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Red exclamation mark coming out of android mans chest when trying to go to recovery

Has anyone else had this issue? I have loaded the CWM recovery, with success according the the message i get after loading it. I try to boot into recovery to flash my SU zip, and when i hold down the volume buttons and power to boot into recovery, i get a little android man with a red caution sign coming out of his chest. I did do some sort of Motorola OTA update before i loaded this recovery, wasnt sure if that was affecting it. Anyhow, it lets me go into recovery if I keep pressing buttons, but then when i try to run my SU zip, it says signature verification failed, and when in recovery, it doesnt say anything about it being CWM recovery. Any help is appreciated!
edit: When i am in recovery, at the very top, it says Android System recovery <3e>
does that mean my recovery didnt load properly?

Well I did a factory data reset, then flashed my recovery again and the custom recovery loaded and I was able to do the SU zip update. So I am guessing this means that the update is somehow messing with recovery loading? Thought this might be something good for you developers to know.

Assuming you're using the stuff from shabby's post that was put up not long after the phone was released, I've not yet seen anyone say that this still works after performing the Moto update.

Moved as this is not development therefore doesn't belong in the development forums.
Thanks
AvRS

OP, it sounds like you didn't flash CWM correctly the first time...
The behavior you describe is the stock recovery.

whitelightnin3006 said:
Has anyone else had this issue? I have loaded the CWM recovery, with success according the the message i get after loading it. I try to boot into recovery to flash my SU zip, and when i hold down the volume buttons and power to boot into recovery, i get a little android man with a red caution sign coming out of his chest. I did do some sort of Motorola OTA update before i loaded this recovery, wasnt sure if that was affecting it. Anyhow, it lets me go into recovery if I keep pressing buttons, but then when i try to run my SU zip, it says signature verification failed, and when in recovery, it doesnt say anything about it being CWM recovery. Any help is appreciated!
edit: When i am in recovery, at the very top, it says Android System recovery <3e>
does that mean my recovery didnt load properly?
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The problem is that either the CWM recovery didn't take, or it did but when you updated, it reverted to stock recovery. I don't know which as I'm not familiar with the OTA you are referring to
Either way, you can try flashing CWM again and see if it takes
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I installed the latest OTA update to my reverted back to stock, but still unlocked Q. CWM recovery and SuperSU worked on first try.

It sounds to me that CWM just didn't take. I remember reading something saying that the photon q will re-install the default recovery upon boot. It took a couple tries but I think what worked for me was flashing it through fastboot, then immediately rebooting into the recovery without ever letting the system boot up. After that it went right into CWM and has since gone there everytime.

Installing CWR - Not working

Hi All,
I've looked all around for the answer to this and am thoroughly lost. I have the Verizon Galaxy S3 with VRALHE. I rooted it, then used EZ-Unlock 1.2 to unlock the phone, then installed Rom manager and flashed CWR. It says it installed 6.0.1.2 but when I try and go into recovery it only goes into Android Recovery. If I flash CWR and right away click the boot into CWR button it seems to go but after that it will only go into Android Recover both via Rom manager and holding Volume Up, Power and Home. Anyone know whats going on?
Thanks for your help!

If it does go into cwm the first time then after that stock there are two files you need to erase that basically reinstall the stock recovery on reboot. I can't recall them, but you could probably search here and find them. Or the easier way is busy flash a custom ROM n that first boot into cwm. By the way ez recovery is better for installing our recoveries, give it a shot.... It may sick without the extra stuff I just told you.
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Anyone know where to look into about the files that need to be deleted? I'm not finding much. EZ recovery worked the first reboot but returned to Android recovery after a reboot.

Boss428man said:
Anyone know where to look into about the files that need to be deleted? I'm not finding much. EZ recovery worked the first reboot but returned to Android recovery after a reboot.
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I would recommend re-flashing Clockworkmod Recovery from EZ recovery, then using EZ recovery to boot into Clockworkmod Recovery, after your are in Clockworkmod Recovery select the "Reboot system" option, you should then be asked if you want to erase two files to make Clockworkmod Recovery stick permanently (At least until you flash a different recovery) select the "Yes" option, then after it has completed that task the phone should reboot, while it is rebooting boot into recovery and you should find that Clockworkmod Recovery is still installed.

I like to help, but Google stuff. This is what you would have found as the second result
/system/recovery-from-boot.p*
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
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So to confirm to everyone, Deleting the 2 files above does work! So delete the files then re-flash CWR and restart that's it!
I wanted to thank everyone for the help!

Same problem but a little different
shimp208 said:
I would recommend re-flashing Clockworkmod Recovery from EZ recovery, then using EZ recovery to boot into Clockworkmod Recovery, after your are in Clockworkmod Recovery select the "Reboot system" option, you should then be asked if you want to erase two files to make Clockworkmod Recovery stick permanently (At least until you flash a different recovery) select the "Yes" option, then after it has completed that task the phone should reboot, while it is rebooting boot into recovery and you should find that Clockworkmod Recovery is still installed.
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I have the same problem sorta, my phone instead of going into CWR it goes into Android system Recovery, and it asks me for an update, I was trying to root my phone but it won't even let me go into recovery so I can root it. Do you know why it's asking me this? Also idk if this helps but the android dude is in the background with an open stomach and a triangle and an exclamation mark in it. Hope my details were helpful, thanks.

Wizardtech-101 said:
I have the same problem sorta, my phone instead of going into CWR it goes into Android system Recovery, and it asks me for an update, I was trying to root my phone but it won't even let me go into recovery so I can root it. Do you know why it's asking me this? Also idk if this helps but the android dude is in the background with an open stomach and a triangle and an exclamation mark in it. Hope my details were helpful, thanks.
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What rooting guide did you follow? Did you flash Clockworkmod Recovery yet? If you can provide me with this information I can try help you further. If you haven't flashed Clockworkmod Recovery yet then you will be presented with the normal stock Android recovery system that you described.

Wizardtech-101 said:
I have the same problem sorta, my phone instead of going into CWR it goes into Android system Recovery, and it asks me for an update, I was trying to root my phone but it won't even let me go into recovery so I can root it. Do you know why it's asking me this? Also idk if this helps but the android dude is in the background with an open stomach and a triangle and an exclamation mark in it. Hope my details were helpful, thanks.
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Ummm... You do not necessarily go into recovery to root it. Have you installed and used Odin through your PC? You say you are trying to root your phone, so before you get ahead of yourself trying to flash recoveries I recommend reading up a little bit, it is very important you follow directions specifically or you will brick your device....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
There is even a video watch it while you root your phone, and pause along with it.
If you have already done some of this, and done any of it wrong there are steps to recover through Odin.

[Q] CWM Recovery not working

Hi,
I have been following XDA since two years and this is the first time i am having to post something due to lack of a relevant thread.
My fastboot nightmare started a month ago, when i had tried to back up my ROM using ROM manager. I tried but failed to use the KDZ update since my phone would not get detected. I flashed a stock firmware using LGMDP to regain functionality of the phone.
On rerooting my phone this time, i think the CWM recovery was not installed properly. My phone used to hard reset every time I tried to reboot into recovery. I used LGMDP again to flash another image of CWM, which got it into the recovery mode but i cant seem to go beyond the main menu. Whenever i select an option on the menu, the screen goes blank, showing only the CWM logo in the background and does not go any further. I cant restart my phone through the menu either, and have to remove my battery and replace it to be able to exit the recovery menu in the first place. Also, my recovery mode shows "E:Bad boot message "recovery" " at the bottom of the screen, which i think used to come before the nightmare too, but i'm not really sure.
Even on updating the recovery through ROM manager, it takes time to flash but is never completed. I get the message saying "An error while flashing your recovery" and that's all.
Please help me out here. After a year of ICS and subsequently JB, i'm having to use GB with no workably way around so you can imagine my frustration.
What do i do?
P.S.:- as i post here, it just clicked me if i should try flashing a different recovery img file through LGMDP. I will let you know if that works. Till then, any and all replies are appreciated.

Alright, my work is done. Flashed AmonRa this time manually using the terminal emulator. I found the solution at:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146566
Thx anyways, guyz...

[Q] Major Recovery Issues. Try this solution.

I cannot boot into recovery. I used a rootkit to unlock my bootloader and root my phone. TWRP worked fine when i tried it out for the first time and than i forgot about it. Today I tried to access it and it would not work. When I try installing TWRP from GooManager it just says it will download but it never does and then after a while the app shuts down. I tried flashing clockwork mod recovery from Rom Manager and it downloads all the way and than says that a problem occured. Can somebody please help me with my situation. When I press the power button and the volume down button and it brings me to the bootloader and i navigate to recovery, it just brings an android guy with a red triangle. please help me. I just want a custom recovery. I don't care what it is. Either TWRP or clockwork mod.
UPDATE: I figured out I lost root access so I rooted again and I now an successfully rooted but I still do not have a recovery. I tried to boot into the stock recovery but it will not work. It just shows a red triangle. So than I got TWRP Manager and tried to install TWRP from there but it still will not work.
UPDATE: I got Rom Manager and I looked in it and it said that I still had TWRP when I really had no recovery. So than I saw the option to get ClockWork Mod Recovery. I clicked on it and it installed successfully! So if you are having this same problem. Good luck to you. I hope what I did works for you.

maxell505 said:
I cannot boot into recovery. I used a rootkit to unlock my bootloader and root my phone. TWRP worked fine when i tried it out for the first time and than i forgot about it. Today I tried to access it and it would not work. When I try installing TWRP from GooManager it just says it will download but it never does and then after a while the app shuts down. I tried flashing clockwork mod recovery from Rom Manager and it downloads all the way and than says that a problem occured. Can somebody please help me with my situation. When I press the power button and the volume down button and it brings me to the bootloader and i navigate to recovery, it just brings an android guy with a red triangle. please help me. I just want a custom recovery. I don't care what it is. Either TWRP or clockwork mod.
UPDATE: I figured out I lost root access so I rooted again and I now an successfully rooted but I still do not have a recovery. I tried to boot into the stock recovery but it will not work. It just shows a red triangle. So than I got TWRP Manager and tried to install TWRP from there but it still will not work.
UPDATE: I got Rom Manager and I looked in it and it said that I still had TWRP when I really had no recovery. So than I saw the option to get ClockWork Mod Recovery. I clicked on it and it installed successfully! So if you are having this same problem. Good luck to you. I hope what I did works for you.
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Glad you got it sorted. For future reference, that android guy with the exclamation is stock recovery. You have to press vol up and power to get the menu to come up.

[Q] Secure Fail: Kernel after downloading Clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager

I have Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon.
Rooted with Kingo ROOT.
I was trying to install a custom ROM so I had to download ROM Manager to install Clockworkmod Recovery and installed CWM.
After doing so, however, whenever I try to go into recovery mode, a screen with SECURE FAIL: KERNAL, a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, and the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" comes up.
Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.
I installed an app that checks whether or not CWM is installed or not. It says it's not installed. So, I tried manually installing CWM using a computer, but when I type in "fastboot devices", nothing shows up. I tried everything including pdanet and other stuff but none work.
I can't even factory reset or anything.
Don't know what to do.
I just want to install a custom ROM.
Please help. I have been stuck on this problem for days.

mrWOOhooh said:
I have Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon.
Rooted with Kingo ROOT.
I was trying to install a custom ROM so I had to download ROM Manager to install Clockworkmod Recovery and installed CWM.
After doing so, however, whenever I try to go into recovery mode, a screen with SECURE FAIL: KERNAL, a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, and the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" comes up.
Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.
I installed an app that checks whether or not CWM is installed or not. It says it's not installed. So, I tried manually installing CWM using a computer, but when I type in "fastboot devices", nothing shows up. I tried everything including pdanet and other stuff but none work.
I can't even factory reset or anything.
Don't know what to do.
I just want to install a custom ROM.
Please help. I have been stuck on this problem for days.
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More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Your options for recovery are limited to safestrap and bootloader locked roms only
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Sent from my Nexus 5
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So I can't install a custom ROM?

mrWOOhooh said:
So I can't install a custom ROM?
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If your on a locked bootloader which it seems like you are then no you can't
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
More than likely your on 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't downgrade or install a custom recovery
Your options for recovery are limited to safestrap and bootloader locked roms only
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Alright. Thank you.
Do you know a way to return to stock recovery?

mrWOOhooh said:
Alright. Thank you.
Do you know a way to return to stock recovery?
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You'll have to flash the rom itself back to stock which should in turn restore stock recovery
Sent from my Nexus 5

mrWOOhooh said:
"Then the the only way to access the device is to go to download mode and then cancel it because if I try to turn the device on the normal way, it keeps on going to recovery mode and the fail message.".
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I have this same problem now. How did you get to the 'download mode' to cancel it so the phone would start up?

zman2468 said:
I have this same problem now. How did you get to the 'download mode' to cancel it so the phone would start up?
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Hi, it's been a couple years so I have no clue but here's an article I found by Googling.
https://www.technewscentral.com/enter-recovery-mode-odin-modedownload-mode-galaxy-s3/id_7924
Best of luck to you!