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[Q] Boot into recovery after brick

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Dear xda-developer,
My Dad got a brandnew Motorola Droid 2 and I should flash him a new Gingerbread Rom(CM7). But I briked his phone( )... so...
How can i get access to the Recovery Clockwork Mod after brik?
I tried to flash the CM7 to the Droid 2 but i forget to wipe it and to clear cache. After i installed the Custom Rom I reboot the phone, but after the Motorola Picture happen nothing. I tried different methods to get access to the Recovery Mod, but it doesen't work (holding the power Button and the X-Button, holding the power button and the volume down button or the arrow up button (but with this i get access to the bootloader))
Can I flash the Recovery with RSD-Lite? Maybe with step-by-step instruction? Pleeaaasee
Thanks a lot,
Johnny
EDIT: I try to flash another Custom Rom via RSD Lite... hope it works
EDIT #2: Battery Energy is low... and I can't recharge it (youtube.com/watch?v=3uVRZzRMkfg) ... don't know why(<-- NEED HELP!)

1. You can only flash SBF via RSDLite. You cannot flash custom ROMs like that.
2. You need to get some other battery, or charge your battery by some other means.
3. You cannot boot into ClockworkMod in this state.

Okay, now I can charge the battery with another Phone... but how can I access to Clockwork Mod?
Is a sbf-file to unroot a phone and make a recovery?

You cannot access ClockworkMod when the phone is bricked.
Flash an SBF, then root and install Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap.

Ok, i tried this one:
mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-2-discussion/5323-tbh-mydroidworld-present-droid-2-2-3-20-triple-threat.html
but RSD always says that the flashing process failed...
img339.imageshack.us/img339/5782/unbenanntouf.jpg

Can you kindly inform us why are you using a Droid 2 SBF to flash a Droid 2 Global phone?

Ok, I found a sbf for milestone 2... but I realised that there is no Cyanogen Mod for Milestone 2... ony for the Droid 2. Is that right? So can I use this( download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=cdma_droid2) nightly builds wich are made for the Droid 2 on Milestone 2?
Thanks a lot!

AFAIR, the D2 port doesn't know about GSM.

Same problem on my Droid 2
I was attempting to flash a ROM on my Droid 2 via ROM Manager and forgot to wipe the cache & data...now when my Droid 2 reboots, I get a constant loop of the reboot screen with the Cyanogenmod 7 logo. I've tried going to recovery mode, via holding down the X on the keypad, then turning it on. It allowed me to clear my user data & wipe my cache, but when rebooting the system it still continues to reboot in a loop with Cyanogenmod 7, not taking me to the setup screen. I feel like I'm missing a few steps. Can someone help me with what I am doing wrong?

SBF, research (google is your textbook), and once you've researched enough research some more and then try again. Any time you feel like you've hit a brick wall SBF. Never use D2 or Milestone 2 roms with D2G. Same for the inverse. And use only a D2G SBF.
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Help! I'm an idiot and bricked my a100

So, I tried to install the unlocked bootloader BEFORE I upgraded to the ICS Leak, now I'm stuck on a green "Acer" screen and its stuck, device doesnt come up for flashboot/adb. :-(

zirrus said:
So, I tried to install the unlocked bootloader BEFORE I upgraded to the ICS Leak, now I'm stuck on a green "Acer" screen and its stuck, device doesnt come up for flashboot/adb. :-(
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Have you tried resetting it (the little hole at the left corner of the base)?

Actually, I got into fastboot but now I need to get the ICS flashed with fastboot. ANy help?

zirrus said:
Actually, I got into fastboot but now I need to get the ICS flashed with fastboot. ANy help?
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Place the update.zip on your external sd card.

Wasnt working, got it tho. Installed CWM, flashed it. (After it took me awhile to figure out the CWM Recovery buttons :-/ ) Thanks for the help anyway.

zirrus said:
Wasnt working, got it tho. Installed CWM, flashed it. (After it took me awhile to figure out the CWM Recovery buttons :-/ ) Thanks for the help anyway.
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You installed CWM before you flashed it?

Used fastboot to flash the CWM recovery.img then flashed the ICS leak update.zip from the sdcard, I couldn't get it to flash the update.zip without CWM for some reason

zirrus said:
Used fastboot to flash the CWM recovery.img then flashed the ICS leak update.zip from the sdcard, I couldn't get it to flash the update.zip without CWM for some reason
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So that means the process for unlocking the bootloader for ICS works on HC. Great find (although you almost ended up with a paperweight ).

i did the same as the OP and I've tried the reset button and it doesn't seem to want to work.

Any help would be appreciated.
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JustinFields95 said:
Any help would be appreciated.
KANGED AOKP Showcase
Virtuous Prime ATP
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have you tried this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcBoSHqrPc&feature=relmfu

That doesn't work either. Thanks for the idea. I think my tablet is hard-bricked.
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Try to enter in fastboot mode. Try to hold Vol UP while powering on.
Send from my A100

zleto said:
Try to enter in fastboot mode. Try to hold Vol UP while powering on.
Send from my A100
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Tried several times. Didn't work.
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His only hope is to enter fastboot and other recovery and try to install from a flash update.zip ay or else a cooked rom

Somewhat Of a similar issue
I am stuck at the distorted green acer logo when the tablet tries to boot but I get nothing after that...
I can reboot and enter CWM but it seems nothing is mounting, the external nor internal files/folders seem to not want to mount but I get on CWM juss fine
What should I do?

take a look
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=373834

peporras said:
take a look
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=373834
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I can get into APX mode but no fastboot. And as you know you need the CPU ID to get through EUUs, I'm not sure how to get the CPU ID number.

Hello, I have a similar problem, I can enter in APX mode, I have CPUID and I have SBK key but I can not do anything because give me a error like...:can not write to usb....
any idea please?

Pustiu314p said:
Hello, I have a similar problem, I can enter in APX mode, I have CPUID and I have SBK key but I can not do anything because give me a error like...:can not write to usb....
any idea please?
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Can I ask how you got the SBK? That's not available for the A100. The method used for the A500 doesn't work on the A100 bootloader either. If the device is stuck in APX mode then it's bricked and will need to be sent to Acer for repair or a motherboard replacement will need done by yourself or someone you take it to.

[Q] HELP: Bricked GTAB2 7 (GT-P3113)

Flashed the '[ROM] BlackICE Kangorade 36....' and got stuck in a boot loop.
I cant get into Recovery mode.
Tried flashing the CWM Package using Odin.
Still cant get into recovery mode, but I can get into download mode.
I have the stock images downloaded, but they are for CWM.
Does anyone have the Odin or Heimdall Stock recovery packages?
A frazzled Droid Nub.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645295

I personally like droid explorer.gives u the option to reboot into recovery if you flash your roms with the tablet plugged up and DE running
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Thanks - It's Fixed.
Thanks to bark777 for saving my tablet, The stock Odin rom restored the tablet to usability, and let me recover from my backup Pre-Rom.
Not sure what I did flashing the BlackIce Rom to my tablet, but like a good little tinker, I tried again. Second time it worked perfectly.

Semi-Bricked my TF101

Just picked up a TF101 and it had the Cryo (whatever it is called) OS with ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.4. The OS didn't pick up wifi on the apps but it is on and logged into the router so I did a reset. Once I reset the TF101, i am stuck at CWM. It won't boot into any OS or anything else. I tried almost everything I found googling (this site and others) but nothing works. I did, however, got the TF drivers for my laptop so I can connect to it but I can't get the USB debug option on (of course).
So what are my options? how do I "unbrick" this thing? is this what some people call it soft-brick as it does boot but there just isn't any OS in there? I tried to put the OS zip file from Asus on a MicroSD but when I went to install zip from sdcard, it i can't get to the microSD to install it. it doesn't find it at all.
what can I do? what are the steps in unbricking this thing? I got this for my dad for father's day (chinese father's day which is TODAY...) and would like to get it to him.
Thanks in advance!

Is it in a CWM boot loop? Meaning when you reboot the tablet it keep going back to CWM?
Try this to see if you can boot OS.
Turn off tablet
Push and hold Vol down plus Power button
Wait till you see a screen that give you two options
Wipe data or Cold boot Linux
Choose Cold boot to boot into OS.

baseballfanz said:
Is it in a CWM boot loop? Meaning when you reboot the tablet it keep going back to CWM?
Try this to see if you can boot OS.
Turn off tablet
Push and hold Vol down plus Power button
Wait till you see a screen that give you two options
Wipe data or Cold boot Linux
Choose Cold boot to boot into OS.
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still stuck in CWM. I held it down and no options came up except to push vol +. tried both and regardless of what i do, it just goes right back into the CWM menu. it seems there's no OS to this tablet anymore?
Is there something I can do via USB cable to flash a ROM in there?

chivas228 said:
still stuck in CWM. I held it down and no options came up except to push vol +. tried both and regardless of what i do, it just goes right back into the CWM menu. it seems there's no OS to this tablet anymore?
Is there something I can do via USB cable to flash a ROM in there?
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If you have ADB working, you can push a ROM file to internal memory and flash it.
Alternatively you can NVFlash a compatible ROM.

baseballfanz said:
If you have ADB working, you can push a ROM file to internal memory and flash it.
Alternatively you can NVFlash a compatible ROM.
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Sorry to sound ignorant but what's ad and what command (extra code after the .exe) do I add afterwards?

I'd try to flash a ROM via NVFLASH.
You may download it from here, but you must know if your TF101 is WW version, US version or any other. You must also know if your device is SBK1 or SBK2. That depends on the serial number. For example, mine starts by B50 and it's SBK1. If yours is SBK2 then you'll have to take a look at wheelie. If not, take a look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620758
However, I'm not responsible for any damage your device might suffer.
Take a look at that and tell me

here's the endall- easyflash version 0.8.3b whitekidneys just updated it and saved my brick. it'll save yours too. just install it on your computer, along with naked drivers 0.7, put the tf in apx, and flash. literally that easy.

Follow the link to easy flash / nvflash and follow the steps...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26893961
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i'm getting the CWM bootloop too, but i can do what was mentioned and get into the OS although it still boots into CWM on the next reboot. what can i do to fix the bootloop? not really fancying reinstalling yet again. but if i have to...

thefunkygibbon said:
i'm getting the CWM bootloop too, but i can do what was mentioned and get into the OS although it still boots into CWM on the next reboot. what can i do to fix the bootloop? not really fancying reinstalling yet again. but if i have to...
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Try Install different recovery... download and flash the new recovery through CWM..
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need help with nvflash

ive used easyflash and the flash completes 100% but doesnot boot up just stays on the nv screen or it shows battery empty sign?

anyone? i have problems getting it into apx mode, been trying for half an hour and still cant get it in to apx. would the bootloaders be a reason why i cant restore via nvflash?

Could it have gone flat during a flash? and it wont go into apx mode after the failed flash? Someone can correct me if im wrong but im sure partitions doesn't effect nvflash. what screens are you stuck at currently?

Ausboy 2011 said:
anyone? i have problems getting it into apx mode, been trying for half an hour and still cant get it in to apx. would the bootloaders be a reason why i cant restore via nvflash?
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When you press power+volume up buttons together it gets into APX mode... when you are in that mode "tablet screen will be blank" till you start working with it.... laptop will say APX device connected.... what kind of situation are you facing?
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also stuck
i'm not sure if i'm jacking this thread, but i have the exact same issue- was stuck in cwm boot. could cold boot into the normal os, but who wants that. so i used easyflasher to flash the newest asus update and attempt to fix this situation. used sbk2. now stuck on the nvflash recovery screen. computer says i'm still in apx mode. can't get the sucker to reboot for the life of me. it will record on the tablet screen when i flash and reflash, but won't let me reboot. also tried to flash all three recoveries (cwm, twrp, and roachxm) to no avail. some help would be appreciated.

yup
i know somebody has an answer to this. i cannot be the only idiot to get stuck here.

jkieffer46 said:
i know somebody has an answer to this. i cannot be the only idiot to get stuck here.
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Try flashing different kernel.... I'm on custom kernel with team EOS JB ROM...... currently I'm using the kernel from the link below..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29675167
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Dont i have to use cwm to flash a kernel? Right now its stuck in apx mode. I cant get it to do anything.

jkieffer46 said:
Dont i have to use cwm to flash a kernel? Right now its stuck in apx mode. I cant get it to do anything.
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Doesn't nvflash (easy flash) flash rogue recovery by default... have you installed naked drivers ? You can get into APX mode and then u r stuck ?
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I dont think it does. Theres an option to flash cwm, rogue, and one by roach (the name is slipping my mind), none of them seem to work. The computer is registering as apx but the tablet says im in nvflash recovery.

jkieffer46 said:
I dont think it does. Theres an option to flash cwm, rogue, and one by roach (the name is slipping my mind), none of them seem to work. The computer is registering as apx but the tablet says im in nvflash recovery.
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There is option right... as far as i remember, when yo flash stock using nvflash it removes root access... so you need to root and flash cwm again using nvflash right... so best option is removing root n going back to stock using easy flash.... boot it normally... let it settle and then root it again and install rogue recovery
That what I did when I had issues with my tablet...
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fixed!!!
ok got it. easyflasher 0.8.3b fixed it. whitekidneys has it working great now. the problem was getting easyflasher to finish the recovery kernel. something stopped or failed to transfer to the tablet while flashing the recovery. that means no recovery. that means i get stuck in apx mode. he updated it to 0.8.3b and it worked right away.

jkieffer46 said:
ok got it. easyflasher 0.8.3b fixed it. whitekidneys has it working great now. the problem was getting easyflasher to finish the recovery kernel. something stopped or failed to transfer to the tablet while flashing the recovery. that means no recovery. that means i get stuck in apx mode. he updated it to 0.8.3b and it worked right away.
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Hey there,
I had exactly the same problem , I had a boot loop tried easyflasher and after that only apx worked.
Now I have tried the new version and it boots again but the bootloop remains...
Any idea what else I could try?

MadMaddin05 said:
Hey there,
I had exactly the same problem , I had a boot loop tried easyflasher and after that only apx worked.
Now I have tried the new version and it boots again but the bootloop remains...
Any idea what else I could try?
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You flashed a recovery and reflashed the os? When you say new version you mean 0.8.3b right? Cause 0.8.3 doesnt work. You have the newest system update zip from the asus site in the asusupdate folder? When you say bootloop do you mean you can only get to your recovery or do you mean a real bootloop- it just keeps rebooting on the eee pad or asus screen?

jkieffer46 said:
You flashed a recovery and reflashed the os? When you say new version you mean 0.8.3b right? Cause 0.8.3 doesnt work. You have the newest system update zip from the asus site in the asusupdate folder? When you say bootloop do you mean you can only get to your recovery or do you mean a real bootloop- it just keeps rebooting on the eee pad or asus screen?
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I used the option Flash stock/unbrick at first but this didn't help so i tried flashing a recovery and then reflash the os from my external sd card but this result in an error code 7.
Yes I used 0.8.3b ( at least the zip I downloaded says so, program itself says 0.8.3)
With bootloop I mean that I can access recovery/apx but if the system trys to boot it gets stuck at the "Asus Inpiring inovation..." screen.
And yes I copied the latest zip from the asus site to the update folder.
I also tired putting the DE_epaduser9_2_1_21UpdateLauncher.zip from the asus site because I'm from germany and thought it may help...
But none of that worked for me
Thank you for your reply btw.

MadMaddin05 said:
I used the option Flash stock/unbrick at first but this didn't help so i tried flashing a recovery and then reflash the os from my external sd card but this result in an error code 7.
Yes I used 0.8.3b ( at least the zip I downloaded says so, program itself says 0.8.3)
With bootloop I mean that I can access recovery/apx but if the system trys to boot it gets stuck at the "Asus Inpiring inovation..." screen.
And yes I copied the latest zip from the asus site to the update folder.
I also tired putting the DE_epaduser9_2_1_21UpdateLauncher.zip from the asus site because I'm from germany and thought it may help...
Kidneys
But none of that worked for me
Thank you for your reply btw.
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Crap. Try all of the updates. If you can get to your recovery its definitely a problem with the os. Try othe other updates or get ahold of whitekidneys. He helped me. Or maybe youre having another issue he needs to address.