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Reinstalling stock recovery - help requested

So as will be immediately obvious, I am new to posting on this site and I'm sure the title will explain why. Before I start, I was using (the 'was' will be explained later) a rooted stock ROM and I had not backed it up (the instructions I used forgot to mention it).
The 2.17 HOX OTA update was finally released by three (I'm currently on 1.28) and I hoped that this update would fix several problems I've been having (standard HOX problems like battery life, camera quality, lag, and an ever growing system data). So I was fairly desperate to install this update, but when I tried clockwork recovery told me that it failed, and by using google I discovered that I'm not the only one with this problem.
This where I get stupid. In desperation to install this update I found that SuperSu has an option to full unroot and I hoped that this would reinstall the stock recovery in the process, but now I am left with an unrooted phone with clockwork recovery installed.
If anyone can help me reinstall the stock recovery so I can install this update I'd very much appreciate it. I apologise if I was long winded, I just felt it better to try and explain the whole situation.
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I'm not sure what's stopping you from installing the stock recovery?
fastboot flash recovery stock-recovery.img

Thanks for replying. I'm not very knowledgeable at this so I'm not sure how to, and would I need to use a computer or can I do it directly on my phone?
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adb reboot-bootloader
adb flash recovery recovery.img
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do you have the stock reocvery.img?

No I don't think so, can I download it? Should I already have it, and if so where would it be?
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Mbennett156 said:
No I don't think so, can I download it? Should I already have it, and if so where would it be?
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hold on ill upload it for you

Thanks
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Mbennett156 said:
Thanks
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recovery for 1.28

hamdir said:
recovery for 1.28
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thanks so much. how do i flash it? if it's too much trouble i'm sure i could find it on google

@Mbennet
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recovery for 1.28
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Place it in your fastboot Android-SDK folder on your PC (C:/Android-SDK/platform-tools)
Put phone into fastboot USB
Open command prompt on PC
CD c:/Android-SDK/platform-tools
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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chrisjcks said:
@Mbennet
Place it in your fastboot Android-SDK folder on your PC (C:/Android-SDK/platform-tools)
Put phone into fastboot USB
Open command prompt on PC
CD c:/Android-SDK/platform-tools
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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thanks so much for your help and quick replies my phone is currently on low battery as i've spent all day frantically trying to figure this out, but when it is charged i'll let you know if this is successful :good:
EDIT: the computer i'm using at the moment is not the same computer that i used when i rooted (that one broke unfortunately) can i just create that folder or do i need to redownload other files?

Mbennett156 said:
thanks so much for your help and quick replies my phone is currently on low battery as i've spent all day frantically trying to figure this out, but when it is charged i'll let you know if this is successful :good:
EDIT: the computer i'm using at the moment is not the same computer that i used when i rooted (that one broke unfortunately) can i just create that folder or do i need to redownload other files?
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You need to install Android SDK on the PC you want to do this on.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Update/install everything on it once installed.
Then you can begin.
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chrisjcks said:
@Mbennet
Place it in your fastboot Android-SDK folder on your PC (C:/Android-SDK/platform-tools)
Put phone into fastboot USB
Open command prompt on PC
CD c:/Android-SDK/platform-tools
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I have just successfully reinstalled the stock recovery, and although I am very grateful for your help, you forgot to mention the next step which was to type "fastboot oem lock" on command prompt.
Thanks again!

Mbennett156 said:
I have just successfully reinstalled the stock recovery, and although I am very grateful for your help, you forgot to mention the next step which was to type "fastboot oem lock" on command prompt.
Thanks again!
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I would have done had you kept your ongoing progress posted.
But guess you figured it out yourself, congrats.
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Recovery

If I have the fire recovery installed on my original kindle fire how do I go about installing twrp recovery so that I can install custom toms? Is been a year since I messed with the kindle rooting and so forth. Thanks to anyone who can help in advance.
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Oh yeah I sill have gb installed. Thanks.
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What do you mean by "fire" recovery? Are you referring to the original stock Kindle Fire recovery or are you somehow getting FireFireFire (yellow triangle) confused with a custom recovery?

soupmagnet said:
What do you mean by "fire" recovery? Are you referring to the original stock Kindle Fire recovery or are you somehow getting FireFireFire (yellow triangle) confused with a custom recovery?
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My kindle is rooted so I must be talking about the yellow triangle. I'm confused is Been so long
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treIII said:
My kindle is rooted so I must be talking about the yellow triangle. I'm confused is Been so long
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Considering the timeframe in which it was installed, It is very likely the version of FireFireFire you're using came packaged with TWRP.
Upon startup, hold the power button until it turns orange and see if that gives you access to recovery.

soupmagnet said:
Considering the timeframe in which it was installed, It is very likely the version of FireFireFire you're using came packaged with TWRP.
Upon startup, hold the power button until it turns orange and see if that gives you access to recovery.
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When I hold the button it never turns orange. But I know it's rooted cause I have gb along with the google play store
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treIII said:
When I hold the button it never turns orange. But I know it's rooted cause I have gb along with the google play store
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Is it possible to install twrp using goo manager from the play store on the android side?
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I have root explorer installed but it won't boot into recovery. The button never turns orange. But in root explorer I can see twrp. So what can I do
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Download TWRP (2.2.2.1), rename the file to twrp.img, place it on your sdcard, and enter the following commands:
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
idme bootmode 5001
reboot
If for some reason you cannot get adb to connect, you can do the same thing with Terminal Emulator, except you'll replace "adb shell" with "su".
Be very careful with the "dd" command and make absolutely sure there are no typos.
While in recovery flash this version of FireFireFire (you should probably put it on your sdcard first)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632375

soupmagnet said:
Download TWRP (2.2.2.1), rename the file to twrp.img, place it on your sdcard, and enter the following commands:
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
idme bootmode 5001
reboot
If for some reason you cannot get adb to connect, you can do the same thing with Terminal Emulator, except you'll replace "adb shell" with "su".
Be very careful with the "dd" command and make absolutely sure there are no typos.
While in recovery flash this version of FireFireFire (you should probably put it on your sdcard first)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632375
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I rerooted and all is well. Thanks four you're replies
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Idea to flash kernels?

I was just wandering if anyone has tried this before I attempt this. Would it be possible to use terminal emulator to flash a kernel without having to hook it up to a computer?
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How do you figure? We use fastboot.exe to flash kernels.

Solar.Plexus said:
How do you figure? We use fastboot.exe to flash kernels.
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Reboot fastboot flash boot img. On my incredible 2, you could enter the hboot and flash img files like entering it from the computer, it did it automatically as long as it was named properly, you can enter fastboot mode on this phone by holding search when powering on, could you not use terminal emulator to instruct it to bout into fastboot mode and flash file?
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jeremytn86 said:
Reboot fastboot flash boot img. On my incredible 2, you could enter the hboot and flash img files like entering it from the computer, it did it automatically as long as it was named properly, you can enter fastboot mode on this phone by holding search when powering on, could you not use terminal emulator to instruct it to bout into fastboot mode and flash file?
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That's a pretty interesting idea. Have you tried it? It would be awesome if it works then we wont need cpu to flash kernels anymore.
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abdel12345 said:
That's a pretty interesting idea. Have you tried it? It would be awesome if it works then we wont need cpu to flash kernels anymore.
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No I have not as I have no access to pc right now and I'm not comfortable with this phone yet as it is a lot different with partitions and such from what I'm used to, that's why I was wandering if anyone else has yet. I don't even know if cwm backs up boot img our system partition on this phone, I'm honda do done digging around with root explorer and try to get a better understanding of things...
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My last comment was stupid, of course it doesn't back up boot img.as it can't be flashed in this phones recovery any way. It does indeed back up system though, but I noticed out was in yaff format instead of tar...
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its because the recovery is located in kernel unlike other phones that have it in a different location. thats why we can't flash kernels from recovery.
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[Q] Stock Unrooted Desire Z restarting

Hi, I have a Desire Z that keeps restarting itself almost. I can go as far as opening the app drawer before it restarts again. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it or at least recover/backup files from the phone. Can anyone help?

if I flash a custom recovery/root my phone, will that wipe everything on the phone? I am mainly concerned with backing up all my data. The stock recovery shows phone with red triangle, dont know what that means. Please help.

Try starting in safe mode
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demkantor said:
Try starting in safe mode
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If i remember correctly you can do this by holding down the S button while booting the device.
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Tried booting in safe mode, still the same thing. The phone reboots as soon as the launcher is done loading. I think its an issue with either the launcher or there's a conflict in android/sense which is causing a crash. Still trying out different things.
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Since I have never recieved OTA update for this phone, I believe I'm still on RUU_Vision_BellMobility_WWE_1.34.666.1_Radio_12.28 b.60.140e_26.03.02.18_M2. I have adb set up, is there a way to confirm I can safely S-OFF/root?
Edit 2:
Did a factory reset - no changes, still rebooting
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Seems like USB debug is not turned on my phone, I tried my gt-i900 and can see it using adb devices but not when i plug in my Desire Z
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While in stock recovery, I have a phone with a red triangle, and adb shows device as offline. At least I can confirm that adb is working with my DZ. Now to figure out how to push files to it

After the factory reset you won't get any of your data back, but you need an os so you can root. Find the latest ruu for your phone and fllash it through fastboot or bootllader as a pc10img
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demkantor said:
After the factory reset you won't get any of your data back, but you need an os so you can root. Find the latest ruu for your phone and fllash it through fastboot or bootllader as a pc10img
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Can I flash the ruu from an external sd because I cannot copy to the internal memory as the phone doesn't stay on long enough. Thanks

Nope, but you can use fastboot
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demkantor said:
Nope, but you can use fastboot
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is fastboot the same as adb? for example, when using gfree do i just replace adb push with fastboot push?
Edit: Nvm, figured it out, now I need to find the proper RUU for my phone, which one should i be using?
Edit: Stupid question above, I already mentioned which ruu i was using so I'll try to flash that. brb

Nope, adb is similar to fastboot but different, read my thread on it as if you own any HTC phones (and various others) its a must to learn. You'll find it here in the general section
You will use fastboot not to root but to flash the latest ruu as you need to have adb access and this means you'll need an os that's working.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
This is the command you will run in cmd or terminal but read up on my thread to understand more
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demkantor said:
Nope, adb is similar to fastboot but different, read my thread on it as if you own any HTC phones (and various others) its a must to learn. You'll find it here in the general section
You will use fastboot not to root but to flash the latest ruu as you need to have adb access and this means you'll need an os that's working.
fastboot oem rebootRUU
This is the command you will run in cmd or terminal but read up on my thread to understand more
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I read your thread, very helpful. I had one question though, do i need an oem ruu to run the command fastboot oem rebootRUU? I'm just confused as to whether I need to root first, flash the hboot, or flash the ruu. I also have the stock recovery so when do i flash the cwmr?

1st you need the ruu, I believe nipqer has most on his server found in one of his threads. You will use fastboot to flash this. This will rewrite all your firmware and software and hopefully produce a functional os so you can get adb access
Once this is done, follow the xda wiki to root your phonephone
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demkantor said:
1st you need the ruu, I believe nipqer has most on his server found in one of his threads. You will use fastboot to flash this. This will rewrite all your firmware and software and hopefully produce a functional os so you can get adb access
Once this is done, follow the xda wiki to root your phonephone
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Finally! Phone boots up and I have adb access. Followed the instructions (ran into some trouble with chmod command returning "Operation not permitted" - had to start all over again with fastboot flash oemRUU) and now I'm rooted. Time to install some custom roms. Thanks demkantor, your fastboot tip and thread got me through this!

I'm glad you're up and running! I suggest to check out my is this a brick thread as it may help know what to look for if you run into trouble in the future
Either way, happy flashing!
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[Q] I messed up

I was try to take my phone to as close to stock as possible but didn't have a stock recovery. I was trying to get s-off through sunshine but when i tried to go back to stock i downloaded an ing file from here and installed it using flashify and i am assuming it was the wrong one. Now all i get is the red triangle on start up. How do I flash a recovery using a mac or could some one direct me to a video?

forgot
also i was rooted and unlocked if that makes a difference. I was using twrp and viper one rom.

Get fastboot and adb. Download newest twrp img file. Boot to bootloader and click fastboot. Load terminal on Mac and navigate to directory with fastboot and img.
Fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Pm me if you need more help.
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Sounds like you have stock recovery... Is that not what you wanted?

BenPope said:
Sounds like you have stock recovery... Is that not what you wanted?
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yes but it won't load the os it just goes to the red triangle also it still says that it is unlocked and s-on

[email protected] said:
yes but it won't load the os it just goes to the red triangle also it still says that it is unlocked and s-on
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Seems like you flashed boot and not recovery. You will need to flash another rom
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an0ther said:
Seems like you flashed boot and not recovery. You will need to flash another rom
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how do i do that without being able to get in to twrp?

fastboot flash or boot TWRP