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[Q] Unable to Flash Recovery

Long time Galaxy Nexus user and I just received my S3 yesterday in the mail!
Of course I couldn't wait to root and unlock it using the very helpful thread RootDebug, EZ-Unlock11 and EZ-Recovery2.2. Via Odin I then flashed the latest CWM 6.0.1.2. At that point I attempted to flash via CWM the Unofficial CM10 JB Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788443). Everything seemed to go just fine but it hung at boot up for 20 minutes. In my haste to play I did not clear the cache which could have been the reason. At that point I pulled the battery and rebooted only to get the infamous message to take my phone to a VZW dealer. After countless trouble free flashes I suppose it was bound to happen at some point.
So via the recovery thread I loaded VRALEC, VRALF, and stock.vwx.root66.tar from the SoftBrick thread to get back up and running. Now however I cannot reflash CWM via Odin. It always fails and on my phone it says "secure check fail : recovery".
I rebooted the phone, computer, and otherwise havent changed anything.
Suggestions to get CWM back on my phone?
Thanks!
J

I did not see that you unlocked the bootloader.

Assuming you performed the Soft Brick guide successfully, what happens when you boot into the rom and download EZ Recovery and flash CWM? You mention flashing CWM only through Odin in your post.

bigmook said:
I did not see that you unlocked the bootloader.
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Sorry, Bootloader was/is unlocked on this phone
SlimSnoopOS said:
What happens when you boot into the rom and download EZ Recovery and flash CWM?
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I can boot into CWM 6.0.1.0 via the EZ recovery app
I did get a message i've never seen before upon exit of CWM. "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?" I selected Yes - Disable recovery flash
Thanks again for your input!

follow my guide...link in sig!

That message only has bearing if your running the stock rom. Custom rom's will not flash original recovery. Choosing yes or no only matters on stock, will not make any changes on a custom rom
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you can always try to flash the new cwm thru ez recovery. Just take the recovery zip and save it to your SD card then go to ex recovery and select custom then select your path to the zip you put on your SD card and flash then reboot and it should have flashed the new cwm without even using Odin. Also make sure you have ez unlock installed and unlocked just to make sure the boot loader is unlocked. Better to be safe than sorry.
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little help plz?

I'm a gnex owner but I rooted my friends sensation Yesterday using the toolkit in the Dev section. So everything unlocked and rooted fine, I go to flash him a Jb ROM and it gets stuck at the boot screen. So I messed around with it and figured out it still had s-on , so I try to flash a sense ROM thinking you can flash them with s-on but they still get stuck at boot screen any help and ideas what's wrong?

Use 4ext recovery and enable smart flash then flash Rom again

serio22 said:
Use 4ext recovery and enable smart flash then flash Rom again
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What's the best way to get this recovery without abd?

get s-off, its not that hard .. not sure why everyone is so hesitant to do it
then install 4ext, you can do it through a terminal on the phone or get the 4ext updater app thing
for ICS/JB youll need to update the firmware as well

Soff is a good thing. You might want to s off his device
I'm s off and I don't regret it. It just makes things a bit easier. I agree with above post. It's definitely worth the extra effort.
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cheddaface said:
What's the best way to get this recovery without abd?
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Hi,
Go to settings /power and untick fastboot.
Power the phone off,or remove the battery.
Power on holding the volume down and power button.
Go to recovery and enable "Smartflash" just before installing the ROM.
Should be fine after that.

Help! Brick?

Just got the HTC One S( HTC branded S4 edition). I unlocked the boot loader, rooted , flash a recovery , and then installed CM10. Everything went well until the final install , when the Cyanogen Boot was stuck. I have no idea what I did afterwards, but now the SD is unmounted. It doesn't boot up to HTC stock , the HTC developer pages just open and stays on .. I could fastboot. I backed up everything, but somehow everything got deleted.
What to do? I need help!
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Sounds to me like you forgot to flash the kernel, then did something else wrong afterwards in the attempt to fix. I have the S3 version, but I had a similar problem with the ROM getting stuck, then my recovery was unable to mount the SD. There are 2 options, one is to use fastboot to re-lock your device, and flash the latest RUU for your CID, or you can adb sideload a ROM if you are using TWRP. I would probably go for the RUU anyway because it is the easiest. Just go into the bootloader, choose 'fastboot', use the command to re-lock the bootloader (I just use the All-In-One Tool) and then run the RUU when the phone is in fastboot mode, the phone will then be good as new (except for the Tampered warning in bootloader, but that can be remedied with the S4 version)

This happened to me just flash TWRP wipe everything and get another ROM on there
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I'll try tonight when I get a chance.. And let you know how it went. Thank you.
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ferndom said:
I'll try tonight when I get a chance.. And let you know how it went. Thank you.
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I was in the exact same situation as you, it worked for me (on the second repeat). If it doesn't work the first time, then just try again.

Ami007 said:
Sounds to me like you forgot to flash the kernel, then did something else wrong afterwards in the attempt to fix. I have the S3 version, but I had a similar problem with the ROM getting stuck, then my recovery was unable to mount the SD. There are 2 options, one is to use fastboot to re-lock your device, and flash the latest RUU for your CID, or you can adb sideload a ROM if you are using TWRP. I would probably go for the RUU anyway because it is the easiest. Just go into the bootloader, choose 'fastboot', use the command to re-lock the bootloader (I just use the All-In-One Tool) and then run the RUU when the phone is in fastboot mode, the phone will then be good as new (except for the Tampered warning in bootloader, but that can be remedied with the S4 version)
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Thanks to all, especially to member Ami007. Im back and running again. I relocked the bootloader using fastboot, downloaded the correct RUU file that corresponds to my phone, and run the program.. Kudos to all!!!

[Q] Need help recovery only working

I have a HTC Inspire 4G, I got the bootloader unlocked and had it rooted. I had CWM Recovery on it that was like version 5.8 the one before that. I tried flashing a jellybean firmware, the phone never went by past the HTC white screen. I tried updating the recovery and it still didn't work. Right now my phone can only boot into hboot and that's still unlocked, but fastboot commands won't work, I can only flash new recoveries, but no ROMs actually get flashed. I tried using the PDimg thing for HBOOT to get back into full stock, I followed all the rules about going to ext3 (can't remember off the top of my head). It won't see the image, I've tried everything out there. ADB won't see the device unless in recovery mode, fastboot won't work, except to flash new recoveries.
Any possible ideas?

After flashing a ROM you need to fastboot flash thr ROM zip's boot.img.

Even if it doesn't boot into the ROM? It should work?
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No. I missed that. Can you fastboot flash a recovery? If not, you can try running a RUU.

Yeah I am able to flash a recovery via fast boot, but to actually do any other commands via fast boot it won't recognize anything. HBOOT won't see any .zips, tried everything.
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I don't understand. Where are these zips? Computer or phone?

Phone. The .zips are like the pd98img things. Those don't read on my phone from HBOOT
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Wait, if you have a working recovery, just flash a ROM (not PD98IMG) zip from the recovery (not fastboot). Download a custom ROM, full wipe in recovery, and flash in recovery.

Tried that. It seriously just sits there till the battery dies trying to turn on, doesn't pass the HTC white screen.
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And then extract the boot.img from the ROM zip and fastboot flash boot boot.img.

I love you haha
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[Q] Brick or Hardware Issue?

Picked up an inspire 4g off of cl.Paid 20 for it because it had no battery. Put a batter in it and it boots to the htc screen, black screen, then reboots. Volume down was broken but I fixed it and am able to enter hboot. Phone had already been unlocked through htcdev. So I relocked it and ran the newest 3.20 RUU. It completed successfully and rebooted. However, it does the same thing. So I tried to factory reset it through bootloader. Again it just reboots and does the same thing. So I decided to try to htc dev unlock it and flash a custom recovery. Everything went smooth and recovery flashed. But when I select recovery in bootloader it does the same bootloop over again. Again I've tried using the latest RUU to no avail. Ive tried everything I know of to do. I'm out of ideas. It seems like a great phone and I really want to fix this so any help would be greatly appreciated.

If the bootloader is unlocked and you can flash a ROM, fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip and see if it works. Detailed instructions in my signature.

bananagranola said:
If the bootloader is unlocked and you can flash a ROM, fastboot flash the boot.img from the ROM zip and see if it works. Detailed instructions in my signature.
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Unfortunately I can't enter recovery to flash a rom. It just reboots at the white screen. The only thing I was able to flash was the stock RUU. And it still didn't boot. I've also tried flashing recoveries but that doesn't work either. It flashes successfully but never boots into it.
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No one knows what to do? I really want to fix this.
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