Flashing recovery with Revolutionary hboot and S-off (NO ROOT)? [SOLVED]

[Kresstian]

Hi.

While back I ran Revolutionary tool to S-off and root + CWM recovery.
Recently I ran official 2.3 RUU and used stock ROM. Now I want to try ICS, but I don't have CWM anymore. Revolutionary hboot and S-off is still ok. Tried running Revolutionary tool again, but it says I'm already S-off and tries to install CWM, but fails. Tried to install CWM manually through fastboot, but it hangs on sending file. I can still see the device with "fastboot devices".

Since I used a RUU, I don't have root access anymore.

Any idea on how to flash CWM?

 

[jmcclue]

IF u are still s-off u can flash a new recovery, click 4ext recovery on my sig, download and install the 4ext recovery updater app then flash recovery. to get root just flash superuser zip file

Sent from my HTC Desire

 

[Kresstian]

IF u are still s-off u can flash a new recovery, click 4ext recovery on my sig, download and install the 4ext recovery updater app then flash recovery. to get root just flash superuser zip file

Sent from my HTC Desire

The 4EXT recovery updater app says it requres root access to function. But it don't have root

 

[jmcclue]

install superuser

Sent from my HTC Desire

 

[Kresstian]

install superuser

Sent from my HTC Desire

How can that help me, when I don't have root access? The superuser apk itself does no good without root access. The 4EXT app need busybox, and busybox needs root.

This is the situation:

I want a custom recovery. But for that, I need root. And to get root, I need a custom recovery. It is an evil circle! But since I have Revolutionary hboot and S-OFF, there must be some way I can get a custom recovery.

 

[nlooooo]

How can that help me, when I don't have root access? The superuser apk itself does no good without root access. The 4EXT app need busybox, and busybox needs root.

This is the situation:

I want a custom recovery. But for that, I need root. And to get root, I need a custom recovery. It is an evil circle! But since I have Revolutionary hboot and S-OFF, there must be some way I can get a custom recovery.

The first step:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/

Download recovery image and flash it via fastboot, or using some flasher.

Then like you did before flash Superuser .zip:
http://androidsu.com/superuser/

After that you'll have root access and you can flash 4ext recovery as well.

 

[Kresstian]

The first step:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/

Download recovery image and flash it via fastboot, or using some flasher.

Then like you did before flash Superuser .zip:
http://androidsu.com/superuser/

After that you'll have root access and you can flash 4ext recovery as well.

I quote myself from my initial post:

"Tried to install CWM manually through fastboot, but it hangs on sending file. I can still see the device with "fastboot devices"."

So that don't work for me, sorry. Seems I can't write to recovery partition. Didn't work with the Revolutionary tool either. The only thing I can think of, that could work, is if the Revolutionary tool could see the device as untouched by the tool, and start the process from the beginning.

 

[nlooooo]

Did you try with erase recovery command, and then flash recovery?

If that doesn't work, 2.3 RUU and start from scratch.

 

[Kresstian]

Did you try with erase recovery command, and then flash recovery?

If that doesn't work, 2.3 RUU and start from scratch.

Seems to hang on erase command too. Screenshot:




I'll try to do another RUU.

 

[Kresstian]

I managed to flash CWM! Just had to change computers. Weird, since my Windows is fairly fresh and had all the right drivers.