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help with g1 cant get into recovery

hi, after installing the rom manager premium and installing the latest nightly build i no longer can access the recovery. i installed the latest recovery the rom manager said to do, and now i reboot my phone and hold the home button and it just stays in the g1 screen. if i reboot and hold the home button while the phone is connected to usb the phone enters the fastboo g1 bootlader but in the same g1 screen but with red letteres on the corner. i need help. thanks.
fastboot still works but i dont want to have to do all that process again

I would just flash another recovery with fast boot. You won't ned to re root
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how do i do this?

djbootleg said:
how do i do this?
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1: use ADB :
connect ur device with PC , use CMD : type path to ADB folder and then
type : adb shell : enter
type : #mount -a
type : #flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot
2 : use terminal :
type $Su
type #mount -a
type : #flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
3 : use Droid explorer tool : download and install newest version
copy img file to sdcard
connect ur device with pc
u'll see a red icon ( Fl ) , click there and show the path to ur img file => ok wait 1' and reboot ur fone
if unsuccessful, u can change ur sdcard and try again !!! ^^

I ran into this issue as well, assuming it's a bug with the latest update of ROM Manager (which I just updated this morning prior to getting this issue.)
Not sure if it had anything to do with the fix but after some fiddling I decided to try reinstalling the ROM Manager recovery (after reinstalling the amon ra recovery from the same app with no success) and it worked, YMMV obviously but that worked for me.

This happened to me too!

[Q] nandroid via adb or fastboot

hi to all!! i have a doubt....
can i do a nandroid backup of my current rom using adb or fastboot parameters??
anyone can write or leave it here?
thank´s in advance!!

No. Custom recover does it. You can issue the adb reboot recover command to get into it etc....
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Yea...maybe its the reason that i dont know this parameter lol
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You sure can do it from adb. I had to find this out when I cracked my AMOLED screen and had to try and back everything up without being able to use the screen of my phone.
You need to be in recovery for it (you might be able to backup with fastboot as well, but I didn't have my bootloader unlocked at the time), so if you are full booted up, reboot into recovery and follow these commands.
Code:
adb reboot recovery
adb shell
nandroid backup
Nice and simple, right?

bassmadrigal said:
You sure can do it from adb. I had to find this out when I cracked my AMOLED screen and had to try and back everything up without being able to use the screen of my phone.
You need to be in recovery for it (you might be able to backup with fastboot as well, but I didn't have my bootloader unlocked at the time), so if you are full booted up, reboot into recovery and follow these commands.
Code:
adb reboot recovery
adb shell
nandroid backup
Nice and simple, right?
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all rigth buddy... thank´s!!! i´ve a adb fastboot command list and this does not stay in the list...

bassmadrigal said:
You sure can do it from adb. I had to find this out when I cracked my AMOLED screen and had to try and back everything up without being able to use the screen of my phone.
You need to be in recovery for it (you might be able to backup with fastboot as well, but I didn't have my bootloader unlocked at the time), so if you are full booted up, reboot into recovery and follow these commands.
Code:
adb reboot recovery
adb shell
nandroid backup
Nice and simple, right?
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ok i did it with the commands that you gave to me... and i obtain it when i try...
E:UNKNOWN VOLUME FOR PATH [/SDCARD]
CAN´T MOUNT SD CARD
#.
any advise????? please.......

some one can help-me please?? thanks in advance for your advises!!

SERGI.3210 said:
ok i did it with the commands that you gave to me... and i obtain it when i try...
E:UNKNOWN VOLUME FOR PATH [/SDCARD]
CAN´T MOUNT SD CARD
#.
any advise????? please.......
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Sorry, I was out of town all day...
At what point is this failing? I assume you actually have an sdcard loaded in the phone?

bassmadrigal said:
Sorry, I was out of town all day...
At what point is this failing? I assume you actually have an sdcard loaded in the phone?
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thanks for your continuity in this thread!!
shell shows me this when i put my device into recovery and enter the code that was provided to my above...sd card is in my device... but i think that the problem is that i don´t know what´s exactly the status that the phone need to stay.. into recovery with sd card usb mounted?(i think that not)
with the phone booted and in usb debugging mode & only chargue?

If you are booted into the phone (ie. fully loaded and able to use your phone), you need to issue the adb reboot recovery command. If the phone is off, hold down the volume down button as you are booting up. This will load the bootloader. From there, it will do a little check, and then you can use the volume keys to go to Recovery. Hit the Power button to select it. The phone will load the 'X' screen and eventually be in recovery (the text should be green or orange).
Once you are in recovery, you don't need to do anything else on the phone. Just issue
Code:
adb shell
nandroid backup
(You might have to issue the 'su' command if it shows a $ instead of a # before you run the backup.)

bassmadrigal said:
If you are booted into the phone (ie. fully loaded and able to use your phone), you need to issue the adb reboot recovery command. If the phone is off, hold down the volume down button as you are booting up. This will load the bootloader. From there, it will do a little check, and then you can use the volume keys to go to Recovery. Hit the Power button to select it. The phone will load the 'X' screen and eventually be in recovery (the text should be green or orange).
Once you are in recovery, you don't need to do anything else on the phone. Just issue
Code:
adb shell
nandroid backup
(You might have to issue the 'su' command if it shows a $ instead of a # before you run the backup.)
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when i did it i obtained:
Code:
~#nandroid backup
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]
can´t mount sdcard
and if i write su i obtain it:
Code:
~#su
/sbin/sh: su: not found
~#
sorry for my ignorance mate i´m open for your help

also i know that the device is in the correct mode thank´s to you... and confirmated with command:
Code:
adb status-window
-[2j-[2hANDROID debug bridge (adb mode)
status:unknown

Which recovery do you use?

What happens when you type
Code:
adb devices
?

bassmadrigal said:
What happens when you type
Code:
adb devices
?
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shows me that the device its connected and a big number... this part its correct

danger-rat said:
Which recovery do you use?
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CWM recovery

SERGI.3210 said:
CWM recovery
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CWM 3.x, or 2.x?

same problem
danger-rat said:
CWM 3.x, or 2.x?
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I'm having the same problem with my HeroC. If you have any idea what to do I would really appreciate it! I'm running AOSP 2.3.4, Firerats MTD, and CWmod 3xxx

Don't use CWM 3.x, stick to the latest 2.x

danger-rat said:
Don't use CWM 3.x, stick to the latest 2.x
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Should I just flash the CW2xxx over the CW3xxx and then proceed with the nandroid backup? I can't use my screen at all, so will that be a problem?

HELP! How to do full wipe when phone is off and no power button??

Help. First of all, my power button doesnt work so i use the USB cable trick to turn it on every time. The problem is myy phone is having a boot loop after i did some font change. I want to do a full wipe but the power button is dead so i cannot access the recovery menu from fastboot.
ADB command is not working with the phone.. Anyone know any other way?

nevermind, figured out the solution, if anyone need help do this:
- boot to fastboot (Hold trackball when phone powering on via USB)
- Place a copy of your recovery image in your sdk tools folder, connect via fastboot and type:
fastboot boot name-of-recovery.img
(use the real name of your recovery image)
- phone will restart in recovery mode. Run wipe

[Q] HELP!!! Cant access recovery mode & WiFi isnt connecting at all [MIUI 1.11.25]

[Q] HELP!!! Cant access recovery mode & WiFi isnt connecting at all [MIUI 1.11.25]
After I upgraded to the new MIUI rom, I noticed that the Gmail app and the Email app where crashing all the time so I thought it would be a good idea to to wipe the Dalvik cache, do a factory reset and reinstall the ROM...
I wanted to clear everything and start new... so I wiped the sdcard, sd-ext, data/cache, dalvik... then i flashed the Miui rom and made a new sd-ext3, made it 1Gb... the phone restarted normally, i installed the a2sd on the sd-ext3, everything was fine, I started re-downloading my programs. but then I restarted the phone and all the program I had installed were gone... and the a2sd+ partition was showing 0.00B of space while myy sdcard was showing that there was 1Gb missing... worse, the gapps (gmail, market etc) were gone... thought another factory reset would solve the issue, so I went into the settings/system/about phone/factory reset... it brought the gapps back but the a2sd was still showing 0.00B of space. not only that, but I couldnt connect to my wifi anymore (it keeps saying "obtaining ip adress")... also, ever since, I cant factory reset anymore... as soon as I do, the phone restart and is stuck in a bootloop... so I have to take out the battery and put it back to switch it on properly...
I tried to reboot it in recovery so that i could both reflash the MIUI ROM and re-install the sd-ext3 with less memory this time... but I couldnt get into the recovery mode no matter what. it was amon ra v2.2.1 recovery... I downloaded Rom Manager from the internet so I could switch recoveries, and I switched to clockworkmod, but still couldn't access the recovery. I thought Rom Manager wasnt not working properly so I tried flashing new recovery image through adb and fastboot, but it wouldnt even let me do it... looked for ways to bypass the recovery mode and flash the rom but it still wouldnt work... So now im stuck with the phone unable to go into recovery mode.
The phone otherwise still works, I still get and can make phone calls, but I cant connect to the internet unless using my credit, and even that for some reasons does not allow me to connect to google servers, meaning that I cannot use the Market...
How can I get My phone to work properly again?

I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.

Is your phone unlocked? If so, the easiest way is to just reflash a recovery image using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then you can boot directly into the new recovery by changing the flash command to boot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then I would wipe the /system partition and reinstall MIUI.

Start a fastboot mode:
+ Download the fastboot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/fastboot.zip
+ Extract the contents of fastboot.zip to some directory of your
preference
+ Download the su.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/su.zip
+ Copy to the root of SD * Do not extract the contents, simply copy
to the root of SD *
+ Turn off your phone
+ Press and hold the trackball, press the power
+ The phone will connect in fastboot mode
+ Plug the USB cable
+ You will see a highlighted message "USB fastboot"
2 Unlock your bootloader:
<WARNING - This procedure below deletes all your
SETTINGS!>
+ At the command prompt / terminal, go to the directory where you
Drew fastboot.zip
+ If rWindows:
+ Go to Start> Run> cmd
+ Use the cd command to access the directory where you extracted the
fastboot.zip
+ Type-windows.exe fastboot devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Type fastboot-windows.exe oem unlock
+ If it is Linux:
Run the + terminal of your choice
+ Use the force, become as root (su -)
+ Go to the directory where you extracted using fastboot.zip
cd
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux oem unlock
+ If Mac, use the same steps as replacing the Linux
for fastboot. / fastboot-mac
+ Confirm unlocking
+ Now your phone will accept any customROM
3 Install any custom recovery:
- I used ClockworkMod, but there are others, such as Amon_Ra's.
http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-passi ...
+ If linux:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
linux-fastboot flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If windows:
+ With the phone plugged into usb mode and type fastboot: fastboot-
windows.exe flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If MAC:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
fastboot-mac flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ Okay, you installed a custom recovery and now has several
features such as nandroid backup / restore and etc..
- Accessing the custom recovery
Press + power and return to the bootloader menu, you will see an option
called RECOVERY, select it using the volume buttons and press
power to start the customrecovery
+ Will load a black screen with an exclamation point, press power
and the volume +
+ You are on the menu, scroll using the trackball or the keys
volume, to select, press the trackball

demoneyes905 said:
I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.
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I could get to the fastboot and was selecting the recovery option, but then it was stuck in a bootloop. When I was trying to flash using the command prompt it was saying that there were errors. but Dont worry, I fixed it. Turns out the errors were due to the fact that the command couldnt find the location of the image...

Can't boot Captivate into Bootloader

I am trying to boot my samsung captivate into the boot loader. I've tried the physical key combos mentioned on XDA with no luck.
I tried using ./adb reboot bootloader but the phone does a regular reboot.
I am able to get a splash screen with that says "Download" and has a picture of the Android shoveling, by pressing both volumes and plugin in the power.
But if i do this, the device is not visible when I used ./adb devices
I am also able to boot into recovery using ./adb reboot recovery but I still cant see the device. I can also reboot into recovery with "One Click Root."
It says : Your phone is now in recovery mode. Select "Apply sdcard:update.zip" using the volume buttons and then press the power/home button.
But i don't see this as an option. my options are:
reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
formate internal sd-card
The question is how can i get this to reboot into the bootloader preferably from the terminal so that I can unlock it and install CWM.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Running 2.6
Mac OS X

As far as i know, u can't reboot the Captivate into the bootloader.
But u could use Heimdall to flash a kernel that has cwm recovery built in.
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