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[Q] Cannot boot into recovery. Laggy phone as well.

I was just about to try updating from NScollab 1.0.39 to 1.0.40 and for some reason my nexus s refuses to boot into recovery. It doesn't seem to exist anymore. Im not sure if it is related or not but my phone became very laggy after my first failed attempt to boot into recovery. I tried fixing user permissions and rebooting many many times but it doesn't seem to help.

What does it do when u try to boot into recovery?
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It doesnt do anything. It just reboots into the bootloader.
Thank you for the quick reply
edit:
i tried flashing recovery again through rom manager and now whenever i try to boot into recovery it just hangs at the google logo with the unlocked padlock.

Hmmm
Do me a quick favor.
go here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Ne...de#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery_Image
and download the 4.0.0.2 recovery image and save it to some directory on ur computer
then follow these steps:
1. Open up command prompt/terminal and plug in phone to computer
2. Type "adb reboot bootloader"
3. It will take you to fastboot mode. Now type "fastboot erase recovery"
4. Then type fastboot "flash recovery ____.img"
( ____ is the name of the recovery img file)
5. Now it will flash and once it says "OKAY" then scroll down using volume down into recovery and see what happens
plz get back to me bout this!

IT WORKS! It went into recovery! Thank you so so much! Is there anything else I should do or am i set to go?

i so hate rom manager! i cant believe that people still use it

shahravi94 said:
IT WORKS! It went into recovery! Thank you so so much! Is there anything else I should do or am i set to go?
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Since it works, you can wipe and flash ns collab lol
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Thank you so much for the quick help! btw i updated recovery from rom manager and i ran into the same problem with it not booting into recovery so i am guessing there is a problem with the latest version of recovery? I'll just reflash through the instructions you gave me.

Yeah prolly a ROM manager issue
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shahravi94 said:
Thank you so much for the quick help! btw i updated recovery from rom manager and i ran into the same problem with it not booting into recovery so i am guessing there is a problem with the latest version of recovery? I'll just reflash through the instructions you gave me.
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the recovery generally doesnt stick if flashing it through rom manager. flash it through fastboot and itll stick.

Hmm thanks for the advice! ill keep that in mind

Bricked my Nexus?

Hi guys,
A little help would be appreciated here as I think i've bricked my SNS just now..
I was following this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878446 in an attempt to flash clockworkmod to then flash something else however:
I get to step 14 after booting into recovery and a whole bunch of e:/ errors are shown, mainly around the Cache when in the cwm recovery screen.
I attempted to flash the stock ROM as per this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664 (Android 2.3.6/GRK39F/XXKF1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader)
However this error'd and went back to the cwm screen with the e:/ errors.
The phone will now not boot past the Google logo with the unlocked padlock on the screen.
Any ideas atall? I've tried factory wipe/cache/devlik wipe ect but the errors are still showing?
Thanks in advanced!

i had experienced same problem " E:/ errors"
try use newer or older version of recovery , that's how i solved it ...
can you still be able to enter fastboot ? if so , you can flash new recovery img via adb
if you can't ,that's gonna be kinda problem , i suggest you try Odin ...although it could be little more complicated then recovery

qtwrk said:
i had experienced same problem " E:/ errors"
try use newer or older version of recovery , that's how i solved it ...
can you still be able to enter fastboot ? if so , you can flash new recovery img via adb
if you can't ,that's gonna be kinda problem , i suggest you try Odin ...although it could be little more complicated then recovery
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Thanks for replying.. How do I get into Fastboot if it doesn't boot though? + what command do I use to get there from a Mac?
I've used odin before so am aware of how it works, but wouldn't know which files to flash if you know what I mean?
Edit: Im using cwm 3.0.0 by the way, not sure if that helps?

adaimespechip said:
Thanks for replying.. How do I get into Fastboot if it doesn't boot though? + what command do I use to get there from a Mac?
I've used odin before so am aware of how it works, but wouldn't know which files to flash if you know what I mean?
Edit: Im using cwm 3.0.0 by the way, not sure if that helps?
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To enter fastboot when phone is off just hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time
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smok3thekid said:
To enter fastboot when phone is off just hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time
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Oh! Yes sorry, I can do that indeed..

[Q] [i9023] Blank/Black screen in recovery

Hey everyone,
Basically I was trying to flash a new ROM onto an old Nexus S of mine and when I tried to boot into recovery there was just a black screen. I pressed the power button and a single line saying "Clockwork mod Recovery" and the version number popped up. I assumed that the recovery must've been corrupted so I erased it and installed the latest version using fastboot which seemed to work fine.
Now whenever I try to boot into recovery I just get a blank screen with nothing else. I've tried using other recovery images such as twrp but the same problem happened, I just get the background wallpaper/image and nothing else.
I searched the forums and apparently people were having this issue earlier on when the i9023 was first released but now most custom recoveries are supposed to work with both i9020 and i9023.
Also the touch buttons light up and vibrate whenever I touch them when I'm in recovery mode.
Any help to this problem would be greatly appreciated as atm I have an old ROM which is buggy as hell and I need to get rid of it.
Cheers!

I had the same Issue. If you can boot into the rom, you can try to download the rommanager-app and install the recovery from there.

Hey I tried that already that and instead of booting into recovery it just went into the bootloader and said "No Recovery or Bootloader found".
Any other ideas?

Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Hey
I have the i9023 and I install rom manager. install CWM and if I reboot into recovery it works and I get in to CWM recovery.. but after reboot into os.. if I go into Rom manager and reboot to recovery it dont work? I just get the android figur and a "!".. then I just can Power + vol up and I'm in bootloader recovery..
Do I have to install CWM every time i want to use it? and can't I access CWM on boot op ?
sorry for my bad English

Normaly you have to flash the recovery only once.
Try to flash the newer clockwork-recovery with fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686

Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
Sent from my SNES

bedalus said:
Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
Sent from my SNES
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I havent unlock my phone, but I can get in to bootloader is it then necessary to unlock ?
I try to delete the /install-recovery.sh

Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Xziped said:
Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Then it must be unlock as default.. I havent unlock it.. just delete the install install-recovery.sh and it works every time now.
now I just have to find a ROM to try..

Xziped said:
Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...

Simultaneity said:
Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...
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what happens when you try to temporary boot into the recovery?
instead of "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", try to "fastboot boot recovery.img"
Just look for an recovery.img that works temporary and then try to flash it permanently.

I'll try it and get back to you Xziped. If anyone else can think of any other ideas please just throw'em at me, I'm willing to try anything!

Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.

Simultaneity said:
Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.
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Sorry but if not even the temporary recovery boots up, i dont know what else we can do
did you try some of the older recoverys? is your bootloader unlocked?

I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next

Simultaneity said:
I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next
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Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.

khartaras said:
Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.
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There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!

Simultaneity said:
There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!
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Just look @ http://www.samfirmware.com/ .
There you should find all you need
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TWRP for ics port could not boot to recovery...need help please....

I already try to reflash for almost 10 times and each and every time was unsuccessful to make the twrp working on my device...
anybody has any idea what went wrong?
i flash the ics port from xbsall currently using V21A baseband and root succesfuly using the guide from the development thread.
however once i install the p940 recovery and granted superuser it could never boot to recovery.
i did make the twrp successfully boot to recover and make a backup 2 days ago. but because i flash the wrong baseband and messed up with my imei i decided to reflash all over again.
and tough luck it never reboot to recovery ever since.
please help... i'm dying to try xbsall newest room with acid sound....

I am in the same situatiom.
If someone can provide alternative or manual way it will be great.

You habe to put you device in fastboot mode with omap4tools and type the fastboot.exe flash recovery \path\to\stockicsrecovery.img
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How can I do that? Could you please explain it to me step by step? I have the omap driver but don't know anything about fast boot.
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berni987654321 said:
You habe to put you device in fastboot mode with omap4tools and type the fastboot.exe flash recovery \path\to\stockicsrecovery.img
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ok, i did some research and found how to do the fastboot.
i can go into the fastboot mode.
but what should i type?
once i type fastboot.exe there are a lot of command
should i type" flash <recovery>\path\to\stockicsrecovery.img" ????
please show me how to do it.
thanks

Type:
"fastboot.exe flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img"
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i'm sorry i'm such a noob but where can i download the recovery.img?
i had twrp running a couple of days ago before i accidently messed my imei.
i did a twrp backup with twrp booting to recovery successfully.
is there any way i could restore the backup using fastboot?
thanks for your help.
i'm desperately try to make twrp work in my phone. just don't know what went wrong. i installed the p 940 recovery.apk and install twrm and granted the superuser permission.
but when i reboot it normally reboot to the system and not recovery.... :crying:
edit:
i found your thread regarding the twrp berni...it is for GB right? so back to square one. where can i find the ics recovery image? thanks

Did u try holding volume down while booting?
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Forget flashing Recovery partition if using ICS.
Specific TWRP/CWM recovery uses the 2nd init method and has nothing to do with recovery partition.

I have the same problem!
the installation of the .zip-file takes 2 sec.
it isn't normal for a size of 429 mb.
what's the problem

you can use the app that you used to install recovery to go in recovery mode,
3d+vol down+power doesnt work on me.

xueJ said:
you can use the app that you used to install recovery to go in recovery mode,
3d+vol down+power doesnt work on me.
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Correct key combination for twrp in ICS is Vol- and Power
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Nexus 5 recovery Mode problem

i am using Android L downloaded from google and want to go back on Parandroid but when i switch it to recovery mode...no recovery mode is der ..only recovery screen black screen with android....when i try to download th e twrp app it is saying you dont have root permissions.On the fastboot mode when i do fastboot oem unlock..then it says it already unlocked...:crying:..
:crying::crying::crying: please Guys Help me

Just flash a new recovery by fastboot. Everything should be just fine.
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Yes, fastboot flash recovery.
However, i'd recommend full return to KK stock first or you may misplace your sdcard data so back that up to computer then return to stock. From there, flash recovery

recovery problem
akash4357 said:
Just flash a new recovery by fastboot. Everything should be just fine.
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in fastboot mode i flashed recovery..
and sill i getting the android open display with red sign whenever i switch to recoverymode....??
and what should be the state of secure boot ??

nayan_sharma said:
in fastboot mode i flashed recovery..
and sill i getting the android open display with red sign whenever i switch to recoverymode....??
and what should be the state of secure boot ??
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I dont know that the official preview repartioning the device or not and what changes made on the configs because i dont try that.
Maybe you can try everythings from the begining, so flash the latest KitKat factory image and after upgrade your recovery. I think its a faster way if you dont have enough knowledge. No need flash radio etc.
Basically with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img should work after you cleared the recovery partition ( fastboot erase recovery )
If you want testing a recovery how it works without flash just type: fastboot boot recovery.img, after rebooting your phone, your device looks like before with no changes, if it working than you need flash and use it.

fagyi said:
flash the latest KitKat factory image and after upgrade your recovery.
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Which is what I suggested, but I was ignored.

nayan_sharma said:
and sill i getting the android open display with red sign whenever i switch to recoverymode....??
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When the image of an Android with a red triangle appears:
While holding down the Power key, tap the Volume Up key.
That should get you back into the custom recovery that you just flashed

PaisanNYC said:
When the image of an Android with a red triangle appears:
While holding down the Power key, tap the Volume Up key.
That should get you back into the custom recovery that you just flashed
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This screen is part of stock recovery.