[GUIDE]How to install ClockworkMod Recovery with ROM Manager

Ok. So my question is, why would we need to do this? I have the getitnowmarketing recovery installed on mine and my wife's phone and it is working great. What would be the benefit of flashing CWM recovery? There's that old adage of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Thanks in advance.

 

Thank you. So, can you elaborate then, on what CWM recovery will do for me, if I were to flash it over my GINM recovery, especially in regards to flashing your gb rom?

 

In your original post, you mention:

you say to pick any of the recoveries. Shouldn't we pick one for our Optimus M? However, I didn't see it listed.

Thanks

 

Read the instructions carefully.

He is telling you to download any recovery with rom manager, then change the resulting files name, then change his special recovery file to the name of the file rom manager downloaded, thus tricking rom manager into thinking its flashing the file it downloaded...

 

Ah, I see now.

 

Well, all's well. I downloaded the recovery image, and ROM Manager. I followed the directions in the OP and was able to successfully flash the CWM recovery. I read in a post (either this thread, or a different one, I can't remember now) somewhere someone say that they have to get used to using the camera button. That is true. I pushed my menu button and got the clockwork logo. Thought I had done something wrong. Then I remembered that I had also read somewhere that you just have to push another button and it'll go back to your recovery menus. So I did it and that's precisely what happened. Yay!

I don't know that I necessarily needed to do it. I think I just like playing with my phone too much.

 

Nice this makes our phone complete thanks so much

 

I flashed the dt a2sd script to your rom and its working

 

hmm, this is a first we have been warning and been told about all the horrors of using rom manager on this phone.
Ya it was just a matter of time until it could be made to include the optimus M I for one had thought with M's EOL eminent no one would bother so thank you for it.

 

That would be great!

 

Ok, so I do have an issue with the CWM Recovery. Under the mounts and storage menu, I try to select mount USB storage, and I get the following error: E:Unable to open ums lunfile (No such file or directory)

I can't connect usb storage while in recovery, to transfer my backups to my computer.

 

Nice

 

so.. im trying to install the CWM recovery through ROM Manager.. now i know i can just flash this recovery through terminal.. but trying to follow this guide to make it work with RM. So i click on install recovery.. and i select a phone from the list... and it downloads.. and then asks for SU permissions.. and then it flashes the recovery.. i happened to select the recovery for teh LG Optimus V.. it then says Recovery Flashed Successfully... and shows that CWM v3.2.0.1 is now installed on my phone.. so i navigate to my sd card in Root Explorer.. and look int he clockworkmod>download folder.. and all i have there are to files with random letters and numbers ranging in size from 100k to 3.9mb.. but i have no download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries folder.. absolutely nothing.. so now i have to flash this recovery through terminal.. heh.. dont know if they updated RM or something or maybe im looking in the wrong place? i browsed my entire phone looking for the recovery it flashed.. cant find ti anywhere

EDIT:
ok.. so manually flashed this recovery through terminal.. it gets the ERROR: E: bad boot message.. im assuming that this recovery will not work with the ext partition? joneidys didnt work with the ext partition and gave same error.. also the button mapping is jacked up.. vol up and down and the camera button to select stuff.. the vol up and down is normal.. but the camera button isnt exactly user friendly.. anybody tried to backup their EXT yet? or flash with this to see if it will wipe the EXT?

going back to GNM recovery for now..

 

Well I used this method last night, no problem. Used it today with the new recovery and brick. So I de-brick, restore service, try again, bricked again. I am in the process of de-bricking/restoring service/re-rooting again. Only thing I can think is my download of the new recovery is bad. ffs, all I was trying to do was get rom manager to work and flash my backup, lol.

 

yeah.. as i was saying.. after downloading and installimg a recovery through rom manager.. i have no clockworkmod/download/download.clockworkmod.com/recovery folder.. my folder tree in /clockworkmod goes as far as download.. wierd.. but thats how it is.. ill uninstall and delete the folder and try again lol.. and it wont restore old backups eh.. thats cool.. i can restore stock and flash cwm and make a new.backup.. lol