[Q] Gingerbread, custom kernels and Rom Manager

[z3r0d3vil]

I'm having an issue with ROM Manager. I've contacted Koush and RA and we're are in the midst of working it out. I am curious if any one else has had the same, or similar issues.

I run CM7031 on my Evo. I recently flashed SavagedZen202 kernel from ROM Manager. I used it for about a week and I wanted to check out a taimat kernel. I backedup with CWM and tried to flash to RA to make a nandroid. ROM Manager said the RA was flashed, but when I booted into recovery I was still in CWM. I ttried everything, clearing cash, erasing recovery, un/re installing RM, flashing earlier versions of CWM. Nothing worked. So, without making a nandroid I flashed tiamat405. I figured that would clear up the issue, but I was wrong. Same issue. Finally I flashed a previous backup to CM with its original kernel and everything was fine. I could flash back and forth between CWM and RA. Thinking everything was alright and that I had done something wrong in my other backups, I flashed tiamat again. Same issue, I can not flash between recoveries.

If any one has similar issues or possible causes I'd appreciate the input.

Thanks

 

[teh roxxorz]

Kinda confused...so what actually is the problem?

 

[whatsitsnamenow]

Had the exact problem. Stuck on clockworkmod no matter what I do. To top it off clockworkmod didn't even work correctly, couldn't flash correctly. I tried to restore a Rom but it ended up being the same Rom, so it didn't actually restore. I ended up unrooting the phone and flash the Sprint 3.7 ruu to go back stock. Then I rooted again and RA/clockworkmod switching started working again.

 

[z3r0d3vil]

I guess the problem is one of functionality, I can't flash back and forth between CWM and RA. Its not a big deal because I'm currently on RA and I like RA. But, I have to wonder if RM isn't working correctly are my nandroids backing up correctly? I could go back to CM7 kernel, but I wanted to push my OC a bit more and I wanted to use _viperboy_ scrip for uv and its built for Evo on tiamat. At least that is my understanding. So, what's the problem? A malfunctioning app, I guess! Or maybe an incompatibility between an app and a kernel?!?! And maybe something to do with the ROM? I don't know! That's why I asked.

I had a problem early on when I uped from CM6 to CM7 with Titanium backup, but I worked that out. I've been running CM7 for a while now without issue, until this.

 

[miui-us]

you should just reboot in to recovery and flash your kernels from there instead of using RM its a much better way...

 

[z3r0d3vil]

Yeah, I flashed SZ from RM just to kind of see how it worked. But I flashed the tiamat zip from recovery.