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[Q] Recovery Mode

I was trying to do the Rooting using Unrevoked but forgot to turn on ADB mode and now Im stuck on the recovery mode "phone with red triangle with exclamation mark".How do I get out of it so as to go back and turn of the ADB?Thanks

take out your battery and try and switch it on normally. put all the right settings on and start again. atleast i think that should work.

thanks,it turned on as normal.So,if i get back to HBoot trying to use the unrevoked,what do I do next?

im in the HBOOT menu and I don't know exactly what to do next concerning rooting following the unrevoked method as the instructions I've got goi in line with the EVO 4G instead.Link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install

Instead of taking the battery out, hold volume up and and tap the power button. This will bring the recovery menu up.

cheers,i've sorted that out.The phone has been rooted,i think.How do I know it's rooted?what do i need to check on the phone to know the phone's been rooted?Cheers

nasimdejai said:
cheers,i've sorted that out.The phone has been rooted,i think.How do I know it's rooted?what do i need to check on the phone to know the phone's been rooted?Cheers
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try installing some root only apk's.

root explorer, titanium backup both require root.

You should have a superuser apk in your menu.
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TymmyD said:
You should have a superuser apk in your menu.
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Not if he's still on the stock rom he won't.

sbdags said:
Not if he's still on the stock rom he won't.
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I do have the Super Permission app in my menu and im still on the HTC sense stock ROM

nasimdejai said:
I do have the Super Permission app in my menu and im still on the HTC sense stock ROM
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Fair enough - well you know you are rooted then
It must get installed as part of the root process

need to go back to stock

I have the newest cyanogen 6.1 on my g2 and I dont have the stock zip anymore, How do I go back to stock, I need a stock froyo download, I dont care if I lose root...

Go to the development section and look at the sticky. You'll find one that has the how to revert back to stock using a hex editor. In the 6th page of the how to thread I posted a link to a hex editor. It's cake.
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ddgarcia05 said:
It's cake.
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Mmhhh.... Tasty

Did it.... But now superuser is still there lol ... I want to go back to CM 6 but what should I do so if I ever want to go back to stock it will be there, also what should I do to get all my apps over on CM 6.1

and now my wifi doesnt work, It just says error when I click the check box on in settings

Stock image did you use? I used the one linked in the how to and had no problem.
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I used that one as well, also did superuser still show up when you were back to stock?

Your probably didn't flash all the way. After restoring from an official image you should be completely stock.

how do I flash all the way? I did what the steps said, and this is what im running now:
Android 2.2
Baseband:
12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2
Kernel Version:
[email protected]#1
build number:
1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys
I see that it still says cyanogen mod on the kernel version...
But when I boot up it boots regular and does not have the CM 6.1 screen and has the G2 screen instead, and looks like stock froyo....
I try using the method stated above and get the error, then Im stuck on this part I guess:
"**IMPORTANT**
If the flash has failed you must reboot back into the OS and use HexEditor which i have attached to the thread. DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THIS!!
Open up an ADB Shell and run the following command:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img
this will then export the misc.img file we need to edit to the root of the sdcard.
Mount your sdcard and save the misc.img file to your PC and Open the file with HexEditor.
You should now see the version number on the right hand side of the application and it should read "1.22.531.8" YOU MUST CHANGE THIS TO "1.19.531.1" you can now save the file as miscnew.img and place it on the root of your sdcard and then unmount the sdcard from windows.
Now go back to your ADB Shell and run the following command
dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
you can now make sure you have copied the PC10IMG.zip file to the root of your SDCARD and power off your phone and proceed to step 2."

I am using terminal emulator and it says "cannot open for readermission denied, " when I enter this in the emulator "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img"
NVM forgot to su lol silly me
will keep updated on my progress

Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?

icolorado303 said:
Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?
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You can only back up the phone from it's stock rooted state. Correct?
Anyways, if you going to reroot the phone I highly suggest you use rage instead of visionary.

where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...

icolorado303 said:
where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
Start here. The instructions and files are all there and work. I've just done 3 G2s using this method and had no problems at all.

Also, you'll need to get adb working on your PC to be able to use rage.
See this guide on adb - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685

will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.

anyone? 10char

mcp2009 said:
will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.
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You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398

steviewevie said:
You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
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yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.

mcp2009 said:
yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.
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That guide will let you downgrade to the stock ROM, yes. There's a note at the bottom saying it's not a rooting method (not sure why that note is there really), is that what you mean ?

[Q] Problem with adb remount

OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?

wang1404 said:
OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?
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I am not %100 if this is your problem but i think you need ENGINEERING HBOOT
to run adb commands ,you can do it by reading the wiki http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Z.2FG2.2FDHD.29_-_OPTIONAL_and_UNNECESSARY.21
But if you want to do it be very very carefull becasue if you do it wrong you will brick your phone and there is no way back

S-OFF is different from having your phone rooted, so it sounds like your rooting hasn't worked. If you have S-OFF and the eng hboot, you could use fastboot to flash Clockwork recovery and then install a custom pre-rooted ROM.
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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steviewevie said:
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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I did notice that while I was rooting. A command said no such file or directory. So I wonder if that was it? I thought it was supposed yo happen tho lol
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wang1404 said:
If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.

joemm said:
If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.
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It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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wang1404 said:
It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042

joemm said:
Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
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The ADB remount command requires the ro.secure property to be set to 0 (even if you are rooted). If you want to remain on the stock ROM, flashing the linked ROM will do it for you (and is way easier than doing it yourself manually). Most (if not all) of the custom ROMs will set this property for you if you wanted to try others as well.

Thank you guys very much. I never faced this problem before since my n1 was rooted and flashed rom using the phone not adb our anything related to computer.so thanks guys. Case closed. Happy me lol
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Can't go into recovery mode, help?

when I boot my phone up, instead of the htc and boot animation screen it stays a black screen, Whenever I try to back up my current ROM or Go into recovery mode the screen goes black untill I take out the battery and reboot, what could be causing this problem and how could I fix it? Like I said I can't get into CWM so a wipe is out of the question, and adb isn't an option right now, please help
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Are you able to get into your bootloader/hboot screen (hold the power button and the volume down button)?

Bharakrama said:
Are you able to get into your bootloader/hboot screen (hold the power button and the volume down button)?
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Nope it does the same thing :?
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You should stop bumping this thread. Nobody is posting in this forum so you don't have to worry about your thread being lost...
Similar thing happened to me, but I could actually get to the HTC screen. What you need to do is set up adb, and get to your bootloader by holding vol. down + power and start fastboot usb. There is no way to fix an issue like this if you can't use/get into your recovery. From there you can try fastboot erase system -w and then fastboot flash recovery [name of recovery] and then fashboot update [CM7.zip]. Clockwork mod recovery can be found here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting

i would but now my phone is deciding not to connect via USB, i think its falling apart, maybe time to get a new phone i guess...

Wait, you are able to boot up normally?
If so, use flash_image recovery recovery.img to flash CWM again.
sent from my G2 running CM7 nightly

poormanq45 said:
Wait, you are able to boot up normally?
If so, use flash_image recovery recovery.img to flash CWM again.
sent from my G2 running CM7 nightly
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how do i install that on my phone?

poormanq45 said:
Wait, you are able to boot up normally?
If so, use flash_image recovery recovery.img to flash CWM again.
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And yes, I can boot up but not HTC or boot screen shows up, just a black screen then my phone turns on. I can't go into bootloader or recovery mode.
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From within your rom you need to download the CWM recovery image and save it on your SDcard. Name it recovery.
Use terminal emulator and type in:
Su
Ls sdcard
Flash_image recovery recovery.img
This will flash the recovery back you your phone
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poormanq45 said:
From within your rom you need to download the CWM recovery image and save it on your SDcard. Name it recovery.
Use terminal emulator and type in:
Su
Ls sdcard
Flash_image recovery recovery.img
This will flash the recovery back you your phone
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Thanks man
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poormanq45 said:
From within your rom you need to download the CWM recovery image and save it on your SDcard. Name it recovery.
Use terminal emulator and type in:
Su
Ls sdcard
Flash_image recovery recovery.img
This will flash the recovery back you your phone
sent from my G2 running CM7 nightly
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poormanq45 said:
From within your rom you need to download the CWM recovery image and save it on your SDcard. Name it recovery.
Use terminal emulator and type in:
Su
Ls sdcard
Flash_image recovery recovery.img
This will flash the recovery back you your phone
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I don't understand, I followed your instructions but nothing happens? All it says is flash_image partition or something
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Assuming you've tried to flash recovery from ROM manager (Choose "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" within ROM manager), if not - do that.
Otherwise, try this:
Download this: http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img
rename it to "recovery.img" and place it on the root of your SD card.
Use terminal emulator on your phone, and type the following 1 line at a time:
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery.img

tun4f1sh said:
Assuming you've tried to flash recovery from ROM manager (Choose "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" within ROM manager), if not - do that.
Otherwise, try this:
Download this: http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img
rename it to "recovery.img" and place it on the root of your SD card.
Use terminal emulator on your phone, and type the following 1 line at a time:
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery.img
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Yes I've already tried it via rom manager.
When I type in the last line all that happens is after a couple of seconds the # appears underneath the last line
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rickyiswhite said:
Yes I've already tried it via rom manager.
When I type in the last line all that happens is after a couple of seconds the # appears underneath the last line
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That's a good thing. Now try rebooting into recovery from ROM manager. I'm a bit concerned that you can't get into the bootloader, I smell a bigger issue.

tun4f1sh said:
That's a good thing. Now try rebooting into recovery from ROM manager. I'm a bit concerned that you can't get into the bootloader, I smell a bigger issue.
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Semi brick soft brick and am I going to be bricked soon?
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rickyiswhite said:
Semi brick soft brick and am I going to be bricked soon?
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As long as you're able to get into the ROM, you're not bricked, but I would NOT do anything that could possibly wipe /system (until you're able to get into recovery)

tun4f1sh said:
As long as you're able to get into the ROM, you're not bricked, but I would NOT do anything that could possibly wipe /system (until you're able to get into recovery)
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No root No recovery?

I accidentally flashed a ROM update with no ROM. Odviously nothing booted up. I then was able to get into recovery and flash cm ROM I rebooted phone, but now I have no root.
I tried installing a superuser app that didn't work.
Is there anything I can flash, install?
I have no access to a PC. And can't boot into recovery.

I found this up in general... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352669
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bigpappags3 said:
I found this up in general... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352669
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Thanks for that, but unfortunately it didn't work.

rickmatic said:
Thanks for that, but unfortunately it didn't work.
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Sorry man...hope u get it.
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Fid the team epic root zip and flash it in recovery. http://db.tt/hGyuqdkl here's the file. Your just going to have to get into recovery. The 3 finger method didn't work?
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edfunkycold said:
Fid the team epic root zip and flash it in recovery. http://db.tt/hGyuqdkl here's the file. Your just going to have to get into recovery. The 3 finger method didn't work?
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If by that u mean volume, power and home button. No it didn't.I tried booting threw ROM manager and it detects my recovery, but doesn't do anything.
Is there a way to flash a ROM threw download mode without a PC. I remember the Evo was capable of doing it threw bootloader.

Do you want to get root? Or flash a rom?
To boot into recovery it's power+home+vol up
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I thought you had to enable root under settings? It has been a while since I've used Cm, but I remember they disabled root access by default . It seems like he can still get into recovery.
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I had root access and I'm currently running a 10.2 nightly of cm 4.3 with a few glitches. So I want to flash a 100% working ROM. I can't boot into recovery with any app due to the fact it requires su permission and I have no binaries according to su. I cant get into recovery either using 3 finger method the Samsung logo appears with the blue words on the top left, but it doesn't do anything after that. ROM manager shows my recovery as twrp so I'm in a pickle....lol
And no on turning on root in settings.

Then you need to find a computer to flash recovery again via odin, otherwise flash a rooted rom via odin.
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edfunkycold said:
Then you need to find a computer to flash recovery again via odin, otherwise flash a rooted rom via odin.
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OK so its impossible without a computer...Damn. Thanks for ur help I really appreciate it.
Last question I used Odin to get root, since I'm on a 4.3 ROM, can I still use the exact same method?

rickmatic said:
OK so its impossible without a computer...Damn. Thanks for ur help I really appreciate it.
Last question I used Odin to get root, since I'm on a 4.3 ROM, can I still use the exact same method?
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You can use odin to flash recovery and then you can flash the root.zip it should work. But I would use odin to flash to a stock rom first.
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You can flash recovery without a computer.
Download the recovery image file, rename it to rec.img
Go into terminal emulator
Code:
su
dd if=/path/to/rec.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Be very careful when typing the second command.
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CNexus said:
You can flash recovery without a computer.
Download the recovery image file, rename it to rec.img
Go into terminal emulator
Code:
su
dd if=/path/to/rec.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Be very careful when typing the second command.
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That might be a problem I need to type su and since I have no binaries my terminal emulator won't have su privileges.
Right?

rickmatic said:
I had root access and I'm currently running a 10.2 nightly of cm 4.3 with a few glitches. So I want to flash a 100% working ROM. I can't boot into recovery with any app due to the fact it requires su permission and I have no binaries according to su. I cant get into recovery either using 3 finger method the Samsung logo appears with the blue words on the top left, but it doesn't do anything after that. ROM manager shows my recovery as twrp so I'm in a pickle....lol
And no on turning on root in settings.
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There isn't an option under settings --> developer options for root? At one time, they had didn't options for apps, adb, or both. You would need the both box checked for it to boot into recovery via an app. I haven't used it in a while, so I'm not even sure if they still do it this way.
And it is strange that you can't boot in recovery. Instead of the power off, then hold volume up, home button, and power....have you just tried to reboot the phone and when the screen goes blank hold the volume up and home? I've had luck getting into recovery by that.
Plus, if you are running CM, there should be a reboot option for recovery when you power off. Reboot --> recovery.
Last idea, have you tried to download goo manager from the market? That works well with TWRP.

lvpre said:
There isn't an option under settings --> developer options for root? At one time, they had didn't options for apps, adb, or both. You would need the both box checked for it to boot into recovery via an app. I haven't used it in a while, so I'm not even sure if they still do it this way.
And it is strange that you can't boot in recovery. Instead of the power off, then hold volume up, home button, and power....have you just tried to reboot the phone and when the screen goes blank hold the volume up and home? I've had luck getting into recovery by that.
Plus, if you are running CM, there should be a reboot option for recovery when you power off. Reboot --> recovery.
Last idea, have you tried to download goo manager from the market? That works well with TWRP.
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I tried goo and that didn't work.
Cm does have the reboot options, but it had to be turned on. Developer options doesnt show up under settings, but I remember there was a way to turn it on. I went under "About phone or Device" clicked on everything like 10 times and I forgot which 1 it was, but I unlocked developer options. Turned on reboot menu. Rebooted phone into recovery and although it took a while I got into recovery. Flashed a new rom and I'm back in action.

Thank u guys honestly. I could not have done it without u guys.

Glad u got it
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Plus the OP said he was running cm 10.2 nightly with Android 4.3...did I miss something?

lvpre said:
Plus the OP said he was running cm 10.2 nightly with Android 4.3...did I miss something?
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U definitely missed it. Go to the original development section the cm 10.1 thread and I think it was 10 pages back from the last page. They posted an EARLY preview. Had a few glitches but nothing to major.
Its the first post on page 657. A few post down are the gapps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030660