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Force Reboot Recovery/Download

Is there a file in the android system that, sort of like an autoexec.bat, lists what to do on startup? For example forcing the system into recovery or download on power on?
I flashed the latest Vibrant firmware and did so with the option to repartition, which Im now finding out was not the right way to flash this one.
Long story short, it didnt contain the dbdata directory information and now, I am unable to boot and unable to get to download. I still have ADB access, it just isnt responding to ADB reboot download, it just comes right back up booting into recovery to flash the last stage of odin before it starts up.
Is there a way to force the phone back into download mode or force it to stop rebooting into recovery?

Pull battery out and USB to use the hardware buttons to manually get into download mode?
P.S. wrong forum

Aren't there some apps that can do that? I do it manually but like you said its not working for you, p.s im downloading that firmware
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iwillkillyou said:
Aren't there some apps that can do that? I do it manually but like you said its not working for you, p.s im downloading that firmware
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OP said that he isn't able to boot so I believe he's stuck on the loadup to Android.

zephiK said:
Pull battery out and USB to use the hardware buttons to manually get into download mode?
P.S. wrong forum
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Manual buttons arent seemingly working, so far ive tried every conceivable combination of vol up down and power, even if all I do is plug the phone in Im back in recovery before the battery turns green.
(ps. I know, but I had a billion percent better chance not getting a mouthbreather response, despite the definite chance of flame posts lol)

Viralblack said:
Manual buttons arent seemingly working, so far ive tried every conceivable combination of vol up down and power, even if all I do is plug the phone in Im back in recovery before the battery turns green.
(ps. I know, but I had a billion percent better chance not getting a mouthbreather response, despite the definite chance of flame posts lol)
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Try every step here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771247
Have you successfully gotten into Download mode with hardware buttons before? Or are you one of those vibrants with "locked download?"

I have a feeling mines locked, Ive never used the buttons to successfully get into download mode, just adb reboot download
EDIT: Tried the posts suggestions, problem is second I plug in the USB and the battery pops up it goes right to recovery. Even if im holding the buttons before hand.

Viralblack said:
I have a feeling mines locked, Ive never used the buttons to successfully get into download mode, just adb reboot download
EDIT: Tried the posts suggestions, problem is second I plug in the USB and the battery pops up it goes right to recovery. Even if im holding the buttons before hand.
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x_x don't know what to tell you then. With locked hardware, you have to be really careful because if something goes wrong you cant manually get back in there. Do you have Clockwork Recovery? try restoring to a previous nandroid backup.

zephiK said:
x_x don't know what to tell you then. With locked hardware, you have to be really careful because if something goes wrong you cant manually get back in there. Do you have Clockwork Recovery? try restoring to a previous nandroid backup.
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I was working with that a bit, but it just kept getting to datadata and being unable to wipe or flash to it due to the odin botch. I tried wiping it clean and it just wouldnt let me do that to reflash.
So now im stuck at the samsung recovery screen without the ability to get into clockwork or flash lol
This smells like 130 bucks for a new phone I think... brick number two >.>

Viralblack said:
I was working with that a bit, but it just kept getting to datadata and being unable to wipe or flash to it due to the odin botch. I tried wiping it clean and it just wouldnt let me do that to reflash.
So now im stuck at the samsung recovery screen without the ability to get into clockwork or flash lol
This smells like 130 bucks for a new phone I think... brick number two >.>
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Why did you change update.zip? Update.zip should always lead to Clockwork :|

zephiK said:
Why did you change update.zip? Update.zip should always lead to Clockwork :|
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I didnt! But when I was formatting and it failed to reapply the nandroid completely cause of the section it couldnt mount, now when I hit reinstall packages it just reboots. Same with shell, it just yells at me and tells me to die in a fire.

if you didnt figure this out, the way to fix it is to first flash WITH ODIN the original JVD firmware and check repartition, then flash the new one IN ODIN without the repartition box checked.
first update includes the dbdata that the phone is looking for.

Yeah, I figured it out now, but Odin is seriously the devil if your phone doesnt have the hardware buttons enabled.

Now heres a question, if I can still get into stock recovery... is there a way to like, you know, recover using the stock system? lol

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS that Tmo is letting me warranty out my phone for free, shipping me a new one, and gave me a loner while I wait.
TMo for the win.

Viralblack said:
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS that Tmo is letting me warranty out my phone for free, shipping me a new one, and gave me a loner while I wait.
TMo for the win.
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lol looks like you and I are in the same boat man. Hardware lock FTMFL. I have never been able to get into download mode, or recovery mode with the hardware keys, only with adb reboot recovery/download and terminal emulator app with SU privs. I wish there was a jumper we could reset to unlock it haha that'd be the s*# son. Good old pentium 133 in the palm of the hands, but no . Atleast they are taking care of the people who don't do things properly.

I did the same thing and ended up with the same problem, but i was able to get in into download mode. When i would plug it in it would try to boot into recovery after the battery screen i would use the keys to make it boot to download mode instead of recovery, it was a *****, but i got it, though idk if there is another way for people with locked down phones.

I broke recovery mode ?

Hi...
Ok.. I was on rogers 2.2 stock, I was trying to follow instructions to install paragon, anyway, it didnt work, my phone was still working great tho.. so i tried flashing stock jh6 with the one click from the wiki here... That worked and I now have a rogers phone with att stuff loading up. anyway, I am trying to complete the instructions for paragon but I can no longer get to recovery mode.
the att logo keeps rebooting if i keep holding down vol up and down, what do I do now ?
Edit : I cant seem to even get to download mode Recovery mode always worked before, download mode was always tricky, but it refuses now

do you have adb installed?? if so run adb reboot recovery in command prompt.
OR
Take out battery, take out sim and SD card. press and hold VOL UP/DOWN. put in battery, press power. release power upon seeing AT&T sign. pray.
Works for me about 99 times outta 100 at this point!
but i prefer adb since its much more fool proof!

distortionist said:
so i tried flashing stock jh6 with the one click from the wiki here...
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<captainhindsight>You should not have flashed JH6.</captainhindsight>
As per the above post, boot the phone, enable debugging and use 'adb reboot recovery'. After you get that sorted, flash the 3 button fix and never flash to stock unless stock firmware is your final destination or your phone is so hosed you have to use download mode to fix it. If you do use odin in the future then use the right one for your phone build so you don't lose your button combos.

opcow said:
<captainhindsight>You should not have flashed JH6.</captainhindsight>
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Nor should you have allowed yourself to be photographed in a compromising position wit Courtney Love...Sorry, couldn't resist.

but I only followed instructions Everyone that asks was getting told to go try and blah blah, well that was what I was doing.
You know now I am really stuck. I did use adb and restored stock and didnt want to mess with my phone anymore, but the at&t logo kept popping up, im with rogers. I found a fix and was following those instructions when odin screwed up, it started flashing then said it failed, it happened to me once before but my combo key was working then.
I dont understand why it stopped, It seemed to be intermittent, a bunch of issues, after flashing that at&t rom.
I wish I could fix it, I am stressing out over it, ill get the stuff for that jig tomorrow and hope that works. This phone is brand new! I am not a modder or hacker, I got stiffed by rogers and samsung with the voice dial over bluetooth issue, they wouldnt take the phone back.
I would love to have the att logo gone, rogers froyo 2.2, and broken bluetooth.. Its better than a paper weight. Please help me ! You know what.. I can live what that logo.. I just want to get my phone operational.
Goodnight, and thanks for your help.

i'm guessing you didn't flash the 3 button fix that opcow suggested before doing anything else?
if you can get into download mode, flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812434

No I didn't, in its forum it says if you had no problems initially with the 3 buttons, this is not for you. Thats what it said! I was told I shouldnt have done that and should have flashed the 3 button fix after the fact.
I just bought resistors, ill be home later to try and force download mode.
Thanks for your help, I am not as upset as I was yesterday, I was tired.

[Q] How to root Milestone A853 with Android 2.2.1 ?

Hello,
I have Motorola Milestone A853 Retail Brazil with Android 2.2.1 .
z4root is failing to permanent root it.
Is there another easy way to permanet root it, please?
Regards.

Flash VR and use AOR to root.
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Yes, I can use VR with AOR to root it.
sileshn said:
Flash VR and use AOR to root.
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Hello,
I saw the VR with AOR procedure.
Thank you very much.

How would one go about rooting a Telus Milestone with a VR? Which VR do you choose?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12271864&postcount=3
I just did this yesterday to get the telus update off my phone.
The vr sbf is tiny.

I am trying to start the SBF using RSD Lite, but when I navigate to the SBF file and have my phone plugged in, the "start" button is greyed out. I have no way to click on it.
I installed the Motorola Mobile Drivers v4.9 (64-bit Windows) and RSD Lite v4.6.
Help please!

does it show the phone as connected?
If not, set the usb mode to memory card access or portal tools

zeppelinrox said:
does it show the phone as connected?
If not, set the usb mode to memory card access or portal tools
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How do you do that in bootloader mode required for flashing sbf?

skadude66 said:
I am trying to start the SBF using RSD Lite, but when I navigate to the SBF file and have my phone plugged in, the "start" button is greyed out. I have no way to click on it.
I installed the Motorola Mobile Drivers v4.9 (64-bit Windows) and RSD Lite v4.6.
Help please!
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Power off phone. Press dial pad up key + power button and release. You will be in bootloader mode. Plug in your phone. rsdlite should recognise your phone. Flash the VR.
Once the phone starts rebooting, before it shows the M logo, press and hold the "x" button for a few seconds and release. It should take you into recovery mode. Run AOR and using console type " rm -f /system/etc/install-recovery.sh " ( without the quotes ).
You can root using phone using the option in AOR.

I ended up rooting with Universal Androot. It seemed to work but I can't get to flashing FroyoMod, I explained it more in detail here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011153
If anybody could help me out on that, it would be great!
EDIT: I guess I could also just unroot with Universal androot and try the other methods you've suggested, sileshn?

skadude66 said:
I ended up rooting with Universal Androot. It seemed to work but I can't get to flashing FroyoMod, I explained it more in detail here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011153
If anybody could help me out on that, it would be great!
EDIT: I guess I could also just unroot with Universal androot and try the other methods you've suggested, sileshn?
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You got the EOCD error because VR was not flashed. Root is not required for flashing froyoMOD or CM7. VR is the one that's needed. The above method will work for sure.

sileshn said:
Power off phone. Press dial pad up key + power button and release. You will be in bootloader mode. Plug in your phone. rsdlite should recognise your phone. Flash the VR.
Once the phone starts rebooting, before it shows the M logo, press and hold the "x" button for a few seconds and release. It should take you into recovery mode. Run AOR and using console type " rm -f /system/etc/install-recovery.sh " ( without the quotes ).
You can root using phone using the option in AOR.
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Here is what I have for RSD Lite and it will not work..
http://imgur.com/IicCA
I got the VR from http://android.doshaska.net/rootable
Is there anything I'm doing wrong here?

skadude66 said:
Here is what I have for RSD Lite and it will not work..
http://imgur.com/IicCA
I got the VR from http://android.doshaska.net/rootable
Is there anything I'm doing wrong here?
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Try renaming the sbf to something shorter, like VR_90.78.sbf and try.

Alright so I was able to start it but it immediately came up with this error: "Failed flashing process. (0x7100); phone connected."
My bootloader is 90.78, so that SBF should work, right?

skadude66 said:
Alright so I was able to start it but it immediately came up with this error: "Failed flashing process. (0x7100); phone connected."
My bootloader is 90.78, so that SBF should work, right?
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This might help. I have never got that error ever.
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-...hing-process-0x7100-rsd-lite.html#post1274587

That worked! Unfortunately, I didn't hit the x key fast enough. Can I just go into recovery mode afterwards and apply update.zip?

skadude66 said:
That worked! Unfortunately, I didn't hit the x key fast enough. Can I just go into recovery mode afterwards and apply update.zip?
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Try running AOR. If you get EOCD error, flash vr again.
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It seems to have worked! I'm on the Droid boot animation, not sure how long it should be taking.
EDIT: It's been about 5 minutes that it's stuck on the droid boot animation, is this a bootloop? Did I mess something up? The only thing I did not do was create a nandroid backup, but that shouldn't affect the update, no?

sileshn said:
How do you do that in bootloader mode required for flashing sbf?
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?When doing RSD Lite I always just hook up the phone while android is running. Not sure when it boots into boot loader mode though but it just gets there during the process lol
skadude66 said:
It seems to have worked! I'm on the Droid boot animation, not sure how long it should be taking.
EDIT: It's been about 5 minutes that it's stuck on the droid boot animation, is this a bootloop? Did I mess something up? The only thing I did not do was create a nandroid backup, but that shouldn't affect the update, no?
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Which animation is it. Just the word Android and thats it? If it's that one, it's hard to tell if it's bootlooping but you would see it flicker if it is.

I got past the Motorola M logo, but now it's been at least 10 minutes that it's stuck on an Android logo, and a green circle around him.
I also cannot turn off the phone by holding the power button.

Unable to reboot in download mode

I find my newly purchased tab 8.9 very laggy with the stock TouchWiz
Before returning it I wanted ti try the Overcome rom to see if it can get any smoother.
I carefully followed there instructions but I am unable to go past the downloading droid. once I validate with the right button volume, the tablet simply reboots.
Does anyone else have this issue?

josibarns said:
I find my newly purchased tab 8.9 very laggy with the stock TouchWiz
Before returning it I wanted ti try the Overcome rom to see if it can get any smoother.
I carefully followed there instructions but I am unable to go past the downloading droid. once I validate with the right button volume, the tablet simply reboots.
Does anyone else have this issue?
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Let me get this right: you sucessfully flashed Overcome, and want to ODIN but when you try to get in Download Mode, it reboots, is that it? If so, that's the first time I've heard this issue. How are you trying to enter Download Mode?

nirogu325 said:
Let me get this right: you sucessfully flashed Overcome, and want to ODIN but when you try to get in Download Mode, it reboots, is that it? If so, that's the first time I've heard this issue. How are you trying to enter Download Mode?
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I am still with the Samsung original
I wanted to try the overcome ROM see if the lag disapears.
I am stuck in the first step when I need to flash CWR using Odin. I can't get into the download menu

josibarns said:
I am still with the Samsung original
I wanted to try the overcome ROM see if the lag disapears.
I am stuck in the first step when I need to flash CWR using Odin. I can't get into the download menu
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I see. The Overcome thread also has the CWM Recovery as a .zip file which is flashable through Stock Recovery (same procedure as flashing Root). You just put the file in your internal SDcard and flash away. If you still have doubts, read a little bit here, as I'm sure that will clear any doubts you might have.

josibarns said:
I find my newly purchased tab 8.9 very laggy with the stock TouchWiz
Before returning it I wanted ti try the Overcome rom to see if it can get any smoother.
I carefully followed there instructions but I am unable to go past the downloading droid. once I validate with the right button volume, the tablet simply reboots.
Does anyone else have this issue?
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u have to press the power and the left-volume button for about 15sec

nirogu325 said:
I see. The Overcome thread also has the CWM Recovery as a .zip file which is flashable through Stock Recovery (same procedure as flashing Root). You just put the file in your internal SDcard and flash away. If you still have doubts, read a little bit here, as I'm sure that will clear any doubts you might have.
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Perfect it worked! And I was also able to install the Overcome ROM It seems to be more battery hungry and a bit faster
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u have to press the power and the left-volume button for about 15sec
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Yes I have done that and I get to the menu with the droid blinking with "downloading" written under it. The issues is when I validate instead of showing the dowload menue it simply reboots...

josibarns said:
Perfect it worked! And I was also able to install the Overcome ROM It seems to be more battery hungry and a bit faster.
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Don't expect perfection from a port, ever (port = a ROM that's not native to the device). The motley kernel, along with UV can help you in the battery department.
Sent from my GT-P7310

Sorry to comeback to it but after having flashed a couple or ROM with CWM I want to come back to the stock rom using ODIN and I cannot enter the dowload menu.
My system right now is a stock ROM us retail P7310UEKHA flashed with CWM and CWM and I want to install a 3.2 stock ROM using ODIN.
The way I try to access the download menu is
1. Turn off the tab
2. wait 30 sec
3. restart with the down volume pressed
4. when the reaching the menu between recovery and dowloading. Select dowloading with the down volume button and validate with the up volume button.
Result: a black screen for 3 seconds and then the tab reboots

josibarns said:
Sorry to comeback to it but after having flashed a couple or ROM with CWM I want to come back to the stock rom using ODIN and I cannot enter the dowload menu.
My system right now is a stock ROM us retail P7310UEKHA flashed with CWM and CWM and I want to install a 3.2 stock ROM using ODIN.
The way I try to access the download menu is
1. Turn off the tab
2. wait 30 sec
3. restart with the down volume pressed
4. when the reaching the menu between recovery and dowloading. Select dowloading with the down volume button and validate with the up volume button.
Result: a black screen for 3 seconds and then the tab reboots
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A corrupt bootloader that may be. Reflash KHA (CWM version alterbridge posted) to see if it solves it.
Sent from my SGH-T959.

Just to precise this issue was present out of the box when I got it from best buy...

josibarns said:
Just to precise this issue was present out of the box when I got it from best buy...
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flash a stock bootloader and a stock recovery using nvflash, im in a hurry now and dont have time to explain, use google, you will find all the info in the tab 10.1 forum.

lupu666ro said:
flash a stock bootloader and a stock recovery using nvflash, im in a hurry now and dont have time to explain, use google, you will find all the info in the tab 10.1 forum.
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Thanks lupu666ro. I've tried installing stock Rom with CMW but nothing works. I have found very sparse info about nvflash. It looks like the solution but I'm a bit wary about tring this without a instructions. Could give me more info or point me to a tutorial
Thanks!

Still no luck...
So I have tried reflashing the stock US retail ROM and ran the EULA3 OTA update over it. I can't seem to figure this out.
The OTA update entered the download mode for a few seconds during the update so I am wondering if I don't simply have a locked bootloader.
I have made a video to show the problem: http://youtu.be/b09-x31ldbs

josibarns said:
So I have tried reflashing the stock US retail ROM and ran the EULA3 OTA update over it. I can't seem to figure this out.
The OTA update entered the download mode for a few seconds during the update so I am wondering if I don't simply have a locked bootloader.
I have made a video to show the problem: http://youtu.be/b09-x31ldbs
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here is a tutorial on how to use nvflash, this will repair you tablet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130574

On the download warning screen you are hitting volume down, not up. Volume up is the button closest to the headphone jack..
josibarns said:
So I have tried reflashing the stock US retail ROM and ran the EULA3 OTA update over it. I can't seem to figure this out.
The OTA update entered the download mode for a few seconds during the update so I am wondering if I don't simply have a locked bootloader.
I have made a video to show the problem: http://youtu.be/b09-x31ldbs
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I957 using XDA App

neubauej said:
On the download warning screen you are hitting volume down, not up. Volume up is the button closest to the headphone jack..
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Ok I am really ashamed on this one, you were right I've been hitting the wrong button for all my attempts
Thanks a lot neubauej!!!!!

Lol, no problem, glad it was simple.
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Motorola Milestone A853 Skips Over Recovery Menu

Okay so I am running CyanogenMod 7.2 on my Motorola Milestone A853 and I wanted to install the MIUI ROM so I held the power button and hit Reboot and then clicked Recovery and it did what it was supposed to do; it rebooted and acted like it was going into the Recovery Menu but it got to the triangle where you are supposed to hold Camera and Volume Up and then within less than 1 second it skipped over that and completely rebooted the phone normally. I didn't have time to hit Camera and Volume Up.
So I decided to try completely powering down my phone and powering up while holding the "X" button on the keyboard. And once again it did the same thing as before.
Does anyone have any idea of how I could fix this problem?

Can someone please help me out. I need to fix this ASAP.

I had a similar issue, where I think the recovery got corrupted. You might be able to just reinstall Open Recovery (not sure), but I ended up just starting from scratch and reflashing the sbf.

CanAndroid said:
I had a similar issue, where I think the recovery got corrupted. You might be able to just reinstall Open Recovery (not sure), but I ended up just starting from scratch and reflashing the sbf.
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Well I have officially screwed my whole phone up. I did the unroot using RSD but apparently I didn't get the right .sbf file for it. I'm not sure which one I need. Mine is an unlocked A853 from Amazon.
The .sbf I got was some Italian crap.
Any idea what .sbf I needed to get?

You'll probably need the sbf with the 'vulnerable recovery'. I don't have a link to it (internet restrictions at work), but I believe android.doshaska.net has a link to a guide with everything you need on it, and fairly easy directions.
Or there's a bunch more information in xda threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516

CanAndroid said:
You'll probably need the sbf with the 'vulnerable recovery'. I don't have a link to it (internet restrictions at work), but I believe android.doshaska.net has a link to a guide with everything you need on it, and fairly easy directions.
Or there's a bunch more information in xda threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983516
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I got it to work. I just installed Vulnerable Recovery and then installed Open Recovery and did it from there. Everything is back to working and all in English. Thanks for your help though. :good: