Please get me out of Gingerbread Prison

Hello all

I recently installed Gingerbread on my rooted OG Droid 1 with froyo 2.3.? and when I try to reboot into one of my other ROM's it will not go past the whit Motorola logo that you see at the beginning of a boot cycle. Will someone please tell me how to overcome this step by step? It is very frustrating because I just wanted to try it out to see what it was like and now I'm in Gingerbread prison. I want my rooted ROM's back! Thanks in advance, Randall

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Hi CJM

Hi CJM,

Yes on my RomManager app after I downloaded the Peter Alfonso GPA15 it prompted me and asked me the three questions 1)backup, 2)wipe and cashe, 3)reboot and I checked all three so I am assuming that I did.

Just FYI

My "about phone" menu reads:

Android Version
2.3.3

Baseband version
C_01.43.01P

Kernel version
2.6.32.9-peteralfonso
root@pete#16

Build number
GPA15

Thanks for helping me!!

-Randall

Hi CJM

Hi CJM,

I am assuming I did, I used the app RomManager after I downloaded Peter Alfonso's GPA15 and it asked me the three questions 1) Backup, 2) Wipe and Cache, and 3) Reboot and I checked all three.

Just FYI

My "about phone" menu reads:

Android Version
2.3.3

Baseband version
C_01.43.01P

Kernel Version
2.6.32.9-peteralfonso
root@pete#16

Build number
GPA15


Thanks for helping me.

-Randall

I've had this happen before.

If you can't get into recovery, go back into ROM Manager. At the top hit Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery, it will come back with your phone model (Motorola Droid (CDMA)). Tap that, then it will verify the version of recovery, you'll see the little circle spinning in the top right corner. Then it should come back with OK.

You may need to do this a few times until it responds quickly..like 3.5 seconds or so. Be patient with it....

good luck

Cjm

Did you wipe before the new rom? Can you get into recovery?

Not sure...No

Hey Kylo77

I tried it to do that but only flashing two times in a row and then tried to boot in recovery with an bugless beast rom that i had saved but i was using rommanager but I would just get stuck at the moto logo on boot.

should I keep repeating the flash and try it again?

thanks

Cjm

how do I do that?

thanks

Reboot the phone and let it sit for a few minutes and then try the recovery flash a few times. When this has happened to me I flashed (inside Rom Manager) like 3 or 4 times. The firs time will be slow as it is checking the database for the most recent version. Subsequent times should be faster.

Ok I tried to flash it like 6 times in a row and it was down to one second between the cycle and tried to restore a back up with rommanager and it is still stuck on the motorola logo when it first boots. I tried but it still won't let me.

The only solution I have found is to clear data and cache from the app rom manager and delete the clockworkmod folder on your sd card. If you have any important roms or backups saved there, you might want to move those to a different location. Then reflash clockworkmod in rom manager. FYI...I prefer rzrecovery and managing roms and backups manually x + power.

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Ok thanks I will give it a shot!!

Good luck, it should work

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Ok I am looking in RomManager and I don't see how to clear the cashe and date option in that app. Where do I need to do this from? Thanks

I meant through phone settings>applications not from the rom itself.

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Ok I did that and moved my back ups and deleted the ClockMod folder from my sd card. Went back into the app rommanager and flashed it and it performed the flash like it was the very first time so that went well, but when I tried to "Download Rom from SD" and went to my root sd folder and tried to reboot with a .zip rom it didn't let me it still turned on and went to the white motorola logo and stayed. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks again.

Sorry it didn't work for you, do you how to sbf rzrecovery? I think at this point that is your only option, you can still manage any clockworkmod backups you may of had in rzrecovery.

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Thanks anyway...Hey at this point I am willing to try anything.

No I don't can you advise me? Thanks

Ok, do you have rsd lite and the Motorola drivers installed on your computer?

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