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[Q] Can't start recovery: "Fastboot mode - no boot or recovery img"

Hi.
I installed Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 when I was on Android 2.3.1, and I've used it without problems after the upgrades to 2.3.2 and 2.3.3.
Now, for some reason I don't understand, I'm unable to boot the recovery image. I get this on the bootloader:
FASTBOOT MODE - NO BOOT OR RECOVERY IMG
PRODUCT CODE - HERRING
...(more stuff)...
LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED
...(more stuff)...
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
RECOVERY
POWER OFF
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I've tried reinstalling the recovery from Rom Manager, which says it does it successfully. It still won't start CWM in the recovery img.
ADB and root access works as it should.
What's wrong here?

Wrong section :|

From general section (allgamer)
NOTES:
It's normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you'll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you'll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else
To simplify things with the Command Line, it's best to copy and paste the contents inside ..\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools to ..\android-sdk-windows\tools
that way you'll have all the necessary files in the same location to prevent errors

Boots into recovery after installation, then gives triangle exclimation

I've now flashed the recovery using both rom manager and fastboot 4 times, and each time it works fine the very first time after, but then the 2nd and succeeding times after lead to the little android and then the triangle and exclamation point. This is with the latest clockwork 3.1.0.1 on a Nexus S 4G. I have no idea what the problem could be and I'm hella frustrated.
Thanks for any help you can provide in advance.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856999
Trying this, will update with results after I just try flashing cyanogen.
EDIT: UPDATE problem solved after flashing cyanogen. Sorry for taking up extra space. Here's the fix incase others were searching.
-Flash recovery
-Enter recovery while it's still working, nandroid backup, wipe, flash cyanogen.
-Done
If that doesn't work use the commands from that link.

The problem is solved cause CM fixed it for you.
If you don't have a ROM fixing it for you (eg stock Android), you need to rename the install-recovery.sh inside /system/etc to something else to make a recovery stick through reboots. Renaming system data requires root/super user.
The order would be:
Flash recovery
Flash su.zip
Boot into Android
Use a root explorer (eg Super Manager or Root explorer) to rename the file above
Flash recovery again

Restroing clockwork recovery on i9023 ??

Hi everyone,
I was using latest cyanogen on my i9023 till today and today I tried to go back to stock ROM, I downloaded a 100% stock nandroid backup and restored it with CWR, but not if I try to boot in to it, stucks in black in screen after the boot animation.
I tried to restore the cyanogen again by going back to recovery menu, but it seems that restoring the nandroid backup replaced it with a sort of more limited recovery menu (Android system recover <3e>). My bootloader is still unlocked, but I think I lost the root access...
How can i get the CWR back? I tried to install the img from computer, but I can't get to the phone at all... "adb devices" in terminal doesn't give me anything...
any help is greatly appreciated!

I just answered a question about this haha
I'm gonna assume you have a fastboot binary installed in ur tools folder of the android sdk?
if you do, then
try this:
1. Grab a recovery image from one of the threads or here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nex...Recovery_Image
2. Then, put it in your AndroidSDK tools folder, and go into terminal or command prompt and cd into that tools folder
3. fastboot flash recovery ____.img
(the ___ is the name of the recovery image file)
4. reboot ur phone into recovery and run a nandroid of some sort.
see if that works haha

THANK YOU!!
It worked out perfectly!!

thx!
this worked for me 2.

[S3]please help me unbrick my one s ville c2

i tried to install trickdroid, which went wrong. being the idiot that i am, i erased everything, system, cache, all i could find. now i tried this:
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
5) Now, try the UTB rom (it worked for me), rename the zip file to something short (i.e. utb.zip), and push it to the sdcard using adb as follows:
Code:
adb push utb.zip /sdcard
6) While still in CWM, flash the zip.
i relocked my phone, but i dont know how to flash stock recovery. i have the stock_recovery.img and i installed all in one kit, but i am not sure what to do now. i tried FLASH RECOVERY/ your own recovery and then flash cwm, but i dont get that option to clear storage, which makes me think i did something wrong. can someone please explain step by step what i need to do? now i am very very angry and i dont think i can think straight at the moment and cant really focus.
thanks a lot
EDIT: now i am downloading the RUU file for one s s3 europe....

saculetz said:
i tried to install trickdroid, which went wrong. being the idiot that i am, i erased everything, system, cache, all i could find. now i tried this:
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
5) Now, try the UTB rom (it worked for me), rename the zip file to something short (i.e. utb.zip), and push it to the sdcard using adb as follows:
Code:
adb push utb.zip /sdcard
6) While still in CWM, flash the zip.
i relocked my phone, but i dont know how to flash stock recovery. i have the stock_recovery.img and i installed all in one kit, but i am not sure what to do now. i tried FLASH RECOVERY/ your own recovery and then flash cwm, but i dont get that option to clear storage, which makes me think i did something wrong. can someone please explain step by step what i need to do? now i am very very angry and i dont think i can think straight at the moment and cant really focus.
thanks a lot
EDIT: now i am downloading the RUU file for one s s3 europe....
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To go back to STOCK [S3 - VilleC2] recovery, you must RELOCK bootloader, and than flash THE RUU for your device: (RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.11.401.110_Radi o_16.12.20.02U_16.05.20.16_M2_release_263510_signe d.exe - google it!) - in my case this version worked fine (after RELOCK bootloader) - (ATTENTION! it will erase everything as well as UNLOCK process even after RELOCK) - you'll be back to STOCK ROM with STOCK recovery.
All_in_One_Kit is not proven to work on S3

luxandroid said:
To go back to STOCK [S3 - VilleC2] recovery, you must RELOCK bootloader, and than flash THE RUU for your device: (RUU_VILLEC2_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.11.401.110_Radi o_16.12.20.02U_16.05.20.16_M2_release_263510_signe d.exe - google it!) - in my case this version worked fine (after RELOCK bootloader) - (ATTENTION! it will erase everything as well as UNLOCK process even after RELOCK) - you'll be back to STOCK ROM with STOCK recovery.
All_in_One_Kit is not proven to work on S3
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thanks for the reply
thing is i erased everything, and the only thing i get now is fastboot/hboot. i relocked the phone via hasoon all in one kit, but i dont know how to flash recovery. i tried to but i dont know how to check if the process succeeded. what i need is someone to tell me the steps i have to follow to flash stock recovery and then that RUU file which i am downloading now.
EDIT: i finished downloadin the stock RUU. how can i flash it? i only have fastboot on my phone, i erased everything else

persistent stock recovery

Hi,
I hope this question wasn't asked before, I couldn't find a solution to my problem yet.
I tried using the toolbox to flash Philz and later TWRP recovery. the phone booted normaly and not to the custom recovery.
When I tried to boot to custom recovery the stock recovery loaded instead.
I even tried the command prompt method.
Eventually I used the command m=prompt method and immediately manually booted to recovery and the custom recovery (Philz this time) loaded. I though I was done, but right after I set up the phone as I like it and wanted to make a backup of it, the stock recovery loaded instead of the custom recovery.
any ideas?
what as I doing wrong?
Thanks

Unlock bootloader amd ise the fastboot commands to flash tje recovery permanently. Guides in the general section.

I see I need to elaborate
I will tell you what I did step by step.
1. Using the toolbox (V6), I unlocked the bootloader, the phone booted as if it was just got out of the store (all my data was erased)
2. Entered the gmail account and basically went through the entire initial setup process.
3. Booted to fastboot again and flashed TWRP recovery (using the toolbox).
4. The phone automatically booted normally (not to custom recovery)
5. I tried booting to custom recovery and I got the stock recovery instead
6. Booted to fastboot again and flashed Philz recovery this time (using the toolbox).
7. The phone automatically booted normally (not to custom recovery)
8. I tried booting to custom recovery and I got the stock recovery instead
9. I opened command prompt and used the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" command, the recovery.img I got from the "philz_touch_6.59.2-bacon" zip file.
10. I immediately forced boot to recovery and got Philz
11. I set up my phone as I like it (app + settings)
12 tried booting to recovery again (from power off of course) and got the stock recovery again !!!!
Any ideas?

I tried again and partially succeeded
Hi,
I decided to do all using the command prompt.
This time I disabled the CM Recovery Protection (though I clearly remember doing so before but might have done it before unlocking the bootloader).
I tried flashing using "fastboot flash recovery" command TWRP recovery but when I tried booting to the recovery I got one vibration (the one supposed to be before the recovery loads) and after a few seconds (+1 logo on screen) I got another vibration and the system normally booted (not to recovery).
I did it again with Philz and it worked, I booted twice to recovery and it holds.
The only difference was that Philz recovery was named recovery.img and TWRP was named TWRP.img, I don;t think that matters.
I really wanted TWRP. don't know why it didn't work.

This question has been asked several times, see the FAQ thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471