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Hi to all,
I been trying to upgrade to JF 1.14 rc33 and haven't been able to get to the recovery mode to process the update.zip file. Im not a noob but also not and expert i rooted my my phone so i know basics. When i try to hold the home butoon and power button the g1 logo keeps reappearing for as long as i hold it from 10 seconds to 2 minutes. any ideas of what im doing wrong, i dont care if i have to wipe i just want rc33. Thanks.
I currently have Fimware 1.0
Build #:1.0 TC-4 RC30
Custom Theme: Windows beta 7
Just to make sure, with the phone off you press and hold the home button and then press and hold (while still holding the home button) the power button. It should take ~20 seconds for the recovery mode screen to come up.
Dharkaron said:
Just to make sure, with the phone off you press and hold the home button and then press and hold (while still holding the home button) the power button. It should take ~20 seconds for the recovery mode screen to come up.
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i tried and did not work
natienn said:
Hi to all,
I been trying to upgrade to JF 1.14 rc33 and haven't been able to get to the recovery mode to process the update.zip file. Im not a noob but also not and expert i rooted my my phone so i know basics. When i try to hold the home butoon and power button the g1 logo keeps reappearing for as long as i hold it from 10 seconds to 2 minutes. any ideas of what im doing wrong, i dont care if i have to wipe i just want rc33. Thanks.
I currently have Fimware 1.0
Build #:1.0 TC-4 RC30
Custom Theme: Windows beta 7
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Flash back to the original G1 theme, then try the update. Your theme may be preventing you from upgrading.
andonnguyen said:
Flash back to the original G1 theme, then try the update. Your theme may be preventing you from upgrading.
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how do you flash to the original theme? do you know of any links? thanks
Start holding the Home button before you press the Power button.
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Start holding the Home button before you press the Power button.
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i tried that in different time lentghs from 10 seconds holdin both to 2 minutes, of course pressing the home key 1 sec before the power and holding both
Same problem
Need to bump this thread as I'm having the same issue. Have a HTC Dream with CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS, trying to go to 5.0.8, but cannot get into Recovery Mode.
Yes, I am completely powering the phone off, holding Home just prior to pressing & holding Power. I keep both depressed for a few minutes and no joy, just sits at the G1 splash screen. I can remove the battery and press Power to bring the phone up normally. Have even dropped to the console, switched to root and issued "reboot recovery". The phone restarts and sits at the G1 splash screen as well.
Can anyone offer advice on how to restore my Recovery Mode? Many thanks...
You can try to reflash (or flash another) recovery with adb, fastboot or in terminal. Btw this thread is in wrong section. It should be in Q & A section.
You could even flash a recovery image from within your rom...you said you could boot the phone normally correct?
So drop into terminal and flash it if you don't want to mess with adb.
The Amon Ra 1.7 Recovery thread has the commands you need to flash through terminal...
These people apparently are no help. If you hold down the home key and it stays at the G1, try fastboot by holding down the camera button on the side while you power it on. You only need to hold the home key until it vibrates. It should instantly boot into fast boot, if you're holding down camera when powering on.
... if you can get into fastboot, you might need to unroot your phone and reroot it.
... if you can't get into fastboot or recovery mode, then you probably bricked your G1 and you'll need a jtag or scrap it. Or if it's under insurance, tell them you updated and your phone is stuck on the G1 screen....
You could also try taking out your battery then powering it on into fastboot/recovery but odds are that wont help at all.
Hope this was some help.
yutsoku said:
These people apparently are no help. If you hold down the home key and it stays at the G1, try fastboot by holding down the camera button on the side while you power it on. You only need to hold the home key until it vibrates. It should instantly boot into fast boot, if you're holding down camera when powering on.
... if you can get into fastboot, you might need to unroot your phone and reroot it.
... if you can't get into fastboot or recovery mode, then you probably bricked your G1 and you'll need a jtag or scrap it. Or if it's under insurance, tell them you updated and your phone is stuck on the G1 screen....
You could also try taking out your battery then powering it on into fastboot/recovery but odds are that wont help at all.
Hope this was some help.
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Why would you need to reroot it, just flash a new recovery through fastboot.
fastboot flash recovery <name>.img
misread, yeah he could do that too but it would be easier to reroot if he knows how to do that... instead of learning a whole new method.
You're right though, that would be better.
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I am able to fastboot by holding the camera button in and powering on. It sounds like I just need to do the Amon Ra Recovery procedure in order to restore my recovery partition. I assume that I'll need to re-root, but I'm sure there are instructions there for that as well.
Thanks for all the quick replies!
So here's what I found....
I had the exact same problem, but first a little history then how I fixed it.
I purchased an 8GB MicroSD card so I could use Apps2SD and was quite pleased with the ability to do so. Until my battery life dropped to 5mins. It was already down from when I bought it last year.
The battery was severely screwed on my. If I used ANYTHING for more than 5 mins, it would die and would NOT boot up. Oh I could pres the power button and it would try to boot but then die somewhere in the boot process. That is until I plugged it into some charger (car or wall) and then it would boot, showing anywhere from 70 to 90% battery life.
After much research I found that it was the battery and so ordered a replacement off eBay from Hong Kong. $3.96 shipped to my door. Works great, and I am incredibly thankful for that.
So just prior to getting the battery I had done an upgrade to 5.0.8 with the vain hopes that it might help limp along but to no avail. The battery was gone.
Ok, so in comes the new battery. Great! I'll just reflash the ROM to make sure there are no lingering issues and we'll be good to go! Little did I realize that I did an 'upgrade' from CM Updater and when I booted into Recovery I flashed th zip file that was there....which was 5.0.7. DOH! No biggie, everything was working so I didn't worry too much.
Then I installed Clockwork's ROM Manager 1.8.x. A few days later there was an update, so I updated to 2.0.1.3. So I updated that. It went fine.
Few days later, and a few more apps re-installed, the system was running slow.
Apps2SD was greyed out. Huh?
Checked the card....Ubuntu was only mounting it Read Only. And the old swap partition, which I thought I had deleted, was still there. Dammt. But this s a side story I think.
So I wanted to reflash but there was no way I could do it because I could not get into Recovery mode. Ugh.
ROM manager had an update to 2.0.1.4. Ok, maybe that'll work. Nope. It said it updated fine but stuck at G1 logo like many others.
Doing some googling around I saw that it was a ROM Manager issue and that you should flash back down to 1.4.x. Well, since I knew it was working at 1.8.x I decided to reflash to 2.0.0.3. I could get into recovery mode now!
While this kinda solves one issue....I'll have to go into another thread to figure out the Read Only problem so I can re-partition my card again.
Thread closed. Please post questions in the Questions and Answers forums and not in the development forum.
I flashed to the Ava rom. Looked great while i could see it. I was talking on phone it rebooted one me mid conversation to never come back. Gets to Droid loading screen then goes back to evo 4g screen? I am unable to restore nandroid backup as it is corrupt. Someone please help. Boss is going to kick my ass!!
I got out of the start-up loop by powering on using (MENU + POWER).
Enable MS/USB TOGGLE
plug phone into computer. access CD card. Delete everything on it. load SAPPIMG.nbh.
Power the phone off. Restart (VOL DOWN + POWER) click yes when it finds SAPPIMG.nbh.
That will get you out of the continuous loop, and back 1.5 (Cupcake)
noob question but how do i do menu+power?
Im just flashing back to stock rom and starting over. Well hopefully i can. Im downloading it now.
jacob.stewart said:
noob question but how do i do menu+power?
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HOME button + POWER button will enable you to reach the recovery screen. From there you can toggle on and mount your SD card to the computer.
MENU + POWER was not the correct instruction. muh badd.
Im trying to load pc36img.zip. Im getting error when doing so "The Main Version is older!" Update Fail
Any ideas?
Flashed with FlipzFresh rom and now working. I liked Ava better im going to try and go back to it.
I am a SUPER NOOB... I rooted my phone and S-Off it... Was trying to flash a ROM, did not work no my phone is stuck at all white screen with HTC across it.. Please help
if you pull the battery to turn off the phone, put the battery back in and hold the volume down button while you press the power button does it take you to the bootloader? And secondly, can you get to the recovery from there?
Yes... Now the son of a gun won't even power on...
I done did something bad... It wont even power up, or charge.... Before you ask me could I get to the boot loader screen I could, but I was jacking around with all kinda of stuff now the thing won't even power up..
How long are you holding the power button to turn it on, you just need to press the power button long enough to power the device on, but keep your finger on the vol down button until you get to the bootloader. Also, do you have the updated clockwork mod recovery installed that doesn't have the charging issue. Basically, is your battery dead?
ok now i have power...
Just please help me get my phone to come on so i can use it.. I am in boot loader now(held power button and volume down button)
go to recovery
Did it... What's next? I've tried everything on the list.. Nothing, that was before I actually posted the thread...
ok, if you are in the clockwork mod recovery, from there you need to do a full wipe, "data factory reset" cant remember the exact option. after you do a full wipe then you can try to install the rom again.
"data factory reset" did.... Phone still can't get pass that same screen....
did you re-install the rom after the factory reset? Also, the rom takes a while to boot the first time.
how can I re-install a Rom if my phone cant even get pass the screen and come on for me to get to the disk drive to drag and drop the ROM?
I am new to the andriod world, so please excuse the Noob-Ness
Ok..
When you downloaded the rom did you put it on your sd card?
What rom did you flash, and how did you flash it?
Lets start there.
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And did you even read the following thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
I put it on my SD card.... I tried to flash it, didn't work... I flash well attempted to flash it from the Recovery Mode(Power and Volume down) click "install from Sd card" and click the ROM, then rebooted...
My suggestion would be to use your computer to download a new rom from the dev section. Find a usb adapter for the micro SD card and move the new rom to it. Try flashing the new rom from CWM. Sounds to me like you got a rom that isn't for the sensation. Do you remember which rom you downloaded?
InsertCoin..I think it was me.. I just might have **** something up.. I follow the direction from the guy on Thelockr dot com.. it wasnt that hard. I just F my phone up...
How long are you waiting when you turn on your phone after flashing the rom? As I said before it takes a while to boot the first time.
At least 3 mins per go.
hey guys, i need the update.zip that comes stock on the sd card.
if anyone needs anymore information:
my d2g freezes at the bootlogo
my bootloader never worked so it has a blank screen.
There is no stock update zip on the SD card. Make sure your phone is completely off turn on the phone by holding on the power button and up arrow at the same time. When the screen glows softly, let go of the buttons and you will be in the bootloaders sbf flash mode. If you get this far reply back
for gingerbread = http://www.multiupload.com/ZGUOERGZNT
D2GxNiNjA said:
hey guys, i need the update.zip that comes stock on the sd card.
if anyone needs anymore information:
my d2g freezes at the bootlogo
my bootloader never worked so it has a blank screen.
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kurpter said:
for gingerbread = http://www.multiupload.com/ZGUOERGZNT
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would this work if i had froyo when it happened?
i was installing venusX 3.2 just like your using but i got stuck at the splash and my bootloader is busted.
rootfan said:
There is no stock update zip on the SD card. Make sure your phone is completely off turn on the phone by holding on the power button and up arrow at the same time. When the screen glows softly, let go of the buttons and you will be in the bootloaders sbf flash mode. If you get this far reply back
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theres probably something saying something about double posting but....
When i purchased my global from verizon, i immediately rooted it, but before, there was infact an update.zip included and its even on my friends global and he has never rooted his ever.
hi mate, was you on the froyo build when you upgraded to venus? if you did, this is why you are boot looping as venus needs the gingerbread build. if this is the case, you need to follow my update guide from here =
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263722
its the last comment on the end, reflash that, then do an ota update, this will take you to the new GB version, then use oneclickroot, then you can upgrade to venus
kurpter said:
hi mate, was you on the froyo build when you upgraded to venus? if you did, this is why you are boot looping as venus needs the gingerbread build. if this is the case, you need to follow my update guide from here =
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263722
its the last comment on the end, reflash that, then do an ota update, this will take you to the new GB version, then use oneclickroot, then you can upgrade to venus
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your really helpful and i know for sure that works, but my "BOOTLOADER" IS BLANK.
therefore RSD isnt picking up any connection for me to SBF.
instead of saying:
Bootloader D0.11
Battery OK to program or something like that, the backlights just light up, nothing appears, and 3 seconds later it goes back to booting and staying there.
I knew about it needing gingerbread the minute i forgot to cancel the update in Rom manager. now i cant do anything but go into stock recovery.
and when i try to install a signed update from motorola it says:
--Install From SD Card...
...Finding update package...
...Opening update package...
.Verifying update package...
...Installing update package...
assert failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop". "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizon/droid2we_vzw/cdma_droid2we/droid2:2.2.S273/2.4.330:user/ota-rel-keys" || file_getprop(/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizon/droid2we_vzw/cdma_droid2we:2.3.3/4.5.1_57_D2G-37/110722:user/release-keys"
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation Aborted.
AND!!! my power button is jammed so it doesnt work but whenever my battery is in the phone it turns on.
Is your power button not working at all? if you can get the device to boot up, you need to hold the up and down power volume button together, this will get you in to the boot loader mode, if not see if you can hold x and the power button this will take you in to the recover mode.
if you can get in to the boot loader, then you can sbf if not, and you get in to the recover mode, you will need to copy the zip file to the root of sd card, but dont use the ginger bread zip file as it wont work, you will need the update.zip from your friends phone if he is still on froyo and then in the menu just apply the update. let me know how you get on.
kurpter said:
Is your power button not working at all? if you can get the device to boot up, you need to hold the up and down power volume button together, this will get you in to the boot loader mode, if not see if you can hold x and the power button this will take you in to the recover mode.
if you can get in to the boot loader, then you can sbf if not, and you get in to the recover mode, you will need to copy the zip file to the root of sd card, but dont use the ginger bread zip file as it wont work, you will need the update.zip from your friends phone if he is still on froyo and then in the menu just apply the update. let me know how you get on.
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1. No, my power button is not working at all.
2a. I pushed both rockers and the BLANK screen appeared
2b. Up on Arrow Keys shows a blank screen too.
3. i have access to stock recovery but thats the ONLY thing i can access.
4. (WTF) He upgraded via the OTA and formatted his SD Card...
5. If ANYONE CAN HELP, I NEED ALL FROYO update.zips that are SIGNED so i dont waste time. my contract ends in 10 days but i havent used the phone in 3 months. ive just been using some crappy feature phone.
Hi mate, i think i have the old zip file you need, i backed up my stuff age's ago and i think this is the one = http://www.mediafire.com/?whlxcbqvhzpnczd
(dont worry it is a D2G update, i just cant remember if this is the ginger bread on of froyo.
if it isnt let me know and then i'll take my phone back do to froyo and get the update .zip for you.
Regards
Scott
kurpter said:
Hi mate, i think i have the old zip file you need, i backed up my stuff age's ago and i think this is the one = http://www.mediafire.com/?whlxcbqvhzpnczd
(dont worry it is a D2G update, i just cant remember if this is the ginger bread on of froyo.
if it isnt let me know and then i'll take my phone back do to froyo and get the update .zip for you.
Regards
Scott
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Nope, But like the post of the log, something was different.
it had 2.4.29 and 2.4.330 in it.
is there anyway i could get my bootloader to show up again?
its been blank ever since i had it.
make sure the phone is switched off, then press and hold in the volume up and down rocker together (make sure you dont let go until it you see the bootloader menu) and plug the phone in to usb (so it powers it up) and then you should be in bootloader mode, i dont know of anyother way of doing it. Also make sure your phone is at least 70% charged.
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make sure the phone is switched off, then press and hold in the volume up and down rocker together (make sure you dont let go until it you see the bootloader menu) and plug the phone in to usb (so it powers it up) and then you should be in bootloader mode, i dont know of anyother way of doing it. Also make sure your phone is at least 70% charged.
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This DOES NOT work because my bootloader doesnt show anything, (no function whatsoever.) this is what happens.
1. I hold both volume rockers
2. Backlight activated (bootloader)
3. No Words
4. Turns back off
5. No RSD or Win7 notification sounds
6. goes back to Venus bootlogo
7. Stays there until it dies
now what confuses me:
if it boots up but theres no bootloader how does it boot?
otherwise, if it does use the bootloader, why does it show up blank?
it was blank when i first got it because i was wanting to root it then.
The bootloader is launched by powering the phone on while holding the up arrow key on the physical keyboard.
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The bootloader is launched by powering the phone on while holding the up arrow key on the physical keyboard.
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i already knew that,
it does the exact same thing as when i hold both rockers.
my problem is that when the backlight comes on the screen doesnt show anything.
Soooo.... No SBF to fix/
And you're sure the battery is charged?
(It doesn't charge if it can't boot.)
Gasai Yuno said:
And you're sure the battery is charged?
(It doesn't charge if it can't boot.)
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i got my friends og droid and the battery is 100%. its been a week and it still didnt do it. oh well.... on the 11th my contract is up and i dont want to get another phone but... sprint's iphone 4s is looking pretty good now!
I recently flashed a new ROM and everything went well. 2-3 weeks later my phone died from lack of charge, I connected it. I turned it on and my start up screen begins but it just stays there...the phone doesn't turn on. I've let it charge completely, and it still will not turn all the way on.
Is there something I can try? How does one get into recovery or download mode with this phone?
Start your phone by pressing volume up and power button together. This will boot the phone into boot loader menu. Then use volume button to scroll down and select recovery. Press power button to boot into recovery.
You may try flashing a diff ROM and see if it boots.
Sent from my Nexus S
The ROM (a Hellybean version) is just not working...I reloaded it and I still get stuck at the startup screen. As this phone doesn't have an external SD card, how would one go about putting in another ROM?
Or simply, how do I go back to stock? Is there something like ODIN? Sorry the noob questions...I know my phone front and back (old Captivate) and I'm actually trying to fix this for my boyfriend. Thanks
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Start your phone by pressing volume up and power button together. This will boot the phone into boot loader menu. Then use volume button to scroll down and select recovery. Press power button to boot into recovery.
You may try flashing a diff ROM and see if it boots.
Sent from my Nexus S
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You're awesome, thank you. I was able to get in this way.
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The ROM (a Hellybean version) is just not working...I reloaded it and I still get stuck at the startup screen. As this phone doesn't have an external SD card, how would one go about putting in another ROM?
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Go into Recovery-> Mount and Storage -> Mount USB Storage, then you're Computer will recognize your phone, and will able to see your SD card, then put Rom in the Sd Card, unmount SD card from recovery, Go back, do a factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, choose zip from SD card and happy Flashing
It worked Thank you guys! :good: