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[Q] Can Not Get Into Recovery

I am unable to get into recovery of any type on my Xoom. When I try to get into recovery I get the Android with an exclamation point. I've tried factory reset; I've followed instructions for CWM recovery, etc. I just can't get past the damn Android with the exclamation point (inside a yellow triangle). Can anyone help?
BTW, there are no programs or data on the internal storage of the Xoom.

Use ADB to unlock your device again and push the recovery image again. Then try to boot into recovery.

Ok, I unlocked the Xoom and it rebooted. After the Xoom rebooted, I ran adb reboot bootloader and the Xoom went into fastboot. Now what command do I use to push the recovery image? From the platform-tools directory if tried: "adb fastboot push recovery recovery.img and nothing happened." I then tried "adb fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without success. Help!

sddenizen said:
Ok, I unlocked the Xoom and it rebooted. After the Xoom rebooted, I ran adb reboot bootloader and the Xoom went into fastboot. Now what command do I use to push the recovery image? From the platform-tools directory if tried: "adb fastboot push recovery recovery.img and nothing happened." I then tried "adb fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without success. Help!
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Assuming your in the directory with the recovery.img as well:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(no adb, no push)

Do the following plz with this recovery image. I assume you already have android sdk installed and adb on your laptop.
To download:
• Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoveries/wingray/eos-recovery-r6.img
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder.
5. unlock your xoom and flash the recovery image. The recovery image should be in your current working directory where you have command line navigated to: Type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img
fastboot reboot adb reboot recovery
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed. I prefer this recovery than others. Give it a try.
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Thanks, that worked and I'm back in operation with the Xoom. I really appreciate the support this forum provides.

I am happy I could help, and happier you are back to xoom operations without issues

Unlock, reboot and issue resolved!!! Cheers

[Q] Flash ROM via adb

Hi, I've never used adb before since I flashed all my ROMs via custom recovery. But now, as I moved to an 8GB Moto G, my memory is always full so I was wondering if there's a chance to flash roms this way so I don't need to make room on the internal memory for this. Thanks.

I use fastboot to flash ROMs.
Put the room in the same directory as fastboot
Boot your phone into bootloader. You can use [adb reboot bootloader]
Make sure the device it's connected by typing [fastboot devices]
To flash a ROM type [fastboot flash <name of file> <name of file>.zip
Make sure to have the .zip at the end.
Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

And wipe cache/data and make backups? Can that be done as well? (if you know an adb tutorial with all commands just tell me, it will be easier xD)

I don't remember all the commands myself sorry. A quick Google search for fastboot commands should have everything you need
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Can the 'bootloader' be downgraded to 25r?

As the title states...can we flash just the bootloader from 25R onto 30O using fastboot? And if so, therefore allow for the temporary boot of a custom recovery. Until now, I've only owned/flashed Samsung devices so still learning the fastboot idioms. Any ideas or nah?

You can boot a recovery without flash it .. fastboot boot recovery.img

Why are you wanting to downgrade a bootloader to 25R? There aren't any restrictions.
If you want to temporarily boot a recovery, then just type what nneves said.
Theres no need to downgrade your bootloader.

Since the firmware has been updated to 30O, this cannot be done. I used the 'boot recovery' method while on 25R, but for some reason (security?) they have blocked that exploit, hence the question at hand.
I had even tried this method I found in a Nexus forum:
Here's some instructions I compiled for doing useful things with your Nexus. Also includes instruction to root nexus 4 without installing a custom recovery. Basically, you save the customrecovery.zip file then fastboot boot into it (NOT install, and notice you have to type the full command specified below, not just "fastboot boot customrecovery.img") and then install using the custom recovery, install SuperSU.zip for unrooting:
1) Install all STOCK files:
./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-XXX.img ./fastboot reboot-bootloader ./fastboot flash radio radio-XXX-XXX.img ./fastboot reboot-bootloader ./fastboot -w update image-XXX-XXX.zip ./fastboot oem unlock (to unlock bootloader)
2) If you want to keep stock recovery, fast boot BOOT into custom recovery and install SuperSu.zip: 3) Install SuperSu.zip file (to root)
./fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot customrecovery.img
there used to be a 'fastboot boot recovery recovery.img' command, but Google removed it in 4.3, so now to simply boot into your custom recovery you can type 'fastboot -c "lge.kcal=0|0|0|x" boot customrecovery.img' instead and it'll do the same thing as the 'fastboot boot' command. Meaning it will revert to your stock recovery once you reboot. So boot into custom recovery, flash superuser (Koush or Chainfire's) and reboot. done.
It didn't work but maybe another code for our device is needed?

Just going to give this a little bump...

there is a stock 25R ROM zip floating around here somewhere. you should just be able to flash it via recovery using twrp, if you're just wanting to go back to flat stock. let me know if you can't find it, i think i may have it somewhere.

Wouldn't you need to unlock the bootloader to downgrade to 25R? I think that there would be some sort of check in the signed 25R OTA update that would prevent you from flashing it.

[Q] Cannot Root A510

I have been looking to Root my A510 and drop KitKat on it, but I am stuck trying to install the recovey,img
Steps completed so far:
Bootloader unlocked
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot​
Obtained the recovery image 6.0.4.5
Loaded recovery image
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery c:\AndroidRootTablet\recovery.img
fastboot reboot (holding volume down)​
Just boots up normally... I can get into the stock recovery using adb reboot recovery, but I see no way to add the recovery image...
A510 version is 4.1.2
I probably have this out of order, but I tried to root the tablet first, but that didn't work either. A few questions:
-- Do I need root before installing the recovery.img?
-- What is the current recommendation for rooting the A510?
This is what I tried to use for rooting:
http://theunlockr.com/2013/06/15/how-to-root-the-acer-iconia-tab-a510/

No need to root before flashing a recovery
You have to reboot in recovery directly after flashing it via fastboot and flash the zip "disable stock recovery"
With a JB bootloader you have to : Hold Volume- (**), and when vibrate, release it and hold Volume+(*) until the recovery load
If you reboot in Normal mode, the Acer ROM will erase the recovery.
Check the initial CWM thread with it's installation guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1866378
Could be applied with any version of custom recovery

A510 Updated to KitKat
Thank you sir for you help. That hit the spot. I greatly appreciate the work you are doing with the A510.

[Q] How to root nvidia shield tablet on ubuntu?

Can someone move this to questions? Sorry about that.
How do I root the tablet on ubuntu? I've only found guides to do it on windows.
Thanks!

There is a thread here with cwm recovery download it.
Make sure you have fastboot installed
Open terminal
Put the device into fastboot mode.
There are guides on how to do this as well
Type
Fastboot OEM unlock
Fastboot flash recovery *name of recovery.IMG
Boot into recovery and flash SuperSU zip