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Can't ROOT or Boot into Recovery

So I been trying to root my phone for about an hour now. I rooted, un-rooted then rooted again, and it seems to have work (obviously you can't tell when your phone is rooted, but oh well). I'm kind of a noob in the Droid 3 section, but then I went to the Market place and downloaded the "ROM Manager", downloaded the CM9 recovery, and had the app boot into recovery but to my surprise, it doesn't work for some reason. I don't under what else I can do, am I rooted? Do I need to manually install CM9 recovery? I just want ICS on my phone, and this is driving me crazy.
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Do you have Super User app on your phone ?

Yup. I do, I have no idea where it came from though.
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Does it open? Look up the thread for boot two roms at once in the genreal section. Follow that and you will have ICS. You should wait tho, as a new build will be up tonight for ics.
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Yup, it opens and shows the applications that I allow, does this mean that I'm rooted for sure? I'll definitely wait for the new ICS rom tonight, just want to make sure if I can boot into recovery. I tried using the "X" and power button but it just gives me the triangle with the "!" logo inside.
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I believe in the droid 3...you hold the Power + M for recovery. Not the X.

Root checker is an app that will tell you if you are rooted. You need to either install the droid 3 bootstrap or safestrap to get cwm recovery.
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ChristianPreachr said:
I believe in the droid 3...you hold the Power + M for recovery. Not the X.
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Its kind of either or.
You can hold Power + M, and use the volume keys to select recovery, or you can hold Power + X and it will go to recovery as well.
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Jay_8698 said:
Yup, it opens and shows the applications that I allow, does this mean that I'm rooted for sure? I'll definitely wait for the new ICS rom tonight, just want to make sure if I can boot into recovery. I tried using the "X" and power button but it just gives me the triangle with the "!" logo inside.
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It gave ya the right screen. But that takes you to the stock recovery. To install roms you will need Clockworkmod Recovery or Safestrap Recovery.
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Go with safestrap. Especially if you're new to this.
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Jay_8698 said:
Yup. I do, I have no idea where it came from though.
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Well for me from manager doesn't work.. the recovery it installs does not start from app... never tried other way . Uninstaled RM and installed only hashcode's safestrap so you don't need to start in recovery.: it will give you the option to open the cwm menu from boot by pressing menu button when prompted and if nothing done then start normally..
:in hashcode's blog are: instructions for flashing cm9 with safestrap
Good look
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Endoroid said:
Go with safestrap. Especially if you're new to this.
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Ditto
In hashcode blog are instructions for safestrap and cm9 installing
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[ROM] Android 4.2.2 | JDQ39 | Stock | Unrooted

This is just a flashable stock unrooted ROM for anyone wanting a copy to flash via CWM as opposed to fastboot. It was literally the JDQ39 system image dumped into the dsixda kitchen and thrown straight back out with NO changes whatsoever - it's not even deodexed! Useful if you need to use an app which can still detect root even after using a root-hider app (e.g. to watch Sky Go in the UK)
It is the 100% untouched, unmolested system image
Enjoy...
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnSU5IQVNiV3dPd3NUQw

Cheers owd
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Nice, this is good to have on hand. Thanks:beer:
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If you flash this, will you get OTA updates even when on a custom recovery?
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Thibaultvw said:
If you flash this, will you get OTA updates even when on a custom recovery?
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Far as I know, OTA is dependent on the recovery. So you would still need stock recovery to pull the OTA.
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. I came from an HTC monstrosity, and we all know how easy those are to modify.
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So is this the latest stock JDQ39E?
NEXUS⁴

DontPushButtons said:
Far as I know, OTA is dependent on the recovery. So you would still need stock recovery to pull the OTA.
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. I came from an HTC monstrosity, and we all know how easy those are to modify.
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Yes..you need stock recovery to get ota updates...!
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naveediftikhar said:
Yes..you need stock recovery to get ota updates...!
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But I will be able to install KLP through recovery when it comes out, if someone converts it into a .zip file, right?
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Thibaultvw said:
But I will be able to install KLP through recovery when it comes out, if someone converts it into a .zip file, right?
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yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!

naveediftikhar said:
yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!
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Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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Thibaultvw said:
Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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that can be done aswell!

Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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naveediftikhar said:
yes that you can do..but forget about anythin OTA if u aint using the stock recovery!
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Hmm. Though we would get "Failed" upon an ota via s3 I remember regardless of recovery it would indeed update as well as patch recovery. But I'm not saying this is the case on nexus devices as this indeed is my first.
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swirly05 said:
Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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Hey swirly ..as you approach a possible flash coming from this flash able stock zip would you mind posting any positive results if any with your performance and battery? I have heard and at times on other devices found at times this does improve somewhat by the partitions being reset or to those lines etc. Thank you.
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Thibaultvw said:
Yup I know that but maybe I could get .zip of the stock recovery.
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I would love this too!

swirly05 said:
Thanks for this really! I ended up pushing root after installing, it was a must
I went unrooted first and forgot TB wouldn't work. Kinda feels good to be on stock, nothing like regular N4 :thumbup: thanks again!
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You didn't keep a stock from first flash?. I always do. Good ole flashback unroot then delete twrp (depending if really needed as s3 wasn't) then protect root with root keeper then unroot take ota then load saved root. If this doesn't work on nexus 4 I'd love to know but worked on RAZR rezound and s3..if not I'll report in a created thread via next update. My reason is I like having that true first stock backup. Good for fresh installs of custom when reverting first. IMO lol
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Thanks
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Just a quick question. If you flash this and then flash stock recovery, can you basically unroot by doing that? It'll be much easier (at least in my opinion) of you could just flash the rom to unroot and go back to pure stock
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Well the truth is that if you have cwm 6+ the OTA installs with no problem and if you are root, it keeps it too! Just for your information the OTA needs system ,bootloader, radio, boot.img unmodified.

TBH I made this to help people too lazy to flash the stock factory image from Google. I'd always recommend the factory image personally

Gapps requirement
Is gapps required after flashing the ROM?

[Q] Binaries?

So I'm running the 9/18 CM 10.2 on my verizon droid 4 stock slot. I saw in the thread for CM that there is a new binary. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102723&page=81 What exactly does the binary do and should/how do I use that latest binary?

Nah your good. That's just for fast booting back to stock in case things get fubar
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If your phone is totally dead, you can restore it using that files and the method of flashing it through RSD

rruleford said:
Nah your good. That's just for fast booting back to stock in case things get fubar
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skyss07 said:
If your phone is totally dead, you can restore it using that files and the method of flashing it through RSD
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Thanks for the heads up.

htc one cyanogenmod

Can anyone tell i recently flash cyanogenmod on my htc one..now the cyanogenmod android 4.4 is available through cyanogenmod OTA..if i update my phone so i hve to reflash gapps for 4.4 and if i re flash 4.4 gapps my all previous data on google apps would be deleted or its remain in my phone???

Aisfkhan said:
Can anyone tell i recently flash cyanogenmod on my htc one..now the cyanogenmod android 4.4 is available through cyanogenmod OTA..if i update my phone so i hve to reflash gapps for 4.4 and if i re flash 4.4 gapps my all previous data on google apps would be deleted or its remain in my phone???
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This is like a three part question. But first never flash any ROM without backing up all your installed apps data. Unless you don't care about data loss. So basically the ota is a new ROM. Yes it will erase your data. However it won't touch the data on your sdcard. Only the ROM data. Such partitions of /data, /system, & /cache. You would need to reflash gapps as a
cm ota wont have gapps preinstalled. Also you would need to make sure you have the latest recovery. Some 4.4 ROMs don't flash properly without the correct recovery.
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da-pharoah said:
This is like a three part question. But first never flash any ROM without backing up all your installed apps data. Unless you don't care about data loss. So basically the ota is a new ROM. Yes it will erase your data. However it won't touch the data on your sdcard. Only the ROM data. Such partitions of /data, /system, & /cache. You would need to reflash gapps as a
cm ota wont have gapps preinstalled. Also you would need to make sure you have the latest recovery. Some 4.4 ROMs don't flash properly without the correct recovery.
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OMG
So if i update i have to install all my apps again???
And if gapps is not available for 4.4 then???

Aisfkhan said:
OMG
So if i update i have to install all my apps again???
And if gapps is not available for 4.4 then???
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That's the nature of updating. And if there wasn't gapps avail then it would mean it came out five minutes ago and just wait a hour or two and folks will create some. I take it your new to this. So lots of reading helps.
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da-pharoah said:
That's the nature of updating. And if there wasn't gapps avail then it would mean it came out five minutes ago and just wait a hour or two and folks will create some. I take it your new to this. So lots of reading helps.
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no.. i flash new 4.4 cyanogenmod rom with pa-gapps 4.4 but gapps not working perfectly

Can u plz suggest better recovery for flashing 4.4 roms ..I previously used TWRP 2.6.3.0 but it gives error when i try to flash 4.4 based roms
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vaibhav satam said:
Can u plz suggest better recovery for flashing 4.4 roms ..I previously used TWRP 2.6.3.0 but it gives error when i try to flash 4.4 based roms
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Before i use twrp 2.6.3.0 but failed
then i flash twrp 2.6.3.3 then its work

Aisfkhan said:
Before i use twrp 2.6.3.0 but failed
then i flash twrp 2.6.3.3 then its work
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Can you plz provide me link for new recovery i looked for TWRP Thread but its showing link for 2.6.3.0 only
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vaibhav satam said:
Can you plz provide me link for new recovery i looked for TWRP Thread but its showing link for 2.6.3.0 only
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http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m7/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
i downloaded from here

I wouldn't use any of the unofficial CM 11 builds if you need to use GPS. It was all over the place so I went back to 10.2 official. There isn't much to be excited about in 4.4 anyway. I didn't notice much of a difference.

FXOjafar said:
I wouldn't use any of the unofficial CM 11 builds if you need to use GPS. It was all over the place so I went back to 10.2 official. There isn't much to be excited about in 4.4 anyway. I didn't notice much of a difference.
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yeah i also dwongrade to 4.3 cm 10.2.
but i will flash later when the stable and gapps of 4.4 will release

Aisfkhan said:
yeah i also dwongrade to 4.3 cm 10.2.
but i will flash later when the stable and gapps of 4.4 will release
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Who is your carrier? Att by chance?
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da-pharoah said:
Who is your carrier? Att by chance?
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No i hve international version of htc one m7ul..

Gotcha
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What??
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Aisfkhan said:
What??
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Nothing. I have a ROM for the att version of your phone. Was going to tell you to try it if you were on att. But no worries.
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da-pharoah said:
Nothing. I have a ROM for the att version of your phone. Was going to tell you to try it if you were on att. But no worries.
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Ohh att is for US only and i live in Pakistan
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da-pharoah said:
Nothing. I have a ROM for the att version of your phone. Was going to tell you to try it if you were on att. But no worries.
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Can u please send me apk of xda premium if u dont mind
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Slimkat install

Anyone have specific install instructions for slim kat on targa? Do I need a specific version of ss, do I need to install on slot 1? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Well I got no replies, but I went ahead and updated safestrap to 3.65, and installed on slot 1. It is working well.
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Bully for You!
mr_cj said:
Well I got no replies, but I went ahead and updated safestrap to 3.65, and installed on slot 1. It is working well.
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Well, then. That's better than I got on my Bionic. CyanFox, CM11, or SlimKat(current) would not even breathe on slot 1.
Any other slot, and I was golden.
Yep, test, play, tweak, or wreck.....blow that slot up and go at it again.

antennaman1969 said:
Well, then. That's better than I got on my Bionic. CyanFox, CM11, or SlimKat(current) would not even breathe on slot 1.
Any other slot, and I was golden.
Yep, test, play, tweak, or wreck.....blow that slot up and go at it again.
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Did you update your SS?
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mr_cj said:
Did you update your SS?
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Running 3.65; was looking into updating TWRP since I went from SlimKat 3.2 to 3.6.

I'm running SlimKat just fine on Slot 1.

Wifi Tether does not work
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It works now. Did the AOSP WiFi Fix (check the CM11 topic)
I personally recommend updating to 3.72 safestrap. I was getting errors flashing JBX Kernel until I did that (correctly).

Was anyone able to download the new update? I keep getting a server error.
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roms
Its good to see people still flashing custom ROMs on their bionics. I still have my bionic and its going as strong as ever. My son uses it and he loves it.

I installed Slimkat and I can't get past the loading screen. It just keeps flashing the Slimkat logo over and over indefinitely.

Alright, I fixed the problem. I made the mistake of using the old bootstrap to install Slimkat, so I wound up with a bricked device. Even the recovery was wiped out so I thought I was screwed. I did some digging and figured it out over the course of a few hours...
I downloaded the latest firmware for the Bionic and tried installing them in the command line while the phone was in fastboot. The img files supposedly loaded successfully, but I still couldn't get into recovery to finalize the system installation. Luckily I discovered RSD 5.6. It worked except there were a few problems in the xml file within the firmware, so I had to take out both lines that had "oem" in them to get it to finish.
After that my Bionic was brought back to factory stock condition. I rooted using the Safe Root command line tool, installed Safestrap 3.73, and flashed Slimkat. It worked great!
If you're having similar issues and I didn't give enough info just let me know and I'll try to help.