2 update for alltel for that matter so im like really lost on this phone
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
i will tyy the clockwork mod for the aira and see if i can get a recovery. if we dont have a recovery to make a back up theres not much we can do. we need a way to restore a rom from recovery if things go wrong. i will look into it to night. i have two htc bee and need to get some thing going.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] temperz:
Let us know how it went. I too have a bee. :rolleyes:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
that kernel is for the buzz but im still going to try the recovery. i will post what i find i really want to get this so we can start flashing
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abovecrazykid:
I have an unbranded htc bee (cdma wildfire) it is with my local carrier so no froyo in sight I have been toying with clock work and now seemed to have a recovery brick not to worried about it Im sure its because my flashed recovery is not compatible I will help in this anyway I can thanx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
both of the ones i have are unbranded. i tried the aira recovery and others with no luck. still hunting:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abovecrazykid:
you may have already answered this buti can not get s-off I have rooted with supper one click and with z4root (not at the same time)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
i have not tried to get it soff. was hopping to find a recovery to make a backup in case any thing goes wrong. but i will be able to do more with them at the end of the month. if not sooner.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] temperz:
I guess the next step would be to contact clockwork and see what they can do.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abovecrazykid:
It would be nice if unrevoked would do it I did my uncle's desire and it worked great. and I miss carebears.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
i sent kosh two emails got no reply his blog dose say send him your phone and he will fully root it. something to that.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] temperz:
Damn i should've got the milestone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
this phone is going to be hard to get any thing for it. there is not going to be that many out there.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abovecrazykid:
I have seen this too
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] oostah:
The two wildfire bee's that I have will be inactive in a month. So I can tare in to them and see if I can get them s-off and recovery for them
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] temperz:
This phone is cheeper from altell now. They have the Droid x now too ugh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abovecrazykid:
so the month has ended...Right??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Johnn_ares:
Continued Bee development

I have two HTC wildfire Bee's now that alltel is dead for me I want to rom both phones and turn off the phone/3g radios and use them on wifi only tho use the R2 app to control my Crestron a/v system is there anyone that still wants to get together to continue dev on the bee?