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No recovery after rooting

Hi folks.
I just rooted my desire, which worked pretty well.
However, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode now. If I try I only get a thumbnail of the phone with a red exclamation mark. I can still do adb reboot from a terminal tho, just the recovery mode wont start.
Any ideas and advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

loomsen said:
Hi folks.
I just rooted my desire, which worked pretty well.
However, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode now. If I try I only get a thumbnail of the phone with a red exclamation mark. I can still do adb reboot from a terminal tho, just the recovery mode wont start.
Any ideas and advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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I am not sure which method you use...but once you get that thumbnail you need to "push the files" before you can get into the "flashing and wiping" screen. You need to be patient, cause "pushing" those files can take few minutes.

Erm not sure if i get you right, i finished the whole rooting procedure already.
Now, I want to just modify the wake from sleep behavior, actually just a file.
Like I said, it boots just fine, but the recovery mode wont start. Also, I dont have /sbin/recovery, which should be there shouldnt it?

boot into the mode with the red triangle, the rund recovery-windows.bat inside the rooting folder

recovery-linux, figured it out, thank you sir.

General section for these questions, please.

And always worth understanding exactly whats happening when your rooting. Most guides i have seen tell you how to get back to recovery again after.
Rooting your phone is not for someone that doesnt understand the risks and have some knowlage into the process.

How do I enter command when in fastboot mode (Desire)?

Hello.
I'm pretty sure i bricked my HTC desire yesterday when trying to flash LeeDroids Mod. My phone hangs at the three green HTC letters and it has been like this the whole night. I've tried taking out the battery and things like that but it still hangs. Even when triyng to do a recovery. So i searched the forum to find out how to unbrick the phone and i found a nice thread that explains how to get acces to the SD again and then how to unbrick the USB connection. But I havent been able to try this out yet since i cannot find out how to enter commands when in fastboot. I know I need to be connected with a USB-cable to the PC, but what else do I have to do?
Hope someone can help 'cause I would really love to have my HTC Desire working again so that i can try out more cool FroYo mods from this lovely forum.
- Czepluch

czepluch said:
Hello.
I'm pretty sure i bricked my HTC desire yesterday when trying to flash LeeDroids Mod. My phone hangs at the three green HTC letters and it has been like this the whole night. I've tried taking out the battery and things like that but it still hangs. Even when triyng to do a recovery. So i searched the forum to find out how to unbrick the phone and i found a nice thread that explains how to get acces to the SD again and then how to unbrick the USB connection. But I havent been able to try this out yet since i cannot find out how to enter commands when in fastboot. I know I need to be connected with a USB-cable to the PC, but what else do I have to do?
Hope someone can help 'cause I would really love to have my HTC Desire working again so that i can try out more cool FroYo mods from this lovely forum.
- Czepluch
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you have to use adb, google the android sdk and start there

All you need to do is boot into FASTBOOT, plug in your USB and run an RUU to get back to stock (assumg one is available for your phone) and then root again, had to do it myself the other day

you do not have to do ANY of this
if you are using clockworkmod or any custom recovery then there is the option to mount USB storage in which you can put on a backup or any other rom onto your sd card, unmount usb storage, and flash it, all in one.

cgrec92 said:
you do not have to do ANY of this
if you are using clockworkmod or any custom recovery then there is the option to mount USB storage in which you can put on a backup or any other rom onto your sd card, unmount usb storage, and flash it, all in one.
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How do I do that when my phone doesnt boot? As i wrote in the first post it is stock at the 3 green HTC letters. I was using clockworkmod to flash, but as I wrote i cannot boot into andoid atm.
@AndroHero: Can you please give me a link or something? I have tried a lot of things, but i doesnt seem to work, so I would like to be certain that the link and guide im using is right.

czepluch said:
How do I do that when my phone doesnt boot? As i wrote in the first post it is stock at the 3 green HTC letters. I was using clockworkmod to flash, but as I wrote i cannot boot into andoid atm.
@AndroHero: Can you please give me a link or something? I have tried a lot of things, but i doesnt seem to work, so I would like to be certain that the link and guide im using is right.
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Do you have the fake-flash zip file renamed as update.zip and at the root of your SDCard?

dnlgee said:
Do you have the fake-flash zip file renamed as update.zip and at the root of your SDCard?
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yes i do

czepluch said:
yes i do
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Have you booted the phone while holding the volume down and then selecting recovery, then when recovery boots, press volume up and power then select "apply update.zip" ?

The problem is that when i choose recovery it freezes aswell. The screen with the phone and the little red triangle freezes, so i cannot choose recovery.

EddyOS said:
All you need to do is boot into FASTBOOT, plug in your USB and run an RUU to get back to stock (assumg one is available for your phone) and then root again, had to do it myself the other day
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So do what I said here...to get into FASTBOOT hold back and power it on

What is RUU?
Edit: Maybe I need someone to make a step by step noob guide? Im totally lost. Ive flashed my Desire lots of times before and ive never had a single problem, but right now i really dont know what to do and how to do?

If you're asking questions about RUU's then maybe rooting wasn't for you. It's basic stuff. You need a grasp of the basics before trying something advanced!
Basically it's the official ROM file from HTC/your phone vendor...

Okay. Thanks. I thought that RUU was something like that but I just couldnt see how i should be able to acces any files right now. As i wrote before the phone freezes at the picture of a phone with the red triangle, and i am not able to get any further that that. I would really appreciate if anyone could tell me how and what to do next?

I had the same problem a few days ago. For me it worked to just go through the rooting process again, you can find the steps on modaco (just step 1 of r6), I can't link them at the moment I'm at work and it seems I can't open modaco from here.
Anyways if you follow step 1 you can access the recovery again and the phone will boot past the HTC logo screen.
Also these steps are well documented on modaco.
Try this first since it will save you the step of running the RUU, which I wasn't able to (somehow the software complained my battery was below 30%, which it wasn't)
Good luck hope this solves it for you.

czepluch said:
Okay. Thanks. I thought that RUU was something like that but I just couldnt see how i should be able to acces any files right now. As i wrote before the phone freezes at the picture of a phone with the red triangle, and i am not able to get any further that that. I would really appreciate if anyone could tell me how and what to do next?
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You don't need to go into recovery! boot into FASTBOOT and then leave it at that. Plug the phone in and it will then say FASTBOOT USB. Then run the RUU your phone came with originally. You don't need to go anywhere near Recovery

I am pretty certain that ive found a solution now. I deserve a fist in the nuts for being so stupid not to press volume up + power when trying to get into recovery mode. But fortunately dnlgee asked if i had remembered this. Now that ive gotten this far i should be able to solve the rest. I will however return if im still unable to solve it.

czepluch said:
I am pretty certain that ive found a solution now. I deserve a fist in the nuts for being so stupid not to press volume up + power when trying to get into recovery mode. But fortunately dnlgee asked if i had remembered this. Now that ive gotten this far i should be able to solve the rest. I will however return if im still unable to solve it.
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Ah I missed that part, I couldn't access recovery either. Only thing left working was fastboot for me. All other options would hang on the HTC logo screen.

[Q] Please help I cannot get recovery up just stays black

Hello all plz let me start by sayin I kno it was my choice to root, flash roms ect. I take responsablity jus seeking help. The last thing I did was flash the 825 havs kernel over cm6. I can follow directions used all others had no major problems. My internet works but not the market amongst a few other apks I click on them then am redirected quickly to the home screen so I then decide to flash recovery like always nandroid and try something else well heres the problem hboot screen comes up fine I choose recovery and screens just black. Take out battery turn on go back to rom tried a bunch no luck and I use clockwork and it is also an apk I cannot go into it shows for a sec then sends me to the home screen. My phone is functional mostly just this but Im hopin somebody experienced can plz help? Plus I removed alot of apks trying to work it out so Im stuck on a great rom jus kinda basic now. ANYBODY??????????
ISSUE SOLVED THX NEBENEZER

Have you tried flashing via ROM Manager?
Sent from my PC36100

For some reason a few apks give me a quick 3 second view then direct me back to the homescreen rom manager happens to be one of them. so i cant go that route

Have you tried flashing Amon RA's recovery from the dev forum? I believe you can flash it from hboot. Otherwise, flash the recovery.zip from Toast's root method also in the dev forum.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

thx for pointing me in then right direction searching and headed those ways now
**if its not too much trouble can i get a link having a little trub finding**
NOW I CANT GET INTO ANYTHING JUST THE HBOOT SCREEN I CANT EVEN PUT THE IMAGE ON MY SD CARD AM I BRIKED??? WHEN I TURN ON PHONE JUST LOOPS HTC EVO SCREEN??ANY HELP OUT THERE???

Plz help willing to donate 4 helpful solution
Now my phone only loops the white htc evo screen. I boot to recovery and screen is just black but drivers work and i put the amon ra on the sd card like his directions say but am unable to get the commands right to flash it says "not recognized no such file but it is on there. I was able to access my sd card via echo command amon also said it can be done thru bootloader to put img. Where fastboot can see it but he doesnt really specify i put it on the root of my sd card and right next to the pc36img still no luck can a dev plz help me walk me thru give me some help i will donate to the cause its day 2 without my evo and it really is sad. That said thanks 4 your time it will be compinsated if your willing to take this on. Thx.

I'm not 100% sure I can help but I'll sure give it a shot.
No donation necessary even if we get you fixed up, I just cried a little imagining being without me EVO for 48 hours, how awful!
I'll pm you my gtalk address..

If you push the volume down button while pushing the power button and it goes to the bootloader your fine your not bricked if it doesnt then you got a problem. Here is the link for RA-evo 1.7.0.2 download it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026&highlight=recovery
Now when you go in to the bootloader select fastboot usb or fastboot and run a ADB Copy recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.2.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode
fastboot devices(press enter) (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.2.img(press enter)

Issue solved
This issue has been solved and it couldnt have been done without the guidence from senior member "nebenezer" who personally took time out his day to help a stranger thx neb 4 the help and now im up and running again, this really is a good community thx 4 all who did offer suggestions as well.
~dozenboy~:d

HELP-Is MY Phone Bricked - Can't Get into Recovery

I'm a bit of a NOOB, so bear with my terminology. My phone was rooted and Nand unlocked (S=off), running Fresh 3.4. It will not accept calls so I have to take it to Sprint. I ran the latest RUU to get it unrooted, but I could not use Titanium Backup to restore my apps. I ran Universal AutoRoot.zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 and went through what seemed to be the complete process. At the end I was left with the bootloader menu to boot into the recovery but my EVO will not go into recovery. When I try I get I get Recovery the screen shows a phone with a red triangle. I have tried everything I know (I'm a bit of a NOOB), and I cannot get to recovery or Nandroid. I did a Nandroid Backup but can't get to it. My phone no longer communicates with my computer. I have just moved and need my phone to set up appointments. Please help, I'm desperate.

posted in the wrong section. however
does your bootloader show S-OFF now?
all you may need to do is flash a custom recovery to it.

If you unrooted your phone you'll no longer have a recovery, unless I'm misunderstanding you...

tonwarr.the.incredible said:
If you unrooted your phone you'll no longer have a recovery, unless I'm misunderstanding you...
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from my understanding, he unrooted & then tried to root again. but i may be wrong lol

If you can get into bootloader, you can fix your phone.

get to the bootloader with the usb plugged in so it says fastboot usb in RED at the top. On your pc download the android sdk, goto the tools folder, copy over a custom recovery.img (ra or cm) to the tools folder, type cmd in the address bar, in the command prompt type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img
and press enter (you can replace recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img with the img of your choice). select bootloader again from the menu, select recovery, enjoy!

jminor4326 said:
I'm a bit of a NOOB, so bear with my terminology. My phone was rooted and Nand unlocked (S=off), running Fresh 3.4. It will not accept calls so I have to take it to Sprint. I ran the latest RUU to get it unrooted, but I could not use Titanium Backup to restore my apps. I ran Universal AutoRoot.zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 and went through what seemed to be the complete process. At the end I was left with the bootloader menu to boot into the recovery but my EVO will not go into recovery. When I try I get I get Recovery the screen shows a phone with a red triangle. I have tried everything I know (I'm a bit of a NOOB), and I cannot get to recovery or Nandroid. I did a Nandroid Backup but can't get to it. My phone no longer communicates with my computer. I have just moved and need my phone to set up appointments. Please help, I'm desperate.
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DUDE. think man. in order to get into recovery, YOU HAVE TO FLASH A RECOVERY IMAGE. DUH!

Hope you don't ever get a job working with people... How about a helpful answer instead of belittleing him? He already admits to being a novice. He came here for help, not to have someone dish him a steam pile of #$% instead.

oshizzle1991 said:
DUDE. think man. in order to get into recovery, YOU HAVE TO FLASH A RECOVERY IMAGE. DUH!
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Definitely another situation where saying nothing would've been much more productive!

Sengfeng said:
Hope you don't ever get a job working with people... How about a helpful answer instead of belittleing him? He already admits to being a novice. He came here for help, not to have someone dish him a steam pile of #$% instead.
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he should expect to get these types of responses if he posts in wrong sections and doesnt search for his answer first. its called tough love. if you have a problem with it, why dont you post a productive answer? i posted a productive answer, just in a way that belittled him to get my point across.

oshizzle1991 said:
he should expect to get these types of responses if he posts in wrong sections and doesnt search for his answer first. its called tough love. if you have a problem with it, why dont you post a productive answer? i posted a productive answer, just in a way that belittled him to get my point across.
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how bout saiying . "posted in the wrong section " then point the guy in the right direction.
no need to beat anyone up.. Grow up
tim

[Q] Can't boot into recovery

Firstly I did look for similar threads but I couldn't find my problem with entering recovery mode.
So I get to the bootloader and I hit "recovery" to go into recovery mode to back up before I start flashing roms. All that happens for me is it loads into a black screen with a phone in the middle and a green arrow pointing down into the phone with two green arrows circling the downard arrow, then it flashes black, then comes up with the same screen except it's now a red triangle over the phone with an exclamation mark in the middle. I'm assuming this is to represent an error occuring.
The phone won't do anything after this and I have to restart the phone by holding the power button for long enough (7 seconds?). This brings me back into my phone as if I hadn't done anything. I don't want to start flashing things if I can't backup my phone, I don't know how to get around this. Oh and I have installed ROM Toolbox and the same thing occurs when trying to enter recovery mode through this app. Any help will be amazing!
P.S: My phone is rooted, and I left the bootloader unlocked, would not locking it after rooting be a problem? I'm new to all of this :/

did you flashed the correct recovery?

Incase u didnt . Head here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2372372
sent from my katana

JAClifford said:
Firstly I did look for similar threads but I couldn't find my problem with entering recovery mode.
So I get to the bootloader and I hit "recovery" to go into recovery mode to back up before I start flashing roms. All that happens for me is it loads into a black screen with a phone in the middle and a green arrow pointing down into the phone with two green arrows circling the downard arrow, then it flashes black, then comes up with the same screen except it's now a red triangle over the phone with an exclamation mark in the middle. I'm assuming this is to represent an error occuring.
The phone won't do anything after this and I have to restart the phone by holding the power button for long enough (7 seconds?). This brings me back into my phone as if I hadn't done anything. I don't want to start flashing things if I can't backup my phone, I don't know how to get around this. Oh and I have installed ROM Toolbox and the same thing occurs when trying to enter recovery mode through this app. Any help will be amazing!
P.S: My phone is rooted, and I left the bootloader unlocked, would not locking it after rooting be a problem? I'm new to all of this :/
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most probably, you didnt flash a custom recovery...try flashing that... u can find the steps to flash in the original android development section..

gulsher said:
did you flashed the correct recovery?
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How do I know which is the correct recovery to flash?

Pranav Sharma (PS) said:
most probably, you didnt flash a custom recovery...try flashing that... u can find the steps to flash in the original android development section..
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I tried flashing CWR v 5.8.4.5 but that wouldn't install through ROM Toolbox so I tried TWRP v 2.5.0.0 (and the previous versions), none of them brought me any further than the red triangle :/
So I decided to try ROM Manager, I then flashed CWR 5.8.4.5 (successfully) and rebooted into recovery, it brought me to the circling arrows with a loading bar that got not even 1/4 through then it changed to a question mark over the phone and restarted itself within 5 seconds. This is the most progress I've made. Any ideas on what to try next?

JAClifford said:
How do I know which is the correct recovery to flash?
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download it from here http://projectsmyrna.com/PRIMOU/RECOVERY/cwmrecovery6.0.3.3touch.img
try from beginning, take a cwm recovery into fast boot folder
place it there, restart your htc one v and goto bootloader then fastboot option
open command prompt there in the folder by holding shift key and type "fastboot flash recovery cwmrecovery6.0.3.3touch.img"

JAClifford said:
I tried flashing CWR v 5.8.4.5 but that wouldn't install through ROM Toolbox so I tried TWRP v 2.5.0.0 (and the previous versions), none of them brought me any further than the red triangle :/
So I decided to try ROM Manager, I then flashed CWR 5.8.4.5 (successfully) and rebooted into recovery, it brought me to the circling arrows with a loading bar that got not even 1/4 through then it changed to a question mark over the phone and restarted itself within 5 seconds. This is the most progress I've made. Any ideas on what to try next?
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i dont know what the rom toolbox or rom manager does because i dont use much of these apps and rom manager had a great reputation on xda forums that it bricks the device....
try the manual way..
download revovery (appropriate) [would recommend cwm but twrp is also good]
boot into bootloader mode (I'm sure you know this)
connect device to the computer via usb cable
then paste the recovery image in th fastboot folder located on your computer (if u have a rooted device I'm sure u must know what a fastboot folder is..)
then rename recovery to recovery.img
then open command prompt
type cd C:\fastboot (C:\fastboot is the location of your fastboot folder on your pc.. it can be any other location also)
then type--- "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (but without the quotes)
your recovery wil be flashed..
there are other recovery flashing guides also u can refer to them in case u understand/are not familiar with all these things...
hope it helps..
good luck..:good:

Pranav Sharma (PS) said:
i dont know what the rom toolbox or rom manager does because i dont use much of these apps and rom manager had a great reputation on xda forums that it bricks the device....
try the manual way..
download revovery (appropriate) [would recommend cwm but twrp is also good]
boot into bootloader mode (I'm sure you know this)
connect device to the computer via usb cable
then paste the recovery image in th fastboot folder located on your computer (if u have a rooted device I'm sure u must know what a fastboot folder is..)
then rename recovery to recovery.img
then open command prompt
type cd C:\fastboot (C:\fastboot is the location of your fastboot folder on your pc.. it can be any other location also)
then type--- "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (but without the quotes)
your recovery wil be flashed..
there are other recovery flashing guides also u can refer to them in case u understand/are not familiar with all these things...
hope it helps..
good luck..:good:
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Thanks Heaps! I did hear about how Rom Manager is infamous for bricking phones so I thought it would be safe enough to flash a recovery (it's not phone bricking stuff is it?) But Rom Toolbox is kind of a lot of different apps in one that seems pretty legit. To be honest I was just trying to be lazy and not bother learning all of this the manual way but it sounds like I might have to just do it the manual way haha, manual is often the best way with a lot of things anyway.
Thanks also for the little tutorial, you're quite right, even though I'm new I'm a fast learner and I've had plenty to do with computers so I know what all of the commands are doing and the terminology but thanks for covering the bases It's nice to see a noob friendly community around, not too common these days.
So yeah, flashed CWR touch, and got into it with no problem, created my nandroid with no problem. Now I'll set to flashing roms (the manual way) Thanks to everyone here for helping me you're all great

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Thanks Heaps! I did hear about how Rom Manager is infamous for bricking phones so I thought it would be safe enough to flash a recovery (it's not phone bricking stuff is it?) But Rom Toolbox is kind of a lot of different apps in one that seems pretty legit. To be honest I was just trying to be lazy and not bother learning all of this the manual way but it sounds like I might have to just do it the manual way haha, manual is often the best way with a lot of things anyway.
Thanks also for the little tutorial, you're quite right, even though I'm new I'm a fast learner and I've had plenty to do with computers so I know what all of the commands are doing and the terminology but thanks for covering the bases It's nice to see a noob friendly community around, not too common these days.
So yeah, flashed CWR touch, and got into it with no problem, created my nandroid with no problem. Now I'll set to flashing roms (the manual way) Thanks to everyone here for helping me you're all great
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your welcome buddy..
i also remember the days when i was new to this stuff..but now i am quite used to such terms and feel comfortable with them,...althought to reach this stage it took some time..