So a while back I went through the process to root my phone and went with safestrap. Now it appears the new roms aren't compatible with safestrap (is it because of 4.3 gapps?).
How would I go about switching over to CWM? Is there anything fancy? Is there a guide? Any help appreciated.
Thank You.
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If so, flash CWM through fastboot (there are a few guides on XDA of how to do so). Flashing a new ROM through CWM will remove safestrap.
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Leraeniesh said:
Is your boot loader unlocked?
If so, flash CWM through fastboot (there are a few guides on XDA of how to do so). Flashing a new ROM through CWM will remove safestrap.
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Yes unlocked. I will look it up. Thanks.
I believe you can also use backups made in Safestrap in TWRP (/data/ only)
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You'll need to uninstall recovery through the actual SafeStrap app. Then, you'll need to delete the app and all the SS folders.
So I am getting the "cannot load cwm.img" on the command prompt.
cwm.img is in the same folder as fastboot and adb.
not sure what is up. Currently searching for solution....
EDIT: Typed full path. Seems to have worked....
RikRong said:
You'll need to uninstall recovery through the actual SafeStrap app. Then, you'll need to delete the app and all the SS folders.
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Booted back into safestrap. I'm assuming this is why?
jagsfan82 said:
Booted back into safestrap. I'm assuming this is why?
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Yep that's why. SafeStrap works seperate from your recovery. If you actually boot into recovery do you get CWM? If not, you'll probably need to re-flash it. When you re-flash, boot back into recovery prior to booting into OS. This will assure that the install script is complete. Otherwise, your stock recovery will override CWM.
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Yep that's why. SafeStrap works seperate from your recovery. If you actually boot into recovery do you get CWM? If not, you'll probably need to re-flash it. When you re-flash, boot back into recovery prior to booting into OS. This will assure that the install script is complete. Otherwise, your stock recovery will override CWM.
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Gotcha. Well I can uninstall it via a recovered system that still has safestrap on it. I did something weird trying to boot into CWM and when i start my phone it goes into the bootloader due to flash failure. I can override this with "fastboot continue", but i don't want to do something really bad... am I going to run into any issues if I get to CWM and flash a new rom?
Thanks for the help fellas
EDIT: Flash failure problem went away. Reflashed CWM, wouldn't boot via fastboot boot cwm.img, managed to get to recovery before system loaded... but still went to safestrap.. trying old fashioned SS uninstall now, then reflash, then boot into recovery.
EDIT 2: Uninstalled safestrap.. doesn't boot to bootloader now?
EDIT 3: Brought up safestrap on my eclipse rom, uninstalled safestrap. Went to bootloader. Flashed CWM supposedly successfully. Tried to run "fastboot boot cwm.img" only to get cannot load. Tried to go from bootloader to recovery manually (power button --> key press) but just loads up the OS.
Clueless now
jagsfan82 said:
Gotcha. Well I can uninstall it via a recovered system that still has safestrap on it. I did something weird trying to boot into CWM and when i start my phone it goes into the bootloader due to flash failure. I can override this with "fastboot continue", but i don't want to do something really bad... am I going to run into any issues if I get to CWM and flash a new rom?
Thanks for the help fellas
EDIT: Flash failure problem went away. Reflashed CWM, wouldn't boot via fastboot boot cwm.img, managed to get to recovery before system loaded... but still went to safestrap.. trying old fashioned SS uninstall now, then reflash, then boot into recovery.
EDIT 2: Uninstalled safestrap.. doesn't boot to bootloader now?
EDIT 3: Brought up safestrap on my eclipse rom, uninstalled safestrap. Went to bootloader. Flashed CWM supposedly successfully. Tried to run "fastboot boot cwm.img" only to get cannot load. Tried to go from bootloader to recovery manually (power button --> key press) but just loads up the OS.
Clueless now
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Just saw your last post... too tired. You mentioned deleting the app and folders. Is this most likely the issue?
jagsfan82 said:
Just saw your last post... too tired. You mentioned deleting the app and folders. Is this most likely the issue?
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I don't think that's the issue. Deleting the app and folders just frees up some space. I'll have re-read your other post and then I'll get back to you on it.
jagsfan82 said:
Gotcha. Well I can uninstall it via a recovered system that still has safestrap on it. I did something weird trying to boot into CWM and when i start my phone it goes into the bootloader due to flash failure. I can override this with "fastboot continue", but i don't want to do something really bad... am I going to run into any issues if I get to CWM and flash a new rom?
Thanks for the help fellas
EDIT: Flash failure problem went away. Reflashed CWM, wouldn't boot via fastboot boot cwm.img, managed to get to recovery before system loaded... but still went to safestrap.. trying old fashioned SS uninstall now, then reflash, then boot into recovery.
EDIT 2: Uninstalled safestrap.. doesn't boot to bootloader now?
EDIT 3: Brought up safestrap on my eclipse rom, uninstalled safestrap. Went to bootloader. Flashed CWM supposedly successfully. Tried to run "fastboot boot cwm.img" only to get cannot load. Tried to go from bootloader to recovery manually (power button --> key press) but just loads up the OS.
Clueless now
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Do "fastboot flash recovery cwm.img" and open up the power menu via three button press, then select recovery.
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Leraeniesh said:
Do "fastboot flash recovery cwm.img" and open up the power menu via three button press, then select recovery.
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This is more or less what I did except the only difference is I hit power first, phone went off, then quickly did keypress. Went strait to OS.
Seriously appreciate help btw
RikRong said:
I don't think that's the issue. Deleting the app and folders just frees up some space. I'll have re-read your other post and then I'll get back to you on it.
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My first thought is I need to strip down the system.. maybe i didn't wipe something properly or what have you.
jagsfan82 said:
This is more or less what I did except the only difference is I hit power first, phone went off, then quickly did keypress. Went strait to OS.
Seriously appreciate help btw
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Yeah unfortunately there's no command to boot recovery from fastboot.
You can try running "fastboot reboot" while holding the volume buttons right after flashing cwm. That should do the trick. It should boot to the boot selection menu, then you can choose to boot to recovery.
Also, thought you killed yourself when I read your other post...
fastboot boot cwm.img is one argument away from a very, very bad day... If you put "flash" before boot, you'd be in trouble... Lol
Maybe I should write up a root app that will rename install-recovery.sh... That's not a bad idea...
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I always just power down the phone after flashing recovery and then manually reboot into recovery.
And done. Here's a link...
ftp://kd8rho.net/RecoveryFlasherDisabler-public-test.apk
I forgot to declare superuser in the manifest... I know, shoot me. Needs root access and all that jazz. Run the app before flashing recovery
Oh and rikrong, stole your avatar for the app icon
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sloosecannon said:
And done. Here's a link...
ftp://kd8rho.net/RecoveryFlasherDisabler-public-test.apk
I forgot to declare superuser in the manifest... I know, shoot me. Needs root access and all that jazz. Run the app before flashing recovery
Oh and rikrong, stole your avatar for the app icon
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Haha, nice.
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Haha, nice.
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Thankee
So, if someone on stock who wants to flash custom recovery could test this, that would be great. It should work, but as I have no stock RAZR Ms, I can't confirm it will work
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sloosecannon said:
Thankee
So, if someone on stock who wants to flash custom recovery could test this, that would be great. It should work, but as I have no stock RAZR Ms, I can't confirm it will work
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Installed on phone. Says found but disabled. Tried flashing cwm.img and rebooting into recovery. Still goes straight to OS...
Enable install-recovery doesn't work
this all seems very straightforward of a process that should be working...
Do I need to try wiping everything down as bare as possible?
Is this the process that works for others? Take safestrapped, rooted, bootloader unlock device on an old pre-bootloader-unlocked rom. Uninstall safestrap. Flash cwm.img using fastboot comand. Boot into recovery. Then you should be in CWM?
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My phone won't get passed the t-mobile mytouch 4g screen. This happened after I backed up my stock rom using rom manager and did a full wipe to start clean ut no after I went back and restored my backup, my phone is stuck on the mytouch screen and won't get pass that. Is my phone bricked? or can it be saved? can someone pls help me? I just got this phone yesterday and rooted it with no problem. All I did after the root was add a custom kernel. Everything was going great until I restored my backup. Pls help. Thanks in advance.
try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!
I tried that and still not working. Is there away I can get a stock rom to flash?
Jaylito. said:
try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!
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Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.
ImABoss said:
Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.
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The phone still says s-off so I don't know what is wrong and since I bought the phone yesterday I can take it back to t-mobile to get a new one but won't they notice the s-off and not exchange it?
Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
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jggimi said:
Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
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I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. AM I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.
ImABoss said:
I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. May I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.
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Is there an official update.zip I can probably apply through the stock recovery?
Thanks Jaylito and Jggimi for your help, was able to get into cwm recovery and flash a new rom. It looks like I had a bad backup. Thanks again to you both.
Hello
I have a problem with my Nexus 7. I tried changing my font using font changer. It rebooted and now wont boot up. It gets stuck at the X.. left it there several minutes..
I tried to do a factory reset using Stock Recovery but that didnt change things. I was on Stock 4.2.2 unlocked and rooted.
What should I try now? Obviously I can get into fastboot mode.
Thanks in Advance
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AW: No boot after Font Change
In case anybody ****ed this up aswell.. i just flashed a stock image from fastboot, rooted again and everything was ok
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naien said:
In case anybody ****ed this up aswell.. i just flashed a stock image from fastboot, rooted again and everything was ok
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Hello, I have the same problem, but when I try getting into recovery mode, all I see is a dead android with red x sign and with no other option displayed. Where do I go from here?
Also, how do you flash stock image from fastboot? Thanks in advance!
njbee7 said:
Hello, I have the same problem, but when I try getting into recovery mode, all I see is a dead android with red x sign and with no other option displayed. Where do I go from here?
Also, how do you flash stock image from fastboot? Thanks in advance!
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That's stock recovery. You want to be in fast boot mode for fast boot flashing.
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Pirateghost said:
That's stock recovery. You want to be in fast boot mode for fast boot flashing.
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Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.
njbee7 said:
Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.
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Stop using toolkits and start reading. There are instructions here that walk you through the entire manual process.
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njbee7 said:
Sorry, but how do you get into fastboot mode? I can't use any toolkit to get into fastboot mode as my pc doesn't
recognize the device because it can't get past booting up.
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You can do it manually... by pressing buttons.
Take a look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133986
(Really... this should be made a 'sticky' somewhere).
Rgrds,
Ged.
i'm just curious, but how come you guys are unlocked and rooted and not running a twrp or cwm recovery? if you had one of those recoveries instead of stock, a nandroid restore instead of a system image reflash would have put you back to where you were before you did the font change as long as you did a backup right before you tried doing that. highly recommend if you're gonna play around with the system, install some kind of decent recovery, not stock.
t1.8matt said:
i'm just curious, but how come you guys are unlocked and rooted and not running a twrp or cwm recovery? if you had one of those recoveries instead of stock, a nandroid restore instead of a system image reflash would have put you back to where you were before you did the font change as long as you did a backup right before you tried doing that. highly recommend if you're gonna play around with the system, install some kind of decent recovery, not stock.
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And alongside this you can do all the same things as stock recovery.
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Hi,
It seems that I have CWM and recovery installed on my Nexus 4. I was on TWRP previously and switched to CWM, now it seems that it is stucked.
I erased recovery in command prompt and flash it with CWM after installing stock ROM but ROM Manager still detected TWRP. How do I get rid of TWRP?
Zouk18 said:
Hi,
It seems that I have CWM and recovery installed on my Nexus 4. I was on TWRP previously and switched to CWM, now it seems that it is stucked.
I erased recovery in command prompt and flash it with CWM after installing stock ROM but ROM Manager still detected TWRP. How do I get rid of TWRP?
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try flashing stock recovery via adb
If you reboot into recovery does CWM come up or TWRP? If it's CWM then ignore ROM Manager and continue as normal
ijustzeke said:
try flashing stock recovery via adb
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So you are suggesting that I erase and flash to stock recovery via adb and then flash custom recovery again?
EddyOS said:
If you reboot into recovery does CWM come up or TWRP? If it's CWM then ignore ROM Manager and continue as normal
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CWM comes up as the recovery because it's the latest one I flash. I know it might now matter but this really bugs me.
Dunno why you're using ROM Manager anyway, pointless piece of software IMO. Just flash everything manually
Mine was gone when i unrooting the device
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EddyOS said:
Dunno why you're using ROM Manager anyway, pointless piece of software IMO. Just flash everything manually
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I was just checking out the app, don't really use it. That was when I saw two recoveries. I erased and flashed everything via adb previously. Just really wanna know the cause and how to get rid of it.
curtzxion said:
Mine was gone when i unrooting the device
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Is there a way just to unroot but keep my ROM, kernel and data intact?
Zouk18 said:
I was just checking out the app, don't really use it. That was when I saw two recoveries. I erased and flashed everything via adb previously. Just really wanna know the cause and how to get rid of it.
Is there a way just to unroot but keep my ROM, kernel and data intact?
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My rom, kernel, and data doesn't change, when i was unrooting the device(as i remember)
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That's normal. I have it too. Just choose cwm on recovery already installed and leave it like that.
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I have a Nexus 7 wifi, It is stuck at the Google screen boot looping. It is unlocked and has TWRP 2.5 which I can access. I have tried every tool kit to no avail. Need some help please!
dont use a toolkit
get to a command line and figure out whats wrong by trying to flash a factory image, or run factory reset in recovery and see if it fixes it.
Pirateghost said:
dont use a toolkit
get to a command line and figure out whats wrong by trying to flash a factory image, or run factory reset in recovery and see if it fixes it.
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I tried factory reset but it fails. I tried to flash a factory image through side load but it fails.
If I go to advanced wipe and do them one at a time they all work except data.
It appears to have nothing on intrenal or external storage.
One other thing is when I try to mount the system in twrp it asks for a password?
I have never setup a password so I don't understand this.
Thanks
Did you encrypt your device?
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No, not at all that's what's so strange.
I purchased it new and it started locking up and after an attempted factory reset here we are.
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Factory reset would wipe data partition leaving nothing in data. Makes sense that it wouldnt let you wipe that when there is nothing there.
Try flashing a factory image from fast boot. Not from recovery.
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Would it not have to be loaded on the device? I tried it with a tool kit and it gets to the end and fails on verification.
I don't remember what version it was so that doesn't help. I think it was 4.1.2
But not positive.
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Pirateghost said:
Factory reset would wipe data partition leaving nothing in data. Makes sense that it wouldnt let you wipe that when there is nothing there.
Try flashing a factory image from fast boot. Not from recovery.
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Okay seems to be a problem with twrp 2.5 as far as the password I'm downloading 2.6 now.
Use fastboot to flash new recovery and system partition. You run fastboot commands from your computer not from recovery and your device needs to be in bootloader not recovery. It does not require you to load it onto the device prior
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Pirateghost said:
Use fastboot to flash new recovery and system partition. You run fastboot commands from your computer not from recovery and your device needs to be in bootloader not recovery. It does not require you to load it onto the device prior
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After reading more I decided to go with CWM for the recovery. I flashed it in fast boot and it works fine but what now?
Thanks for your time!
ugadawg67 said:
After reading more I decided to go with CWM for the recovery. I flashed it in fast boot and it works fine but what now?
Thanks for your time!
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personally i would flash a stock system image in fastboot, root it, and use it....or pick from the hundreds of ROMs available around here.
Pirateghost said:
personally i would flash a stock system image in fastboot, root it, and use it....or pick from the hundreds of ROMs available around here.
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What would I use to flash the stock image in fast boot? a toolkit? I have the stock img downloaded already.
ugadawg67 said:
What would I use to flash the stock image in fast boot? a toolkit? I have the stock img downloaded already.
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you dont need a toolkit
you use fastboot command to flash.....
Pirateghost said:
you dont need a toolkit
you use fastboot command to flash.....
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Sorry I need a little more help with that. Are you talking about from a command prompt?
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you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
Pirateghost said:
you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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thanks!
okay I removed my sdk folder and started over. I followed the instructions on the link and it says failed cannot load bootloader. It performs all commands until that one.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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Pirateghost said:
you need to do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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okay I removed my sdk folder and started over. I followed the instructions on the link and it says failed cannot load bootloader. It performs all commands until that one.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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I have a Motorola Razr M XT 907 on Verizon, which had been rooted for a long time. I wanted to update the software, hoping to get better reception and battery life. I made the mistake of installing the latest update, KDA20.62-15.1, which can't be rooted. I did, however, unlock the bootloader beforehand.
I have tried to flash a new recovery, hoping to downgrade the android build afterwards. Each time I try, I get confirmation of success in the command window, but I can never boot into recovery.
Any ideas? Or am I stuck staying unrooted?
Once you get recovery flashed, all you need to do is flash a SU.zip in recovery to gain root access. What recovery file are you trying to flash? Also, after recovery, immediately power off the phone and then boot straight into recovery so the update script can finish.
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RikRong said:
Once you get recovery flashed, all you need to do is flash a SU.zip in recovery to gain root access. What recovery file are you trying to flash? Also, after recovery, immediately power off the phone and then boot straight into recovery so the update script can finish.
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Thanks for answering. I tried to flash Clockwork recovery and clockwork touch. After flashing, I turned off and tried to boot into recovery, but the phone wouldn't boot into recovery mode.
joedp2 said:
Thanks for answering. I tried to flash Clockwork recovery and clockwork touch. After flashing, I turned off and tried to boot into recovery, but the phone wouldn't boot into recovery mode.
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Ensure you are using the recovery built for our device this thread does have the proper recoveries for our device linked within the op...
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
It worked.
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It worked.
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Woot!
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issues
Okay so i pulled this phone out to mess with it.. Rooted, Bootloader unlocked and installed CWM Recovery because i cant seem to install any of the twrp versions.... I am able to backup and restore my system without issue but cant flash a custom rom in recovery. Is there something i am missing?
On stock kit Kat 4.4.2 and using cwm 6049razor-hd_m-kit Kat sorry left that out...
Which error?
Starts to flash then fails with droid on his back
I have same issu e!
Successfully flashed clockwork recovery...
But after boot into recovery mode is starting normally instead of recovery mode...
What can I do????
Don't let it reboot.. Hold down power and volume to go into recovery manually. If you allow it to restart it will load stock recovery back onto the device.