Hi guys,
I don't really get answers from the RecoverX thread, so I will try to hear if any Xperia S users might have an advice for my problem.
I'm using RecoverX on my Xperia S. I really needed this, it's great being able to manage phone without connecting to PC every time and flashing from command prompt. My install of Recoverx and the first flashing of af ROM from SD-card worked great. I flashed MIUI:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1793432
Now I just can't enter recovery. For the first part I can't really find instructions on how to. I'm trying first to hold power and up until battery is "disconnected". Than I tried to reboot and hit different combinations: volume up, volume down, continously, repeatedly, I tried tapping the screen (like the first time, when it worked), hitting back and menu keys. No success.
Can you tell me what I should do? Install Recoverx again? That can't be necessary, can it?
Sorry if I'm asking an obvious question, but I tried search and read through recoverx thread and I can't find a solution.
Thanks a lot for your help in advanced.
Agoston
Just restart your phone and then tap the screen a few times gets you into recovery normally,
Is it possible that the install of Miui has wiped the recovery?
Just reinstall it again and then try it.
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Hi guys, first post for me here, im having major problems with my desire.
I was opening a zip file on my phone to change the font on it, and followed the instructions for a restart, upon restarting the phone the usual pink circle appeared in the centre of the screen (presumably because im on t-mobile), eventually this circle goes off, as it normally does, and i was expecting the t-mobile logo to appear as per usual, however the phone just restarted and the pink circle appeared again and kept doing this until i took the battery out the back to turn it off, when i turned the phone on again it just did the same thing.
I tried removing the sd card and the sim card but still made no difference. Im a bit of a noob at this type of thing so any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Im a UK resident on t-mobile, im using a rooted phone.
I also tried a factory reset but this didnt work either, any help you can give would be a major help as i really miss my phone
Hi, try to do a full wipe trough recovery (hold vol down and power on), follow the onscreen instructions. If it doesn't work, try flashing the stock rom - t-mobile - http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe
post if you come across problems
sorry as mentioned before, i am a noob, what do u mean by flashing?
ooops, sorry and welcome to xda
first download the rom in the link, it is an official t-mo rom, then connect your phone with the PC, make sure usb debugging is on (settings\applications\development you should have a green thick). Then start the exe and follow the onscreen instructions. Unfortunately you might need a goldcard which is a bit more complicated , that is if you get an error.
are you sure your phone is rooted? If that's the case power down, then power on while holding vol down, then navigate to "recovery" by pressing volume down, when you enter recovery look for "wipe device" "factory reset" or "full wipe", do it and see if you are alright then
try the second method first, with the recovery
hi thanks for the reply, i tried doing the full wipe on the phone unfortunately that didnt work. When trying to run the rom it says it cannot connect to the phone and i cant get into the phone to turn on debugging as it wont load up. this to me seems like it might be terminal unless you experts have any other advice.
Sometimes, when flashing an update ZIP, the framework might be wrong for your ROM and cause it to go into a bootloop (which it appears yours is doing).
Flashing the stock ROM is probably the best way, just need to get the correct RUU for your phone, make sure HTC Sync is connected and then run the file. If you can't turn the phone on the get HTC Sync to connect, turn off the phone and turn it back on whilst holding the back button to get into FASTBOOT. Connect to your PC again and then once it says FASTBOOT USB try again and it should work
It worked!! Thank you so much for helping me out guys, i really appreciate it!!
i know im prob going to get smacked up side the head but what key combo opens up cwm when booting up the xperia play i flashed the new Cm 7.1 but i still have to install the ROM but please help
EDIT: Just started hiting the volume back and forth and it worked ON WARD WITH THE FLASHING
Good you found out Please add a 'solved' in the tittle so people know you fixed it.
Regards Dousan...
Hey everyone,
I have the same issue. Followed the Full Guide from the cyanogenmod wiki and just after the "fastboot reboot" step (that worked according to the output on the command line) the phone is pretty much "unreactive". black screen, and only vibrates shortly when i press the the power button. pressing the volume buttons (right after the reboot too) doesnt do anything.
any ideas how i can either get into the ClockworkMod or get back to a "normal" state? guess last option wont be easy as i already successfully fastbooted the boot.img thing.
help is very much appreciated!
Hi guys:
I have this phone from about 10 months ago. I have always it rooted and with CyanogenMod, actually with CM7.
Today I was using my browser, and then it closed, the phone begin giving me a lot of errors, any application worked and I decided to reset it, because sometimes that work.
For my surprise, when I reseted it, It was bootlooping, It start booting (cyanogen logo doing circles), then freezes and then reset.
I know how to work with this problems and I reseted it on recovery and when I entered to the recovery everything seems to be fine, but I only see the menu, when I try to install zip from sd card, go to mount & stored, go to clear cache, or enable USB the screen just get empty but its ON.
Im very frustrated, I don't know how to proceed in this situation, I have looked in the Troubleshooting thread but have not found anything that worked for me with boot looping.
I hope someone can help me, sorry for my english, it's not my main language.
what button are you pressing to select the menus? Power?
Yes Im using power button.
Before I used the power button but now tried using the middle button and it worked.
Lets see if it recover correctly.
Yes because power button turns off the screen.
Hello everyone,
Since I'm totaly new and noob on the android "scene" I followed this tutorial and I rooted my S3 without any problem : hxxp://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-and-canada-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/[/url]
Today, I finally decide to try to flash with a custom rom but i'm not even able to access the ClockworkMod Recovery... I keep holding home, power and volume up without any success.. is it normal ? I know I'm rooted, because I can use titanium backup
How can I fix this problem ? The tutorial was reliable ?
Please, let me know.... Thank you
Sorry, english isn't my first language
Just cause your rooted doesnt mean you have cwm. But stock recovery should at least come up. Hold volume up and home button, THEN hold power til it vibrates. Let go off power but continue to hold volume up and home.
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda premium
Making lemonade out of lemons...
Once you have root, fire up the Play Store, search for "clockworkmod" and download "ROM Manager".
Assuming your root method also installed "superuser" or "SuperSU", Open ROM Manager and tap the first option under the first section, "Recovery" > "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery".
Once that finishes, tap "Reboot into Recovery" and enjoy.
Please read this basic guide about your phone (see link below - posted as the first thread in the General section of this phones forum section).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802160
4square999 said:
Hello everyone,
Since I'm totaly new and noob on the android "scene" I followed this tutorial and I rooted my S3 without any problem : hxxp://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-and-canada-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/[/url]
Today, I finally decide to try to flash with a custom rom but i'm not even able to access the ClockworkMod Recovery... I keep holding home, power and volume up without any success.. is it normal ? I know I'm rooted, because I can use titanium backup
How can I fix this problem ? The tutorial was reliable ?
Please, let me know.... Thank you
Sorry, english isn't my first language
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the correct order to enter recovery is volume up and menu key at the same time and while you hold them press the power
I don't know what to do anymore. Got my device today, unlocked BL, rooted it with Bin4ry method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460), installed busibox from Play store, but I simple cannot install recovery.
I tried with RecoverX. Program says that the install was successful, but there's no superuser's permission request (as usually happens in other devices), and I cannot access recovery (tried to restart holding Vol+ key, holding Vol- key, tried to install Rom Manager and ask it to restart in Recovery mode - nothing works).
I'm really frustrated right now, so it's possible that I've missed some noob step, but anyway, can someone give me a tip on how to make Recovery work?
Thanks in advance!
J0n3s said:
I don't know what to do anymore. Got my device today, unlocked BL, rooted it with Bin4ry method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460), installed busibox from Play store, but I simple cannot install recovery.
I tried with RecoverX. Program says that the install was successful, but there's no superuser's permission request (as usually happens in other devices), and I cannot access recovery (tried to restart holding Vol+ key, holding Vol- key, tried to install Rom Manager and ask it to restart in Recovery mode - nothing works).
I'm really frustrated right now, so it's possible that I've missed some noob step, but anyway, can someone give me a tip on how to make Recovery work?
Thanks in advance!
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Found it! CWM touch-based... Just need to hit "Sony" logo 3 times to enter in recovery mod. Sorry for the noob behavior....