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Root [FAQ-GUIDE] ClockWorkMod Optimus Elite

Artine said:
I was only thanking her for replying to my question, nothing more. You may have overlooked yourself in the credits, though.
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Oh, that's very kind of you sir, but I've not contributed to that great a depth, so thank you that I'm there, but I expect no acknowledgment:)
 
Artine said:
It's been reported that that hasn't been helping. I'll take another look at it, and will likely include it. Thanks, MacFett!
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I don't think anyone said it didn't work, just we didn't think it would work. I've been going back and forth with different versions of the recovery and I am guessing that is the reason all the dates are the same for my backups.

I did the timefix yesterday and my backups done today are the correct time and date contrary to what I expected.
 
The time fix will be added soon. Additionally, I just tested CWM on my girlfriend's OE. She is on ZV4. CWM worked flawlessly, and is therefore verified (someone claimed a week or so ago that it worked on ZV4 also). Prerequisites will be updated accordingly.
 
Artine said:
The time fix will be added soon. Additionally, I just tested CWM on my girlfriend's OE. She is on ZV4. CWM worked flawlessly, and is therefore verified (someone claimed a week or so ago that it worked on ZV4 also). Prerequisites will be updated accordingly.
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Yeah, I've been wondering where we go to set the values for the time stamps
 
DsyMnapTic said:
Yeah, I've been wondering where we go to set the values for the time stamps
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I followed the steps in this post.

giantpune said:
Here's a recovery image that contains the workaround mentioned earlier for the incorrect timestamps. Download part_13_cwm_9_22_17_32.bin from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
md5 3fbe49417b6d4153ffec2d3b963bacd8

In order to use the workaround, you need to know how many days/hours/minutes your time is off by. You can use adb while in recovery and type "date" and it will tell you when it thinks it is. I went here Date Difference Calculator - number of days between dates and typed in my phone's date and the current date and it told me how many it was off by. Then I created a file on my microSD card in the clockworkmod folder called timefix. And in that file I put the values to be added to the time my phone thinks it is. Every line ends with a '\n' newline, not a "\r\n".
Code: 
hour=10
minute=29
day=11946
So it takes the "Jan 8 10:10:04 GMT 1980" from my phone, adds 11946 days, 10 hours, and 29 minutes to that for the backup names. It will be a bit more accurate if you just use minutes, so 17202869 minutes. If you don't plan on using the work around, there's nothing else changed, so no point installing this version over the last one.
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Try this time calculator: http://www.mathcats.com/explore/elapsedtime.html
 
i have no clue what i am doing wrong i get this "Once it's finished writing CWM to the recovery partition you'll see some output regarding the speed and size of the operation." then do step 6 md5sum matches then close emulator the file is already renamed from the first time i did it but it still rewrites the stock recovery will flash gui app work?
 
blizard said:
i have no clue what i am doing wrong i get this "Once it's finished writing CWM to the recovery partition you'll see some output regarding the speed and size of the operation." then do step 6 md5sum matches then close emulator the file is already renamed from the first time i did it but it still rewrites the stock recovery will flash gui app work?
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Remember the next step, before rebooting, is to rename that install-recovery file. Otherwise, the stock recovery will get written and will replace CWM.
 
DsyMnapTic said:
CWM installer

POSTED BY GIANTPUNE:
Heres the very first incarnation of the installer. Download www.sendspace.com/file/s872av
md5sum 6ed309ed17d621396df857c984f7338a


Its a commandline program, so run it (with root privileges) from adb or the terminal emulator. It has a full stock recovery built into it, as well as the latest and hopefully greatest CWM build. Its a pretty basic program. It will check a build prop and make sure its running on a optimus elite. Then it will make a backup of whatever recovery you have installed and tell you where it is putting it. After that, it will check for that install.crap.sh script and rename it to .bak.##. Next, it will try to write either the CWM or the stock partition it has built into it, and read it back to verify it. If it can't successfully write the new recovery and read it back, it will try to restore your original one, and read it back to verify. If that fails, then youll still have your original that it created in /data/local/tmp and you can restore it with dd before you reboot.

It should be fairly safe, but as usual, if you can't handle your phone getting destroyed, you can wait until enough people have tried it out and reported that it worked (or didn't). You aren't paying any money for this, and I'm not offering and warranty.
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DsyMnapTic, thanks for the download link. I may use this as it seems simple enough. Is the file a binary executable? Do I put it on the SD card's root and then run it via ADB or the terminal? Something like this:

# su
# chmod +x /mnt/sdcard/lgoe_cwn
# /mnt/sdcard/lgoe_cwn
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Either that or I'll go through Artine's steps in the first post; too lazy to get the MSL so I'll just cross my fingers.

EDIT: Nevermind, I used the Artine's procedures and everything went smooth; I used giantpune's apk to set DIAG to ENABLE; that's the easiest method without having to find the MSL. Instead of using the Terminal Emulator, I just used ADB shell to the phone and just issue the commands (a lot easier than trying to type or copy and paste on the Terminal Emulator on the phone; I don't trust myself with the dd command on a little screen that can accidentally wipe out the wrong partition ;) ). Cool, I just did a Nandroid backup. Now to flashing some ROMs :):):)


Thanks to all!
 
MacFett said:
I found a much more accurate time calculator:

Elapsed Time Calculator at Math Cats

It figured out the exact time down to the minute and I updated my timefix in minutes since 1980 (17.2 million btw).
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Before integrating the timefix, I have to ask what the advantage is over simply renaming the backup manually? It almost seems more complex to do the timefix than simply rename it to the correct time post-backup. Since, I assume, you'd have to go in and edit the timefix again before/after backing up, right?

Or am I missing something, here?
 
Artine said:
Before integrating the timefix, I have to ask what the advantage is over simply renaming the backup manually? It almost seems more complex to do the timefix than simply rename it to the correct time post-backup. Since, I assume, you'd have to go in and edit the timefix again before/after backing up, right?
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As long as your date is progressing correctly (mine is not) you only have to do the timefix once. What it does is it tells CWM what the difference in time is between it's clock and reality then it adds that difference to the backup zip's file name and you should have an accurately named nandroid.

I thought as you did, that it would be easier to rename. I kept finding that I'd reboot after and leave my Elite to boot and then I'd forget about it and changing the name of the nandroid.
 
MacFett said:
As long as your date is progressing correctly (mine is not) you only have to do the timefix once. What it does is it tells CWM what the difference in time is between it's clock and reality then it adds that difference to the backup zip's file name and you should have an accurately named nandroid.

I thought as you did, that it would be easier to rename. I kept finding that I'd reboot after and leave my Elite to boot and then I'd forget about it and changing the name of the nandroid.
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Alright, that makes sense, then. I figured it wouldn't keep progressing and would thus render it essentially pointless. The timefix will be integrated shortly.

EDIT: Finished integrating the timefix.
 
I'm having trouble with installing this recovery. I have the current cwm file. I have the DIAG enabled. I'm on Sprint if that is any issue but shouldn't be. I have the file on the root of my sdcard.

My error continually gives me no such file or directory found error. Is there a step I'm forgetting or any ideas?
 
pilot03 said:
I'm having trouble with installing this recovery. I have the current cwm file. I have the DIAG enabled. I'm on Sprint if that is any issue but shouldn't be. I have the file on the root of my sdcard.

My error continually gives me no such file or directory found error. Is there a step I'm forgetting or any ideas?
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Alright, so are you a.) using the terminal emulator, and b.) typing in the correct commands given in the installation steps? IE: Once you start the terminal emulator, type in "su" without the quotes. It should prompt you for Superuser access, which you would touch "Grant" on that prompt, and then check the md5sum via the given command, then typing in the dd command? I ran into that error a couple of times before realizing that I had actually forgotten to type in the name of the file correctly. That could be why.
 
Entered SU and allowed SU on terminal. I typed it exactly as per the instructions. I even used adb shell thinking I was not putting the file name correct. Negative on both platforms with same errors.

I have never been able to proceed pass Step 4.
 
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