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[Q] Can't seem to enter recovery mode.

Hi, I'm trying to flash Clockworkmod using this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery&page=10
But now I don't seem to be able to get it to go into recovery mode at all any more.
I hold down up home and pwer and it gets to the screen with the picture of the android and the box with the arrow coming out of it. But then it just seems to reboot.
The phone still works other than that.
Is there a knack to getting it into recovery mode thaqt I just haven't got?

Ok I've managed to get it into recovery (but only once- there's clearly a knack to it I'm missing)
But the problem now is that it's still the stock recovery.
My phone is rooted and debugging is on.
any ideas (on either)

u use adb to flash? if that didnt work y not try to flash using odin v4.43?

vanir29 said:
u use adb to flash? if that didnt work y not try to flash using odin v4.43?
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That worked thanks

tmcthree said:
Ok I've managed to get it into recovery (but only once- there's clearly a knack to it I'm missing)
But the problem now is that it's still the stock recovery.
My phone is rooted and debugging is on.
any ideas (on either)
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I seem to have the same problem, did you figure out how to go in recovery without getting reboot right after you press the menu button?
EDIT: I might have been pressing buttons in the wrong order or too long/short. As soon as I see samsung logo I released power button and I holded menu button a bit longer. I'm not sure about the last one tried again with a short press and it worked as well, I think the most important thing here is when to release power button.

tmcthree said:
Hi, I'm trying to flash Clockworkmod using this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery&page=10
But now I don't seem to be able to get it to go into recovery mode at all any more.
I hold down up home and pwer and it gets to the screen with the picture of the android and the box with the arrow coming out of it. But then it just seems to reboot.
The phone still works other than that.
Is there a knack to getting it into recovery mode thaqt I just haven't got?
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is it using odin method?

Galaxy Nexus in reboot cycle

Hi
My Galaxy Nexus has just started into a constant reboot cycle. The Google logo comes up and the the multi coloured animation thing like normal and then it goes back to beginning.
I never get to enter my pin or anything.
Has this happened anybody else?
It also gets quite hot after been in reboot phase for 20-30 mins.
Thanks
Brian

Need more details: what ROM/kernel you're using? Do you have ClockWork Recovery installed? What did you do to your phone before this happened?
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MS. said:
Need more details: what ROM/kernel you're using? Do you have ClockWork Recovery installed? What did you do to your phone before this happened?
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Im not sure on exact details other than its as it was when I bought it apart from 4.0.2 is installed
I didnt root it or change radio etc
I was just using it as normal, was going in to check battery level I think
ClockWork isnt installed
If I hold down power button and volume button and go into recovery options reocovery mode doesnt work, restart bootloader doesnt help either
Only other options I have are Start and Power off
When I try and go back into those options again all I get is a screen with green Android and Start > Downloading > Do not turn off target
It can stay in this screen for 5 mins or more and go nowhere
This happened earlier on as well so I just turned it off
I tried the same procedure again and I got the recovery menu again but it still didnt work and then tried it again and I just got the Downloading message again
Not sure if any of that helps, I cant check the kernel version anywhere right now.
Oh and its the GSM release of the Nexus

bmulvany said:
Im not sure on exact details other than its as it was when I bought it apart from 4.0.2 is installed
I didnt root it or change radio etc
I was just using it as normal, was going in to check battery level I think
ClockWork isnt installed
If I hold down power button and volume button and go into recovery options reocovery mode doesnt work, restart bootloader doesnt help either
Only other options I have are Start and Power off
When I try and go back into those options again all I get is a screen with green Android and Start > Downloading > Do not turn off target
It can stay in this screen for 5 mins or more and go nowhere
This happened earlier on as well so I just turned it off
I tried the same procedure again and I got the recovery menu again but it still didnt work and then tried it again and I just got the Downloading message again
Not sure if any of that helps, I cant check the kernel version anywhere right now.
Oh and its the GSM release of the Nexus
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Try removing the battery and then turn it on, works for me; have you installed some new apps before this happened?

quiro91 said:
Try removing the battery and then turn it on, works for me; have you installed some new apps before this happened?
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have tried that several times
installed nothing new in last few days but even if I did I have no way of getting in to uninstall it if thats what was causing the issue

bmulvany said:
have tried that several times
installed nothing new in last few days but even if I did I have no way of getting in to uninstall it if thats what was causing the issue
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and you can't remove the battery and then boot in recovery mode? are you sure?

quiro91 said:
and you can't remove the battery and then boot in recovery mode? are you sure?
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I choose recovery mode and the phone restarts, Google logo comes up and it then goes to a picture of android robot with a red excamation mark over it
It just stays there on that screen for about 2-3 minutes and then retarts
After restarting it goes through sme sequence as before constantly going from Google Logo to multi coloured animation and then restarts again. At no stage do I get to login screen.
Only other option I get when I hold down power button and volume button is to restart bootloader, start and power off.

bmulvany said:
I choose recovery mode and the phone restarts, Google logo comes up and it then goes to a picture of android robot with a red excamation mark over it
It just stays there on that screen for about 2-3 minutes and then retarts
After restarting it goes through sme sequence as before constantly going from Google Logo to multi coloured animation and then restarts again. At no stage do I get to login screen.
Only other option I get when I hold down power button and volume button is to restart bootloader, start and power off.
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try this, from step 4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
it should work

quiro91 said:
try this, from step 4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
it should work
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that worked thanks
the hardest part was getting my laptop to pick up my phone in bootloader mode but my laptop is getting old and on its last legs, the usb ports are dodgy for everything

Just to warn you, there's a good chance it will happen again eventually. A few days ago it happened to me for the second time (completely stock).
I decided this time to root it and install a custom rom seeing as how I'd have to flash stock again anyway. I'm hoping that whatever bug that caused it has been fixed in 4.0.3.

case0 said:
Just to warn you, there's a good chance it will happen again eventually. A few days ago it happened to me for the second time (completely stock).
I decided this time to root it and install a custom rom seeing as how I'd have to flash stock again anyway. I'm hoping that whatever bug that caused it has been fixed in 4.0.3.
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how often has this happened to you where the phone goes into reboot cycle?
are you on 4.0.2 as well I assume its the gsm phone as well?
its handy to sort but a pain in the whole having to install all the apps again

bmulvany said:
how often has this happened to you where the phone goes into reboot cycle?
are you on 4.0.2 as well I assume its the gsm phone as well?
its handy to sort but a pain in the whole having to install all the apps again
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The first time it happened was the 11th Jan, on 4.0.1, and the second time was the 29th Feb, on 4.0.2. And yeh it's GSM.
Yeh exactly, sucks having to install apps again etc. Now I'm rooted I've got a nandroid backup just in case it happens again.

Downloading...do not turn off target.

Hey guys I really need help here. I have no clue how but my phone into some weird mode displaying the message in the title. I have a stock Nexus and didn't try to flash or anything like that.
I tried everything on the internet but nothing seems like its working. I am a real noob and need any advice. Is there a way to get the phone back to normal without having to unlock it, root or something like that?

you most likely turned it on without realizing that your fingers are on the volume down and power at the same time. try pulling the battery and turn on the phone again

crazyalaa said:
Hey guys I really need help here. I have no clue how but my phone into some weird mode displaying the message in the title. I have a stock Nexus and didn't try to flash or anything like that.
I tried everything on the internet but nothing seems like its working. I am a real noob and need any advice. Is there a way to get the phone back to normal without having to unlock it, root or something like that?
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You put your phone into download mode somehow.
At least, if your title is what your talking about.....then yea, your in download mode.
If you didn't flash anything....try just pulling the battery and restarting the phone.

I tried that. Nothing is working; the phone gets stuck on the google logo and then the logo itself goes and comes back really quickly then the phones turn off. When the phone turns off it takes 10 mins to get it up again!! No clue...
Now the phone won't turn on.

crazyalaa said:
I tried that. Nothing is working; the phone gets stuck on the google logo and then the logo itself goes and comes back really quickly then the phones turn off. When the phone turns off it takes 10 mins to get it up again!! No clue...
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Can u boot into recovery? If so just flash a rom.
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The phone isn't turning on anymore

Is the battery now dead? Will the phone turn on when its plugged in?

I got back to the same screen now, I removed the battery and phone won't even turn off. It's stuck on the same screen even without the battery??? what's going on?
Update: Ok the phone turned off and then I tried to turn it on. It goes to the Google logo and then the screen goes blank.

crazyalaa said:
I got back to the same screen now, I removed the battery and phone won't even turn off. It's stuck on the same screen even without the battery??? what's going on?
Update: Ok the phone turned off and then I tried to turn it on. It goes to the Google logo and then the screen goes blank.
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Can you get to the bootloader?
Vol. Down + vol. Up and power together.
If so then you'll be fine. Just flash a factory image.
There are a few threads that will go through the process in more detail than I am willing to at 6:08am!

Is there a way to take my photos and contact from the phone while it's in the downloading mode or any other way before I flash it. Or am I screwed? I don't have my stuff synced with google+

crazyalaa said:
Is there a way to take my photos and contact from the phone while it's in the downloading mode or any other way before I flash it. Or am I screwed? I don't have my stuff synced with google+
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If the phone doesnt completely reboots to android, I dont think you can get your photo's.
Can you still get in fastboot mode?

my phone is doing the same thing, the downloading screen. I am totally stock, and i can easily turn my phone on and off except i wanna get into bootloader to flash CWM recovery and i cant do so because this screen is popping up.

bendirkss said:
my phone is doing the same thing, the downloading screen. I am totally stock, and i can easily turn my phone on and off except i wanna get into bootloader to flash CWM recovery and i cant do so because this screen is popping up.
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Are you able to boot into the OS? Or it's only giving you download mode no matter what?

Do you have adb set up if yes adb reboot boot loader that will boot you into the boot loader screen
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cmstlist said:
(...) it's only giving you download mode no matter what?
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this first.
DaLoona said:
If the phone doesnt completely reboots to android, I dont think you can get your photo's.
Can you still get in fastboot mode?
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Bfitz26 said:
Do you have adb set up if yes adb reboot boot loader that will boot you into the boot loader screen
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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he can if adb is already running on the system. seems to be that he can't.
@op, if you're stuck on download mode, try odin (damn i really hate suggesting it); i was trying to see if heimdall supports our device, have yet to find proof.

crazyalaa said:
Hey guys I really need help here. I have no clue how but my phone into some weird mode displaying the message in the title. I have a stock Nexus and didn't try to flash or anything like that.
I tried everything on the internet but nothing seems like its working. I am a real noob and need any advice. Is there a way to get the phone back to normal without having to unlock it, root or something like that?
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Is there a big green outlined arrow box at the top of your screen that says start, and it points to your power button? If so you are just at the Odin screen instead of your boot loader screen. You get here by just holding vol down and power instead of of holding both vol up/down and power which would bring you to the bootlloader. Also your phone obviously needs to be off before doing either of these. If in fact you are at the Odin screen simply push power and your phone will boot.
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crazyalaa said:
Hey guys I really need help here. I have no clue how but my phone into some weird mode displaying the message in the title. I have a stock Nexus and didn't try to flash or anything like that.
I tried everything on the internet but nothing seems like its working. I am a real noob and need any advice. Is there a way to get the phone back to normal without having to unlock it, root or something like that?
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It sounds like your volume-down button might be stuck in the pressed-down position (or just shorted out). If that is the case, every time you try to turn your phone on, you will see the screen you described. You can try pressing the volume buttons many times to see if you can get the volume-down button unstuck. If you can't, you can replace the buttons fairly cheaply.
Of course, it could be caused by something else entirely, but that's what it seems like to me.

strumcat said:
It sounds like your volume-down button might be stuck in the pressed-down position (or just shorted out). If that is the case, every time you try to turn your phone on, you will see the screen you described. You can try pressing the volume buttons many times to see if you can get the volume-down button unstuck. If you can't, you can replace the buttons fairly cheaply.
Of course, it could be caused by something else entirely, but that's what it seems like to me.
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If the vol-down button is stuck, try booting it up with both up and down held. You might be able to get either recovery or bootloader.

cmstlist said:
If the vol-down button is stuck, try booting it up with both up and down held. You might be able to get either recovery or bootloader.
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+1
yeah try that

cmstlist said:
Are you able to boot into the OS? Or it's only giving you download mode no matter what?
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Its working fine now. Except when I flash CWM, vis cmd prompt like I usually do, I can only go unto cem right away and then once I boot up into the os and turn the phone off to get into recovery stock recovery comes back.
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[Q] Unbelievable Galaxy Nexus problem.

This is my first post on the XDA forum. I registered only 2 try 2 have a reply 2 a problem that in my language (italian) is impossible to find out.
This is the best place for everything concerning android world so I hope to be lucky.
This morning my galaxy nexus, while I was playing @ paradise island, freezed and started to play several times a sound that was like an emergency (almost like the overheat processor beep in the computer cases - never heard that before). After this emergency beep the phone shutted off.
When I turned it on the Google logo appears but it start having gliches and reboot. This infinite times until the battery is removed. Sometimes it arrives to the colorful background but that times also it freeze (without gliches) and reboot.
Tryin 2 find out the problem I had a soft reset (battery off for 10 mins) but nothing.
I tried also an hard reset. The phone anyway after having selected RECOVERY MODE from the apposite menu start the google logo and when reaches the "red alert signal droid" the droid is gliched and the phone freeze and reboot. And start another time infinite reboots.
Someone know what kind of problem the phone have? It enters without problems in odin mode and the (I kind is called) bootload mode but don't start the recovery mode. I'm totally n00b, the phone is in fact stock, and I don't want 2 wait 1 month of assistance time if is a problem that can be resolved also @ home.
Please help me if you can and thanks for gifting me with your time.

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.... The phone anyway after having selected RECOVERY MODE from the apposite menu start the google logo and when reaches the "red alert signal droid" the droid is gliched and the phone freeze and reboot. And start another time infinite reboots.
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Sorry to ask but I don't understand gliched, can you get in Stock Recovery (the "red alert signal droid" as you call it), push volume up and power at the same time and enter the recovery menu? Or not?

Diger36 said:
Sorry to ask but I don't understand gliched, can you get in Stock Recovery (the "red alert signal droid" as you call it), push volume up and power at the same time and enter the recovery menu? Or not?
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no I can't. The droid is gliched so the volume up + power combo doesn't work. The phone reboot some times. Some others times (like the trying I had now) the phone freezes.

Try flash the google stock images through fastboot, there are threads with instructions and links to everything you will need.
You should be able to fix whatever is wrong.

nodstuff said:
Try flash the google stock images through fastboot, there are threads with instructions and links to everything you will need.
You should be able to fix whatever is wrong.
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If doing it I can loose warranty?

No, you can re-lock your bootloader when you are done.

matt2053 said:
No, you can re-lock your bootloader when you are done.
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And the problem for sure is going 2 be solved? Seems super!

It MAY solve your problems, if they are software related.
If its a hardware problem it won't.
Give it a try anyway.

nodstuff said:
It MAY solve your problems, if they are software related.
If its a hardware problem it won't.
Give it a try anyway.
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ok i'll search and try it.

to me, sounds like hardware problem.
this is the toolkit you should try - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310

joshtb86 said:
to me, sounds like hardware problem.
this is the toolkit you should try - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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He is better off using fastboot and learning something.
Tool kits are the wrong way to do things, it is better to know what is actually happening when you pick an option in a toolkit.

nodstuff said:
He is better off using fastboot and learning something.
Tool kits are the wrong way to do things, it is better to know what is actually happening when you pick an option in a toolkit.
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the problem is that I don't know anything of this stuff. I don't know how to start.
The toolkit guide is huge and I think i should do only 2 or 3 of the all listed operation...
For now i took only the kit, the pdanet for win 64 and the yakju 4.0.4 from the google page. I don't know how 2 put them on and in which order.

.....

Oh, phone of my colleague has the same issue. We don't know what to do cause we can't connect Nexus to computer. When trying to do this Fastboot 2147483647 error occurs. Adb devices gives empty list.

Sounds like a hardware problem to me

- NeX - said:
the problem is that I don't know anything of this stuff. I don't know how to start.
The toolkit guide is huge and I think i should do only 2 or 3 of the all listed operation...
For now i took only the kit, the pdanet for win 64 and the yakju 4.0.4 from the google page. I don't know how 2 put them on and in which order.
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Learn.
It looks like rocket science to me at first(Gnex is my first smartphone), do it slowly.

- NeX - said:
no I can't. The droid is gliched so the volume up + power combo doesn't work. The phone reboot some times. Some others times (like the trying I had now) the phone freezes.
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Not sure if this is different on other phones but for me to get to recovery its not Volume up + Power. Its Volume up + volume down + power (i.e. hold both volume buttons then hold power button until it vibrates or the google logo shows up)

WoodroweBones said:
Not sure if this is different on other phones but for me to get to recovery its not Volume up + Power. Its Volume up + volume down + power (i.e. hold both volume buttons then hold power button until it vibrates or the google logo shows up)
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This gets you to bootloader, not recovery
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Help with stock GNEX recovery

I need to return my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) for an exchange and I'm trying to restore everything back to stock but I'm having a problem with the recovery.
Please tell me if I'm doing this right. I turn on the phone by pressing the volume and power button to get into fastboot. Then I navigate into recovery and press the power button to select recovery.
This brings me to the broken android with the exclamation mark. I've read stuff about pressing volume up and power to go into the recovery.
I want to know if this is normal or if it should take me straight to recovery without seeing the broken android.

Wrong place
Enviado de meu Galaxy Nexus usando o Tapatalk 2

benso37 said:
I need to return my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) for an exchange and I'm trying to restore everything back to stock but I'm having a problem with the recovery.
Please tell me if I'm doing this right. I turn on the phone by pressing the volume and power button to get into fastboot. Then I navigate into recovery and press the power button to select recovery.
This brings me to the broken android with the exclamation mark. I've read stuff about pressing volume up and power to go into the recovery.
I want to know if this is normal or if it should take me straight to recovery without seeing the broken android.
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Use the GNexus Tool kit to download and flash the Google Stock image. Afterwards just relock the bootloader and you're all set.

That's nice. You didn't really help at all. No answer to the question and you didn't point me to the right place to post this.

Geo411m said:
Use the GNexus Tool kit to download and flash the Google Stock image. Afterwards just relock the bootloader and you're all set.
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Thanks for the response. So, the behavior I'm seeing on my device isn't normal. I just used the Wugfresh tool to restore to stock but I still can't get into the recovery without doing volume up + power.

hold both volume button down and power, then when you get to bootloader volume down til you get to recovery then power to select

mbh87 said:
hold both volume button down and power, then when you get to bootloader volume down til you get to recovery then power to select
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That's what I did. After I select the recovery, it brings up the broken android with the exclamation mark. I'm able to get into recovery by pressing volume up and power. I just want to know if that's normal.

The Android with the exclamation mark is completely normal for the stock recovery. To get to the menu, you (copied from mskip's toolkit thread)
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Hold the Power button and keep holding as you press the Volume Up button. The blue recovery menu screen should pop up.
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Next time, post questions in the Q & A forum.

benso37 said:
I want to know if this is normal or if it should take me straight to recovery without seeing the broken android.
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That is normal :good:
You may also want to lock the bootloader too, I guess.

FredFS456 said:
The Android with the exclamation mark is completely normal for the stock recovery. To get to the menu, you (copied from mskip's toolkit thread)
Next time, post questions in the Q & A forum.
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Thank you very much for the above answer. That's all I wanted to know before returning the phone.*
Q&A noted for my next question. I've been reading this stuff on this website for about 4 years now. First time I had to post a question. Thanks again.