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Root first try with clockworkmod rom manager didnt work and messed things up

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doctorcrash

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hi i did the super one click root prog and it worked great. then i downloaded a couple root only apps from the android market and i thought that was really cool too. then i decided i needed to go further and see what these custom roms were about so i downloaded the clockworkmod rom manager and backed up my current rom which completed successfully. i then tried to install the cyan rom and it asked aabout the pre install clear cache stuff and i'm pretty sure it did that but then it just like rebooted. nothing looks different and i'm posotive the rom didnt change at all and now a bunch of my google apps dont work like android market.. car home. voice, and a couple others... i cant download any apps and all the apps i had before are gone. i get the same error message for market and all the apps that dont work... the application market (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly.. please try again .

please help
 
That is side effect of loading some of the ROM's from what I read. Usually if this is the case, the ROM developer will have a Google Apps .apk, most importantly a Market (vending.apk)... I believe these are available on the XDA website. Otherwise, just google it.

Edit: Actually these are available under the ROM Manager - Download ROMs - Google Apps
Just be sure to download the correct ones (Eclair vs Froyo). Also, I believe the recommended number of wipes to do before flashing a new ROM is 3...
 
Icecold is right: With CyanogenMod ROMs you have to install Gapps separately. ROM Manager should prompt you to install it along with the ROM (and wipe data/cache, which you should also check).

Now that Cyanogen is installed, you just need to go into recovery and flash the Gapps.zip, which is available here:

[NIGHTLY] [CM7] Discussion of Nightlies - CyanogenMod Forum

Once you have flashed this and rebooted, your Google apps should work. :)
 
well i wish i could use rom manager but the icon for it has disappeard along with all the other non stock apps i had downloaded. shows they are still there if i view my phone via usb (mass storage) but no icons for them and no way to re download any of them since android market is not working. someone told me to download the gapps zip file and put it on my sd card and reboot in recovery mode and install the google apps that way so i did.. i put the zip file on there and did recovery mode and no dice says update.zip no such file found or something. i tried formatting the phone in recovery mode too reset everything but same issues with the google apps... not sure what i should do... maybe my phone is half ass bricked :(

p.s. eveit if i go thru the browser to android market and login with my gmail account it wont let me download apps there either says there are no android phones associated with this account.


any way i can get a program to flash my backup of my stock rom back on my phone via laptop and usb cable? maybe that will solve it.
 
well and honestly i see no evidence that cyanogen is even on my droid phone.. i think all the rom manager did was clear the cache and reboot and it came right back on. and there is no evidence it even worked... only difference i see is google applications dont work anymore along with all the apps i downloaded being gone. how can i find out if the cyanogen rom is even on there... i'm new at this but usually can figure this stuff out easy enough... maybe in over my head here tho...
 
Your phone isnt half way bricked. did you do a backup before flashing the rom? if so just goto recovery and re flash the backup.
 
i did do a backup of my stock rom with the rom manager program before any of that and i can see its on my sd card (viewing via usb cable) in recovery mode my options are.


reboot system now
apply sdcard: update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe basband data

so i'm not sure how to use my backup without the rom manager program. what steps would i take in the recovery manager to restore my backup...
any ideas?
 
here is my recovery screen word for word


Android system recovery <3e>

Use d-pad to highlight; center to select.


reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partion
wipe basband data
 
how would i go about reinstalling it without being able to utilize google apps (android market)? cause thats how i installed it in the first place... unless there is another way to install it..
 
Maybe you could remove the SD card, move your backup to the ROOT of the card and rename it "update.zip" making sure that you don't add an extension and name it "update.zip.zip". Then put it BACK in, boot into recovery and apply SDcard:/update.zip

Any other ideas out there, other than flashing an .sbf (which I am trying to avoid)? :confused:

EDIT: NVM, I don't think that's gonna work at all...
 
The_Chief said:
Maybe you could remove the SD card, move your backup to the ROOT of the card and rename it "update.zip" making sure that you don't add an extension and name it "update.zip.zip". Then put it BACK in, boot into recovery and apply SDcard:/update.zip

Any other ideas out there, other than flashing an .sbf (which I am trying to avoid)? :confused:
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I was thinking of the update.zip option as well. He definetly doesn't have CWR as the recovery. I'm guessing it is either the stock recovery or SPR...
 
k here is what i have for backup its in a folder

removable disk/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-21-23.40.22


within that folder are these files

.android_secure
boot
cache
data
nandroid.md5
recovery
system

should i rename one of these files individually or actually zip up the entire folder and name it update.zip???
 
The backup is not executable, so trying to apply it as an update.zip won't work. Scroll up to my post about UD 2.5 and try that. Once you're up and stable we can install ClockworkMod Recovery once & for all and then get to the ROM you want.

EDIT: Or try DarkJedi's advice first and see if you can remotely install Clockwork.
 
doctorcrash said:
k here is what i have for backup its in a folder

removable disk/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-21-23.40.22


within that folder are these files

.android_secure
boot
cache
data
nandroid.md5
recovery
system

should i rename one of these files individually or actually zip up the entire folder and name it update.zip???
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No need to zip it, just rename the entire folder update.zip...

However Chief is correct, I don't think it will install the back up as it isn't executable. I would suggest doing what Chief says and download another rom and rename it to update.zip and install that.

Or you could try what Dark Jedi suggested.
 
dark jedi it says no android phones associated with this account.. however its the one and only gmail account i used on my phone... it wont even let me use the browser and go to android market...
 
ok sounds good i'm up for anything at this point.. so u guys know where i can find a good rom file or whatever to rename and slap in the root of my sdcard?
 
doctorcrash said:
dark jedi it says no android phones associated with this account.. however its the one and only gmail account i used on my phone... it wont even let me use the browser and go to android market...
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is your phone signed in with that gmail account?
 
thought something positive was happening it did this.


--install from sdcard...
finding update package...
opening update package...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
installation aborted


however the lil progress bar went almost halfway before that... dam :(
 
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