[RECOVERY] ClockworkMod Recovery for Captivate (FINAL! SAFE!)

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First things first, if you flashed a previous version of Clockwork Recovery using Odin, FLASH BACK TO A STOCK KERNEL using this Odin package:
http://koush.tandtgaming.com//test/k...-stock.tar.md5

This recovery is *very* safe to use. It does NOT flash your kernel; it is a completely uninvasive recovery method.

How it works: The recovery is packaged as an update.zip that you run from STOCK recovery. The update.zip unpacks Clockwork Recovery onto the ramdisk and restarts recovery. When you reboot, it reverts back to the original, unmodified, stock recovery. So, you will need to keep the recovery on the root of your SD card as an update.zip, and apply the zip every time you want to start Clockwork.

HOWEVER, if you use ROM Manager, all of the recovery installation and management instructions are done for you!

Installation instructions:

1. Download ROM Manager from the Market.
2. Flash Recovery.
3. Choose Captivate as your phone.
4. Accept the Superuser prompt.
5. Use ROM Manager to create a Backup.
6. On the very FIRST boot of Clockwork, you may need to manually select "reinstall packages" if Clockwork does not start. You should only ever have to do this once. It will be automatic from then on.
7. Watch the backup go!

That's it! This is completely painless and safe! There is no need for Odin anymore to replace the recovery or flash updates!

If you appreciate my work, please buy the Premium version of ROM Manager!

Sweet!

Nandroid'd!

Ah yeah....smooth like butter baby!!! Great work once again. Remember to donate people!!!

Originally Posted by big99gt

Ah yeah....smooth like butter baby!!! Great work once again. Remember to donate people!!!

For us Noobs, can we get more information on where and when to use this?

In reading everything I get some of it, but not all. This is my first hackable android phone, so I am still learning the lingo.

With other phones, I would just Flash a custom ROM or Flash Factory ROM back.

So how do ROM Manager and Clockwork recovery come into play?

Are there any tutorials - not that just give step by step (like above) but explain what is happening in each step or why?

Originally Posted by alphadog00

For us Noobs, can we get more information on where and when to use this?

In reading everything I get some of it, but not all. This is my first hackable android phone, so I am still learning the lingo.

With other phones, I would just Flash a custom ROM or Flash Factory ROM back.

So how do ROM Manager and Clockwork recovery come into play?

Are there any tutorials - not that just give step by step (like above) but explain what is happening in each step or why?

The long and short of it is that you can now flash ROMs and make backups, and restore, without your computer.

The recovery is the tool that lets you do the backups and installations. ROM Manager is a convenient Android front end to the recovery.

After these steps you won't really have to "hack" your phone lol. Root your phone and download Rom Manager from the Android market...then have it flash a recovery (the first selection at the top) choose your device when prompted. Now after that finishes select "reboot into recovery" and as the above post states you may need to select "reinstall packages" (I did). Once that goes through, you'll see your new custom recovery menu. DO A NANDROID BACKUP of your current Rom as soon as you can....then (as long as your current rom isn't messed up, if its stock your fine) from there on out you can play as much as you want with very little risk of bricking your phone. There are others who can explain it better but your stuck with me till they chime in lol. Its a very easy process and nearly foolproof.

Originally Posted by Koush

That's it! This is completely painless and safe! There is no need for Odin anymore to replace the recovery or flash updates!

If you appreciate my work, please buy the Premium version of ROM Manager!

Awesome work! Premium version has been purchased by me. Thank you for the efforts.

Didn't work at first for me.

I installed Rom Manager (premium)
Installed CW recovery
Accepted SU
Tried to backup from within Rom Manager

I got a "Can't find update.zip" message.

When I rebooted and opened Rom Manager again, I got the "Error Occured" message, but it locked up on me and became unresponsive.

I uninstalled Rom Manager, rebooted, then reinstalled. I flashed CW recovery again, rebooted normally, opened rom manager again, and flashed CW recovery again.

After that I was able to use rom manager to reboot into recovery and backup.

Not sure if mine was just a fluke or what, but I figured I would share.

Originally Posted by MSigler

Didn't work at first for me.

I installed Rom Manager (premium)
Installed CW recovery
Accepted SU
Tried to backup from within Rom Manager

I got a "Can't find update.zip" message.

When I rebooted and opened Rom Manager again, I got the "Error Occured" message, but it locked up on me and became unresponsive.

I uninstalled Rom Manager, rebooted, then reinstalled. I flashed CW recovery again, rebooted normally, opened rom manager again, and flashed CW recovery again.

After that I was able to use rom manager to reboot into recovery and backup.

Not sure if mine was just a fluke or what, but I figured I would share.

Titanium Backup did that to me also the first time I ran it....I've had quite a few freezes and slowdowns when opening a program for the first time and waiting for SU to kick in.

It should also be noted that when you chose to partition the sdcard via the recovery menu, it partitions the internal sdcard and not the external.

Maybe that can be made an option? I would like to do my nandroid backup to my external card so I have it for safe keeping.

Everything else working as expected, I enabled advanced options and downloaded the superuser package (from Extras) just to test things. Havent experienced any problems other than the sdcard wipe (which wasnt totally unexpected).

If something should happen to your phone (brick, unrecoverable error, etc), how can we reboot into this custom recovery to reflash the nandroid backup? Can we get into it via adb (adb reboot recovery)?