Think I rooted it , tried to go into recovery, now I'm stuck. anyone here? right now? maybe can give me live assistance, over IM of some sort? pleaseeeeeeeeee
Looks like you're in the stock recovery, and the clockwork recovery mod was overwritten (it does that every time you reboot).
you can refer to this post for instructions on flashing the cw recovery again and rooting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
it's basically just a fastboot command.
What do you mean you think you rooted it
Sent from my trinity nexus s
Also someone posted Odin with stock image...perfect for situations like this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947950
i don't think we need to go the Odin way just yet
it sounds like he's in the stock recovery, he just need to do the fastboot, and all that stuff to get things going
The box pouring an arrow onto an android and/or the exclamation mark android is stock recovery. From there, just hit power first, hold it, then hit up arrow, you should get into stock recovery.
If that didn't work, pull the battery and let the phone boot normally. IF you're on 2.3.2 or higher, the install-recovery.sh script will replace the stock recovery in case you some how munged it up.
Reboot into fastboot with the volume key and power key, then when the box with the arrow appears do the power key hold and press the volume up, you should be in stock.
As others said, you can also just fastboot boot or fastboot flash the clockwork recovery image.
You're phone's not bricked, so no panic necessary.
edit: oh, and finally, if you actually succeeded in rooting, you could also just use ROM Mgr app to flash/boot to clockwork recovery, which is what you really should be using.
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
wierd165 said:
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
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Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
mahanddeem said:
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
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I have reverted back from 4.0.3 yesterday by reflashing the full 2.3.6 rom without any issues. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by losing IMEI.
My phone works just fine after doing this (more than once!).
pcbroch said:
Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
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Ok here's my problem i did the ics update earlier before you told me this and still having issues, now when I go to recovery I get a android with his chest open with a red caution sign on it...how could I just format everything, essentially make it the way it was out of box so I could start over...because of all the issues I'm currently having.
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
OK thanks...Just please let's summarize this
1.You were on I9020T bone stock , unrooted
2.You had GB 2.3.6
3.You updated manually (or OTA) to 4.0.3
4.You decided to revert to GB 2.3.6
5.You used exactly the same method of manual update (stock recovery after copying the .zip file and in this case the full ROM of 2.3.6 to SD)
6.You followed the stock recovery steps and chose the .zip 2.3.6..
7.After everything was setup , you booted into GB 2.3.6 without any problems
Is that right ? or better if you make the exact detailed steps you did to revert to GB 2.3.6 would be apreciated
Thanks
furiannn said:
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
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Tried, but then I get this error:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: !less_than_int(1316544229. getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any help?
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Raver27 said:
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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how would I go about flashing the custom recovery? I tried to flash another full rom package with the recovery in it and like i said i got that error...
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
furiannn said:
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
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I don't believe I have a folder as such, being a person who is not familiar with the lingo, etc of all this i rooted it with one-click mod, and just flash things through this, are you saying I can flash things externally? sorry to sound like a bum, but i'm trying to understand thanks.
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
furiannn said:
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
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I'm using clockwork right now, but it seems to be corrupted, im running 4.0.3 right now on a full rom package, so your saying I should still do this? I think i may have done all that before, as the phone is rooted, but I used the one-click method instead.
Just download that file and then you'll have what you need on your pc to do what i mentioned above. Plug the phone in and reflash the new recovery which will not harm it, and then you'll be able to stick gingerbread or ICS back on. You gotta try things out otherwise you'll not understand what is going on. I dont know of any one click thing that will let you go back to default as it was before. After it flashes the new recovery, scroll down to "recovery" on the screen and press the power button, dont restart the system.
In hindsight, while the one click methods are easy to use, theyre getting used by people that dont do the necessary research to learn about the rooting and flashing process. This means you end up skipping so much that you learn about the whole rooting and flashing proocess when doing it manually, which in turn means you have more trouble getting out of it if you want it back to the way it was! No offence intended here, but you just need to man up and do it! All will be well
I'm trying to use the official unroot guide from here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093403
But when I try to run the command below;
dd if=/data/local/blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
I get an error message;
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4: cannot open for write: Permission denied
Has anyone encountered this problem? I was search for answers but haven't seen a solution actually posted somewhere.
I have seen a few reports of "bricked" TF from peoples trying to follow that exact guide you're trying
Easier if you do this:
Download the official Asus firmware from their website.
Extract the zip file from within and flash via CWM recovery (wipe data, cache, ect.. like flashing any other ROM)
Once reboot you'll be on stock firmware and stock recovery. .
Yeah that was the dream. But for some reason when I'd try to boot into recovery to do that I'd get a lying down android with an exclamation point coming out of its gut.
Install Gnufabio's recovery and boot in to CWR with button combo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22359727&postcount=218
Thank Baseball, it is his post, link and dropbox.
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Yeah that was the dream. But for some reason when I'd try to boot into recovery to do that I'd get a lying down android with an exclamation point coming out of its gut.
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If you are getting the Android guy with !, that it's stock recovery. Look like you achieved what you wanted to do.
Yeah started to figure that out... but the whole reason I was doing this was I keep getting random crashes, it doesn't even restart it just hard powers down. It was rooted before the OTA update which was the reason I was trying to get back to a base setup. Although it seems like it's there now but I'm still getting these hard power downs.
I'm having issues getting recovery to work on a Verizon version xoom. I first flashed CWM version 4.0.0.4. The first time I tried to boot into it, it was stuck on the android with the red triangle for a long time before finally getting into it (coincidentally when I was hitting the volume key, don't know if that's related). Anyway, since then I haven't been able to get into it. It will be suck on the red triangle screen for a minute or two before rebooting into the stock rom (I'm running stock ICS). Since then, I've tried flashing the new TWRP 2.2.2 or whatever version it is and it has no effect. It's still doing the same thing. Any clue what's wrong?
So what I'm reading is suggesting that the android guy I'm seeing is the stock recovery. I'm not sure how that's happening. I'm installing the recovery using fastboot on my PC and being in the bootloader on my xoom. The prompts on both appear to confirm success.
I haven't tried this yet as I'm at work, but I think I've got the issue sorted. The following is what appears to be happening from what I've read.
1. I've still got the custom recovery stalled. When the Android guy pops up, one needs to press volume up to enter the options. Otherwise, it reboots.
2. The recovery flashes are taking because I'm booting back into the rom after a flash. The system's built in recovery protection is re-flashing the original recovery at that point.
3. To make my CWM/TWRP/whatever flash stick, I'll need to power down and then boot directly into the recovery.
I'll post again tonight to say if this works. Hopefully this thread can help out others who have the same issue.
If you don't get that to work fastboot img from link..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
fastboot flash recovery recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img
I need help. I was flashing stock 4.4.2 image (nexus 5 32gb) to send phone for repair and now I see that I have lost recovery (stock). I have tried to flash the factory image the adb manual way and now I am using the skipsoft android tookkit (latest). No matter how many times I flash the factory image of the firmware I can't get into stock recovery. all I see is the android robot fallen on the back and a red warning triangle on top.
I have tried to flash just the stock recovery through the took kit and I still get the same results. The firmware seem to get flashed just fine but somehow the recovery is not flashed correctly. please give some advice.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. when I flashed the stock 4.4.2 image through adb I was told no boot.sig and recovery.sig in archives. something like that.
That's how it's supposed to be. When you see that android, push volume up + power at the same time. You may need to do this a few times just to get the timing right. That should get you the recovery menu.
aftabbabar said:
I need help. I was flashing stock 4.4.2 image (nexus 5 32gb) to send phone for repair and now I see that I have lost recovery (stock). I have tried to flash the factory image the adb manual way and now I am using the skipsoft android tookkit (latest). No matter how many times I flash the factory image of the firmware I can't get into stock recovery. all I see is the android robot fallen on the back and a red warning triangle on top.
I have tried to flash just the stock recovery through the took kit and I still get the same results. The firmware seem to get flashed just fine but somehow the recovery is not flashed correctly. please give some advice.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. when I flashed the stock 4.4.2 image through adb I was told no boot.sig and recovery.sig in archives. something like that.
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Go into bootloader and select recovery, once you see the green android press volume up and that brings you to 3rd recovery..