Phone will only boot into clockworkmod recovery, even after pulling battery and powering up using only the power button, it goes into recovery.
Here is what happend leading up to it:
- flash through rom manager the new clockworkmod
- used fireat's mod with mtd 125 2
- flashed aospCmod 2.3.3
- everything booted fine
- re-did firerat's mod with mtd 102 2
- now bootlooping into clockwork mod
I tried duplicating what worked initialy with no luck. Tried booting into hboot and htc reset menu (power + home + back) but not matter what it only goes to clockworkmod recovery.
For my install steps I followed romrepro "install from other rom" guide here: romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Install_from_another_ROM
I have also tried the following:
- restoring through nandroid
- recovery flasher v1.3 to flash older version of clockwork
- lots of stinking google
All have resulted in no success.
Please help!
Are you s-off? You probably shouldn't mess with firerats if you're not. Mount your sdcard in recovery and change your mtd settings and then flash your rom and reflash fr boot.
~maybe I set it too high...
Thank you for responding. I am not s-off and I already tried changing the mtd part, flash rom, flash boot, and it still autoboots back into recovery.
I re ran the mtd part map with the following:
- 102 2
- 105 2
- 110 2
- 115 2
- 120 2
- 125 2
- 190 2
I also tried flashing aospMOD v9.2.2 (which is what I was originaly using) flashing boot and still no success.
Wait, so it opens recovery by just turning on your phone?
~maybe I set it too high...
bphem3 said:
Thank you for responding. I am not s-off and I already tried changing the mtd part, flash rom, flash boot, and it still autoboots back into recovery.
I re ran the mtd part map with the following:
- 102 2
- 105 2
- 110 2
- 115 2
- 120 2
- 125 2
- 190 2
I also tried flashing aospMOD v9.2.2 (which is what I was originaly using) flashing boot and still no success.
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If you're changing mtdpartmap.txt (try 125 25) you need to wipe ALL, flash fr-recovery, wipe ALL again, reboot recovery (safely), flash rom/gapps, flash fr-boot, reboot. Once you're in the rom, open terminal (su) or adb shell and type "df -h" and it will show you how much system, data, and cache, are using, you then can change your mtdpartmap.txt accordingly, follow the steps I just listed.
Wait, so it opens recovery by just turning on your phone?
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Yes, exactly.
If you're changing mtdpartmap.txt (try 125 25) you need to wipe ALL, flash fr-recovery, wipe ALL again, reboot recovery (safely), flash rom/gapps, flash fr-boot, reboot. Once you're in the rom, open terminal (su) or adb shell and type "df -h" and it will show you how much system, data, and cache, are using, you then can change your mtdpartmap.txt accordingly, follow the steps I just listed.
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I will give this a try and report back. Will either be after lunch or this evening.
If you're changing mtdpartmap.txt (try 125 25) you need to wipe ALL, flash fr-recovery, wipe ALL again, reboot recovery (safely), flash rom/gapps, flash fr-boot, reboot. Once you're in the rom, open terminal (su) or adb shell and type "df -h" and it will show you how much system, data, and cache, are using, you then can change your mtdpartmap.txt accordingly, follow the steps I just listed.
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Gave it a try, still boots directly into recovery.
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Gave it a try, still boots directly into recovery.
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what rom and gapps did you flash, and how are you "booting" - like with what buttons?
also, please list the EXACT steps you took. And what version of hboot do you have, and what recovery, and what version of firerat?
il Duce said:
what rom and gapps did you flash, and how are you "booting" - like with what buttons?
also, please list the EXACT steps you took. And what version of hboot do you have, and what recovery, and what version of firerat?
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1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache partition
3. format /boot
4. format /cache
5. format /data
6. format /system
7. wipe dalvik cache
8. flash fr-recovery
9. repeat steps 1-7
10. reboot recovery (from advanced menu)
11. flash rom
12. flash gapps
13. flash kernel
14. flash boot
15. reboot system (from main menu)
aospCMod-HC-20110421-signed.zip
gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip
aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img
DecaFuct-691.zip
FR-boot-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
FR-recovery-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
mtdpartmap.txt
Not sure on the hboot. When I simply turn the phone on it boots to recovery. I used to have to press and hold power + home to get into recovery. I also used to be able to press and hold power + home + back and get intot he htc reset menu (or whatever it is). Prior to this happening I never tried to get into hboot (vol up/dn + power) however if I try to now it just goes to recovery. All combinations I have tried it just boots to recovery.
bphem3 said:
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache partition
3. format /boot
4. format /cache
5. format /data
6. format /system
7. wipe dalvik cache
8. flash fr-recovery
9. repeat steps 1-7
10. reboot recovery (from advanced menu)
11. flash rom
12. flash gapps
13. flash kernel
14. flash boot
15. reboot system (from main menu)
aospCMod-HC-20110421-signed.zip
gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip
aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img
DecaFuct-691.zip
FR-boot-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
FR-recovery-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
mtdpartmap.txt
Not sure on the hboot. When I simply turn the phone on it boots to recovery. I used to have to press and hold power + home to get into recovery. I also used to be able to press and hold power + home + back and get intot he htc reset menu (or whatever it is). Prior to this happening I never tried to get into hboot (vol up/dn + power) however if I try to now it just goes to recovery. All combinations I have tried it just boots to recovery.
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FYI step 13 is unnecessary, that kernel is already in aospCMod and boots at 691. I guess I would try FR-1.5.8 versions and see what happens (that's what I have), the steps look right to me. You could also try leaving out the gapps and see if just the rom boots, you could also try flashing the last working version of recovery you had (i.e. cwm 3.0.0.5). It's also possible you got a bad download of any one of the above items, so try new DLs too. Report back, I am now officially curious.
I am unsure how to flash another version of recovery, I always use RomManager and I am terrible with adb. I tried using some one of the herocimg.zip to "install from zip" and I kept getting "installation aborted".
I will try FR-1.5.8 and report back.
/me bangs head on keyboard
#eatshit1clickrootmethod!
/me bangs head on keyboard
#eatshit1clickrootmethod!
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I first used adb and push and blah blah...... 8 months ago.
Then I discovered OneClick! I used to be way more into the technical side of this stuff and then got busy with work and now I am extra lazy!
FYI:
HERCIMG.zip is a partition zip flashable in hboot/bootloader and ONLY if you're s-off
HEROIMG.zip is the same thing, but for a GSM hero....
Hopefully you can figure it out. I hate to say it, but 99.9999999999999999% of the time something doesn't work that others have had success with, it's user error. I'm not trying to be mean, I often miss steps too and need to ask for help. I don't know what you COULD be missing since it sounded like you did everything right, but I would say re-read all the stuff you're doing and hope you see something you may have missed. Best of luck, and please report back if you fix it to help others who may see this thead in the future.
No offense taken. I have had plenty of practice with this with my phone and my wifes and never really had any problems other than user error that I usualy catch. And it's alwasy something silly like flash & wiping out of sequence.
Good information on the HERCIMG and HEROIMG, I did not know that.
Is there a way to RUU the phone from a recovery zip install, (seeming how that is all I can access).
bphem3 said:
No offense taken. I have had plenty of practice with this with my phone and my wifes and never really had any problems other than user error that I usualy catch. And it's alwasy something silly like flash & wiping out of sequence.
Good information on the HERCIMG and HEROIMG, I did not know that.
Is there a way to RUU the phone from a recovery zip install, (seeming how that is all I can access).
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Not that I know of but you should be able to do it from the bootloader (hold volume down press power - from an off state) and run the RUU.exe from HTC.com.
lol, yeah, that just puts me back in recovery...
bphem3 said:
lol, yeah, that just puts me back in recovery...
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Well that's nuts. I don't know how you don't have a bootloader, but you do have a recovery... anyway, I guess grab the FR-remove zip that correlates with whatever FR version you have and run the steps again, i.e. wipe all, flash FR-remove, wipe all, reboot recovery, etc. Hope that works. By any chance did you format /misc in the mounts & storage menu?
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Well that's nuts. I don't know how you don't have a bootloader, but you do have a recovery... anyway, I guess grab the FR-remove zip that correlates with whatever FR version you have and run the steps again, i.e. wipe all, flash FR-remove, wipe all, reboot recovery, etc. Hope that works. By any chance did you format /misc in the mounts & storage menu?
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Format /misc is not listed anywhere. I'm at a loss. I have tried everything over and over and I am still getting the same results. The only thing left I can think of is to redo everything via adb. I'm not 100% on how these phones or linux devices work but it's as if there is something worng with the boot sector and/or sequence of the device.
It doesn't make sense that the first run at all this was flashing aospCmod (mtd 125 2, FR-1.5.3) and everything was working normal. I decided to go back and redo the process with (mtd 102 2, FR-1.5.3). Now this has to be where I or something screwed up. Maybe I did things out of order, got a bad flash, something but I do not know what. When I rebooted, just a normal reboot, it went directly into recovery. Now I have flashed a rom before and had the mtdpartmap.txt too low it caused it to hang on the first boot when the logo for the Rom was shown during loading. To fix this I just adjusted the mtdpartmap.txt.
This time things are different. When I power the hero up the phone vibrates, the white backdrop with green HTC comes up, it sits for approximately 5 seconds, then recovery loads.
bphem3 said:
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache partition
3. format /boot
4. format /cache
5. format /data
6. format /system
7. wipe dalvik cache
8. flash fr-recovery
9. repeat steps 1-7
10. reboot recovery (from advanced menu)
11. flash rom
12. flash gapps
13. flash kernel
14. flash boot
15. reboot system (from main menu)
aospCMod-HC-20110421-signed.zip
gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip
aospCWMod-HC-20110421.img
DecaFuct-691.zip
FR-boot-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
FR-recovery-v1.5.6.zip (I have tried both 1.5.6 and 1.5.3)
mtdpartmap.txt
Not sure on the hboot. When I simply turn the phone on it boots to recovery. I used to have to press and hold power + home to get into recovery. I also used to be able to press and hold power + home + back and get intot he htc reset menu (or whatever it is). Prior to this happening I never tried to get into hboot (vol up/dn + power) however if I try to now it just goes to recovery. All combinations I have tried it just boots to recovery.
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Something about these steps didn't seem correct to me, so went back and read.
After step 8. flash fr-recovery
It says you went back and repeated steps 1. - 7.
I believe you only need to repeat steps 4, 5, 6...the others are probably optional, but I'm pretty sure 3. format boot...is something you don't want to do AFTER doing fr-recovery. then again, I may be overthinking it, and might be completely wrong. I'm sure someone will tell me
My own personal rule is to not make any assumptions and follow the steps listed and don't add extras.
(also, I violate that rule occasionally and usually end up doing a lot more work)
This is after reset back to ea24. All my old info is still there after doing a factory Wipe, wipe cache. All apps crash, and Internal Device storage says only 35.95 MB free. This is with a new flash to EA24 and nothing installed.
Anyone know how else you can force the tab to reset to factory or wipe factory partition and reflash?
BTW this all started right after I updated the Dolphin browser, which did not remember my settings and started the first ran wizard everytime the Dolphin browser was opened.
This is the directions from Samsung Support, but the first step does not take me to any recovery screen. It turns the tab on and then back off if you hold it for 15 seconds.
Victoria: Power off the device.
Victoria: Hold the Vol Down Key + Vol Up Key + Power Key for 15 seconds then release.
Victoria: When the recovery screen comes up, use the volume up key and volume down key to navigate through the selections and the power key to select item.
Victoria: Select Delete all user data to recover the device.
Victoria: To confirm, scroll down and select Yes – delete all user data.
Victoria: The device reboots and again displays the recovery screen.
Victoria: Select Reboot system to restart the handset again.
Those steps should have indeed wiped out any and all settings, apps etc, so if they're still there after doing the wipe (might try doing the process 3x.. galaxy s devices seem to have better luck 3x.. and no you don't have to reboot into recovery, just do the wipe 3x in recovery.) then you might have a messed up device...
After attempting the steps above a few more times now the tab is locked in the Computer and Phone icon and no way to boot in to any other mode. Time to contact Samsung for a return?
Are u able to get into download mode maybe reflash to origional firware and see if it does the same thing
Lots of people have bluescreen problem with CWM6 but someone doesn't know that the recovery is working except the bluescreen problem.
So you can do everything with this recovery despite the bluescreen. In fact if you use volume buttons and home buttons you can flash,wipe,reboot,etc.
But the problem is: how can I do it if I can't see what I'm doing?
Now,after some reboots, I had CWM6 without bluescreen one time so I wrote each menu entry and so I'm sharing it with you:
Main menu:
reboot system
install zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
backup and restore
mounts and storage
advanced
Install zip submenu:
choose zip from sdcard
choose zip from last install folder
install zip from sideload
toggle signature verification
Wipe data/factory reset submenu:
no
yes
Wipe cache partition submenu:
no
yes
Backup and restore submenu:
backup to sdcard
restore from sdcard
delete from sdcard
advanced restore from sdcard
free unused backup data
choose default backup format
Advanced submenu:
reboot recovery
reboot to bootloader
power off
wipe dalvik cache
report error
key test
show log
Now the problem is how to flash a new rom? you can use CWM Manager or you can use CWM directly.
For example if you want to flash CM11-COOPER.zip via CWM, and not with the CWM manager app,you should:
-put the rom in the sdcard
-rename the rom zzCM11-COOPER.zip so it will appear at the end of the list
-reboot in cwm
- vol down -> home button -> home button -> vol up -> home button -> vol down -> home button
- wait some minutes for flashing
- press back button some times (just to be sure you came back to the main menu)
- press home button (reboot system)
If you want to wipe cache you should:
- boot in cwm
- vol down -> vol down -> vol down -> home button -> vol down -> home button
If you want to wipe dalvik cache you should:
-boot in cwm
- vol up -> home -> vol down -> vol down -> vol down -> home button -> vol down -> home button
P.S: I noticed that CWM6 is slower than CWM5 so you must do each step slowly to be sure everything works well.
P.S.2: sorry for my english!
finding ways against all odds! evil trick.
ty men its really helped just did it and i have kit kat on xd i didnt wipe beacuse i had cm 10.1 so i didnt need to wipe at all so just put the room and start to install after 2minits i did rebot and that all
ty
Thank you!
Thank you so much! I was stuck on this blue screen issue, and your menu list helped me get the latest kitkat rom on my samsung ace. First I did a factory reset following your menu, but i didn't know how to return to the begining after it completed it. So I just pulled out the battery and powered back into the blue screen to do the cache wipe, pulled the battery again once I felt the process should be done. Then I restrted back to the blue screen and followed youf steps to put the rom on the phone. I left it for maybe 20 minutes, because i didn't know how long it would take for it to complete. Pulled out the battery again, started the phone normally, and now I have kitkat.
Thanks again for posting the menu.Couldn't have done this without it!
and format/system????
Capcap said:
Thank you so much! I was stuck on this blue screen issue, and your menu list helped me get the latest kitkat rom on my samsung ace. First I did a factory reset following your menu, but i didn't know how to return to the begining after it completed it. So I just pulled out the battery and powered back into the blue screen to do the cache wipe, pulled the battery again once I felt the process should be done. Then I restrted back to the blue screen and followed youf steps to put the rom on the phone. I left it for maybe 20 minutes, because i didn't know how long it would take for it to complete. Pulled out the battery again, started the phone normally, and now I have kitkat.
Thanks again for posting the menu.Couldn't have done this without it!
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Hi, first i will thank you because with your guide i've installed kitkat, however i'll ask you how can i do format/system on this cwm6 with the bluescreen, because i haven't found this on your post. Thank you very much !!!!!
P.S.: Sorry for my english,i'm italian
TheDDS9900 said:
Hi, first i will thank you because with your guide i've installed kitkat, however i'll ask you how can i do format/system on this cwm6 with the bluescreen, because i haven't found this on your post. Thank you very much !!!!!
P.S.: Sorry for my english,i'm italian
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Blue screen bug fixed! Look here. working cwm6 recovery
Thank you very much for this manual, this saved my friend phone