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[Q] Cannot Enter Recovery!!!

Hi.
Just rooted my TF101 (B80) using ViperMod V4,5.
SU working fine, got root access and everything.
My only problem is that i cannot enter recovery mode. I get the android with the red triangle.
I press Volume- + power, then volume+ and it says:
"booting recovery kernel image"
After that i get the android with the triangle.
Any idea how to solve this problem?

What you see is the recovery, only it's the stock recovery.
To get cwm recovery, use RecoveryInstaller by Gnufabio. Just look in the theme app section

baseballfanz said:
What you see is the recovery, only it's the stock recovery.
To get cwm recovery, use RecoveryInstaller by Gnufabio. Just look in the theme app section
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I have used the recoveryinstaller.apk and still the same result. Then i tried installing a recovery using rom manager but still the same.
Can i use adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 command?
P.S. I forgot to mention that i am on stock ICS ww.9.2.1.17

read the (epic noob guide) by luna_C666 in the general section.its got all the answers and more!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

original21 said:
I have used the recoveryinstaller.apk and still the same result. Then i tried installing a recovery using rom manager but still the same.
Can i use adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 command?
P.S. I forgot to mention that i am on stock ICS ww.9.2.1.17
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is your tf rooted?

baseballfanz said:
is your tf rooted?
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Yes (I think). I used basic root checker and it says that is rooted. It also ask for super user access for it.
Ok. Solved.
I re-downloaded the recovery installer and everything is ok now. Thanks

I had the issue where I had the constant recovery loop and had to manually cold-boot linux every time. Then I followed all the directions that supposedly fixed that and it seemed to work (I could boot straight to android from power off). Now I can't boot into recovery at all. It just hangs at the Asus logo if I choose "reboot into recovery" and it hangs at "booting recovery image" if I use volume down. CWM shows that my recovery image is installed but there is something preventing it from launching.
Is there a way to format the recovery partition and flash it again? I tried the CWM "erase recovery" and that didn't work.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

I've got the same issue, can do what I want, but can't boot to recovery ... grrrr

Same issues with boot and recovery
I am experiencing the same issue too, except I can't boot into the OS either so I am not sure what to do... I'll read the epic noob guide as described above and if I don;t come right there i'll post a thread as my challenges are slightly different to what is already posted.

Enigma_2k4 said:
I am experiencing the same issue too, except I can't boot into the OS either so I am not sure what to do... I'll read the epic noob guide as described above and if I don;t come right there i'll post a thread as my challenges are slightly different to what is already posted.
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You have to hold the volume down at boot like you are booting to recovery, but then don't do anything and a menu to coldboot linux or to erase userdata comes up. Just wait and it will boot android.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

original21 said:
Hi.
Just rooted my TF101 (B80) using ViperMod V4,5.
SU working fine, got root access and everything.
My only problem is that i cannot enter recovery mode. I get the android with the red triangle.
I press Volume- + power, then volume+ and it says:
"booting recovery kernel image"
After that i get the android with the triangle.
Any idea how to solve this problem?
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After being rooted and flashing CWM instead of holding volume down+power.. just download this app from the market. Called: Transformer reboot to Recovery.
The app in your drawer icon is two blue arrows instead of orange and blue like the developers picture.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...recovery&rdid=com.transformer.recovery&rdot=1
Ive noticed alot of people having issues booting with Clockworkmod into recovery or using power down and selecting recovery. (unless its done by hand). That app is a direct way into recovery. Most ROMs ive seen do not enter recovery even when the option is present.
Here is gnufabio, Recovery Installer - flash CWM with a Click
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180
after flashing use the Transformer reboot to Recovery app i listed above. Ive used it and it works.. i use the app to enter recovery all the time.

[Q] ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 keeps booting to CWM

Hello,
After installing and running OTA Rootkeeper on my TF101 B80 with a rooted ICS ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658), the tablet keeps booting to ClockworkMod Recovery (v3.1.0.1). I searched XDA Developers and tried different solutions (including flashing the stock ROM from ASUS) to no avail. Apparently, I'm not the first one having this problem, but I can't for the life of me find a solution. I'd be grateful for any help and pointers. Thanks!

Try this in recovery.
Advanced -- Wipe Dalvik Cache
Wipe -- Wipe Cache
Wipe -- Factory Reset/Clear Data
Install zip from SD card (Pick any rooted ICS rom, make sure to follow installation carefully)
Then after that hit rebootin cwm recovery
See if that works.

Try this.
Hold Vol down + Power button till you get the options of cold boot or wipe data,
choose cold boot.
Once you've booted your rom , run terminal emulator.
(Terminal Emulator, free in Play Store if you don't already have it)
type : su (if superuser appp ask to you , allow). will give you a #
type : echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
type : reboot

Hi guys,
Thank you for your replies. I tried to wipe data/cache/Dalvik cache several times and flash different ROMs. Still no dice.
Cold booting didn't work either. The system gets stuck at the "Cold-booting Linux" message.
What else should I try? Thanks!

Full wipe is needed prior flashing a full rom.
In your case, check out wolf's thread in general section about flashing and recovery even without root.. it might be useful there..
Sent from my awesome rooted Defy: 2.3.6

baseballfanz said:
Try this.
Hold Vol down + Power button till you get the options of cold boot or wipe data,
choose cold boot.
Once you've booted your rom , run terminal emulator.
(Terminal Emulator, free in Play Store if you don't already have it)
type : su (if superuser appp ask to you , allow). will give you a #
type : echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
type : reboot
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thanks , this worked for me!
for the last week I was stuck manually cold booting every time I wanted to turn it on.

markp1989 said:
thanks , this worked for me!
for the last week I was stuck manually cold booting every time I wanted to turn it on.
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Thanks so much for this info - I was stuck in a loop of rebooting only to Clockmod recovery and could not get out of it! This worked for me.

fsxpilot said:
Thanks so much for this info - I was stuck in a loop of rebooting only to Clockmod recovery and could not get out of it! This worked for me.
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I had this issue with CWM 5.5.0.4 a while back, (incidentally also with the most current version of CWM) and the script worked, however.. when i flashed anything in recovery it would revert back to the recovery loop. Let me know if you experience that same issue. I'm having trouble installing a lot of the newer ROMS (JB)

baseballfanz said:
Try this.
Hold Vol down + Power button till you get the options of cold boot or wipe data,
choose cold boot.
Once you've booted your rom , run terminal emulator.
(Terminal Emulator, free in Play Store if you don't already have it)
type : su (if superuser appp ask to you , allow). will give you a #
type : echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
type : reboot
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THIS!!!
Worked for me as well!!
THANKS

baseballfanz said:
Try this.
Hold Vol down + Power button till you get the options of cold boot or wipe data,
choose cold boot.
Once you've booted your rom , run terminal emulator.
(Terminal Emulator, free in Play Store if you don't already have it)
type : su (if superuser appp ask to you , allow). will give you a #
type : echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
type : reboot
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If i'm not mistaken, this will fix the bootloop issue. but i noticed that it wouldn't boot into recovery with power options or reboot apps. The only way i could get into recovery was using power and vol down then press vol +. I fixed this by flashing a new recovery, cold boot, enter echo boot in cmd, then reboot which installed the recovery. after that it worked normally.

kernel null said:
I had this issue with CWM 5.5.0.4 a while back, (incidentally also with the most current version of CWM) and the script worked, however.. when i flashed anything in recovery it would revert back to the recovery loop. Let me know if you experience that same issue. I'm having trouble installing a lot of the newer ROMS (JB)
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Install a new recovery... I suggest twrp
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app

Worked like a charm. Had me going crazy for a while. Thanks

baseballfanz said:
Try this.
Hold Vol down + Power button till you get the options of cold boot or wipe data,
choose cold boot.
Once you've booted your rom , run terminal emulator.
(Terminal Emulator, free in Play Store if you don't already have it)
type : su (if superuser appp ask to you , allow). will give you a #
type : echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
type : reboot
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the cold boot option worked for me thanks !!!!

[Q] Recovery Loop

Okay I was able to fix the boot loop issue temporarily.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531003&page=2
But if I go back into recovery mode then reboot my device, the recovery mode loop happens again...
how do I permanently remove recovery mode bootloop?
I couldn't find a answer to that yet...
Rom : Android Revolution 3.5.1
Recovery: ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.3.4

P00t said:
Okay I was able to fix the boot loop issue temporarily.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531003&page=2
But if I go back into recovery mode then reboot my device, the recovery mode loop happens again...
how do I permanently remove recovery mode bootloop?
I couldn't find a answer to that yet...
Rom : Android Revolution 3.5.1
Recovery: ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.3.4
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Change your recovery... my advice is flash TWRP recovery.. link and details are in development thread....
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app

P00t said:
Okay I was able to fix the boot loop issue temporarily.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531003&page=2
But if I go back into recovery mode then reboot my device, the recovery mode loop happens again...
how do I permanently remove recovery mode bootloop?
I couldn't find a answer to that yet...
Rom : Android Revolution 3.5.1
Recovery: ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.3.4
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You need to get rid of that "bad" recovery. Go to the dev section, get one of the recovery there, your choice doesn't matter.
(TWRP is a one I'm using myself)
boot into recovery and flash the new recovery.
When done don't use reboot option in the recovery.
Use the Vol down plus power button and let it get to the 2 options of wipe data or cold boot linux.
Once it boot to your OS, use terminal (free in Play Store).
Open terminal and type in the following
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot
*press ENTER after each line.

I tried that but it didnt work, im still stuck in recovery loop. Tried to unroot, still stuck in recovery when i turn on my TF. Tried to fix with '1 click root' but still doesnt work?? So lost
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jojo1419 said:
I tried that but it didnt work, im still stuck in recovery loop. Tried to unroot, still stuck in recovery when i turn on my TF. Tried to fix with '1 click root' but still doesnt work?? So lost
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda app-developers app
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What didn't work? did it install a new recovery and failed or the new recovery installed but your getting boot loops with that also?, Peri should temp fix the bootloops also : (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681155). Try using EasyFlasher to install a new recovery: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012).

baseballfanz said:
You need to get rid of that "bad" recovery. Go to the dev section, get one of the recovery there, your choice doesn't matter.
(TWRP is a one I'm using myself)
boot into recovery and flash the new recovery.
When done don't use reboot option in the recovery.
Use the Vol down plus power button and let it get to the 2 options of wipe data or cold boot linux.
Once it boot to your OS, use terminal (free in Play Store).
Open terminal and type in the following
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot
*press ENTER after each line.
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thank you very much for this. Worked fine.

Thanx a great bunch
baseballfanz said:
You need to get rid of that "bad" recovery. Go to the dev section, get one of the recovery there, your choice doesn't matter.
(TWRP is a one I'm using myself)
boot into recovery and flash the new recovery.
When done don't use reboot option in the recovery.
Use the Vol down plus power button and let it get to the 2 options of wipe data or cold boot linux.
Once it boot to your OS, use terminal (free in Play Store).
Open terminal and type in the following
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot
*press ENTER after each line.
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Wow.......really man,how many recovery's,rom's etc etc I have tried,you really don't want to know,every time i got stuck back in that damed bootloop.....so you are the MAN dude.....thank you very much,:good: Gratitude!!!

[Q] Can not update Recovery

Hello guys,
i have a small problem with my CW 3.1 Recovery. If i try to update my recovery over flashing newer version it does not work. It should be work, but when i restart to recovery, it's the same version then before.
any ideas ?
Virus3003

Try installing TWRP through goomanager (install OpenRecoveryScript). You will need it to upgrade to JB 4.2
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

Thank you for this fast post, but it did not work. I try to install the recoveryscript over goomanager, but after restart to recovery...same recovery like before.
Any other ideas ?

Try this,
Boot into recovery and flash the new recovery.
When done DO NOTt use reboot option in the recovery.
Use the Vol down plus power button and let it get to the 2 options of wipe data or cold boot linux.
Chose Cold Boot Linux
Once it boot to your OS, use terminal (free in Play Store)*.
Open terminal and type in the following
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot
*press ENTER after each line.
I use this terminal emulator https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDMsImphY2twYWwuYW5kcm9pZHRlcm0iXQ..

virus3003 said:
Thank you for this fast post, but it did not work. I try to install the recoveryscript over goomanager, but after restart to recovery...same recovery like before.
Any other ideas ?
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Try it twice. The first time didn't work for me either. Rebooting and flashing through goomanager a second time, then rebooting to recovery worked for me.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium HD app

Thanks baseballfanz, it works. New Recovery is installed and now it boot direct to the OS.

Unusual bootloop

Dear people,
I recently installed Clockworkmod v5.8.3.4 etc. on my TF101. It was working with RaymanFX's ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858295
Like so many others I got the bootloop-problem. My TFT101 didn't want to boot directly into the rom. It didn't really bother me, because I could coldboot and that worked fine.
Recently I wanted to repair this minor issue. After a bit of an internetsearch, I found a solution: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...tf101-stuck-clockworkmod-recovery-mode-2.html
At least I thought it was the solution.
I did the following:
1. Reboot tablet pressing Power+Vol Down.
When screen becomes blank, release Power but keep pressing Vol Down.
It will propose you to boot into recovery by pressing Vol Up - ignore it.
Then it will propose you to wipe data by pressing Vol Up or skip wiping using Vol Down. Press Vol Down.
This will cold-boot tablet normally without wiping any data.
2. Start Terminal Emulator application wich is a part of CWM. Execute the following commands:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
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After reboot, the whole thing doesn't work anymore. The bootloop stayed, but Android itself doesn't start at all... Not even when coldbooting. I can get into ClockworkMod Recovery, but installing the old ROM doesn't fix the problem.
Is there a way to undo step 2 (with the commands) I've mentioned above?

I am pretty sure the 5.8.3.4 recovery is your issue. How did you install it? I am guessing ROM Manager.
Have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598
I would use EasyFlasher and install either TWRP or Rogue Touch Recovery. I strongly suggest TWRP, it is much nicer than CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012

frederuco said:
I am pretty sure the 5.8.3.4 recovery is your issue. How did you install it? I am guessing ROM Manager.
Have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671598
I would use EasyFlasher and install either TWRP or Rogue Touch Recovery. I strongly suggest TWRP, it is much nicer than CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688012
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I installed ClockworkMod via an tutorial I found on the internet. Don't know which one. Later I installed the ROM Manager and updated to the latest version (the one I mentioned above).
ClockworkMod could be te problem. Straingely enough, the EOS-ROM works. I had the bright idea to try to install that one and EOS just works. Then I though I would try again to install RaymanFX's MOD. Didn't work. Apperently ClockworkMOD just sucks in installing ROM's properly...

I'm now convinced that ClockworkMod just isn't the right program for the job on the tf101. Installed EasyFlasher and TWRP and my tablet is back in business, without any bootproblems!
Thank you very much for your help!

Fixed My EOS 4 Boot Loop
"echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0"
Fixed my boot loop even though I was already using TWRP and had never installed EOS 4 with CW. Could CW have left stuff behind?