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[Q] How to boot to recovery?

Hey peeps - another annoying n00b question (sorry)
I have the Doom v3 kernel and stock 2.3.3
Just want to know how I can boot into recovery so I can install a ROM zip?
I have tried every combination of buttons on startup including Power then tapping and holding Back and I cant get into recovery mode.
Please help i really want to try the GingerStation rom

Turn device off. When off press the power button once, then start tapping any hardware button untill device boots into recovery. You can also try doomlords xCharge app from the market.
Sorry i havent been very active in the forums recently. I will be updating rom soon with some cool features and a new name
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I have tried xCharge, all it does is reboots the phone
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Simmo3D said:
I have tried xCharge, all it does is reboots the phone
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You have to turn the phone on, when you see the first image of the android on the screen keep tapping the back button, you will get in trust me I had the same problem

Simmo3D said:
I have tried xCharge, all it does is reboots the phone
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AFAIK you have to boot into recovery the standard way. Like the person above described. Once you do that CWM creates a directory in /cache called "recovery" then xCharge works fine

OmG it worked.. thanks alot guys!!
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hi guys having same problem everything installed ok but wont boot into recovery either way any ideas

brockyneo said:
hi guys having same problem everything installed ok but wont boot into recovery either way any ideas
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Did you try everything from this thread?
eg. Pushing back/wolume button (or maybe other) when the led lights.
If yes. Try get to it using command or reflash boot.img
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I have a stock Play, but I'm not good to reboot into recovery....

akira.pwr said:
I have a stock Play, but I'm not good to reboot into recovery....
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Have you installed CWM?

No, I don't know how to do it...

akira.pwr said:
No, I don't know how to do it...
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Are you rooted?
If not, do you know how to do that?

No, it's completely stock, I've read I have to flash a file in recovery, I've got it, but I don't know how to reboot in recovery with button combination.

To get cwm, root using doomlords easy toolkit, search development
Then install this app and click install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler
After you have installed that, boot on your phone, and when you see the sony ericsson screen, repeatedly tap volume down until you get into cwm

WOW! It's very easy this way, thanks a lot
Another quick question, now bootloader is unlocked?
Can I flash any custom roms like any other device? (flash in recovery mode)
Thanks again.

That way i showed is to install CWM with a LOCKED bootloader.
This will allow you to flash STOCK based roms, no others
This is not unlocking bootloader, just getting CWM
If you want to unlock your bootloader, you have to go to the sony website or pay to unlock it

Oh, so I can't flash CM roms, but I can with stock based, right?
I knew about Sony website, but I though there was other ways to have the bootloader unlocked.
Well, thank you a lot, now I have to find a good stock based rom.

akira.pwr said:
Oh, so I can't flash CM roms, but I can with stock based, right?
I knew about Sony website, but I though there was other ways to have the bootloader unlocked.
Well, thank you a lot, now I have to find a good stock based rom.
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Yeah!
Before anything, make a nandroid backup!

I have to upgrade to latest fw with flashtool (in Italy we haven't), I'm learning all this night, but most of work is done thanks to you.

akira.pwr said:
I have to upgrade to latest fw with flashtool (in Italy we haven't), I'm learning all this night, but most of work is done thanks to you.
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Happy to help

Is my ONE X bricked?

Gday,
I tried to install Alpha 11 of CM10 on my phone today without backing up existing rom (please don't hammer me for that, I know it was dumb)
Anyway, the boot animation for CM was up for ages so I tried to go back into fastboot but now it just sits there with the
"checking SD card update..." text there and just doesn't progress. I am assuming this is a dead phone?
thank you anyone who tries to help me out here

jpustin said:
Gday,
I tried to install Alpha 11 of CM10 on my phone today without backing up existing rom (please don't hammer me for that, I know it was dumb)
Anyway, the boot animation for CM was up for ages so I tried to go back into fastboot but now it just sits there with the
"checking SD card update..." text there and just doesn't progress. I am assuming this is a dead phone?
thank you anyone who tries to help me out here
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Never proceed without back ups !
Have you tried flashing the boot.img from the rom?
Did you wipe cache/dalvik cache?
If all else fails, try to find the RUU for your device?
Hope this is helpful..

really sorry, had power plugged in....

Did you flash the correct boot.img through fastboot?

jpustin said:
really sorry, had power plugged in....
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Hahaha okay !

A generalization for android devices if you can still enter bootloader then its not bricked.

Nope , not a dead phone ...

Hi Friends, I have the same situation right now. While I was flashing boot.img I made something wrong I think and now my One X is stuck at Bootloader and saying "checking SD card update..."
I cant open pls help dudes... How can I make it alive...I couldnt find any solution here...:crying:

haspko39 said:
Hi Friends, I have the same situation right now. While I was flashing boot.img I made something wrong I think and now my One X is stuck at Bootloader and saying "checking SD card update..."
I cant open pls help dudes... How can I make it alive...I couldnt find any solution here...:crying:
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Remove cable and plug in back xD
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Nope didnt work.
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haspko39 said:
Nope didnt work.
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Keep usb cable away hold the power button until it turns off and hold volume - and power button again so that you can enter bootloader..it SHOULD work...
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Keep usb cable away hold the power button until it turns off and hold volume - and power button again so that you can enter bootloader..it SHOULD work...
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Hi, I have just solved this problem by charging, changing the cable and unpluging. Then I installed JB Android_Revolution_HD-One_X_33.1, but it stucks on HTC logo.
I have S-ON and HBOOT 1.31. CWM 5.8.4.0.
What should I do now?
Thanks.

haspko39 said:
Hi, I have just solved this problem by charging, changing the cable and unpluging. Then I installed JB Android_Revolution_HD-One_X_33.1, but it stucks on HTC logo.
I have S-ON and HBOOT 1.31. CWM 5.8.4.0.
What should I do now?
Thanks.
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I already replied.to you in another thread flash the boot.img and erase cache !
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Secret to Entering Stock Recovery

According to many sources stock recovery is finicky to enter. I figured out the secret.
Stock recovery is protected by an android on his back with a red triangle and exclamation point. Most places I looked the directions say to push volume up + volume down + power and try it several times until it works. While this may work eventually, there is an easier way and yes there is a trick to it.
Upon seeing the Android on his back with the red exclamation point,
1. press volume up + volume down + power
2. Let go of volume up and volume up only (you should be holding down just power and down)
3. Recovery has been entered.
No longer do we have to make several attempts!!!!

Huh? Who the hell can't get into recovery?
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how about try the right way, when you see the android hold power and tap vol up.

He has a point some people didnt or dont know how I suppose. Think of the nubs.

I press the volume - then the power button then the volume + . Then let go of them all ,works for me on my Verizon galaxy nexus

WEM97 said:
He has a point some people didnt or dont know how I suppose. Think of the nubs.
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he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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negrobembon said:
he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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And now anyone who searches it and ends up here will see it and not just mash buttons until it works.
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AW: Secret to Entering Stock Recovery
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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pmcee said:
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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When you get to the menu with the green android where you can select start, recovery, etc, you select recovery. If you are using the stock recovery, you should an Android with a red triangle and an exclamation point <== this is the main screen of the stock recovery. To access the menu, you hold power and then press volume up. Nothing else is needed - no other tricks.

pmcee said:
I don't get it... When I hit. Those buttons I get into the menu with the green android where I can select "start, recovery, download mode"
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What you are mentioning is the bootloader or fastboot mode, you can enter recovery from there.
Press power when you see recovery on the bootloader screen and then you will see the Android guy lying on his back with the red triangle if you have stock recovery. Then do what I said in the OP and you will have access to the stock recovery.

Hey one Galaxy Nexus user can't unlock bootloader because he's pc does not recognize driver files so fastboot and ADB does not work.
He is using Yakjuxw 4.1.1 and he wants to unlock bootloader to be able flash Jelly Bean 4.2.1 but all the methods does not work so this may be the only one way to root he's Nexus is to flash root*.zip via stock recovery!
but he has methods like flash via ADB/USB but when he selects "from USB drive" - Android cannot find the .zip file so he is not able to flash it, so how he can flash the root files from internal storage via stock recovery?
can someone tell me?
also the fake backup rooting didn't work too when he tried it.
He lives in Estonia and I live in Finland so it's really hard to help him via msn.
Thanks.

negrobembon said:
he's right, there was a time(when i bought this phone) that i didnt know how, i had to look it up
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You're right, I didn't know how and had to look it up too! Thanks for the info!

Is this working on 4.3?
Edit:: yes it works
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arc s brick cz low battery when install custom rom

help
my arc s was brick, my arc stats unlock bootloader, using uhd 3.0.2 and lupus kernel
chronologis : my phone suddenly always restarting, then i try to re install uhd again, when install processing my phone dead, cz low battery (red led blink). I try charge my phone bt not working, then i use desktop to charge it. After battery full i flash my arc s with stock rom using flash tool, when its complete i turn on my arc s. when i push power button its show green led blink then vibrate, after that no respone, my phone wont booting, just blank screen
any solution??
sorry for my bad english

What exactly does it show at the kernel screen?

Moonheart said:
What exactly does it show at the kernel screen?
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kernel screen?? i dont understand

harriie said:
kernel screen?? i dont understand
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What does the phone show when you press the power button?
僕のLT18iから送られてきた

popthosegaskets said:
What does the phone show when you press the power button?
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nothing, just vibrate and blank screen

Try to flash another kernel.When the phone is switched off, press the menu button and plugin the usb cable.It will start in the fastboot mode.Try to flash a stock kernel with cwm.Also if you need any custom rom zip, you can remove the microsd and put any Installation zip files in it via your computer and install them view CWM

Moonheart said:
Try to flash another kernel.When the phone is switched off, press the menu button and plugin the usb cable.It will start in the fastboot mode.Try to flash a stock kernel with cwm.Also if you need any custom rom zip, you can remove the microsd and put any Installation zip files in it via your computer and install them view CWM
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still wont booting, just vibrate than blank screen

Use Sony's own flash tool called EMMA.
Everything you need can be found from there: http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/12/06/new-flash-tool-from-sony-for-unlocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/
And read every instruction you find. Every single one of them.

Someguyfromhell said:
Use Sony's own flash tool called EMMA.
Everything you need can be found from there: http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/12/06/new-flash-tool-from-sony-for-unlocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/
And read every instruction you find. Every single one of them.
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I've been relock my phone, then repair/ update software via pcc/ sony update service, bt no change

How are you relocking your bootloader on a custom kernel? Of course it won't boot.
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tangosierra_ said:
How are you relocking your bootloader on a custom kernel? Of course it won't boot.
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im using tutorial here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324703
before im relocking, ive been flash my arc s with stock rom, that mean stok kernel too rite??
i relocking cz i wanna try repair/update using pcc + sony update service bt after done, same just vibrate and wont boot

oh sorry didnt know you flashed the stock ROM already. it .still doesn't boot?
Edit: any errors from flashtool/PCC, and have you charged battery?
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tangosierra_ said:
oh sorry didnt know you flashed the stock ROM already. it .still doesn't boot?
Edit: any errors from flashtool/PCC, and have you charged battery?
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flash tool/ pcc flash complete no eror, bt still wont boot
i have charge my bttery using desktop
huft, could it be hardware problem??

up

still wont boot
help plz

harriie said:
still wont boot
help plz
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what's up

i guess i can fix your arc s brick issue
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[Q] How to enter Recovery Mode on Ion

Hey, I have a friend with a Sony Xperia Ion (as identified by my computer) she's locked out of it; someone else tried to figure out her pattern and entered it more than 20 times. As far as I know, she doesn't know her secret question or her google account information, either.
My plan to try to bypass the pattern lock is to use AROMA file manager to delete the gesture.key file in /data/system, hopefully that'll remove the pattern lock. So here are my questions:
How can I mount the filesystem on USB to transfer AROMA to her SD?
How can I get into recovery mode to flash AROMA?
The second one is what I really don't get. How does recovery mode work on the Xperia Ion? I can't seem to get it to boot into recovery. Everything I've tried (Hold volume up/volume down/both while powering on) still causes the phone to boot normally.

Did you flash recovery before? If yes you may have to rap SONY logo 5-6 times while booting to get in to recovery or press volume + button 5-6 times while booting. Remember Sony phones do not have stock recovery. You have to flash custom recovery.
And I know another way to remove lock code. Just flash stock ftf. But are you going to loose all the apps.
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Thanks!!! I didn't realize sony phones lacked a stock recovery. I don't want to flash stock ftf becuase I want to preserve apps if at all possible. Can you recommend a custom recovery to flash?

hey try this video it will help u to get unlock without losing data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwyvdMLYCE
if it helped then prress the thks button

OmnipotentPilot said:
Thanks!!! I didn't realize sony phones lacked a stock recovery. I don't want to flash stock ftf becuase I want to preserve apps if at all possible. Can you recommend a custom recovery to flash?
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Look for the development section. You can find cwm recovery easily.
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pharix said:
Look for the development section. You can find cwm recovery easily.
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I looked through the development section. Is this it? I don't want to install a ROM, just the recovery.

OmnipotentPilot said:
I looked through the development section. Is this it? I don't want to install a ROM, just the recovery.
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Nop. This is the one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830170
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tejasvi1 said:
hey try this video it will help u to get unlock without losing data
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwyvdMLYCE
if it helped then prress the thks button
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Sorry, didn't work for me :/

pharix said:
Nop. This is the one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830170
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Thanks, but it's no good. It requires USB debugging to be enabled and I can't do that since I'm locked out of the phone. Any other ideas?

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hello people.i have this device (xperia ion lt28h) and i don know nothing.how to instal from sd card on phone but do not open a recowery mode becouse dont havet.how to instal... ...nide help to open a recowery mode and help to install android 4.1.2 os. in my phone its 4.0.4 and its very slowly and its block...to many bags,pleace help me to fix my device
thanks people
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