Easy way to install CWM or xRecovery

DarrenNewsgroup · Jul 11, 2011

Here is what I believe is a simple way of rooting and installing CWM for Windows.

I have bricked my phone many times now and used SEUS to get it back to 2.1.1.A.0.6 and had to go through the process of rooting and installing CWM again. Here is what I have found.

Download SuperOneClick to a folder, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick
Create a sub-folder under this folder, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick\CWM
Download your preferred version of CWM or xRecovery (should be the 3 files "busybox", "chargemon", "recovery.tar")
Copy these 3 files into the sub-folder you created, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick\CWM
Copy the code snippet below and save as INSTALL.BAT in the sub-folder
Reflash your phone with SEUS to get back to plain 2.1.1.A.0.6
Reboot and set USB debugging mode
Run SuperOneClick and click Root - do not reboot
Once Root has finished click Shell Root - do not reboot
Open a command window and enter CD C:\SuperOneClick\CWM
Run INSTALL.BAT - this will reboot the phone at the end
Press BACK key on the phone at the Sony Ericcson text - you should get into CWM

The benefit of the above is that if you keep the files in the folder above you can repeat from step 6 very easily.

Code:

@echo off
echo.
echo.1) Run SuperOneClick
echo.   a) Click Root - do not reboot
echo.   b) Click Shell Root - do not reboot
echo.2) Press any key in this window to install CWM - phone will reboot
echo.
pause
..\adb devices
..\adb remount
..\adb push busybox /system/bin
..\adb push chargemon /system/bin
..\adb push recovery.tar /system/bin
..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox
..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/chargemon
..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/recovery.tar
..\adb reboot

This technique does not require installing BusyBox from the Market, setting permissions via Root Explorer or anything like that. It just uses SuperOneClick and a small script using the ADB program in the SuperOneClick folder.

I got SuperOneClick from here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=515017&d=1297434892 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=950324)
I got 2 files for CWM "chargemon" and "recovery.tar" from the ZIP file here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=627115&d=1308237137 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1106146)
I got busybox from the ZIP file here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=515016&d=1297434832 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=950324)

I hope some people find this useful and that I haven't offended the guys where I got the files from (I did list your threads as well as link to your files so others can see all the useful posts in your threads).

Darren

svyr · Jul 12, 2011

DarrenNewsgroup said:
Here is what I believe is a simple way of rooting and installing CWM for Windows.

I have bricked my phone many times now and used SEUS to get it back to 2.1.1.A.0.6 and had to go through the process of rooting and installing CWM again. Here is what I have found.

Download SuperOneClick to a folder, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick

Create a sub-folder under this folder, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick\CWM

Download your preferred version of CWM or xRecovery (should be the 3 files "busybox", "chargemon", "recovery.tar")

Copy these 3 files into the sub-folder you created, e.g. C:\SuperOneClick\CWM

Copy the code snippet below and save as INSTALL.BAT in the sub-folder

Reflash your phone with SEUS to get back to plain 2.1.1.A.0.6

Reboot and set USB debugging mode

Run SuperOneClick and click Root - do not reboot

Once Root has finished click Shell Root - do not reboot

Open a command window and enter CD C:\SuperOneClick\CWM

Run INSTALL.BAT - this will reboot the phone at the end

Press BACK key on the phone at the Sony Ericcson text - you should get into CWM

The benefit of the above is that if you keep the files in the folder above you can repeat from step 6 very easily.

Code:

@echo off echo. echo.1) Run SuperOneClick echo. a) Click Root - do not reboot echo. b) Click Shell Root - do not reboot echo.2) Press any key in this window to install CWM - phone will reboot echo. pause ..\adb devices ..\adb remount ..\adb push busybox /system/bin ..\adb push chargemon /system/bin ..\adb push recovery.tar /system/bin ..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox ..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/chargemon ..\adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/recovery.tar ..\adb reboot

This technique does not require installing BusyBox from the Market, setting permissions via Root Explorer or anything like that. It just uses SuperOneClick and a small script using the ADB program in the SuperOneClick folder.

I got SuperOneClick from here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=515017&d=1297434892 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=950324)
I got 2 files for CWM "chargemon" and "recovery.tar" from the ZIP file here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=627115&d=1308237137 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1106146)
I got busybox from the ZIP file here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=515016&d=1297434832 (from thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=950324)

I hope some people find this useful and that I haven't offended the guys where I got the files from (I did list your threads as well as link to your files so others can see all the useful posts in your threads).

Darren

Very useful, thank you. I usually spend a couple of minutes re-installing CWMR via a root explorer and it annoys me. This saves 10-20 minutes per restore

easyyu · Jul 12, 2011

It doesn't work..
I bricked my phone 3 timies..

svyr · Jul 12, 2011

easyyu said:
It doesn't work..
I bricked my phone 3 timies..

are you using the same busybox/chargemon and recovery tar that you usually manually install?

easyyu · Jul 12, 2011

svyr said:
are you using the same busybox/chargemon and recovery tar that you usually manually install?

I'm used files from first post!

DarrenNewsgroup · Jul 12, 2011

@easyyu
I am sorry that your phone got bricked. Unfortunately you will need to reflash your phone via SEUS. After that check your phone settings are the same as mine below. The 3 files work with my phone settings.

My X10 Mini Pro has the following Settings->About Phone

Model number U20i
Firmware version 2.1-update1
Baseband version M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015
Kernel version 2.6.29 SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1
Build number 2.1.1.A.0.6

@svyr
Can you confirm that the above settings are the same as in your phone. This would confirm that the 3 files work for my phone settings.

Darren

svyr · Jul 12, 2011

DarrenNewsgroup said:
@easyyu
I am sorry that your phone got bricked. Unfortunately you will need to reflash your phone via SEUS. After that check your phone settings are the same as mine below. The 3 files work with my phone settings.

My X10 Mini Pro has the following Settings->About Phone

Model number U20i
Firmware version 2.1-update1
Baseband version M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015
Kernel version 2.6.29 SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1
Build number 2.1.1.A.0.6

@svyr
Can you confirm that the above settings are the same as in your phone. This would confirm that the 3 files work for my phone settings.

Darren

yes, the above settings from about are the same on my phone.

Hmmm, just reflashed again, ran it and forgot to include busybox/rebooted.

Now it says it can't copy the files/files are read-only and system

Any ideas?

Aside from following the 'do not reboot'

(edit: ran superoneclick again and it's all good (re-run the script))

Can't vouch for the busybox/etc set above, but the on I always used still works when installed this way instead of manually.

easyyu · Jul 12, 2011

DarrenNewsgroup said:
@easyyu
I am sorry that your phone got bricked. Unfortunately you will need to reflash your phone via SEUS. After that check your phone settings are the same as mine below. The 3 files work with my phone settings.

My X10 Mini Pro has the following Settings->About Phone

Model number U20i
Firmware version 2.1-update1
Baseband version M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015
Kernel version 2.6.29 SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1
Build number 2.1.1.A.0.6

@svyr
Can you confirm that the above settings are the same as in your phone. This would confirm that the 3 files work for my phone settings.

Darren

Yes this is the right parameters that you mentioned!
I know how to unbrick my phone..thats not problem!

svyr · Jul 12, 2011

svyr said:
yes, the above settings from about are the same on my phone.

Hmmm, just reflashed again, ran it and forgot to include busybox/rebooted.

Now it says it can't copy the files/files are read-only and system

Any ideas?

Aside from following the 'do not reboot' (edit: ran superoneclick again and it's all good (re-run the script))

Can't vouch for the busybox/etc set above, but the on I always used still works when installed this way instead of manually.

ps here's the one I use. Can't remember where the chargemon is from, but busybox is from xrec mini and CWM is 3.2.0 rc3

bigbrother69 · Jul 12, 2011

I made this, a lot of test give a lot of success, but it's only for mini pro.

CWM recovery by this script easily: http://www.multiupload.com/NDZB8HSIOV

galvic · Jul 12, 2011

Heres more easy way to install cwm or xrecovery or jit or apps2sd
this is basically quangnhut123's AAIS script, I modified it to add cwm support,

heres the link to download http://www.4shared.com/file/KQf9bym2/AAIS.html

heres the steps to follow
1) Download n extract the aais.zip to /sdcard
2)Open terminal emulator(available on market)
3) enter following commands

su
cd /sdcard/aais
Sh install.sh

4) choose ur option and enter the no.

plz note it requires pre rooted device! Only for mini pro! 2.1.1.A.0.6!

JBSroid · Jul 13, 2011

Why not try D4rK's recovery installer? It is a one-click installer which lets you choose from xrecovery or CWM...Google search D4 recovery installer

bigbrother69 · Jul 13, 2011

For recovery I made this: http://www.multiupload.com/QE60V6RORD
It works like a charm, thanks to the script xrecovery of mikevhl

Maybe someone could make a script like that for mini ?

D4rK's recovery installer ? I can't find it, even with the google's help...

svyr · Jul 13, 2011

JBSroid said:
Why not try D4rK's recovery installer? It is a one-click installer which lets you choose from xrecovery or CWM...Google search D4 recovery installer

when i tried it, it didn't work on sdk 7 or was it 8...

DarrenNewsgroup · Jul 14, 2011

What do you mean by sdk 7 or sdk 8? Someone mentioned sdk numbers before. Is this something to do with downloading the complete android stuff onto my windows pc just to get the adb command? This is why I thought using the adb in SuperOneClick was so useful.
Darren

svyr · Jul 16, 2011

DarrenNewsgroup said:
What do you mean by sdk 7 or sdk 8? Someone mentioned sdk numbers before. Is this something to do with downloading the complete android stuff onto my windows pc just to get the adb command? This is why I thought using the adb in SuperOneClick was so useful.
Darren

no, I thought it was about downloading the SDK, but it's actually about the runtimes on the phone... I think (the only way to change them is pretty much by getting a rom with newer ones

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