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willywonkaisrsh

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I understand unlocking and rooting, but I don't understand the point of installing a recovery image. Could someone explain?
 

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I understand unlocking and rooting, but I don't understand the point of installing a recovery image. Could someone explain?

A custom recovery image allows flashing of packages that are NOT officially singed by HTC. So custom ROM's, Kernels, anything unsinged may be flashed! That is all.
 

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Plus... Depending in the recovery, you can do lots more. (ie...wipe bat stats, make Nandroid backups, clear caches... etc... :)
Oh, and remember, kernels can only be flashed when an unlocked bootloader is present! :D

Sent from the best phone on Verizon!
 

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I flashed the CWM recovery image through fastboot. I am in the process of doing my backup...I did it through fastboot on my Mac...my question is once this is done can I go in to CWM through ROM manager and can I manage my backups through ROM manager? My backups keep locking up. I have pulled the battery three times. Anyone have any suggestions?
 

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I flashed the CWM recovery image through fastboot. I am in the process of doing my backup...I did it through fastboot on my Mac...my question is once this is done can I go in to CWM through ROM manager and can I manage my backups through ROM manager? My backups keep locking up. I have pulled the battery three times. Anyone have any suggestions?

I had a lot of problems with clockwork (this could be why an official version is not out yet). Try Amon Ra Recovery. No problems for me with that one.
 

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There should also be an official ClockWorkMod coming soon. Koush has already started working on it.
 
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