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[Q] First timer - Unable to put custom Rom on

i rooted my htc inspire and then i tried to install the custom rom. when i go to rom manager and click on the recovery mode (2nd option) it doesn't work. then i do it manually. i try it once and nothing happens and so i try it again and the screen comes up. I want the second option, the recovery but when i move down with the down volume key, it goes straight to the hboot option then asks if i want to update. Why won't it let me do the recovery option?

niksha said:
i rooted my htc inspire and then i tried to install the custom rom. when i go to rom manager and click on the recovery mode (2nd option) it doesn't work. then i do it manually. i try it once and nothing happens and so i try it again and the screen comes up. I want the second option, the recovery but when i move down with the down volume key, it goes straight to the hboot option then asks if i want to update. Why won't it let me do the recovery option?
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Make sure you hit "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" first. It'll take a sec to do it's thing. Put the ROM on your SD, go to Install From SD, find the rom zip and it will automatically take you into recovery mode (I would recommend wiping everything first [dalvik cache/data] - make sure to make a backup tho!) then choose install zip from sd card.

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Sounds like there's still a PD98IMG.zip on your SD card. Mount your SD as a disk drive and see if you find this file on your SD, if you do, get rid of it. Any time there's a PD98IMG.zip on your SD, HBoot will automatically try to install it. If there's not a PD98IMG.zip there, it should allow you to select recovery.
And as constantschange said, make sure you have already flashed clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager

thanks guys you have really helped me out. I did delete the zip from the sd card and i flashed the clockwork recovery through rom manager. But i ran inrto another problem. Now i can go into recovery but when i select it the screen turns black (the screen also turns black when i tried to boot into recovery mode from rom manager - which is why i have to manually root it) and i cant turn the phone off so i take the battery out. So how do i fix that??

niksha said:
thanks guys you have really helped me out. I did delete the zip from the sd card and i flashed the clockwork recovery through rom manager. But i ran inrto another problem. Now i can go into recovery but when i select it the screen turns black (the screen also turns black when i tried to boot into recovery mode from rom manager - which is why i have to manually root it) and i cant turn the phone off so i take the battery out. So how do i fix that??
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Most likely you rooted your phone with Bubby's 1 click method. If thats the case, look in his thread for the faq. It tells you how to take care of that issue.
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dooyoo222 said:
Most likely you rooted your phone with Bubby's 1 click method. If thats the case, look in his thread for the faq. It tells you how to take care of that issue.
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i did that and i started the other guys method and installed coredroid but then my phone started up went to htc then a animation then back to htc screen, etc. i cant view anything. then i thought of doing a factory reset so i turned off phone, then volume down and power key. i went to factory reset and selected it and the phone is still in black screen and has stayed like that for 20 min... any suggestions??

-SOLVED- [Q] Trying to root, but can't boot into CWM...can anyone help?

I was using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019 to unlock, install CWM, and then root. Unlocking was fine, installing that version of CWM seemed okay, but when I enter command "fastboot reboot", then hold down the volume - button after 3 seconds of the Moto logo showing, then pressing the volume + key, I get only 1 option....-->Android Recovery. I press the Volume + key, get "Entering Android Recovery Mode", and below that "Reading ODM Fuse 1", then the screen switches to an android with a yellow hazard sign in his tummy.
From that screen, if I press Volume + and power, I see:
Android system recovery <3e>
Use volume keys to highlight; power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
I don't get a choice to apply something from the microSD card I have installed with the WiFi_RootTool_3.1.zip I put on the card.
Has anyone had this happen? I can't ask in the development forum. I also just got the Xoom back from a repair, and it was wiped to stock, then I did the 3.1 update when I got it back this morning. Is the fuse thing something they may have done to block rooting?

Have you tried reformat your sd card?

becu4xda said:
Have you tried reformat your sd card?
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I'll try that. But would that stop it from going into recovery?

becu4xda said:
Have you tried reformat your sd card?
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I reformatted my sd card, but I still can't get CWM to work and boot into recovery. Same message-
-->Android Recovery
Entering Android Recovery Mode
Reading ODM fuse: 1
And that's it....no options to load the root zip from an SD card or anything. Is there a way to push root without using the SD card? Or is that ODM fuse thing making it impossible?

becu4xda said:
Have you tried reformat your sd card?
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Nothing at all to do with CWM.
OP: Try flashing the recovery again. To get into recovery, type adb reboot recovery, or use an app such as Quick Boot.
Edit: You can't use CWM to root, you need to do that first.

siscim23 said:
Nothing at all to do with CWM.
OP: Try flashing the recovery again. To get into recovery, type adb reboot recovery, or use an app such as Quick Boot.
Edit: You can't use CWM to root, you need to do that first.
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I have to root first? I'm not sure how to do it....can't find any other methods of rooting 3.1....everything on Google just points me to the same method, using the SD card that won't work cuz I can't boot into recovery. Ugh.

Hey jump hour PM me.

Hey guys,
I called JumpHour and we tried to troubleshoot this over the phone. We aren't able to get into the recovery because of error "reading odm fuse: 1". The OP is using Windows 7 64 BIT and has the SDK installed properly. He updated the sources and installed them so those are up to date. We also verified that USB debugging was enabled and that the correct files were in the tools section in the SDK folder.
We ran the commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot-recovery ........ (we typed it in correctly accoriding the thread)
fastboot reboot
and we get that error message.
This was all initiated while the Xoom was powered on. JumpHour stated that he had to send his Xoom back to Moto because his Xoom got messed up during the re-locking process when he unrooted a one click root and re-locked.
We then went ahead and downloaded the recovery image again and replace the one in the tools folder. We ran the commands again and we were getting the same error.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on with this process? Are we missing something? Is something broken?

Get the official images. I am assuming you have a USA 3g or wifi model.
Follow the steps to return the device to stock. But do not issue the reclock bootloader command. There is no need to relock.
From there power up the device and turn on USB debugging.
Then adb reboot into recovery. That should bring you to the stock recovery.
If all goes well from here just do what ever else you where intending to do in the first place.
You most likely can just flash the stock recovery but I would just do a full flash back to official images minus relocking bootloader.
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Then let the ota update it to 3.1 and so on.
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What's the status JumpHour? Did you get it to work. I told you it may have been due to the images. Hopefully that fixes your issue. Take care dude.

gqstatus0685 said:
What's the status JumpHour? Did you get it to work. I told you it may have been due to the images. Hopefully that fixes your issue. Take care dude.
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Hi, thanks for the response. I'm gonna try it now. I was up REALLY late last night, and just got up a little while ago. I'll definately respond after I try it out.

Finally, I did it!
Okay, I fixed it finally. Reloaded the stock images, and it's now rooted with SD support. Yay! Only took 2 days!
Thanks for all your help guys.

Can reflashing with original images fix recovery mode mount problem?
Does any window is flashing to the original images can restore access to the sdcard IF the recovery mode in the official recovery mode (not CWM) says that you cannot mount the sdcard?

[Q] Totally bricked phone HELP

LG G2x totally bricked. I can not even access the USB drivers to put anything on the phone. All I can get to is Clock Work. I do not have any roms listed though to fix it. I do not have an external card as my roms were internal. What do I do? Is there any hope? Do I need just to get a new phone?

There should be a thread in the Dev section that'll hopefully resolve your problem just do a little bit of searching

i get as far as a lg logo with a blue background then nothing

Can you boot into download mode? If so, you can use multiple methods (heimdal, Odin, sbf) to flash a firmware, and recover your device. As long as I can boot into recovery or download mode, I consider it a soft brick, versus a hard brick (which won't allow your device to boot at all). There's still hope! Check the threads for a way to get your phone into download mode, and you'll be good to go in no time!
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i can bring up clockwork but there is no files on the phone, no roms, no backups, nothing at all

rac99934 said:
i can bring up clockwork but there is no files on the phone, no roms, no backups, nothing at all
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Your phone is not "totally bricked." In fact, it is not bricked at all. It is just borked a bit (think of it as a cell phone coma, not death). It sounds like you have an old version of CWM installed. Use the One Click flasher to flash CWM 5.0.2.0 and then you can flash from a physical micro SD card (put roms on sd card and then insert into your phone). After flashing CWM 5.0.2.0 format the system, flash the rom and then do a factory reset for good measure. After that your beloved G2X should be back to life.
Also, with older versions of CWM you can mount the internal sd card and then adb push the roms to it. When CWM is running, it is running a very trimmed down, rooted version of Android and ADB is available in CWM recovery. After mounting internal sd and pushing files, make sure you unmount it before attempting to flash a rom from it or reboot the device.

If what jboxer posted above me don't work first, check out "rom for recovery" thread in Dev section that will fix your phone.
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LG P500h might be bricked PLEASE HELP.

I tried installing Amonra recovery using Clockworkmod by installing it from a zip file in the sd card. After I finished installing it, I rebooted my phone. When it rebooted, it showed the LG logo and then restarted, and then it showed the LG logo and then it restarted again, and it kept going like that. I can't go into recovery mode, I can't factory reset because it just shows the LG logo and restarts too, it doesn't show fastboot or anything else, but I can go into emergency mode. I am a noob, please help.
Note: The reason I tried installing Amonra recovery is because I wanted to increase my phone's internal memory and RAM. I read it in an article.

reboot to emergency mod , conect to pc then use LGMDP or adb shell flash recovery again.
if not work , user kdz updater

> What a very long meaningful user name you have.

Nevermind, my phone booted up by itself. I removed the battery, sim card, and sd card and kept it like that for at least 2-3 hours. Then it finally boot up without getting stuck on lg logo.
Thank you kotobodj for trying to help. I clicked the thanks button.

neko95 said:
> What a very long meaningful user name you have.
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LOL
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Its Simple silly....
I am a super ultra NOOB! said:
I tried installing Amonra recovery using Clockworkmod by installing it from a zip file in the sd card. After I finished installing it, I rebooted my phone. When it rebooted, it showed the LG logo and then restarted, and then it showed the LG logo and then it restarted again, and it kept going like that. I can't go into recovery mode, I can't factory reset because it just shows the LG logo and restarts too, it doesn't show fastboot or anything else, but I can go into emergency mode. I am a noob, please help.
Note: The reason I tried installing Amonra recovery is because I wanted to increase my phone's internal memory and RAM. I read it in an article.
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Its nothing to worry u need to download two thing which will solve this problem
Do as Directed on this Thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468719
And U will Have ur Phone Working :good:

delete radio from SD card

I am stuck in the booth loop (CM10 unofficial). Problem is that I have a radio file on my sd card. So when I try to boot into recovery (power + vol down) It takes me to HBoot, ask me if I wanna apply update. I cant get into recovery from that point whether I choose yes or no. I have also tried rebooting with usb attached, still cant get into recovery.. Any idea how can I boot into recovery?
Thanks

mrdoc151 said:
I am stuck in the booth loop (CM10 unofficial). Problem is that I have a radio file on my sd card. So when I try to boot into recovery (power + vol down) It takes me to HBoot, ask me if I wanna apply update. I cant get into recovery from that point whether I choose yes or no. I have also tried rebooting with usb attached, still cant get into recovery.. Any idea how can I boot into recovery?
Thanks
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found the solution for now.. put the sd card in a card reader and deleted the radio. Would be nice to know if there is any other way of doing it..

I had to do the same thing. Unfortunately I haven't found a way. After I flash a radio I just delete it from the SD card just in case.
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