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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

[Q] Problem with recovery after upgrade to ics

Hi,
My wife has upgrade I think the incorrect version of ics 4.0.3 stock because when I try to go to the recovery by press power button and volume up the system crash. It seems that the bootloader is of 9020 instead of her 9023.
So I can't root or install cyanogenmod 9.
Any solutions?
Thanks.
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I just used the fastboot flash to fix my recovery.img. Does the phone boot at all?

any information about system crash ?
i don't think it's problem of bootloader , i have i9023,
but that i9020KL1 if i remember it correct, is for both 9023 and 9020A/T , but can only boot up ICS system but can't boot GB system.

neo_il_conte said:
Hi,
My wife has upgrade I think the incorrect version of ics 4.0.3 stock because when I try to go to the recovery by press power button and volume up the system crash. It seems that the bootloader is of 9020 instead of her 9023.
So I can't root or install cyanogenmod 9.
Any solutions?
Thanks.
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You can fastboot flash recovery.img again, then flash rom CM9. You can go to recovery.
I think rom stock can not flash recovery.

jonasbull said:
I just used the fastboot flash to fix my recovery.img. Does the phone boot at all?
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The phone work perfectly but when reboot pressing power + volume up and chose recovery it seems crash.. And I have to remove the battery to reboot. So I can't install any Cwm recovery or something like that..
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neo_il_conte said:
The phone work perfectly but when reboot pressing power + volume up and chose recovery it seems crash.. And I have to remove the battery to reboot. So I can't install any Cwm recovery or something like that..
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Try flashing a new recovery from the bootloader before you choose recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Budge_uK said:
Try flashing a new recovery from the bootloader before you choose recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Sorry for te noob question but how I can?
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Power up + Vol up then STOP
Plug in USB to PC with drivers
use the fastboot program on PC to flash a fresh recovery image as
c:\fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

This thread could be useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1505382

You didn't brake it , 9023 uses same boot loader as 9020 and this is one of the bugs in ics , if u research forum u can find info about this apparently u can see in in the bright light I could never see mine.
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Mate read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396959
I had similar problem to you only that want it to downgrade to gb. Be aware you have unlock ur BL but worked fine for me.
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Boot loop when flashing viper rom

i tried to reinstall viper rom in cwm recovery along with the ics gapps package, everything flashed fine but when i tried to boot the phone up it has become stuck in a boot loop and i cannot enter recovery (it starts to load then it reboots and resumes its boot loop). i re flashed cwm recovery, but the same error persists. in dire need of suggestions, need this thing working by tomorrow morning.
thanks in advance

Have you flashed the boot .img Before you flashed the ROM ？
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You should try to get into the Bootloader mode , this will be possible even though you are in a bootloop. After you got into Bootloader mode you should flash using the AIO Toolkit the TWRP recovery (I think the AIO Toolkit can do that via Fastboot USB)
After that you can mount your sd card in TWRP and push a Nandroid of someone (You can find plenty of nandroids on the forums using the search, but search for TWRP nand) and restore it. AFTER all this you should read the instructions given on every rom thread you wanna flash. Google apps flashing on viper rom? srsly?

i already flashed both cwm and twrp manually before i posted, but went ahead and gave the toolkit a shot, it installs twrp no problem, but it still crashes and resumes the bootloop whenever i try to boot into recovery. and before you try to give people crap about installing an extra package, i flashed the gapps because the google services framework was not working, and your method (stated so far) was unhelpful. maybe check your tone next time

a448y901 said:
Have you flashed the boot .img Before you flashed the ROM ？
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You don't flash before you flash after
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OK if you can get in recovery try to reflash the ROM without wipe and let it go threw and then click reboot into boatloader and just hold the bottom volume
After you get in there put the boot IMG in what ever folder you have you fastboot on your computer and hold down shift and click the right on the mouse and click command prompt and type fastboot flash boot boot.img it will load it after type fastboot erase cache and then fastboot reboot and just let it do its thing it will probably reboot twice and it will load right up
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fixed the issue myself, rather simple. erased the cache via fastboot and bam, able to boot into recovery

HidaKureku said:
and before you try to give people crap about installing an extra package ... maybe check your tone next time
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Wassup, bro, you mad?
The dude was trying to help, so don't poke him. You're a house guest, so respect the house rules and respect people who try to help you. And if you can't swallow a little irony or a joke, at least check your own tone!
Cheers!

sorry just noticed this thread is 2 years old...

[Q] Stuck at fastboot

What happened:
I was trying to flash jaggy's ROM over CM9.1...
Flashing failed... Fastboot and bootloader are accessible. Rebooting to recovery brings me back to fastboot
What i tried:
I tried flashing every single recovery through fastboot cmd.. But to no avail
then i tried to flash stock ruu(Indian as i'm from there) using steps given in the forum.. I successfully flashed system.img but flashing boot_signed.img and recovery_signed.img fails
all flashes give same error
sending recovery...
OKAY
writing recovery
FAILED<remote:image update error>
I've latest HTC sync installed and on windows 7 PC
I've also tried on different PCs(3) and used different USB cables(2)
Plz try to help

Goto HTC service center as soon as possible. It seems that your system or NAND partition is having problems in read-write operation or is corrupted.
If possible, try restoring Nandroid backup of any rom you have. (Oops, you may not be able to do that if you can't get in recovery)
It seems that your phone has lost recovery, also.
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will HTC solve it? really?

They will charge a lot.
But going to service center would be safe.
Anyone can suggest something else ? Cuz i can't find any way that would help him out. All he can do is try flashing recovery. Then only he can proceed.
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Okay, i was browsing some forums and i think the following may serve as a solution.
Since you cannot get into recovery, and you are stuck in fastboot. This problem is known as Soft-Brick. (Actually you can get into recovery)
Press hold power key for more than 15secs. Keep holding till the boot animation comes. Or, you can take out the battery after 30secs and re-insert it after some time.
Try again to get into recovery.
Let me know, if this helped.
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After 1 seconds of pressing power button, i get 7 vibrations and then HTC logo and then in Fastboot. After that nothing happens.no matter how long i press power button. Same thing happpens when i simply press power button..
By the way, when i go to hboot, i see these lines in a flash:
SD Checking:
Loading Something.zip
No Image!
Loading Something.zip
No Image!
Loading Something.zip
No Image!
Loading Something.zip
No Image!
i cant see the name of zips

The loading & checking of so many something .zip is some kind of check it does automatically. Happens on each HTC phone.
You will never be shown zip files automatically, you will need to navigate to it via recovery.
Now coming back to your problem. Since, the steps i said didn't work, i ll be searching for more troubleshooting methods. Also, you too search all forums regarding same problem.
Last resort... HTC Service Center. Be prepared to shell out some cash.
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should I lock it before giving it to service centre.. It's still under warranty...

No use. It will say relocked.
You will have to pay.
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do tell us how much they charged you it might be a warning for others

Was there something wrong in flashing back a GB ROM? Should i have restocked??

Well, I read the forum that guides on flashing RUU. Many have complained that they are getting the same error.
So, I went to the HTC Developer site and found that there is also a .zip file available, besides the .tar.gz files. You may try flashing that zip file.
Alternatively, I would suggest you to flash the available stock roms form here -> stock rom - mediafire.com.
Do reply what happens.
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try flashing other recovery.. use twrp..

How do i flash a zip? I don't have a recovery...

First add a recovery ! Turn ur phone on in bootloader mode then go to fastboot and add a recovery through pc
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That's the crux of the problem.. I can't flash a recovery.. Read first post for more info

You were trying to flash jaggy over cm ! So how did u flash cm if u dont have a recovery?:what:
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according to you, you can access fastboot mode..so reboot your phone in fast boot mode..
connect yor phone to the PC
download this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=913094&d=1329843100
run the recovery.bat file..
it will install yannous recovery on your system..
try this..
can solve your problem

all flashes give same error
sending recovery...
OKAY
writing recovery
FAILED<remote:image update error>
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Actually it's my friend's phone. This what exactly he did to flash jaggy's ROM(that caused brick):
1. Flashed jaggy's through recovery. SUCESS!!!
2. Tried to flash superuser... :silly: ....
3. Couldn't boot into jaggy's next time. Recovery was still accessible.
4. Tried awful number of fastboot commands, did some drivers for windows 8.. Here he lost his recovery
.
He made CWM backup(working) of Jaggy ROM and tried restoring with cmd(didn't work)

Okay, let's make you a tester! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093137

[Q] What ever I do the phone boots into recovery..

I was on paranoid 4.1.2 rom with ibluemind's latest cm10 kernel(3.3.2013.) and twrp 2.2.2.1 and I flashed the latest cm-10-20130303-NIGHTLY-p920.zip rom from here:
http://get.cm/?device=p920
I played around with it and when pushed my power button and choose "boot into recovery" the phone boots into recovery whatever I do!
I mean i tried to restore my backups and twrp finishes the proccess but the phone boots into recovery again. I flashed paranoidandroid, Darkroom v2 and xballs5.2 but it booted into recovery every time.
Then I reflashed wkparks 1.25a bootloader files, I reflashed twrp and tried but the result was the same.
After that I reflashed cwm...same.
Help please.

Maybe your holding down a button?
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JunDavis said:
Maybe your holding down a button?
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Hahahaha
Nope.
Edit:When I insert the battery it shows the grey LG logo and after that it goes to TWRP.
So I'm not holding any buttons...

Sv: [Q] What ever I do the phone boots into recovery..
This is a bug on wkparks 1.25 u-boot. You should never press the 'boot to recovery' from the power menu or you will end up in a recovery loop. The only thing to do now is to either reflash xbsa ics .bin from flashtool or 21e
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lzzar said:
This is a bug on wkparks 1.25 u-boot. You should never press the 'boot to recovery' from the power menu or you will end up in a recovery loop. The only thing to do now is to either reflash xbsa ics .bin from flashtool or 21e
Sent from my 3D phone.
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I figured that out last night, I just couldn't stay still and wait for reply.
After 4h of trying everything that I could think of I reflashed ported xbsa ics, rooted, installed recovery and restored my twrp backup.
I didn't know about that bug..
Thanks

You can install kernel on recovery partition, boot, then reboot normal and install recovery again.
That is faster then flashing .bin.
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Sv: [Q] What ever I do the phone boots into recovery..
iodak said:
You can install kernel on recovery partition, boot, then reboot normal and install recovery again.
That is faster then flashing .bin.
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With which command in fastboot?
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Put boot.img to files folder then execute from fastboot:
fastboot flash recovery files\boot.img
Or open some kernel cwm zip and change updater script to install on partition 6 (recovery partition) boot.img is on partition 5.
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