Hey!
Hope you can explain me this.
I reboot in recovery mode mi LG Optimus ME P350 (rooted with "gingerbreak") using the "Fast Reboot" app from market.
The phone reboots like new one, I had to set the language, date, time, google accounts, all settings, etc ... and all the apps I installed are gone.
my question is: Is this a mode that can go out and get back to what I had before? Or just it reset the phone to me and I have to start again?
thanks for reading.
cheers.
Well I know that it is a little bit older this post, and i assume that you started over with everything. But you were right you must start from the begining as trying to enter recovery mode without having installed a custom recovery puts the phone in factory reset and everything is deleted except firmware.
But if you have flashed recovery with a custom recovery the phone will enter in recovery mode ( vol down + home + power )
On my LG with custom firmware and custom recovery "Fast Reboot" free version only kills running apps....But "Quick Boot" reboots into recovery. It needs root.
So I write this for future help if someone does the same thing.
morox said:
Well I know that it is a little bit older this post, and i assume that you started over with everything. But you were right you must start from the begining as trying to enter recovery mode without having installed a custom recovery puts the phone in factory reset and everything is deleted except firmware.
But if you have flashed recovery with a custom recovery the phone will enter in recovery mode ( vol down + home + power )
On my LG with custom firmware and custom recovery "Fast Reboot" free version only kills running apps....But "Quick Boot" reboots into recovery. It needs root.
So I write this for future help if someone does the same thing.
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hey!!
thanks for your replay!
it helps
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After I updated my (unrooeted/locked) Nexus S (9023) to 4.0.3 I wanted to try the 4.0.4 upgrade. After the 4.0.3 the recovery mode lost the backlight, so I figured the it was a good time to root.
I tried this one-click script to unlock. It worked and I installed CWMR and flashed the 4.0.4 upgrade. After a reboot the phone had ICS 4.0.4 and got root.
But not all is working. I lost the ability to get into the bootloader by pressing 'vol down.' & 'power'. The phone just starts normally.
The only way I can get into the bootloader, is to "reboot to bootloader" from a command line. If I choose recovery, I get a picture of an android at its back with a red ! (2105.dk/temp/img_1161.jpg). After two minutes it automatically reboots. What has gone wrong? What does it mean? And how can I fix it?
I'm new at this, so i'm out of ideas
try Vol up + power
Ahhh... now i'm feeling a bit stupid
Okay, i'm able to get into the bootloader, but the problem with the recovery still remains. (what does the picture mean? - 2105.dk/temp/img_1161.jpg)
I've tried both CWRM and TWRP. They seems to flash with no errors, but i still can not get them started from the bootloader (fastboot mode?).
Not sure if it's what you are looking for since I can't see the picture you are talking about but I think it's the recovery "security" screen. When you are there press power first and maintain it to press vol up, you should now be into the recovery...
Also remember stock rom has a script that overwrites any custom recovery with stock recovery each time the rom loads.
Yes, pressing [power] + [vol. up] at the recovery "security/error" screen, starts up a recovery.
I also didn't knew that the stock ROM overwrites the recovery. I never seen it mentioned any where else.
Thanks for the hints.
Okay, after learning how the stock OS trying to reinstall stock recovery, I managed to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to *.bak
Now the stock recovery stays away, and CWM recovery stays on permanent.
Also, the error screen doesn't show up any more. (never found out what it means)
I'm not sure if this is a "brick". I'm abel to get into recovery but anytime I try to boot, it just stays in the 4GLTE flash screen forever. I had successfully rooted it and loaded CM10, but then it failed the last nightly I loaded and told me I had unauthorized software, and now this...
I just tried going back to stock, but it doesn't help. The flash seems to work, but I get the same problem.
I'm seriously sad right now
mariod505 said:
I'm not sure if this is a "brick". I'm abel to get into recovery but anytime I try to boot, it just stays in the 4GLTE flash screen forever. I had successfully rooted it and loaded CM10, but then it failed the last nightly I loaded and told me I had unauthorized software, and now this...
I'm seriously sad right now
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Click link in sig...start with section 2 going back to stock , then root, then UNLOCK BOOTLOADER! Now you can flash cm10.
droidstyle said:
Click link in sig...start with section 2 going back to stock , then root, then UNLOCK BOOTLOADER! Now you can flash cm10.
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When I reboot into recovery (which is actually becoming tricky now - as I need to quickly hit up-volume before it normal boots), I don't see any options for wipe/factory reset. I do see the green 2D android though... but there are no options. I'm just in ODIN mode.
mariod505 said:
When I reboot into recovery (which is actually becoming tricky now - as I need to quickly hit up-volume before it normal boots), I don't see any options for wipe/factory reset. I do see the green 2D android though... but there are no options. I'm just in ODIN mode.
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"ODIN mode" is download mode (with the 2D android background), not "recovery mode" (with a different, 3D android). In step 3, you held home+vol down+power to enter download mode, then pressed vol up to confirm. In step 8, you're going into recovery by holding home+vol up+power.
You don't have to be fast; just press the power button last and hold it until you get into recovery or download.
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The reason you got the "unauthorized software" error was that you didn't unlock your bootloader. You should do more reading to prevent soft bricks like this in the future. Next time, root your phone, unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, reboot into recovery, and make a backup(!) before trying to install a ROM. :good:
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"ODIN mode" is download mode (with the 2D android background), not "recovery mode" (with a different, 3D android). In step 3, you held home+vol down+power to enter download mode, then pressed vol up to confirm. In step 8, you're going into recovery by holding home+vol up+power.
You don't have to be fast; just press the power button last and hold it until you get into recovery or download.
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The reason you got the "unauthorized software" error was that you didn't unlock your bootloader. You should do more reading to prevent soft bricks like this in the future. Next time, root your phone, unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery, reboot into recovery, and make a backup(!) before trying to install a ROM. :good:
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When I try that, it starts to go into recovery mode (and I see the 3D android), but then it boots up normally and hangs at the 4G LTE screen.
The background to this issue is that I used the Guide you linked to root (prior to bootloader being avail), and had CM10 installed. Everything was great and functional until I tried installing This issue has materialized after installed the privacy app (forget the name) which needed root and started cycle rebooting the phone. So I went to flash the latest CM10 nightly, only to hit this issue.
I never flashed the kernel - figured rooting through the initial work around the community had, would have been sufficient in perpetuity... oops
mariod505 said:
When I try that, it starts to go into recovery mode (and I see the 3D android), but then it boots up normally and hangs at the 4G LTE screen.
The background to this issue is that I used the Guide you linked to root (prior to bootloader being avail), and had CM10 installed. Everything was great and functional until I tried installing This issue has materialized after installed the privacy app (forget the name) which needed root and started cycle rebooting the phone. So I went to flash the latest CM10 nightly, only to hit this issue.
I never flashed the kernel - figured rooting through the initial work around the community had, would have been sufficient in perpetuity... oops
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UPDATE: I was able to get into recovery (the combo button timing is definitely more sensitive than before. ...and now it's booted up normally. THANK YOU!
Hello, I'm new to this community and if you guys can help me I have some trouble here. Let me explain, I wanted to make a backup and I went intro recovery mode by holding power button -> restart and selecting recovery, i got CWM and CM 10.1, then I wanted to exit and I couldn't, I select reboot system now, it boots to recovery mode, power off, same, removing the battery the same, can you help me guys? Thanks.
Jackie_ said:
Hello, I'm new to this community and if you guys can help me I have some trouble here. Let me explain, I wanted to make a backup and I went intro recovery mode by holding power button -> restart and selecting recovery, i got CWM and CM 10.1, then I wanted to exit and I couldn't, I select reboot system now, it boots to recovery mode, power off, same, removing the battery the same, can you help me guys? Thanks.
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if you did backup just restore the backup, otherwise flash stock rom with odin, search on www.sammobile.com you rom OR you have an unbrick guide in the general section
Jackie_ said:
Hello, I'm new to this community and if you guys can help me I have some trouble here. Let me explain, I wanted to make a backup and I went intro recovery mode by holding power button -> restart and selecting recovery, i got CWM and CM 10.1, then I wanted to exit and I couldn't, I select reboot system now, it boots to recovery mode, power off, same, removing the battery the same, can you help me guys? Thanks.
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you dont need to do any flashing of stock rom
just flash twrp recovery or latest cwm
you can get twrp and cwm from my signature
just flash twrp in odin
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Hi everyone,
I'm sorry if I post this question in a wrong section but there is no thread for my device on xda.
It seems like I ruined the recovery mode of my Android tablet. It's a HP Pro Slate 12 tablet with Android 5.1.1 on it. It's rooted. I wanted to install CWM Recovery to backup everything, but my device wasn't listed as a supported device. My friend told me I can install the LG G3 recovery instead because it's compatible. I installed that. Since then recovery mode completely disappeared. The device still boots in normal mode and works, but I cannot boot into recovery mode anymore. I really need it because the device boots normally but sometimes acting strange since I rooted it. I'd like to try unrooting it by going into recovery mode or doing a factory reset, but both options disappeared.
Here's what I've tried:
- I Googled this problem very thoroughly, but didn't find any help aside from "hold down 2 buttons to go into recovery mode" type of answers.
- I tried holding down volume up+power buttons while turning it on, but didn't work.
- Tried holding down volume down+power. Nope.
- Tried rebooting inside Android into recovery mode with Quick boot app. It rebooted my device but again it went into normal mode instead.
- Tried to reboot into recovery mode with ADP and FastBoot in Windows. ADB recognized my device (listed the serial number), Fastboot didn't recognize my device. So I tried to reboot into recovery with ADB. Same stuff happened. The device rebooted into normal mode.
- Tried to do a factory reset. DIDN'T work! Rebooted into normal mode once more. The factory reset hasn't deleted anything.
- I have the latest available update.zip from the official website for my device, but without recovery mode I cannot install it.
Any ideas? Did I really lose the possibility of recovery forever with a single click?
crullx said:
Hi everyone,
I'm sorry if I post this question in a wrong section but there is no thread for my device on xda.
It seems like I ruined the recovery mode of my Android tablet. It's a HP Pro Slate 12 tablet with Android 5.1.1 on it. It's rooted. I wanted to install CWM Recovery to backup everything, but my device wasn't listed as a supported device. My friend told me I can install the LG G3 recovery instead because it's compatible. I installed that. Since then recovery mode completely disappeared. The device still boots in normal mode and works, but I cannot boot into recovery mode anymore. I really need it because the device boots normally but sometimes acting strange since I rooted it. I'd like to try unrooting it by going into recovery mode or doing a factory reset, but both options disappeared.
Here's what I've tried:
- I Googled this problem very thoroughly, but didn't find any help aside from "hold down 2 buttons to go into recovery mode" type of answers.
- I tried holding down volume up+power buttons while turning it on, but didn't work.
- Tried holding down volume down+power. Nope.
- Tried rebooting inside Android into recovery mode with Quick boot app. It rebooted my device but again it went into normal mode instead.
- Tried to reboot into recovery mode with ADP and FastBoot in Windows. ADB recognized my device (listed the serial number), Fastboot didn't recognize my device. So I tried to reboot into recovery with ADB. Same stuff happened. The device rebooted into normal mode.
- Tried to do a factory reset. DIDN'T work! Rebooted into normal mode once more. The factory reset hasn't deleted anything.
- I have the latest available update.zip from the official website for my device, but without recovery mode I cannot install it.
Any ideas? Did I really lose the possibility of recovery forever with a single click?
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Hello did you find a solution to your problem ?
Hi I have tried so many times using the instructions all over the internet that says you have to use power volume up to get into recovery for flash mode but it never works just keeps loading into Android. Am I doing it wrong or is there a video or other way to get to stock recover. need to do this so I can install custom recovery and rom
Thanks
Hardware button recovery.
squigsie said:
Hi I have tried so many times using the instructions all over the internet that says you have to use power volume up to get into recovery for flash mode but it never works just keeps loading into Android. Am I doing it wrong or is there a video or other way to get to stock recover. need to do this so I can install custom recovery and rom
Thanks
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No you didnt do anything wrong. Some h/phone models do not respond to Vol+/- + Power. Out of the 11 device I owned my latest MTK powered phone do not respond to the hardware button.
But you did not describe your phone completely.
What SoC? Kirin, Exynos or MTK? (I assume it is MTK)
Are you rooted?
Do you want to access customs recovery or stock recovery?
If you are not rooted and on stock recovery, you can only access (for these problematic models) via "fastboot recovery"
command. It is not hard install adb driver on your PC, and your device driver. search for "fastboot adb" installer from the web. It is less than 1 Mb size and your USB cable from PC to device. End users cant do much when facing this problem.
If you are rooted and on customs recovery all you need to do is to install "Rebooter" from Playstore and click the rebooter from Android homescreen to get into TWRP recovery. (this doesnt work if you dont have root and on stock recovery).
I rooted , install customs recovery, by using fastboot and my device ROM flasher everything works well for me. And I enter TWRP via "Rebooter" and clear my dalvik and cache. Try it.