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[Q] Broken Recovery Menu on Rooted Milestone

Hey everyone,
So this is definitely a noob problem and I would like to apologize in advance for taking up your time. I am extremely new to rooting and would be extremely appreciative of some advice!
I bought my phone (a Motorola Milestone) already rooted and running G.O.T. 2.2.1 back in November. I wanted to upgrade to the latest CyanogenMod 7 and, in my own stupidity, I followed a Droid tutorial instead of a Milestone tutorial. This led me to install Clockwork ROM Manager and flash their Recovery Menu - which, I've now learned, is not compatible with the Milestone.
So, I now have no access to the Recovery Menu (the phone simply boots up normally). I still have Superuser Permissions and can access the Bootloader.
What I would like your input on is the steps I should take to regain access to the Recovery Menu. I feel like, since I have root access, I shouldn't need to start from scratch (e.g. completely re-root the device), but I don't know for sure.
Is it possible to somehow just flash OpenRecovery? Or do I need to do all ofthe steps listed at addictivetips.c0m/mobile/how-to-root-motorola-milestone/?
I saw one tutorial for flashing a new recovery program (theunlockr.c0m/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/) and it seems easy enough. My only issue then is that OpenRecovery is not distributed as an .img file but rather as an "update.zip" and a folder.
Again, I'm sorry for using up your time with what probably is a ridiculously simplistic question. I require the phone for my work and the thought of accidentally bricking it is enough to give me pause from doing anything else. Suggestions would be really welcome!

You can flash GOT again which already has the Vulnerable Recovery in it... or just flash the vulnerable recovery itself.
Good luck.
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The main issue there is that I never did the initial flash of GOT or vulnerable recovery (I bought the phone pre-rooted) so I don't know how exactly to go about that. In light of the end goal (I want to upgrade the phone to the latest CyanogenMod 7), what would be the least amount of steps to accomplish this?
I think if I could flash the recovery and then flash CM7 (with a backup of all my stuff somewhere in between) that would do the trick?

Can't you try that sbf flash thing? Or is that only for droids?
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twitchcity said:
The main issue there is that I never did the initial flash of GOT or vulnerable recovery (I bought the phone pre-rooted) so I don't know how exactly to go about that. In light of the end goal (I want to upgrade the phone to the latest CyanogenMod 7), what would be the least amount of steps to accomplish this?
I think if I could flash the recovery and then flash CM7 (with a backup of all my stuff somewhere in between) that would do the trick?
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Try this:
1) Download RSD Lite - http://uploaded.to/file/pifx1b
2) Download Vulnerable recovery for MM - http://www.mediafire.com/?jzzjmmrvwkz
3) Unpack and install RSD Lite, then unpack vulnerable recovery.
4) Open RSD Lite and click on '...' button, chose sbf file with vulnerable recovery (unpacked in 3rd step).
5) Power on your Milestone in bootloader mode (power + d-pad up).
6) Connect usb cable to Milestone, RSD lite will show that phone is connected
7) Press start in RSD lite and wait until RSD lite end procedures (it will boot when process will be done). Shutdown phone.
8) Turn on Milestone by pressing power + x on the keyboard. It should get you to recovery mode.

Thank you for the detailed steps and the links! I REALLY appreciate them!
Once I've done those, I should then be able to do a backup through the recovery menu and flash the latest CM7 release? Or are there other steps I need to do?

twitchcity said:
Thank you for the detailed steps and the links! I REALLY appreciate them!
Once I've done those, I should then be able to do a backup through the recovery menu and flash the latest CM7 release? Or are there other steps I need to do?
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When you will be done, download (from here - http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/downloads/list) and copy to sd card Androidiani Open Recovery (update.zip and OpenRecovery folder should be in / of sdcard, eg.: /sdcard/update.zip ; /sdcard/OpenRecovery).
Then (if you want to flash CM7) you need to download CM from here - https://github.com/downloads/nadlabak/android/update-cm-7.1.0-RC10-11.06.14-Milestone-signed.zip and GApps (http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip) and copy it to /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates
When you copy AOR and CM7 to your sd card, you need to shutdown your phone and power it on with pressed power + x. It will take you to the recovery (screen with exlamation in background) and then you will need to press vol up + camera button. If you see blue menu, choose from option 'apply update.zip'. It takes you to AOR. From AOR menu choose Apply Update, in next step choose package with CM7 (update-cm-7.1.0-RC10-11.06.14-Milestone-signed.zip) and when update will be over do the same with gapps. Return to the main menu and do 'Wipe dalvik cache' and 'Wipe cache'. Reboot and CM7 should load now.

Awesome! This all makes sense. I will have time later this week to give it a try (I can't wait to update this phone, it has now decided that if I receive a couple calls and also a couple texts, it will freeze completely on me. Not impressed!) - thanks again!
Another simple question: When I copy over CM7 and the Google Apps, do I leave them in .zip format or should I unpack them first?

twitchcity said:
Another simple question: When I copy over CM7 and the Google Apps, do I leave them in .zip format or should I unpack them first?
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Both - CM7 and Google Apps should be packed and moved to OpenRecovery/updates folder.

Thank you for your awesome instructions!
I ran into a few hiccups (at first, I didn't have the USB drivers installed and then I ran into an issue where the com.android.phone process kept quitting so I did a complete data wipe on top of the cache wipes) but I now have CM7 installed and running.
However, I've run into a new problem: I have no network access! (cellular voice or data!). The only carrier the phone sees is WIND (I am on Fido). It previously had no trouble at all... I think it is because of the Baseband version?
I noticed that, with the flashing and everything, the baseband version has changed from 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.09.00I (which worked) to 3GSMEPU91A_U_91.09.04I (not a big change but maybe the cause of my problem?)
I know that the phone is not meant to be used on Fido but it was previously unlocked and working fine... Did I miss a step somewhere?
As of right now, my phone is useless to me so help would greatly be appreciated!
EDIT1: I did configure the Mobile Networks/Access Point Names settings (as per what I used before the format) so that is not the problem...
EDIT2: Under status, the phone does list my correct phone number but has the network as "unknown".

Have you changed the baseband to Canada in AOR? It's either that or Telus when flashing in AOR.
What exactly did you do with the APN? You shouldn't have any issues configuring it to Fido.
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I hadn't changed the baseband in AOR - I thought I might have to but I didn't want to do anything that could be detrimental.
I just applied the "canada.zip" and, indeed, it looks like that did the trick!
As for the APN, I just put in the ones found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537829 as that is what I had to do to get the data working before.
edit: I've been playing around with the phone and everything seems to be working! (even the AMAZING "Create a 3G Wireless Hotspot" feature!) Honestly, I cannot thank you enough adamz667 and skadude66!

Can't install safestrap recovery

Downloaded 1.08v of safestrap, grant root, attempt to 'install recovery' but “recovery state" still says not installed. Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated.
Would love to try out hashcode's ics alpha but haven't been able to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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when you rebooted and kept pressing the menu button nothing happende? mine didnt say anything when i clicked install recovery but it worked... also make sure you dont have any other bootloaders on the device

Shameful noob question... menu button? The soft key?
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Forgot to mention that I have no other bootloaders instlled.
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When you see the motorla boot logo. Keep pressing the menu[one of the four buttons on front. Looks like four little cubes] and it should then show yu the safestrap screen. Press menu again and it should load into recovery. You should read up a little in the forums as you can really mess your phone up if you do the wrong thing in recovery
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He cant even get the strap to install. Safestrap has to be installed before he can use it. There is a confirmation when its done correctly....
Dri94 said:
When you see the motorla boot logo. Keep pressing the menu[one of the four buttons on front. Looks like four little cubes] and it should then show yu the safestrap screen. Press menu again and it should load into recovery. You should read up a little in the forums as you can really mess your phone up if you do the wrong thing in recovery
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As far as the reason why its not installing, I'm not 100% sure. I saw another thread with the same issue your having. They had to sbf (fastboot .xml file) and then it worked. You could always try booting into the stock recovery and doing a wipe from there and then try installing safestrap again. Make sure you back up any data you dont want to loose of course.

oh ok i understand better now. To the OP, will do some research in the morning although safestrap is new so im not sure how much i will come up with. Will try my best though =]

Possible cause of issue
@Dri I hit the menu soft key many times at the moto logo but never see a safestrap splashscreen
I think I may have found the cause of my safestrap issues.
I installed koush's bootstrap long before trying to install safestrap. I uninstalled koush's bootstrap.apk but there was no "uninstall recovery" option in the program.
Would this cause problems? If so, how does one go about removing the koush boostrap recovery?
I may just end up going into normal recovery and restoring to factory. Thank you so much for all the the helpful tips. The XDA community is awesome.

I have to admit i forgot ot look this up in the morning, sorry for such a late reply. But after reserach i didnt find anything, probably because safestrap is new. Butttt, uninstalling koush should have been enough. I dont remember there being a uninstall button inside the app... what happens when you hit uninstall recovery?

I may not be of much use in researching this, but I thought Koush's bootstrap/recovery had an uninstall recovery option within the app...I think you are supposed to do that before uninstalling the .apk, but you may be able to see if you reinstall the .apk and look inside the app. However, I can't see it hurting to just put the phone back to stock using the unbricking method found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339816 I think Hash's blog had mentioned not to install Koush's app, but if you did I believe he mentioned how to get rid of it. I would try to start from fresh as possible to make sure there wouldn't be any complications in the future.
I've correctly installed Safestrap AFAIK, but can't get it to back anything up. Installing CM7 .zip from safe mode doesn't do crap. So, I'm waiting till I can get it to work before I flash any ROMs.

E file signature verification failed?

I am a noob an I am alittle confused with installing roms. I tried to install one and it went through everything and then it stopped and it said in yellow that the E file signature verification has failed now what does this mean. Please help.
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What was the exact name of the rom (or filename)... was it a stock rom (SBF/XML) or was it one of the custom roms?
Also was your phone rooted?

I was trying to install a couple but the one I really have been trying in the liberty 3 2.0.
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Are you using safestrap for your clockworkmodrecovery or are you using regular bootstrap?
And when you're in clockworkmod recovery what exact steps did you do to flash? You should wipe data & cache, then choose install zip from sdcard.
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I don't know how to use or get bootstrap and I don't know alot about safe strap yet. I tried different ways I tried using rom manager an downloading the rom from there then it will ask if I want to boot into recover I push ok and the phone just reboots. Nothing happens so I tried rom toolbox an did the same thing. So I tried to boot myself by pushing the power and x an I did as you said I wiped data a cache then I reset and restored my phone went back an installed zip from sd card then it starts to install then it says E file signature verification has failed.
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Ahhhh ok.
It sounds like you are trying to install zips via the stock recovery. That recovery will only install signed/official ones, not custom rom zips.
If you want to install custom roms, try this method (but I recommend browsing through the other threads. There is a lot of useful info out there). This is the safestrap method. Safestrap allows you to have your stock rom (that you are on now) in the "non-safe zone" and with safestrap you can enable the "safe zone" for installing your custom rom.
1) make sure your phone is rooted if it isn't already. There are threads about this... I used DoomLord's root (version 4) for my phone but read up.
2) install safestrap 1.08 (u can find it in the droid 3 development forum). It is an apk file.
3) when you run safestrap 1.08 from your app drawer, superuser will probably ask you if you want to allow it root access, say yes.
4) in the app, hit the first button. It will install safestrap so you can boot into safestrap recovery. When it says its done, restart phone.
5) upon restart, you will be greeted by the safestrap splashscreen. It gives u 10 seconds to hit Menu to take you into safestrap recovery. Otherwise it will just continue with booting.
6) so hit menu. Safestrap ecovery appears. It will indicate that safe mode is not enabled yet. You are in non-safe right now (your stock rom)
7) this step is optional but I'm sure everyone will recommend it (I do also). Navigate your selection with the down/up volume buttons and hit power when you get to "backup". This will back up your non-safe zone and dump it onto your sdcard (internal or external). You can restore it to your non-safe zone (only) if you happen to mess up your non-safe system. The backup will be stored in /safestrap/backup. of whatever card you select.
8) now that that's done, it will take you back to the main menu of safestrap recovery
9) Go to "safe boot menu" and hit Toggle safe zone. Don't do the quick toggle, just do the normal one (the first one)
10) when that is done, you will notice the colour of the text has changed. And at the top it will say safe zone enabled. You can now install your custom rom by going to "install zip from sdcard" from the main menu of safestrap*
*Note that when installing roms, make sure to choose Wipe Data first. It will wipe your data and cache. Then go into mounts and storage and choose "format /system" (thanks Endo). Some people also like to go into the advanced menu and wipe the dalvik cache as well (is this necessary? I do it every time because I had to back on my old htc... maybe someone can comment on this?) It doesn't seem to hurt anything when I do it, so...
So after your wipes, you can go to "install rom from sdcard" . Choose the .zip of the rom (of course) to begin install. When the rom has finished installing, you can go back to the main menu and choose reboot phone. You will be greeted by the safestrap splashscreen again. It will tell you that safe zone is enabled. Wait the 10 seconds to boot normally or you can hit the search button to go immediately.
On first boot of many roms, it may take a little longer than normal to start up. Be patient. If it never boots (and you are looking at the boot animation forever... say more than 5-10 minutes?) Then... somethings wrong, or you may have forgotten to do your wipe procedure, but go to that rom's thread and read all the posts to see if others experienced the same thing... someone could have posted a good suggestion or solution
Oh, if you want to switch back to non-safe mode, restart phone, get into safestrap recovery, go into safe boot menu, and hit toggle. Then restart phone.
If something disastrous occurs, there are Unbrick and Fastboot threads in this forum where you can download a stock rom for your phone and flash to your phone via RSD Lite, which will pretty much restore your phone to stock. (No more safestrap, no more root). Read through those to get more info.
Hope this is helpful. Good luck!
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ryanw5489 said:
I don't know how to use or get bootstrap and I don't know alot about safe strap yet. I tried different ways I tried using rom manager an downloading the rom from there then it will ask if I want to boot into recover I push ok and the phone just reboots. Nothing happens so I tried rom toolbox an did the same thing. So I tried to boot myself by pushing the power and x an I did as you said I wiped data a cache then I reset and restored my phone went back an installed zip from sd card then it starts to install then it says E file signature verification has failed.
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I'm not really sure what you are doing but uninstall any recovery you may have installed and ditch rom manage(you can keep the toolbox) go to www.hash-of-codes.blogspot.com go to downloads and get safestrap. Install it, open it and click install recovery. Reboot your phone, you'll get a screen saying pish menu to enter recovery then once it enters go to safe mode menu(or whatever it exactly says) and enter safe mode. Once safemode is active(it says at the top of the screen)go to mounts and storage and format system then do a data/cache wipe, the install zip from sd
If you're doing what I think you're doing you are new to this and I would suggest reading as much as you can in this forum and by googling the various terms you find so you don't brick your phone
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So do you want me to uninstall clockwork recovery?
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ryanw5489 said:
So do you want me to uninstall clockwork recovery?
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Yes. Safestrap will install its own CWR
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So how do I go about uninstalling cmw.
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ryanw5489 said:
So how do I go about uninstalling cmw.
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Safestrap will clean that up. Just get rid of any bootstraps and rom manager
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So I have to get rid of rom manager because I paid for it an really don't feel like losing money on it. I don't think I have any bootstrap so I should be good there. I'm sorry that I don't know alot I'm really new an I don't have the most time to even do alot of research so thanks for helping me out greatly appreciated.
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ryanw5489 said:
So I have to get rid of rom manager because I paid for it an really don't feel like losing money on it. I don't think I have any bootstrap so I should be good there. I'm sorry that I don't know alot I'm really new an I don't have the most time to even do alot of research so thanks for helping me out greatly appreciated.
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If you have your heart set on rom manager, I believe it will work, but I've never used it so I can't help you there. I recommend safestrap because once you're in safemode its pretty hard to screw up your phone in any serious manner. In safemode you'll always be able to access recovery.
In a google search of your issue I found a recommendation of turning off signature verification. I know I've seen an option for this or something really damn similar in clockwork recovery. You can try that if you like but I don't know the effects of it. As always, I'm not responsible if you brick your device
That said, I would also suggest that you look into obtaining rsdlite and the appropriate fastboot package(you may know this as an sbf, although that term isn't totally correct)so if you do brick your device you know how to recover it. There's a sticky in the dev forum about it
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Thank you I understand I wouldn't ever blame anyone for my mistakes so your good. I was thinking about using safestrap anyways just haven't had time to research it much yet. Probably would be best since I don't know much about roms anyways. Now it's not that I have it set with rom manager just seemed easy to use and I like rom toolbox alittle more anyways. I also know that not all roms are comparable with the safestrap so that's another reason why I haven't used it yet.
Now on another topic. I have downloaded safestrap on my computer all I have to do is plug my phone to the computer an put it on mass storage and place it in the sd card or internal memory and unplug it an click on it on my phone.
I really need to start some research cause this stuff is pretty hard.
But thanks for your help again
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I have installed safestrap. Is there anywhere that's best to look up how to use it.
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i have installed safe strap i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on boot screen now what did i do to my phone and what happen can it be fixed?

Which boot screen? What does it look like? Is it the safestrap boot screen (that says you can hit Menu to get into recovery?)
I replied to this thread with instructions on how to use it. Were they not useful? Did you get stuck somewhere?

LaZiODROID said:
Which boot screen? What does it look like? Is it the safestrap boot screen (that says you can hit Menu to get into recovery?)
I replied to this thread with instructions on how to use it. Were they not useful? Did you get stuck somewhere?
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I don't know how I missed your huge write up. More detailed than mine.
I figured the same, stock recovery. I'm not sure what steps he's taken before he wrote this thread.
OP if its the boot animation, on first boot it takes a long time. 5 minutes normally but give it 10 to be sure. If its the splash screen you may have issues. Is the safestrap splash coming up, where it says press menu
You may have to use rsdlite or the fast unbrick to restore your phone to stock. If you can write us EVERYTHING you've done in as much detail as possible, and exactly what is happenig now we can come up with a solution.
I think often all the various terms can be confusing to newcomers. I have a feeling perhaps that you still have a bootstrap installed and safestrap.
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ok well first i went to hash of codes and downloaded the safestrap. Then i put the download on my sd card and i went into my files and pushed sd memory. then i went and found the apk and downloaded the safestrap. it installed fine then i pushed install recovery.then after all that i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on the BIG RED Motorola symbol that says DUAL CORE TECHNOLGY. I even took out battery and tried that did not work. i also tried pushing power and x and restoring phone. still nothing. i must of missed something i just cant figure what that would be! Please help!

ryanw5489 said:
ok well first i went to hash of codes and downloaded the safestrap. Then i put the download on my sd card and i went into my files and pushed sd memory. then i went and found the apk and downloaded the safestrap. it installed fine then i pushed install recovery.then after all that i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on the BIG RED Motorola symbol that says DUAL CORE TECHNOLGY. I even took out battery and tried that did not work. i also tried pushing power and x and restoring phone. still nothing. i must of missed something i just cant figure what that would be! Please help!
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No I meant with rom manager and rfom toolox. All the steps you took prior to posting on this thnread
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corrupted recovery

First thank you for all the wonderful work there to help us make the best out of this phone.
Yesterday, I tried to install the CM10 ROM (cm-10-20121126-UNOFFICIAL-ancora_tmo) but encountered a serious problem. Since I flashed a custom ROM last time in Aug., I haven't updated the recovery (CWM-base Recovery v5.5.0.4b). When I booted into the recovery, I found it lost all its functionality. To be specific, any selection on menu options (reboot system now, ROMwipe, wipe cache, etc.) yielded no result but a screen with a circling arrow covered by a hat. After that only the power button worked and it would simply bring you back to the main menu. I tried to communicate with the phone in ADB mode and it worked (by that I mean I can reboot it from windows command shell: adb reboot recovery). Now I have no way to update the recovery and install new ROM from there.
Any help would be highly appreciated.

If you can communicate via windows then install Odin and flash from it. Full instructions is on the wiki page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G
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ywhui30 said:
First thank you for all the wonderful work there to help us make the best out of this phone.
Yesterday, I tried to install the CM10 ROM (cm-10-20121126-UNOFFICIAL-ancora_tmo) but encountered a serious problem. Since I flashed a custom ROM last time in Aug., I haven't updated the recovery (CWM-base Recovery v5.5.0.4b). When I booted into the recovery, I found it lost all its functionality. To be specific, any selection on menu options (reboot system now, ROMwipe, wipe cache, etc.) yielded no result but a screen with a circling arrow covered by a hat. After that only the power button worked and it would simply bring you back to the main menu. I tried to communicate with the phone in ADB mode and it worked (by that I mean I can reboot it from windows command shell: adb reboot recovery). Now I have no way to update the recovery and install new ROM from there.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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This may seem stupid but how are you selecting something? You should use home capacitive not the power to select. This symptom is the result of tapping the power button, its kinda like sleep
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If you can communicate via windows then install Odin and flash from it. Full instructions is on the wiki page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G
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I'd followed the instruction and found the Odin rebooted to the exact recovery! There it showed a few lines like:
Galaxy Exhibit CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4b
Finding update package ...
Opening update package ...
Verifying update package ...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Now the phone can not boot into the original ROM.

When booted into recovery use volume keys to navigate in cwm. Also retry to download the ROM and try cwm before Odin.
Odin is on computer and phone is hooked via USB cable. It cannot boot into cwm if followed Odin. You ha e to download Odin and drivers for cell to be recognized.
Do a YouTube search for Odin and watch the vid it will show you. Be it noted that cell will need to be set into download mode and USB enabled.
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theAPANT said:
This may seem stupid but how are you selecting something? You should use home capacitive not the power to select. This symptom is the result of tapping the power button, its kinda like sleep
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Yes, I used the home capacitive to select those options on the main menu. No matter what I choose, however, the power button can get me the circling arrow with a hat. Another push on the button, you are back on the main menu.

You are deffeinitly booted into cwm so I suspect from the install error that the signature verification is what's failing. Try another ROM or redownload and try again
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afwolfpacked said:
You are deffeinitly booted into cwm so I suspect from the install error that the signature verification is what's failing. Try another ROM or redownload and try again
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I've redownloaded the uvlg3.odin.zip package and checked its MD5. Everything is OK. Then followed the instruction on the Wiki page, but ended on the same CWM recovery screen with the same error message.
The problem is: it seems like the phone boots successfully into the recovery, but it only shows the main menu with no option functioning (like I described before).
Has anyone read about similar problem anywhere before?

ywhui30 said:
I've redownloaded the uvlg3.odin.zip package and checked its MD5. Everything is OK. Then followed the instruction on the Wiki page, but ended on the same CWM recovery screen with the same error message.
The problem is: it seems like the phone boots successfully into the recovery, but it only shows the main menu with no option functioning (like I described before).
Has anyone read about similar problem anywhere before?
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Are you running Odin with your phone in Download mode? Like they said, Odin shouldn't re/boot into recovery automatically.
Also make sure the auto reboot option in odin is cleared.
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Cannot get into recovery

I have a LG Thrill that is stock ICS. If I boot the phone and check all the buttons the buttons work, however when I try to boot into recovery the phone just boots or turns off. I hold the 3d and volume down button then push the power button until a vibration and lg logo then release the power button. I've tried to go thru adb to reboot into recovery but I cannot see the device in adb.

Have you actually installed cwm recovery?
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No, I'd love to be able to install CMW or TWRP but the guides I have found all say that I need to be able to boot into recovery.

You can install CWM (or TWRP) by flashing it with Fastboot, but you will need to place a recovery image file named "cwm.img" in the CWM folder in the Fastboot pack. Some available packs (check the Optimus 3D dev section, same device, Euro flavor) have the image files already included, I think.
The method I have mostly used is to flash xbsall's rooted ICS with recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195753
His rooted ICS uses a type of recovery that is in system partition (not recovery partition). So if you want that, or you do not want to flash your device, use Fastboot (or one of the customized variants)

First, thanks for the help. I now have superuser available and couldn't be happier. The reason I decided to do this was that I couldn't get the wifi to switch on and even with the super user access it won't. Should I assume that this is a problem with the phone or is this something that would work if I were to roll back to gingerbread?

It's most likely a problem with the ROM/kernel you're using. I'd switch to another.
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I can't say thanks enough for holding my hand so far. Is there a good guide that you would recommend for me to look at. Some of the ones I've viewed here have different information for each of them. Is the reason that thus phone is so different from what I'm used to due to the omap processor?
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I had the wifi problem a while back; it was due to me installing a custom ROM without doing required wipes in recovery before installing it. Not sure how you got to ICS, but if you follow the guide I linked above it should solve your problem. You don't have to install the custom ROM if you don't want. Just stop after installing rooted ICS. Be advised that driver install for pc is fiddly, hence the detailed install instructions.

Can anyonne throw me a line here. When I install the omap drivers for the phone (step f4.1-4.5) the phone still keeps disappearing from the device drivers. Even disconnecting and reconnecting with the volume up button pressed isn't helping. Any ideas? I've tried uninstalling all of the drivers, using system restore to roll back, different cables. It used to work, now it doesn't any ideas?

If you mean the way it keeps blinking on and off, be ready with the mouse. Watch for when it appears and quickly right click on it, you kind of have to catch it. Then point it to the driver in the Fastboot folder (not the one in the omap4flash installer folder) as described. Once that is done you unplug phone, then replug, volume up, and let the two LG drivers install. All LG stuff on pc should be uninstalled and pc rebooted before beginning with all this. Also, some antivirus software can mistake the driver as being malicious and delete it when unraring the Fastboot folder, without it notifying you. And if you have a custom bootloader on your phone you may need to skip running omap4flash installer; they seem to not agree somehow.