SPRecovery vs ROM Manager

[thinkmega]

From time to time I find ROM suggested to be installed by SPRecovery. Can they be installed by ROM Manager too? ROM Manager appears to be very convenient to use but I dont know whether ROMs are tied to specific recovery tool.

Please help.

J.

 

[Cornholieo]

SPRecovery

You can install ROM easily using ROM Manager, and I have done so in the past. The most recent ROM I installed though "Sapphire" did not install correctly with RM and I ended up having to re-flash with SPRecovery. Wifi was broken when I installed with RM.

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

 

[cereal killer]

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

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10char

 

[Johnly]

Sir Psychos Recovery (vote applied)

 

[hookbill]

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

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10char

I agree
10 char

 

[Tallica]

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

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10char

I agree
10 char

+100 for SPRecovery
If you are flashing Custom Roms you should be able to do it manually.


Rom Manager is for noobs

Just my opinion

 

[mwhartman]

SPR is been the "gold" standard!

Mike

 

[nateccnn]

No one is answering his question. SPR fanboys have announced their prefernce, but what he wants to know is can an update designed for SPRecovery be installed using Rom Manager? If so, how?

It seems to me I have taken an update setup for RM and renamed it to update.zip and used SPRecovery to install it. Is it just a matter of giving it a new name?

Nate

 

[Corinacakes]

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

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THAT'S IT!!! i'm going to flash sapphire lol

 

[Martin030908]

I know a ROM packaged for ROM Manager can not be simply renamed 'update.zip' and used through Sprecovery. However I don't know if it works in reverse.

 

[mwhartman]

The answer "can one install a rom via RM when SPR has been suggested" depends on how one looks at the question. If you use RM with CW flashed then using RM to flash a particular rom depends on the developer making his/her rom available via RM. If, however, the developer has not opted to have his/her rom in RM then SPR is the answer. Additionally, if someone has RM installed BUT flashes the alternate recovery SPR then RM can not be used.

Hope this clarifies how the fan boys feel:icon_ peace:

 

[Bob Dammit]

Its a matter of if you want to give koush money to do what you can do yourself for free. SPRecovery was the standard before koush got greedy, and is the only reason I will not run a rom that needs to be installed with ROM manager. I dont care for the tactics and BS (for a lack of a better word) that came to this forum with that developer. Take it for what it is worth, but I dont see how paying for a free ROM is right by any standards. Plus he ran an unnamed developer off this board for "stealing" some work, and had the audacity to charge people for the same rom he was here pi***** and moaning about. Just my $0.02.

 

[roberj13]

It depends.

My zips for my themes can be left alone for clockwork or renamed update.zip for sp they work both ways.

Not all do though, backups def cannot be used from one to another.

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[mwhartman]

Damn it Bob tell us how you really feel :icon_ poke:

 

[Mikejl]

You can install ROM easily using ROM Manager, and I have done so in the past. The most recent ROM I installed though "Sapphire" did not install correctly with RM and I ended up having to re-flash with SPRecovery. Wifi was broken when I installed with RM.

I think that SPRecovery has a cleaner install than RM which is why so many Devs recommend it.

BTW Sapphire is awesome

I'm having a little problem with the technical aspect of your statement. You mean the somewhere during the flashing operation RM messed up a few bits of the ROM that had to do with the wifi, but completed the rest of the installation?

Then SPRecovery took that exact same ROM image and installed it flawlessly?

Is that pretty much what happened?

Or did you downlown the ROM again and then flash with SPRecovery?

Mike