A third-party recovery system for Android devices. ClockworkMod provides many backup, restore, and maintenance features that are not present in the "stock" Android recovery system.
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Recovery Mode does not find internal nor external storage
Before I had CyanogenMod 9 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000. Then, suddenly it did not boot anymore and I could not boot into recovery mode neither.
So I flashed different kernels with Odin (speedmod, ...
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ClockworkMod Recovery makes corrupt backups
Four backups I made using ClockworkMod Recovery couldn't be restored because their MD5 hash values didn't match. Another one was successfully restored. What is the problem and is there a way to check ...
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What are the consequences of installing CWM?
I installed CWM sometime back and switched back to a stock ROM. When I installed CWM I lost my userdata, by which I mean the phone started as it would for the first time after opening the box. I used ...
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Will I lose root & CWM when I upgrade via Kies (Galaxy Note 2)?
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with ClockworkMod Recovery. My Samsung Galaxy Note 2 using Official Samsung firmware from T-Mobile and ClockworkMod Recovery.
In the future Samsung release a new ...
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ROMManager does not backup my sd-ext
I am using rooted LG P500 running stock 2.3.3. Recently I partitioned my SD card using ROMManager in to three partitions (swap, ext and usb storage). I checked with Mini Partition Tool and understood ...
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“Signature verification failed” when trying to install non-official Cyanogenmod 10 ROM for Sanei N10 Android tablet
Let's see if anybody can help me, because I'm pretty stuck with this.
I've tried to install the following ROM from xda-developers in a Sanei N10:
Unofficial CyanogenMod 10 for many AllWinner A10 ...
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How to enter CWM recovery on an encrypted Galaxy S3?
I'm trying to enter CWM recovery so that I can back up my ROM.
While rooting my S3 I could enter CWM using the instructions I was following at the time (which I no longer have around).
Since then ...
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Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an emulator
Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an Android emulator using a PC?
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Try to install Clockworkmod Recovery, always getting stock recovery
I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Epic 4G. I've tried a couple of ways to get Clockworkmod Recovery on the phone, but every time I boot it into recovery mode I get the stock recovery ...
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Email accounts suddenly disappear from Samsung stock client
I have a Samsung Galaxy S, rooted with ClockworkMod a good while ago. Since about two months, my imap accounts spontaneously disappear from the Samsung stock email.
When launched, the email app asks ...
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ClockworkMod TOUCH problem on Samsung Galaxy S2 with Cyanogenmod 10
Cyanogenmod Clockworkmod TOUCH problem...
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 SIM free (international) with CyanogenMod 10 Nightly which is up to date. I have ROM manager premium installed which I used to ...
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No root permission after installation of ClockworkModRecovery kernel
My smartphone is the Samsung Galaxy Ace 5380 running Android 2.3.6 and I want to flush it with the CyanogenMod 7.2
I'm performing the steps from this guide: ...
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Install Cyanogenmod 7.2 on Nexus One using ClockworkMod Recovery - “remote: signature verify fail”
Steps I've done:
Downloaded & copied CM7.2 to my SD card (from here)
Installed the Android SDK
Downloaded & copied the ClockworkMod Recovery to the platform-tools directory in the SDK folder ...
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I can flash Cyanogenmod though my bootloader is locked
I am using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and CWM as recovery. Even though I locked my bootloader after installing the recovery, I can flash Cyanogenmod 10 using CWM without any errors. Now I am wondering why ...
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How to keep phone powered down while charging with ClockworkMod Touch Recovery?
In the course of setting up CyanogenMod 7.2 on my T-Mobile G2 (also known as the HTC Desire Z), I installed ClockworkMod Touch Recovery. My usual practice before that was to power off my phone and ...
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CWM Backup / Contact Recovery
So I just rooted using mobile odin lite and the Entropy512 kernel that has CWM recovery. Then I performed a CWM backup. Stupidly, I forgot to backup anything except for my camera data before doing ...
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Galaxy S3 Tmobile - Can't boot into Clockword Recover?
I hold down power up + home + power and it brings me to a screen that says Android System Recovery - I can't get the Clockwork Recovery.
What could be the problem?
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How do I recalibrate the battery of my phone?
After a year using my phone, I noticed the battery drains too fast, but after shutting down I manage to make it work again for a couple of minutes before it shuts down automatically.
I read that to ...
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Deleted some apk files - but the apps are still there after reboot
This seems really weird to me.
I followed the instructions given here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835861
and deleted the apk files of some stock applications like Layar. I ...
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Is cm10 compatible with cwm 5.0.2.8 on huawei u8160 ?
I have a Huawei u8160 with CWM 5.0.2.8 .I have tried to flash cm10 using CWM 5.0.2.8 but it boot loops.I have waited for 20 minutes for it to boot ,but it didn't.
I've seen this discussion about cm10 ...
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SD can't mount and mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card dmesg error
My android device (Samsung Galaxy S with cwm) stop mounting properly the internal SD card to /sdcard/ mountpoint: normal boot fails and cwm recovery says "Can't mount sdcard" while trying.
Through ...
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How can I tell CWM to perform a full backup instead of an incremental backup?
A recent update to CWM touted the ability to perform incremental backups instead of full ones. Having performed those for a while, I find that I have quite a few old backups that I don't know if I ...
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How to delete backups made using Clockworkmod?
Splitting this question from the comments to my answer to How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?
Erik, one last thing. I accidentally made an extra backup which didn't ...
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Why CWM gets wiped after reboot on Samsung Galaxy Note?
I recently acquired a GT-N7000 handset and tried to root it using this method. I successfully flashed CWM and then rooted the device.
It was all good until I went back into Recovery and found out that ...
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Custom Kernels on Stock ROMs?
The General Question: Is it possible to install custom kernels on a Rooted Stock ROM?
The Example: I have a Nexus 7 which I have rooted running 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean JRO03D) would it be possible to just ...
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How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?
I have rooted my MT11a with UnlockRoot v2.4.2 and the "superuser" app has appeared. The tutorial said my phone should be requesting to upgrade 4.0.2.A.0.42 to another number ending in .62, but the ...
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What is the clockworkmod blobs folder good for?
I recently upgraded my clockworkmod recovery image to version 6.x and noticed that there's now a new blobs folder in the /sdcard/clockworkmod/ directory:
/sdcard/clockworkmod # ls -l
drwxrwxrwx 3 ...
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clockwork recovery not working
I cannot use the "recover" tool. I have the same issue as this post: Why isn't Clockworkmod Recovery "Sticking"? but I am unable to rename the file described as it is not shown in the ...
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Ext4 partition clockworkmod recovery backup
Successfully installed CM7 on ZTE Blade and simple2ext (S2E) made me excited.
I've partitioned my SD in CWM recovery and I guess it was Ext3 partition.
But one thing was mistake. I have checked in S2E ...
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what does “flash recovery” mean?
In the instructions for ClockworkMod Recovery for Galaxy S i9000, there is:
Step 2. Flash Recovery.
I don't understand what this means. Which recovery to flash? How to do this? (With a USB ...
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Would a full back up (from recovery) preserve all data including installed apps?
I wonder if I create a full back up from recovery, would it preserve all my data? Including installed apps (along with their configs) and my contacts?
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How to flash CyanogenMod with external SD card?
I messed up with the OS and now my phone can only boot to Clockworkmod and download mode.
How to flash the phone since Clockworkmod "install from zip" option can't read the external SD card?
My ...
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A simple explanation of CWM and Odin
I'm going to root my Samsung Galaxy Note and I come across the terms CWM and Odin very often. What exactly are they? It seems that CWM is used for rooting and Odin for flashing the phone. Is there ...
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Is the kernel flashed automatically from CWM?
By this, I mean, while flashing a firmware (update.zip) from ClockworkMod recovery, is boot.img also flashed or do I need to use fastboot separately?
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Which version of clockwork recovery creates backups as a tar files?
I have used several versions of CWM recovery on my Motorola Droid 2.
One of them was able to back up into a .tar (cache.ext3.tar, data.ext3.tar nandroid.md5, recovery.img, system.ext3.tar) as opposed ...
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Dell Streak 7 stuck on 2.2.2 (“read only” bug?)
I ordered two DS7s. One came with 3.x and one came with 2.2.2 and is pretty adamant about there not being an update available. So I decided to do it myself. I've got Clockwork Mod Recovery 3.0.2.0 ...
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How do I access .img files with yaffs2?
I've tried mounting them in Ubuntu, no luck, mount does not recognize the yaffs2 file system. I've tried yaffs2utils and ./unyaffs2 but it doesn't actually unpack the img files, I've posted an issue ...
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Remove CWM from Xperia Neo V
How can I remove CWM from my Xperia Neo V?
EDIT: I have obviously rooted my device but I did not unlock the bootloader. (At least I assume that I didn't do it accidentaly -- in any case, I didn't ...
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Flash_image clockworkmod recovery for Samsung Fascinate
I have a Samsung Fascinate for a while that I've wanted to flash a new rom to, but the USB port simply will not work on any PC. I've tried it on 6 different PC's with a mixture of XP / 7 along with ...
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How can I fully factory reset an Optimus 2X P990 with ClockWorkMod?
I think I forgot to wipe my cache and something else when I installed Cyanogenmod 7 - which I could reboot into just fine. However, when I went to go back and switch to my vanilla Optimus 2X backup ...
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“Failed to detect compatible download-mode device” on Mac Lion with Samsung Galaxy S2
Hi I'm using the cyanmodgen wiki to install it. but I'm stuck on the first step.
Whenever i do sudo heimdall flash --kernel zImage
I get :
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Failed ...
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How can I tell if I have ClockworkMod recovery installed?
How can I know if my Galaxy S2 has ClockworkMod recovery installed? I want to install CyangenMod and installing ClockworkMod is the first step. I'm running Android 2.3.3 and I use a Mac laptop, if ...
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Root Nook Color without removing Nook OS
I have a Nook Color 1.3.0 and a Mac OS X computer. I have a microSD card with ClockworkMod and such for installing the Android OS, but I would like a solution that would allow me to root so that I ...
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How can I flash ClockWorkMod on my Samsung Galaxy Fit running froyo?
I was following instructions on xda-developers to install a new ROM, then it linked to these instructions about installing CWM on Samsung GT-S5670. The problem is, there's a Warning there that says:
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Nexus S downgrade with Clockwork Mod
I have a Sprint Nexus S 4G running ICS Cyanogenmod 9. I want to run 2.3.6.
In CWR I've backed up, wipe/erased, wiped Calvik cache, but when I go to install my Sojus 2.3.6 file I get Installing ...
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How can I install ClockworkMod recovery on my Motorola Defy+?
I want to install ClockworkMod recovery on my Motorola Defy+ in order to install Android 4.0.3 (ICS). Where can I get CMW to install? Are there any problems with ICS on the Defy Plus?
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Can't install OS update on a rooted HTC OneX with clockworkmod recovery tool installed
I recently rooted my HTC OneX and installed ClockworkMod Recovery tool, per this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_X
Now I got a system update but I am unable to install it. During ...
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Having difficulty downgrading my Nexus S 4g
My Sprint Nexus S 4g is running CyanogenMod 9 (ICS 4.0.4).
I want to use stock 2.3.6 which I got from https://sites.google.com/site/baroqueworksdevandroid/offcail-binary. In recovery mode I get this ...
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Phone boots very slow and restarts by itself
My problem is when I turn on the phone, the Google logo stays stuck and after unknown minutes boots in with the software animation, but very slow and then starts over again! First a little history of ...
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How to install new Recovery image from .img file
I recently found that I could upgrade to the new CWM touch recovery version for my EVO 4g! However, to do this through the ROM manager app or get it directly onto the phone at all, it required a ...
