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Can you load a new recovery image via fastboot?

Something went haywire when trying to update Amon_RA's new recovery image. I now can't get into recovery and my ROM wont load. All I have is fastboot. I need to load a new recovery image to get into recovery but haven't been able to using the ADB. I've tried the various methods I've seen online with no success. Any advice?

I only rooted my phone around 6 hours ago, so I'm hoping this is what you meant. I was able to use fastboot to boot into a recovery ROM. Try using:
fastboot boot XXX.img
That should allow you to boot straight into it.

Yes I can...will you try copy recovery to SDK\tools?

Reavern said:
I only rooted my phone around 6 hours ago, so I'm hoping this is what you meant. I was able to use fastboot to boot into a recovery ROM. Try using:
fastboot boot XXX.img
That should allow you to boot straight into it.
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Its a .zip file tho. I've tried "fastboot flash_image recovery..." command but it didn't work.
SarDroid...huh? What do you mean?

staunty said:
Its a .zip file tho. I've tried "fastboot flash_image recovery..." command but it didn't work.
SarDroid...huh? What do you mean?
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I think you can only flash official images using fastboot. I'm you can use "fastboot boot recovery.img" to load something like Cyanogen's recovery image you will get ADB access. From there you should be able to flash anything.

put recovery in your sdk tools folder
and boot to fastboot
and
fastboot flash recovery recoveryxxxx.img
also check Amon_RA's post where you got the recovery from it tells you how to do it

sitimber said:
put recovery in your sdk tools folder
and boot to fastboot
and
fastboot flash recovery recoveryxxxx.img
also check Amon_RA's post where you got the recovery from it tells you how to do it
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OK, I'm still not having any luck. Here is what I've done...I found the .img file for a previous recovery image. All the newer ones seem to be .zip files. For the recovery image, it won't recognize a .zip. So, I put the "recovery-RA-dream-v1.3.2.img" image in my AndroidSDK\tools\ folder. Then, in fastboot, I did "fastboot flash recovery..." and it said okay. Rebooted but it still didn't reboot to recovery when I held down home button.

staunty said:
OK, I'm still not having any luck. Here is what I've done...I found the .img file for a previous recovery image. All the newer ones seem to be .zip files. For the recovery image, it won't recognize a .zip. So, I put the "recovery-RA-dream-v1.3.2.img" image in my AndroidSDK\tools\ folder. Then, in fastboot, I did "fastboot flash recovery..." and it said okay. Rebooted but it still didn't reboot to recovery when I held down home button.
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do
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
let the phone reboot, dont touch and anything. you could also try
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

have you unzipped the zip files they mght just be .img inside

I have the same issue. but when I follow the steps to flash or boot the recovery.img cmd prompt just says
sending 'recovery' <4166 kb>... FAILED <remote: not allow> finished.
cd to sdk tools (placed recovery.img here)
fastboot boot recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
tried it again and

Install androidsdk and get a copy of a recovery image for your device. Copy the .img to the tools folder in \androidsdk and rename file to recovery.img (for simplicity later). Connect the phone to PC with USB. Power up phone while holding volume down. Get to fastboot USB, open up command prompt (elevated if vista or 7) and cd to androidsdk\tools. then "fastboot erase recovery" then "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" then "fastboot reboot".

HI,
before begining you must put the android sdk in the root of the c;/, and suitch off your phone , and hold the back bouton and the end call bouton until you see the 3 android in your fone so ,you try this command to see if the pc reconize your phone :
C:\AndroidSDK>fastboot devices
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXX fastboot
if you cannot see your IMEI listed you must instal the drivers utilities on your pc
if you see the pc listed the IMEI ,then you can flash the recovery .img .
-Place the recovery image downloaded into the androidsk/tools folder and rename it to recovery.img and try with this command :
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
that all good luke

Hi guys, how I can achieve this with S-ON? I can't flash SPL because I haven't sdcard and using ADB don't know, any help on this?

I have the exact same issue.
I only have fastboot access however I always get remote: not allow. ( Perfect SPL )
Phone Stats
HTC Magic 32A S-ON H
HBOOT 1.76.0010 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO 6.35.16.19
I have created a gold card and tried flashing a sappimg.zip file but that gave me wrong model ID.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?

Nexus 7 Bricked??/Broken

Nexus 7 was rooted,unlocked bootloader and was running paranoid anroid 3.90+ i think . i plugged it into the computer to get a new rom using nexus root toolkit v1.7.2. i was asked to update a few things, so i clicked yes. i then tried to flash stock + unroot and chose 4.3 cause i wanted to try the new OS. but i guess something happened because when i turned my nexus 7 back on i was stuck on the load screen (GOOGLE image with a unlocked lock) i could cycle thru a few options using volume keys (start,recovery,power off) .all of them seemed useless as they would just bring me back to where i was.when clicking start "booting failed" come up on the upper left side. when trying to flash stock +unroot using NRT i get up to the sending "bootloader" part and my nexus 7 just freezes, how do i fix this. please and thanks

download the factory image from the google factory image and extract the archive.
try flashing the bootloader manualy with fastboot.
locate your fastboot binary and copy the bootloader image to that directory.
open a commandline in that directory and type
fastboot flash bootloader name-of-bootloader.img
after that you can try to flash the whole factory image with the flash-all.sh script.

Simple
dieselmonkeyy said:
i could cycle thru a few options using volume keys (start,recovery,power off) .all of them seemed useless as they would just bring me back to where i was.when clicking start "booting failed" come up on the upper left side.
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Boot failed??? That's a bad flash of the stock ROM. I had the same problem at my first attempt trying to flash Stock ROM, but don't worry! Let's do this:
WARNING: Before you continue you are accepting that I'm not responsible of anything can happen to your Nexus and your battery is fully charged.
When you download the stock ROM you have to uncompress the zip file. You will find the bootloader and another zip.
Uncompress that zip file, put fastboot program, the bootloader and the files together.
Then start your Nexus into bootloader mode, connect it to your PC, open a console (cmd for Windows, Terminal for Linux and Mac OS X) and type this:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
WARNING: Your Nexus is FULLY EMPTY!!! Don't reboot it because it can get a full brick (It will not turn on any more).
Now type this:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-X.XX.img
NOTE: Replace X.XX with your version.
Now type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Your Nexus will reboot.
Type this:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img #Will take a very long time. DON'T INTERRUPT THE PROCESS!!!!!
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Now reboot again with:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Re-unlock bootloader to get a full wipe:
fastboot oem lock
Reboot again:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
And then unlock the bootloader:
fastboot oem unlock
Press "Yes" to the petition screen and reboot:
fastboot reboot
Ready the Nexus!
I had the same problem and I did this.
I hope I can help you.
Sorry for my bad English. I'm from Argentina and I'm learning.
Well,
Good luck!

MlucianoEze said:
Boot failed??? That's a bad flash of the stock ROM. I had the same problem at my first attempt trying to flash Stock ROM, but don't worry! Let's do this:
WARNING: Before you continue you are accepting that I'm not responsible of anything can happen to your Nexus and your battery is fully charged.
When you download the stock ROM you have to uncompress the zip file. You will find the bootloader and another zip.
Uncompress that zip file, put fastboot program, the bootloader and the files together.
Then start your Nexus into bootloader mode, connect it to your PC, open a console (cmd for Windows, Terminal for Linux and Mac OS X) and type this:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
WARNING: Your Nexus is FULLY EMPTY!!! Don't reboot it because it can get a full brick (It will not turn on any more).
Now type this:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-X.XX.img
NOTE: Replace X.XX with your version.
Now type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Your Nexus will reboot.
Type this:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img #Will take a very long time. DON'T INTERRUPT THE PROCESS!!!!!
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Now reboot again with:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Re-unlock bootloader to get a full wipe:
fastboot oem lock
Reboot again:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
And then unlock the bootloader:
fastboot oem unlock
Press "Yes" to the petition screen and reboot:
fastboot reboot
Ready the Nexus!
I had the same problem and I did this.
I hope I can help you.
Sorry for my bad English. I'm from Argentina and I'm learning.
Well,
Good luck!
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what do i type into cmd inorder to be able to type
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
and get it to work. im a noob . thanks in advance

You have to be in the folder with fastboot inside else those commands will not work.
It will be easier if you put the images extracted from the zip into the zip together with the fastboot program.
If you don't understand yet I'll try to be more specific.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

dieselmonkeyy said:
what do i type into cmd inorder to be able to type
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
and get it to work. im a noob . thanks in advance
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It can be intimidating... and the so-called tool-kits don't help you learn
I assume you are using Windows.
follow the unzip instructions from the previous poster. (not quoted here). note the directory.
find the directory containing your android tools... ADB.exe and FASTBOOT.exe.
transfer your unzipped files to this directory. Open your CMD prompt window and change to this directory if necessary.
plug in your Nexus.
type fastboot device at the prompt. MAKE SURE YOUR NEXUS 7 is listed (serial number)
proceed with the complete instructions from the previous poster.
that should do it.

YES!!!
thanks alot for the instructions, it worked!!! i hope people use ur instructions as reference if they have the same problem. THANKS ALOT!!!

dieselmonkeyy said:
thanks alot for the instructions, it worked!!! i hope people use ur instructions as reference if they have the same problem. THANKS ALOT!!!
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I'm glad the problem is solved. Do not forget to click the THANKS button.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Hello. My brother's Nex 7 is also has this issue. I cannot follow any of the steps as it gets stuck on erasing any of the partitions. I tried erasing those partitions in any order and they still get stuck. His device was stock and bootloader locked too. When I try to unlock the bootloader, it gets stuck as well at the erasing userdata part. I suspect a bad memory chip. Anyone else experience this?

Yes, mine is sticking on the (bootloader) erasing userdata on bootloader unlock as well.
It also sticks on any fastboot ERASE command.
Factory reset had a bunch of errors and no longer comes up. none of the FLASH commands work because the BOOTLOADER is locked.
And since it freezes on the unlocking bootloader commands I believe I am screwed.
This was a factory installed, never flashed, unlocked or rooted Nexus 7 wifi 2nd gen. After installing the 4.4.2 that popped up it loaded once then crashed and never loaded again
I have tried every tool I can find. They all stick on the erase part.

jophisdrazin said:
Yes, mine is sticking on the (bootloader) erasing userdata on bootloader unlock as well.
It also sticks on any fastboot ERASE command.
Factory reset had a bunch of errors and no longer comes up. none of the FLASH commands work because the BOOTLOADER is locked.
And since it freezes on the unlocking bootloader commands I believe I am screwed.
This was a factory installed, never flashed, unlocked or rooted Nexus 7 wifi 2nd gen. After installing the 4.4.2 that popped up it loaded once then crashed and never loaded again
I have tried every tool I can find. They all stick on the erase part.
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Send your device for repair. My brother did so. My suspicions were correct. A faulty chip. They replaced the whole board, according to my brother.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Error Status 7

Good evening guys someone has a stock firmware for Huawei nova l01?
Let me explain I tried to flash the firmware from c55 to C432 nougat with TWRP but after that gave error-status 7 I could not get me to get it started and now I find myself with a phone in constant recovery.
Does anyone know how to help me?

Falcon_net said:
Good evening guys someone has a stock firmware for Huawei nova l01?
Let me explain I tried to flash the firmware from c55 to C432 nougat with TWRP but after that gave error-status 7 I could not get me to get it started and now I find myself with a phone in constant recovery.
Does anyone know how to help me?
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Flash firmweare with fastboot, download ota with firmweare finder, copy update.app on your pc, extract with huawei extract tool boot.img, recovery.img and system.img(put the extracted images in the same folder where is located your fastboot) and flash them with fastboot.
With the phone turned off press vokume - while pluging the usb cable till will start in fastboot mode.
Run fastboot and enter this commands:
- fastboot flash boot boot.img
- fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- fastboot flash system system.img
- fastboot reboot
and then wait the phone to reboot.

mArIuS% said:
Flash firmweare with fastboot, download ota with firmweare finder, copy update.app on your pc, extract with huawei extract tool boot.img, recovery.img and system.img(put the extracted images in the same folder where is located your fastboot) and flash them with fastboot.
With the phone turned off press vokume - while pluging the usb cable till will start in fastboot mode.
Run fastboot and enter this commands:
- fastboot flash boot boot.img
- fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- fastboot flash system system.img
- fastboot reboot
and then wait the phone to reboot.
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Thanks m ArluS but it does not work, the flash way around the terminal but upon reboot goes into eRecovery screen and not in, looking obviously some package for download via wifi but hangs failed ... giving me ideas?

I will share a way I got erecovery to work. I was brave and do not recommend this. If bricked do not blame me. I formatted system. Once system was gone it worked.

wangdaning said:
I will share a way I got erecovery to work. I was brave and do not recommend this. If bricked do not blame me. I formatted system. Once system was gone it worked.
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How do you format the system and restore with a different firmware?

Formatted in fastboot then went erecovery.

Stuck in Fastboot

Hi! Seems like there are many different reasons why a Mi A1 can be stuck in Fastboot. I found others having the same symptom but the proposed solutions didn’t work for me.
Not matter what I do, my A1 won’t leave Fastboot:
- holding power button reboots to Fastboot
- holding power and volume up button reboots to Fastboot
- holding power and volume down button reboots to Fastboot
- `fastboot boot twrp.bin` does nothing (`sending`, `booting`, nothing)
- `fastboot flash recovery twrp.bin` complains `partition table doesn’t exist`
- `fastboot flash boot twrp.bin` complains `partition table doesn’t exist`
I basically followed the installation guide to install Lineage OS, used CosmicDan’s TWRP though. That didn’t work. Found out that I had to partition the storage for Treble. Flashed TWRP. Used “tissot manager” to partition. No I am stuck in Fastboot.
Any clues what is happening here?

There is a mistake in syntax for the flash command.
After the fastboot command you have to provide the slot for flashing boot.img
example: fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
In order to not screw up your device, download stock boot.img and write to both A and B slots then execute the reboot command.
This should do it

punktnet said:
There is a mistake in syntax for the flash command.
After the fastboot command you have to provide the slot for flashing boot.img
example: fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
In order to not screw up your device, download stock boot.img and write to both A and B slots then execute the reboot command.
This should do it
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Thank you so much, this sounds promising. Where can I get the stock boot.img from?

punktnet said:
There is a mistake in syntax for the flash command.
After the fastboot command you have to provide the slot for flashing boot.img
example: fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
In order to not screw up your device, download stock boot.img and write to both A and B slots then execute the reboot command.
This should do it
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tzyac said:
Thank you so much, this sounds promising. Where can I get the stock boot.img from?
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I just flashed TWRP. And it is working. Thanks again!

My pleasure.
Just remember that this phone is almost impossible to brick

Redmi k20 not booting up after flashing recovery ROM

Hello
I installed xiaomi.eu rom for divinci which was working fine but i decided to flash the stock fast-boot ROM . I used this method
fastboot devices
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fasboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot
to flash the ROM but after flashing the ROM my phone is not starting.
when i press or long press the power button red notification led blinks for one time and nothing shows.
same happens when i try to boot into fast-boot or recovery mode. even when i put my phone on chafing the notification light blinks for one time only .
can someone help me is it software or hardware issue . it happened with me for the first time..

vinayakUs said:
Hello
I installed xiaomi.eu rom for divinci which was working fine but i decided to flash the stock fast-boot ROM . I used this method
fastboot devices
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fasboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot
to flash the ROM but after flashing the ROM my phone is not starting.
when i press or long press the power button red notification led blinks for one time and nothing shows.
same happens when i try to boot into fast-boot or recovery mode. even when i put my phone on chafing the notification light blinks for one time only .
can someone help me is it software or hardware issue . it happened with me for the first time..
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Use the MiFlash tool to fully flash the ROM. The complete one, with all the files, not just the ones you did manually.
Or if you're keen on doing it manually, look in the flash_all.bat file and do them as they appear there.

attitude12 said:
Use the MiFlash tool to fully flash the ROM. The complete one, with all the files, not just the ones you did manually.
Or if you're keen on doing it manually, look in the flash_all.bat file and do them as they appear there.
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my phone is not turning on not even in fast-boot mode. I tried to flash using edl mode but it requires authentication

It's weird that it doesn't go into fastboot. Doesn't look to me like you could've bricked it. Are you sure it's charged? And yeah, for edl you need an account with privileges.

attitude12 said:
It's weird that it doesn't go into fastboot. Doesn't look to me like you could've bricked it. Are you sure it's charged? And yeah, for edl you need an account with privileges.
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How can i know whether my phone is charging or not . When i connect to charger red notification light blink for like 4-5 times at interval of about 5 seconds and then nothing happens.

FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error) for me