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Wifi Xoom Rooted? RSD mode 3 -- no fastboot, no adb

Hi. I was on #xoom at freenode earlier and I got some help, but unfortunately no solution. (thank you Kas, EbonyGhost, Pyrator and the others)
I flashed the recovery here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
I flashed... THE ZIP!!
The flash went well, then the device rebooted and showed "Starting RSD mode 3"
I have only 2 screens:
- with VolUp + power = dual core techno + "Starting RSD mode 3"
- with VolUp + power then immediately VolDown = only the dual core tech logo, no text
Either way: no adb, no fastboot. Tried other usb slots. Tried reinstalling moto drivers.
The xoom never gets recognised by windows. I don't have the dongdong sound when I plug it, in either mode.
I already tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973355
but I get < waiting for device > because it's not recognised by windows...
Any other idea?
Thanks
Regards
Note: I might be away for several days. I'll try everything you say, but maybe I won't be able to post my feedback until monday night (around GMT timezone)

I have this exact problem.

So, when you power up the device, you press 'vol-down' when you see the Motorola logo? Because that should put you into fastboot mode. Don't use the power+vol-up, only turn on device and press vol-down when you see the logo. I've been in the same situation, but was able to get fastboot working like this...

if you hold the volume down button and power on the device and get no fastboot then you may as well just send it to motorola. looks like this is becoming a problem and cannot be fixed.

mbroeders said:
So, when you power up the device, you press 'vol-down' when you see the Motorola logo? Because that should put you into fastboot mode. Don't use the power+vol-up, only turn on device and press vol-down when you see the logo. I've been in the same situation, but was able to get fastboot working like this...
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This. Flashing the wrong partition should *not* mean that you can't get into fastboot any more.

I know that volume down should get me to fastboot but in fact it doesn't. Windows never makes dong dong when i plug the xoom... My drivers are ok because my nexus one gets recognized instantly and adb is working fine on the phone...

Any reason you don't use RSD to flash the wifi xoom sbf file? (I'm pretty sure someone said that was released not too long ago)

I didn't try yet, I can't find the SBF for the wifi xoom.

I tried the 3G SBF file it's not even working. I know it's not the right file for my device but since it's already bricked...
I have RSD Lite 4.9, latest moto drivers, updated using the moto tool.
When I load the sbf file in rsd lite, I can't see the device, and pushing start has no effect.
I did that when the device was showing "Starting RSD mode 3"
How can I get it back?! I tried on my windows laptop and also on a macbook, without any luck.

This is happened to me , and i flipped cuz i rendered my $600 Xoom to a paper weight , i rebooted (Volup+power then voldown) , i tried ADB and it didn't work... then i left my computer to do something, i returned to my PC and i was flipping through DOS command lines (up and down arrows) and click enter in one of the commands by mistake and it worked! the command was "fastboot erase cache"
i then typed the following to return to stock (you need the stock files)
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock

Thanks, but I don't have fastboot. It's always < waiting for device >

Topper Harley said:
Thanks, but I don't have fastboot. It's always < waiting for device >
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You mentioned you tried the steps in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973355, but how did this section go:
"Even though there was no response from the device, I pressed Vol Down + power until the screen went black. I then quickly pressed and held Vol Up + power. The device then went into the bootloader, received the queued command from fastboot, and flashed the boot.img."
ed. The other suggestion I heard floating around is to flash the CDMA Xoom's SBF -- yes, it won't get you all the way there, but it might restore things up to the point where you can get into fastboot and then flash the stock images.

I did try already to fastboot flash boot boot.img (stock), then reboot pushing vol up, vol down, both, using clicking or holding them... no luck
I also tried to flash the VZW SBF file but RSD Lite doesn't even see the device. I'm trying now to get some linux running and use sbf_flash instead because I was told that it's more efficient than the linux one.
No luck yet on that part either.

I was able to get my xoom restore with the following steps:
Hold Power + Vol up to start reboot
immdiately hold Power + Vol down (This will get you to the Fastboot menu)
enter the commands
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
You've now successfully flashed your Xoom back to stock. Now it's time to relock the device.
Type fastboot oem lock, wait for the menu, the press the volume-down button. Then press the volume up button. It'll take a minute or so, then reboot. You're now completely back to stock and ready for the update.

hoopsdavis said:
I was able to get my xoom restore with the following steps:
Hold Power + Vol up to start reboot
immdiately hold Power + Vol down (This will get you to the Fastboot menu)
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It stops here. I can't get fastboot.
I tried waiting for the battery to die and tried every combination of vol up/down/power, hold/click/double click the buttons...
I'll let it cool off for one day without battery... maybe it'll wake up wanting to give me fastboot...
I'm losing hope...

Topper Harley said:
It stops here. I can't get fastboot.
I tried waiting for the battery to die and tried every combination of vol up/down/power, hold/click/double click the buttons...
I'll let it cool off for one day without battery... maybe it'll wake up wanting to give me fastboot...
I'm losing hope...
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I'm in the same situation here... tried basically all the same steps. I'm lost too... can't connect with ADB, Fastboot or RSD... tried all kinds of key combos as well. "Starting RSD Mode 3"... its wearing me down!!

How can i change the topic title? I wanted to say "xoom bricked?" but I typed rooted by mistake

I'm in this exact situation, and I've tried everything suggested here. I spent some time in IRC talking to a few developers, and we tried pretty much everything to get fastboot to work. No luck, so I tried RSD like you said, and that didn't work, either. Eventually we gave up, and I got an RMA from Motorola via their website. I should receive the FedEx box tomorrow so I can return it to them.
If you want, I'll report back here when the whole process is over and tell you if they end up fixing it for free or not. It sounds like it'll probably be at least a week, though.

benso87: yes, tell me. I have time don't worry (away from home until may 28th)
Otherwise, I think mine is definitely a brick. I tried the last thing I didn't: boot linux and test sbf_flash: not working.
I'll try to send it to moto (the device is imported).
I'm kinda sad... not for the money, but for the bad command that completely destroys a device in seconds... and right, for the money aswell...

Small update: I got the box yesterday and sent it back, then got an email this morning saying Motorola received it. Hopefully the whole process will go this fast.
They gave me a tracking number and a site to check to see how things are going, so that's more info than I was expecting. They haven't asked any questions yet, so that's also good.

[Q] Stuck on HTC, Can't boot into bootloader

Hello all,
I rooted my HTC One XL a couple weeks back, installed CM10 (all was working fine), and in the process of installing the latest CM10 nightly, something went wrong. Flashed boot.img, then rom, then gapps. Wiped cache and dalvic cache, asked TWRP to restart system. This is where it's stuck now. It won't go past the htc logo, and I can't get into the bootloader by holding down power+vol down.
What did I do wrong? Is this fixable? Any help is greatly appreciated!

H8rift is working on a solution right now. If you can flash back to a backup? I would do so.
Sent from my One X using xda premium
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You can't get into recovery?
Sent from my One X using xda premium

vowelsounds said:
Hello all,
I rooted my HTC One XL a couple weeks back, installed CM10 (all was working fine), and in the process of installing the latest CM10 nightly, something went wrong. Flashed boot.img, then rom, then gapps. Wiped cache and dalvic cache, asked TWRP to restart system. This is where it's stuck now. It won't go past the htc logo, and I can't get into the bootloader by holding down power+vol down.
What did I do wrong? Is this fixable? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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First off, can you get into TWRP, and do you have a backups of the time before you flashed the rom. When you hold power+vol down are you holding power until the home back and kill app buttons flash 6 times then release and hold vol down around 7 seconds till you see the screen with android skateboarders(Bootloader)
Second, I think their is a kit (Hasoons) Which you can try to boot you into bootloader or twrp recovery. But if your phone powers on, then i think your device is not a paperweight yet so dont worry to much as i think it can be fixed.

vowelsounds said:
Hello all,
I rooted my HTC One XL a couple weeks back, installed CM10 (all was working fine), and in the process of installing the latest CM10 nightly, something went wrong. Flashed boot.img, then rom, then gapps. Wiped cache and dalvic cache, asked TWRP to restart system. This is where it's stuck now. It won't go past the htc logo, and I can't get into the bootloader by holding down power+vol down.
What did I do wrong? Is this fixable? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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It is fixable.
I did the same thing with my phone. Now I am successfully running ViperXL 2.1.2
Are you able to "fastboot oem lock" from the fastboot cmd prompt?

WhatTheAndroid? said:
First off, can you get into TWRP, and do you have a backups of the time before you flashed the rom. When you hold power+vol down are you holding power until the home back and kill app buttons flash 6 times then release and hold vol down around 7 seconds till you see the screen with android skateboarders(Bootloader)
Second, I think their is a kit (Hasoons) Which you can try to boot you into bootloader or twrp recovery. But if your phone powers on, then i think your device is not a paperweight yet so dont worry to much as i think it can be fixed.
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I can't get into TWRP, and I have backups on the device. I am sorry for being a dummy, but you're saying the manual way to enter the boot loader is to hold power+voldown for 6 flashes, then release the power button but hold the voldown for 7 more seconds? I've just been holding down both for the full 15 flashes. I am going to look up Hasoons rn.
THANKS!!

vowelsounds said:
I can't get into TWRP, and I have backups on the device. I am sorry for being a dummy, but you're saying the manual way to enter the boot loader is to hold power+voldown for 6 flashes, then release the power button but hold the voldown for 7 more seconds? I've just been holding down both for the full 15 flashes. I am going to look up Hasoons rn.
THANKS!!
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You are supposed to hold Power and Volume Down until the screen shuts off, then let go of power and continue holding volume down

vowelsounds said:
I can't get into TWRP, and I have backups on the device. I am sorry for being a dummy, but you're saying the manual way to enter the boot loader is to hold power+voldown for 6 flashes, then release the power button but hold the voldown for 7 more seconds? I've just been holding down both for the full 15 flashes. I am going to look up Hasoons rn.
THANKS!!
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So your saying you can't get into bootloader but, you got into TWRP?
The correct way to get into bootloader is hold power+vol down until screen goes off, then release power button.
If that doesn't work you can try to open bootloader through the fastboot cmd prompt.(if you ahve Win7 just open the file where fastboot is, hold shift+right click and you can open the prompt from there)

Myrder said:
It is fixable.
I did the same thing with my phone. Now I am successfully running ViperXL 2.1.2
Are you able to "fastboot oem lock" from the fastboot cmd prompt?
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Just tried this, cmd prompt reads "waiting for device". I am glad to know someone else got out of this :/

absolutelygrim said:
You are supposed to hold Power and Volume Down until the screen shuts off, then let go of power and continue holding volume down
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What he said, but after your phone powers off, when i held it for around 7 more seconds, it booted into bootloader when i did it .But try both methods.I was stuck in a bootloop as well, you will be fine. I forgot commands for fastboot, but if anyone wants to tell them to him he could prob get into fastboot by command prompt mabye?

vowelsounds said:
Just tried this, cmd prompt reads "waiting for device". I am glad to know someone else got out of this :/
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type "fastboot devices"
your serial number should be on the screen if fastboot recognizes your phone. but I was always able to get into bootloader through commands on the phone.
Also, I can't thank Absolutelygrim and a few others whom I can't think of their names for helping me out of that situation.
ANYTHING Absolutelygrim says, I would listen and take note.

Myrder said:
So your saying you can't get into bootloader but, you got into TWRP?
The correct way to get into bootloader is hold power+vol down for 6 flashes, then release power button.
If that doesn't work you can try to open bootloader through the fastboot cmd prompt.(if you ahve Win7 just open the file where fastboot is, hold shift+right click and you can open the prompt from there)
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No I couldn't get into either, but I just did the power+voldown until screen off then hold vol down thing, and I got into bootloader and from there to recovery. I am going to flash a backup &c &c...
You people are so amazing!! Saved my life! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

vowelsounds said:
No I couldn't get into either, but I just did the power+voldown until screen off then hold vol down thing, and I got into bootloader and from there to recovery. I am going to flash a backup &c &c...
You people are so amazing!! Saved my life! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
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Glad your device is back, good job. Hope i helped.

vowelsounds said:
No I couldn't get into either, but I just did the power+voldown until screen off then hold vol down thing, and I got into bootloader and from there to recovery. I am going to flash a backup &c &c...
You people are so amazing!! Saved my life! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
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Is there a way to close a thread? I've never done this before :/
Thanks to all of you again!

vowelsounds said:
No I couldn't get into either, but I just did the power+voldown until screen off then hold vol down thing, and I got into bootloader and from there to recovery. I am going to flash a backup &c &c...
You people are so amazing!! Saved my life! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
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It's always best to Nandroid before you flash a ROM.
I didn't and I almost made my phone into a very expensive paperweight. Thank god for RUUs.
I also tried to flash a ROM that was for the international version and not the XL which is our phone.

Mods will eventually Close it, just ingnore the thread and it will be closed soon.

If you want to, I know posting a thread in here can amount to a long wait time, just shoot me a PM and I'll give you my email. I get that directly to my phone so I'll be able to reply a lot quicker.

I have the same problem as this guy, but when I hol the volume down button, it has no effect... I hold vol down and power, lights flash 15 times, I keep holding volume down while phone reboots, but no matter how long I hold it down, it just stays at the HTC legal screen.
Was running CM 10.0, and updated to 10.1 (9-3-2012 nightly) with 3-03-2013 GAPPS, via TWRP. Made a backup before flash, Installed both the zips succefully, pressed reboot, and now it doesn't get past the legal screen, and no button pressing is getting me back to TWRP =(
I replaced the screen once, and the volume buttons behaved differently after I re-assembled. Both the buttons work, but they act differently. Pressing vol down or vol up both bring up the volume dialog, but instead of increasing or decreasing the amount, it swtiches between mute and non mute. So I'm thinking the button is not actually doing a 'volume down' action. Any thoughts?
AND, how do you actually turn this device off? It keeps turning itself back on after the 15 flashes.
Thanks for any help.

new developer need 10 posts in general discussion sry

Cannot boot into recovery!

Hey guys! I just got a One X from AT&T bought on eBay, although I live in Europe.
I managed to unlock the bootloader by changing the CID to 1111111 etc. (how many 1's?) and it worked fine.
I then ran installed ClockworkMod Touch Recovery for the HTC One X through terminal and it was a success.
I rebooted by holding down the power and volume down, and attempted to boot into recovery. I got a white screen with the HTC logo, and red text underneath saying something like "do not use this without HTCs permission" or something of the sort. The phone then turned off.
NOW I'm trying to boot again into the bootloader (I think that's what it's called, but by turning it off and holding the volume down and power key) and it just doesn't work. I've tried a million times, with different variations of holding down the keys. What happens is the light on the touch keys at the bottom flashes a bunch of times, then it boots normally. Everything works on the phone otherwise.
I tried to do it via fastboot/terminal by issuing the command ./fastboot-mac reboot-bootloader but it just says "waiting for device..." even though it's connected.
Anyone had this problem and found a solution?

Recovery
Clockwork recovery is not supported on the evita. Download goo manager and you should be able TWRP from that. And then you can reboot into TWRP.

I think you flashed CWM for the international (Tegra3 quad core) One X. Install TWRP as previous poster recommended.

There is no version of CWM Touch Recovery that is supported for the AT&T One X. You flashed the international version. Fortunately, you can flash TWRP right over it inside Goo Manager.
Be thankful you didn't flash it inside ROM Manager or you could have bricked your phone. I've seen people do it in the past.

ansedve season
Thanks guys, and glad I didn't brick the phone!
I installed Goo Manager and installed OpenRecovery Script, and managed to attempt to go into recovery, but again got the white HTC screen and something about "development purposes only" in red text.
I think I'm really lost on this one, any help would be great, like a link to a tutorial?

in fastboot run this command "fastboot erase cache", then boot into recovery.

DvineLord said:
in fastboot run this command "fastboot erase cache", then boot into recovery.
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Don't be too concerned with the blah blah in red writing about development version etc. on the boot screen - you get that boot screen when you unlock the bootloader.

mollysue said:
Thanks guys, and glad I didn't brick the phone!
I installed Goo Manager and installed OpenRecovery Script, and managed to attempt to go into recovery, but again got the white HTC screen and something about "development purposes only" in red text.
I think I'm really lost on this one, any help would be great, like a link to a tutorial?
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What did you do in recovery? Did you flash anything? Does the phone not boot up now?

Thanks guys for all your help. I guess know I technically know what to do to fix things, thanks to you. The only problem that after probably over 100 failed attempts I cannot boot into recovery. I tried all variations of holding the power and volume down button while restarting, rebooting, turning on/off or up/down sideways but it just boots normally every time.
This means I can't use fastboot etc. I guess unlocking the bootloader and voiding the warranty was for nothing
If you know another way to reboot into bootloader other than the hardware buttons method let me know!

Believe it or not, I think you are just performing the button presses incorrectly, if you can't access the bootloader. Bootloader is probably still intact, otherwise the phone would not be working at all.
1) In Settings>Power, make sure "fast boot" is not checked.
2) Then power the phone off fully, but holding the power button until the power menu comes up, and select "Power off". Wait a minute for the phone to power off completely.
3) Hold down the volume down rocker. DO NOT release it until I tell you to later.
4) Press the power button for 3 seconds, then release. DO NOT release the volume down rocker.
5) Once the white bootloader screen shows up, release the volume down rocker.
Alternately, you can do this:
a) With the phone powered on, hold the power button until the capacitive buttons flash (about 5 seconds).
b) The moment the screen goes black, hold down the volume down rocker, (again, DO NOT release it until the bootloader screen comes up) but release the power button.
The timing for this method is a little trickier, if you press the volume down rocker too late, it will boot normally (or safe mode), and too soon, and it just reduces the ringer volume and the phone stays on. But as long as you press and hold volume down the moment the screen goes black, it will work.
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But also, I would still not recommend trying to boot into recovery until you have installed the TWRP recovery as mentioned previously on this thread, if you have not done so already. There is no CWM Touch Recovery for this phone, so I'm pretty certain you installed in improper recovery on the phone, and recovery will not function at all.

Alternatively, you can go into Goo Manager and select the "Reboot Recovery" option, which should get you into TWRP

Or from command prompt "adb reboot bootloader" so long as you open your prompt from your adb application folder.
Or alternatively skip the middle man: "adb reboot recovery"
I really think your problem lies with your button pressing -- follow instructions on the previous post and you should be home free.

Well I actually eventually managed it! I think the volume button was a bit stuck because it still takes a few tries to boot into bootloader, but eventually I managed it and am in the TWRP menu right now!
I did a little victory dance when it happened. Thanks again!

Rooted Droid Maxx won't boot into recovery...

Hey all,
I have a rooted Droid Maxx. When I press Power and Down Volumn I can get into the AP Fastboot Menu. When I choose any of the options Using Vol down to move me through the options including normal Powerup, Recovery, Factory, Barcode, BP Tools it will only do a normal boot. I'm using vol down to choose an option and Vol up to activate the option. I have been able to get into these various options before, but something has gone south on me....any ideas...and what other info do you need?
Also, on the fastboot screen it states:
Device is locked. Status code: 0
EDIT: Strangely enough, when I move to Barcodes and hit the up Vol button, I can get into barcodes...but on any other options, when I press Vol up, it just does a normal phone boot.
the phone has been acting a little twitchy lately...camera won't function and keeps telling me to restart, now e-mail is starting to do funny stuff....Not happy. One of the posts that I read on trying to get the camera working correctly stated that wiping the Dalvic cache might help and I think I need to get into recovery tools to do that.
Thx

Any help anyone? I need to get into the tools to wipe the phone....
Thx
Slarti77 said:
Hey all,
I have a rooted Droid Maxx. When I press Power and Down Volumn I can get into the AP Fastboot Menu. When I choose any of the options Using Vol down to move me through the options including normal Powerup, Recovery, Factory, Barcode, BP Tools it will only do a normal boot. I'm using vol down to choose an option and Vol up to activate the option. I have been able to get into these various options before, but something has gone south on me....any ideas...and what other info do you need?
Also, on the fastboot screen it states:
Device is locked. Status code: 0
EDIT: Strangely enough, when I move to Barcodes and hit the up Vol button, I can get into barcodes...but on any other options, when I press Vol up, it just does a normal phone boot.
the phone has been acting a little twitchy lately...camera won't function and keeps telling me to restart, now e-mail is starting to do funny stuff....Not happy. One of the posts that I read on trying to get the camera working correctly stated that wiping the Dalvic cache might help and I think I need to get into recovery tools to do that.
Thx
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Slarti77 said:
Any help anyone? I need to get into the tools to wipe the phone....
Thx
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It's not just you apparently. I just tried mine to try to use as a home security camera (after loaning it to a friend to use as a temp phone) and it's doing the same thing yours is, can't factory rest and start over so I guess now I'll have to try to unroot and/or reflash bootloader and get it back to "stock" and try formatting after that.

Moto G7 power (Forgot start-up pattern and cant do a factory neither recovery mode)

Dear Friends,
Please let me know if this post is in the wrong place.
I have an issue with my Moto G7 power, I restarted it and it asks for pattern access (to start up the phone and activate the finger print), I entered the pattern multiple times (I guess that I forgot my pattern) and it didn't accept it.
I tried to do the factory wipe, I can login to bootloader and when I select factory mode it will just boot again. And if I select recover mode then it shows a dead android with a red triangle and NO Command.
I would need your advice and guidance.
Thanks

a80li said:
Dear Friends,
Please let me know if this post is in the wrong place.
I have an issue with my Moto G7 power, I restarted it and it asks for pattern access (to start up the phone and activate the finger print), I entered the pattern multiple times (I guess that I forgot my pattern) and it didn't accept it.
I tried to do the factory wipe, I can login to bootloader and when I select factory mode it will just boot again. And if I select recover mode then it shows a dead android with a red triangle and NO Command.
I would need your advice and guidance.
Thanks
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press power and volume up key on that no command screen to enter stock recovery or
using fastboot command - fastboot erase userdata

Works!
Thanks alot, works now. I already tried this but might be a bit in hurry.