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[Q] [i9023] Blank/Black screen in recovery

Hey everyone,
Basically I was trying to flash a new ROM onto an old Nexus S of mine and when I tried to boot into recovery there was just a black screen. I pressed the power button and a single line saying "Clockwork mod Recovery" and the version number popped up. I assumed that the recovery must've been corrupted so I erased it and installed the latest version using fastboot which seemed to work fine.
Now whenever I try to boot into recovery I just get a blank screen with nothing else. I've tried using other recovery images such as twrp but the same problem happened, I just get the background wallpaper/image and nothing else.
I searched the forums and apparently people were having this issue earlier on when the i9023 was first released but now most custom recoveries are supposed to work with both i9020 and i9023.
Also the touch buttons light up and vibrate whenever I touch them when I'm in recovery mode.
Any help to this problem would be greatly appreciated as atm I have an old ROM which is buggy as hell and I need to get rid of it.
Cheers!

I had the same Issue. If you can boot into the rom, you can try to download the rommanager-app and install the recovery from there.

Hey I tried that already that and instead of booting into recovery it just went into the bootloader and said "No Recovery or Bootloader found".
Any other ideas?

Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Hey
I have the i9023 and I install rom manager. install CWM and if I reboot into recovery it works and I get in to CWM recovery.. but after reboot into os.. if I go into Rom manager and reboot to recovery it dont work? I just get the android figur and a "!".. then I just can Power + vol up and I'm in bootloader recovery..
Do I have to install CWM every time i want to use it? and can't I access CWM on boot op ?
sorry for my bad English

Normaly you have to flash the recovery only once.
Try to flash the newer clockwork-recovery with fastboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686

Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
Sent from my SNES

bedalus said:
Alfiedk: You need to get rid of this file:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
As it re-installs the stock recovery every boot.
I think you can download any custom ROM for your phone, and flash it in CWM recovery, this will also solve the problem
Edit: Did you unlock the phone? Have you tried fastboot oem unlock?
Sent from my SNES
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I havent unlock my phone, but I can get in to bootloader is it then necessary to unlock ?
I try to delete the /install-recovery.sh

Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Xziped said:
Yes you need to unlock your bootloader, if you dont want to reflash it all the time.
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Then it must be unlock as default.. I havent unlock it.. just delete the install install-recovery.sh and it works every time now.
now I just have to find a ROM to try..

Xziped said:
Did you clicked the first point in rommanager? Install recovery, or you only hit the second button reboot into recovery?
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Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...

Simultaneity said:
Yes I made sure I selected install clockwork mod. Like I said the problem isn't the same when I do this, instead of a blank screen, when I boot into recovery it goes straight to fastboot and tells me that I don't have a recovery image installed at all...
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what happens when you try to temporary boot into the recovery?
instead of "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", try to "fastboot boot recovery.img"
Just look for an recovery.img that works temporary and then try to flash it permanently.

I'll try it and get back to you Xziped. If anyone else can think of any other ideas please just throw'em at me, I'm willing to try anything!

Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.

Simultaneity said:
Yeah no help there either. It does the exact same thing temporarily booting into a recovery that it did when I actually had it installed on the phone :\.
I updated ROM manager to the latest and tried installing CWM with that but to no avail. It still says that there is no recovery installed when I do that.
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Sorry but if not even the temporary recovery boots up, i dont know what else we can do
did you try some of the older recoverys? is your bootloader unlocked?

I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next

Simultaneity said:
I haven't tried an older recovery and my bootloader is unlocked.
could it be a problem with my computer as opposed to the phone itself? As in my computer is messing up when trying to flash the recovery?
I've also noticed now that when I boot into fastboot mode the menu just locks up and doesn't respond to anything. Sometimes I have to pull the battery and other times it'll start responding after randomly pressing the power key a lot of times...
I'll try an older recovery next
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Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.

khartaras said:
Use Odin, that might solve your problems. Search for the Nexus S version of Odin in the Dev section here.
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There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!

Simultaneity said:
There's a version of Odin for the Nexus S!?!? I'll look into that straight away thanks!
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Just look @ http://www.samfirmware.com/ .
There you should find all you need
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[Q] Desperate Help With HTC ONE SV LTE !!!!!!!!!!

Well here is the problem i have with the HTC ONE SV LTE which i received today. (If possible i could do with some urgent help !!!!)
I have unlocked the bootloader for this htc and not thinking i flashed CWM Recovery to the phone without banking up my stock recovery (yes i know very stupid). I then tried to root the phone with a root programme and this rebooted the phone. Once loaded the taskbar and settings work but nothing else (including the main menu, lockscreen or anything else for that matter).
Anyway i tried to master reset the phone through both settings and my CWM custom recovery which is when i come to realise the up and down buttons work on the recovery but the power button doesnt select anything so i cant master reset the phone at all.
If anyone knows a place i can get a flashable stock recovery for the HTC ONE SV LTE please tell me, ive searched everywhere and just cannot find one that works.
Even better if someone could develop or point me in the direction of a fully working custom recovery i can flash to my phone i would be very happy
Very many thanks !!!!!

You could try downloading fxp kernel for your device and then installing cm through cwm in it(try lupus kernel if it's available for your device)
If nothing works, (please confirm this before using) try downloading the stock ftf file for your device and flashing it via pc.
Edit: tried a quick search of xda from mobile, didn't get anything useful. Try googling
Sent from my Xperia Mini Pro

Factory Reset for soft brick
Acalvert2012 said:
Well here is the problem i have with the HTC ONE SV LTE which i received today. (If possible i could do with some urgent help !!!!)
I have unlocked the bootloader for this htc and not thinking i flashed CWM Recovery to the phone without banking up my stock recovery (yes i know very stupid). I then tried to root the phone with a root programme and this rebooted the phone. Once loaded the taskbar and settings work but nothing else (including the main menu, lockscreen or anything else for that matter).
Anyway i tried to master reset the phone through both settings and my CWM custom recovery which is when i come to realise the up and down buttons work on the recovery but the power button doesnt select anything so i cant master reset the phone at all.
If anyone knows a place i can get a flashable stock recovery for the HTC ONE SV LTE please tell me, ive searched everywhere and just cannot find one that works.
Even better if someone could develop or point me in the direction of a fully working custom recovery i can flash to my phone i would be very happy
Very many thanks !!!!!
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Hello Acalvert2012,
I had the same problem as you. But after tinkering for half a day, I figured out how to restore the phone.
Download the stock recovery from here
Got to fastboot and flash the stock recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img
Lock you bootloader from fastboot.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Now go to bootloader and select factory reset

mripfreely said:
Hello Acalvert2012,
I had the same problem as you. But after tinkering for half a day, I figured out how to restore the phone.
Download the stock recovery from here
Got to fastboot and flash the stock recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img
Lock you bootloader from fastboot.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Now go to bootloader and select factory reset
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may i ask an off-topic question... how do you unlock this phone? i tried fastboot oem unlock and it didn't work

magictwins said:
may i ask an off-topic question... how do you unlock this phone? i tried fastboot oem unlock and it didn't work
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You can unlock bootloader by following instructions on the htcdev website
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
And rooting instructions are here

Thanks!!!
Thank you soo much for your help

mripfreely said:
You can unlock bootloader by following instructions on the htcdev website
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
And rooting instructions are here
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witch one do i choose?

GOCLEVER TAB T76GPS TV - how install udate.zip to brick tablet?

Hi all,
my friend have this tablet and after few starts this tablet didnt start. He try Factory reset but after this he cant even go to CWM menu. He make NOT Root, not change firmware settings, nothing.
He download Stock Rom from GoClever but its only "update.zip" and installation procedure is "put this update.zip to Nand Storage and restart". This tablet didnt start and he cant copy update.zip to Nand storage. Its possible flash this "update.zip" via Odin?
Thanks for your tips and answers.

Pleas, any idea?

MrPierc said:
Pleas, any idea?
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do you even know what is Odin for?

I am afraid that your deive is gone into hard brick.
If You cant turn on it(Even Boot logo), You must find stock Rom and Flash it.
Google is your friend.

If you can't boot even to bootloader but you can turn the device on and the computer detects the hardware you can flash stock rom. I'll post that info if somebody needs it
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Can you post that info now please?
Tablet stucks at boot logo, can go to recovery menu, but official update throwing error.
Thanks
EmdoPL said:
If you can't boot even to bootloader but you can turn the device on and the computer detects the hardware you can flash stock rom. I'll post that info if somebody needs it
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nexus 5 stuck booting

I received my nexus 5 today. Unlocked the bootloader. Tried to install twrp. Gave up and decided to put it back to stock using multitool kit. Toolkit showed as every thing completed successfully but the phone doesn't get past the nexus boot screen. I can boot into the bootloader but that's it. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

speeddemon1891 said:
I received my nexus 5 today. Unlocked the bootloader. Tried to install twrp. Gave up and decided to put it back to stock using multitool kit. Toolkit showed as every thing completed successfully but the phone doesn't get past the nexus boot screen. I can boot into the bootloader but that's it. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Same happened to me after unlocking the bootloader. Here's what you need to do.
Boot into the bootloader and enter recovery.
Press and hold power and quickly press volume up, that will open the menu.
Wipe data/factory reset.
The phone will reboot and you should be good to go.

El Daddy said:
Same happened to me after unlocking the bootloader. Here's what you need to do.
Boot into the bootloader and enter recovery.
Press and hold power and quickly press volume up, that will open the menu.
Wipe data/factory reset.
The phone will reboot and you should be good to go.
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Looks like Google fixed the by-pass data wipe exploit we used with the n4.
Sent from my NEXUS 5

El Daddy said:
Same happened to me after unlocking the bootloader. Here's what you need to do.
Boot into the bootloader and enter recovery.
Press and hold power and quickly press volume up, that will open the menu.
Wipe data/factory reset.
The phone will reboot and you should be good to go.
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Mine is tuck on bootscreen. I can't do anything. I cannot open bootloader or turn off the device
Nvm. fixed it

Vercion3 said:
Mine is tuck on bootscreen. I can't do anything. I cannot open bootloader or turn off the device
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Press and hold Power + Volume Up + Volume Down all at the same time. It will power down the device (it sometimes takes a while, so keep holding down the buttons for at least 10 seconds). Then Power + Volume Down to boot into recovery.
Sent from my Nexus 5

hello
I have boot loop problem too
I'm completely stock and I want to reset all so I do factory reset from menu setting, backup & reset
And since, my nexus stucked in "erasing...."
I have tried flashing factory image, succeeded, but then still stucked in android logo with endless progress bar (but this time without "erasing....")
Need help how to restore it
All I want is to factory reset
Thanks

HOW?
Vercion3 said:
Mine is tuck on bootscreen. I can't do anything. I cannot open bootloader or turn off the device
Nvm. fixed it
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Hey there, I have the same problem. How on earth did you fix it?

jacquesjackfourie said:
Hey there, I have the same problem. How on earth did you fix it?
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What did you do right before it got stuck on the boot screen?

jd1639 said:
What did you do right before it got stuck on the boot screen?
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hehe... I've actually just fixed it, turns out TWRC was the problem. But thanks anyway for the quick reply, and sorry for wasting your time!

jacquesjackfourie said:
hehe... I've actually just fixed it, turns out TWRC was the problem. But thanks anyway for the quick reply, and sorry for wasting your time!
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As long as you got it working, that's what counts

HELP
jacquesjackfourie said:
hehe... I've actually just fixed it, turns out TWRC was the problem. But thanks anyway for the quick reply, and sorry for wasting your time!
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Please help me,
I have nexus 5 rooted and it's completely stock
I have installed market enabler and chosen sprint US.
Then when i have rebooted mu nexus has stuck to black screen
I have tried bootloader but it doesn' help.
There is teamwin bootloader but except there is very basic one which give me only four facilities
Reboot
Apply an update
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe partition chache
I have tried all of that but nothing help
I think that it isn't wiping all the data..
Please HELP

Anagh Khandelwal said:
Please help me,
I have nexus 5 rooted and it's completely stock
I have installed market enabler and chosen sprint US.
Then when i have rebooted mu nexus has stuck to black screen
I have tried bootloader but it doesn' help.
There is teamwin bootloader but except there is very basic one which give me only four facilities
Reboot
Apply an update
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe partition chache
I have tried all of that but nothing help
I think that it isn't wiping all the data..
Please HELP
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You have the stock recovery on your phone, not team win. You say you've done a factory reset in the recovery? Try that again first. If that doesn't work then flash the factory image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Sent from my Nexus 5

Problem solved
jd1639 said:
You have the stock recovery on your phone, not team win. You say you've done a factory reset in the recovery? Try that again first. If that doesn't work then flash the factory image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Sorry for late reply,
But i my problem is solved when I unroot my nexus..
Thanks for your effort...

how
jacquesjackfourie said:
hehe... I've actually just fixed it, turns out TWRC was the problem. But thanks anyway for the quick reply, and sorry for wasting your time!
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how did you do it bro? my screen is on google and it wont move from there i went to twrc and did a factory reset butit stayed the same

STEVENCORREA002 said:
how did you do it bro? my screen is on google and it wont move from there i went to twrc and did a factory reset butit stayed the same
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You should explain how the problem happened. Was it by itself? Which Rom are you using?
You can flash a Rom or use this link they posted above http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701/post47156064 to flash Factory images doing method 1. Report back.

nexus 5
jd1639 said:
As long as you got it working, that's what counts
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i hAVE SAME PROBLEM ((( how i fix it ?(

Fastboot erase boot boot.img && fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Or u can do the same command for system just make sure u backup the data partition with twrp and make a copy of sdcard.
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I had a problem like that today
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speeddemon1891 said:
I received my nexus 5 today. Unlocked the bootloader. Tried to install twrp. Gave up and decided to put it back to stock using multitool kit. Toolkit showed as every thing completed successfully but the phone doesn't get past the nexus boot screen. I can boot into the bootloader but that's it. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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iori said:
hello
I have boot loop problem too
I'm completely stock and I want to reset all so I do factory reset from menu setting, backup & reset
And since, my nexus stucked in "erasing...."
I have tried flashing factory image, succeeded, but then still stucked in android logo with endless progress bar (but this time without "erasing....")
Need help how to restore it
All I want is to factory reset
Thanks
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STEVENCORREA002 said:
how did you do it bro? my screen is on google and it wont move from there i went to twrc and did a factory reset butit stayed the same
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Elendis said:
i hAVE SAME PROBLEM ((( how i fix it ?(
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Check this: [TUTORIAL] How to flash a factory image | Return to stock | Unroot/SAVE your Nexus 5 read the whole post, then do method 1 if it not works then do method 2.
If it still dont work, then try this:[Tutorial] How to flash factory images with LG Flashtool

Stuck at Boot
Hi guys,
Installed TWRP and everything is fine. Tried to install Cynagonmod 11S but it always failed. So I reboot to System and now all I can see if Google text with little unlock icon at bottom. Can't power off to move to recovery. Please help me what to do!

Looping on Teamwin screen
Hi! I don't know what to do anymore. I rooted my Nexus 5 and I install Lollipop. I don't remember what I did now my device loop on the Teamwin screen. I can go to the fastboot mode ( Power + volume down) and that's it. I can not go in the recovery mode because it's bringing me back to the teamwin screen and keep looping. Can you help me?

[Q] Auto boots into recovery problem

Hy all!
I've unlocked my Moto G (XT1032), and installed Philz Advanced CWM Recovery. My problem is that if I restart my phone it auto boots into recovery, I have to restart to bootloader and select normal powerup. It's quite annoying (I can live with it, but I hope that it can be solved).
I've tried reflashing the recovery, but id it not helped.
Is there any way to force the boot process, to start normall?
Thanks, Abel
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

mokkami said:
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
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it is still the same

boot loop
I had same problem on my moto g 1034 i had return to stock and flash CWM6046-MotoG44 image i found here or online somewhere. The basic non touch version

tclaw said:
I had same problem on my moto g 1034 i had return to stock and flash CWM6046-MotoG44 image i found here or online somewhere. The basic non touch version
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I've used it with the normal CWM first, but it was the same there... maybe returning to stock, and start the whole process would help, I will give it a try, if I have some time for that, and let you know about the result.

Bumper03 said:
I've used it with the normal CWM first, but it was the same there... maybe returning to stock, and start the whole process would help, I will give it a try, if I have some time for that, and let you know about the result.
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Restored everything to original, and now it boots normally. Thanks