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Removing CWM Recovery from g2?

I installed CWM recovery on my G2 and it keeps booting up automatically and I don't like that when I charge it so I want to remove it. What's the best way to remove it or flash stock recovery without losing data? Thanks all!

Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac

dictionary said:
Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac
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I really appreciate your help, but I kinda just want it off my phone completely as I have Autism and it bothers me a lot :\. I am very OCD about this kind of stuff and I just want my phone to turn completely off by itself. Thanks for all your help

Yeah, have the exact same error, I can't even calibrate my battery as it never shut down ...
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On the sticky about how to revert back to stock there is the stock recovery image. Just flash that and your done. However i seem to recall the reboot thing being a know issue for the hboot? I might be totally wrong about that though. One other thing make sure your really rooted and true s off with the gfree method if you still want root and custom stuff.
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I might be the only person who actually likes that it goes into recovery when plugged into usb and off. No stupid button combinations to remember. Personally the only time my phone is off is when it's dead. Otherwise it's 24/7 operation. To each his own though. I'm sure there is a guide on how to remove the recovery in the android development section.

locust43 said:
I installed CWM recovery on my G2 and it keeps booting up automatically and I don't like that when I charge it so I want to remove it. What's the best way to remove it or flash stock recovery without losing data? Thanks all!
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Use this recovery. It is the stock eng-recovery. Its the stock recovery, but has adb enabled in it, just incase something goes wrong at somepoint it might be your window back in...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834627
Put it in your sdk folder, boot into fastboot, then use the fastboot cmd in that post.
@gunlance, I'm the same way, but we all have different ways of using our phones...

dictionary said:
Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac
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Where is the powerdown option??? Is it not there or am i blind?

Beast11 said:
Where is the powerdown option??? Is it not there or am i blind?
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There isn't one. You either have to stay with the phone powered on in Clockwork and charging, or flash back to the stock recovery (e.g. if you have fastboot/adb working, then "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", where recovery.img is a stock recovery image from the stock ROM).

[Q] I f'd up and I hate myself help

Ok so I rooted by using Odin and all was good. I downloaded rom manager and proceeded to install clockwork recovery all was still good. But then I was dumb and tried flashing a cyanogen mod nightly build. I didn't want to install it that moment, i was downloading for later use. Well it installed anyway and with only the davlik cache clear checked. So now when I turn on the phone it goes to Samsung screen and then the custom loading screen for cyanogen mod which just circles endlessly. I cannot get it to boot into download or recovery mode by holding all the buttons. I have pulled the battery and even the sim card. I also let the boot screen run until it drained the battery. How f'd am I? Will a jig work?i cant just exchange it because this dumb logo spinning will give me away. I am a dumb noob and I hate myself.

Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.

chug said:
Are you able to get into the Samsung download mode so you can re-flash stock firmware in odin?
Oops, missed that part in your post. Are you actually holding all the buttons? Because you only need vol up + home + power for download mode.
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Yea sorry that's what I meant just the three but I've tried both combinations for download or recovery numerous times now

I've read multiple thrasds like this and I believe since you can see your Samsung logo you're fine...
There are other ways to get into download mode by pulling out battery and plunging in usb cable and pressing buttons but on my phone I can't find instructions...
Do a search.. You should be fine though. I wouldn't worry.. Samsung logo means ur good.. I think..
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Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
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liltitiz said:
Flashing a rom without wiping will not cause any harms to the recovery mode or download mode. You must have messed something else with rom manager.
Buy a jigg and see if it can get you into download mode
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Not that he messed something up with ROM manager, its just garbage....on this phone anyway. For future reference only use it to get a recovery, don't use it to download or flash rom's. Do that part manually.
As suggested get a jig and try to get into download mode and flash with Odin back to stock. They are like six bucks on eBay and work on pretty much any Samsung phone, I just ordered one tonight to have just in case.

Its fine and you probably dont need a jig, you need to install adb and use it to reboot to recovery or bootloader hopefully you read to make a nandroid first if not flash a stock image with odin. Flashing a rom cannot brick the phone recovery is still there and in order to get to the logo screen bootloader has to be there too. Try the toolkit in the dev section its stickied and i think it has adb and it will install the drivers you need. Not to be rude but if you don't know what you are doing its best not to mess with it.
If you get adb type adb reboot bootloader in your command prompt to get to bootloader to use odin.

[Q] Help - Cannot do a Factory Reset on my S III - Questions

Hi All,
I just purchased a used Stock S III i747m off Ebay.
I played around with it fine for 20-30 minutes and it worked great.
I then went into settings to do a Factory reset, and the phone powered off and didn't start up again. It flashes the Samsung logo and in top left corner has "Reboot recovery" and then powers off again. I tried for 2 hours (Removing battery, etc) to get it to turn on without luck.
I then found a post that you can hold volume down + home + power to get into download mode. I tried this and it worked. It went into download mode, I then clicked volume down to restart the device, and sure enough, It now boots into Android and works fine. I restarted it a couple times to make sure it worked and it did.
Now I attempted to do a factory reset, and the EXACT same problem happens.
With doing some reading, it appears the Google Recovery is not working properly on this device, which suggests to me it was flashed back to stock by the seller but didn't flash quite right.
I want to use custom Roms on it anyways, but I'm a bit nervous of the device now.
Do you think If I flash TWRP or CWM on it using the Mskip Toolkit, and then flash a custom Rom, it will eliminate this problem? I'm thinking yes as the phone works fine when its on. It just seems to be the Stock Google Recovery is not working.
Thanks!!

bigystyle84 said:
Hi All,
I just purchased a used Stock S III i747m off Ebay.
I played around with it fine for 20-30 minutes and it worked great.
I then went into settings to do a Factory reset, and the phone powered off and didn't start up again. It flashes the Samsung logo and in top left corner has "Reboot recovery" and then powers off again. I tried for 2 hours (Removing battery, etc) to get it to turn on without luck.
I then found a post that you can hold volume down + home + power to get into download mode. I tried this and it worked. It went into download mode, I then clicked volume down to restart the device, and sure enough, It now boots into Android and works fine. I restarted it a couple times to make sure it worked and it did.
Now I attempted to do a factory reset, and the EXACT same problem happens.
With doing some reading, it appears the Google Recovery is not working properly on this device, which suggests to me it was flashed back to stock by the seller but didn't flash quite right.
I want to use custom Roms on it anyways, but I'm a bit nervous of the device now.
Do you think If I flash TWRP or CWM on it using the Mskip Toolkit, and then flash a custom Rom, it will eliminate this problem? I'm thinking yes as the phone works fine when its on. It just seems to be the Stock Google Recovery is not working.
Thanks!!
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Have you tried the Google recovery? Volume+ power and home button?
I would suggest using Odin and download mode to put a stock rom on to guarantee that it was flashed correctly, than you can go from there. Decide if you wavy to root and install any roms or keep it stock.
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KorGuy123 said:
Have you tried the Google recovery? Volume+ power and home button?
I would suggest using Odin and download mode to put a stock rom on to guarantee that it was flashed correctly, than you can go from there. Decide if you wavy to root and install any roms or keep it stock.
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Yes. I should have stated that.
The Google Recovery does not work with Volume Up + Power + Home. It attempts to enter recovery and then phone shuts off.
It has the stock rom on it now, build # and kernel confirmed. Just the Recovery doesn't seem to work.
Odd thing is - I flashed the Stock recovery back on it using Odin a few mins ago. It completed fine and booted into the phone.
I then shut the phone down, and did the volume up + power + home to get into Google Recovery, and sure enough, Phone powers off... Back to the exact same issue. It won't turn on. Just shows "reboot recovery" for a split second in top left and powers off.
I then hold volume down + power + home to enter Download mode, and simply click Volume Down to restart the device, It restarts fine.

bigystyle84 said:
Yes. I should have stated that.
The Google Recovery does not work with Volume Up + Power + Home. It attempts to enter recovery and then phone shuts off.
It has the stock rom on it now, build # and kernel confirmed. Just the Recovery doesn't seem to work.
Odd thing is - I flashed the Stock recovery back on it using Odin a few mins ago. It completed fine and booted into the phone.
I then shut the phone down, and did the volume up + power + home to get into Google Recovery, and sure enough, Phone powers off... Back to the exact same issue. It won't turn on. Just shows "reboot recovery" for a split second in top left and powers off.
I then hold volume down + power + home to enter Download mode, and simply click Volume Down to restart the device, It restarts fine.
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I suggest you go to the Root without tripping flahs counter thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Flash the stock rooted tar and using the steps given. Then try to get into stock recovery and how it goes. If it doesn't work I suggest you try to install TWRP or CWM. See if that will clear up the problem. Seems like maybe it wasn't a thorough return to stock process by OG owner

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I suggest you go to the Root without tripping flahs counter thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Flash the stock rooted tar and using the steps given. Then try to get into stock recovery and how it goes. If it doesn't work I suggest you try to install TWRP or CWM. See if that will clear up the problem. Seems like maybe it wasn't a thorough return to stock process by OG owner
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Thank You for the help.
I will read the thread over thoroughly. Right away I have a question
I am using a Rogers S III, but the phone has been unlocked by code and I am using it with Telus.
Should I flash the Rogers or Telus files?

bigystyle84 said:
Thank You for the help.
I will read the thread over thoroughly. Right away I have a question
I am using a Rogers S III, but the phone has been unlocked by code and I am using it with Telus.
Should I flash the Rogers or Telus files?
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Odin flash wont really matter because phone will stay unlocked. Flash for whatever carrier you are using it on.

hednik said:
I suggest you go to the Root without tripping flahs counter thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Flash the stock rooted tar and using the steps given. Then try to get into stock recovery and how it goes. If it doesn't work I suggest you try to install TWRP or CWM. See if that will clear up the problem. Seems like maybe it wasn't a thorough return to stock process by OG owner
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Odin flash wont really matter because phone will stay unlocked. Flash for whatever carrier you are using it on.
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Really appreciate the help.
Looks simple enough and I've used Odin on a Note II before.
Only question - I see quite a few people stated they need to wipe data and cache after flashing this to avoid a boot loop. Are they doing this within Google Recovery? Wouldn't wiping data after a this flash erase it? (not cache, but data)
Thanks again, I will give this a go in a couple hours when I'm back home. Hope it resolves my issues.

bigystyle84 said:
Really appreciate the help.
Looks simple enough and I've used Odin on a Note II before.
Only question - I see quite a few people stated they need to wipe data and cache after flashing this to avoid a boot loop. Are they doing this within Google Recovery? Wouldn't wiping data after a this flash erase it? (not cache, but data)
Thanks again, I will give this a go in a couple hours when I'm back home. Hope it resolves my issues.
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You will just do a factory reset in stock recovery to get it back to out of the box stock to remove any possible conflicts. This is especially helpful if you are going from a 4.1 ROM back to a 4.0 stock ROM. Wiping data means removing everything in your /data folder. You can find the /data folder using a root file explorer like root explorer or es file explorer and see what you have stored in there or might want to backup on an ext SC card. I.E. pictures, videos. It will make the phone as if no one has ever used it before and a clean slate.

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You will just do a factory reset in stock recovery to get it back to out of the box stock to remove any possible conflicts. This is especially helpful if you are going from a 4.1 ROM back to a 4.0 stock ROM. Wiping data means removing everything in your /data folder. You can find the /data folder using a root file explorer like root explorer or es file explorer and see what you have stored in there or might want to backup on an ext SC card. I.E. pictures, videos. It will make the phone as if no one has ever used it before and a clean slate.
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Awesome.
It makes sense. I guess I never truly knew what Factory reset means within Recovery. (I've flashed tons of Roms before on other phones but always did Factory Reset before flashing a rom, so I was thinking it an erasing tool)
Thanks. Will report back in a few hours once I get home and attempt this.

I have a feeling the recovery is messed up. The one selling phone took out non stock recovery, but didn't flash stock recovery.
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I just wanted to report back that flashing using the non trip thread above fixed my issues. Everything is back to working including the stock recovery. Thank you so much!

[Q] stock/no root phone won't boot, only DL mode works

Hello,
My unrooted At&T galaxy s3 will not go past the Samsung Galaxy SIII splash screen. When I enter recovery it just gives me a dead android guy.
I had this problem before and to fix it, I used odin to flash the stock 4.0.4, then I flashed 4.1.1 (I think these are the correct versions, I followed instructions here), then my phone wouldn't OTA update to touchwiz 4.3 so I flashed it using recovery mode using instructions and files I found here. The phone worked fine for a few weeks after that, but then started to reboot randomly and delete apps. Eventually it just stopped working all together which is where I am now.
I tried to install TWRP using odin which odin says worked but when I try to go to recovery mode I still just see the dead android guy. The phone did not have USB debugging mode turned on so I am not sure if I could install a custom recovery at all.
I tried the CF-auto root that I found here which got partway through and then failed.
Do you guys have any suggestions? Is there a stock touchwiz 4.3 rom that I could flash using odin??
Thank you very much, please let me know if you require any more information, I really want to get my phone working again.

korarchaeota said:
Hello,
My unrooted At&T galaxy s3 will not go past the Samsung Galaxy SIII splash screen. When I enter recovery it just gives me a dead android guy.
I had this problem before and to fix it, I used odin to flash the stock 4.0.4, then I flashed 4.1.1 (I think these are the correct versions, I followed instructions here), then my phone wouldn't OTA update to touchwiz 4.3 so I flashed it using recovery mode using instructions and files I found here. The phone worked fine for a few weeks after that, but then started to reboot randomly and delete apps. Eventually it just stopped working all together which is where I am now.
I tried to install TWRP using odin which odin says worked but when I try to go to recovery mode I still just see the dead android guy. The phone did not have USB debugging mode turned on so I am not sure if I could install a custom recovery at all.
I tried the CF-auto root that I found here which got partway through and then failed.
Do you guys have any suggestions? Is there a stock touchwiz 4.3 rom that I could flash using odin??
Thank you very much, please let me know if you require any more information, I really want to get my phone working again.
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It almost sounds like you're dealing with a situation I'm having on my galaxy tab. It has the internal SD chip going bad. I had to use a rom specially made to boot from a partitioned external sd card. Sorry, I can't help more, but the symptoms seem similar.
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Thank you for your reply. Where did you obtain a rom that could boot from the external sd card?
wrenhal said:
It almost sounds like you're dealing with a situation I'm having on my galaxy tab. It has the internal SD chip going bad. I had to use a rom specially made to boot from a partitioned external sd card. Sorry, I can't help more, but the symptoms seem similar.
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Try flashing the TWRP again with Odin, but make sure the auto reboot option on the left is unchecked in Odin. After flashing, unplug the phone and then hold volume up + menu + power buttons at the same time until it reboots.
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shortydoggg said:
Try flashing the TWRP again with Odin, but make sure the auto reboot option on the left is unchecked in Odin. After flashing, unplug the phone and then hold volume up + menu + power buttons at the same time until it reboots.
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I just tried it with only F. Reset Time checked, it installs it and says a green Pass!. I then unplugged it, tried to hold volume up + menu + power buttons for a while but nothing happened. I pulled the battery and then did volume up + menu + power buttons and went straight back to dead android guy. Any ideas?

Only other thing right now is to make sure you have the latest odin, which is 3.09
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Only other thing right now is to make sure you have the latest odin, which is 3.09
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Trying everything with the new version of Odin results in all the same results.
Does anyone know if there is a tar (Odin flashable) version of update43.zip found in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Thanks!

korarchaeota said:
Trying everything with the new version of Odin results in all the same results.
Does anyone know if there is a tar (Odin flashable) version of update43.zip found in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
Thanks!
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No there's no Odin flash-able there.
Sorry, we don't seem to have any answers for your problem. It seems like it may be more of a hardware issue than software.

Did you phone boot after flashing stock 4.04?

audit13 said:
Did you phone boot after flashing stock 4.04?
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Yes it did, the first time that this started happening. But I was unable to do that again, I thought since I flashed all the way to 4.3 and I read that once you go to 4.3 you can't go back. Is that correct?
Thank you for your help. I was hoping to try an odin flashable touchwiz 4.3 but I can't seem to find one.

So you had 4.04 on your phone and you used OTA updates to get to 4.3? If this is correct, then you can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it has never been made available to the public; therefore, the only 4.3 ROMs that may work are based on the leaked AT&T 4.3 ROM or compiled from an OTA update.
Once of these ROMs may get your phone going again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233

audit13 said:
So you had 4.04 on your phone and you used OTA updates to get to 4.3? If this is correct, then you can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because it has never been made available to the public; therefore, the only 4.3 ROMs that may work are based on the leaked AT&T 4.3 ROM or compiled from an OTA update.
Once of these ROMs may get your phone going again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
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Thank you for your suggestion, all the ones I tried there need recovery to flash...not odin. Is it possibly to make an odin file from a recovery flash file??
Thanks!

korarchaeota said:
Thank you for your suggestion, all the ones I tried there need recovery to flash...not odin. Is it possibly to make an odin file from a recovery flash file??
Thanks!
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Did you try installing Philz Touch from Odin? As was suggested earlier, don't use auto reboot. Once Philz has been installed and you see Reset in the window, disconnect the USB cable, remove the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery, wipe and flash a custom ROM. This may help you get your phone working for now.

audit13 said:
Did you try installing Philz Touch from Odin? As was suggested earlier, don't use auto reboot. Once Philz has been installed and you see Reset in the window, disconnect the USB cable, remove the battery, replace the battery, boot into recovery, wipe and flash a custom ROM. This may help you get your phone working for now.
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Thank you for your suggestion, but I still get the dead android guy after flashing and trying to go into recovery. Any other ideas??

korarchaeota said:
Thank you for your suggestion, but I still get the dead android guy after flashing and trying to go into recovery. Any other ideas??
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Did you try philz or cwm? I am not sure why stock recovery is not being overwritten.

audit13 said:
Did you try philz or cwm? I am not sure why stock recovery is not being overwritten.
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I tried twrp and philz, I haven't tried cwm yet, should I? Is it not working because I didn't enable USB debugging before it stopped working?
Thanks for your help!

korarchaeota said:
I tried twrp and philz, I haven't tried cwm yet, should I? Is it not working because I didn't enable USB debugging before it stopped working?
Thanks for your help!
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Nope, USB debugging will not make a difference.
The latest Philz Touch is based on the latest CWM. After your flash Philz, are you letting the phone auto reboot on its own after flashing in Odin?
I know of no way to convert a custom ROM so it can be flashed in Odin.

Does anyone have a Nandroid Backup I could Use for the Z00AD?

Hey all, little embarrassing coming here for this, but I'm in a little bit of a jam. I'm new to flashing custom ROMs, and I was trying to flash my first today, and managed to screw everything up in the process. I can boot into Clockwork mod via my PC, and I can still do everything I need to from there, but I was stupid, and didn't make a Nandroid backup before doing so. So I was wondering if anyone here could lend me theirs that I could slap onto an SD card, and recover my phone with. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: Just so we're clear, this isn't an attempt to get personal information. I will take any backups you have, with or without an unlocked bootloader, with or without rooting, with or without custom ROM, anything. Heck, I'd prefer to have it as close to stock as possible, so I can do everything myself. I just need a bit of a bailout here.

Shameful self-bump. I could still really use some help here.

fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy

timbernot said:
fastboot flash stock recovery
adb side load latest firmware in stock recovery
enjoy
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That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.

Misinko said:
That's a little hard to do when the device isn't recognized by my PC, and I can't get it to boot into any recovery that isn't Clockwork mod via my PC.
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how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?

tabletalker7 said:
how do you boot into Clockwork Mod via your pc when the device isn't recognized by your pc?
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EDIT: Nevermind, seems I ADB recognizes the device with CWM running. Now I gotta see where to go from there.

Now I've encountered problem number 2: I didn't allow USB debugging for the computer I'm using (USB debugging is ticked in the settings [or at least I think it is], but it's not authorized for my PC). So here's the question: Can I authorize it through Minimal ADB and Fastboot?

Triple post, but it's with a question. I'm nearly positive that this whole ordeal is going on because I tried to boot into recovery mode with the TWRP app when no recovery was available. So now the question is, is there any way I can stop the phone from trying to boot into recovery so I can install a proper one?

Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.

fastmix said:
Turn it off, then press volume up + power when vibrates, release power while holding volume up, then release volume up as well, it should boot into bootloader where you can fastboot a new recovery.
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Tried that. Doesn't work. Like I said, it keeps booting into the psudo-recovery mode thing. I can't even boot into the bootloader from there.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/guide-brick-soft-hard-bricked-zenfone-2-t3284256
that will help you - besides if you are silly enough to think anyone will just give you something like a backup, come on man, I am dumb but even I am not that dumb

Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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jflow36 said:
Have u tried to boot into Fastboot from your Cm recovery? If not, there is a way to make the stock firmware flushable by twrp or cm recovery. I don't feel like typing the whole process but if u look around the forum for a sec u should find it pretty easily. Once u do that, everything will be factory again.
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I have tried booting from CWM, but TWRP overrides it still. I'll look into flashing stock firmware through CWM though.