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[Q] Alternative methods of accessing Recovery?

My Xperia Play has had a few problems out of the box, mainly that when I switch it on there is no boot animation, just a black screen. This means I can't access Recovery through the normal method of holding down on the volume or the back button etc. I've installed CWM through the CWM Xperia installer so I know it's there. I also ran the Auto-Magic Nandroid through that app, which caused my screen to go black (as it does whenever I choose to reboot through an app). When I looked on my SD card though there is now a Nandroid folder, so it's probable that the device does go into Recovery; I just can't see it.
So my question is this; is there any other way of getting my phone into Recovery so I can install some sweet, delicious custom ROMs? Maybe through ADB or similar? Or is it possible to install a ROM via another method?
Any help at all would be appreciated!!

If it wasn't working right right out of the box, I would have sent it back.
Can't you boot into recovery from the CWM-installer app?

Solar.Plexus said:
If it wasn't working right right out of the box, I would have sent it back.
Can't you boot into recovery from the CWM-installer app?
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Sadly that wasn't an option, it was the only one they had and I wasn't about to send it back for another type of phone, I've wanted this thing for ages
I've just clicked that option in the app and it's just rebooted the phone normally.

Trism said:
Sadly that wasn't an option, it was the only one they had and I wasn't about to send it back for another type of phone, I've wanted this thing for ages
I've just clicked that option in the app and it's just rebooted the phone normally.
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Turn on the phone, and when you see the notification light turn blue, press volume down for the locked bootloader cwm, or the back button for the one in DooMKernel.
Sent from a Galaxy far, far away

I've not yet tried installing DooMKernel, I'm worried that if I can't get into the normal recovery in won't be able to get into that one, then I'll be stuck with a boot looping phone.
Pressing down on volume on the blue led comes on doesn't seem to do much, simply stops the boot process from completing fully. I left the phone for 5 mins and got nothing. Pressing the power button again started the boot process again and it loaded up normally (minus any animations of ciurse)
It seems like stuff is happening, but I just can't see it. I doubt this is a hardware fault as the screen works perfectly all other times, so what the heck could it be!?

The recovery in DooMKernel is already built in, so it's different than using the Xperia CWM installer. By the way, the back button will get you into DooMKernel's recovery.

I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks for the advice guys!

[Q] Help Please!! Sprint S3 stuck on download screen

So, I was trying to access recovery to flash a backup because my phone went full retard and wouldn't stop saying that Swype had stopped. I rebooted and it went into download mode instead of recovery, what can I do?

TheIncredibleHulk said:
So, I was trying to access recovery to flash a backup because my phone went full retard and wouldn't stop saying that Swype had stopped. I rebooted and it went into download mode instead of recovery, what can I do?
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As far as I'm aware, if you accidently boot into download mode, you can just pull the battery and then turn it back on (as long as you're not using adb or Odin, it shouldn't mess anything up). I've done this a number of times when I've pressed the up instead of down while booting.

TheIncredibleHulk said:
So, I was trying to access recovery to flash a backup because my phone went full retard and wouldn't stop saying that Swype had stopped. I rebooted and it went into download mode instead of recovery, what can I do?
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Pulling the battery works fine.
You can also just hold down the power button for several seconds and it will power off.

[Q] Random Bootloop

I had me phone sitting beside me. I had just turned off the screen. Then it randomly started bootlooping. I can get into the recovery screen ( Fboot, Hboot, Recovery, Etc... ) I think it might be the power button some how?? It doesn't boot loop until I turn on the phone. I've tried different batteries. Got any ideas??

jonahly said:
I had me phone sitting beside me. I had just turned off the screen. Then it randomly started bootlooping. I can get into the recovery screen ( Fboot, Hboot, Recovery, Etc... ) I think it might be the power button some how?? It doesn't boot loop until I turn on the phone. I've tried different batteries. Got any ideas??
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Cannot get into the actual recovery!!! But I can get into the little android guys on skateboard's screen!

jonahly said:
Cannot get into the actual recovery!!! But I can get into the little android guys on skateboard's screen!
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Hahahha,you made my day bro,thats the bootloader,see if you can access the recovery from there,if not,guess its time to start over and you might as well do it right,unless you have already done,what im about to show you....
<<<<Takes a breath.....Ok go here and read the whole OP,then go here and read the instructions and partition your sd card.Then go here and install DT's ap2sd.Download the recovery here and the rom of your choice.Boom!

That did not help. I cannot get into recovery!!!

jonahly said:
That did not help. I cannot get into recovery!!!
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Have you tried installing a new recovery? I recommend downloading SmelkusMod Recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543. Download a zip version such as PC36IMG_ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-aokp.zip to your computer, rename the file to PC36IMG.zip (watch out for Windows hidden extensions), copy PC36IMG.zip to the root folder of your EVO 4G's sdcard, and power the phone off. Then simultaneously press and hold the volume down and power buttons until the bootloader starts, allow the bootloader to scan for updates, and press volume up to confirm that you want to install the updated recovery.

[Q] Lg g3 vs985 not going into recovery while device is powered off

Please help lg g 3 won't enter custom recovery I've tried all button variations

Please someone help I have a rooted g3 and don't wanna brick it?????

Go into an adb terminal and type in
Code:
adb reboot recovery[/quote]. If you don't have adb, search up minimal adb and fastboot, and how to use it.
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On computer or phone?
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And my phone already has twrp, just can't access it from device being off, but twrp app lets me go to recovery, just not when phone is off. So this should fix that right?
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Please someone help

I've seen people are viewing this post if anyone know how to fix my problem please help or message me, the minimal adb won't work unless the device is turned on in usb. debugging, I can access my recovery with phone on easily but while it's powered off I should be able to get to custom recovery by pressing volume down and power while phone is off, but this method isn't working. So if I get in bootloop I can't get into custom recovery...please anyone any ideas

Well it should be as simple as holding down power and volume button down things but i guess you've already tried that method many times and it didnt work so you ask then, right?
If your phone in bootloop, you can flash tot files and it will back to stock re-root and re-install trwp.
If your phone still (or already) normal, you can download an app that can take you to custom recovery such as rebooter or power menu, thats it.

Yea phone isn't in bootloop, but if I put a Rom on phone I have no way to access the recovery because the volume and power won't take me to the recovery, so if it goes into bootloop I'm outta of luck I don't understand why the hardware buttons won't take me to the recovery, have you ever heard of this problem

brozillatyler said:
I've seen people are viewing this post if anyone know how to fix my problem please help or message me, the minimal adb won't work unless the device is turned on in usb. debugging, I can access my recovery with phone on easily but while it's powered off I should be able to get to custom recovery by pressing volume down and power while phone is off, but this method isn't working. So if I get in bootloop I can't get into custom recovery...please anyone any ideas
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How long are you holding the vol down and power buttons? It should be around 15-20 seconds, then your system recovery screen comes up, you choose factory data reset, yes, and then TWRP comes up. If that isn't working - are you sure your buttons are working OK?

If the phone is turned off is there any other way to access it while phone is off?

Yes buttons work fine I hold it down and it just goes to Verizon screen ?

Actually when I hold it down it just stays on logo and reboots back to logo over and over and over

Actually I hold it down and it reboots to logo over and over its like there's no recovery there I don't understand lol

If anyone has any ideas or thoughts on how to fix this please let me know

brozillatyler said:
If anyone has any ideas or thoughts on how to fix this please let me know
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OK... Does your phone boot into your ROM at all or are you bootlooped? If your phone boots, download an app called flashify and get the proper twrp .img file for your model and flash the image using flashify. It's an easy app to use - just make sure you're using the correct twrp .img for your phone...from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966129
If you are bootlooped I would suggest starting over and reflashing back to stock using the tot or kdz method. Here is a guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/restore-verizon-to-stock-t2827878 I know it can be a pain to get the download tool working properly sometimes, so it may take some effort to get it working, but be patient (and read a lot if you get stuck) and you will get it working.
I don't know how you got borked...maybe it was an un-bumped twrp image? Either way, it is what it is, just try not to do it again Good luck.

Thanks much I'll try this

When this happened to me i would
1: remove battery
2: insert battery
3: hold volume down and lock button at the same time
4: When the LG Logo pops up release the lock button for 1 second (while still holding the volume down button), then press down again
5: A data reset/restore menu appears, and when you choose to reset/restore, TWRP boots to recovery.

jared1992 said:
When this happened to me i would
1: remove battery
2: insert battery
3: hold volume down and lock button at the same time
4: When the LG Logo pops up release the lock button for 1 second (while still holding the volume down button), then press down again
5: A data reset/restore menu appears, and when you choose to reset/restore, TWRP boots to recovery.
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I tried this also not working how did you fix it?

brozillatyler said:
I tried this also not working how did you fix it?
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Hmm. That worked for me. I'm not sure what next.

Flashed wrong Recovery :(

I accidentally flashed wrong Recovery for my A3 2017. I now get a message that i need Samsung Smart Switch from Samsung for emergency recovery.
But this f**cking program doesnt even install. On Samsung site its a dead link. I found another one, program doesnt install...
Any ideas? Is my phone bricked?

http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin/

kasa ssg said:
http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin/
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i have it already...smartswitch doesnt help too :crying:

Is the phone recognized in ADB/Fastboot?

kasa ssg said:
Is the phone recognized in ADB/Fastboot?
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i installed ADB. For first time. Using this site.
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
im in a command line area with ADB now...but i dont know what to do
https://gyazo.com/e1d3b6dcce3a18211bbcb85fd9467e28

How to switch off my phone? I tried a lot of key combo's, but it keeps coming back to a blue/green screen with this warning message....

Anyone?

wogooo said:
How to switch off my phone? I tried a lot of key combo's, but it keeps coming back to a blue/green screen with this warning message....
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I don't think there is one to force it to power off, I think there's only one to force it to reboot which is POWER + VOL DOWN (held down for a few seconds) on the A5, it's probably the same on the A3. Then immediately as the screen turns off you have to switch to the key combination for download mode or recovery. If if you just release the keys it will try and boot normally.

makeyourself said:
I don't think there is one to force it to power off, I think there's only one to force it to reboot which is POWER + VOL DOWN (held down for a few seconds) on the A5, it's probably the same on the A3. Then immediately as the screen turns off you have to switch to the key combination for download mode or recovery. If if you just release the keys it will try and boot normally.
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thx!! im in download mode now

Im in Recovery now. When i try to wipe it says it cant mount /data, /cache, etc.
Also Restore doesnt work because of this. I tried to Repair. System seems to be repaired, but /data fails to repair. Also unable to repair cache.
What to do?
(needless to say i first flashed the correct Recovery )
In Windows Explorer i see only external sd

Somehow i seemed to fix /data en /system. But not cache and dalvik.
I restored a nandroid backup and it boots until LOS animation now. But there its stuck. (but at least i passed Android logo now)
Installation passed pretty good, only in the end it said cache wasnt mounted.
Any ideas?

alright no clue how but its fixed now lol