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[Q] No recovery option on new unrooted wifi xoom

As the title states I follow the directions to get into the stock recovery ans I dont have that option. Only have NVFlash, RSD and fastboot.
Any Ideas?
James

what are you trying to do in recovery?

There isn't any recovery for now I don't think.
To flash the overclock/root images you just use fastboot

I am very familiar with android. I am referring to the stock recovery. Since I have not gotten an update yet I am not sure how moto works but most updates run thru the stock android recovery however I don't even have the stock recovery and I sure as heck don't want to exchange it because of the large amount of customizations I have done. I know I can OEM unlock and drop the stock recovery on there but with no course of action to relock it makes no sense.
James

There is a recovery, but it doesn't show up in the boot menu for some reason.
With ADB, you can to an "adb reboot recovery" and it will boot into recovery, so it's definitely there.
-Jim

But in order to adb reboot recovery on needs su access unless the xoom is different than everything other device. And I am not interested in rooting until moto releases the stock images.
James

interesting.. one can adb reboot recovery non rooted. Granted it just gives you the stock flashing screen for android but atleast I know its there. Motorola must have made some changes
Thanks.
James

cj10488 said:
interesting.. one can adb reboot recovery non rooted. Granted it just gives you the stock flashing screen for android but atleast I know its there. Motorola must have made some changes
Thanks.
James
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Did you find a way to standard recovery menu. I spend 1 hour speaking with Moto support. They told me that I need to send back my XOOM WiFi tablet, because something wrong. I'm sure I'm not wrong in pressing that bloody buttons, it's just wrong manual and support also don't know how to access to standard recovery on WiFi version.

When you adb into recovery hit Power and Volume up. Your menu is there.

stevenege said:
When you adb into recovery hit Power and Volume up. Your menu is there.
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No, I'm trying to access to recovery menu without PC. My PC has problems with USB, so it didn't recognize XOOM (I checked it on the another pc, so I'm sure that only that bloody Dell D620 and corporate security programs doesn't regonize XOOM)
So I need to get access from tablet with locked bootloader and without root access. According to the troubleshooting manual I need to press volume down button, as soon as Motorola logo appears, but I made all that things several hundreds times and nothing. I could see only fastboot, RSD or NvFlash, bug no Recovery.
Also as I found owners of 3G version, doesn't have such problems, looks like only WiFi version had such problems.
If somebody who has WiFi version could make video how to get access to Recovery menu from device without PC, it could help really.

Kozdoba said:
If somebody who has WiFi version could make video how to get access to Recovery menu from device without PC, it could help really.
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I don't think you can. I certainly couldn't find a way. The only way I could enter recovery was via adb. That said, adb doesn't require root. You just have to make sure "USB debugging" is turned on under settings->applications->development.
-Jim
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BeagleBoy said:
I don't think you can. I certainly couldn't find a way. The only way I could enter recovery was via adb. That said, adb doesn't require root. You just have to make sure "USB debugging" is turned on under settings->applications->development.
-Jim
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk
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The most strange that Motorola support sure that we could do it via buttons. I spend 2 hours with Level 2 specialist trying how to do it. After that they advice me to send it back, because something wrong with my XOOM.

if you push the vol down button when its in the moto logo and you get the "starting fastboot protocol support" message that means you pushed the vol down button too early
reboot then wait a little longer than before then push vol down(make sure your on the moto logo) you should get "android recovery text" when that comes up press and hold vol up
when recovery loads up press down the power key then let go of vol up and you should see the options
i dont remember what the options are since i dont have the stock recovery anymore but im sure its the same as any other stock android recovery

Use an app called Wireless ADB, it has helped me out in situations like this.

PaulG1488 said:
if you push the vol down button when its in the moto logo and you get the "starting fastboot protocol support" message that means you pushed the vol down button too early
reboot then wait a little longer than before then push vol down(make sure your on the moto logo) you should get "android recovery text" when that comes up press and hold vol up
when recovery loads up press down the power key then let go of vol up and you should see the options
i dont remember what the options are since i dont have the stock recovery anymore but im sure its the same as any other stock android recovery
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I tried to do it several time, but always I see only "starting fastboot protocol support"
Do you have WiFi version of the tablet, because it looks like this problem only with it. 3G version doesn't have such problems(
Guys who has WiFi version of the tablet please make video how you did it. I already comes to Level 3 specialist at Motorola support, because the rest specialist couldn't find Recovery menu of WiFi version.))))

ateld said:
Use an app called Wireless ADB, it has helped me out in situations like this.
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Yes I know, but I would like to know how to get access to that menu without PC at all. I bought XOOM tablet to leave my PC at home during my business trip, so I would like to be sure that everything ok with my XOOM tablet. Right now I don't see any proof that I could access to Recovery menu without ABD

PaulG1488 said:
reboot then wait a little longer than before then push vol down(make sure your on the moto logo) you should get "android recovery text" when that comes up press and hold vol up
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This doesn't work for wifi. You get the choice of nvflash, rsd and fastboot, but not recovery.
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

BeagleBoy said:
This doesn't work for wifi. You get the choice of nvflash, rsd and fastboot, but not recovery.
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk
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Welp, that sucks. I hope the UMTS Xoom is better.

[Q] Unable to boot into recovery/bootloader

Basically neither adb reboot recovery nor ROM Manager/QuickBoot will boot me into recovery. The device just reboots as normal. So I'm unable to flash new CWM or Prime :\
The device has root (su is installed and showing prompts for superuser access).
Is there something I should do which I'm not or I am, in fact, booted into recovery and just don't realize it?

None of those work to get you into recovery.
You can look for Gnufabio's boot to recovery app or
Hold volume down plus power button, soon as you see two lines of words appear at the to left corner, press volume up within 5 seconds, that will take you into recovery.

Thank you. It worked.

do you know of a way to do this without root i can bairly get my transformer to boot normally let alone recovery...

AFAIK you don't need root to boot into recovery.
I'm still wondering why these forums provide misleading and clearly wrong directions of getting into recovery...

drksilenc said:
do you know of a way to do this without root i can bairly get my transformer to boot normally let alone recovery...
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The above method will get you into stock recovery if you're not rooted.

... the reason i posted this is because this method DOES not work for me... those programs require root. i do not have root. i am trying to get root. i have been rooting rom loading since my htc touch way back the only reason i want to root is so i can get netflix cause asus didnt update that lib file...

drksilenc said:
... the reason i posted this is because this method DOES not work for me... those programs require root. i do not have root. i am trying to get root. i have been rooting rom loading since my htc touch way back the only reason i want to root is so i can get netflix cause asus didnt update that lib file...
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The button combo method is the default way of getting into recovery stock or custom. To get root you have to follow one of the many way to root.
How are you rooting by getting into stock recovery?

what i am saying is the default button combo isnt working for me to get into recovery mode.
i cannot get the device into apx mode at all
i need a way to do this
the default button combo is not working.

drksilenc said:
what i am saying is the default button combo isnt working for me to get into recovery mode.
i cannot get the device into apx mode at all
i need a way to do this
the default button combo is not working.
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The APX mode is different, the combo above is for recovery.
For APX you need to power off the tablet.
-Plug the tablet to pc with your usb cord.
-Hold volume up while powering on
-Your screen will stay off but you should hear a "Ding" on your PC (or what ever noise your PC make when USB device is plug in)

well... they really should post that... i guess i did have apx working properly

Broken CWM

I have flashed the CWM from TF201 by accident. Now the tablet is stuck in that CWM mode. I can't connect to usb using adb mode. Power+volume down does not work anymore. Any way I can reflash the correct CWM?
THanks

If you can boot to OS - you can use fastboot to flash any recovery.. or flash TWRP from goomanager.
upd: sry..don't see about "stuck".

abe_cedar said:
I have flashed the CWM from TF201 by accident. Now the tablet is stuck in that CWM mode. I can't connect to usb using adb mode. Power+volume down does not work anymore. Any way I can reflash the correct CWM?
THanks
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I have made the same mistake. Although I can get the device to fastboot USB mode. I have tried to use CWM with the restore I made before I put in Cyanogenmod 9, as well as putting on the Cyanogenmod experimental #2 for TF300. No error messages at all and it wipes data and cash without any problems.
But I get locked on the Asus boot screen and it does not continue ie I am stuck as well.
I have as well tried to use the TWRP 2.1.5. I get the Teamwin loggo screen, it wipes all the data and verifies all the filesystems and reboots. Still stuck.
Is the device bricked ?
upd:The TF300 can not be shutoff either. When you hold the power button the screen goes black, but after ~5 s the device is starting again and is still stuck on the Asus bootup screen.

if you reboot it holding vol down and power, can you get back into the boot menu, to reselect fastboot?
if holding the power button doesn't switch it off, what happens if you leave it to run out of batteries then do this?
then you can flash the correct recovery.img

cheedear said:
if you reboot it holding vol down and power, can you get back into the boot menu, to reselect fastboot?
if holding the power button doesn't switch it off, what happens if you leave it to run out of batteries then do this?
then you can flash the correct recovery.img
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Yes, I can get access to the fastboot and I have already tried to flash with the recovery.img. I have as well let the battery run out and tried it once more with the same result.
Still stuck on the asus bootup screen.

power
Hare,
I have same problem.tab cannot power off. Just reboots into cwm.
I was thinking to drain bat. Thanks for sharing that info.

There are a lot of topics about people who broke their devices with TF201's recovery.
Afaik, no one recovered it. Send to Asus.

So the device is bricked then :'(.
Thanks for clearing it up.
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RMA..
Guillaume,
Thanks for clarification.
I have read that ASUS wants 700USD for replacing/reflashing the bootloader. That was for the tf201. Any way to nvflash it back to factory? I don't believe that they have to change the MB.
I have no warranty left, but I don't want to be gouged by them either.
Any thoughts, info?

Hi,
I've do the same mistake, but I can use adb.
Do youhave any news about our problem?
Thanks
Midyr

unable to power off
My issue is that I have the CWM for the tf201. I did the update from the CWM app in Android. Bad idea. So now the tab does not power off s.t. I can get into the power+vol down mode. Adb does not work since I cannot ( don't know how) to make it go into the usb debugging mode. I have tried several things none of which have worked. Still stuck.
I wanted some feedback for a RMA from ASUS, posted it here but sor far no answers.

Not sure if it would really work, but on my Evo, I don't have to completely power off the phone to do the recovery sequence. I can do it during a normal reboot. There is a point just before the device starts booting again where it is technically "off", and if I hold volume down (don't even have to hold power on my Evo; volume down seems to be the only necessary button) starting at this point, the phone will boot into the bootloader.
So, next time the device reboots, just start holding volume down (possibly power also, just in case) at the "off" point.

[Q] Can't get into S/W!

Two weeks ago I had an ICS rom installed and was tired of the poor battery life, so I tried to unroot my phone and bring it back to stock to start over later. I got the stock 2.3.3 installed and decided not to unroot and just use the rom.
I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14159600#post14159600
But I didn't actually use SOC to unroot, because I wasn't sending my phone back to TMobile.
Today I was looking to see if there were any ICS roms that I might like to try out and found HFS. I downloaded it and tried to boot into CWM (Power + Vol down), and instead of going into CWM, it did the little android install splash screen, and just wiped my phone. So I installed RomManager and tried to install the rom through that. It rebooted, and did the same thing. So I "fake flashed" CWM through RomManager, and it booted into CWM finally. I thought I was in the clear, so I factory reset, wiped everything, and installed the HFS rom. It ran all the way trhough and installed successfully, until I rebooted. Now it's stuck on the white LG logo. I can't boot into CWM! It just goes to the android update splash and restarts.
To make things so much worse, I can't even boot into S/W update! I remove the battery and hold both volume buttons and plug in the USB. It does nothing. No lights, no driver installation prompt on my computer. Nothing...
What can I do at this point?

You need to re-install CWM, when you went back to stock it probably reverted your recovery to stock as well

Alright, I can get into s/w update by holding only the down arrow... But now I can't get NVFlash to acknowledge that my phone is plugged in. I've installed the LG drivers, ADB drivers and the LG Modem drivers. It doesn't ask for the APX drivers, although I've installed them in the past...
What do?

Just making sure, you are removing the battery, holding down the VOL up/down while you are plugging it in W/O the battery?

Yes I am. But it doesn't work if I push both, then plug it in. I only push the bottom and it boots into S/W

FYI, never, and I mean, NEVER use ROM Manager to flash CWM Recovery. That's like asking for a brick.
Sent from someone's Galaxy Nexus running AOKP + Franco

idbl_fanatic said:
Just making sure, you are removing the battery, holding down the VOL up/down while you are plugging it in W/O the battery?
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DaBigums said:
Yes I am. But it doesn't work if I push both, then plug it in. I only push the bottom and it boots into S/W
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Re-read his question. In order to get into apx mode you must remove the battery, keep it out, and, while holding the volume up AND down buttons, plug in the phone. If you already have the drivers installed itbwill not prompt for them. Just. Flash cwm with nvflash.
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Волк said:
Re-read his question. In order to get into apx mode you must remove the battery, keep it out, and, while holding the volume up AND down buttons, plug in the phone. If you already have the drivers installed itbwill not prompt for them. Just. Flash cwm with nvflash.
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My apologies for any misunderstanding as my answer was really short. But what I meant to say was, when I remove the battery and push both volume buttons down, then plug it in, I wait for 3 minutes and it still does nothing. But if I remove the battery, hold only the volume down button, it will boot into S/W. But when I use this method, it doesn't show up in the device manager as anything. I only get the sound of connecting a USB device, other than that, it's just not recognized by my PC. I've tried to run NVFlash anyway, and it says USB not connected. I'm at a complete loss...

Well I actually had a problem like this ( the not found usb part ) ehen I "bricked" my phone and what I did was I kept trying this for about 5 minutes and it worked. So my advice ie to check if you have the USB driver installed then keep trying to NVFlash.
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[Q] Stuck In Clockworkmod Recovery, no Fastboot

I just rooted my One S using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008440. I flashed Clockworkmod touch recovery and installed the latest CM10 Nightly. I ended up installing the standard Clockworkmod recovery (non touch) through ROM manager once my phone was up and running. Everything on my phone was working great until I let my battery run all the way down to the point my phone shut off. I plugged my phone in and it automatically booted to recovery. I waited a little bit for the phone to charge and selected "reboot system now" from recovery. My phone did not boot and only goes to recovery. When it reboots, it briefly flashes a green stripe twice in the upper third of the screen prior to booting all the way but never shows the HTC screen or anything other than recovery. I tried reflashing the ROM in recovery, formatting every partition in recovery, entering fasboot using ADB, rebooting using ADB, and nothing seems to get my phone to do anything other than boot to recovery. I tried running the latest RUU and it fails (presumably because it can't enter fasboot). I tried pressing and holding volume+, -, and the power button at the same time, I tried holding just the volume down button while holding the power button, but no luck so far.
Is there a way to reflash the recovery from ADB while the phone is in recovery? Is there any other way I can force my phone into fastboot? Can I safely use the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1990043 to "unbrick" my phone by entering commands via ADB shell while in recovery rather than in terminal emulator? Thanks in advance for all the collective XDA wisdom that I'm sure will help get my phone back up and running.

Hey I had the same problem about a week ago. Are you sure you used the latest the RUU file?

chilaca91 said:
Hey I had the same problem about a week ago. Are you sure you used the latest the RUU file?
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I'm using RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_TMOUS_2.35.531.7_Radio_1.08ts.50.02.16_10.08e.50.04L_release_279577_signed.exe. I don't think it would matter which one I used though because it gives me an error that says it can't connect to the phone.

Try holding down the power button for 10 sec and then let go of the power and hold down the volume button. I had to do this a couple of times until I finally got into the bootloader
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chilaca91 said:
Try holding down the power button for 10 sec and then let go of the power and hold down the volume button. I had to do this a couple of times until I finally got into the bootloader
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Amazing! That did the trick. Thanks a ton for that info. I knew it would be something simple.

I also had a similar problem. Seemed to occur only when I had the USB cable plugged into the phone. Once I removed it, I could then get into fastboot. Once I was in fastboot, I simply plugged the USB cable back in, and everything worked flawlessly.

All that crap you got wouldn't have happened if you use TWRP instead of CWM.