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Recovery issues

When I load the bootloader with power and volume up and select recover it gives me the triangle picture with an exclamation mark in the middle. I am unlocked and rooted. I installed clockwork and can get to it from rom manager but not through recovery option. Help please!
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i think this is covered in the FAQ, and it's definitely discussed in several threads already.
The triangle is the stock recovery. If you've updated to 2.3.1, the stock recovery is restored by a startup script every time you boot the phone. You can disable this by renaming the file /etc/install-recovery.sh. Then install clockwork again.
If you want to stay on stock recovery, to get into recovery, you do the vol up and power button, then from fastboot select recovery. Watch the screen closely when the phone reboots...for a second or two you'll see a box pouring an arrow onto an android. During that screen push power first (hold it) then push volume up. Timing is important.

Nexus S won't go into recovery?

I am trying to unroot my nexus s. I can't get back into recovery mode at all. I get the android guy and a ! screen. trying over and over still gets me back to this screen...... what to do?

Vol UP and POWER will take you to the bootloader.
fastboot boot clockworkrecovery.img
you should now be in clockwork recovery. It will revert back to stock on reboot, so you will need to mount system and rename the install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.old
I believe it is in the system/etc/
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery clockworkrecovery.img (this will replace the stock recovery)

I dont have clockwork recovery on my device..... I kind of need a dumbed down walk though. I tried the unlokr's walkthrough and thats when I found my device won't go into recovery mode. It tries and then goes to the above mentioned screen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000722 read through this long thread that I took a user to install Clockwork Recovery (or just look at the stickied thread in General in regards about rooting.. it includes flashing Clockwork)
this 7 page thread is dumbed down to the point where it cannot be dumbed down any more.

If its still stock after you select recovery it will show you the image and then you have to hold even power and volume up again or just volume up I can't remember.
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that thread helped me in no way shape or form......

carolinaguy99 said:
I am trying to unroot my nexus s. I can't get back into recovery mode at all. I get the android guy and a ! screen. trying over and over still gets me back to this screen...... what to do?
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If you can see that android with exclamation mark, i think you are already unrooted.

carolinaguy99 said:
that thread helped me in no way shape or form......
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You are unrooted and completely stock it sounds. If you want Clockwork installed you will have to unlock the bootloader, fastboot OEM unlock, then root or leave it unrooted
JD
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ScotchtapeLoser said:
Vol UP and POWER will take you to the bootloader.
fastboot boot clockworkrecovery.img
you should now be in clockwork recovery. It will revert back to stock on reboot, so you will need to mount system and rename the install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.old
I believe it is in the system/etc/
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery clockworkrecovery.img (this will replace the stock recovery)
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yeah, but what if the user cant find the "install-recovery.sh" file? for instance my "etc" folder doesnt have that file and i'm rooted.

snoobar said:
yeah, but what if the user cant find the "install-recovery.sh" file? for instance my "etc" folder doesnt have that file and i'm rooted.
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then the stock recovery won't keep reinstalling itself and CWR will be default.

When I turn the device on I still have an unlocked bootloader. im trying to re-lock it, and nothing is working

I had trouble going to the recovery menu when trying to manually update to 2.3.3: when you see the android robot with the exclamation sign after selecting recovery, you're supposed to press vol up + power again to access the file selection menu. However, pressing the combination would do nothing for me unless I pressed it like 10 times. Then I would glimpse the recovery menu and the phone rebooted unexpectedly.
After an hour or so of random unwanted reboot cycles, I pulled the battery out, put it back in, tried again the exact same way I had just been trying and it eventually worked.
Don't know if it has anything to do with your issue but maybe it helps?

Actually I figured out how to get into recovery with the exclamation mark and andriod moniker on screen.
Use the vol up and power key and simply press them at the same time and release both immediately.

Can't boot into recovery After using NVFLASH

hi all i have a T-mobile G2X and im trying to root this phone so... i try to flash CWM using NVFLASH and everything goes according to plan but once i try to boot into recovery by pressing both volume up and down buttons nothing happens. Once i flash stock recovery phone boots and everything is back to normal but once i flash either version same thing happens again. I tried searching but couldn't find a solution. So if anyone can help me or point me to the right direction i will appreciate it.

You boot into CWM recovery by holding power + volume down (do not touch volume up). Hold the keys a good 10 seconds and wait for the fancy LG logo. Once you see the fancy LG logo (not plain white) you can let the keys go. You will then boot into CWM. You are just pressing the wrong keys. Don't boot that way into stock recovery as it will do a factory reset on your phone.

I seem to be having the same problem, except that my phone only shows the s/w update screen and wont revert back to the stock recovery when i try. nvflash just leaves my phone on the update screen for hours. it will boot up normal if i pull the battery and put it back in, but it only shows the s/w update screen when i try to boot into recovery. any thoughts?

To boot into Clock Work Mod Recovery, you press and hold the "volume down key" and the "power/sleep" button at the same time.
Hold the buttons all the way through the Lg boot logo. After a short moment, you will see a distinct "purplish" bluish glow to the logo. At that time, release both buttons.
You will boot into Clock Work Mod Recover and ready for flashing

or use the Terminal:
$su
#reboot recovery

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or use the Terminal:
$su
#reboot recovery
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This command does not work on the P999. Recovery is not on the standard partition and this command will only reboot the phone. To reboot into recovery (if you have CWM installed on the physical recovery partition and not installed by ROM Manager) you need either Weapon Rom installed, which has this built in or there is an app on the Android Market written specifically for LG 2X/G2X devices that knows where the recovery is installed and can reboot into it. On some G2X (P999) models it says not compatible because of the way LG wrote the build.prop but instead of saying "Ok" which closes the program you simply use the back key to get to the main program screen and it works like a charm.
This app is also preinstalled as a system app on my roms.
Market link: https://market.android.com/details?...SwxLDUwMCwiY29tLm1heGlzbWEubGdvMnhyZWJvb3QiXQ..

Thank You everyone for ur help. Ive figure everything out and im now running MIUI ROM.

Clockwork recovery

Is clockwork recovery necessary for all roms or can i download a recovery to my phone?

Well if you could make a recovery based off of something else that had ext. 4 support then you could probably use that. Just the fact that there is already CWM for the MT already makes it easier. If you meant does it need to be installed then yes, you need it installed to flash different roms.

Can CWM be flashed through Rom Mgr? I tried bootloader and mobile and image and recovery img and i think i put in wrong folder. Everytime i try to get back into bootloader with pwr button and vol dwn. It goes right to M screen. How can i fix this?

Ok i get to download mode now where do i put the extracted recovery folder in image? Do i place with recovery img or down at the bottom?. When i take battery out and put back. I pwr and simitaneously vol buttons. I get the triangle !. What am i doing wrong. Oh and im on ver 2.2.2

It's real easy all you need to do is Volume down then power sometimes it's a pain in the ass but keep repeating the steps until you see white writing on the screen, then plug it into your PC, it should bring up a drive called mobile there will be a folder open the folder & replace only the recovery image then reboot. Should be all good. Then press volume up & down & power should boot into clockwork.

Did u install CM7 first?

You can't install CM7 or any other rom "first" using stock recovery. As far as I have seen CWM is the only alternative to the stock recovery.

[Q] Rooted, bad recovery, and stuck in bootloop

I scoured the forums, but have not been able to find out what I can do to solve my problem. So here it is.
I rooted my phone (to play around with some settings, what have you) and flashed TWRP recovery onto it. I got an error msg when booting up, so I decided to push an original recovery back onto the phone, because it wouldn't go to TWRP. I followed a guide (which I can't find now) to push back a stock version of recovery and it failed. My phone would boot normally just fine, but when I tried to go to recovery it would loop.
The OTA update came today, and dumbass me pressed continue (not thinking) and now I am stuck in a boot loop, and cannot get out of it.
Cannot get into recovery.
Cannot get into download mode.
Got any ideas?
Thanks

Same Problem
I have pretty much the same problem. Please help!

well without recovery/download mode working or the phone being in fastboot mode there really isn't much that can be done, you can always try to claim on warranty

boot loop
So, let me get this straight. If it failed when you tried to install the stock recovery, then you still have the TWRP recovery right?
I ran into a boot loop problem earlier when I tried upgrading TWRP. I just couldn't access my recovery so here is what I tried:
Code:
Turn your phone off.
Press volume down and power button until the LG logo comes on screen
Let go of both buttons
Hold the volume down and power buttons again until you see the "hard reset screen"
Press power once and then power again to confirm. The screen says it will reset your device but it will not as long as you have a custom recovery installed.
Your custom recovery should appear on screen.
Try the steps above and see if you can get into a recovery. Once you do maybe try resetting. Hope that helps.