[Q] CWM RECOVERY disappears... Why?

[KrisM22]

Just got this - used in excellent condition from reputable dealer (I think sourced from BestBuy), from dealer I have successfully bought from before.

came with 4.5.141 (2.3.6)
rooted it, then discovered it wasn't unlocked, so unlocked it, and then had to root it again. Then ran into probs with a status bar mod to get rid of the carrier name "AirVoice wireless", so wound up data clear so of course had to root it again (this time with eyes closed, hands behind my back - LOL).

Seems to work superbly. I have my apps backed up with Ti Backup and System Tuner Pro, so setting up a new setup (3 times so far) is relatively mindless.

I am happy with 2.3.6 rooted and googleplay frozen, but the status bar mod said I had to have CWM on it.

So I used fastboot and flashed a v4 CWM, and when I checked, it was there. A day later it was gone and I was back to stock android recovery.

So then i tried ROM Mangler and now that my phone was unlocked, it put 5.0.2.0 up nicely, booted to it and did a backup. A day later it was gone and i was back to stock.

Where oh where are my CWMs going??? LOL I've installed tons of CWMs on other phones but never had this happen. god forbid I put a custom ROM on it and then CWM disappears!!!!!

Is the Moto bootloader doing this? and how do I get it to stop?

Thoughts?

Thanks!!!

 

[N3Ti]

Please read "do not forget this" from OP of this.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18402962


Did you do that?

 

[KrisM22]

Please read "do not forget this" from OP of this.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18402962


Did you do that?

Gad - yet another thread on how to unlock!
No. Quoted here.
"DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS PART: After the install of RomRacers recovery boot up your phone. Open up your favourite file browser (I used Astro file manager to do this ) and navigate to /system/etc/ and delete the file called 'install-recovery.sh' "

Thanks - i'll try that later.

 

[KrisM22]

Gad - yet another thread on how to unlock!
No. Quoted here.
"DO NOT FORGET TO DO THIS PART: After the install of RomRacers recovery boot up your phone. Open up your favourite file browser (I used Astro file manager to do this ) and navigate to /system/etc/ and delete the file called 'install-recovery.sh' "

Thanks - i'll try that later.

I flashed 5.0.2.0 with ROM Mangler and it survived a couple of boots so I assume it's fixed. (by the way, I renamed that orig file)
THANKS!!!

 

[N3Ti]

I flashed 5.0.2.0 with ROM Mangler and it survived a couple of boots so I assume it's fixed. (by the way, I renamed that orig file)
THANKS!!!

Glad it worked. I was stuck like you once

 

[KrisM22]

Glad it worked. I was stuck like you once

Super THANKS!!!