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[Q] failbooted recovery from CWM ROM Manager stuck

Dear people of awesomeness,
The story: I was following the exciting thread about the new CWM support for SGS4G by krylon360 and team, followed the directions (overwriting the recovery file WITH R/W enabled, placing update.zip into the root of my SD card...), and got stuck. Didn't know what to do exactly after that, other than try to use ROM Manager to backup my phone. Saw the "Reboot into recovery" option in the ROM manager menu and thought hey, let's see what this does. Most careless, stupidest thing I've done this year. fail.
The question: What is/are the way/s to boot into stock recovery mode? I can't seem to find a definitive method for booting into "stock recovery mode", though I've found plenty of ways to boot into download mode (a whole thread of them lol). I managed to find ONE method after reading through hundreds (honest) of posts in dozens of threads here and elsewhere: Hold vol+ Vol- and Power simultaneously from a powered off state.
The secondary fail: Obviously this didn't work for me, and although I'm near certain I'm going to have to do the "Odin" thing, I just wanted to ask if anyone could clearly explain the method to boot into stock recovery?
The shameless 2nd question: This question may have been asked elsewhere, shame on me, but... the .tar I'm downloading ([ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root -- (hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836)) will it wipe my phone?

akira6968 said:
Dear people of awesomeness,
The story: I was following the exciting thread about the new CWM support for SGS4G by krylon360 and team, followed the directions (overwriting the recovery file WITH R/W enabled, placing update.zip into the root of my SD card...), and got stuck. Didn't know what to do exactly after that, other than try to use ROM Manager to backup my phone. Saw the "Reboot into recovery" option in the ROM manager menu and thought hey, let's see what this does. Most careless, stupidest thing I've done this year. fail.
The question: What is/are the way/s to boot into stock recovery mode? I can't seem to find a definitive method for booting into "stock recovery mode", though I've found plenty of ways to boot into download mode (a whole thread of them lol). I managed to find ONE method after reading through hundreds (honest) of posts in dozens of threads here and elsewhere: Hold vol+ Vol- and Power simultaneously from a powered off state.
The secondary fail: Obviously this didn't work for me, and although I'm near certain I'm going to have to do the "Odin" thing, I just wanted to ask if anyone could clearly explain the method to boot into stock recovery?
The shameless 2nd question: This question may have been asked elsewhere, shame on me, but... the .tar I'm downloading ([ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root -- (hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836)) will it wipe my phone?
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does your phone still boot up normally?

also when you get to the recovery menu it should be blue. scroll down to reinstall packages, and that will get you to CWM recovery

Ok first, Rom Manager should not be used until Koush incorporates our device in it.
Your findings are correct, the vol+,vol-, + the power button should get you into recovery, besides that the only other way is to use an app/power menu mod but that requires the phone to be on.
It sounds like the next thing for you is Odin. From your phones current state you can, hold vol+, vol- and then plug USB Cable into phone (Brings you into download mode), ive read some users pull battery and put it back in, but the first way i explained it should get you into download mode. From there, choose Roms KB5, KC1, or KD1, and yes your device will be factory reset. Your documents should be on your SD. I dont know if you have Titanium Backup to restore your apps, if not, you will have to manually install them after your odin session.
hope this helps

E:signature verification failed
chris.... said:
also when you get to the recovery menu it should be blue. scroll down to reinstall packages, and that will get you to CWM recovery
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When I boot into recovery mode and select reinstall packages it starts out:
install from SD card
Finding update package
Opening update package
verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted
I have downloaded krylon360's cwm final update.zip and put it in my root directory.
The only posibility I can think of was a friend rooted my phone with an older update.zip file and i am trying to put the new one on. I deleted the old update.zip and copied over the new one.
i then downloaded odin and followed the instructions on a post to flash my rom with the t959+root from krylon360 as well. I believe that worked, because a lot of the apps that came with the phone are back now.
i tried reinstalling packages after this and still the verification error.
i have been doing a lot of browsing, searching and reading tons of posts on here... cant seem to figure this one out. any ideas?
Thanks

If you successfully flashed your phone and have root access, double check the update.zip is in the root and make sure its the latest one. Another thing is to make sure you copied over the Recovery file and pushed (Copied) it over to System/bin folder. Once you have those two in place you can reboot into stock recovery then "re-install packages" to get to CWM Recovery.

Hooray!
I did the ODIN thing, according to the post mentioned in my OP, and it fixed everything My custom shutdown vid, startup/shutdown sounds were gone, but my apps were still there, even paid apps. No titanium backup.... guess I got lucky lol. Scared the crap outta me when it wouldn't load past the T-Mobile startup image.
I knew not to use CWM yet, was following the thread about imminent implementation of sgs4g support for CWM, but just didn't really think that booting into recovery mode from CWM would get me stuck like that. Didn't even try to install recovery for CWM, knowing that "Epic 4G" and "Vibrant", etc were not the right choice despite the seeming similarities.
I had been keeping up with moving all apps i could to SD, so maybe that saved me, I dunno.
Followed pixelbrains post to use odin and worked perfect. Thank you all!!

glad you got your phone back. \m/

fknfocused said:
If you successfully flashed your phone and have root access, double check the update.zip is in the root and make sure its the latest one. Another thing is to make sure you copied over the Recovery file and pushed (Copied) it over to System/bin folder. Once you have those two in place you can reboot into stock recovery then "re-install packages" to get to CWM Recovery.
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Thank you for that info.... I actually finally figured it out, but it took me forever. the key kind of is what i thought, that i did not have the recovery file in the right spot. I finally found a free file manager, super manager (recommonded on one of theses posts, i read so many cant remember which one ) after fiddiling with that for like 30-40 mins i finally figured the correct procedure to allow me to paste that recovery file and once i did that, bam, cwm recovery worked fine.
so, the fact that i am able to get to that screen and the latest update.zip file is in my external sd cards root dir. i am all goo there right?
i also used odin to flash "PDA_KD1.tar.md5" my phone after i got that recovery file in the correct place, and then when that was done i booted into the cwm recovery after i downloaded "Bali_SGS4G_v1.4UV.zip" and then i hit install zip from SD card, and i selected choose zip file and selected that bali one, and then i had to scroll down like 7 spots to hit yes to install and it went for a few seconds and then acted like it was done, so i just hit back and then reboot. how do i know if that worked? cuz i dont see anything saying bali at all on my phone...
does it sound like i did that right?
thanks again

edge228 said:
Thank you for that info.... I actually finally figured it out, but it took me forever. the key kind of is what i thought, that i did not have the recovery file in the right spot. I finally found a free file manager, super manager (recommonded on one of theses posts, i read so many cant remember which one ) after fiddiling with that for like 30-40 mins i finally figured the correct procedure to allow me to paste that recovery file and once i did that, bam, cwm recovery worked fine.
so, the fact that i am able to get to that screen and the latest update.zip file is in my external sd cards root dir. i am all goo there right?
i also used odin to flash "PDA_KD1.tar.md5" my phone after i got that recovery file in the correct place, and then when that was done i booted into the cwm recovery after i downloaded "Bali_SGS4G_v1.4UV.zip" and then i hit install zip from SD card, and i selected choose zip file and selected that bali one, and then i had to scroll down like 7 spots to hit yes to install and it went for a few seconds and then acted like it was done, so i just hit back and then reboot. how do i know if that worked? cuz i dont see anything saying bali at all on my phone...
does it sound like i did that right?
thanks again
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settings menu then go to about phone and check the kernel
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thank you, it shows the bali as kernel... so glad to see i did it correctly

CWM

I'm new to CWM and I just flashed humble gingerbread 4.2 on my phone and it worked great. Now I want to install the update through CWR or CWM (Pretty sure they're the same). I can't figure out how to get into CWR mode. What buttons do you have to press.
Thanks Brian.

From Humble, you have two options. The easier of the two is to find Quick Boot in your app drawer and use the recovery option.
The universal method to get to recovery, regardless of what is installed, is to power down, and then once the phone is completely off, hold Home+VolUp+Power. Keep holding them and you'll end up in recovery.

Now when I update I just put the update file on my sd card and find through recovery mode and install it right?
I notice in the update there's two folders. Not exactly sure how to update it.

You need to put it on the SD card as a zip. Don't unpack it, just put is on as the zip and choose the "install update from zip" option and choose that file from the card.

alright i did that, it said it completed and I went back to the main menu and rebooted. It that all I have to do?

Pretty much. Depending on what you are doing, you might have to mount system prior to flashing, but for most things you don't, and it will usually tell you in the thread if you do.

Alright cool, phone is running really nice now. Much faster then the stock ROM.

Getting around PG58IMG.zip update?

So I accidentally installed a version of PG58IMG.zip when i should not have. Now my screen sticks at HTC. I cannot get to recovery mode because whenever I go into HBOOT it automatically trys loading PG58IMG.zip, if I select yes, simply installs it, reboots and hangs at HTC. If I select no, then all I can do is reboot the phone. I am trying to get anywhere that I can USB to the SDcard so that I can delete PG58IMG.zip. any help? thanks

so I'll follow up on my own post since i solved it, maybe itll help someone with similar in the future. i happen to have a spare microSD card, but im pretty sure you do not even need it. i removed my microSD, put in another one, booted into HBOOT, it didnt see the .zip, i then removed the microSD and put my original in, and went into recovery. works, but again im sure you can start into HBOOT with no microSD at all, then just insert it once it gets in.

I was stuck because the PG58IMG.zip start flashing and then the phone restart,
and it was kept looping on PG58IMG.zip error or HTC white screen....
I removed the microSD, reboot and before selecting Recovery i put the microSD in.
Then in recovy in, enable usb drive and delete PG58IMG.zip...

All you needed to do was delete the zip off your sd card. Then you would have been able to boot into the bootloader.

im not trying to sound like a ****, honestly, but if you would of searched your issue i guarantee you would have found unlimited post about this, and would have known after any IMG.zip flash always delete from sdcard, if you dont it just gonna keep booting into the IMG.zip and want to flash,
and not only that everytime you boot into bootloader it always scans for IMG.zip before you allowed to choose a option

big_smurf i could not delete it, i could not get anywhere into the phone that allowed me to usb to it so i could delete it.
ilostchild, after it installs it was not deleting. it would install, reboot phone, hang at HTC screen. if i go back into HBOOT, its there again, trying to install it again.

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big_smurf i could not delete it, i could not get anywhere into the phone that allowed me to usb to it so i could delete it.
ilostchild, after it installs it was not deleting. it would install, reboot phone, hang at HTC screen. if i go back into HBOOT, its there again, trying to install it again.
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i know thats what im telling you it wont delete on its own, after you flash any IMG.zip file and you try go back into the bootloader it will want to flash it again, you have to flash the IMG.zip after power down, take out sdcard put in pc delete the IMG.zip file, the put in sdcard,
or use a spare sdcard to flash IMG.zips when done you can simply take it out and put your other normal sdcard in.

[Q] Two questions: SD card mount and Rebooting

Second topic today, first one was a bit impatient of me. I've got everything done correctly, CWM flashed, everything rooted, and everything works.
I've notice one thing, though. I cannot reboot, in anyway, back into recovery. "adb reboot recovery" does indeed reboot the device, but it never makes it into recovery, only boots as normal. Rebooting recovery from CWM(Advanced > Reboot Recovery) does the same thing. Is there a reason for this, and how would I fix this? (I'm going to assume it's a bootloader issue. Next question on that, is CyanoBoot released for the TF101?)
Second thing I have a question on is how I would flash a .zip located on the external SD card. Anytime I try to select a zip from the external, it never shows up, and only shows things from internal storage. I'm currently running Roach2010's v5.5.0.4 CMW.
Thanks in advance for the help.

Use "Transformer reboot to recovery" app, look in the play store.
or manually by holding Vol down plus power button, when you see words at to left corner, immediately push Vol up within 5 secs to get into recovery.
Roach's 5.5.0.4 version only read the internal sd.
Either move the files internally our use a cwm version that read the external sd card

Thanks for that. As soon as I find how to flash just normal CWM, I'll get to that.

[Q] TWRP screwed my phone

Hello all,
I was doing some test with the new TrickDroid as beta tester and the last time i came into TWRP recovery I got screwed. I did only a Factory reset (my log says that) but my sdcard is formatted too). I tried to mount my sd with computer (that works) and tried to recovery my data with GetDataBack, but it's all gone.
I had to format my sd card, did that and placed a rom on it. But TWRP doesn't see the ROM file on my sd card. So I want to go to bootloader to push a ROM to sd card, cause I wiped all my data and I need a ROM to start.
But I can't close that fuuuu TWRP. I can't reboot, it says you have to install a ROM first (yeah but how, sd card formatted and it doesn't recognize files on it). I tried the power button + volume down button in TWRP to shut off my phone, but that button is used in recovery to lock your recovery.
At the end, how I can get my phone off and push a ROM? I'm on 70% battery, it will take 24h before that's gone.
EDIT: Oke I wiped my sdcard within TWRP and guess what? It sees my sdcard with the ROM I placed on it in mounted mode. That's not a wipe isn't it? It's only a bring back your sd card like before. Maybe I'm just a noob but I can't trust that TWRP recovery.

Inferi0r said:
Hello all,
I was doing some test with the new TrickDroid as beta tester and the last time i came into TWRP recovery I got screwed. I did only a Factory reset (my log says that) but my sdcard is formatted too). I tried to mount my sd with computer (that works) and tried to recovery my data with GetDataBack, but it's all gone.
I had to format my sd card, did that and placed a rom on it. But TWRP doesn't see the ROM file on my sd card. So I want to go to bootloader to push a ROM to sd card, cause I wiped all my data and I need a ROM to start.
But I can't close that fuuuu TWRP. I can't reboot, it says you have to install a ROM first (yeah but how, sd card formatted and it doesn't recognize files on it). I tried the power button + volume down button in TWRP to shut off my phone, but that button is used in recovery to lock your recovery.
At the end, how I can get my phone off and push a ROM? I'm on 70% battery, it will take 24h before that's gone.
EDIT: Oke I wiped my sdcard within TWRP and guess what? It sees my sdcard with the ROM I placed on it in mounted mode. That's not a wipe isn't it? It's only a bring back your sd card like before. Maybe I'm just a noob but I can't trust that TWRP recovery.
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Nothing wrong with twrp, NOOB.
Sent from my HTC One S using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

Just push power button + volume down to see capacitive leds et drop power button to go in bootloader, now you can install CWM recovery and send a rom by adb !
Mine is dead, I can't power up the device and I can't acces to bootloader

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