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Problem with recovery mode

I am trying to change into CyanogenMod-5 for Nexus One.
I've unlocked the bootlader and installed Amon_RA's recovery image.
Also I copied the ROM to my sdcard and wiped before I tried to flash.
The trouble only appears when I have to reboot into recovery mode. When I press recovery the start up X sign appears but only to be followed by the little andriod man next to a !warning sign.
What am I doing wrong?

Radissen said:
I am trying to change into CyanogenMod-5 for Nexus One.
I've unlocked the bootlader and installed Amon_RA's recovery image.
Also I copied the ROM to my sdcard and wiped before I tried to flash.
The trouble only appears when I have to reboot into recovery mode. When I press recovery the start up X sign appears but only to be followed by the little andriod man next to a !warning sign.
What am I doing wrong?
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Redownload and flash the recovery image.

Have tried a couple of times (well that was with the same download but is said "OKAY" every time).

Radissen said:
I am trying to change into CyanogenMod-5 for Nexus One.
I've unlocked the bootlader and installed Amon_RA's recovery image.
Also I copied the ROM to my sdcard and wiped before I tried to flash.
The trouble only appears when I have to reboot into recovery mode. When I press recovery the start up X sign appears but only to be followed by the little andriod man next to a !warning sign.
What am I doing wrong?
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I think you have to hold down Volume up and power button or volume down and power button. One of these two should fix it for you.

When I do that i come to this screen
IT only says something like:
Reboot system now
apply update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
E:Can't open/cache/recovery/command

It's working EXACTLY like this for me...
Unfortunately it "should" work fine when using Fastboot, but won't work from Recovery directly via the bootload.
In other words... Try to do the "Fastboot boot recovery.img" and see if you have success... Mine works perfectly well when done this way. (Note: Use the proper file you have for the recovery image... I'm assuming you know how to properly run Fastboot?)

Radissen said:
When I do that i come to this screen
IT only says something like:
Reboot system now
apply update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
E:Can't open/cache/recovery/command
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That looks like the original recovery, are you sure you installed the amon_ra recovery correctly??

Well I followed this guide
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_Nexus_One_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
and it did says OKAY on my PC. But I'm not really sure how it is supposed to look when it's been installed.

So I redownloaded everything a I got the phone rooted and had no problem installing the new ROM and addon. But now my Nexus one i stock doing this over and over again

Forgot to wipe berfore...
NOW IT WORKS PEFECT!
Thank you so much

Yep, make sure you make a nandroid backup. And whenever you have a bootloop its most likely that you forgot to wipe.
Cheers!

tontonHD said:
Yep, make sure you make a nandroid backup. And whenever you have a bootloop its most likely that you forgot to wipe.
Cheers!
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S*** forgot to do a nandriod backup. Is that a problem?

Radissen said:
S*** forgot to do a nandriod backup. Is that a problem?
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No, its not you can make a backup whenever you want. In my situation I did a backup of Cyanogen 5.0.2 with all my apps and settings and another one of MoDaCos Desire rom so it basically takes me 3 minutes to switch between roms

[Q] myTouch 4G Recovery Issues! Please Help!

I checked through 100s of post tonight and could not find the answer to this and am in need of some help. I attempted to install a Cyanogen Nightly tonight through Rom Manager with no prior knowlege of the issues with CW 2.5 vs. CW 3.0. Stupid I know.
So natuaraly, when the download finished and Rom Manager tried to install, my MT4G just hung at the white boot screen. Through previous posts, the directions were simple to reflash the previous CW Recovery through Fastboot and reflash the Rom.
Well thats where the problem is.... When I attempt to flash ANY Rom earlier than 3.0.0.5, it will say OKAY in CMD, however the phone will never boot into the Recovery. I even tried fastboot erase recovery then reinstalled and still nothing.
So i decided to go a different root and reinstalled 3.0.0.5 to see if there was any work around through there. After i install 3.0 through Fastboot, I am able to go into Recovery, however when I select ANY option no matter what, the hat and the gear icon stay in the background and nothing happens.
I am very confused and lost and am hoping someone here will have had the same issue and can help me get my phone back in order.
Thanks in advance guys!

highrolla1866 said:
I checked through 100s of post tonight and could not find the answer to this and am in need of some help. I attempted to install a Cyanogen Nightly tonight through Rom Manager with no prior knowlege of the issues with CW 2.5 vs. CW 3.0. Stupid I know.
So natuaraly, when the download finished and Rom Manager tried to install, my MT4G just hung at the white boot screen. Through previous posts, the directions were simple to reflash the previous CW Recovery through Fastboot and reflash the Rom.
Well thats where the problem is.... When I attempt to flash ANY Rom earlier than 3.0.0.5, it will say OKAY in CMD, however the phone will never boot into the Recovery. I even tried fastboot erase recovery then reinstalled and still nothing.
So i decided to go a different root and reinstalled 3.0.0.5 to see if there was any work around through there. After i install 3.0 through Fastboot, I am able to go into Recovery, however when I select ANY option no matter what, the hat and the gear icon stay in the background and nothing happens.
I am very confused and lost and am hoping someone here will have had the same issue and can help me get my phone back in order.
Thanks in advance guys!
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I havent had that issue exactly, but I might be able to help wlk you through getting this fixed. Ive had problems more than once myself on recovery, and helped a couple others solve other issues on here. If you want, add me on google talk (same username as on xda), and Ill walk you through it. Might have to wait till the morning, though, as Im probably gonna head to bed soon.

Fastboot 2.5 recovery and reflash froyo rom. If you decide to install CM7 again - read,search and make sure that you understand what you're doing. It has been stated at least few dozen times that Rom Manager is useless with gingerbread until Koush updates it.

Same Issue??
I believe my issue sounds similar.
I tried to go from Iced Glacier up to CM7. When I did I attempted to use the Clockwork Recovery 2.5 and of course it didn't work. Then I tried to upgrade it to 3.0.0.5. Now when I try to reboot into Clockwork recovery the phone just stays on the MyTouch 4G splash screen. The only way to get around it is use the Power/Volume down button and click on FASTBOOT and then select REBOOT.
The phone then boots in Iced Glacier. I have redownloaded ROM Manager and attempted to FLASH CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY. But it still won't load into recovery.
Essentially I need some step by step help to get back to clockworkmod recovery. I'm not too worried if I need to wipe everything. Just looking for the ability to restore again.
Alternatively I'm interested in upgrading to CM7 but not sure how I could do that without recovery working. I would also ask if you can give step by step instructions it would be much appreciated as I'm still pretty new to this.
Thanks!

I also have the similar problem. I have installed the Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 and have rooted my phone before i was trying to install the gingerbread version. I made a recovery backup. i tried to restore the phone with that backup image but it still hung up with that "t-mobile mytouch " white splash screen.
What should i do now ? i have no idea how to bring my phone back to life :/

fosunite said:
I also have the similar problem. I have installed the Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 and have rooted my phone before i was trying to install the gingerbread version. I made a recovery backup. i tried to restore the phone with that backup image but it still hung up with that "t-mobile mytouch " white splash screen.
What should i do now ? i have no idea how to bring my phone back to life :/
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Jmg90300zx said:
I believe my issue sounds similar.
I tried to go from Iced Glacier up to CM7. When I did I attempted to use the Clockwork Recovery 2.5 and of course it didn't work. Then I tried to upgrade it to 3.0.0.5. Now when I try to reboot into Clockwork recovery the phone just stays on the MyTouch 4G splash screen. The only way to get around it is use the Power/Volume down button and click on FASTBOOT and then select REBOOT.
The phone then boots in Iced Glacier. I have redownloaded ROM Manager and attempted to FLASH CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY. But it still won't load into recovery.
Essentially I need some step by step help to get back to clockworkmod recovery. I'm not too worried if I need to wipe everything. Just looking for the ability to restore again.
Alternatively I'm interested in upgrading to CM7 but not sure how I could do that without recovery working. I would also ask if you can give step by step instructions it would be much appreciated as I'm still pretty new to this.
Thanks!
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Sounds like both of you should of never of done this. This has been discussed a few times, and the end result is always the same.....
Download the correct Recovery image (which can be found in the Development section) and install it to your phone by using the ADB commands, in the fastboot mode. you can find a quick and painless way to set those up in my signature. Once you have installed the recovery image you can boot into hBoot and select recovery. from there you can flash CM7 and the gapps. Once you have done all that download the official clockwork ROM manager from the market and flash his current recovery image.

Can someone help me please?

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.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33

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.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33
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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.

[Q] ClockworkMod & Splash Screen

Hi guys, i have cwm 3.0.0.5 which is really a cwm 3.0.0.6 mod i downloaded from here. anyway,i cant get back too 2.5.1.2. when i go into rom manager the lowest it says is 2.5.1.3 and none of the 2.x work for me except my old one. i tried rebooting it, and flashing the original 3.0.0.5 and it still doesnt show up and i have the paid version by the way. so my question is how do i get it back?
second problem is i flashed a splash screen and its stuck on there with a staticky looking bar covering the top of the screen when i reboot. i have deleted the custom.img on the sdcard, wiped the phone, flashed another custom.img, factory reset the phone, and it still is there and i pushed the files through terminal emulator, i do everything from my phone because my computer is very laggy. can anyone help with the above problems?

TamiaSky said:
Hi guys, i have cwm 3.0.0.5 which is really a cwm 3.0.0.6 mod i downloaded from here. anyway,i cant get back too 2.5.1.2. when i go into rom manager the lowest it says is 2.5.1.3 and none of the 2.x work for me except my old one. i tried rebooting it, and flashing the original 3.0.0.5 and it still doesnt show up and i have the paid version by the way. so my question is how do i get it back?
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you can always find just the recovery image and flash it via the ADB commands.
TamiaSky said:
second problem is i flashed a splash screen and its stuck on there with a staticky looking bar covering the top of the screen when i reboot. i have deleted the custom.img on the sdcard, wiped the phone, flashed another custom.img, factory reset the phone, and it still is there and i pushed the files through terminal emulator, i do everything from my phone because my computer is very laggy. can anyone help with the above problems?
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you need to flash a new image, that is the only way to fix it.

neidlinger said:
you can always find just the recovery image and flash it via the ADB commands.
you need to flash a new image, that is the only way to fix it.
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and where would i find the recovery image? and can it be done using terminal emulator, becuase my computer has a virus and it takes days to load stuff or do anything, thats why i do it straight from my phone
and i have flashed a new image just like u quoted me i deleted the stuck one, wiped the phone, then i flashed another one, then factory reset the phone and its still there!

TamiaSky said:
and where would i find the recovery image? and can it be done using terminal emulator, becuase my computer has a virus and it takes days to load stuff or do anything, thats why i do it straight from my phone
and i have flashed a new image just like u quoted me i deleted the stuck one, wiped the phone, then i flashed another one, then factory reset the phone and its still there!
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i'm sure google has something on the recovery image. I only have 3.0.0.6 stored in a .zip.
you CAN flash the recovery image via the terminal but not the boot image.

TamiaSky said:
and where would i find the recovery image? and can it be done using terminal emulator, becuase my computer has a virus and it takes days to load stuff or do anything, thats why i do it straight from my phone
and i have flashed a new image just like u quoted me i deleted the stuck one, wiped the phone, then i flashed another one, then factory reset the phone and its still there!
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Download a fresh cope of the latest version here: http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-glacier.img and flash it via terminal emulator. It automatically overwrites the previous installation.

brick Nexus S

Hello. i am new to the android family
i have a nexus s GT-9020T
i have rooted my phone but without setting the clockworkmod reovery.
today i was playing with the rom manager and downloaded one of the rom from the list. after installation i was unable to start the phone only seeing the google logo with the unlock logo.
i went back into the recovery by typing flash recovery recovery.img etc.
run a restore and restart the phone but still not work
my nexus s is 2.3.4 by the way.
please assist

What "restore" did you run?
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
And download the full rom:
Model: i9020T
Full Rom: GRJ22, KD1
That'll revert your Nexus S to the latest completely stock 2.3.4
Then you can flash recovery again and go back to clockwork mod and go flash another rom or whatever.
Remember when you're flashing a new rom you need to wipe data and cache and dalvik cache.

i run an restore from the backup that i made before installing the new rom using clockwork mod recovery, its part of the option when installing the rom using the rom manager * click box - backup * etc something like that

sheunghko said:
i run an restore from the backup that i made before installing the new rom using clockwork mod recovery, its part of the option when installing the rom using the rom manager * click box - backup * etc something like that
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Next time don't use Rom Manager to make backups or flash roms. It's stupid and can get you issues like you're having.
Anyways, try wiping data and cache then restoring the backup, do it in Clockwork Recovery.
Let it boot, first boot always takes a while, 5-10 minutes. If you see the boot animation freeze, stop and restart, then yeah it's screwed up, otherwise, just let it is.
If still not working from your backup, do what I said in previous reply, just restore to stock 2.3.4 then re flash clockwork mod and start over with the rom you want to flash.

thank your nxt. i have found the real problem. it was not my backup problem or the rom that u provided. it was the version of my clockwork mod recovery. i was using an 2.x.x.x to restore the phone which is why it doesn't work. everything work fine now after i flashed with an 3.x.x.x and restore the phone. one question thou, where can i always find the newest clockwork mod recovery release ? thank you very much

sheunghko said:
thank your nxt. i have found the real problem. it was not my backup problem or the rom that u provided. it was the version of my clockwork mod recovery. i was using an 2.x.x.x to restore the phone which is why it doesn't work. everything work fine now after i flashed with an 3.x.x.x and restore the phone. one question thou, where can i always find the newest clockwork mod recovery release ? thank you very much
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http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/recoveries/
Or just use ROM Manager to get the latest.
That's the only thing I use ROM Manager for... getting the latest Recovery.

thanks again nxt. if you don't mind really ...i have one more question. i know the phone intend to uninstall clockwork mod recovery once its restarted. i know there is command type into the cmd to avoid the phone uninstall the clockworkmod reovery and make it permanent in another word. I didn't run those command when i root my phone because i don't know if its good to make it permanent like.... hmmm like if there will be a 2.3.5 coming next month..just saying ok... with a permanent unofficial recovery will cause a problem?

sheunghko said:
thanks again nxt. if you don't mind really ...i have one more question. i know the phone intend to uninstall clockwork mod recovery once its restarted. i know there is command type into the cmd to avoid the phone uninstall the clockworkmod reovery and make it permanent in another word. I didn't run those command when i root my phone because i don't know if its good to make it permanent like.... hmmm like if there will be a 2.3.5 coming next month..just saying ok... with a permanent unofficial recovery will cause a problem?
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Are you running custom ROM? If you are, it's already made to not revert back to stock recovery. If you leave it stock recovery you'll get notifications for firmware updates by Google, but remember that applying those to a rooted phone might screw things up too.

the blue one is stock recovery right?

sheunghko said:
the blue one is stock recovery right?
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Don't remember. It should only have like 3-4 options.

thanks again nxt. no i am not running an custom rom. i mean not yet. i planed to try one from the rom manager download section then my phone couldn't start after installation and now i have restored my phone from my backup using the clockwork mod recovery 3.x.x.x.