[Q] rooted but cwm recovery is not!

[xxkhbxx]

Hello everyone, Im truly at a loss...

ive been going at this for weeks reading countless threads and differnt sites and i cant figure it out...

My at&t is rooted.. i do have super user access and rom manager installed..

the only problem is when i go into rom manager and reboot into recovery or try to flash a rom i get an error...

e: fialed to verify whole file signature
e: signature verification failed
installation aborted..

it is the blue screen and not the recovery orange screen.... why isnt my recovery not installed and how do i install it??

please help..

if you need any info please let me know thank you..

 

[Nick281051]

kind of difficult to understand what you're actually asking, btw the cwm recovery is not orange it's lightblue. also, DON'T USE ROM MANAGER

 

[xxkhbxx]

kind of difficult to understand what you're actually asking, btw the cwm recovery is not orange it's lightblue. also, DON'T USE ROM MANAGER

Hi nick. I made a video of my problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7cxryEC5ig

Also...if you're telling me to not use Tom manager then what do I use to install roms?

Thanks in advanced

 

[creepyncrawly]

Hi nick. I made a video of my problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7cxryEC5ig

Also...if you're telling me to not use Tom manager then what do I use to install roms?

Thanks in advanced

Rom manager is not fully functional on the SGSII. In particular, you can not use recovery through Rom Manager. To gain ClockworkMod Recovery, you must install a custom kernel containing CWM Recovery.

You can install a kernel with Odin3, Heimdall, adb, Android Terminal Emulator, or Mobile Odin Lite. If you use Odin3 or Heimdall, this will increment the flash counter. Adb, Terminal and Mobile Odin Lite will not increment the flash counter. If you need specific guidance, look at the FAQ in sticky section of the General forum, or follow the Guide linked in my signature. (I havn't added Mobile Odin Lite to the guide yet, but it's a pretty easy option. If you download it from Chainfires thread, it is free. If you get the pro version from the market there is a small charge.)

 

[Blaze9]

You can't boot into recovery through rommanager. You should do the three button boot (press power+volup/down) once you do that you will be able to flash roms without any issue.

 

[creepyncrawly]

You should do the three button boot (press power +vol up/down) once you do that you will be able to flash roms without any issue.

You can't flash roms from stock 3e recovery, so unless there is a custom kernel installed on the phone you will not be able to flash roms.

 

[geomax45]

I'll definitely cast a vote for Mobil Odin. I flashed Entropy 512's latest kernal through the Pro version, and it took less than 10 seconds!

 

[Blaze9]

You can't flash roms from stock 3e recovery, so unless there is a custom kernel installed on the phone you will not be able to flash roms.

Yes, but he said it is the blue recovery screen, which is CWM. The orange screen is stock recovery.

 

[creepyncrawly]

Yes, but he said it is the blue recovery screen, which is CWM. The orange screen is stock recovery.

Yes. I looked at his video again. The video is bad, very blurry, but it does look like he has ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.3 installed, not 3e recovery. So your directions would be good in that case.

BYW, I believe that stock 3e recovery is also blue text. It's been a while since I booted into 3e recovery though.

 

[Kadin]

Yes. I looked at his video again. The video is bad, very blurry, but it does look like he has ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.3 installed, not 3e recovery. So your directions would be good in that case.

BYW, I believe that stock 3e recovery is also blue text. It's been a while since I booted into 3e recovery though.

3e recovery is indeed blue on our phone, just like CWM.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium

 

[ghettopops]

Hey Creepy thanks for the heads up and link i feel like part of my prob is syncin to my computer.(it has not been same since windows crashed)Any whos i tried the QR code but said download unsuccessful. Haven't had a chance to do the download. Question is can i just buy mobile Odin off market and download a kernel directly onto my phone from internet/no computer required?
Thanks

 

[gr8hairy1]

Hey Creepy thanks for the heads up and link i feel like part of my prob is syncin to my computer.(it has not been same since windows crashed)Any whos i tried the QR code but said download unsuccessful. Haven't had a chance to do the download. Question is can i just buy mobile Odin off market and download a kernel directly onto my phone from internet/no computer required?
Thanks

That's is correct. Though mobile odin lite is on xda for free. I used it to flash entropy512's newest kernel. Worked without an issue.

Just make sure you have the zImage already extracted and on your phone.

Sent from my páhhōniē

 

[creepyncrawly]

Hey Creepy thanks for the heads up and link i feel like part of my prob is syncin to my computer.(it has not been same since windows crashed)Any whos i tried the QR code but said download unsuccessful. Haven't had a chance to do the download. Question is can i just buy mobile Odin off market and download a kernel directly onto my phone from internet/no computer required?
Thanks

Download Mobile Odin Lite from Chainfires OP to your pc, move MobileODINLite-v1.25.apk into the same directory where you have adb.exe, and use adb to install it with:

adb install MobileODINLite-v1.25.apk

You do not need to try to install the add-on (flashkernel). You don't need it to flash a kernel, but you do need it if you want to flash a rom. When I tried it out this weekend, it would not download the flashkernel, so after I installed the kernel, I deleted Mobile Odin Lite.

 

[xxkhbxx]

Rom manager is not fully functional on the SGSII. In particular, you can not use recovery through Rom Manager. To gain ClockworkMod Recovery, you must install a custom kernel containing CWM Recovery.

You can install a kernel with Odin3, Heimdall, adb, Android Terminal Emulator, or Mobile Odin Lite. If you use Odin3 or Heimdall, this will increment the flash counter. Adb, Terminal and Mobile Odin Lite will not increment the flash counter. If you need specific guidance, look at the FAQ in sticky section of the General forum, or follow the Guide linked in my signature. (I havn't added Mobile Odin Lite to the guide yet, but it's a pretty easy option. If you download it from Chainfires thread, it is free. If you get the pro version from the market there is a small charge.)

Thank you creepy. Thank u everyone. I will try when I get home and get back to you.
BTW what's this counter that you are mentioning?

 

[creepyncrawly]

Thank you creepy. Thank u everyone. I will try when I get home and get back to you.
BTW what's this counter that you are mentioning?

Happy to help. For information on the counter, read the fairly extensive discussions in the flash custom binaries guide and the return to the store guide linked in my signature.

 

[ghettopops]

thank you very much, i installed Mob odin lite and the kernel so now i am good to go. I just nandroid backed up my stock rom and am going to give a diff one a try.

 

[xxkhbxx]

Rom manager is not fully functional on the SGSII. In particular, you can not use recovery through Rom Manager. To gain ClockworkMod Recovery, you must install a custom kernel containing CWM Recovery.

You can install a kernel with Odin3, Heimdall, adb, Android Terminal Emulator, or Mobile Odin Lite. If you use Odin3 or Heimdall, this will increment the flash counter. Adb, Terminal and Mobile Odin Lite will not increment the flash counter. If you need specific guidance, look at the FAQ in sticky section of the General forum, or follow the Guide linked in my signature. (I havn't added Mobile Odin Lite to the guide yet, but it's a pretty easy option. If you download it from Chainfires thread, it is free. If you get the pro version from the market there is a small charge.)

Hello again. I haven't tried anything yet time is not permitting me to but I did install a custom kernel when I first rooted. This is the method I used if I haven't posted the link up yet. Its from zedomax on his you tube channel. I did it step by step. I was even able to make backups no problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-2Z2dKsuio&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[xxkhbxx]

Creep? I'm on my lunch break reading your other threads and what not... and I saw someone write press power / up and down buttons to get to cwm recovery ... but then I saw someone say release the power button when you see the yellow triangle.

So I did that and was in recovery 5.0.2.3 and attempted to flash cyanogen that I had stored in the phone...... the first attempt took two seconds so I remember on another post people had said to flash it again so I did. It took maybe 10 seconds this time.

I restarted.. and was joyed to see the cyanogen boot screen but was saddened to see it was caught in a boot loop. Would keep restarting and doing the bootup screen. Wouldn't pass that part so I had to do a restore .. any idea what I may be doing wrong..?

I attached a screen shot of my "about phone" thank u thank you everyone

 

[creepyncrawly]

I really can't help with installing CM7. I've never installed it myself.

From what I see, your were on stock with zedomax kernel and CWM 5.0.2.3, which as far as I know meets the requirements to be ready to flash CM7. Maybe someone with more experience can help you.

 

[xxkhbxx]

I really can't help with installing CM7. I've never installed it myself.

From what I see, your were on stock with zedomax kernel and CWM 5.0.2.3, which as far as I know meets the requirements to be ready to flash CM7. Maybe someone with more experience can help you.

Thanks creepy. Just out of curiosity do you have a Tom installed? If so then which? I would like to try your rom and see.