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[SOLVED] Can't access Custor Recovery Image from HBOOT

I'm having a issue where I can't access ClockworkMod Recovery (or any other recovery, to be fair) when booting in HBOOT and selecting Recovery.
If I boot throught ROM Manager, I can go into CM like everybody else. If I try to go manually, I end up in the stock Recovery with exclamation mark.
The thing is that I made a tutorial to install CM in Desire and shared with some friends and all of them, following the same steps I made, can go into CM just by selecting Recovery in HBOOT.
Installed thru Unrevoked succefully but got the same issue.
I've tried to flash CM again thru ROM Manager several times with no luck. I can only go to CM if I use the option in ROM Manager.
I've searched a lot but I don't think I'm finding the correct key words.
Anyone has any ideas?
This is important because if I have problems with flashing some ROM and can't get into Android and ROM Manager, I won't be able to do anything without a PC.
I'm using Official SenseFroyo 1.0c from Open Desire.

hugocbp said:
I'm having a issue where I can't access ClockworkMod Recovery (or any other recovery, to be fair) when booting in HBOOT and selecting Recovery.
If I boot throught ROM Manager, I can go into CM like everybody else. If I try to go manually, I end up in the stock Recovery with exclamation mark.
The thing is that I made a tutorial to install CM in Desire and shared with some friends and all of them, following the same steps I made, can go into CM just by selecting Recovery in HBOOT.
Installed thru Unrevoked succefully but got the same issue.
I've tried to flash CM again thru ROM Manager several times with no luck. I can only go to CM if I use the option in ROM Manager.
I've searched a lot but I don't think I'm finding the correct key words.
Anyone has any ideas?
This is important because if I have problems with flashing some ROM and can't get into Android and ROM Manager, I won't be able to do anything without a PC.
I'm using Official SenseFroyo 1.0c from Open Desire.
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You will have to flash a RUU Rom to restore recovery
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You have forgotten one simple step.
When you choose recovery and get the red exclamation mark with a triangle, as described, you then need to press the volume down key and power at the same time. You will then have a blue text menu, choose apply update.zip to load CW recovery ( assuming you have CW recovery stored on your SD card root folder, renamed to update.zip )

atomfix said:
You will have to flash a RUU Rom to restore recovery
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Do you mean flash a RUU Rom and then flash a Custom Recovery back thru ROM Manager?
If so, is there any explanation why out of about 5 Desires rooted and with custom recovery flashed the same way, only 1 can't go into CM Recovery strait from HBOOT?
I'll try that as a last resource... If I can avoid flashing a 2.1 ROM and then a Froyo ROM back this would be nice.
Anyway, thanks for the quick help.

gekkonz said:
You have forgotten one simple step.
When you choose recovery and get the red exclamation mark with a triangle, as described, you then need to press the volume down key and power at the same time. You will then have a blue text menu, choose apply update.zip to load CW recovery ( assuming you have CW recovery stored on your SD card root folder, renamed to update.zip )
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I already have CW installed. I just can't access it directly. Nothing happened when I pressed voldown+power while the red triangle was showing.
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hugocbp said:
I already have CW installed. I just can't access it directly. Nothing happened when I pressed voldown+power while the red triangle was showing.
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Do vol+up and power at the same time
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atomfix said:
Do vol+up and power at the same time
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Sorry guys, you were right.
It turns out that dispite having using Unrevoked until it said "done", I though it would install CW directly...
Anyway, I just had to push VolUp + Power properly and managed to go into stock recovery and then flash CW.
Thanks atomfix and gekkonz for your help. I would never figure this out myself...
And that ROM Manager thing pointing out I had CW installed is really misleading, by the way...

Doh, yes vol up not vol down

[Q] Unable to enter ClockworkMod recovery

I have recently rooted my Desire using the GoldCard/Tiny Core Linux CD method and then I installed ROM Manager.
I have used the ROM Manager to flash the ClockworkMod recovery and I can enter the Clockworkmod recovery by using the 'Reboot into recovery' button inside ROM Manager.
However, before trying any new ROMs out I want to make sure I can get into ClockworkMod recovery outside of the ROM Manager but I can't!
When I turn my phone on whilst pressing VolDown I get to the original HTC HBOOT screen. If I then go and select the 'RECOVERY' option I end up at a 'red exclamation mark inside triangle' screen.
Can anyone help me work out what is wrong, please?
TIA

Once you are in the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark you have to push volume up and power. Then you should get a blue menu that the second line says something like "flash update.zip". You push volume down to select it and power.
Now you should be loading Clockwork Mod Recovery.

you have not really "flashed" clockwork as a permanent recovery
press vol up + power when at the red triangle screen
then in the standard recovery, choose the option to flash update.zip
[edit] too slow

If you press power and vol up when on the red exclamation mark screen, it should give you a menu.
Press flash update.zip and clockworkmod should load.
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Can you not use unrevoked to make it perminant?
Thats what I did when I rooted on Wednesday
Or can only certain phones do this?

Thanks for all the quick replies!
I have got it now - I didn't realise that I wasn't set up for the ClockworkMod recovery permanently.
When I get to the blue menu I also see a message:
"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Should I be concerned?

no
10char

Pyr0x64 said:
no
10char
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Sorry, but was that a 'no' to Lennyuk, post#5 or me, post#6?

sorry, that was a reply to your question, there's no need to be concerned
also @ lenny, yes the desire can flash a permanent recovery (amonra or clockwork) with unrevoked
i have amon ra flashed to the phone, but i can still use clockwork if needed by flashing the update.zip i keep in the root of my sdcard or using rom manager

Thanks, appreciated.

Pyr0x64 said:
sorry, that was a reply to your question, there's no need to be concerned
also @ lenny, yes the desire can flash a permanent recovery (amonra or clockwork) with unrevoked
i have amon ra flashed to the phone, but i can still use clockwork if needed by flashing the update.zip i keep in the root of my sdcard or using rom manager
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ah ok then, that is pretty much the same set-up I have at the moment too.

AzureusPT said:
Once you are in the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark you have to push volume up and power. Then you should get a blue menu that the second line says something like "flash update.zip". You push volume down to select it and power.
Now you should be loading Clockwork Mod Recovery.
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brrillliant post brother........really sorted my problem out........thanks a lot..mmwwaaaahhh....reaaalllly i thought i bricked it but ur a gem...

Hello everyone.
I am very sorry to rise this topic but I have a problem.
My Desire HD is rooted via VisioNARY, I have ROM Manager and latest Clockwork Mod
The problem is I cannot enter the Clockwork mod. The phone stops on a red triangle and an exclamation mark, I press volume up and power, bring up the menu, select update.zip and it says invalid operation and the phone restarts.
Please help.
Thanks
EDIT:
Solved with S-off.
CWM Recovery works fine now.

When trying to load the update.zip it aborts during the verification process saying: "signature verification failed. Installation aborted." (htc aria, s-off, rooted)

[Q] Boot into recovery without Vol(+) button?

I got my phone a bit damp while skiing and now the + vol button doesn't work. I would like to keep playing around with Roms however the inability to flash an update.zip to boot into clockwork mod worries me too much.
Is there anyway to get into the standard recovery without holding the + and pushing power? Or possibly hard-flash clockwork mod?
Gas
---Solved, flashed recovery using unREVoked, works well now. Thanks everyone, back continuous unadulterated flashing---

Well, ROM manager can boot into recovery, but obviously that requires a working ROM.
Regards,
Dave

Install ROM Manager from the Marketplace, use the custom clockwork recovery image in my sig (fake flash). You can then install the custom recovery image from the root of your sd card using ROM Manager. To flash ROMs in the future, in ROM Manager, select the 'Install ROM from sd card option'. You can then use the trackpad to navigate through the recovery menu options instead of the Vol key.
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Yeah I know I can get there from Clockworkmod, but the rom needs to be working. I'm worried about flashing anything else in case one of the roms is broken.
I've read that unrevoked rooted phones can do it, can I use the unrevoked method even though I'm already rooted with Paul's riskfree?

If you turn on your phone while pressing the "Back"button on the right of the (OJ)optical joystick, your phone boots in "Fastboot"
Then you select "Bootloader" by pressing the powerbutton
If one of your vol buttons still works, you can press it untill you've selected recovery
Et Voila

Marcell-o said:
If you turn on your phone while pressing the "Back"button on the right of the (OJ)optical joystick, your phone boots in "Fastboot"
Then you select "Bootloader" by pressing the powerbutton
If one of your vol buttons still works, you can press it untill you've selected recovery
Et Voila
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I can get to the recovery screen, black phone with red exclamation mark in triangle. It is at this screen I need the vol(+) button. Hmmm...not too confident about flashing roms anymore

ClassicalGas said:
I can get to the recovery screen, black phone with red exclamation mark in triangle. It is at this screen I need the vol(+) button. Hmmm...not too confident about flashing roms anymore
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Use UnrEVOked to permanently flash a recovery image onto your phone.
Regards,
Dave

From terminal
su
reboot recovery
Also works

Where to from here?
I have been reading up on fastboot, in which I should be able to restore a nandroid backup if flashing a rom fails. This doesn't need the recovery console, there is some contingency I guess.
Has anyone used unrevoked on a prerooted device? are the steps the same?
Gas

For instructions for flashing a permanent recovery image (UnrEVOked) are pretty straightforward. Please see the following link for more information:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709146
Just make sure you have HTC Sync uninstalled beforehand. To remove UnrEVOked, simply flash your original RUU file, which will also return you to stock and remove root.
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[Q] How do I start my Desire hd in recovery mode?

Happy New Year everyone!
As the title says, I'd like to start my phone in recovery mode so I can flash a new ROM on it...being a total noob here, I have no clue on how to do that...any help available please?
Thanks so much

If you have all the pre-requisites (root, s-off and/or radio s-off, clockworkmod recovery installed), you go to recovery either by
a) Enter the ROM Manager app and click "Reboot to Recovery"
b) Reboot the phone while holding the "volume down" button, this will take you to your bootloader. Scroll to highlight "RECOVERY" (with volume buttons) and press the power button to select it.
That's it

tmh said:
If you have all the pre-requisites (root, s-off and/or radio s-off, clockworkmod recovery installed), you go to recovery either by
a) Enter the ROM Manager app and click "Reboot to Recovery"
b) Reboot the phone while holding the "volume down" button, this will take you to your bootloader. Scroll to highlight "RECOVERY" (with volume buttons) and press the power button to select it.
That's it
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Thanks tmh, it looks like I have to "have all the pre-requisites" first then...now how to I do all that...is there any "how to" guide for that?

Quite a few guides if you head on into the Desire HD Android Development forum. There are guides for for rooting, installing eng hboot, radio s-off, custom recovery etc. there. And a nice "glossary" as well, if things like s-off and stuff is jibberish to you, as it was to me when I got my DHD (came from a Hero)
Do note though, that if you updated your DHD with the latest OTA update (firmware 1.72.something), you CAN NOT root it yet, and therefor not install any of the other pre-requisites for installing custom ROM's.

uhmm...I just got it yesterday so I haven't touched any of that stuff yet I guess I need to find out what exactly am I running now and then take it from there...but first of all I have to figre out what "root" means...lol
thanks so much for the quick answers

Then I suggest you start out by reading this thread then, as it explains most of the terms you'll encounter on your way to installing a custom ROM

Don't accept any ota updates either. Otherwise you will become just another user who can't get root.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD

Hello guys... I *think* i have all the prerequisities, but when I boot into recovery from Rom Manager, the phone just shows me a picture of the phone with a red exclamation mark inside a triangle... any ideas what that is?
Thanks!

thanks, was looking for this

Ah darn, I got it now: I have to press vol. up and power and I get the menu.
However, I have an error message:
E:Can't open cache/recovery/command
Also, the image (filename: r2-update-modacocustomrom-ace-sense-signed.ZIP) does not appear in the list, only an update.zip. So what do I do?
Thanks again...
PS I wiped the cache folder, made sure its empty through ES Explorer, but the same problem persists....
PS2 Current recovery: Clockworkmod 2.5.1.3

krakout said:
Ah darn, I got it now: I have to press vol. up and power and I get the menu.
However, I have an error message:
E:Can't open cache/recovery/command
Also, the image (filename: r2-update-modacocustomrom-ace-sense-signed.ZIP) does not appear in the list, only an update.zip. So what do I do?
Thanks again...
PS I wiped the cache folder, made sure its empty through ES Explorer, but the same problem persists....
PS2 Current recovery: Clockworkmod 2.5.1.3
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You can't be on Clockworkmod 2.5.1.3 because the red triange is the stock recovery!
Are you 100% sure you have permanent root and either radio s-off or eng hboot s-off?
If you only have root, and not some form of s-off then rom manager will report you have flashed CWM correctly but the stock recovery will be restored when you reboot.

dr.m0x said:
You can't be on Clockworkmod 2.5.1.3 because the red triange is the stock recovery!
Are you 100% sure you have permanent root and either radio s-off or eng hboot s-off?
If you only have root, and not some form of s-off then rom manager will report you have flashed CWM correctly but the stock recovery will be restored when you reboot.
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Thanks - that was an eye opener! Rom Manager reported that current recovery was the one stated, even after reboot, so I assumed all was correct.
I had used Easy Radio Tool 2.2 a couple of times, choosing the first option (Radio S-OFF, Super-CID and SimUnlock (usual)), and it reported success. Then I tried only doing Radio S-OFF and it worked first time around...
Thanks for your input!

krakout I had the same problem as you. I rooted my DHD installed Rom Manager then install Clockworkmod. Next I tried to back up my rom and got an phone with a triangle sign.
Then I went into the recover menu and it was the stock one not Clockworkmod. I solved this issue by flashing Clockworkmod again after using Easy Radio Tool 2.2 and choosing the first option (Radio S-OFF, Super-CID and SimUnlock (usual))

Skyaxe said:
krakout I had the same problem as you. I rooted my DHD installed Rom Manager then install Clockworkmod. Next I tried to back up my rom and got an phone with a triangle sign.
Then I went into the recover menu and it was the stock one not Clockworkmod. I solved this issue by flashing Clockworkmod again after using Easy Radio Tool 2.2 and choosing the first option (Radio S-OFF, Super-CID and SimUnlock (usual))
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Yes - indeed, as mentioned above, even if ROM Manager reports that it has flashed the custom recovery, this is not always the case...

Phone Bricked, Please Help

So I made the dumb mistake of trying to install CWM Recovery through Rom Manager. I chose the Epic 4G Touch as the option. Now when I boot though it boots into some odd recovery saying update file is backed up: reportedted manual mode updating appliction installing apks. successfully updated application. I can move the volume up and down that works, but when I hit the power button it doesn't do anything when I am on the options. I have tried flashing the Stock EG30 that didn't work, I tried flashing the kernals with recovery and those just bring up that recovery all the time, but I still can't hit the power button because nothing happens. Anyone have any idea what I should do?

The newer CWM recoveries use the capacitive touch buttons for selection, did you try pressing those?

Ok now I feel like a noob that seemed to work thanks. It's backup and running

Glad you got it all sorted out

It took me a bit to figure that out. How do I boot into recovery then? I flasged CWM through ROM manager and can't boot into it to flash my ROM's?
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gqstatus0685 said:
It took me a bit to figure that out. How do I boot into recovery then? I flasged CWM through ROM manager and can't boot into it to flash my ROM's?
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Some ways are:
ROM manager, when you choose to "Install ROM from SD Card" then it'll let you choose and boot from there.
Using ADB run
[adb reboot recovery]
make sure "USB Debugging" is checked
Power Off phone.
Hold (Power + Vol-Up Key) That boots into Recovery.
Supposed there are some apps that do it as well.
https://market.android.com/details?...NvbS5zaXJpdXNhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMucXVpY2tib290Il0.
This is one I keep hearing about.
P.S. You should install that directly from a computer. It's so fun doing that.

Confuse why anybody using Rom Manager for anything other that maybe fix permissions... Sorry just my thoughts on the subject..