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Hi... i tried to flash CWM and enter recovery mode a couple of times and not once am i successful. I keep getting a white HTC screen with red text "This build is for development purposes only, not to be distributed.. etc etc"
No matter which CWM i tried it just would not work... i noticed some people have this problem but no solution? Does the latest One S have some kind of block or something that does not let us run these images?

Wrong section !!!
Anyway, Are you flashing the CWM recovery image in fastboot ? Do you have unlocked bootloader ? Have you tried a different recovery image ?

First person I have heard of not being able to flash recovery. Unlock bootloader. Then go to appstore and download goomanager. Download and flash TWRP thru goomanager.....done
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azzledazzle said:
Wrong section !!!
Anyway, Are you flashing the CWM recovery image in fastboot ? Do you have unlocked bootloader ? Have you tried a different recovery image ?
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I can flash it...Yes flashing in fastboot, yes tried a few img...official, Paul and twcm... I can click the option too...but all still bring me to that screen. I cannot use goomanager because without cwm I can't root,
Am I missing something? My bootloader does show unlocked ... so it means my boot loader is successfully unlocked right

onlinechi said:
I can flash it...Yes flashing in fastboot, yes tried a few img...official, Paul and twcm... I can click the option too...but all still bring me to that screen. I cannot use goomanager because without cwm I can't root,
Am I missing something? My bootloader does show unlocked ... so it means my boot loader is successfully unlocked right
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Yes, If it says unlocked then it is unlocked did YOU unlock it ?
Are the recovery images flashing successfully ? without any errors ? you could try and use adb to reboot in to recovery.
If that fails, You could try and fastboot boot recovery, You can flash almost anything this way

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This is what I get.... yes I did unlock it. Yes I did successfully flash. Its just when I reboot and enter bootloader and choose recovery... I keep getting that despite trying multiple images ... what is the meaning of that screen anyway... if we know what it does perhaps we can know what is wrong

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That writing you see is normal, It happens as soon as you put non official software on the device. I cant figure out why it wont boot into recovery.
You could try to flash stock recovery,
Then fastboot erase cache.
Then reflash CWM and hope for the best.
Dont give up, Ill have a look around for some kinda fix for you !
EDIT: Also try Hasoons All In One Tool until i figure this out

when I click recovery in the bootloader... it shows that and just stays there.... may I know where the link is to a stock recovery as I did not back up mine...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/stock recovery.zip
Does the phone boot ?
Did you try fastboot erase cache ?

Hi.. i tried flashing the stock recovery with Hasoons tool... I still get to the screen which shows... "this build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute.. etc etc..." Thats so strange. Logically it should should just show that for awhile then go on to the recovery isnt it? Why does it just stay there?
By the way.. how do i erase cache? Is it possible to be done without entering recovery?

I tried flashing the stock recovery. Locking the bootloader... then unlocking it all over again. Then flashing the CWM recovery... then boot to recovery.. still.... the same. :-(

so the phone does never boot ??
If i was you i'd run an RUU and start all over again

Oh no... the phone is perfectly fine.. its just the Recovery in to which its stuck. The normal operation of the phone is totally OK. I read something.. if i had flashed a recovery image... it should show my phone as "tampered" in the bootloader. Mine does not show that.. it just shows "Unlocked".. Is there something i missed?

Btw... i do not know if it matters.. but my phone is from Singapore.

it will only show tampered when you replace the stock recovery. Your phone believes it still has this.. which indicates that CWM didnt flash, even tho adb said it did
I came across a post where someone said erasing cache helped. So perhaps you could try this, It wont reset your phone, Just erases the cache, Boot into fastboot and type: fastboot erase cache
then try to get into recovery, if not try the command again and flash cwm recovery without rebooting.

I had the same problem. I did not know how to fix it directly.
Installing it using the app Rom Manager got CWM installed properly, though.

jayelbird said:
I had the same problem. I did not know how to fix it directly.
Installing it using the app Rom Manager got CWM installed properly, though.
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How did you use Rom Manager when you dont have root?

azzledazzle said:
it will only show tampered when you replace the stock recovery. Your phone believes it still has this.. which indicates that CWM didnt flash, even tho adb said it did
I came across a post where someone said erasing cache helped. So perhaps you could try this, It wont reset your phone, Just erases the cache, Boot into fastboot and type: fastboot erase cache
then try to get into recovery, if not try the command again and flash cwm recovery without rebooting.
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MMM.... Does not work.. I tried this
Boot into boot loader.. did the erase cache. Was ok. Did a reboot.
Reboot in to bootloader.. install recovery.. reboot
Reboot then attempted enter recovery.. still the same... Stuck at the red text
I then tried this
Boot into boot loader... did the erase cache.. was ok.. no reboot
Flash the recovery.. no reboot
Enter recovery.. still the same.. stuck at red text
Reboot.. enter recovery.. also the same.. stuck at red text...
:-( I have had HTCs.. Samsungs... and rooted all of em.. this is the first time i have been unsucessful.. heck i even rooted a China Device before....

Boot Loop without Recovery. OS gone.

Ill keep this short and sweet.
I have a HOXL 1.85 evita
Used this to get superuser and busybox. Tested positive for root with root checker.
Used this to get to unlock screen and restored my partitions to what it was previously. Rebooted into OS after to make sure phone was still rooted.
Boot into fastboot and used this to start pushing JB gapps/tg endeavoru ota 30/CWM touch to phone. Everything "successful" (no failures or permission denials). Flashed the boot.img and cleared cache
Go back into bootloader and select recovery. Recovery won't load. Stuck in bootloop with the "only for development purposes" message.
Currently trying to download the 1.85 RUU, fastboot oem lock, and then restart the whole process over. Just wanted to know if anyone could offer any advice on how to fix this before i revert everything.
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When I had a boot loop like that I did a fast boot erase cache and it reverted me back to the kernel I had from the room flash. It fixed my boot loop and allowed me to boot into recovery. I don't know if that will help with your case but flashing boot.img is what caused my boot loop.
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davep1982 said:
When I had a boot loop like that I did a fast boot erase cache and it reverted me back to the kernel I had from the room flash. It fixed my boot loop and allowed me to boot into recovery. I don't know if that will help with your case but flashing boot.img is what caused my boot loop.
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i fastboot erase cache and it still goes into boot loop
EDIT--------
just flashed twrp recovery and at least i have recovery working now.
no usb mount storage though. im using twrp 2.2.0. win7 keeps asking me to format the disk

Is this what you flashed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763240
You realize this is an International One X ROM? It won't work on this phone.

What amuses me is that you know you have an Evita, yet you tried to flash something that has Endeavor in the file name.
These threads never get old.
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_MetalHead_ said:
What amuses me is that you know you have an Evita, yet you tried to flash something that has Endeavor in the file name.
These threads never get old.
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At least it looks like he didn't accidentally overwrite hboot like this guy did.

wow. noob moment. for some reason i ignored it stupidly hoping it would work. anyway...sorted everything out. sd card mounts now...just had to format it on win7

theledman said:
wow. noob moment. for some reason i ignored it stupidly hoping it would work.
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You're lucky; people have hard-bricked their phones doing that.

iElvis said:
You're lucky; people have hard-bricked their phones doing that.
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I accidentally flashed recovery to boot portion. ie
HTML:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
instead of
HTML:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
.
Then I also flashed recovery to recovery portion thinking that I can boot into recovery.
But now my phone boots and stays at twrp logo.
Even when I try to boot into recovery the same twrp logo nothing happens.
please help.
Hboot: 1.12.0000
Radio : 2.1204.135.20
HTC__001

Infinite boot after install factory image

Hi guys today I was trying to install the factory image to my nexus 5 and after everything went ok the phone start booting up and it's stucks there for more than a long time ago, I don't know what to do, please I know you need more information but I don't know which information give to you, ask in the comments what you need to know and I'll be glad to tell you but help to unbrick my nexus 5

It it stuck on the google boot screen or the colored circles?

El Daddy said:
It it stuck on the google boot screen or the colored circles?
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it's on the colored circles and I use fastboot to install the factory images.
I think I'm in the worst situation because I read (I haven't tried yet) if you flash a factory image you lose bootloader and recovery

dark_paradox17 said:
it's on the colored cirlces and I use fastboot to install the factory images.
I think I'm in the worst situation because I read (I haven't tried yet) if you flash a factory image you lose bootloader and recovery
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You cannot lose the bootloader. You can break it but simply flashing will not remove it. Factory image includes bootloader.
Did you Flash all the factory images or just system?
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rootSU said:
You cannot lose the bootloader. You can break it but simply flashing will not remove it. Factory image includes bootloader.
Did you Flash all the factory images or just system?
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well, I downloaded the factory Images and I used the command flahs-all.bat so I supposed that I flashed all the factory images

Try it again.
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rootSU said:
Try it again.
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can you give me a "little fast guide" to reflash it?, because I don't want to mess it up again and if I have some steps to follow will be great please. and a dumb question: before flash the nexus 5 factory images (I'm new to flash things from the bootloader, I was used to do it in the recovery) I entered all the time to the recovery using the phone option "reboot to recovery", how can I boot directly to the recovery? I know it's a dumb question but I really need to know

That's the way into recovery.
Just do the flash all again
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rootSU said:
That's the way into recovery.
Just do the flash all again
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ok, I'll try it in a while, I'll tell you if it worked or not

Do a factory reset from stock recovery.
When you enter the bootloader go to recovery,than press vol up and power to reach recovery(more options should show up), and do a factory reset from there after flash-all.bat finished.

Davzone said:
Do a factory reset from stock recovery.
When you enter the bootloader go to recovery,than press vol up and power to reach recovery(more options should show up), and do a factory reset from there after flash-all.bat finished.
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but I do that after I reflashed the stock image right? because your last sentence says "after flahs-all.bat finished"

You can try it but flashing the factory images does that anyway by extracting userdata.img to /data so I can't see it making a difference. That said it won't hurt
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rootSU said:
You can try it but flashing the factory images does that anyway by extracting userdata.img to /data so I can't see it making a difference. That said it won't hurt
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ok less talk, more work, I'm going to do it right now and see what happens, I'll write back when I'm finished, I hope I can write a message saying it worked

New problem (I'm the unluckiest nexus 5 owner) I can't access to the recovery, this is what show when I'm trying to do it from the bootloader, theres a picture attached so you can see visually what happens with the recovery (ps: I know the screen is broken, I'm going to buy a new screen )
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if you can't see the image here's a link: http://postimg.org/image/5l8u3d5rj/

dark_paradox17 said:
New problem (I'm the unluckiest nexus 5 owner) I can't access to the recovery, this is what show when I'm trying to do it from the bootloader, theres a picture attached so you can see visually what happens with the recovery (ps: I know the screen is broken, I'm going to buy a new screen )
if you can't see the image here's a link: http://postimg.org/image/5l8u3d5rj/
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Don't you just press volume up and power at this point? Forgive me, I never used stock recovery on my N5 so I forget the combination to get to it.
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rootSU said:
Don't you just press volume up and power at this point? Forgive me, I never used stock recovery on my N5 so I forget the combination to get to it.
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no, I just tried to enter through the bootloader, I'll try that and don't apologize, you're my last hope now

dark_paradox17 said:
no, I just tried to enter through the bootloader, I'll try that and don't apologize, you're my last hope now
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Vol down plus power to get to bootloader. Select recovery. Press power to get to that screen. Press volume up plus power to get into recovery
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now I tried to press volume down and power button to enter to the recovery and the only thing I get the bootloader again, not the recovery
I'm thinking on try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/toolkit-v2-2-kwonggers-nexus-5-one-t2508817 to see if that can fix my phone, should I?

Never use Toolkits.
Please outline the exact full steps you've taken to get into recovery.
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rootSU said:
Never use Toolkits.
Please outline the exact full steps you've taken to get into recovery.
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I tried those two things to get into the recovery:
1-I press both volume up and down and the power button
1.1- after that, I entered to the bootloader (obviously) and press the volume up until the option to go to the recovery appear
1.2- when I got the option I pressed power button but what happens is the image I sended before (the android with a warning icon)
and I tried:
2- Only press volume down and power button, but that also brings me to the bootloader, not the recovery
I know if I get the recovery, all my problems would be gone, but it's like my recovery it's broken and I can't access to it, there's a way to reinstall it from the bootloader or something? because I can link my phone and computer through the bootloader

Unable to flash TWRP

Yo
currently running newest official (12.1-YOG4PAS1N0).
I unlocked the bootloader-
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then I put the recovery.img file at the adb path.
then I enter fastboot and typed <fastboot flash recovery recovery.img> and it flashed it.
I disconnected the USB, turned the device off and then immediately booted into recovery (Volume down + Power)... BUT- it takes me to CM stock recovery every time
was wondering if anyone knows what can be done.
CM Recovery update is disabledfrom Dev Options ofcourse.
thanks.

Lidor167 said:
Yo
currently running newest official (12.1-YOG4PAS1N0).
I unlocked the bootloader-
then I put the recovery.img file at the adb path.
then I enter fastboot and typed <fastboot flash recovery recovery.img> and it flashed it.
I disconnected the USB, turned the device off and then immediately booted into recovery (Volume down + Power)... BUT- it takes me to CM stock recovery every time
was wondering if anyone knows what can be done.
CM Recovery update is disabledfrom Dev Options ofcourse.
thanks.
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Now since this is a straight forward thing you are going to get the basic questions which I suggest you put the exact route you took. was your recovery named recovery.img? Are you sure that its flashing?
Have you tried a toolkit although I agree to try it manually but just as another troubleshooting method.

playya said:
Now since this is a straight forward thing you are going to get the basic questions which I suggest you put the exact route you took. was your recovery named recovery.img? Are you sure that its flashing?
Have you tried a toolkit although I agree to try it manually but just as another troubleshooting method.
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the recovery is named recovery.img
I tried a toolkit but its too bulky for me

Lidor167 said:
the recovery is named recovery.img
I tried a toolkit but its too bulky for me
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what do you mean too bulky? did you try the toolkit prior to this or after
Edit: does it show the recovery flash working and being successful?

playya said:
what do you mean too bulky? did you try the toolkit prior to this or after
Edit: does it show the recovery flash working and being successful?
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prior to this.. says something about not being able to find adb device. but when i open the command prompt and type <fastboot devices> it shows my One. so I gave up on the toolkit

Lidor167 said:
prior to this.. says something about not being able to find adb device. but when i open the command prompt and type <fastboot devices> it shows my One. so I gave up on the toolkit
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Wugs makes a descent toolkit.. Did you get it fixed

playya said:
Wugs makes a descent toolkit.. Did you get it fixed
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yeah, appreantly the file name was - recovery.img.img but it didn't show, I had it checked and now it's all good, thanks

Help Moto G stoping in "Warning BootLoader"

Hello guys! I'm on a G 2015 bike to find a way around it. Good tried the procedures without unlocking the bootloader, but without success! Then I went and I was able to unlock Bootloader and repeat the process to install Roo Stock. But to no avail as well. Does anyone have any tips for solving this problem?

I would guess it stops in bootloader because it doesn't like the rom you've flashed.
Did you flash TWRP?
Boot to TWRP and clean flash something else.
Else flash TWRP and then do that.

Hi there! I had the same problem, but the solution was just wait. It took a full 5 minutes to boot since the warning appeared, but it worked fine. Give it a try, wait 5 minutes (literally) and see what happens. If it still stuck, then try the solution above.

KrisM22 said:
I would guess it stops in bootloader because it doesn't like the rom you've flashed.
Did you flash TWRP?
Boot to TWRP and clean flash something else.
Else flash TWRP and then do that.
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Hi. I tried to do the way you said it, but it did not work. Take a look at the picture
I follow this GUIDE for install
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/guide-custom-recovery-moto-g-xt1033-t2972905
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I don't think your bootloader is unlocked.
Have you unlocked your bootloader using the Motorola site? No other method will work.
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
which recovery are you using - copy/paste full module name.

The bootloader has been unlocked by the motorola website! When I insert the cell phone, the message appears that the bootloader is unlocked.

Jdoria said:
The bootloader has been unlocked by the motorola website! When I insert the cell phone, the message appears that the bootloader is unlocked.
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"when you insert the cell phone" into what?
EDITED POST FOR WINDOWS:
for windows I think type cmd in search bar, right click on cmd.exe and choose administrative (you may have to enter a password) and do everything in that window.
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
but first tell me exactly which twrp you are using - one is bad.
Better than that just grab the latest from squid and use that. I know it's good.
When it flashes successfully, DO IT AGAIN - don't ask why, just do it - same command.
THEN boot to TWRP and backup your stock if you still have one.
Then and only then, wipe and flash whatever your heart desires.

@Jdoria Please attach the output of "fastboot getvar all"
@KrisM22 "sudo" wont do anything, this is WINDOWS, not Linux.

acejavelin said:
@Jdoria Please attach the output of "fastboot getvar all"
@KrisM22 "sudo" wont do anything, this is WINDOWS, not Linux.
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Yeah I put a note at the bottom of that post for that. My bad.

Hi I ran cmd.exe in managed mode. Is there any method to format the data of the phone and install everything from scratch?

Jdoria said:
Hi I ran cmd.exe in managed mode. Is there any method to format the data of the phone and install everything from scratch?
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You need to run it in administrative mode.