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[HELP] Nexus S can't boot recovery

Hi all,
Been given a Nexus S i9023 by my brother who has been "tampering" with it and now it seems a bit messed up.
When booting up - it gets stuck on the "Google" screen with a padlock on it... I can get into fastboot and I can flash recovery but when I attempt to load any recovery - I get that same Google screen with the padlock! I've downloaded a stock rom and even flashed system etc via fastboot but that still gets me nowhere past the damn padlock!!
I've tried to "fastboot boot recovery.img" and I still get the Google screen with the padlock but it says "Fastboot status - OK" on the bottom left.
I've searched and searched but everyone just seems to give tips on how to flash recovery. I know how to flash recovery; it just seem to be going into it though! Could the internal memory be screwed?
Thanks for any advice!

Sounds strange for sure. You try from within the OS? Enable USB debugging and adb reboot recovery.
Doubt it will work but its worth a shot

albundy2010 said:
Sounds strange for sure. You try from within the OS? Enable USB debugging and adb reboot recovery.
Doubt it will work but its worth a shot
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The phone stops at Google with the padlock on boot! Can't even get into the OS. Going to try to unbrick it and Odin but left my ubuntu laptop at my parents and can't be bothered to go get it... couldn't get it to work booting off cd rom. Kept giving me the "SBL Injection Failure Failed to find device" error booting ubuntu on a CD!

You may have a storage issue.
I seen you tried to flash system and boot recovery with fastboot ( which should have booted) but did you try to flash them all and wipe. The command is fastboot -w update file name.
I think Odin is a windows only tool anyways by the way.

albundy2010 said:
You may have a storage issue.
I seen you tried to flash system and boot recovery with fastboot ( which should have booted) but did you try to flash them all and wipe. The command is fastboot -w update file name.
I think Odin is a windows only tool anyways by the way.
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No idea why I said Odin - I meant the unbrickable recovery thing.
I tried Odin with a Jig last night; got it into download mode and flashed with odin. Got the same result.
fastboot -w also gives the same issue...
If I have a storage issue - is there any way I can tell?

Basically you can tell by the issues you're having. Doing all the proper stuff to flash images etc and still having a booting/working device.
As far as a actual diagnostic tool I don't know of one. But it sure sounds like a hw issue to me.

I have the following problem: since a few weeks I'm unable to enter recovery.
This is what I do:
- shut down my phone
- press the power button while holding the volume up
- than I get a screen where I can choose from 4 options using the volume controls and selecting an option with the power button
- I select 'Recovery' and press the power button
- I get the usual black screen with Google logo and padlock
- but instead of getting into my recovery, I get a black screen with a Droid lying down, the 'chest' opened and some kind of small warning triangle above it..somebody who knows what I have to do??
Thanks in advance

Pironi90 said:
I have the following problem: since a few weeks I'm unable to enter recovery.
This is what I do:
- shut down my phone
- press the power button while holding the volume up
- than I get a screen where I can choose from 4 options using the volume controls and selecting an option with the power button
- I select 'Recovery' and press the power button
- I get the usual black screen with Google logo and padlock
- but instead of getting into my recovery, I get a black screen with a Droid lying down, the 'chest' opened and some kind of small warning triangle above it..somebody who knows what I have to do??
Thanks in advance
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Reflash your recovery using fastboot.

polobunny said:
Reflash your recovery using fastboot.
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And where can I find how to do this? I'm a total newbie for this kind of stuff and I found some hits on google (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757146) but I'm actually a bit scared to damage my phone or something by doind something wrong or applying some method that's actually made for another device or so.. :s

Pironi90 said:
And where can I find how to do this? I'm a total newbie for this kind of stuff and I found some hits on google (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757146) but I'm actually a bit scared to damage my phone or something by doind something wrong or applying some method that's actually made for another device or so.. :s
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Flash custom recovery.img part
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/fastboot#Flash_Custom_Recovery.img
You need ADB (and ADB drivers installed, strongly recommend PDANet Android Drivers) and fastboot executable.
Custom recovery I suggest you use Clockworkmod Recovery.
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?

polobunny said:
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?
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I think so yes, I could access recovery before if that's what you mean by unlocked

Pironi90 said:
I think so yes, I could access recovery before if that's what you mean by unlocked
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When u boot on the Google screen on the bottom centre does it have a padlock? If so then it is unlocked.

You are entering recovery. Stock recovery
If you want a custom one either flash with fastboot or if you're rooted with a app. Goo manager. Rom manager etc.
Keep it mind that if you're on a stock ROM the custom recovery gets overwritten back to stock when the phone boots up the os
Q

UselessSniper001 said:
When u boot on the Google screen on the bottom centre does it have a padlock? If so then it is unlocked.
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Then my phone is unlocked yes

polobunny said:
You need ADB (and ADB drivers installed, strongly recommend PDANet Android Drivers) and fastboot executable.
Custom recovery I suggest you use Clockworkmod Recovery.
I imagine your phone is already unlocked?
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In installed the drivers and I installed the fastboot executable, but what do I have to do next? If I run the fastboot.exe, it just quickly shows a CMD-window and then disappears.
Edit:
I just discovered that, when I'm at the bootloader (I think it's called that way, the screen where you can select recovery), and I choose to reboot, I get the same 'error' as when I try to enter recovery.
Edit:
Alright, I was able to flash a new recovery, using cmd, but now when I try to enter my recovery, the phone gets stuck at a black screen with Google logo and padlock...

I have same problem as wolverine_2k who made the post. My nexus, can't start, I tried reboot and recovery but didn't work. After reboot or recovery I see Google logo, than Nexus screen and that is it. It didn't move to home screen and it stay with lighting screen all the time till I remove the battery. I can't power off it and don't know what to do. I can't transfer data with my PC (it don't recognize the device - only notice that "unknown device" is connected). Please any ideas?
P.S.: My English is not good, if someone answer do it simple please
Thanks!

Bricked :(

All im getting is the TWRP menu, even after holding the vol down & power. Wont get to the rck screen. Any ideas?

spooky71 said:
All im getting is the TWRP menu, even after holding the vol down & power. Wont get to the rck screen. Any ideas?
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What happened?
This is a common result if you flash a non-4.2 twrp on a 4.2 bootloader, which will cause a fastboot flash brick.
You will need adb drivers installed on pc, then while in recovery connect your tab to pc, open a command prompt and cd to you android-sdk/platform-tools folder and type
Code:
adb devices
if adb is setup correctly you will get a response with your devices s/n. If this is ok then type
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
which will reboot your tab to the bootloader screen.

The problem is that whenever I boot up, all i get is the TWRP menu, not letting the pc see the pad. On device manager I get Transformer under other devices. Ive downloaded the drivers, but its not installing them. When I run adb reboot-bootloader, I get device not found.

Have a look here, scroll down and follow on from the where you see the device manager image - this worked for me to get adb working from recovery.
So did this happen after you flashed twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2? or did you flash another twrp or cwm?
Heading out now for a few hours but will be back later

pjc21 said:
Have a look here, scroll down and follow on from the where you see the device manager image - this worked for me to get adb working from recovery.
So did this happen after you flashed twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2? or did you flash another twrp or cwm?
Heading out now for a few hours but will be back later
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Still nothing. Whats killing me is that it cant detect different sd cards.

OnePlus 6 won't power on, it only vibrates (nothing on screen)

Hi, I have a OnePlus 6 that was running Pie Beta 3. Yesterday it rebooted on it's own and kept going to qualcomm crash dump mode. At that time, I was able to get into FastBoot but not recovery. I then used the MSMDownload Tool which completed successfully but now it only vibrates with a black/blank screen when I try to turn it on. If I keep holding the power button down, it vibrates every 3 seconds or so. Now I can't get into recovery or fastboot. The only thing I can do is see my phone in device manager by holding down vol+ when connecting it to my laptop.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Update, now it keeps taking me to fastboot mode every time I turn it on (even while only pressing the power button). I still can't get in Recovery mode.

If you're in fastboot, you already won.
Get TWRP on the start (preferably from eng.stk) > plug in to your PC > fastboot boot twrp.img

You can also find the Stock boot image and run it, see if that helps. fastboot boot <whicheverfile>.img

matteosaeed said:
You can also find the Stock boot image and run it, see if that helps. fastboot boot <whicheverfile>.img
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I found the stock image but I'm not sure how to put it on the phone with fastboot. Is there a tutorial some where?
I knew to all this stuff.
Thanks in advance!
Patrick

preilly44 said:
I found the stock image but I'm not sure how to put it on the phone with fastboot. Is there a tutorial some where?
I knew to all this stuff.
Thanks in advance!
Patrick
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It is easy, you do not need to put it on the phone
You'll use this in cmd
fastboot boot (filename).img
Have you used fastboot before ?

matteosaeed said:
It is easy, you do not need to put it on the phone
You'll use this in cmd
fastboot boot (filename).img
Have you used fastboot before ?
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Unfortunately, I have not used Fastboot before. I did install it with ADB but that's it.
I just connected the phone (device manager shows it's connected) and typed fastboot devices and it doesn't show any. I also tried fastboot boot filename.img and it just sits there "waiting for device" (even though DM shows it connected).
Any help would be appreciated. OnePlus remoted in and used the MSM tool which was successful but it still wouldn't boot so they told me to RMA it which will take about 10 days. I'm hoping to avoid that.

preilly44 said:
Unfortunately, I have not used Fastboot before. I did install it with ADB but that's it.
I just connected the phone (device manager shows it's connected) and typed fastboot devices and it doesn't show any. I also tried fastboot boot filename.img and it just sits there "waiting for device" (even though DM shows it connected).
Any help would be appreciated. OnePlus remoted in and used the MSM tool which was successful but it still wouldn't boot so they told me to RMA it which will take about 10 days. I'm hoping to avoid that.
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Send me a message. I'll see what I can do.

Pixel 4a stuck in fastboot mode

Tried to follow this guide to root my pixel 4a and completed all steps up to 3.4. My phone is now stuck in fastboot mode and I can't get into recovery mode to do a factory reset. Not sure what to do, I'm a little lost. I accidentally used this or this image for Android 10 when I think I should have used this image for Android 11.
Any help would be very appreciated.

Maybe you can use this guide:
[GUIDE] UNLOCKING, DOWNGRADING TO A10, TWRP, ROOT
Hello, I'm posting this guide for those (like me) who can't do without TWRP on their device. I'm providing only a step-by-step explanation. Credits to @nikamura for his kernel and TWRP...
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And start on this line in "First Step" section:
Plug the phone into a usb port of your pc.
Then complete all the tasks in "Second Step" section to get your phone at least booting in android 10.

ifixibrick said:
Tried to follow this guide to root my pixel 4a and completed all steps up to 3.4. My phone is now stuck in fastboot mode and I can't get into recovery mode to do a factory reset. Not sure what to do, I'm a little lost. I accidentally used this or this image for Android 10 when I think I should have used this image for Android 11.
Any help would be very appreciated.
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Run the online flash tool from bootloader screen bro. Make sure you install adb and fastboot tools.

Raj Pandiyan said:
Run the online flash tool from bootloader screen bro. Make sure you install adb and fastboot tools.
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How do I do that? I seem to be stuck in fastboot mode.

ifixibrick said:
How do I do that? I seem to be stuck in fastboot mode.
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Is it bricked? Cannot flash stock Android to remove ArcaneOS
I recently purchased a used Pixel 4a, and I now understand why the seller was offering such good price for it and why he refused to respond to me now I have it. This phone has ArcanseOS 10 installed, which has only 3 apps installed... Setting...
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reboot to recovery, press volume up + power to bring up the recovery settings, turn on sideloading
then adb sideload the factory image.

jawz101 said:
reboot to recovery, press volume up + power to bring up the recovery settings, turn on sideloading
then adb sideload the factory image.
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Hello. Currently stuck in fastboot mode. Using the volume buttons to select recovery mode and pressing the power button to go into it doesn't take me to recovery mode. The screen briefly goes dark before entering fastboot again. I think the phone is trying to restart but not getting past fastboot mode.

ifixibrick said:
Hello. Currently stuck in fastboot mode. Using the volume buttons to select recovery mode and pressing the power button to go into it doesn't take me to recovery mode. The screen briefly goes dark before entering fastboot again. I think the phone is trying to restart but not getting past fastboot mode.
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Can you type fastboot reboot recovery and get into recovery mode? You'll see a little Android guy with a red thing if you're in there.
If that doesn't work- it almost sounds as though your recovery partition is deleted or something. You can reflash the recovery from fastboot.

Hey, I had the same problem. I've got it resolved now and wasn't able to find any help on how to resolve it, but this thread is as close as it came, so in the off chance that somebody else comes along, I thought I'd write up the steps I took.
Because it was in fastboot mode, I was able to easily restore my phone to factory settings by running flash factory image script I downloaded here.
My original image was sunfish-rq3a.210605.005-factory-be541467 which I followed the steps with but couldn't get it to work. I got to the Google logo with a status bar that just ran forever. But the flash-all.sh script worked to get the phone booting again.
So what I did to get Magisk to work was to use that same factory image site to download an older version. I used a version that was listed in a different root guide with the idea that maybe the version I tried before wasn't compatible with magisk, but presumably the one from the guide was. So I tried sunfish-rq1a.210105.002, ran the flash-all in fastboot, and confirmed that it booted--it did.
Next I redid 2.2 through 3 and it worked, and the boot completed with Magisk installed. Everything seems to be working fine now.

[SOLVED] I need an urgent help!

Hello. I have a Poco X3 NFC and this is my problem:
I had OrangeFox recovery on it. I wanted to install another rom (from Arow OS because it wasn't work well), and one of the requirements was a decrypted device. I've flashed a file which is said it can decrypt it (and it did). After the flash, I rebooted my phone and everything was fine until I rebooted my phone again. Now the recovery bootlooped, the phone can't boot the system and adb doesn't recognize my phone in fastboot mode. It's weird that when the phone stucks at OrangeFox logo, adb recognizes my device (as in recovery mode). So I type the command "adb reboot fastboot" and it loops at the recovery again. I can go fastboot mode but fastboot doesn't recognize my phone, so I can't flash anything either. It's 4:20 a.m. in here and I can't sleep because of this.

Can u restore a backup?

Arealhooman said:
Can u restore a backup?
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No. I can't reach anything in my phone. Currently I am waiting for the battery run out maybe something would change

Can you access orange fox itself?

Your battery can take weeks to run out. But try it.

Arealhooman said:
Do you have stock recovery?
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No. I think it's not impossible to find in somewhere but my main problem is my PC won't recognize my phone in the fastboot mode. If it would, I can flash twrp or anything.

You need fastboot to access fastbootd right?

Arealhooman said:
You need fastboot to access fastbootd right?
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I do not understand what you mean but I can go into the fastboot mode in my phone, the problem is adb doesn't recognize my phone.

Your PC sees your device though?

Arealhooman said:
Your PC sees your device though?
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When I plug in my cable, I can hear that "something is plugged in" voice in my pc. When I look device manager, it shows the phone as "Android Composite ADB Interface". When it stucks in recovery, it doesn't quickly boot so I can see my device in adb:
List of devices attached
940ab842 recovery
this is showed in adb when my phone stucks at recovery, but I can give commands like "reboot".
But when I type " reboot system", it doesn't reboot it system and just tries to open recovery mode, and recovery mode doesn't open, just loops.
I type ''reboot fastboot", but it still tries to open recovery and again, it loops.
I type "reboot bootloader", at this time, it can boot to the fastboot mode, there is an orange "fastboot" word at the middle. When I go back to adb and type "adb devices", it shows nothing.

Arealhooman said:
Can you access orange fox itself?
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No, I cannot. It is looped. This is the another problem prevents me to recover my phone.

Arealhooman said:
Can u restore a backup?
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I think Arrow OS files still in my phone but somehow it pretends like it can't detect them. And it wants to boot directly to the recovery mode but the another problem is recovery mode stuck in loop. When I want to flash a new recovery, this time I can't connect my phone to my pc when it's in the fastboot mode. It's like a problems chain and I couldn't find any exit.

sorry, no idea

Arealhooman said:
sorry, no idea
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Guess so, I'll go to a phone repair shop to see if they can do something about it (maybe their pc can detect my phone and they can flash another recovery), and if not then I am ****ed.

Arealhooman said:
sorry, no idea
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DUDE I ****ING SOLVED IT!
FIRSTLY, **** ORANGEFOX, if anybody see this do not use orangefox.
Secondly, actually I still have the same problem. TWRP is also stucks at the loop, but there is an interesting difference that TWRP tries to loop one time and after the fail, it suddenly boots the system.
And since I can flash something with fastboot, now I think i can save my phone. Now I'm trying to install stock rom, i'll update after.

How I solved:
Installing the Google Universal USB Drivers. It has a weird method to install, and I wasn't know you can install a driver even the phone is in the fastboot mode. So thanks to that I was able to install usb drivers and finally I could get fastboot to recognize my device. The first thing I did was installing TWRP.
My problem was not solved even I installed TWRP because TWRP was doing the same thing, but one thing was different: TWRP was trying to boot recovery, it couldn't and after it was booting to the system. So I've realized how amazing TWRP is. But it wasn't solved my problem completely though, I think its problem is related to that decryption file.
Currently, I've managed to install stock rom and I haven't encountered any problem.
And I'm happy because my mother won't beat me with her slippers.