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Can't boot into recovery!

I just rooted my Nexus 1 Froyo per instructions on theUnlockr.com. I installed ADB first, Then proceded to root. I then flashed a recovery rom: recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1-cyan.img. This was successful. I then booted phone into recovery mode. Selected recovery and the first couple times I received a black screen with an exclamation point in the middle of a triangle next to green android. I flashed recovery rom once again and this time it allowed me to enter. I made my backup image and even booted into recovery mode again�wiped phone clean and restored image. I thought I was golden! Later I tried to boot into recovery mode again and I received same problem as mentioned above. I tried again no luck. I even flashed recovery rom again and It still dose not work. Why could this be happening? I even went through the steps to root phone again (that went well). But still no recovery mode. I even tried another recovery rom: recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.1.img. It did the same thing. Worked one time and then nothing! I need to fix this before I load custom Roms.
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follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795

Amritttt said:
follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795
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I was able to flash recovery via your instructions but phone STILL will not boot into recovery mode. I hold down the volume key and power.....all I get is triangle with droid net to it. Im going to try and Un-root my phone and start from scratch! Thanks for the help!

you are getting the triangle with the droid because the recovery did not flash correctly, try usung rom manager if for nothing else, just to install Amon/clockwork

Poseidon20 said:
I was able to flash recovery via your instructions but phone STILL will not boot into recovery mode. I hold down the volume key and power.....all I get is triangle with droid net to it. Im going to try and Un-root my phone and start from scratch! Thanks for the help!
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Did you remove the two scripts like you were told? /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and /system/recovery-from-boot.p

you are getting the triangle with the droid because the recovery did not flash correctly, try usung rom manager if for nothing else, just to install Amon/clockwork
Cool thanks for the advice! I did try Rom Manager and used Amon/Clockwork recovery. After flashing the Recovery Image I booted into recovery from Rom Manger. No problem! BUT.....when I rebooted phone from recovery menu I again went in to Rom Manager and tried to Boot back in to recovery and I got the triangle with the Droid next to it. I pulled battery and started phone again. I flashed Amon/Clockwork recovery again from Rom Mang. and again I was able to successfully boot in to recovery. This pattern goes on and on. It seams that every-time I want to boot into recovery I need to flash Amon/clockwork image. Somewhere phone is not retaining the information. Everything looks to work just fine as long as I Flash before I go into recovery. I'm sure this is not the way it should work. Any ideas?

khaytsus said:
Did you remove the two scripts like you were told? /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and /system/recovery-from-boot.p
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Khaytsus,
When was I told to remove the two scripts? Where did this come from? Please let me know what they are for and why removing them would help? Also, if I do need to remove these would it be done by using Root File Manager, finding file and selecting delete? Sorry if I sound new to this.....it's because I am! LOL. Thanks for any help you can provide!

Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7378018&postcount=47

Poseidon20 said:
Khaytsus,
When was I told to remove the two scripts? Where did this come from? Please let me know what they are for and why removing them would help? Also, if I do need to remove these would it be done by using Root File Manager, finding file and selecting delete? Sorry if I sound new to this.....it's because I am! LOL. Thanks for any help you can provide!
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It's documented in random places, of course the post below also has the same info. I don't know precisely what the two files do, but they apparently try to restore the recovery.
Trust me, it will fix the problem. Remove them, re-flash recovery.

khaytsus said:
It's documented in random places, of course the post below also has the same info. I don't know precisely what the two files do, but they apparently try to restore the recovery.
Trust me, it will fix the problem. Remove them, re-flash recovery.
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Khaytsus,
You saved my Droid! You were right! deleting those 2 files worked. I'm well into flashing Custom ROMs. Your the only one who got it right! Good job! Thanks Again!

khaytsus said:
Did you remove the two scripts like you were told? /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and /system/recovery-from-boot.p
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So, I'm not the OP, but I am having trouble deleting the files despite the fact that they are both say "YES" in read and write in properties. I tried to reflash from ROM Manager and I keep getting an error there. Not sure what to do.
BTW, I'm using a Galaxy Nexus. Would love some help as this is all uncharted terrain for me.

sadako12 said:
BTW, I'm using a Galaxy Nexus. Would love some help as this is all uncharted terrain for me.
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You are in Nexus One Q&A Forum. Did you tryed with Galaxy Nexus Recoveries files and guides ?

ldFxl said:
You are in Nexus One Q&A Forum. Did you tryed with Galaxy Nexus Recoveries files and guides ?
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I tried pretty much everything other than wiping the whole thing again. It's quite unfortunate.

sadako12 said:
I tried pretty much everything other than wiping the whole thing again. It's quite unfortunate.
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If I understand, your problem is that you can't actually flash a custom recovery from ROM Manager ?
Which do you use ?
Are you trying to flash a recovery in recovery mode ?
Please link here files you tried to flash.

ldFxl said:
If I understand, your problem is that you can't actually flash a custom recovery from ROM Manager ?
Which do you use ?
Are you trying to flash a recovery in recovery mode ?
Please link here files you tried to flash.
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I can't flash from ROM Manager. Initially, I didn't want to purchase the download capability. So, first, I used the program tools and flashed from there. I got Clockwork Mod to work, but then when I restarted it and went into "recovery," I got nothing.
Now, I can't flash at all.

The galaxy nexus should have fastboot capabilities, this is the best and safest way to flash your recovery partition
Be sure to use the proper recovery image for your device
If you need help finding it or setting up fastboot let me know
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demkantor said:
The galaxy nexus should have fastboot capabilities, this is the best and safest way to flash your recovery partition
Be sure to use the proper recovery image for your device
If you need help finding it or setting up fastboot let me know
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I have only ever found a guide for a temporary flash. I would follow the instructions and then CWM wouldn't stick. =\

So here is the typical steps to follow
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
And that's it, were you using fastboot to just boot it? Were you doing another method? The more details you give the faster and more accurate your help will be
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demkantor said:
So here is the typical steps to follow
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
And that's it, were you using fastboot to just boot it? Were you doing another method? The more details you give the faster and more accurate your help will be
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I used instructions from http://androidforums.com/internatio...root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html#enter-recovery.
The ROM wouldn't "stick" and then the USB wasn't even recognized by the end of everything.

Start by booting into your bootloader and writing down everything word for word on that screen here. Next boot to recovery and write down what you see there. Even better upload pics of each. Again the more detailed you can be the more help you can get
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Help please....boot looping

Ok guys,
Im not even new to flashing phones but no idea what the heck happened....
To cut a long story short I tried Renovate which was great but i couldn't change my keyboard so I figured I maybe selected something wrong in aroma. I reinstalled it over my current set up and chose a different set up and flashed. Done. Great. When i tried to reboot it would just boot loop into the recovery.
Now i searched and saw similar issues which were fixed by relocking, and then unlocking the BL which I did but now its even worse. I can't even get into the bootloader. I can leave the device and it bootloops into the recovery but it fails to mount anything so i cannot flash anything at all....
Anybody please can guide me in the right direction?
THanks

Did you back up before flashing the rom again? Do you have that backup on your sd card?
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arzin said:
Did you back up before flashing the rom again? Do you have that backup on your sd card?
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I did back up onto SD but i can't mount anything right now
I sideloaded a rom but it tries to install but fails.

m00moo said:
I did back up onto SD but i can't mount anything right now
I sideloaded a rom but it tries to install but fails.
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Just to clarify a few things where i stand currently.
The phone will NOT boot and is stuck in a bootloop or on HTC startup screen.
I cannot mount anything.
Side load isn't installing anything.
THanks for having a look btw

m00moo said:
Just to clarify a few things where i stand currently.
The phone will NOT boot and is stuck in a bootloop or on HTC startup screen.
I cannot mount anything.
Side load isn't installing anything.
THanks for having a look btw
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Now I can't even get into BL or Recovery..... help!

m00moo said:
Just to clarify a few things where i stand currently.
The phone will NOT boot and is stuck in a bootloop or on HTC startup screen.
I cannot mount anything.
Side load isn't installing anything.
THanks for having a look btw
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Okay. Well can you go to recovery? If yes try to restore the rom you backed up. See if that works
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arzin said:
Okay. Well can you go to recovery? If yes try to restore the rom you backed up. See if that works
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Hi there,
I can get into recovery fine again since I found the light trick which does indeed work. Unfortunately as mentioned it wouldn't mount anything like my sdcard etc. I have just tried to format it which worked so I am trying again to sideload to see if that works
as i stand now, the phone is clean with nothing. I can get into fastboot and recovery. CWM installed.Any other ideas please?
cant believe this happened literally from nothing....

m00moo said:
Hi there,
I can get into recovery fine again since I found the light trick which does indeed work. Unfortunately as mentioned it wouldn't mount anything like my sdcard etc. I have just tried to format it which worked so I am trying again to sideload to see if that works
as i stand now, the phone is clean with nothing. I can get into fastboot and recovery. CWM installed.Any other ideas please?
cant believe this happened literally from nothing....
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adb sideload a rom but phone must be in recovery and you have to select sideload in recovery

skinsfanbdh said:
adb sideload a rom but phone must be in recovery and you have to select sideload in recovery
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I sideload fine.
It launches and openes Aroma but i cannot install?

m00moo said:
I sideload fine.
It launches and openes Aroma but i cannot install?
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sideload rayglobe it doesnt use aroma

do you have the non branded One right?

did you get it to work?

I think the reason it is not reading your sd is because when you flashed 4.2.2 it moved the data to some other directory.

Bad flash... need advice

Hey guys... first rom flash I did after rooting went bad. I got a failed message during the flash and now I'm stuck on the HTC boot screen. I'm wondering if the zip is bad, but my problem is how to get another rom into my internal storage since I can't boot up the device.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
*edit* Sideload mode in TWRP is not working. I can start it on the phone, but the adb commands never work.

Boot to bootloader and flash CWM then use ADB Sideload cmd. You didn't back up your ROM before flashing?
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ADB sideload in TWRP is not working. Will it have a better chance of working in CWM?
*edit* loaded CWM as suggested, but sideloading is still not working. It's saying failed to open driver control, although I have installed the drivers and was using adb previously. Reinstalled drivers, but no good.

I'm also noticing that if I reboot from TWRP it is telling me my system does not appear to be rooted, although I previously checked the root in Titanium Backup. Maybe my root is not set up properly? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Try ADB Push cmd to your Ones storage.
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ethan.r.besbris said:
Try ADB Push cmd to your Ones storage.
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What would I call the One's storage in the command?

Drybonz said:
Hey guys... first rom flash I did after rooting went bad. I got a failed message during the flash and now I'm stuck on the HTC boot screen. I'm wondering if the zip is bad, but my problem is how to get another rom into my internal storage since I can't boot up the device.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
*edit* Sideload mode in TWRP is not working. I can start it on the phone, but the adb commands never work.
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What ADB folder are you using on your PC. The one from google or the one from the broken "all in one" tool kit?

Kraizk said:
What ADB folder are you using on your PC. The one from google or the one from the broken "all in one" tool kit?
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I'm using the one from BigDaddy's how-to-root thread. Is that one broken? I used that and followed the instructions in the two videos.
Where can I get the correct ADB materials, please?

Drybonz said:
Hey guys... first rom flash I did after rooting went bad. I got a failed message during the flash and now I'm stuck on the HTC boot screen. I'm wondering if the zip is bad, but my problem is how to get another rom into my internal storage since I can't boot up the device.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
*edit* Sideload mode in TWRP is not working. I can start it on the phone, but the adb commands never work.
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Install TWRP Recovery and then there might be a "mount usb" option inside mount/ storage menu....then it will mount your storage to computer.....
I'm not sure but my phone's kernel have it...
Hit thanks if I helped
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AK Style said:
Install TWRP Recovery and then there might be a "mount usb" option inside mount/ storage menu....then it will mount your storage to computer.....
I'm not sure but my phone's kernel have it...
Hit thanks if I helped
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Yeah, that was the first thing I tried, and it would have be awesome if it worked, but nothing happens when I click on the mount usb.
*edit* I will definitely never have another phone without a microSD card. Really wishing I had one right now.

Drybonz said:
Yeah, that was the first thing I tried, and it would have be awesome if it worked, but nothing happens when I click on the mount usb.
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Then try other recoveries,it might not work in all recoveries...but there should be one that works
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AK Style said:
Then try other recoveries,it might not work in all recoveries...but there should be one that works
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Tried it in CWM and TWRP already.

Drybonz said:
Tried it in CWM and TWRP already.
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what rom did you flash to cause all this, first of all.

Even though I have installed custom recoveries and installed SU before the bad flash, it seems like there is something wrong with the root, and now I am not sure how to get it fixed.

Aldo101t said:
what rom did you flash to cause all this, first of all.
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OMJ's... but I think there is something wrong with my root process somewhere.

Drybonz said:
Even though I have installed custom recoveries and installed SU before the bad flash, it seems like there is something wrong with the root, and now I am not sure how to get it fixed.
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how did you install su.
obtain a su zip file and flash su with recovery.i can't remember where to get it , but search the forums it's there somewhere.

Aldo101t said:
how did you install su.
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I followed the steps in the video by updating SU and then checking it in Titanium Backup. My problem is, it still tells me in the recovery that they system "does not appear to be rooted' when I reboot.

Aldo101t said:
how did you install su.
obtain a su zip file and flash su with recovery.i can't remember where to get it , but search the forums it's there somewhere.
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I can't get files onto the phone.

Drybonz said:
I can't get files onto the phone.
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when you plug your phone into your computer, look under my computer, is htc one there, if not, i don't know buddy.
another thing that might be messing you up is if you use a 3.0 usb port.

Aldo101t said:
when you plug your phone into your computer, look under my computer, is htc one there, if not, i don't know buddy.
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It's not there... that's why I was trying to sideload, but it won't work in either custom recovery.
When I reboot from TWRP it says I am not rooted and swipe to have root installed. Even though I have done this a few times it keeps telling me that I'm not rooted.

[Q] Can't install CWM

Hello everyone,
i want to install a custom Rom, unlocked the Bootloader and tried to install CWM by using LeBobo's Recovery Flasher v1.4. I get a success-message in the command prompt, but it seems that CWM isn't installed. When i reboot into Recovery i get a broken Android Symbol.
I have attached two Pictures, perhaps you know what to do now?!
Thank you very much!

Getting the broken Andriod symbol is normal.
You need to press Vol+ and Vol- together to get into the menu.
I have found that you need to press and release them both together about 4 times to get in. But I'm only on the stock recovery so CWM may be a little different.
Hope you find a way in!!
Regards
Hill-Climber

Ok, now i'm in... But not CWM. Android System Recovery <3e>... Seems that CWM hasn't been installed

I have also tried and failed with the Lebobo method.
I have not had this confirmed and cannot find the answer but suspect you have to unlock the bootloader before you can install CWM or any otehr custom recovery. Hopefully someone will answer this soon.
Is your bootloader unlocked?

derimp said:
Ok, now i'm in... But not CWM. Android System Recovery ... Seems that CWM hasn't been installed
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I guess that you're not bootloader unlocked but if you are, you can try another tutorial at development thread.
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Hashmutz said:
I guess that you're not bootloader unlocked but if you are, you can try another tutorial at development thread.
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My bootloader is unlocked (i see the Text Screen when booting)... I will try another method this evening...

Please help with endless boot loop animation.

My phone was unlocked and rooted but running the factory 5.1 ROM. I had a 5.1.1 update this morning but it erred during install. I removed the root using Kingo Root and that's when the endless boot looping began. It appears as if my phone now both locked and unrooted but won't complete the boot process.
I tried unlocking the phone again using Nexus Root Toolkit but it tries to boot the phone, so I can turn on USB Debugging maybe, which doesn't work so I can't find a way to unlock my phone at this point.
I tried flashing a factory image using Nexus Root Toolkit and get the below errors. Nothing changes after completion.
TWRP will not install, I assume because the phone is currently locked.
Can somebody please give me some options to try? I'll do whatever works. I don't mind stock rom, I don't mind a custom ROM. Anything that works is OK with me.
I would love to get TWRP on there if possible.
I think my first step should be to get the phone unlocked again but is there a way to do it with a phone that boot loops constantly?
Thanks.

Also, doing a wipe and reset in recovery didn't help at all.

If fastboot format userdata and cache doesn't fix it, there's nothing you can do.

This is the image I get when I try to unlock using Nexus Root Toolkit. Obviously the boot loop starts and I'm unable to complete the unlocking procedure.

rootSU said:
If fastboot format userdata and cache doesn't fix it, there's nothing you can do.
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So my phone is permanently unusable? There's no solution to have this phone working again? Thank you.

Install twrp over adb?
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I'll give that a shot now.
Will I be able to install it on a locked phone?
Thanks.

balane said:
So my phone is permanently unusable? There's no solution to have this phone working again? Thank you.
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Did you fastboot format userdata and fastboot format cache? If so all you can do is send it repair.
OverBit said:
Install twrp over adb?
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There's no way to install twrp over adb.

I installed twrp in a HTC with locked bootloader
So i think yes
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OverBit said:
I installed twrp in a HTC with locked bootloader
So i think yes
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Think what you will. But the answer is no.

I have two options in recovery; Wipe Cache Partition & Wipe Data/Factory Reset.
I've done both and it still boot loops.
So this phone needs to go in to the shop for service?

balane said:
I have two options in recover, Wipe Cache Partition and Wipe Data/Factory Reset.
I've done both and it still boot loops.
So this phone needs to go in to the shop for service?
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I didint say use recovery. Use fastboot. Go to general > sticky roll up if you doing now how to use fastboot.

Two options: otg to flash
If it is a Samsung nexus use kies
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OverBit said:
Two options: otg to flash
If it is a Samsung nexus use kies
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If you don't even know what phone this is, please stop giving advice and leave it to the people who know the phone and the options.
1) following incorrect and useless advice wastes time
2) it detracts from real advice
3) is dangerous

Sry but i cant find the device name somewhere
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OverBit said:
I installed twrp in a HTC with locked bootloader
So i think yes
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this in not an htc device, lol. if you bootloader is locked, you can not flash twrp or a factory image.

rootSU said:
I didint say use recovery. Use fastboot. Go to general > sticky roll up if you doing now how to use fastboot.
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Sorry my bad. I just used fastboot to format userdata and cache. Restarted phone, still in boot loop animation now.

Never said that this is one
Lol
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fastboot format userdata and cache is your only option.

It appears that the boot loop is still present after fastboot formats.
There is nothing else I can try, correct?
If not, I'll take it in.