Wont go in recovery mode - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been trying to get into recovery mode but no matter what I do it just wont do it. I've tried the rom manager way and several manual ways when you turn on your phone yourself and press a hardware button. It just starts up as normal though and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any help please?
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Are you using a custom kernel that has recovery embedded? Or using the app that installs it to /system?

phone model?
version?
stock?
locked?
etc.
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I have an r800i and sorry I don't know what kernal or recovery embedded is :L my phone is rooted anyway.
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XTC_ExQuisite_ said:
I have an r800i and sorry I don't know what kernal or recovery embedded is :L my phone is rooted anyway.
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Install from the market the xperia auto installer
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androidseb said:
Install from the market the xperia auto installer
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Thanks,Got it and worked =D

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Help a noob please

HOW DO I ROOT THE LATEST FILMWARE 4.0.2.A.0.62
swebosdev said:
If you wont read these forums i will just say bury it about 6 inches, add some water and wait about 4 days
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wolfy1664 said:
HOW DO I ROOT THE LATEST FILMWARE 4.0.2.A.0.62
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ok well you need a unlocked bootloader or you need to downgrade. press the thanks button and ignore the post above.
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Look in the android development section of the forum depending on which play you have you'll find the forums has the firmware someone which you need. Also download a program called flash tool, as this is used to install firmwares to your phone (providing your boot loader is unlocked).
Defy39 said:
Look in the android development section of the forum depending on which play you have you'll find the forums has the firmware someone which you need. Also download a program called flash tool, as this is used to install firmwares to your phone (providing your boot loader is unlocked).
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that's wrong flash tool works whether your locked or unlocked bootloader.
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^^ learn something new everyday.
super one click!! just enable usb debugging 1st
Defy39 said:
^^ learn something new everyday.
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yep lol. didn't mean to make you sound stupid though.
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Yep use Flash Tool! Doesnt matter
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elspanish88 said:
super one click!! just enable usb debugging 1st
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please correct me if I am wrong... but .62 can't he rooted using super one click or zergrush or gingerbreak.
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try Doomlord's rootkit...
fma965 said:
please correct me if I am wrong... but .62 can't he rooted using super one click or zergrush or gingerbreak.
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From what I've heard, you are correct, sir. What he need to do is downgrade firmware, then used either DoomLoRD's rootkit, or superoneclick to root.
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install flashtool on your pc
flash a custom kernel e.g. doomlord v11 to the phone
this will root the phone
just search up the zergrush method
fives you root in like 2 mins!!

Root Without Fastboot

Right, problem is, my PC has finally decided to stop doing what what it's supposed to. More specifically, it doesn't put my phone in fastboot mode anymore.
My question is, how do I root on the latest GB firmware? If I root on when .42 firmware, can I flash the .64 firmware while unticking the kernel option? Is that where root is?
I can usually do stuff without asking questions, but this problem is quite specific and couldn't find an answer Google-ing.
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Flash the rootxperia.zip in recovery. Then, uninstall superuser and install a newer version of it from google play/market. Press thanks if I helped.
Note: This can be used on any Gingerbread firmware. Also, root will not carry over if you use flashtool.
Can I flash the .64 firmware then flash that?
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MilkyJoePD said:
Can I flash the .64 firmware then flash that?
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flash any xperia with that or use flashtool 6.9
MilkyJoePD said:
Right, problem is, my PC has finally decided to stop doing what what it's supposed to. More specifically, it doesn't put my phone in fastboot mode anymore.
My question is, how do I root on the latest GB firmware? If I root on when .42 firmware, can I flash the .64 firmware while unticking the kernel option? Is that where root is?
I can usually do stuff without asking questions, but this problem is quite specific and couldn't find an answer Google-ing.
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No No no! Root Does Not make Fastboot work, fastboot is Enabled only on Generic or Devices That have had a SEMCBoot Patch. Your PC is not the Problem Its your Device or Just you.
Xperia4life said:
No No no! Root Does Not make Fastboot work, fastboot is Enabled only on Generic or Devices That have had a SEMCBoot Patch. Your PC is not the Problem Its your Device or Just you.
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Sounds like a USB cable problem, or maybe a USB port problem.
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It's a USB port problem.
I was using the dsixda kitchen when my computer switched itself off. I tried the same thing and it switched off at exactly the same point. Ever since then my main USB port stopped working (it was working minutes before). I can't get the drivers for fastboot installed on the other USB port.
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I was just about to flash .62 firmware, when I had a thought. How do I get recovery installed without root? Will the auto installer from the market work, or does that need root?
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MilkyJoePD said:
I was just about to flash .62 firmware, when I had a thought. How do I get recovery installed without root? Will the auto installer from the market work, or does that need root?
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no regardless you need root which is just a simple click you can't get CWM without it the auto staller will not work if you do not have root because it needs su permission
The only way to get root on the .62 firmware with a locked bootloader is to flash .42 and then flash the .62 firmware .zip file which is buried somewhere in android development. Since you can't flash a custom kernel(which root your rom anyways) you can't get into recovery on .62 as installing recovery requires root.
My bootloader is unlocked.
Sounds like a catch 22 situation.
I'll just stick with what I'm on now and wait for an ICS FTF.
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MilkyJoePD said:
My bootloader is unlocked.
Sounds like a catch 22 situation.
I'll just stick with what I'm on now and wait for an ICS FTF.
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You tried on a different computer mate?
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KeiranFTW said:
You tried on a different computer mate?
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It's not a big enough problem to get everything set up on somebody else's computer.
Does anybody know what the driver is called? Maybe I'm going to the wrong folder when trying to manually update it.
Also, when I uninstall the drivers, I get the S1 Boot (or whatever it's called) thing installed but that changes to something like SEMCflash. Is that supposed to happen? Because I read that you need update the S1 one, which disappears/gets replaced.
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If you root it, then OTA, you keep root. Only problem is you can't OTA with an unlocked bootloader.
Try with a different PC?
The drivers are on the Sony unlock site.
I can't install the drivers because the S1boot thing changes to SEMCflash. I get told that it contains no info about my phone or it can't find a better match.
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MilkyJoePD said:
I can't install the drivers because the S1boot thing changes to SEMCflash. I get told that it contains no info about my phone or it can't find a better match.
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You should be able to override Windows:
Update Driver Software -> Browse my computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer -> Have disk
Solar.Plexus said:
You should be able to override Windows:
Update Driver Software -> Browse my computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer -> Have disk
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I've tried that, that's when I get the messages. When I choose the driver file it says it doesn't contain any information about my device.
I did the same thing with my other USB port and it worked fine til it broke. So why it wont work I have no idea. I still don't know how cooking a ROM can break a USB card.
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I'm going to buy a new USB PCI. If that doesn't work I may smash up my PC.
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MilkyJoePD said:
I'm going to buy a new USB PCI. If that doesn't work I may smash up my PC.
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But don't smash your phone
If you have money to buy a new PC, take out the hard drive and dance on it, you will feel better
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KeiranFTW said:
But don't smash your phone
If you have money to buy a new PC, take out the hard drive and dance on it, you will feel better
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Don't worry, my phone will be safe.
My PC is useless, I only use it to do phone stuff so, if it can't do that, I may as well have a bit of therapeutic destruction.
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[Q] Stuck while trying to enter CWM.

So, I successfully rooted my Acro S, and then I went on to install CWM. No problems so far...
Rebooted the phone and tapped the Sony logo several times to enter CWM, then I got stuck with a blank (lit black) screen. No led...
What happend and what do I do about it?
Any help appreciated!
Is your cwm volume up to enter or touch the screen to enter?
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Hey! I got this problem to!!
I have a Xperia S and it seems to enter recovery mode if I touch the Sony logo...but I never get to see a menu of some sort...
Could anyone help me please!
Re install your cwm the way your originaly did
Fixed it for me many times some two years ago now
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I tried to install CWM with RecoverX... I tried to install it several times...without succes...
Is there something else I'm missing?
To enter cwm u need to repeatedly press volume up button when sony logo comes up...
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Hit thanks if I helped?
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RS89 said:
I tried to install CWM with RecoverX... I tried to install it several times...without succes...
Is there something else I'm missing?
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hmm
its been noted that recoverx doesnt work with the 96fw (not only that but chance not to work at all on any firmware)
there is a cwm installer in the dev section somewhere
try that instead
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Envious_Data said:
hmm
its been noted that recoverx doesnt work with the 96fw (not only that but chance not to work at all on any firmware)
there is a cwm installer in the dev section somewhere
try that instead
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is it an option to flash the device back to kernel 0.211 and then install recovery+custom rom?
RS89 said:
is it an option to flash the device back to kernel 0.211 and then install recovery+custom rom?
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yes using flashtool and a 211 ftf both can be found on the xda file server
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use doomlord CWM, worked for me..
barbosa84 said:
use doomlord CWM, worked for me..
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Needs a unlocked bootloader to install a custom kernel with such
RS89 said:
is it an option to flash the device back to kernel 0.211 and then install recovery+custom rom?
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Can you unlock your bootloader and is it unlocked
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barbosa84 said:
use doomlord CWM, worked for me..
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Can you explain to me how I use the Doomlord CWM. So I download the correct kernel. What do I do from then? Can I use Flashtool? Otherwise..where do I enter those codes to install it? PC CMD or CMD Terminal on my phone? Do I need to convert the file to .img?
Can you unlock your bootloader and is it unlocked
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Yes, my phone is already unlocked!
RS89 said:
Can you explain to me how I use the Doomlord CWM. So I download the correct kernel. What do I do from then? Can I use Flashtool? Otherwise..where do I enter those codes to install it? PC CMD or CMD Terminal on my phone? Do I need to convert the file to .img?
!
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Try this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308493&highlight=doomlord
I assume that you manage to root your phone, so there should be no problem to install CWM with this method.
barbosa84 said:
Try this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308493&highlight=doomlord
I assume that you manage to root your phone, so there should be no problem to install CWM with this method.
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But I unlocked my phone...does that matter?
RS89 said:
Hey! I got this problem to!!
I have a Xperia S and it seems to enter recovery mode if I touch the Sony logo...but I never get to see a menu of some sort...
Could anyone help me please!
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you need to click several times in up volume
RS89 said:
But I unlocked my phone...does that matter?
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lol i didnt noticed, my bad Try read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302393
hope this help.
Hi guys,
I still haven't managed to get any recovery to work. Thanks to my job I can't puzzle it out...Upcoming saturday I'll make a video to show what is happening. I hope you guys can help me then...

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Hi all.
I have ota update htc one x to android version 4.2.2 and sense 5. But that rom always restart itself. Sometime can't on. Now i want root and flash custom rom. The problem is when i want unlock bootloader, it fail. Can anybody help me?
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emyherwin said:
Hi all.
I have ota update htc one x to android version 4.2.2 and sense 5. But that rom always restart itself. Sometime can't on. Now i want root and flash custom rom. The problem is when i want unlock bootloader, it fail. Can anybody help me?
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Try to take new code from htcdev.com and try again sometimes the unlock_code.bin is with error:good:
Many try to other unlock_code.bin. But still same the problem.
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emyherwin said:
Many try to other unlock_code.bin. But still same the problem.
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It failed because the pc didn't find the phone...as you see the phone doesnt write fastboot usb....re-install drivers...completely uninstall restart pc and install HTC drivers again
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The phone do write fastboot usb. It still can't. Any idea?
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emyherwin said:
The phone do write fastboot usb. It still can't. Any idea?
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You need to get again a new one as your file seems to be corrupted...be sure to copy the output for creating the file correctly otherwise you can't unlock it....mine always worked for the first try on many hox
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I had this issue yesterday, it was extremely frustrating. You cannot see the phone, however as you said you can send a recovery. You can also push a rom to the sd card that I presume you cannot see in Windows when you mount it in Cwm or twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329090
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This problem usually happens when ROM is corrupted, faced that problem on most HTC devices... I prefer to try fixing ur stock rom then unlocking your phone.

How to get busybox?

Hey guys I plan on staying on stock Rom for a while but I need busy box installed. There are apps that do it, but whenever I try to install it my device just reboots. I'm stock rooted with unlocked boot loader as of right now and unable ble to achieve s-off in case that helps. New to HTC so any help would be appreciated.
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You need to make your system writable
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SmiLey497 said:
You need to make your system writable
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Would you be able to guide me on how to do that? Thought I had already done that but guess not :/
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Im pretty sure you need to turn s-on to s-off. There are many threads on here how to do that. I think you need to root it too
Not trying to hijack this thread but I've always wonder what is busybox for?
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CyclingVinnie said:
Im pretty sure you need to turn s-on to s-off. There are many threads on here how to do that. I think you need to root it too
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Guess I'm out of luck. Tried to use the s off method but it said it wouldn't work on my device
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Doesn't work my device too.
If you have unlocked bootloader you can try to flash or use a module or hacked/custom kernel which can turn system from read only to write...flar made this module/kernel...so read the thread and maybe give it a try...
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