Guys, when I try booting up my friend's Galaxy W into Recovery mode, it succeeds. But then, when in Recovery mode it ONLY shows the CWM icon with orange hat endlessly. I could not choose anything such as restore or flash zip file as the menu doesn't shows up AT ALL. Then, I try flashing the stock recovery hoping it will fix it but still the same, this time it shows the Android out of the box instead.
Why does this happen? What should I do guys?
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
Guys, when I try booting up my friend's Galaxy W into Recovery mode, it succeeds. But then, when in Recovery mode it ONLY shows the CWM icon with orange hat endlessly. I could not choose anything such as restore or flash zip file as the menu doesn't shows up AT ALL. Then, I try flashing the stock recovery hoping it will fix it but still the same, this time it shows the Android out of the box instead.
Why does this happen? What should I do guys?
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Stock recovery indeed shows "Android out of the box". Tap on the box (or press menu, I forgot which), and the picture will dim, then the stock recovery menu will appear. If you don't make the picture dim, it will reboot.
Now, as to the original problem, which CWM did you flash? AFAIK *only* Arco's CWM 6.0.1.2 is compatible with Galaxy W. Do not flash any other version, do not flash CWM from ROM Manager app.
I suggest reflashing Arco's CWM 6.0.1.2.
pepoluan said:
Stock recovery indeed shows "Android out of the box". Tap on the box (or press menu, I forgot which), and the picture will dim, then the stock recovery menu will appear. If you don't make the picture dim, it will reboot.
Now, as to the original problem, which CWM did you flash? AFAIK *only* Arco's CWM 6.0.1.2 is compatible with Galaxy W. Do not flash any other version, do not flash CWM from ROM Manager app.
I suggest reflashing Arco's CWM 6.0.1.2.
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Last time, I flashed CWM recovery v5.5.0.4 and it was working until yesterday. Tried flashing stock recovery still nothing changed. Is this hard-brick? What should I do?
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
Last time, I flashed CWM recovery v5.5.0.4 and it was working until yesterday. Tried flashing stock recovery still nothing changed. Is this hard-brick? What should I do?
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ANYONE? :crying:
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
ANYONE? :crying:
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Try flashing the CWM from arco. And no it's not hard brick
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reddvilzz said:
Try flashing the CWM from arco. And no it's not hard brick
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OK will try it. But what if I want the stock recovery? How am I gonna do it?
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
OK will try it. But what if I want the stock recovery? How am I gonna do it?
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I don't know how to revert back from cwm to stock recovery I guess if you search the forum you will find it, I remember reading one. But why do you want it anyway because cwm is more useful then the stock one.
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SyzwnFrzRdz said:
OK will try it. But what if I want the stock recovery? How am I gonna do it?
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If you want the stock recovery, flash it with stock rom using odin. This will wipe everything including root and cwm
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reddvilzz said:
I don't know how to revert back from cwm to stock recovery I guess if you search the forum you will find it, I remember reading one. But why do you want it anyway because cwm is more useful then the stock one.
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imadiu said:
If you want the stock recovery, flash it with stock rom using odin. This will wipe everything including root and cwm
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Red,
I would want the stock rather than CWM because doing factory reset on stock recovery is BETTER, right? Or I'm wrong?
Ima,
I have done that but still the problem with Recovery mode, no menu appears on screen. Do you know why?
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
Red,
I would want the stock rather than CWM because doing factory reset on stock recovery is BETTER, right? Or I'm wrong?
Ima,
I have done that but still the problem with Recovery mode, no menu appears on screen. Do you know why?
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Nope I think doing factory reset on CWM is better. Because in cwm they have options to completely wipe everything so there is none left if you want a clean install. CWM is just like a better and more advance of stock recovery with additional functions.
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reddvilzz said:
Nope I think doing factory reset on CWM is better. Because in cwm they have options to completely wipe everything so there is none left if you want a clean install. CWM is just like a better and more advance of stock recovery with additional functions.
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OK, now I get it. No wonder doing factory reset in stock recovery can result in brick phone.
I'll try flashing the CWM recovery v6 as the CWM recovery v5 was a failure. I'll let you know later. Thanks red!
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
OK, now I get it. No wonder doing factory reset in stock recovery can result in brick phone.
I'll try flashing the CWM recovery v6 as the CWM recovery v5 was a failure. I'll let you know later. Thanks red!
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Dude... Bricked phones are literally "brick", as in you can't use it. Most likely a failure to start-up, not some glitch or bug that happens to your phone
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I flashed CM10 onto my phone a couple weeks ago, everything went smoothly. Today, I reverted back to stock and locked the bootloader so that I could receive the stock JellyBean update. Well I download the update, reboot phone into fastboot, attempt to go into recovery and I get the red triangle !. I know this is an issue with the phone apparently not finding a recovery boot but why didn't my reverting to stock reinstall the stock recovery? Does anyone have any guides they suggest to get stock recovery back? (I've found a few but thought I would ask).
Now, this is understandable that my phone can't boot into recovery since I flashed CM recovery onto it and whatnot, but I attempted to boot into recovery on my girlfriends phone (same phone, NEVER BEEN UNLOCKED OR FLASHED) and it can't boot into recovery either... Is something going on here or am I just missing a huge piece of the puzzle? I don't really want to have to flash anything on my girlfriends phone to fix it, she's not into the tinkering and would rather not have her data reset. Any help would be appreciated.
And for the record, I did a search to figure this out but at the very least I can only find solutions for people who have flashed CM or similar and nothing pertaining to the problem my girlfriend's phone has.
Tried reflashing recovery already? How did you "revert" to stock?
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nktje said:
Tried reflashing recovery already? How did you "revert" to stock?
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Used this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848566
It worked, I'm on stock ICS, but I didn't do ANYTHING after booting into ICS again and attempting to install JB and booting into recovery. Did I miss something? How do I "flash recovery"?
Unzip the factory image you get from developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Then use fastboot to flash the recovery.
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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I think you are confusing a few things here. First off, the Android with the red triangle IS the stock recovery main screen. (If you want to flash the update manually, you need CWM -- go into fastboot mode and type: fastboot flash name-of-recovery.img, where name-of-recovery is the recovery that you downloaded and want to flash.) Second, you need the stock recovery for an update to install over-the-air, but you need a custom recovery if you want to flash it manually.
Muffinabus said:
Today, I reverted back to stock and locked the bootloader so that I could receive the stock JellyBean update.
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this happened. you installed stock recovery when you reverted, whats the surprise?
and you dont need to relock bootloader to successfully update through ota. seems to me know the op needs to refine his searching skills.
nktje said:
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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just press vol up+power to bring up the stock recovery menu.
edit: damn efrant, i got this man
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nktje said:
Unzip the factory image you get from developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Then use fastboot to flash the recovery.
EDIT: red triangle doesn't necessarily mean the recovery is broken. It's just the way it is. If you wish to flash a 3rd party ROM you'll need to flash a 3rd party recovery.
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So in the context of my girlfriend's phone where nothing has been done to it in the 4 months she's had it, why would it be giving the recovery error? Also, does flashing the recovery wipe the phone?
It's funny too because I just got the JB OTA but I'd still like to get this figured out.
Muffinabus said:
So in the context of my girlfriend's phone where nothing has been done to it in the 4 months she's had it, why would it be giving the recovery error? Also, does flashing the recovery wipe the phone?
It's funny too because I just got the JB OTA but I'd still like to get this figured out.
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run the update manually (found on the Update link on efrants sig) through cwm, that should give you a more detailed description of whats going on.
flashing a recovery doesn't wipe the device. unlocking will, btw. its not an error, its the stock recovery!
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bk201doesntexist said:
run the update manually (found on the Update link on efrants sig) through cwm, that should give you a more detailed description of whats going on.
flashing a recovery doesn't wipe the device. unlocking will, btw. its not an error, its the stock recovery!
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Alright, I think I got it... so the android with the red ! triangle IS stock recovery? I just remember on my Nexus S being able to boot into recovery and load up a stock .zip update manually without any custom recovery mod. Is this not possible on the Galaxy Nexus then? So what does the stock recovery DO other than sit there and reboot after a minute?
Muffinabus said:
Alright, I think I got it... so the android with the red ! triangle IS stock recovery?
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Correct! As was mentioned by bk201doesntexist, hold power and press volume up to access the menu.
Muffinabus said:
I just remember on my Nexus S being able to boot into recovery and load up a stock .zip update manually without any custom recovery mod. Is this not possible on the Galaxy Nexus then?
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No, that does not work on the GNex.
Muffinabus said:
So what does the stock recovery DO other than sit there and reboot after a minute?
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Have a look at the menu, and you can see the options.
efrant said:
Correct! As was mentioned by bk201doesntexist, hold power and press volume up to access the menu.
No, that does not work on the GNex.
Have a look at the menu, and you can see the options.
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Thank you! I feel like an idiot now. I honestly thought it'd be the same as the Nexus S where you were able to do this...
EDIT: I have fixed it by continuely running ROM Manager to reinstall 5.2.0.7, I did fix permissions then installed 5.2.0.7 and it works. However still having problems rebooting and shutting down, but i will fix that later
So recently i updated CWM. Then i ran into some issues, is that when i tried to do a date wipe and a cache wipe to do a clean install it wipes the user data fine but freezes on wipe /cache. i rebooted and tried again and
Sidenote: when I try to reboot or shutdown it gets stuck at the "shutting down" pop up and never fully shuts down/reboots
I am a bit afraid to try anything more right now
EDIT: I tried to get it into download mode, to maybe try to use odin to flash the older version of CWM. Problem is that i can't get it to go into download mode, and can't find a odin flashable CWM
you dont have any backups? are you on any current ROMs?
If so,
download clockwork recovery or ROM manager from the playstore
open it up
Allow super user permissions
Scroll down to the very bottom you will see a option that says "all clockworkmod recoveries"
Make sure you are on a WIFI for a good download
Choose the CWM 5.0.2.7 version, that one is more stable.. i hate the new one its gay as hell lol
Let it download itll need a good minute, try not to do anything else. you may have to try to download a few times if it freezes just be patient
once it downloads you are good to go and you can flash any ROM
let me know if you have more questions just PM me..
Hit thanks if this helped!
abesgs2 said:
you dont have any backups? are you on any current ROMs?
If so,
download clockwork recovery or ROM manager from the playstore
open it up
Allow super user permissions
Scroll down to the very bottom you will see a option that says "all clockworkmod recoveries"
Make sure you are on a WIFI for a good download
Choose the CWM 5.0.2.7 version, that one is more stable.. i hate the new one its gay as hell lol
Let it download itll need a good minute, try not to do anything else. you may have to try to download a few times if it freezes just be patient
once it downloads you are good to go and you can flash any ROM
let me know if you have more questions just PM me..
Hit thanks if this helped!
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I am running AKOP Oct 1st nightly. I have backups with Titanium, and an older one for Nandroid backup. I launched ROM manager and tried to install the 5.0.2.7 version but ROM Manager seems to freeze and not work. I kill the app but it doesn't launch properly and only shows the title. I have to take out the battery and reboot to be able to launch ROM Manager up again. I think i may need to find a way to boot into Download and use odin to flash a new CWM and maybe the stock rooted ROM and go from there. I have to agree about the new CWM it is kinda a step back, wish i had looked it up before update.
I am going to PM you but I always like to have this out there in case anyone else is having the same issue or has had it.
for me...sometimes i cant get into recovery/download mode is because
i have a phone case and both buttons arent fully pressed. and as for the tar recovery
Odin T989 tar its a stable version
i recommend using twrp for now for more stability
i had a had a soft brick like everybody else using cwm 6.0.1.4 lol
ClaireH said:
for me...sometimes i cant get into recovery/download mode is because
i have a phone case and both buttons arent fully pressed. and as for the tar recovery
Odin T989 tar its a stable version
i recommend using twrp for now for more stability
i had a had a soft brick like everybody else using cwm 6.0.1.4 lol
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I press both buttons and i end up in CWM 6.0.1.4. no case on the phone right now.
I have tried to download and install 5.2.0.7 though ROM Manager but it just freezes. This is what pops up right before it freezes http://i.imgur.com/1ryrP.png if it helps. I think ODIN may be the only way if i can make it boot to download that is.
Spud37 said:
I press both buttons and i end up in CWM 6.0.1.4. no case on the phone right now.
I have tried to download and install 5.2.0.7 though ROM Manager but it just freezes. This is what pops up right before it freezes http://i.imgur.com/1ryrP.png if it helps. I think ODIN may be the only way if i can make it boot to download that is.
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yeah just flash the tar file thru odin and/or just flash over twrp (goomanager then go to the app>menu button>install openrecoveryscript)
ClaireH said:
yeah just flash the tar file thru odin and/or just flash over twrp (goomanager then go to the app>menu button>install openrecoveryscript)
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My problem is that I can't get it to boot into download mode, that Odin needs it to be in for it to function. Pressing the volume buttons just makes it go into CWM.
I got it to reinstall 5.2.0.7. It took awhile but it looks like its still working. Just tested it out and it works. Now i know to not update CWM. What are the other recovery options that might be better then CWM?
Spud37 said:
I got it to reinstall 5.2.0.7. It took awhile but it looks like its still working. Just tested it out and it works. Now i know to not update CWM. What are the other recovery options that might be better then CWM?
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TWRP 2.3.1.0 FTW!!
Edit: TWRP 2.3.1.1 FTW!!
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LoopDoGG79 said:
TWRP 2.3.1.0 FTW!!
Edit: TWRP 2.3.1.1 FTW!!
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EDIT: Does it still manage installation and wipeing of data and cache the same way as CWM?
Hi guys,
I've tried to root my device using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31801060&postcount=2
I used method 2 because I wanted CWM.
I found that when Odin reboots the phone it goes straight into Android itself, not the recovery CWM. I disabled the autoreboot and flashed again and manually rebooted but still my stock recovery persists, not CWM.
What can I do to get CWM?
Thanks in advance!
It should work.
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It will have CWM flashed. Maybe you should just tick the auto reboot option then when the OS loads up shut down your note and boot to Recovery.
SethCode'z said:
It will have CWM flashed. Maybe you should just tick the auto reboot option then when the OS loads up shut down your note and boot to Recovery.
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when I boot into recovery it's the stock one, but it shows the status as custom. And the count increases with each time I run it through the ODIN process.
Any advice guys?
Maybe your flashable odin cwm file does not properly work. Something is wrong, Try to reset your flash counter with Triangle Away. Then proceed with installation.
SethCode'z said:
Maybe your flashable odin cwm file does not properly work. Something is wrong, Try to reset your flash counter with Triangle Away. Then proceed with installation.
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Thanks for the help thus far! Just a question, does the flash counter value matter? Or can we continue flashing on top without harm?
RashidD said:
Thanks for the help thus far! Just a question, does the flash counter value matter? Or can we continue flashing on top without harm?
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It matters for me, I have an S3 mini and when my counter goes up, I can't use my back and menu buttons. In some cases you can just continue flashing.
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SethCode'z said:
It matters for me, I have an S3 mini and when my counter goes up, I can't use my back and menu buttons. In some cases you can just continue flashing.
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Oh I finally got it working... I used CF-autoroot to get superSU and then used rom manager to update CWM and flash it. Disabled the stock recovery. Finally!!!
RashidD said:
Oh I finally got it working... I used CF-autoroot to get superSU and then used rom manager to update CWM and flash it. Disabled the stock recovery. Finally!!!
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I had to donit the same way...flashed a pretty rooted ROM...then using mobile Odin and latest philz touch I flashed it and it works..
I seem to have messed my SGNII again I didn't do anything strange - just wanted to reboot into recovery, but instead of pressing pwr+volup+home I thought it easier to do from an app. So I searched for an app to do that and found that Titanium backup as option to reboot into recovery. So I selected reboot->recovery, and my phone rebooted and now it is stuck on SGNII GT-N7100 screen... I pulled battery out and nothing, tried to press pwr+volup+home, nothing, pwr+voldn+home works and gets me into dowload mode.
What should I do? Pls, ASAP I need my phone!!! Thanx!
Really strange. I suggest you to boot into Safe mode to see if you can go to the OS or flash wia Odin your custom recovery if you have one or your stock version.
The global solution would be to flash a stock firmware of course.
Primokorn_ said:
Really strange. I suggest you to boot into Safe mode to see if you can go to the OS or flash wia Odin your custom recovery if you have one or your stock version.
The global solution would be to flash a stock firmware of course.
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Thanx for ideas I flashed phil's touch and it booted. Now all seems OK. I can't understand how this happened....
dalanik said:
Thanx for ideas I flashed phil's touch and it booted. Now all seems OK. I can't understand how this happened....
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I never try this option in TB app and I will never use it frow now
With TWRP Recovery there's a great app to manager backup/restore, wipe, flash... so FYI: TWRP Manager
dalanik said:
Thanx for ideas I flashed phil's touch and it booted. Now all seems OK. I can't understand how this happened....
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well it created a prob with your recovery or rather to say break it , u did the right thing flashing philz
I have to find some app to boot to recovery from OS, not via keys, because when I press power button on stock ROM it doesn't have option to reboot in recovery, I have something on my Nexus 7 which does that will have to take a look what it's called... Thanx for your help.
dalanik said:
I have to find some app to boot to recovery from OS, not via keys, because when I press power button on stock ROM it doesn't have option to reboot in recovery, I have something on my Nexus 7 which does that will have to take a look what it's called... Thanx for your help.
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You have Andromizer, Rom Toolbox, Rom manager...
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There are some more apps that you can go into recovery for example an app called "Quick Boot (Reboot)" if you don't want to use rom manager, or rom toolbox.
And I had strange issue with Titanium Backup too, just when I used SlimBean Weekly Rom and I wanted just to backup my Nova launcher and power toggles apps, so strangely my phone went into bootloop and I had to wipe everything to get it to work again...
i had paranoid 4.2.2
then i entered in recovery -> format data (tw recovery 2.5)
pushed with adb rom and gapps (crDroid)
flashed, wiped
all started normally, but at first re-boot -> stuck at google logo :S !
i tried to do everything again and again, stuck...
now i cant flash zip... got "unable to open zip"
and cant push something with adb becouse i got "Read-only file system"
what i have to do !? :S
im the doctor said:
i had paranoid 4.2.2
then i entered in recovery -> format data (tw recovery 2.5)
pushed with adb rom and gapps (crDroid)
flashed, wiped
all started normally, but at first re-boot -> stuck at google logo :S !
i tried to do everything again and again, stuck...
now i cant flash zip... got "unable to open zip"
and cant push something with adb becouse i got "Read-only file system"
what i have to do !? :S
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Fastboot
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mrgnex said:
Fastboot
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Fastboot, and... :\ ?
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just did a Format data, pushed another rom and seems all went right, but at first re-boot again stuck
what the hell !?
im the doctor said:
Fastboot, and... :\ ?
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just did a Format data, pushed another rom and seems all went right, but at first re-boot again stuck
what the hell !?
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so why dont you flash back to stock with fastboot?
Zepius said:
so why dont you flash back to stock with fastboot?
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im flashing a 4.2.2 rom, i want to realize if this is a 4.3 problem related or not.
im the doctor said:
im flashing a 4.2.2 rom, i want to realize if this is a 4.3 problem related or not.
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Believe me stock 4.3 will boot. If it doesn't your phone is dead..
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i flashed 4.3 with WugFresh toolkit, now works fine, btw recovery mode doesn't work,
vol+, vol-, power -> run in recovery -> red triangle with a dead android :\
this means i need to re-flash a recovery ?
if i install goomanager and use "install open recovery script" is enought ?
im the doctor said:
i flashed 4.3 with WugFresh toolkit, now works fine, btw recovery mode doesn't work,
vol+, vol-, power -> run in recovery -> red triangle with a dead android :\
this means i need to re-flash a recovery ?
if i install goomanager and use "install open recovery script" is enought ?
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That is stock recovery.
If you are rooted, goomanager should be able to flash a recovery. If you are on a stock ROM, the recovery-from-boot script will replace the custom recovery with the stock one on a reboot. If you want a permanent custom recovery, you will have to rename or delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p(this is the patch) or /system/etc/install-recovery.sh(this is the script that tries to install the recovery). I am unsure if goomanager makes it permanent, I have never used the app to flash a recovery before.
Flashed twrp with toolkit, and flashed a custom rom, everything seems ok now, so if someone has problem...
TL;DR
install WugFresh toolkit, be sure driver are installed (you can test driver with 1 click)
download and flash google factory image, again just 1 click,
install new recovery, this is the third click
Thx for help
im the doctor said:
Flashed twrp with toolkit
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this hurts my brain.
Zepius said:
this hurts my brain.
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ahahah, i agree, but i tried with goomanager and... nothing :\
im the doctor said:
ahahah, i agree, but i tried with goomanager and... nothing :\
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That hurts my brain more.
you couldve accomplished everything you did without a toolkit by using fastboot/adb. people need to learn these tools.