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cant load recovery

Hey guys..
I just today rooted my lovely Nexus S, 9023 or what its called (non branded or nothing)
But i cant load recovery.. went fine when i rooted it, but now that i want to load an custom rom it fails.. i followed this guide to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883032
Anyone have some ideas??
I just get a android logo and triangle + ! in it.. as error.. (
Best regrads
n0ta

Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.

n0ta said:
Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.
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Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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I have had this happen on my NS4G. I know they are a little different, but it seems like you are having the same thing happen that I did and to solve it, I open Windows command prompt(or terminal depending on you OS) and fastboot flash recovery (insert recovery.img name here) and reflashed the recovery partition with clockwork. Very easy fix. Just make sure you boot straight into recovery after flashing and flash the Rom you want to flash before booting back into stock(also make a nandroid before that). After that you shouldn't have any more problems unless you unroot. There must be a small glitch somewhere when flashing the clockwork doesn't fully erase stock recovery partition.

krohnjw said:
Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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Works now thanks all to both of you.

n0ta said:
Works now thanks all to both of you.
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Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...

bender_123 said:
Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...
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The Nexus one did the same thing. Most OTAs verify / replace this file. It's easy enough to deal with if you're unlocked and rooted.
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This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...

bender_123 said:
This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...
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I assure you it won't be the last.
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I can no longer get into clockwork recovery...

I am on brainmasters miui rom, and whenever I try to go into recovery the phone just gets stuck on the Google logo and doesn't move, forcing me to pull the battery. I have tried reflashing the recovery numerous times and idk what to do from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Tried flashing another version of the recovery?

The K-Zoo Kid said:
I am on brainmasters miui rom, and whenever I try to go into recovery the phone just gets stuck on the Google logo and doesn't move, forcing me to pull the battery. I have tried reflashing the recovery numerous times and idk what to do from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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reflash recovery. did you flash recovery through rom manager the first time? flash recovery through fastboot.

simms22 said:
reflash recovery. did you flash recovery through rom manager the first time? flash recovery through fastboot.
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+1
I also made the experience that flashing recovery through rom manager doesn't always work...had the same problem, also using brainmaster's MIUI rom.

simms22 said:
reflash recovery. did you flash recovery through rom manager the first time? flash recovery through fastboot.
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How would i go about doing this?

Check the rooting guides for the directions.
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I tried looking for directions on how to do it and for some reason I can't seem to find them.
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You obviously didn't try very hard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067813
[REF] Complete List of Roms | Kernels | Rooting/Other Guides for Nexus S (GSM)
I am not linking you to the direct directions, but I hope you will find your answer by finding a root guide from the first post.................
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I got the same problem after flashing the Clockworkmod 5.0. Then I flashed the 4.0x version (found in the rooting guide on XDA) and it's now working smoothly

zenithz said:
I got the same problem after flashing the Clockworkmod 5.0. Then I flashed the 4.0x version (found in the rooting guide on XDA) and it's now working smoothly
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You should make sure you are erasing the old recovery before flashing a new one. This can be done as a fastboot command or through the advanced options in rom manager.
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[RECOVERY] Official CWM Recovery

Everyone need to Download rom manager right now. I just flashed official cwm recovery just now v5.0.2.7 and yes its for doubleshot.
Directions:
1. Make Sure Your On a WiFi connection.
2. Go here: http://www.clockworkmod.com
Go to recoveries, Download v5.0.2.7 recovery for doubleshot
3. Download Term Emulator
4. Using root explorer, move the recovery image to /data/local, then mount System r/w in root explorer, then press the home button.
5. Then open Term emulator and this....
su
dd if=/data/local/recovery-clockworkmod-5.0.2.7-doubleshot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Press ENTER
6. It should say transferring bytes blah blah
7. Open ROM manager and press reboot into recovery.
8. If it says v5.0.2.7 then You are done.

Rom Manager has a rom for the HTC Doubleshot too

I'd say Doubleshot is looking mighty good with official CWM recovery and CM7

I saw it and about sh+t myself. Today is great day for doubleshot community.
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Stryder5 said:
I'd say Doubleshot is looking mighty good with official CWM recovery and CM7
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Yes indeed. I am thrilled.
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I was surprised when I saw it. I thought I was going to have to send Koush another tweet badgering him about it.
Sent from a message in a bottle.

so I need to install ROM Manager then install CWM Recovery img file from ROM manager?

charia said:
so I need to install ROM Manager then install CWM Recovery img file from ROM manager?
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Yes
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charia said:
so I need to install ROM Manager then install CWM Recovery img file from ROM manager?
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I am also very new to this. So what about the current Modaco CWM Recovery 4.0.0.9? It will still be there but it won't be used? Do we also access nandroid backups from ROM manager? (So in other words, will we only do everything with ROM manager from now on?)

quicklee said:
I am also very new to this. So what about the current Modaco CWM Recovery 4.0.0.9? It will still be there but it won't be used? Do we also access nandroid backups from ROM manager? (So in other words, will we only do everything with ROM manager from now on?)
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ROM Manager is just a way to access CWM Recovery. If you flash the official CWM Recovery, it will overwrite Modaco's version.

Woot. No more charging issues. Thanks for the heads up.
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Undeadk9 said:
Yes
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THANKS pal..
BTW I can't choose any files in ROM manager to install the img file which I've downloaded already, so I can only download again through my phone..

charia said:
THANKS pal..
BTW I can't choose any files in ROM manager to install the img file which I've downloaded already, so I can only download again through my phone..
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What are you doing? Simply open rom manager.....press flash cwm recovery twice......then press reboot into recovery .....you are making it way harder then it needs to be.
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Undeadk9 said:
What are you doing? Simply open rom manager.....press flash cwm recovery twice......then press reboot into recovery .....you are making it way harder then it needs to be.
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well... I haven't used ROM manager before, so I downloaded both ROM manager and recovery file from website,and put them on sdcard ,but then I found I couldn't use the img file I downloaded ,so ......
"press flash cwm recovery twice" ,I've installed cwm recovery exactly the same

charia said:
well... I haven't used ROM manager before, so I downloaded both ROM manager and recovery file from website,and put them on sdcard ,but then I found I couldn't use the img file I downloaded ,so ......
"press flash cwm recovery twice" ,I've installed cwm recovery exactly the same
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Just flash thru rom manager.
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It feels like my birthday...

I know rite? First, I figured out how to jungle with noc on LoL, and now this? Wins all around.

Installed new recovery through rom manager, to 5.0.2.7 and rebooted into recovery.
All seems well.
BUTTTTTTTT when i tried to do a backup of my current virtuous rom i get an error: "can't mount target path"
And then when testing the restore i get an error: "can't mount path /sdcard"
And when testing the wipe & format options, instead of the traditional Yes or No.... I now have like 10 No options and 1 Yes option.
Something seems bogus, ive reinstalled the recovery twice but same effect.
Anyone??
Whats happened to my recovery guys???
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dillalade said:
Installed new recovery through rom manager, to 5.0.2.7 and rebooted into recovery.
All seems well.
BUTTTTTTTT when i tried to do a backup of my current virtuous rom i get an error: "can't mount target path"
And then when testing the restore i get an error: "can't mount path /sdcard"
And when testing the wipe & format options, instead of the traditional Yes or No.... I now have like 10 No options and 1 Yes option.
Something seems bogus, ive reinstalled the recovery twice but same effect.
Anyone??
Whats happened to my recovery guys???
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if you see 10 NO and 1 YES ,you get it right.yes, it's just like that.
and my backup works fine ,restore? don't know, not test
UPDATE: restore works fine with 5.0.2.7

charia said:
if you see 10 NO and 1 YES ,you get it right.yes, it's just like that.
and my backup works fine ,restore? don't know, not test
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I went back to 4.0.0.9 and I can backup/restore again.
Something with the latest recovery doesn't allow my device to mount and see/work with my sd card..... any advice people?
Where can i get the img file so i can try to flash after a fastboot erase wype.... However i dont see how everyone else has it working and mine mashed.

[Q]recovery flash and nexus s driver issue

Hi
A couple of days ago I tried to flash the newer version of ClockWorkMod recovery (from v3.0.2.4 to 5.0.2.0) via ROM Manager, it seemed to install properly but when I tried to enter the recovery it sent me to the BOOTLOADER and there was written that I have no boot or recovery image installed, when I try to install the CWM manually via ADB it cant recognize my Nexus S when I'm in the bootloader (I re-installed the drivers but it didn't help) but when the phone is on I have access to the phone via ADB but I cant flash the CWM.
I tried the next commands:
adb shell
SU
flash_image recovery /sdcard/filename.img
and it showed me allot of memory errors.
Does anyone can help me?

someone can help me?

itkinbenny said:
someone can help me?
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Flash 5.0.10 then 5.0.20 right after via rom manager
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nbeebe24 said:
Flash 5.0.10 then 5.0.20 right after via rom manager
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thanx, I tried it but it also didn't work

same problem here noob in nexus s please help

After I sent my NEXUS to a lab it works OK with the recovery they say that they don't know what this issue was but after the changed the rom to stock every thing worked OK

I am also suffering from the same issue, I think itnis caused by only a certain amount of memory being aloted for a recovery image as the newer version is a bit larger, anyone know how to fix this?
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ejleverett said:
I am also suffering from the same issue, I think itnis caused by only a certain amount of memory being aloted for a recovery image as the newer version is a bit larger, anyone know how to fix this?
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in the lab they said that they pushed stock rom via some linux script they have to the nexus and after that they flashed recovery but I think that you can find how to do this in this forum (going back to stock) and to root it again and then you can flash recovery

I'm going thru the same thing after flashing ics rom. Now I had to downgrade to 3.0.0.1 in order ffor my recovery to work.....I even tried flashing each recovery one by one until I was on. 5.2
But its the same issue. No recovery unless I downgrade. Also none of my back ups are recognized.....
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Nexus 5 recovery HELP!!

OK so my nexus 5 is rooted and I installed twarp and nothing works on it. So I think downloaded ROM manager and it won't download! So now both Recovery's are not working. What did I do wrong??? Please help. I am SOO confused!
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enzosly said:
OK so my nexus 5 is rooted and I installed twarp and nothing works on it. So I think downloaded ROM manager and it won't download! So now both Recovery's are not working. What did I do wrong??? Please help. I am SOO confused!
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First, restore back to stock, using any toolkit in development section
Then use that toolkit to install the recovery + superSU
Then download & install rom manager

Are you sure you do it right?
go to fastboot mode, then type
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
Besides, the latest twrp.img is 12.9 MB.

enzosly said:
OK so my nexus 5 is rooted and I installed twarp and nothing works on it. So I think downloaded ROM manager and it won't download! So now both Recovery's are not working. What did I do wrong??? Please help. I am SOO confused!
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Were you careless with your fastboot commands? Did you flash a kernel/ something else to your recovery partition while you were flashing multiple files at once? I ask becasue I was updating my kernel this morning and noobed up. I flashed my recovery with my kernel.:victory: