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Can someone help me get back into recovery?

Hi
I have been using Clockwork recovery for months and tonight was flashing ROM/zips as usual, and all of a sudden when I try to get into recovery my Nexus just sits on the colored X. When I pull the battery it reboots fine with the ROM I currently have installed. Then I go back into ROM manager, re-flash clockwork recovery: it says flash was successful, so then I choose to boot into recovery, and again it just sits at the blue, red, green and yellow X.
So then I tried a round-about way by going into ROM manager and choosing to restore a backup. Again, when I choose to restore backup it just boots to the colored X again and freezes there.
I've also tried the regular method of holding power button and trackball and get the same results.
Does anyone know why this might be happening? Right now I'm stuck with a ROM I was just playing with and didn't necessarily want to use permanently....I'm afraid I might be stuck with it forever now
Thanks for any help!!!

I've been searching and I should add that my bootloader is not unlocked

Try to flash your recovery manually, using the guide from my signature. Try Amon_RA's.

Jack_R1 said:
Try to flash your recovery manually, using the guide from my signature. Try Amon_RA's.
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Well I ended up wiping all user data in fastboot and now I get nothing but an X nomatter what I do, won't boot at all.
All I can do is hold down the power button and trackball and get the page that says
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
the only way I'm going to get this fixed is to use my computer and I've never done it that way...I've always used ROM manager
I'll read the links but I think I'm screwed because a lot of this is over my head
Thanks for the links !

1) Try to follow "Unroot/restore" guide first, see if you can restore functionality using PASSIMG method. Once you have functional FRG33 with recovery, you can root it, replace the recovery and install custom ROM of your choice / update to FRG83G.
2) If nothing helps - consider a) replacing your phone, b) unlocking the bootloader and flashing recovery through fastboot.
Getting in over your head is sometimes a good way to expand your horizons

Hi Jack
Thanks for the help
I'll do some reading and see what I can do....got two feet of snow here so I guess I have the time
worst comes to worst I'm still under warranty.

Well I tried the instructions but nothing happens..it just sits on the screen with the androids skateboarding. I renamed the zip and moved it to my SD card but it doesn't seem to even search for it, let alone find it. Really wish I had not deleted storage. At least I had a working ROM at that point.

Which instructions did you try? Did you download FRG33, rename it to PASSIMG.ZIP (and not PASSIMG.ZIP.ZIP !), put it on the root of SD card and reboot to bootloader?

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Which instructions did you try? Did you download FRG33, rename it to PASSIMG.ZIP (and not PASSIMG.ZIP.ZIP !), put it on the root of SD card and reboot to bootloader?
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Hey Jack...
Sorry for taking so long to respond...I finally had to crash for awhile, my brain was frying.
Yes I did what you describe: downloaded FRG33, renamed it PASSIMG.ZIP(not ZIP.ZIP) moved it to SD card just like any ROM and held down volume and power button and came to the screen with the three androids. Then it just stayed there, nothing happened.
The only thing is I had to use my backup Nexus One(EDGE only on ATT model) to move it to the SD card as I don't know how to access the SD card with the device acting like this. If I connect the device to my computer while the three androids are on the screen, I hear it connect to the computer, but nothing pops up allowing me to access the SD card....
Like I said I'm a noob at this I appreciate you trying to help me here

About 3 seconds after the 3 androids skating appears, you should see some text flash up?
It does say you're in HBOOT and not FASTBOOT right? If in fastboot, pick the bootloader option and then it should find the file.

Rusty! said:
About 3 seconds after the 3 androids skating appears, you should see some text flash up?
It does say you're in HBOOT and not FASTBOOT right? If in fastboot, pick the bootloader option and then it should find the file.
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Hi Rusty
Sorry I somehow missed your post here. Yes I see some text flash up...takes a little longer than 3 seconds...maybe 8 seconds...
At first it says I'm in Fastboot, but then I press the power button and then it says HBOOT at the top.....that's when the text flashes on the screen. It flashes too fast for me to read it though....but nothing happens after the text flashes on the screen.

I'll be damned guys....I got it working! After responding to Rusty's post above, I decided to give the whole thing another try. Well I went thru the whole process of putting the file on the SD card and realized I had in fact renamed it zip.zip....it LOOKED like it was only ZIP, but when I clicked on the file while it was still on my PC, it said it was zip.zip...that's when I knew what the problem was.
My problem now is getting it re-rooted. Originally I used the Universal Androot application..the true one-click method...I just tried it again and it didn't work.
Is there a way to downgrade to a version where this app will work again?
Thanks guys you really helped me out here!!

Please read the guide in Wiki, and follow one of the zillion SuperOneClick threads that are around. It's really as simple as it gets - and if you happen to have Windows 7, it's even more simple - you won't need to install the drivers.

Jack_R1 said:
Please read the guide in Wiki, and follow one of the zillion SuperOneClick threads that are around. It's really as simple as it gets - and if you happen to have Windows 7, it's even more simple - you won't need to install the drivers.
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Yup I'm already rooted!!! Thanks man!!!! Took 12 minutes!!

Okay I'm having another issue: SuperOneClick said I was rooted,I have the superuser icon in my app drawer, but ROM manager will not flash Clockwork mod recovery and Titanium Backup says I do not have root rights??

well I rebooted and now have root rights but am still getting an error when I try and flash clockwork mod: it says: "an error occurred while flashing your recovery"

Do you have Busybox installed?

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Do you have Busybox installed?
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You're going to think I'm a dip**** but I don't even know what busybox is?

Let's just say it's an app that the system needs Go to Market, download and install it, try again. If it doesn't work - you can try to install custom recovery manually, using another guide from Wiki. Look in "Installing Recovery" for "For locked bootloader - flash_image using Terminal" guide. If you don't know what Terminal is - download "Android Terminal" by Jack Palevich from the Market.

Use the fix problems button in Titanium Backup to install it, long story short is it lets you use a bunch of native Linux commands that as missing from Android.

[Q] Stuck at black screen during CWM

Hi everyone,
Sorry to make my first thread a question.
I have been following the guide on how to root my phone and use custom ROM. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660831)
Problem: everything went smoothly until the part that i have to go to fastboot, and then install the recovery.img, and then go to recovery.
Once i got there the screen just becomes black, and when i turn it on it becomes a black screen, i tried all option nothing has helped so far, and because i cannot get back to the menu of the phone, what can I do to fix it or reset it?
Thank you

rockson020 said:
Hi everyone,
Sorry to make my first thread a question.
I have been following the guide on how to root my phone and use custom ROM. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660831)
Problem: everything went smoothly until the part that i have to go to fastboot, and then install the recovery.img, and then go to recovery.
Once i got there the screen just becomes black, and when i turn it on it becomes a black screen, i tried all option nothing has helped so far, and because i cannot get back to the menu of the phone, what can I do to fix it or reset it?
Thank you
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try factory reset on fasboot
i also in same but when i factory reset all is well but rooting not success
hboot-1.28.0006
radio-3831.16.00.16_memmc-boot
apr 24 2012

relisys667 said:
try factory reset on fasboot
i also in same but when i factory reset all is well but rooting not success
hboot-1.28.0006
radio-3831.16.00.16_memmc-boot
apr 24 2012
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you chose wrong recovery image.
look in to my signature or use tool from this forum.

Thanks for the quick reply everyone, I have now fixed that issue,
however im experiencing another issue now, after i got to CWM, i unzip file from SDcard, and then it says cannot mount SDcard. (Also I placed the ROM inside the first page of the phone storage, and i have unzipped it, is that correct?)
So i read some post saying I can fix that cannot mount SDcard issue through, i can install RUU and relock my phone, however i cant find the RUU for myself, my phone is from Australia vodafone, (i have oem locked my phone already, now stuck at bootloader lol)
Sorry about all the trouble

rockson020 said:
Thanks for the quick reply everyone, I have now fixed that issue,
however im experiencing another issue now, after i got to CWM, i unzip file from SDcard, and then it says cannot mount SDcard. (Also I placed the ROM inside the first page of the phone storage, and i have unzipped it, is that correct?)
So i read some post saying I can fix that cannot mount SDcard issue through, i can install RUU and relock my phone, however i cant find the RUU for myself, my phone is from Australia vodafone, (i have oem locked my phone already, now stuck at bootloader lol)
Sorry about all the trouble
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Use recovery from here

Hi sona,
Thanks for you r reply again, i have went into the site
In there I have downloaded all the ICS file and put it into my fastboot file in computer. and then i flash that recovery and did they command that the web page told me to.
However for (adb shell), it says devices not found,
and i still follow the rest of the comman, but nothing has happened so far

rockson020 said:
Hi sona,
Thanks for you r reply again, i have went into the site
In there I have downloaded all the ICS file and put it into my fastboot file in computer. and then i flash that recovery and did they command that the web page told me to.
However for (adb shell), it says devices not found,
and i still follow the rest of the comman, but nothing has happened so far
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only from this site you need recovery. other files are for s-off

Oh right,
yes i have got the recovery, but i dun think anything changed to my phone still stuck in bootloader/ CWM, cannot load the zip file

Stuck at logo after CWM & Promethius

I installed CWM recovery from within ROM Manager, rebooted into recovery, made a backup of my stock rooted ROM, then tried to install Promethius Thrill Edition from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1960787
It failed, giving me an error status (0), i tried to reboot the device, and it sits at the LG logo and does not move... I tried to restore my stock rom, and when it reboots, it does the same thing....
Someone PLEASE help me asap... I run my own business and without my phone I cannot make money....

cyb3runkn0wn said:
I installed CWM recovery from within ROM Manager, rebooted into recovery, made a backup of my stock rooted ROM, then tried to install Promethius Thrill Edition from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1960787
It failed, giving me an error status (0), i tried to reboot the device, and it sits at the LG logo and does not move... I tried to restore my stock rom, and when it reboots, it does the same thing....
Someone PLEASE help me asap... I run my own business and without my phone I cannot make money....
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I have also tried to do a data/factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache, etc. Still no luck...

Ok so here is what i did step by step... I rooted the phone using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412490
After I rooted it, I tried installing CWR using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365876
This did not work for some reason, so i installed ROM Manager from the play store and let it install CWR
I downloaded this to my external SD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1960787
I rebooted into CWR and chose to install zip from SD, chose my external SD, and chose Promethius Rom.. It went throught it's thing, then told me it failed, probably a bad download on my part due to crappy network at the time...
I then said screw it and rebooted the system and was going to just stay with stock, but now it's stuck at the LG screen. I've tried factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik cache, etc. and so far nothings working. I am now going to attempt to re-download Promethius Rom and put it on my SD card and try to install it with a better/new download. I will report back if no one has any other ideas for me to try.....

Just tried a new download of Promethius Rom and it did not work. Going to download a different Rom to try i guess... I have no other ideas and so far no help..

Ok I have tried NUMEROUS things now. I know I am going to need to use this LG Flash Tool some how, but it's been a huge fight trying to get it to work... I hold volume up, plug in the usb, and in device manager it keeps just coming up with "Unknown device" So I unplug it and try again while holding volume up... Same thing.. Every once in a blue moon it'll pop up with something else, but almost never lasts more than a split second. IDK wtf to do, and I desperately need my phone.....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195753

drastic00 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195753
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I tried following this early this morning before work but kept running into problems when it came time to connect the phone, install the OP driver, etc. I am going to try again very shortly. I'll let you know how it goes.

It is fiddly to install the drivers but once it is done, it is done...

drastic00 said:
It is fiddly to install the drivers but once it is done, it is done...
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I got to the point where it goes through the flasher but it goes through alot of stuff but then fails. I'll give you my exact process...
Installed the OMAP Flash Installer
Installed LG Mobile United Drivers
Installed and setup the Flash Installer v1.1
Opened device manager, held the volume up button on phone (with battery, SIM, and SD removed) and inserted SYNC cable into phone
Caught the OMAP device in device manager, and installed omap_winusb.inf
Changed com port to port 41 on the LGE Mobile USB Serial Port
Setup FlashTool with the LGP920_110622.dll and 28bRTbig_AP.bin
Hit start on the flash tool. Plugged in the SYNC cable, and inserted the battery in the phone, waited for flash tool to start.
Here is what flash tool shows...
NO READ PID
RomBinary Download Start
28brtbig_cp.fls
PSI RAM writing start
Trying to communicate with IFX modem
Confirm IFX communication
PSI RAM writing end
Start PSI RAM
EBL writing start
Start EBL error!
Error WM_PROGRESS_MSG
Error WM_PROGRESS_MSG
FAIL
At this point, i have no clue what else to do....

When trying to flash, do you see "S/W" on the phone screen with Korean writing?

If not you may need this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
Karim is active there, so hopefully you can get answers.

drastic00 said:
If not you may need this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
Karim is active there, so hopefully you can get answers.
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Nope screen was completely blank so I will follow this guide right now.

drastic00 said:
If not you may need this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
Karim is active there, so hopefully you can get answers.
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Thank you so much, still failing but it's yet another step towards fixing it... Hopefully I can get this resolved TONIGHT as i've lost around $4,000 due to me being unable to get my calls.

[Q] HELP needed!! Phone possibly bricked!!

Hi Guys,
I was trying to update my Z1(C903) to Lollipop, but weirdly I wasn't able to boot into my recovery to install the pre-rooted rom. Every time i tried to enter into recovery, the phone would just vibrate and then proceed to boot the OS(I have dual recovery installed). I tried to reinstall the recovery but to no avail so I tried to flash stock FTF (14.4.A.0.157) but the process was struck at "flashing data" for a long time and I idiotically unplugged the phone after couple of hours!! And now my phone boots and i see the sony logo and next screen says "Software update failed. Connect your phone to computer and try again" And I'm unable to flash any FTF and the process still gets stuck at "flashing data".
Help me out guys as I badly need my phone for work!! Thank you!

akash 13 said:
Hi Guys,
I was trying to update my Z1(C903) to Lollipop, but weirdly I wasn't able to boot into my recovery to install the pre-rooted rom. Every time i tried to enter into recovery, the phone would just vibrate and then proceed to boot the OS(I have dual recovery installed). I tried to reinstall the recovery but to no avail so I tried to flash stock FTF (14.4.A.0.157) but the process was struck at "flashing data" for a long time and I idiotically unplugged the phone after couple of hours!! And now my phone boots and i see the sony logo and next screen says "Software update failed. Connect your phone to computer and try again" And I'm unable to flash any FTF and the process still gets stuck at "flashing data".
Help me out guys as I badly need my phone for work!! Thank you!
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Looks like bad usb cable also check drivers and install latest flashtool and disable antivirus software if still problem appears try another pc...

kathanpatel1001 said:
Looks like bad usb cable also check drivers and install latest flashtool and disable antivirus software if still problem appears try another pc...
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thanks dude...but that explains why i'm unable to flash a FTF! But I'm still perplexed why I can't enter recovery!!

akash 13 said:
thanks dude...but that explains why i'm unable to flash a FTF! But I'm still perplexed why I can't enter recovery!!
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you definitely can't enter recovery now, cause that partition would have been wiped now. try flashing again.

[Q] Stuck in bootloop, cant access recovery

Post in wrong section, its 1st gen. Please move
So recently I decided to unlock my bootloader and flash CM12 on my Moto G 1st gen
Everything went fine till a friend told me to download and install Xposed. As I launched the app and hit frame work it mentioned creating a backup before installing so I did using TWRP. From there I rebooted the phone and thats where I ran into problems, it started to bootloop. After many hours (3 days to be exact) I still cant get it out of this state.
I thought I fixed it by reflashing, but apparently it just flashed it onto a seperate partition and the new ROM didnt work well (Notification bar didnt pull down right, no home button or multi-task). Since it didnt work I tried to wipe it and reflash but that apparently wouldnt boot, then I lost the ability to access recovery.
ADB doesnt find the device, I think usb debugging got disabled at some point.
I need some help on how to unbrick this, I'm 4 days in and still out of luck. Please!

Nobody?

You can´t access the recovery at all? When i get into a bootloop i need to do a little trick to enter recovery; hold down the power button for several seconds until it reboot, then as soon as the screen turns black hold the power button and volume down for 5 seconds to enter into bootloader. Then enter recovery from the bootloader, do a full wipe and install a stable rom. If you can´t connect the phone to the pc, take the sd card out and put it on another phone so you can connect it to a pc to transfer a stable rom for flashing on your phone.

Sorry this is late, completely forgot I post this. I can now get into recovery although some features dont work as the phone has nothing else on it. Got a USB OTG cable today and going to try mount cm12 that way.
Update : Using TWRP mount I now have files on the device (Data, boot, sys, system) which I didnt have before. Although I'm now getting a E:unable to mount '/system' but TWRP says Successful. Any thoughts?
Update 2 : Flashed it another 2 times, that seemed to fix it. Now no SIM detected.