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Q Won't boot into rom SOLVED

I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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powerpoint45 said:
I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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If you have the blue recovery it sounds like your running ICS... If its distorted, sounds like you need to update your Bootloaders from froyo to Gingerbread bootloaders.. You can do a simple search and find a thread to do this with Odin or Heimdell..
As for your issue... You just need to flash the ICS kernel with Heimdell found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 - Just put your phone into download mode, open the executable ICS jar file and make sure it says connected and then click flash.. let it do its thing and it should boot just fine.

After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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powerpoint45 said:
After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.

scott.hart.bti said:
Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.
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When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do
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powerpoint45 said:
When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?

bigjoe2675 said:
well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?
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Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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powerpoint45 said:
Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079

bigjoe2675 said:
might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
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Post number three. Heimdall one click

qkster said:
Post number three. Heimdall one click
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Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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powerpoint45 said:
Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details

qkster said:
Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details
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That you all for helping.I fixed it by using one click to get to stock then used one click to go to ics.
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If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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bigjoe2675 said:
If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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powerpoint45 said:
OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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Very welcome
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[Q] C2 TWRP not flashing properly

I got a C2 (s3) version of One S. Installed TWRP 2.5.0.0 for villec2. It won't flash any roms properly, just a few second after starting to flash, it say flash done (like 2-3% progress), and it will end up bootloap if I reboot. Had to restore backup of stock rom.
Any fix for this problem?
Hboot 3.01.

Have you tried an older TWRP?
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npiper05 said:
Have you tried an older TWRP?
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tried, still won't flash properly.

Are you flashing the boot.img? Or are you S-Off?
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npiper05 said:
Are you flashing the boot.img? Or are you S-Off?
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flashing roms. i believe there's no S-Off for S3.

[Q] GooManager

Is it possible to use goomanager to install TWRP after the device is rooted with cf root?
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Yep. That's the easiest way to do it.
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nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to use goomanager to install TWRP after the device is rooted with cf root?
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Yes, though having a Nexus device, it'd be good for you to learn fastboot/adb. Comes in handy.

Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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nitrogen618 said:
Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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As aznk3vi17 says, go the adb fastboot way. You'll be better off in the long run than using a bunch of easy tools. Sooner or later you're going to get yourself into trouble where they'll come in handy.

nitrogen618 said:
Cool. Thanks guys. I guess is this correct?
1. Cf root
2. Goomanager for twrp
Twrp will stick right? I saw some people needing to flash like 6 times before twrp sticks.
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Yeah but when you download twrp the page go to 403 error.

Thanks guys. I guess I will do it via GooManager.

nitrogen618 said:
Thanks guys. I guess I will do it via GooManager.
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No you won't. The download page doesn't work.

I'll probably do it later then.

IIRC it's been like that for a week or more. Just do the ADB flash. Or use Flashify. That's just as easy as Goo.
Download the Flashify app, download the TWRP recovery img file to your phone and install with flashify from your phone.

nitrogen618 said:
I'll probably do it later then.
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Or just fastboot flash the recovery on. It takes 20 seconds tops.
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http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hammerhead
I can just download the latest one and flash it with flashify right?
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nitrogen618 said:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hammerhead
I can just download the latest one and flash it with flashify right?
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Correct. As long as you have the img file and not zip.
You'll just go in to your downloads and tap it, install with flashify and you're done. Restart the device in fastboot mode and scroll to recovery to make sure it took.

Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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Just don't use goo manager to flash roms. It's way too easy to find a rom that is not for your device and flash it. I'll use goo to put on the recovery and then remove it from my phone

nitrogen618 said:
Is it possible to brick devices this way?
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It's possible but not likely. If anything it just won't over write the stock recovery.

when trying to install TWRP with goomanager says 403 error when downloading, why?
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I'm new in Android and i don't know how install fwrp with other method
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Use flashify. That's what I did.
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I don't know do that, how i can do that?I'm very new with Android

For some reason I can't get flashify to work. When I press on the IMG I want to flash it doesn't do anything.
But I also know how to use adb so it's not a huge issue.
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Can't flash a custom rom

I have a rooted 4.3 Galaxy s3 with knox deleted yet I can't seem to be able to flash any simple custom rom like cm, I keep getting this error in CWM.
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You can try this
Demorthus said:
I have a rooted 4.3 Galaxy s3 with knox deleted yet I can't seem to be able to flash any simple custom rom like cm, I keep getting this error in CWM.
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soething like this also happened to me when i tried to flash cm11 to my xperia sola it was because the kernel i was using was not supporting the ROM once i "fastboot flash boot boot.img" , boot.img given in the zip folder i was able to flash the new ROM. Best of luck

Did you flash the boot.img over pc or on the phone?
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Demorthus said:
Did you flash the boot.img over pc or on the phone?
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I support. This seems like a boot.img problem. Try to make it via PC while the phone is in fastboot mode.

This is for a galaxy s3, would download/odin mode qualify as a fastboot mode? :S
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I tried flashing boot.img in recovery, it failed. Anything else? :/
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Any other suggestions would be helpful
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I would recommend using the latest twrp. I find it much more reliable than CWM. Just my two cents.

Demorthus said:
I tried flashing boot.img in recovery, it failed. Anything else? :/
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Make a flash able zip for boot.img.
.img cannot be flashed through custom recoveries. .
Only zip file can be flashed.
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I used TRWP and compressed the boot.img into a zip to flash and attempted it but I get a failed message.... Should I just scrap it throw away the phone at this point? Nothing seems to work...
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Twrp updated

I read on a website that its been updated,
What's the easiest way to update? Worth updating ?
I rooted my phone using wugfesh kit and flash droidkang v19 ROM ,

Google recovery zip collection xda
Edit, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50042079
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jd1639 said:
Google recovery zip collection xda
Edit, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50042079
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Just flash and that's it?no wiping or deleting any other files? Thanks for the link
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g2uzer said:
Just flash and that's it?no wiping or deleting any other files? Thanks for the link
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Just flash it, no wipes required
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g2uzer said:
Just flash and that's it?no wiping or deleting any other files? Thanks for the link
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Use the offical TWRP app.. fast and painless.. goomanager doesnt seem to be working right now

gd6noob said:
Use the offical TWRP app.. fast and painless.. goomanager doesnt seem to be working right now
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Great app but this isn't an official one.
The XDA thread has been closed and there's no update on Google Play for 2 months.
I don't know if jmz still has other projects... Flashify is also a great app to directly flash the img files without a PC.

I heard that
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
works pretty well...

El Daddy said:
I heard that
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
works pretty well...
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This!
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No need to use Fastboot if you already have a recovery to flash with.
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jball said:
No need to use Fastboot if you already have a recovery to flash with.
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It doesn't hurt to know all the options and procedures. Actually OP would have already known this if he hadn't used a toolkit to root in the first place
-1 for toolkits
But yes, options are:
Fastboot flash img
recovery install zip
Flashify flash img

Thanks to all for the help suggestions , but yeah I used a tool kit which means I don't know how to do it manually that's why I asked for the easiest way to update .
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g2uzer said:
Thanks to all for the help suggestions , but yeah I used a tool kit which means I don't know how to do it manually that's why I asked for the easiest way to update .
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It would be good to learn how to do it manually. It's really pretty easy. And you'll know your phone better and know how to do things yourself.
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