Open Recovery v1.46 [11/21/2010]

[Skrilax_CZ]

Looks like the update.zip you downloaded is either corrupted (redownload) or you are not using vulnerable recovery.

[adirh3]

Thanks for the help, but now it's doing it:

install from sd card

instaslling update

cannot find update_binary

open recovery by skrilax_cz v1.14

installing busybox...

installing bash ...

installing toolbox.....

launching open recovery

install from sdcard complete

What should I do?

[Skrilax_CZ]

Do you have the OpenRecovery folder on your sdcard?

[carthikv12]

Hi,

I have the shols 2.36 build and 90.78 bootloader... and i've flashed the vulnerable recovery.

I hold down X and power up and release power up button and hold only X till the exclamation mark appears... then nothing happens... it just stays like that, so i just press the power button once and it reboots normally. So I'm not able to access even the phones stock recovery mode...

I was wondering if i was doing something wrong or if it was just an incompatibility??

Thanks!
Carthik

[Aumkar]

After you get to the exclamation mark, you have to press the Volume Up and Camera key at the same time to get to the menu. Then you use the DPad to Navigate and select the options.

[carthikv12]

haha... that was pretty easy! thanks for the tip...

[arrowsama]

OK, now I'm totally lost... When 2.1 UK was launched I installed it and rooted it. Now I'd like to get some "custom" firmwares installed but I got nothing yet. Whenever I try to install a custom recovery (I tried to do a nandroid backup some time ago), I can't. With OpenRecovery I get till this point (http://imgur.com/ScY5J.jpg) but I cannot advance.
Things so far I've done:
- I followed the link to the vulnerable recovery with exploit (though I think I already applied it to root it)
- Obviously checked and re-checked the OpenRecovery folder is in /sdcard/ (need I give it special permissions?)
- Seems that exploitable recoveries have and android with a skate, is that for only some models?

Thank you for your help!

Edit: forgot to mention, I have the original 90.73 bootloader
Edit2: tried it again and saw that some information on the screenshot was missing http://imgur.com/fuvWK.jpg

[dext3r]

Can someone please fix OpenRecovery, im starting to get complaints from many,many people, as nandroid scripts do not use FORMAT of the partitions and they end up with mixed files, as ".myfolder" as example are never deleted from the filesystem.

As help to others, please use Recovery menu -> factory reset, when installing nandroid backups!! so phone partitions gets wiped completely.

[DAGr8]

Can someone please fix OpenRecovery, im starting to get complaints from many,many people, as nandroid scripts do not use FORMAT of the partitions and they end up with mixed files, as ".myfolder" as example are never deleted from the filesystem.

As help to others, please use Recovery menu -> factory reset, when installing nandroid backups!! so phone partitions gets wiped completely.

I dont get it inside the open recovery itself there is factory reset they also is cache and dlavik reset , areyou saying these features dont work as well as the one in the default recover console ?

[dext3r]

I dont get it inside the open recovery itself there is factory reset they also is cache and dlavik reset , areyou saying these features dont work as well as the one in the default recover console ?

not really, im saying, that using wipe where its easy to find, if people do not even use OpenRecovery, factory reset is working the same way. (i know factory reset sounds scary)

[Skrilax_CZ]

Well I'm quite busy here and don't have much time lately, so here is a hotfix:

The problem is that: "rm -rf *" will not erase hidden files / folders. (it should be "rm –rf .??*" and then "rm -rf *"). But a better solution is to implement an executable doing format_root_device, found in the roots.c in the source. But you can do a factory reset too, it will do the trick unless there is something hidden in system partition.

There are some more problems reported with the nandroid and the ext2 module and the original nandroid script is already big mess so I'll use my own (with same format of the backup).

Though two teasers for new OR.

The new backup menu. Will allow backing up the ext2 partition.


Console on the phone. (atm. colorless and haven't implemented yet the minui for landscape view)

[dext3r]

Well I'm quite busy here and don't have much time lately, so here is a hotfix:

Thanks for the top job done here.. and i should not be alone saying if you help me, i help you :-)
Im probably gonna get the SDK / cross compile packages so i can look at a kernel compile for the ext2 module, if that helps you.

ill ask on the forum or IRC for the specific packs i need to get started on linux. (i only got experience from sh4 platforms from satboxes)

but regarding to the "rm -R" you can also do "rm -R /data/*" which works a little different but should solve it and takes hidden folders (with . extension) .. reason for using hidden attribute was i so often needed to clear /data and doing rm -R * was really no good with all system apps installed there.

[nadlabak]

Console! Very good! I'm looking forward to the release.

[DAGr8]

Console! Very good! I'm looking forward to the release.

hell yea !

EDIT : I got a thx !!!!

[cdgraff]

Looks like the update.zip you downloaded is either corrupted (redownload) or you are not using vulnerable recovery.

Hi where i can download the latest update.zip? I'm use an old version but i don't found this new update.zip in any place.

Thanks for any link or tip.
Regards from Argentina!
Alejandro