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[Q][SOLVED] Nexus S I9023 - NO Recovery in Fastboot

Hi Guys,
I have a Nexus S EU version I9023 and I wanted to get ICS. I flashed the 128 mb ICS image manually through fastboot recovery, however, I wanted to go back and try to flash it again or flash 2.3.6 on the phone again but it's not working.
It's going into fastboot and I can choose what I want from the menu but when I choose Recovery, it shows the Google screen, Flashes the Android with a little "Matrix" ball in front of it and then it freezes at a black screen, with the soft buttons lit up.
Could anyone tell me what happened and if it can be fixed?
PS: When I press VolumeUp+Power at the black screen, it resets!

kamikaze666 said:
Hi Guys,
I have a Nexus S EU version I9023 and I wanted to get ICS. I flashed the 128 mb ICS image manually through fastboot recovery, however, I wanted to go back and try to flash it again or flash 2.3.6 on the phone again but it's not working.
It's going into fastboot and I can choose what I want from the menu but when I choose Recovery, it shows the Google screen, Flashes the Android with a little "Matrix" ball in front of it and then it freezes at a black screen, with the soft buttons lit up.
Could anyone tell me what happened and if it can be fixed?
PS: When I press VolumeUp+Power at the black screen, it resets!
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I think the phone is booting into stock recovery instead of clockworkmod
I am having the same issue, when i have to go into recoevery, i have to open the command prompt and type in
fastboot boot recovery-image-file.img
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each time i need to flash something. Its a pain
I m running ICS on Nexus S i9023.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem ?

Ibn Saeed said:
I think the phone is booting into stock recovery instead of clockworkmod
I am having the same issue, when i have to go into recoevery, i have to open the command prompt and type in
each time i need to flash something. Its a pain
I m running ICS on Nexus S i9023.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem ?
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Thing is, I don't have clockworkmod installed at all. It's a clean Nexus S, NO root, NO CWM, no nothing.
I truly hope that somebody will have an answer to this or that, at least, I won't loose any OTA updates from Google by making this update.

The stock ics recovery turns off the backlight on the 9023, it has been explained countless times. Point a flashlight at it and u should be able to see what's actually there.

Harbb said:
The stock ics recovery turns off the backlight on the 9023, it has been explained countless times. Point a flashlight at it and u should be able to see what's actually there.
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Exactly. I've had the same problem than OP and fixed it today. Just use a very bright lamp, try to find a good angle and you may see the recovery menu (it's hard to see, you'd better be comfortable with the navigation on the recovery menu as you may not be able to read everything).

it depends what you want to do from here on. the bright light method did not work for me so i installed cwmrecovery with bootloader.
if u are waiting for the next ota, do nothing as you wont need stock recovery to install update.
if you wanna downgrade or flash different rom, you can install cwmrecovery and use that from thr..
no need to access stock recovery
i panicked as well when it happened but ntg to worry about

Bls440 said:
Exactly. I've had the same problem than OP and fixed it today. Just use a very bright lamp, try to find a good angle and you may see the recovery menu (it's hard to see, you'd better be comfortable with the navigation on the recovery menu as you may not be able to read everything).
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Harbb said:
The stock ics recovery turns off the backlight on the 9023, it has been explained countless times. Point a flashlight at it and u should be able to see what's actually there.
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cspader said:
it depends what you want to do from here on. the bright light method did not work for me so i installed cwmrecovery with bootloader.
if u are waiting for the next ota, do nothing as you wont need stock recovery to install update.
if you wanna downgrade or flash different rom, you can install cwmrecovery and use that from thr..
no need to access stock recovery
i panicked as well when it happened but ntg to worry about
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Guys,
Thank you VERY MUCH for your prompt responses !!! I tried with a bright light and YES, everything is there, I just need to make sure that the angle of the light is right !!!
I can't thank you enough guys and I hope that this thread will help others as well !!!
Thank you once more !

I have the same problem on a I9020. I tried with the bright light, and the screen is blank. What should I do?

Booting only to hboot

Hi guys,
Could you please help me out here a bit? Got a desire S here that is booting only into the hboot mode no matter what I try. I can navigate only in the down direction and when I press power to confirm a selection, it would not do anything. It kind of looks like the down button is constantly pressed and I don't know how to bypass it... Would you have a hint?
Thank you so much
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caki25 said:
Hi guys,
Could you please help me out here a bit? Got a desire S here that is booting only into the hboot mode no matter what I try. I can navigate only in the down direction and when I press power to confirm a selection, it would not do anything. It kind of looks like the down button is constantly pressed and I don't know how to bypass it... Would you have a hint?
Thank you so much
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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If this is a software problem, you may be able to factory reset from the HBOOT menu which should clean everything and allow you to use it as if it hasn't been used. Otherwise you might have a hardware fault.
Did these symptoms happen after you flashed something? Dropped the phone?
Are you S-OFF, unlocked bootloader or have a custom recovery?

paulie-uk said:
If this is a software problem, you may be able to factory reset from the HBOOT menu which should clean everything and allow you to use it as if it hasn't been used. Otherwise you might have a hardware fault.
Did these symptoms happen after you flashed something? Dropped the phone?
Are you S-OFF, unlocked bootloader or have a custom recovery?
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Phone is unlocked on the latest hboot/radio. I would do factory reset, however, i can't confirm anything in the menu.... It just wouldn't respond. It might be an issue with the buttons themselves, I'm looking if there is a way to bypass the hw buttons somehow using the usb cable... Haven't figured out yet how to disable them yet... Btw, it happened during normal operation and there were issues with the buttons before... I'll keep looking but wanted another mind in it
Thank you
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caki25 said:
I'm looking if there is a way to bypass the hw buttons somehow using the usb cable
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If you're entering the fastboot screen rather than the hboot screen then to resume booting you can issue
Code:
fastboot continue
I'm not sure how to navigate hboot via USB if you're not in the fastboot section; I'm sure it's possible but there may not be a program as readily available as adb or fastboot.

AUTOREC Problems??Help ?

i just used autorec to install custom recovery and when i lock the screen and turn it back on the screen is all messed up and there's lines everywhere but i can still see the screen move when i swipe.. in order to get it to work i have to reboot the phone everytime...i have the d80020k software... any help is appreciated

MaestriFC said:
i just used autorec to install custom recovery and when i lock the screen and turn it back on the screen is all messed up and there's lines everywhere but i can still see the screen move when i swipe.. in order to get it to work i have to reboot the phone everytime...i have the d80020k software... any help is appreciated
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wow sounds serious pal. I'd recommend a full reset to factory and unroot it.

MaestriFC said:
i just used autorec to install custom recovery and when i lock the screen and turn it back on the screen is all messed up and there's lines everywhere but i can still see the screen move when i swipe.. in order to get it to work i have to reboot the phone everytime...i have the d80020k software... any help is appreciated
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I am having the same problem with my AT&T LG G2, did you figure out the solution?

i have the same problem any help

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
Sent from my A0001 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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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

Smartisan R1 Finally Rooted !

Smartisan R1 Finally Rooted !

Could you share how you managed to get it work ? and does it effect OTA updates ?

D.Spirit said:
Could you share how you managed to get it work ? and does it effect OTA updates ?
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Yes I will write a guide soon. You loose fastboot after OTA, what I do is unpack OTA files and flash from fastboot without touching bootloader, then it's ok.

os_man said:
Smartisan R1 Finally Rooted !
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so cool! I also want to root, I hope to get a tutorial. My system version is v6.6.6.3_TNT

os_man said:
Yes I will write a guide soon. You loose fastboot after OTA, what I do is unpack OTA files and flash from fastboot without touching bootloader, then it's ok.
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please instructions

evelinanevinnaya said:
please instructions
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https://bbs.mokeedev.com/t/topic/13653

Any help on U3
os_man said:
Yes I will write a guide soon. You loose fastboot after OTA, what I do is unpack OTA files and flash from fastboot without touching bootloader, then it's ok.
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I have a Smartisan Nut3(aka u3) and have not been able to use it in months! Because unfortunately I can't bypass lockscreen, and recovery menu ( by holding vol dwn + power at startup) has no factory reset option! Only: reboot, reboot to bootloader ( Which only restarts phone to lockscreen), Apply update from ADB( tried using but USB debugging is lock I assume etc or I could be doing it incorrectly to bypass lockscreen or factory resetting it), apply update from SD card ( also tried but when I put card in I can't locate it. And when I go this menu without a SD in phone it still displays this long file list as if theirs a SD card in it. It always shows same files.), Wipe cache partition, shutdown.
And I've done all the YouTube methods to bypass lockscreen etc. I would love to get this phone working. It has become a constant ache, one of those little tech problems that's become to fully test me, beating me. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

TechBoss509 said:
I have a Smartisan Nut3(aka u3) and have not been able to use it in months! Because unfortunately I can't bypass lockscreen, and recovery menu ( by holding vol dwn + power at startup) has no factory reset option! Only: reboot, reboot to bootloader ( Which only restarts phone to lockscreen), Apply update from ADB( tried using but USB debugging is lock I assume etc or I could be doing it incorrectly to bypass lockscreen or factory resetting it), apply update from SD card ( also tried but when I put card in I can't locate it. And when I go this menu without a SD in phone it still displays this long file list as if theirs a SD card in it. It always shows same files.), Wipe cache partition, shutdown.
And I've done all the YouTube methods to bypass lockscreen etc. I would love to get this phone working. It has become a constant ache, one of those little tech problems that's become to fully test me, beating me. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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Soory didn't see this message, did you fixed it?

Help
os_man said:
Soory didn't see this message, did you fixed it?
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Unfortunately I still have not been able to. I have put so much time into researching and trying everything.
If theirs any advice or options you can tell me to either factory reset it or bypass the lockscreen pattern or whatever i can do to be able to use it would be beyond appreciated because i haven't even been successful? with someone else trying to. So please HELP ME PLEASEEEE?

TechBoss509 said:
Unfortunately I still have not been able to. I have put so much time into researching and trying everything.
If theirs any advice or options you can tell me to either factory reset it or bypass the lockscreen pattern or whatever i can do to be able to use it would be beyond appreciated because i haven't even been successful with someone else trying to. So please HELP ME PLEASEEEE
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You just need factory from (Qfil from), all Smartisans have it, you can probably google and find it. If you can't, let me know ([email protected])

os_man said:
Smartisan R1 Finally Rooted !
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how to get fastboot, i try combo key but not working

os_man said:
Smartisan R1 Finally Rooted !
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can you sent firmware smartisan r1, my phone stuck fastboot

whynot4444 said:
can you sent firmware smartisan r1, my phone stuck fastboot
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