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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?

HELP

I've get MAgic 32A with issues..
First off all my keys is remaped(search, home, menu, back instead of home,menu,back,search).
i tryed from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671600
and when i type
fastboot oem readsku
i've got
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem readsku
... INFO[ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.005s
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>
When i go to fastbooti get
saphire unknown 32A ship s-on h
hboot-1.76.0008 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-6.35.08.29
I try to flash RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
but when ruu try to go in bootloader magic stuck ...
I think i have 1.5 android on it. when i press trackball magick stuck..
Please help, i dont know what to do
Thanks

Root HTC Magic
A lot of people have been looking for a way to root their HTC Magic which has been updated by the Sense UI RUU provided by HTC (RUU 3.05.***) The roms that can be rooted are listed below.
1) 3.05.861.2 1.76.0008H 6.35.08.29 N (Australia)
2) 3.05.631.7 1.76.0010H 6.35.10.18 N (Canada)
3) 3.05.401.3 1.76.0009H 6.35.08.29 N (Europe)
4) 3.05.720.3 1.76.0009H 6.35.08.29 N (India)
To root the Magic follow the steps listed below:
1. Download the test signed rom from the following link
http://www.multiupload.com/XQEH9NVGY7
2. If your HTC Magic is from Australia, Canada or India, you need to create a gold card to install this RUU Update. In order to do this, follow the step on the website linked below:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how...te-a-goldcard/
3. After successfully creating the gold card, update your phone via the downloaded RUU with the gold card inserted in your phone.
4. When your phone has been updated, go to the link below and download the latest HERO recovery. (Save it to tools in Android SDK folder downloaded while creating the gold card)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
5. Now in your phone go to settings>development and check USB debugging.
6. Open command prompt and go to the Tools folder in Android SDK that you downloaded to create the gold card.
Assuming that you have not changed the file name of the recovery, use the following commands:
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img (file name of the recovery you downloaded)
7. After the recovery has been flashed, go to the following link to download the ENG SPL for HTC MAGIC 32A (SPL: 1.76.2007)
http://www.4shared.com/file/21114537...07-signed.html
8. Now copy the SPL to your memory card.
9. Restart your phone using the home + power key till it boots up into the recovery mode.
(or just type 'adb shell reboot recovery')
10. Using the 'Flash zip file' option from the recovery, select the SPL file from the memory card and flash the HBOOT on your phone.
11. Congrats, your HTC Magic is now ROOTED!!
Try this to root your magic (Aj probaj to da mu odradis root)

I can't update ruu
when start ruu, all is ok. next, next. and when phone try to go in bootloader i've got just black screen and ruu can not see my magic anymore..

Anyone?
10 char

I've menaged to do
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
but i can't reboot in to recovery
Maybee because my keys is remaped ...
Any 1 help me to put engineering spl whitout go to recovery?
Maybe with fastboot comands?
I need this spl because i'cant remape keys without him
on this threed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671600
said this.
Thanks

Wrong section. I'll move to General for you so that you can get the help that you need.

liderzre said:
I've menaged to do
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
but i can't reboot in to recovery
Maybee because my keys is remaped ...
Any 1 help me to put engineering spl whitout go to recovery?
Maybe with fastboot comands?
I need this spl because i'cant remape keys without him
on this threed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671600
said this.
Thanks
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Execute this from the shell and you should be in recovery.
Code:
su
reboot recovery

mumilover said:
Execute this from the shell and you should be in recovery.
Code:
su
reboot recovery
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Nothing
Reboot, but i've only got black screen
So sad
Maybee this phone is 32B? (with 32A spl or so...?)
How can i check this?
Thanks

Power down.
Hold volume - ("-" and not +) together with power.
You should see fastboot screen.
Post here all the info. ALL!

mumilover said:
Power down.
Hold volume - ("-" and not +) together with power.
You should see fastboot screen.
Post here all the info. ALL!
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I have posted in 1st post but here is again:
saphire unknown 32A ship s-on h
hboot-1.76.0008 (sapp10000)
cpld-12
radio-6.35.08.29
Nov 3 2009,15:56:29
HBOOT
<Back> FastBoot Mode
<Send> Simlock
To make attention: that my back key is search key, and when i press action key phone block , when i press back(search) i get:
FASTBOOT
<VOL DOWN> Hboot mode
<SEND> REset Device
<ACTION> Restart to hboot
<MENU> Power Down
Thanks

Any ideas...please.
Recycle bin?

Sorry, did not see that you already posted your fastboot info, but you did ask how to get to fastboot screen :0)
liderzre said:
Any ideas...please.
Recycle bin?
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No, you device is all ok.
We just have to fix some things.
liderzre said:
I've menaged to do
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
but i can't reboot in to recovery
Maybee because my keys is remaped ...
Any 1 help me to put engineering spl whitout go to recovery?
Maybe with fastboot comands?
I need this spl because i'cant remape keys without him
on this threed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671600
said this.
Thanks
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You just have to combine the recovery flash with the "reboot recovery" command and you should be good to go.
You could also make a dump of what you see in the command shell when you execute the commands, so we can follow the progress all the way, and maybe identify what's going wrong!
If all goes wrong, we can still fix it.
Execute this from fastboot mode and post back the results
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid

mumilover said:
Sorry, did not see that you already posted your fastboot info, but you did ask how to get to fastboot screen :0)
No, you device is all ok.
We just have to fix some things.
You just have to combine the recovery flash with the "reboot recovery" command and you should be good to go.
You could also make a dump of what you see in the command shell when you execute the commands, so we can follow the progress all the way, and maybe identify what's going wrong!
If all goes wrong, we can still fix it.
Execute this from fastboot mode and post back the results
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid
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ok.
Here it si:
c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot getvar version
-main
version-main: 3.05.401.1
finished. total time: 0.002s
c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot getvar cid
cid: 11111111P≈│m
finished. total time: -0.000s
c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>

Execute this from fastboot mode and post back the results
Code:
fastboot getvar cidnum
Did you try to flash the recovery again ending in "reboot recovery"?

mumilover said:
Execute this from fastboot mode and post back the results
Code:
fastboot getvar cidnum
Did you try to flash the recovery again ending in "reboot recovery"?
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ok
c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot getvar cidnum
cidnum: 11111111P≈│m
finished. total time: 0.001s
c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools>
Yes i try. But same thing.
Flashing recovery is ok (no error report), but i cant go into recovery (i try everything)
I think that my bootloader is broken, and i dont know why in the first line of fastboot screeen said SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN ???

read your pm

[Q] Custom recoveries don't work

For some reason, none of the custom recoveries I install to my phone are working. I am rooted and running a custom Froyo ROM. What happens is that once I am in recovery and I select any option, when I get down to the actual setting that let me does anything (the actionable menu items), then the phone reboots and loads normally. I therefore cannot load any ROMs and/or change my Radio and/or SPL. My phone has the following info:
hboot - 1.76.0009
cpld - 12
radio - 6.35.08.29
What could be the issue? Please help. I've spent days trying to get this to work

It seems that your recovery partition is corrupted.
Try to flash the stock ruu to reset the phone, and then start the root process all over again.

Thanks. I'm having issues creating the goldcard, but that was my very intention. Is there no other way to repair the recovery partition? What could cause it to do that?

I'm also having issues getting my phone to sync with HTC Sync. The damn thing just won't

Hmm... you can maybe fix by flashing misc partition first.. then recovery..

How do I do that?

Run these commands:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid
Then i will upload a misc.img special for you..

mumilover said:
Run these commands:
Code:
fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar cid
Then i will upload a misc.img special for you..
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Thank you so much. I still am not able to even do this though I tried this in Fastboot with USB attached but it says not found. I can't get into ADB SHELL because if I do ADB DEVICES, then nothing comes up. It only works when I am in Windows and connect the phone via USB. I'm starting to think there's no way out of this

Oh wait, I got it to work
fastboot getvar version-main returns version-main: 3.05.421.3
fastboot getvar cid returns HTC__016D`☻└
It looks like a smiley face with the letter 'L' but the 'L' is up and to the right of the smiley face (almost like it's exponential).

Sorry for the delay... just finished defending my bachelor... been very busy!
Here you go... one special made misc.img
https://rapidshare.com/files/3128536171/miscMod.img
Flash it using flash_image, e.g.
Code:
adb shell
su
flash_image misc /sdcard/miscMod.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/rec.img
reboot recovery
NB: i made a special thing for you..now your system version i 1.00.401.5... you can flash any sappimg you want... just in case :0)

mumilover said:
Sorry for the delay... just finished defending my bachelor... been very busy!
Here you go... one special made misc.img
https://rapidshare.com/files/3128536171/miscMod.img
Flash it using flash_image, e.g.
Code:
adb shell
su
flash_image misc /sdcard/miscMod.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/rec.img
reboot recovery
NB: i made a special thing for you..now your system version i 1.00.401.5... you can flash any sappimg you want... just in case :0)
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Thank you very much. I really appreciate it

How to use the ADB to automatic install the rom(zip file)

Hi guys,How to use the ADB recovery.img installation,automatic installation of ROM into the recovery mode.
There is no energy to complete the function of the ADB command.

lion123456;38150706
lion123456 said:
Hi guys,How to use the ADB recovery.img installation,automatic installation of ROM into the recovery mode.
There is no energy to complete the function of the ADB command.
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not adb cmd
use fastboot cmd can flash rom.zip in HTC and nexus and some HUAWEI devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img

Can't open twrp or other problem

I'm trying to root my huawei p smart
I have unlocked bootloader
I tried installing trwp with ADB. I used this command at first: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery_twrp_Psmart.img' It gave me this error: 'FAILED (remote: partition lenght get error)' after that I used: 'fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_twrp_Psmart.img' it looked like it worked, but I can't seem to get twrp open
So I don't know what I'm doing wrong
Any suggestions?

KirppuAapo said:
I'm trying to root my huawei p smart
I have unlocked bootloader
I tried installing trwp with ADB. I used this command at first: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery_twrp_Psmart.img' It gave me this error: 'FAILED (remote: partition lenght get error)' after that I used: 'fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_twrp_Psmart.img' it looked like it worked, but I can't seem to get twrp open
So I don't know what I'm doing wrong
Any suggestions?
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rename the .img file to recovery.img and put in adb folder the run command *
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img

KevMetal said:
rename the .img file to recovery.img and put in adb folder the run command *
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img
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Hmm still doesn't seem to work
It opens the Huawei eRecovery

KirppuAapo said:
Hmm still doesn't seem to work
It opens the Huawei eRecovery
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what do uou mean it "opens" eRecovery
after flashing the recovery you have to unplug the phone from the pc and manually boot twrp ..by holding power button and volume up ..
*if you don't stock recovery will replace twrp wirh original recovery ...
*also are you sure you are flashing twrp & not stock recovery ... usually posts about rooting post both