[Solved]Clockwork recovery will not flash - Epic 4G Android Development

Ive been trying for hours. one click root doesnt work, manually running the commands in the bat file doesnt work, redbend_ua restore wont work they all say finished but when hold the camera volume down and power i go to the stock recovery..somebody help me this is so frusterating
Edit: So i pulled out the battery right when it rebooted and go to the samsung logo and then i tried camera volume power and it worked
lets see if it works after a full reboot
Edit #2: After the full reboot i tried again and then it went back to stock recovery so apparently clockwork isnt sticking.
Edit #3: I flashed the andromeda kernel and then tried it again and now it works Thanks for all your help you guys are the best

glad we could help....
totally required it's own thread
.... in the dev section

johnsongrantr said:
glad we could help....
totally required it's own thread
.... in the dev section
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well mods delete it then and theres no QA thread

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Need Help With Clockwork Install

I am trying to put clockwork on my epic. I have installed the kernel and downloaded the proper recovery via rom manager. However, when I try to go into clockwork recovery it goes to install the update and I keep getting signature verification failed. please help.
yutzyscott said:
I am trying to put clockwork on my epic. I have installed the kernel and downloaded the proper recovery via rom manager. However, when I try to go into clockwork recovery it goes to install the update and I keep getting signature verification failed. please help.
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have u try the one click clockworkmod recovery .bin from the sdx-developers page?
Can you post a link for me please
yutzyscott said:
Can you post a link for me please
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I *think* forum.sdx-developers DOT com/epic-development/clockworkmod-recovery-for-the-epic-4g!-build-20!-beta/ (sorry, I'm not allowed to post hotlinks yet) is the post he was referring to.
Most likely that's the "standard" android recovery mode. If you were using ROM Manager to reboot into recovery, then try powering off and using the three-finger reboot into recovery instead (volume down, camera, and power). That usually works for me and reboots into ClockworkMod recovery instead, where everything works fine.
yutzyscott said:
Can you post a link for me please
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here it is!!
hope u get it working and start messing with some roms!!!
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epi...mod-recovery-for-the-epic-4g!-build-20!-beta/
Thanks to all who replied. I got it working. This is actually not my phone. it belongs to a friend. I own the Fascinate and find it a little easier to mod. I am however happy I am having the opportunity to brick this phone because I am learning a lot. I am still used to my Motorola Droid 1 Being completely open and easy to mod. I have only been working with these Samsungs for a couple of days.
Edit:Yes I did mean to say brick as I have bricked and recovered three times now. I dont understand the people who don't enjoy doing this sort of thing. I have been having a blast with Android since my first introduction with it on the G1. Now can someone help me with issue #2? I have installed the OTA update and then Rooted with the one click v2.2.6 then reinstalled clockwork recovery. Everything is working great except...The market will not download. It runs and searches just fine but seems to be getting stuck on the starting download. I have been unable to download any apps.
I am stuck in ClockWork recovery mode
Can some one help me on this? I boot my epic to ClockWork recovery but now I am not able to get out of it. Every time I try to select anything and hit HOME button, the screen goes off and doing nothing and if I hit HOME button again, it goes back to Clockwork recovery mode. I even took out battery and put back in and try to reboot it, it still goes back to recovery mode. Am I missing something? Please help.
Thanks,
Hien Khieu.
hienkhieu said:
Can some one help me on this? I boot my epic to ClockWork recovery but now I am not able to get out of it. Every time I try to select anything and hit HOME button, the screen goes off and doing nothing and if I hit HOME button again, it goes back to Clockwork recovery mode. I even took out battery and put back in and try to reboot it, it still goes back to recovery mode. Am I missing something? Please help.
Thanks,
Hien Khieu.
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Controls are vol up and down to navigate. Use the camera button to select. The home button is not used.
pjree,
You have saved my life. Thank you very much.
Just a little helpfull
pjree said:
Controls are vol up and down to navigate. Use the camera button to select. The home button is not used.
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I also noticed that the return or enter key on the keyboard also selects I also thought this was the only way lol! boy was I wrong thanks!

[Q] stuck in boot loop on showcase

got my phone rooted with super on click worked fine and put voodoo on it and still worked fine but went into rom mananger that i downloaded and forgot to disable lagfix and tried to download the superfast rom in rom manager and seemed like it downloaded and then rebooted and now stuck on samsung screen tried to do manual recovery by pressing volume up and down with the power button and its flashes but does nothing please help if can THANKS
Same Problem
Yeah I had rooted my friend's phone because he had asked me and I told him that if he ever ran into any problems I would fix it. After I rooted it and gave it to him I told him not to mess with certain apps because he would not be able to use them correctly and f**k something up real good.
Guess what he did, f**k up his phone real good.
Now whenever you try to turn on the phone it only shows the "SAMSUNG" splash screen and stays there, never goes further.
I figured ok, let's just do a recovery.
NOPE!
The exact same thing happens. Hold down both volume buttons + power, let logo flash, let go. "SAMSUNG" pops up, wait, wait, wait, "SAMSUNG" still there. I even let it sit for 30min once and it was still on the splash screen when I came back.
HELP ME because I really want my friend to get the best root experience possible and I just feel bad giving him the tools to make his phone unusable.
Enter download mode by pressing "down volume+home key+power key"
You need to get a stock rom and flash it with Odin. Search the forum, you will find it.
Yes, but odin requires .tar files and I cannot seem to find any .tar stock roms, only .zip 's.
If you know of one please point us into the right direction please
Thanks
Sorry for the double post, but this is worth it.
I figured out how to fix this problem.
I found this page here in which you can restore your phone to mezmerize default. This takes it from non working to working.
Once it is working flash CWM using the files and directions here
Then I was able to restore to a previous backup or flash a new rom.
YAY
Schmidty850 said:
Yes, but odin requires .tar files and I cannot seem to find any .tar stock roms, only .zip 's.
If you know of one please point us into the right direction please
Thanks
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Unzip the zip file...you should get .pit & .md5 files !
btw, Which Samsung mobile do you have ?
kazi_rizwan said:
Unzip the zip file...you should get .pit & .md5 files !
btw, Which Samsung mobile do you have ?
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I fixed it -_-
Did you not read the previous post?
Great ! Problem-o-solved

[Q] i flashed cm9 wrong on accident and need help restoring

I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
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I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
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Go back to entropy's cm9 thread and read the op's -all the first several posts he made.
im not understanding what i need to do next. what do i do to be able to reboot my phone. i cant get it in download mode.
qkster said:
Go back to entropy's cm9 thread and read the op's -all the first several posts he made.
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im not understanding what i need to do. I cant get it in download mode so what do i do to get my phone working?
im smexyy said:
im not understanding what i need to do next. what do i do to be able to reboot my phone. i cant get it in download mode.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19445643
the only way i kno is download odin and find the phone pda and pit and put where where belong...this is a stock fix tho but if u kno ur doing it should be quick to get back where u r....nd download mode....take out battery, hold both vol and power, make sure usb is plugged in pc of course, and plug it in , after plugging in keep holding vol but slide finger off of pwer nd pop in the battery .....works everytime for me......any qyestions im flashing my phone and fixing it multiple times a day i know the infuse pretty good
im smexyy said:
I downloaded cm9 to my phone and I didnt think I needed to flash cm7 first so I just flashed cm9 from MIUI and it booted up and i realized i forgot to install gaps. so when i went back into recovery, the top half of recovery had a lot of green and other colors scrambled together and when i clicked reboot system it just kept going back to the messed up recivery. I tried to plug in my phone to the computer while hold both volume buttons when it was off and it kept booting into recovery. could someone help me get my phone to reboot or if not restore it or get it too work?
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Use heimdall one click twice, the second time be sure you mark flashbootloaders toggle....
Here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

ROM: Stock Rooted and Deodexed Android 2.3.6 UVLB7

This is a full stock ROM. Everything works.
Features:
Deodexed
Zipaligned
Rooted
Busybox installed
T-Mobile bloatwares removed
Carrier IQ removed
Credits:
erikmm & fbis251 (updater-script)
Samsung (stock ROM)
ChainsDD (superuser)
dsixda (Android Kitchen)
Installation:
ClockworkMod Recovery
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Install ROM
Reboot
Battery calibration:
Turn off phone
Fully charged
ClockworkMod Recovery
Wipe battery stat
Reboot
Discharge and recharge
DOWNLOAD ROM
Thanks for asking perms to use the script....
Also, did u remove carrier IQ from frameworks?
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erikmm said:
Thanks for asking perms to use the script....
Also, did u remove carrier IQ from frameworks?
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Yes. I did. See my screenshot.
I still have to learn a lot from you, erikmm. Thanks.
tthaz777 said:
Yes. I did. See my screenshot.
I still have to learn a lot from you, erikmm. Thanks.
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Well by erasing the apk it can be shutdown as well so u recompiled without carrieriq? Awesome bro. Lol
And I was being sarcastic about rhe script lol just next time u gotta ask first bro
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looks like because of u 2 and the many others on this, this fone will be a hot topic for later roms coming out... any updates erik?
badboy68 said:
looks like because of u 2 and the many others on this, this fone will be a hot topic for later roms coming out... any updates erik?
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Not to kang on OPs thread but nah no updates yet since I dont have tthe phone but ill try some stuff this weekend
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erikmm said:
Not to kang on OPs thread but nah no updates yet since I dont have tthe phone but ill try some stuff this weekend
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Erikmm, can you please port Xperia S Music Player (Walkman) to our Galaxy S Blaze 4G? It would be very interesting.
I found the thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646138
tthaz777 said:
Erikmm, can you please port Xperia S Music Player (Walkman) to our Galaxy S Blaze 4G? It would be very interesting.
I found the thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646138
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Lol I'm not used to going off topic on dev thread but ur OP so...yea ill give it a shot just again hard to do it blindly
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erikmm said:
Lol I'm not used to going off topic on dev thread but ur OP so...yea ill give it a shot just again hard to do it blindly
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I will be tester. Don't worry. Thanks.
tthaz777 said:
I will be tester. Don't worry. Thanks.
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Lol well flyers00 is my tester that's not the issue...the issue is the difficulty lol
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Loaded this up last night.....not one issue to report. I happen to like touch wiz (as well as everything else) I hope you keep this ROM going in a stock like direction. Maybe if your plan is to change launchers etc you could branch off. Anyway....well done I love my phone!
sorry but have to ask. how did you get cwm on phone? I cant get download screen. figured it was the 2.3.6 UVLB7 build causing it. just got phone 5 days ago. had G2x piece before.
Can you give me more details in regards to your question? Have you lost the ability to get into recovery? I had the G2X as well....CWM is flashed pretty much the same way as the LG (except without the NVIDIA tool)
Things are not far enough along to have a reboot option in the ROMS yet, try power tool or something like it, works fine for me.
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sk622 said:
Loaded this up last night.....not one issue to report. I happen to like touch wiz (as well as everything else) I hope you keep this ROM going in a stock like direction. Maybe if your plan is to change launchers etc you could branch off. Anyway....well done I love my phone!
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I wanted to amend this after ongoing usage and say things are still running solid. I did notice a lower quality audio performance as compared to dknight. Not a major concern this early in the game by any means.
The audio capabilities on Android was and is the big reason I am here and not on I-tunes so i'm particularly sensitive to that area. I run completely uncompressed FLAC's (1411 kb bit rate) and have a 64gb SD card on my phone loaded to the hilt.
My work phone is a GNEX (with Black Ice and Axiom Morphr) streaming through Google Play so I have back up ...lol
robertguero said:
sorry but have to ask. how did you get cwm on phone? I cant get download screen. figured it was the 2.3.6 UVLB7 build causing it. just got phone 5 days ago. had G2x piece before.
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You must install ClockworkMod Recovery before flashing a ROM. I'm currently using this ROM. I can still access ClockworkMod Recovery by holding volume up, volume down, and power button at the same time, then release after Samsung logo disappears. Don't flash ClockworkMod Recovery in ROM Manager. See the thread below to know how to flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27360727&postcount=57
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda premium
I have done all this to my G2x piece of crap so it not new to me. On my new phone the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G SGH-T769. if I hold down the 3 buttons, vol up/dn and pwr, remove battery all that stuff I DO NOT get the "WaRNING" or download screen. It will only give me recovery screen after the Galaxy splash screen. I have tried every method available. I have tried every unlock I can find, oneclick and unlock and even Odin but it needs the download screen. It will not see phone till it totally boots. Was hoping you had something to install thru recovery screen to get to download screen. Have not tried ADB yet but have not read everything on how it works or what to do. Really have not found much info on ADB way to unlock.
So since everyone here is a lot more advanced than I am figured I would ask. Seems only a handfull of Blaze devices will not go into download mode.
1. Turn phone off and plug to pc
2.proceed to hold both volume and power button simultaneosly. Keep holding down until phone vibrates then let go of power button and continue holding volume buttons.
3. Let go of buttons as soon as u get to the next screen then press vol up to proceed to download mode.voila
P.s. I have the same baseband.
That should work for you, works for me all the time
If i helped in anyway hit the thank button
i just P.M you with a video on how to do it
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no joy. this sux. tried every combo. exactly what you said. also tried removing battery... longer hold... shorter hold.. no sim or sd...throwing against wall while holding buttons. nothing works. all it does is continue to boot. :crying:
can there be a script or something written to do update from recover screen to make it boot to download mode? something..... or am I just stuck with jtag or adapter or whatever you call it.
What will adb do for me? can I root from it? will it help? I have not found instruct on what to do once in adb. found instruct on how to get to work but didnt see anything more. then again I did not fully look into it.:cyclops:
Hey but honestly THANKS FOR ALL HELP!!!. I did not want to bring to this thread but figured yall might know something special. Will understand if you tell me to post elsewhere.
2.3.6
base T769UVLB7
Kernel 2.6.35.11
GINGERBREAD.UVLB7
robertguero said:
no joy. this sux. tried every combo. exactly what you said. also tried removing battery... longer hold... shorter hold.. no sim or sd...throwing against wall while holding buttons. nothing works. all it does is continue to boot. :crying:
can there be a script or something written to do update from recover screen to make it boot to download mode? something..... or am I just stuck with jtag or adapter or whatever you call it.
What will adb do for me? can I root from it? will it help? I have not found instruct on what to do once in adb. found instruct on how to get to work but didnt see anything more. then again I did not fully look into it.:cyclops:
Hey but honestly THANKS FOR ALL HELP!!!. I did not want to bring to this thread but figured yall might know something special. Will understand if you tell me to post elsewhere.
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Please follow these instructions and try again:
+ Download and install USB Driver for T-Mobile SGH-t769 Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G on your PC http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&CttFileID=5002142&CDCttType=SW&ModelType=null&ModelName=null&VPath=SW/201204/20120424041113815/T-Mobile_T769_Blaze_4G_USB_Drivers.exe
+ Download Odin 1.85 http://k0nane.info/rom/odin-185.zip
+ Download PIT http://shabbypenguin.com/k0/blaze.pit
+ Download Clockworkmod recovery TAR http://www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Blaze4G/Clockworkmod-Blaze-4G.tar
+ Extract Odin-185.zip
+ Run Odin 1.85.exe and make sure that you check "auto-reboot", and uncheck all other options.
+ Click PDA and select the TAR you downloaded. Click PIT and select the PIT your downloaded. Uncheck repartition.
+ Connect your device to your PC
+ Remove the battery while holding down volume up and volume down buttons
+ Reinsert the battery and press volume up, volume down, and power button at the same time until your device has entered download mode.
Good luck
Sorry. Have tried and tried. Total time trying this exact method and others over the past 2 days about 4 hours. Will not go into download mode. Have all of the above installed and ready to go on the computer. Can get odin to connect if phone is totally booted up in working mode but that does nothing for odin. Same with superoneclick and unlock root. The last two are not configed for 2.3.6 on blaze 4g or something so they will not complete the root/unlock.
If I remove battery with usb plugged in it will vib about every 3 seconds. Once battery is put in it stops vibing but once you hold button it will vib one more time then "samsung" comes across screen goes away then blaze spash on screen and it continues to boot. Never see "warning" screen or download screen.
I have no issues getting into phone from pc or phone connecting to pc. Just no download mode.
As I said i did not want to take over your thread with this and I feel I have taken up to much of our time as it is. Thank you for your help. Hope someone has solution soon. Thanks again.
robertguero said:
If I remove battery with usb plugged in it will vib about every 3 seconds. Once battery is put in it stops vibing but once you hold button it will vib one more time then "samsung" comes across screen goes away then blaze spash on screen and it continues to boot.
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Just tryin to cover all the bases here, but you should be holding both the volumes and the power button when you put the battery back in. Then be ready to release all to quick vol up when the dl screen shows up. You should also be connected via usb.
Hope this helps.

[Q] Photon Q fml

I am having the worst time with my photon Q. I unlocked, CWM'd, rooted all without a problem. After an unsuccessful soft key mod I went back to restore my saved backup, and restored one from my old phone (Epic 4g) because I am using the same SD card I just got this phone yesterday!
Anyway, now my phone won't go past fastboot. The screen I get reads as follows:
Invalid Flash Mode (S)
10.99(*) (sha-1defefb, 2012-09-20 00:57:56)
eMMC Info: Size 8GB
Device is UNLOCKED. Status Code: 3
Battery OK
Transfer Mode:
USB Connected
Fastboot Reason: Boot Failure
usb connected
My Question is wtf do i do? and my begging starts right meow: PLEASE HELP AS I AM NEEDING THIS PHONE FOR THE WORK WEEK TOMORROW! Thanks so much for all of your guys' awesome work and help.
In the dev section there are links to stock files you can get recovery running then restore your correct backup
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Rangerbry said:
In the dev section there are links to stock files you can get recovery running then restore your correct backup
Sent from my XT897 using Tapatalk 2
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How do I get these onto my phone/ run them since I cannot get CWM or TWRP to come up?
Here are a few button combinations that tend to be helpful in situations like this:
Power + Volume Down to force a reboot
Volume Up Button while rebooting, to get into recovery
Camera Button while rebooting(i think), to bring up a menu with bootloader, recovery, etc.
yogi2010 said:
Here are a few button combinations that tend to be helpful in situations like this:
Power + Volume Down to force a reboot
Volume Up Button while rebooting, to get into recovery
Camera Button while rebooting(i think), to bring up a menu with bootloader, recovery, etc.
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Thanks for your input, wayy ahead of you on those tho. If only it were that easy...lol. Have to say I'm missing my Epic at this juncture in time...:crying:
patrickm823 said:
Thanks for your input, wayy ahead of you on those tho. If only it were that easy...lol. Have to say I'm missing my Epic at this juncture in time...:crying:
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Lol, gotcha. What I might do is check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858959
That is basically what we have that is similar to an Odin restore for the Epic. The file has had some problems, but go towards the end to find links to a modified file that does work(I have used it), and a file someone linked that might be fully working, tho I haven't seen anyone try it yet. Maybe your device is still able to restore this way thru Fastboot.
Thanks found it
Rangerbry said:
In the dev section there are links to stock files you can get recovery running then restore your correct backup
Sent from my XT897 using Tapatalk 2
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got it thx:good:
why oh why
yogi2010 said:
Lol, gotcha. What I might do is check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858959
That is basically what we have that is similar to an Odin restore for the Epic. The file has had some problems, but go towards the end to find links to a modified file that does work(I have used it), and a file someone linked that might be fully working, tho I haven't seen anyone try it yet. Maybe your device is still able to restore this way thru Fastboot.
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I got all that and did it then I don't think my battery was charged enough and now it's stuck in the WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED screen wish you could remove the damn battery.
Edit/update: Got system.img pushed via CWM after pushing CWM with fastboot. Got RSD to flash the rest of the files from mattlgroff's post on the RSD FXZ thread. After that it was push TWRP and make a backup of everything, then I applyed update, backed up, rooted, backed up. Keeping away from the mods for this week so I can actually use the phone I just got it Saturday. Thanks again to all the dev's and users who helped and continue to contribute to the site and droids in general!
Finally
yogi2010 said:
Here are a few button combinations that tend to be helpful in situations like this:
Power + Volume Down to force a reboot
Volume Up Button while rebooting, to get into recovery
Camera Button while rebooting(i think), to bring up a menu with bootloader, recovery, etc.
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Thank you so much for posting this gem. Bricked behind the boot screen unlocked bootloader warning. Only could get into Fastboot. I thought my rooting days had come to an end. Thank you !

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