Cannot get to recovery mode - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

one of my friends flashed apex rom and now he can't get his phone to go into rec. mode i don't have a clue. could use some of ya'lls help... when he tries to go to rec. mode his phone just shows colored lines,bout like a old tv would do
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DEW-SCGS said:
one of my friends flashed apex rom and now he can't get his phone to go into rec. mode i don't have a clue. could use some of ya'lls help... when he tries to go to rec. mode his phone just shows colored lines,bout like a old tv would do
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Did he flash GB bootloaders as mentioned in instructions?
If he has ROM running I see no reason why he cant enter recovery mode. Tell him to try entering recovery mode using button combo

Not sure about bootloaders. His phone is working he just cant get to rec.mode?? The 3 button method does not work either. Is there a way to do a hard reset?
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watsa said:
Did he flash GB bootloaders as mentioned in instructions?
If he has ROM running I see no reason why he cant enter recovery mode. Tell him to try entering recovery mode using button combo
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He did not flash gb bootloaders, can he download them but not getting to rec. mode would it work? he has also tried rom mgr.still gets screen with abunch of colors and nothing else.
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DEW-SCGS said:
He did not flash gb bootloaders, can he download them but not getting to rec. mode would it work? he has also tried rom mgr.still gets screen with abunch of colors and nothing else.
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you flash the boots with odin, he doesnt need recovery, he needs DOWNLOAD mode

studacris said:
you flash the boots with odin, he doesnt need recovery, he needs DOWNLOAD mode
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is there any way to flash another rom or will he have to get bootloaders first. he has a galaxy s phone is that rom for these.trying to figure out why its doing what it is..not comp.or just not reading steps to flashing rom first??
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The latter, he didn't read the instructions.

studacris said:
The latter, he didn't read the instructions.
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Is there another way around this or will he have to dl boots from odin first?
Thanks for the info.
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Any fix well require odin since recovery is unavailable.
He can either flash back to stock, or download bootlloaders and upgrade those. either way, odin.

studacris said:
Any fix well require odin since recovery is unavailable.
He can either flash back to stock, or download bootlloaders and upgrade those. either way, odin.
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Ok thanks for the info
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What rom did he have or is he coming from stock?
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bornjamerican said:
What rom did he have or is he coming from stock?
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He was running firefly,and just wanted to try a different rom..guess you have a little more to do when going to gb based rom..
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clock work mod

I am running serendipity 6.3 I updated my rom manager premium. I hit flash cloworkmod recovery then I hit reboot in to recover. This brings me to the 3e recover screen. Then I can't reinstall packages because my power button is not working and it says verification error so I have to pull my battery then I use the 3 button fix to get me to recover mode again but this time I am in 2e recovery and everything goes good.
don't use rom manager on a rom with a custom kernel/recovery
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Ok thanks.
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mcord11758 said:
don't use rom manager on a rom with a custom kernel/recovery
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So you shouldnt use ROM Manager to install Cognition 4.3 since it uses Cog Kernel? You should just manually boot into recovery and do it that way?
fooldog01 said:
So you shouldnt use ROM Manager to install Cognition 4.3 since it uses Cog Kernel? You should just manually boot into recovery and do it that way?
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You shouldn't use rom manager for anything anymore other than to get the update.zip on your phone. Once you have the new recovery then just keep that on your phone and you just boot into recovery without rom manager.
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Frank the Funkasaurus Rex said:
You shouldn't use rom manager for anything anymore other than to get the update.zip on your phone. Once you have the new recovery then just keep that on your phone and you just boot into recovery without rom manager.
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+1 and if you keep the update.zip decide to flash to stock for any reason you won't have to root to flash a rom anymore
Understood. Thanks for the info. Im learning all the time!
i started a clockworkMOD recovery wiki on XDA. needs more info though. if anyone can improve go for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=ClockworkMod_Recovery

Deodexed d3 at rootzwikki

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?6078-ROM-Droid-3-Deodexed
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runs great...theres a deodexed bloated and debloated version
Just flashed debloated deodexed... bootloop.... what I do wrong.. can't get into recovery
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Dominicusx said:
Just flashed debloated deodexed... bootloop.... what I do wrong.. can't get into recovery
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how long did u wait? bc it takes a while on 1st boot
Dominicusx said:
Just flashed debloated deodexed... bootloop.... what I do wrong.. can't get into recovery
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Do you have to clear data and cache before installing? I remember bootlooping old phones because of that.
xconwayx said:
Do you have to clear data and cache before installing? I remember bootlooping old phones because of that.
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no need to wipe says instructions. i didnt and ive flashed both w/ no problems. also, u need to be on 890 for it to work
Calendar seems to be missing...can anyone confirm this, and how do we get this back?
Waited over an hour. I was on 890.. not sure what I did wrong. Maybe I had a faulty 890? Say it didn't flash 890 and I was on stock, where would that put me? Phone is still bootlooping.. when it first turns on, shows motorola symbol with dual core, is on for a few seconds then flashes back to black, you know like before the boot ani. The pulls up same screen.. any way to get back to stock?
Btw- thank you for responding so quickly.
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Dominicusx said:
Waited over an hour. I was on 890.. not sure what I did wrong. Maybe I had a faulty 890? Say it didn't flash 890 and I was on stock, where would that put me? Phone is still bootlooping.. when it first turns on, shows motorola symbol with dual core, is on for a few seconds then flashes back to black, you know like before the boot ani. The pulls up same screen.. any way to get back to stock?
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Are you using hashcodes recovery or koush's?
If you're using hashcodes just restore a nandroid by booting into bp tools.
If you're using koush's then you're probably gonna have to rsd flash the xml. You could probably moto-fastboot just the system partition and be fine
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Trying to get into bp tools. Won't even boot into cwm, does same boot loop.. uhh am I done for?
Btw hashcode sir.
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Dominicusx said:
Trying to get into bp tools. Won't even boot into cwm, does same boot loop.. uhh am I done for?
Btw hashcode sir.
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Yeah sounds like your /system is pretty botched up. If you just usd rsd lite and flash the xml/sbf and then re-root then install either recovery(I recommend koush's going forward cause of roms) koush's will restore nandroid backups made on hashcodes recovery.
*if your nandroid is on your internal memory you're gonna have to copy it over to your actually sdcard.
Hopefully you made a nandroid haha
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Thank you, I will give a go. Just getting to my laptop in my boxes. Let you know how it fares.
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stevefxp said:
Calendar seems to be missing...can anyone confirm this, and how do we get this back?
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im pretty sure i read somewhere that calendar was messing up the deodexing. so thats prob why its missing.
Dominicusx said:
Trying to get into bp tools. Won't even boot into cwm, does same boot loop.. uhh am I done for?
Btw hashcode sir.
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so all u can do is boot up to see the bootlogo, no adb, no menu, etc? but no, youre not done for...just use the fastboot recovery files
ultima86 said:
im pretty sure i read somewhere that calendar was messing up the deodexing. so thats prob why its missing.
so all u can do is boot up to see the bootlogo, no adb, no menu, etc? but no, youre not done for...just use the fastboot recovery files
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Is there a way to add the calendar back in after flashing? I tried running the apks but no love.
Ultima86. I Can get to the menu with recovery, bptools etc.. but when tried to select gives bootscreen bootloop..
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Eris may I ask how to enter the mode to flash sbf
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Dominicusx said:
Eris may I ask how to enter the mode to flash sbf
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Power down. Press the 'm' button on the keyboard. While keeping it pressed it, power the phone up. You'll get a menu wiith bptools and ap fastboot, etc. Volume down navigates, volume up selescts. Go to ap fastboot. Then plug your d3 into your computer and let the drivers instal automatically, then click show devices in rsd and it should be there
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stevefxp said:
Is there a way to add the calendar back in after flashing? I tried running the apks but no love.
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not sure but im guessing itll have to be deodexed as well since youve ran it & it wont install
Thank you eris master! Back to stock! You're tha Man!! Now to root and retry! Ahh made my day, thought my device was done for. I appreciate it
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Dominicusx said:
Just flashed debloated deodexed... bootloop.... what I do wrong.. can't get into recovery
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has to be on the lastest ota build

Messed up recovery..

Hi, I was installing clockworkmod on the ace and after installing, it would no longer boot into recovery. After booting into the phone, I tried to boot into recovery and the phone would not boot too. However, I am not able to turn on the phone after that and boot in to android. Any ideas??? Thanks
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Fat_boy555 said:
Hi, I was installing clockworkmod on the ace and after installing, it would no longer boot into recovery. After booting into the phone, I tried to boot into recovery and the phone would not boot too. However, I am not able to turn on the phone after that and boot in to android. Any ideas??? Thanks
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try to re-flash stock rom via ODIN,
then re-install CWM.
Alpha que said:
try to re-flash stock rom via ODIN,
then re-install CWM.
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Lol this is my first time using Odin.. I have Odin3 1.85 installed.. How do I use it?
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Update odin... then download the cwm for odin that should be cwm.md5 or something like that... no needs to get back to stock... use one package setting and then press start...
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Fat_boy555 said:
Lol this is my first time using Odin.. I have Odin3 1.85 installed.. How do I use it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716895

[Q] Can I reuse Heimdall Suite after I have flashed a leak version of Jelly Bean?

So basically here is what I did, I flashed this ROM right here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953847
And now CWM will not let me flash any other ROM, trying to flash anything else just fails and it stays on the current ROM. I can re-flash the current ROM and I have done multiple times, but I am unable to remove it, even with a full wipe and formatting /system which is really weird. It's practically irremovable. I posted a thread about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962219
Without much luck because I'm a bit of a noob and I didn't quite understand what they were talking about.
The first time I flashed a custom ROM was using this tutorial right here:
http://www.androidauthority.com/gal...cs-cyanogenmod-9-cm9-official-nightly-107611/
I used Heimdall Suite to flash the custom kernel which allowed me to then flash CM9, (it's only after CM9 that I went to this Jelly Bean ROM and since then I have been unable to go to any other ROM)
So my question is, would I be able to just re-do this tutorial without fear of damaging the device and hopefully rescue it and flash a different ROM? (I'm wanting to flash BlackCNA)
Thanks
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Firstly, get rid of Heimdall unless you're on a mac? Search this forum for pc odin, make sure you've got Kies installed correctly. Go into download mode on the phone, Vol down, home and power held down until reboots into download mode. Connect to pc on mobo usb ports with original data cable, you should get a connection in pc odin, then flash any gb rom initially just to see if it completes and if not, post back with the error.
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SpyderTracks said:
Firstly, get rid of Heimdall unless you're on a mac? Search this forum for pc odin, make sure you've got Kies installed correctly. Go into download mode on the phone, Vol down, home and power held down until reboots into download mode. Connect to pc on mobo usb ports with original data cable, you should get a connection in pc odin, then flash any gb rom initially just to see if it completes and if not, post back with the error.
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How large is the chance of bricking if I put my phone into download mode and flash a custom ROM with Odin?
georgeos said:
How large is the chance of bricking if I put my phone into download mode and flash a custom ROM with Odin?
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Bricking is always a possibility, but pc odin is by far the safest method to flash. The possibility is very small that you'll run into any problems at all so long as you follow instructions and don't take shortcuts.
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SpyderTracks said:
Bricking is always a possibility, but pc odin is by far the safest method to flash. The possibility is very small that you'll run into any problems at all so long as you follow instructions and don't take shortcuts.
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Thank you Got a friend helping me out now, pretty much doing what you've said to do except flashing ICS stock rather than a GB rom. Thanks though
georgeos said:
Thank you Got a friend helping me out now, pretty much doing what you've said to do except flashing ICS stock rather than a GB rom. Thanks though
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If you're going for ics, make sure you flash a safe kernel such as Hydracore or philz or you run the risk of a superbrick.
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He told you to do stock GB for a reason
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asf58967 said:
He told you to do stock GB for a reason
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Thanks -_-
SpyderTracks said:
If you're going for ics, make sure you flash a safe kernel such as Hydracore or philz or you run the risk of a superbrick.
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Did so! Working perfectly now, rocking BlackCNA
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Thanks -_-
Did so! Working perfectly now, rocking BlackCNA
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Excellent, don't forget the thanks button
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[q] mobile odin pro

I was with the stock ics 4.0.4 rom and put the cyanogenmod 9.1. But after I did the flash is no longer going into recovery mode and download mode. When I try to get into some of these modes, the phone starts right in CM9.
Now I'm thinking of changing the kernel with Mobile Odin Pro to try to solve this problem, and re-appear the recovery so I can install another rom. Or I try to install the stock rom 4.1.2 direct by MOP.
However, I do not know if this procedure is safe, because I am with cyanogenmod 9.1, and I'm afraid of doing something wrong, and you can not turn over the device. Do you think this procedure safe? Is there any other way to solve this?
Sorry for the english
1> why does the title say that?
2> how are you trying to get into recovery?
3> is the cm9 working fine?
if cm rom is booting fine, enable the USB debugging options from developer options and connect the phone to PC.. make sure you have adb drivers.. use "adb reboot recovery" to boot into recovery and check what happens
nokiamodeln91 said:
1> why does the title say that?
2> how are you trying to get into recovery?
3> is the cm9 working fine?
if cm rom is booting fine, enable the USB debugging options from developer options and connect the phone to PC.. make sure you have adb drivers.. use "adb reboot recovery" to boot into recovery and check what happens
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because I thought that only with mobile odin pro would I get change rom.
I tried to get into recovery by pressing up + menu + power to turn.
The CM9 is very slow and giving errors every once in a while it is restarting on its own. Previously I had CM9, and it was very stable and fast, but now is different, do not know why.
What are adb drivers? With them I'll get into the recovery mode and change rom?
With adb commands, you could try to get into recovery. Just search for it. If that doesn't work, you can use mobile odin to flash the stock rom.
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nokiamodeln91 said:
With adb commands, you could try to get into recovery. Just search for it. If that doesn't work, you can use mobile odin to flash the stock rom.
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not work with adb! I'll use the mop to install the stock rom.
Can I install the stock 4.1.2?
Remember that I'm with cyanogenmod 9.1! I'm afraid to give something wrong. This procedure is 100% safe?
You can use odin to install the new rom. Just make sure to check the option of wipe data. Even rooting and flashing is not 100% safe but doing it the right way will reduce the risk.
Mobile odin flashes using its own kernel while flashing which is safe so it safer too.
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nokiamodeln91 said:
You can use odin to install the new rom. Just make sure to check the option of wipe data. Even rooting and flashing is not 100% safe but doing it the right way will reduce the risk.
Mobile odin flashes using its own kernel while flashing which is safe so it safer too.
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Ok, I'll do it! Thanks for the help.
Tonight I will do the procedure by mobile odin, and then I post here the result of the process. Thank you again!
Sure
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Sure
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I did the procedure and installed the stock 4.1.2 rom, it starts, and the logo appears galaxy note (without the yellow triangle) and the Samsung logo appears, with that little song, but then it shuts down. what can be? at and what to do to fix it?
Edit: I fixed it! I went into recovery mode and did factory reset and wipe cache, and it worked! Many thanks for the help

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