Can't flash recovery - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I bought a moto g 4g LTE to my wife for her birthday. Everything was ok until she install the 4.4.4 OTA update.
After this, the device was not working as good as before : lots of force close, sim card not detected, can't power off the device by pressing power button, only reboot...
I decided to manually flash the stock 4.4.4. Once more, everything was good.... until yesterday. We wanted to backup some pictures to the computer then everything gone wrong, like the first time... Can't power off, sim not detected, force closes...
I flash again de stock 4.4.4 and after tried to install CWM recovery. Everything seemed to be OK but I couldn't boot to recovery. From bootloader or from Windows. It's the same with TWRP. (fastboot flash recovery *****.img)
Each time there is a black screen with sometimes few white lines through the screen and nothing more....
Any idea to fix this and get a functional recovery?
Thanks a lot.
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please dont say me that you didnt unlock the bootloader b4 you tried flashing recovery

thuva06 said:
please dont say me that you didnt unlock the bootloader b4 you tried flashing recovery
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Hi Thuva06,
Of course I unlocked the bootloader, otherwise I think I couldn't flash any ROM. On each reboot I have the Motorola advertising.
Thanks.
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Please! Nobody have an idea ?
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[Q] Need help with possible hard brick

For starters, if there is already an answer to this question, please point me in the right direction because I have looked all over the forums and cannot find an answer. I was wondering if anyone could help me return my Nexus S 4G back to stock. I was in the middle of using one click stock when my power went out and now my phone just sits at the bootloader saying "fastboot mode-no boot or recovery img" and one click stock does not work.; meaning, it will sit and ask me to put the phone into debugging mode. I have also tried manually flashing the files from fastboot but it sits at sending file but does not flash. Even let it sit at the sending screen for 3 hours but it never flashed.
Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Well, is your bootloader locked/unlocked? and try to do it manually with fastboot, at least you know that things are done correctly.
unlock bootloader is : fastboot oem unlock
lock is: fastboot oem lock
you could try to switch once and try to push the recovery image so you can flash a new rom.
Thanks for the help. I relocked and unlocked the bootloader and it did the trick. I was able to manually flash everything back to the phone
Glad I could be of help
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FirePoncho86 said:
Maybe a brick. The same thing happened to me once, no img's, fastboot not working and a broken power button. I just got it back from a free repair
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Where did you get the free repair bud?
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help with TWRP

Im using the Pvlad 2.1 Rom and it works well. I do have an issue booting to recovery TWRP I tried using the app that came in the rom Quick Boot but when I touch Recovery it starts to reboot but goes to a picture of a android laying down with his cover in the front opened LMAo .
a battery pull is the only way to get phone going again. I also tried the 4 button procedure volumes+ -, power,3D but it just boots normal. please advise as how I should procede? Its a shame I could not ask this in the referenced Roms thread
Nice
Forced to pst here and nobody shows up
Flash wparks bootloader again and twrp and it should work.
Greets
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N5 keeps shutting down when rebooting

Phone is rooted with latest TWRP, Cataclysm rom, and Franco kernel. It started happening when I flashed r11 Franco kernel and when I reboot the phone, it shuts down instead. I couldn't start the phone holding down the power button and I held it for over 20 seconds. I thought I bricked my phone. After few minutes fussing with the buttons, it finally booted up. However, every time I reboot my phone, it'll do the same and I had to fuss around the buttons keeping them press down for several minutes before it'll boot up to system or boot loader. As far as I can see, it can boot to recovery & system with no issue. I'm wondering if I need to flash to stock and reflash it again. Anyone knows anything about this or had same issue, please help. Thanks.
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Listen like the kernel is the problem. So flash another one (easy way) or go back to stock.
If it's working fine then, it was the kernel which made this happens.
Much success
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Ack-nak said:
Phone is rooted with latest TWRP, Cataclysm rom, and Franco kernel. It started happening when I flashed r11 Franco kernel and when I reboot the phone, it shuts down instead. I couldn't start the phone holding down the power button and I held it for over 20 seconds. I thought I bricked my phone. After few minutes fussing with the buttons, it finally booted up. However, every time I reboot my phone, it'll do the same and I had to fuss around the buttons keeping them press down for several minutes before it'll boot up to system or boot loader. As far as I can see, it can boot to recovery & system with no issue. I'm wondering if I need to flash to stock and reflash it again. Anyone knows anything about this or had same issue, please help. Thanks.
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This is what happens: it gets stuck in the rebooting process. It doesn't properly shut down, it just hangs with the screen turned off.
Try flashing the stock kernel. Does it do the same?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
This is what happens: it gets stuck in the rebooting process. It doesn't properly shut down, it just hangs with the screen turned off.
Try flashing the stock kernel. Does it do the same?
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Flashed with stock kernel and it's still doing the same thing. I also restore back to stock 4.4 with stock kernel and it's still doing the same. Do I need to unroot and root again then flash rom, kernel, and etc? Don't really want to do that if I don't have to but guess I have no choice? Thanks again.
Yep, do a factory reset and see if it's working fine again... I'm thinking so.
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Update: I've decided to just wipe it all and start over by unroot and root again which solved the problem. It's rebooting correctly and not stuck in that awful black screen boot loop. Thanks.
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Ack-nak said:
Update: I've decided to just wipe it all and start over by unroot and root again which solved the problem. It's rebooting correctly and not stuck in that awful black screen boot loop. Thanks.
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what do you mean unroot and root again?
biggiephat said:
what do you mean unroot and root again?
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This means, going back on to the stock firmware. This will remove the root for sure.
After that starting with rooting again.
Hope this answers your question
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[Q] 4.4.3 update made phone unuseable

Hi. i have Nexus 5 sim free version. it was on 4.4 later upgraded to 4.4.1 followed by 4.4.2. till 4.4.2, it was great. a day before yesterday i received 4.4.3 OTA update and installed it. after installation,
1- phone started to hang a lot.
2- unless i push power button and re press it, phone remains hanged.
3- i tried flashing 4.4.2 but it stucks at boot loader screen as well and certainly i can't use power button to un freeze it.
4- phone starts well sometimes but there is no display but only colorful dots instead of screen, if i press and re press power button, start screen comes back.
plz help me to find a way so i can flash back some earlier android version.
thanks
kaleem11 said:
Hi. i have Nexus 5 sim free version. it was on 4.4 later upgraded to 4.4.1 followed by 4.4.2. till 4.4.2, it was great. a day before yesterday i received 4.4.3 OTA update and installed it. after installation,
1- phone started to hang a lot.
2- unless i push power button and re press it, phone remains hanged.
3- i tried flashing 4.4.2 but it stucks at boot loader screen as well and certainly i can't use power button to un freeze it.
4- phone starts well sometimes but there is no display but only colorful dots instead of screen, if i press and re press power button, start screen comes back.
plz help me to find a way so i can flash back some earlier android version.
thanks
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flash the factory img http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
and what do you mean sim free nexus 5? all nexus 5 have a sim card slot.
Flash the 4.4.3 factory image and give it another try. If it still has problems just flash an earlier factory image. And if it still doesn't work you have a hardware issue
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simms22 said:
flash the factory img http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
and what do you mean sim free nexus 5? all nexus 5 have a sim card slot.
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i have tried to flash another factory image. but phone freezes at bootloader screen also.
by sim free, i mean phone is not network locked.
jd1639 said:
Flash the 4.4.3 factory image and give it another try. If it still has problems just flash an earlier factory image. And if it still doesn't work you have a hardware issue
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i have tried to flash 4.4.2 factory image but phone freezes even at bootloader after 4-5 seconds. how can i flash image then?
kaleem11 said:
i have tried to flash 4.4.2 factory image but phone freezes even at bootloader after 4-5 seconds. how can i flash image then?
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What do you mean? Does it successfully flash but just never boot?
Did you Flash all the factory images? Or just system and boot?
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have you tried unlocking the bootloader? maybe try to unlock it then flash the factory img. or you can try unlocking it, flash a custom recovery, superuser, and a rooted stock rom(maybe this will work for you?)
rootSU said:
What do you mean? Does it successfully flash but just never boot?
Did you Flash all the factory images? Or just system and boot?
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no. i said that i had tried to flash. after turning the phone off, i restarted in bootloader mode. but phone froze in bootloader mode too, so i was unable to flash. bootloader is unlocked BTW.
kaleem11 said:
no. i said that i had tried to flash. after turning the phone off, i restarted in bootloader mode. but phone froze in bootloader mode too, so i was unable to flash. bootloader is unlocked BTW.
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OK but you Flash the images whilst in the bootloader mode. What does a frozen bootloader look like? What was the output error message when you used fastboot to flash the factory image?
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i have unlocked bootloader after couple of tries because phone kept on freezing even in bootloader mode. but as soon as i put phone in bootloader mode, it freezes. everything was fine before 4.4.3 OTA update. phone shouldn't freeze in bootloader mode. i think that 4.4.3 update has also corrupted recovery.
rootSU said:
OK but you Flash the images whilst in the bootloader mode. What does a frozen bootloader look like? What was the output error message when you used fastboot to flash the factory image?
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it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
kaleem11 said:
it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
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Boot to bootloader. Connect USB. Fastboot flash full factory images. If there is an error. Tell us what it is. If you cannot flash the full factory image, you'll need to send it for repair
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kaleem11 said:
it looks like that nothing is working, neither touch nor physical buttons. i can't change options with volume button. i.e. start, recovery, etc etc. u know what i mean. once in bootloader, one can change the options via volume buttons but i can't. on pressing the power button, phone restarts.
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even if i use toolkit, phone freezes showing no process of flashing image at the end where it says that phone is unlocked.
rootSU said:
Boot to bootloader. Connect USB. Fastboot flash full factory images. If there is an error. Tell us what it is. If you cannot flash the full factory image, you'll need to send it for repair
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yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
kaleem11 said:
yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
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Try and boot into your "backup" bootloader. You can get into this by holding Volume Down AND Volume Up AND Power. You'll notice it is different bootloader because the bootloader version is different from the one you get if you just hold volume down and power.
Maybe that will work?
kaleem11 said:
yup. i think i have to send it for repair. as u have told me to boot into bootloader, i have tried it. after booting to bootloader, i m unable to change options. its like phone stops working after 3-4 seconds.
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You could try download mode http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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bitdomo said:
You could try download mode http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833
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tried that. everything went smoothly but phone causing same problem. i think its some type of hardware issue.
kaleem11 said:
tried that. everything went smoothly but phone causing same problem. i think its some type of hardware issue.
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And what about what I said above? Try that. No luck? Send for repair
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rootSU said:
And what about what I said above? Try that. No luck? Send for repair
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phone sent for repair. thank u for ur co operation

Recovery only..

I have a Oneplus One here and tried to install a rom onto it after wiping everything.
When I plug it in the charger it goes to recovery, when I reboot to bootloader it does the same, after flashing too.
How can I recover it?
Did you install TWRP or CWM ? If so try another rom , if not read up on adb and install custom recovery first and find out if your bl is unlocked , if not start there , theres alot of reading you need to do
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Vintage144 said:
Did you install TWRP or CWM ? If so try another rom , if not read up on adb and install custom recovery first and find out if your bl is unlocked , if not start there , theres alot of reading you need to do
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I have TWRP. I had a rom installed so the bootloader is unlocked. All the guides suggest fixing it via fastboot but I cannot access that.. I think the partitions are messed up...
mrgnex said:
I have TWRP. I had a rom installed so the bootloader is unlocked. All the guides suggest fixing it via fastboot but I cannot access that.. I think the partitions are messed up...
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Hey I think you have same problem as me. It's the volume button. It's stuck at Volume - (down). So every time you start your phone, it think you want to go to Recovery. What I did was, I tap the phone little hard on my hand sideways when I boot it up. That unstucks the volume button.
It works for me but not sure if it is the correct way. Just a suggestion. Don't hold me responsible if it breaks anything else.
viny2cool said:
Hey I think you have same problem as me. It's the volume button. It's stuck at Volume - (down). So every time you start your phone, it think you want to go to Recovery. What I did was, I tap the phone little hard on my hand sideways when I boot it up. That unstucks the volume button.
It works for me but not sure if it is the correct way. Just a suggestion. Don't hold me responsible if it breaks anything else.
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I wish it was that easy. I didn't have the back cover on it when I tried this.
Did you have a backup of the previous rom (if one) that would save you the trouble, if not , adb
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Hi, were you able to find a solution for this? I'm getting same issue now. PFA dmesg output http://pastebin.com/dKqm9e0c

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