I have an unlocked bootloader, and it always ends up in cwm recovery (the one i flashed).
I have no longer any S/W update, that we could reach with vol - and power on.
I can access bootloader boot with CM10.1 reboot into bootloader.
But i definitively don't understand. I would like to be back to stock to deal with original partition layout, but i can't enter a S/W update mode.
My plans were:
- use UpTestEX_mod2_marwin to flash KDZ
Any other advice is welcome ! How can i perform this ?
In addition, i would like to know more about traditionnal MTD / MMC layout vs Emulated layout, and eventually if i can NVFLASH like i did on Tegra2 (but i guess SBK is enable on this device so i need to deal with it in some way).
Thank you in advance !
Graveen said:
I have an unlocked bootloader, and it always ends up in cwm recovery (the one i flashed).
I have no longer any S/W update, that we could reach with vol - and power on.
I can access bootloader boot with CM10.1 reboot into bootloader.
But i definitively don't understand. I would like to be back to stock to deal with original partition layout, but i can't enter a S/W update mode.
My plans were:
- use UpTestEX_mod2_marwin to flash KDZ
Any other advice is welcome ! How can i perform this ?
In addition, i would like to know more about traditionnal MTD / MMC layout vs Emulated layout, and eventually if i can NVFLASH like i did on Tegra2 (but i guess SBK is enable on this device so i need to deal with it in some way).
Thank you in advance !
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Where did you get the idea that to get in SW is Vol- & Power ON??? Thats to get in recovery, no matter if android or CWM...
Turn OFF the phone, press Vol- and connect to PC, you'll be in SW
Damn man, thank you, it works flawlessly !
One thing less to know on my long list
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Well title pretty much says what my problem is. I know there are topics that are pretty similar to this one and I read them, tryed them all and I still cannot make recovery mode on my phone work. My best guess is that network from which i bought the phone locked that somehow?
Here's what I've tryed:
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
Turn phone on, while holding power button and pressing back button as shown in video below (start at watching at 0:40)
/watch?v=kReGHJw0elo
I dont think this way (below) is a proper way of entering recovery mode. Anyways i've tryed it:
giles117 said:
nevermind.
I used this method and resolved the problem. Thanks
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
UnPlug the USB cable.
Turn the phone on it’s side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down
Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should be on the recovery screen.
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I also tryed with battery out and cable on but all other things that I've tryed sounds more like witchcraft than anything else. So is it possible that network disabled recovery mode and what do you guyz think I should do? Tnx in advance.
Tjufta said:
Well title pretty much says what my problem is. I know there are topics that are pretty similar to this one and I read them, tryed them all and I still cannot make recovery mode on my phone work. My best guess is that network from which i bought the phone locked that somehow?
Here's what I've tryed:
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
Turn phone on, while holding power button and pressing back button as shown in video below (start at watching at 0:40)
/watch?v=kReGHJw0elo
I dont think this way (below) is a proper way of entering recovery mode. Anyways i've tryed it:
I also tryed with battery out and cable on but all other things that I've tryed sounds more like witchcraft than anything else. So is it possible that network disabled recovery mode and what do you guyz think I should do? Tnx in advance.
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Recovery doesn't come preinstalled with phone! You have to install it via flashtool!
First, you need to have root access.
Then,you can install a recovery, I´d recommend you to install Dual Mode Recovery (use the search button, because then you can have both recoveries.
After that, you can enter CWM recovery with touching the screen repeatedly while it´s showing you the white "Sony Ericsson" logo, and you can enter xrecovery by pressing any button repeatedly
Kernel
I have rooted my Xperia X8 and flashed kernel nAa on it, but I can't get in recovery mode no matter what I try..
forkspoons said:
I have rooted my Xperia X8 and flashed kernel nAa on it, but I can't get in recovery mode no matter what I try..
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press back button for few times to enter CWM Recovery in nAa's kernel.
note: you can't successfully flash kernel into your X8 when you only have rooted your device. you need to unlock bootloader! read these threads!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043491
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254225
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549696
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436957
for first u can't boot up to recovery. cause sony doents have default recovery. u must install manual, xrecovery/cwm recovery. u can install it with x8tool, flashtool, or manualy pushing to /system/bin folder.
Tjufta said:
Well title pretty much says what my problem is. I know there are topics that are pretty similar to this one and I read them, tryed them all and I still cannot make recovery mode on my phone work. My best guess is that network from which i bought the phone locked that somehow?
Here's what I've tryed:
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
Turn phone on, while holding power button and pressing back button as shown in video below (start at watching at 0:40)
/watch?v=kReGHJw0elo
I dont think this way (below) is a proper way of entering recovery mode. Anyways i've tryed it:
I also tryed with battery out and cable on but all other things that I've tryed sounds more like witchcraft than anything else. So is it possible that network disabled recovery mode and what do you guyz think I should do? Tnx in advance.
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Use search before posting anything. X8 recovery has two or three types. Dual mode is to either tap the screen and back button. Most recovery is back button.
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I had a problem flashing Nova HD.
Not sure if it was because the recovery was 4.0.0.5
Anyway, recovery couldn't restore nandroid. It said couldn't mount /system
Then I tried to flash a stock rom through smartflash.
The flash errored.
Now, I can even get the S/W update screen for smartflash. When I hold down volume and press power, I get three short honks from windows and smartflash does nothing.
Is there anything I can do. The phone is non responsive when I turn on the power button and wont boot to recovery either.
In advance thank you for any suggestions.
fezzawinkle said:
I had a problem flashing Nova HD.
Not sure if it was because the recovery was 4.0.0.5
Anyway, recovery couldn't restore nandroid. It said couldn't mount /system
Then I tried to flash a stock rom through smartflash.
The flash errored.
Now, I can even get the S/W update screen for smartflash. When I hold down volume and press power, I get three short honks from windows and smartflash does nothing.
Is there anything I can do. The phone is non responsive when I turn on the power button and wont boot to recovery either.
In advance thank you for any suggestions.
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U need to hold the volume key only when you connect it to the computer for the smart flash method and not volume+power keys...maybe thats the problem...
Try again with only the volume down key pressed and connecting it to the computer....
Hope it helps mate
Thanks. I did try that.
I think that the answer may be to use NV Flash recovery mode (which I did not previously know about).
Battery out. Hold VOL_DWN+VOL_UP & plug in USB connection from computer:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/335416-nvflash-setup-instructions-drivers-links-active/
Ok, so there are a lot of threads about soft bricks and bootloops, I have answered in a lot of threads but it seems it needs separate thread to explain how to "revive" your phone from bootloops and soft bricks.
First of all, I don't guarantee that it will work but mostly this tricks do their job.
Tricks were tested and worked on many phones, but I don't take responsibility for hard bricked phones after performing tricks from this thread.
Sometimes you need to repeat process because everything must be done with perfect timing. Also if one method won't work try another.
1. Prepare your phone to press recovery combination and while plugging phone to USB or charger, hold keys and release when samsung logo appear. Do Factory reset in recovery
2. (the best) turn on phone into download mode and don't accept terms, when phone will reboot quick hold recovery combination and release when samsung logo appear. Do Factory reset in recovery
(3). Emergency download mode (when phone wib but don't turn on screen) - take off battery for few minutes, after that time hold download combination and insert battery, wait few seconds (so normally it would boot and enter dm), accept terms by pressing volume down, connect USB and flash stock Rom
4. usefull tip - Always have backup created in CWM on phone, you never know when it will be needed. What I do is creating backup every week/two weeks, also I have stock backup. I really recomend to create backup before flashing CM while you are on stock (it will guarantee everything will 100% work if something fails), it helped me a lot of times.
(recovery combination - volume up, volume down, power, home)
(download mode - volume down, home, power / accept terms volume down, decline - volume up)
In 1 and 2 "just in case" you can flash stock Rom, when it will start to reboot after Odin finish flashing, take off battery and insert again (to stop boot process) phone should boot into recovery normally but repeat point 2 to be sure.
Also, what is importiant, ALWAYS have turned on debug mode in your usb settings, first thing you should do after flashing CM, turn on debug mode.
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When you are switching from CM to stock, after flashing stock you will have almost 100% chance that you will have bootloop on samsung logo. You have to factory reset before first boot. So, after flashing stock, when odin will proceed reboot your phone, unplug phone and take off battery (take off battery cover before flashing, but be careful not to drop battery while flashing via odin, it would be really really bad for your phone, hold phone and battery all the time). After inserting battery back and assemble cover, go to recovery and do factory reset.
Share your thoughts and experience here.
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help please
my phone cannot go to the recovery mode although i had flash the stock rom
and my phone had a bootloop
may you help me :crying:
yudha wira said:
my phone cannot go to the recovery mode although i had flash the stock rom
and my phone had a bootloop
may you help me :crying:
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"turn on phone into download mode and don't accept terms, when phone will reboot quick hold recovery combination and release when samsung logo appear. Do Factory reset in recovery" learn to read...
this is worked for me
Peky031 said:
"turn on phone into download mode and don't accept terms, when phone will reboot quick hold recovery combination and release when samsung logo appear. Do Factory reset in recovery" learn to read...
this is worked for me
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I had this problem. Reflash CWM. Then "turn on phone into download mode and don't accept terms, when phone will reboot quick hold recovery combination and release when samsung logo appear. Do Factory reset in recovery"
Thanx man it worked. Several attemps in 2 days.
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Thank you for this ! The decline download mode agrements , press recovery combination trick worked , I managed to get to recovery ! I flashed stock rom 3 times and tried repartition with pit ...but this is the only thing that worked ! Thank you
Now I have a Idea about a Un-brick:
1. If you want to return (after a Forget a clean data/cache/dalvik) When You can downgrade with .md5 Stock ROM (or Custom)
2. If Recovery Doesn't works... You can only Download Mode (Volume Down + Home + Power) - Remember it's that's not with SIM/SD Card [Maybe that's optional if it forget but I will be recommend.]
3. Flash to Newest "ClockWorldMod"
4. After Restart - That's must be take off battery and Connect USB Cable to SGMII
5. Let's Turn On Recovery Mode with a "Samsung Logo" Before Input Battery [With a Battery it's doesn't does it Start,on Fortunately...]
6. And... Let's to clean data/cache/dalvik... And that's All of "Open source Unbrick"
What Did a get:
+ Downgrade ROM without a Additonal Box (Because that's Open source with a Easy-Root and Not Close-Source as a Self of Old Sony Ericsson Tuning - But I Like a Old Sony Ericsson's Too ... And "Sony" looks from a 2007 about a Modifications and Sony is not a blocked for Android - Fortunately... And for a Today Some users remembers about a Big Seasons Tunings from K310i or K550i [I had a Two phones... That's nice what I discovered about a ROM's Modifications... And Let's praise for Sony that's Not blocked for Androids... Thank you,Sony. ]
+ That's can be again to Upgrade eg. Cyanogenmod
And... A knowledge... Hope that's share a help.
might want to consider adding this
Hi OP, you might want to add this to your thread..
so, early this week, i faced a bad bootloop situation after the software update.. Even with a normal boot (no vol+,home button and power button pressing), my phone will still be stucked at CWM recovery..
Note that my phone was working fine, only the software update caused my phone to stuck in the CWM bootloop..
So, what i did was, i updated my CWM 4.0.8.2 [ my bad, cause when i rooting my phone initially last few weeks, and i've been reading outdated threads].. So, i updated my CWM 4.0.8.2 to CWM 6.x through CWM recovery..
Then, after it rebooted, i go to download mode, connect my phone through ODIN and flashed stock rom.
Now, it is working fine like new..
Hello,
After rooting my p880, my phone hangs at boot. Just after the boot sound (*pling* ) the phone is hanging. The boot image is still moving.
Things I tried already:
I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723, which tells to do a kdz update. This is not working, as I am not able to get to the S/W upgrade screen. Instead, when I start the phone using the power button + volume down, i get the Android system recovery menu (3e).
I tried to upload a new (cyanogenmod) rom using adb sideload, but that didn't work, as the file I used was damaged (I will retry with new file).
I also did a factory reset and a cache wipe.
Can someone tell me what is best to do?
Kind regards
X-cal
x-calibur1978 said:
Hello,
After rooting my p880, my phone hangs at boot. Just after the boot sound (*pling* ) the phone is hanging. The boot image is still moving.
Things I tried already:
I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723, which tells to do a kdz update. This is not working, as I am not able to get to the S/W upgrade screen. Instead, when I start the phone using the power button + volume down, i get the Android system recovery menu (3e).
I tried to upload a new (cyanogenmod) rom using adb sideload, but that didn't work, as the file I used was damaged (I will retry with new file).
I also did a factory reset and a cache wipe.
Can someone tell me what is best to do?
Kind regards
X-cal
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you're entering s/w mode wrong. dont press power button. just hold vol down and plug in usb
OOOhhhh noooosss....... That's kind of stupid .
Thanks!
Hello, in advance I apologize for my English, I speak Spanish.
The issue of my request is that I think I have a hardbrick on my Huawei p10.
It happens that I installed a GSI / TREBLE Rom (android 8.1) to try it but I was not satisfied, but I decided to go back to stock firmware. In the process I had to install TWRP, because that's what the guide I followed requested. At a certain moment I was asked for my OEM unlock code and when writing it the phone tried to perform a factory reset, but TWRP does not let the process continue.
In summary, I have TWRP (which does not leave mount) and I do not have access to fastboot mode, besides the system does not start, it takes me directly to TWRP.
I hope any help you may receive, Thank you very much.
I was in that situation last day and I tried to boot phone in system recovery (Vol + Vol - and power button), after few tries of booting phone manually (vol + power; vol - power both and power etc... I tried them all) it entered in e-recovery where it installed (needs wifi) the whole system from scratch and after that it boots in stock firmware (for me is B375) and then I re-installed magisk and twrp. I explained really bad I know, but I managed to solve this! Probably someone will give you a more detailed explaination!
federicocip85 said:
I was in that situation last day and I tried to boot phone in system recovery (Vol + Vol - and power button), after few tries of booting phone manually (vol + power; vol - power both and power etc... I tried them all) it entered in e-recovery where it installed (needs wifi) the whole system from scratch and after that it boots in stock firmware (for me is B375) and then I re-installed magisk and twrp. I explained really bad I know, but I managed to solve this! Probably someone will give you a more detailed explaination!
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Thanks for answering.
You also do not have access to the bootloader before solving it? The truth is that I have been with the problem for days and I can not fix it. I will try with what you suggest.