I've tried a few times to SBF my Droid 2 to 2.3.20 to clean up after a rom install, but after the SBF, I enter stock recovery to clear the cache/data, and it won't let me clear data and gives me the error message E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command. I can clear the cache fine, but that doens't fix the bootloop at the android screen. My battery died trying to boot so I can't try anything at the moment until I get an external charger. Any suggestions on what to do?
Edit: When trying to clear the data, when I select the option, it briefly flashes the screen with the yes/no options then goes back to the default recovery menu. Any ideas?
That "error" is always there don't worry about it. Not sure why it won't let you delete cache though.
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That "error" is always there don't worry about it. Not sure why it won't let you delete cache though.
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Yeah I've noticed that the error is always there. It WILL let me delete the cache, but it won't let me wipe the data. When I get to the confirmation screen it immediately goes back to the default recovery menu.
I've tried to SBF multiple times now using re-downloaded SBFs, different versions of RSD Lite and a few other things. Still the exact same problem. Any help here would be appreciated greatly as I need my phone pretty badly today. I'll be willing to make a donation to anyone who can help me out of this problem.
Did you sbf with triple threat or the two file version. I seen posts on here saying there were issues with the two file version. I used the triple threat and I know it works. I like having a spare battery. Can you borrow a battery or charge yours in a friends phone? I think your battery will charge in a d1. Some guys on here are cutting their charger wire end off and hooking wires to the battery.
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Did you sbf with triple threat or the two file version. I seen posts on here saying there were issues with the two file version. I used the triple threat and I know it works. I like having a spare battery. Can you borrow a battery or charge yours in a friends phone? I think your battery will charge in a d1. Some guys on here are cutting their charger wire end off and hooking wires to the battery.
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It actually charged pretty well just plugged into the wall but not turned on. I guess since the software is installed it will work, it just won't boot past the droid animation and I can't clear the data in recovery to remedy the bootloop.
And yes I used the triple threat file.
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Does it go to the m logo then to the red eye. Does it ever show the m logo. What do you see when its trying to boot?
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Does it go to the m logo then to the red eye. Does it ever show the m logo. What do you see when its trying to boot?
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I eventually got this problem solved. After scrolling up and down in the stock recovery for a few seconds, it finally let me wipe the data. Hopefully anyone who might run into this problem in the future will see my fix for it.
And just to clarify my problem, I had just SBFd, and was attempting to do a data/cache wipe in stock recovery to clear the bootloop on the animation screen (not M). Whenever I chose wipe data/factory reset in the stock recovery, it would briefly flash the menu with the options Yes and No, then revert directly to the main recovery menu, not allowing me to select Yes to wipe the data. As I said, eventually it let me do it after I scrolled around the recovery menu a little bit. Very peculiar.
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I've rooted my Droid X with Z4 and made a nandroid backup.
I then installed ApeX 1.30 and everything works great.
The issue is - when I take my phone off it's charger each morning and turn the phone on it boots into Clockwork Recovery - every single day and I must manually press the camera button to select "reboot now" - then all is well.
It ONLY does this when it's on the wall charger - not during regular reboots or on/off cycles.
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Droid X Bootstrap Recovery - tried battery pulls - tried combos of the above. Tried just launching Bootstrap recovery - then turned the phone off and did a battery pull. Same old thing - every time the phone comes off the charger and its turned on - it goes straight to Clockwork Recovery and I have to manually select reboot - then all is well.
It's not a show stopping issue - but it's just annoying enough that I'd like to get it fixed.
Any tips/suggestions/hints would help. I've searched and can't seem to find an answer that works. Thanks in advance!
My only advise, learn to love it. Seriously. It happens to me as well but, its a small price to pay to have recovery. If you're ever in a bootloop it will be great!!!
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My only advise, learn to love it. Seriously. It happens to me as well but, its a small price to pay to have recovery. If you're ever in a bootloop it will be great!!!
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+1!!
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It's not a bug, it's a feature. (seriously)
It is a valuable feature. When you turn off your X and put it on the charger the phone boots to the charging screen not the OS. The recovery looks at this like an unsuccessful OS boot and on the next boot it activates the recovery.
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My only advise, learn to love it. Seriously. It happens to me as well but, its a small price to pay to have recovery. If you're ever in a bootloop it will be great!!!
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He is totally right, I wish my DX did that.
Here's a fix for this minor annoyance, open bootstrap app, click bootstrap recovery, then ok on the pop up and voila, no more booting into clockwork.
And if you get stuck in a bootloop there's no guarantee it will boot into clockwork whether you have it to or not. Always run through troubleshoot options...battery pull, stock recovery, update zip, and finally SBF.
That's actually a very good thing. Don't get mad at it
Mine is doing the same thing even when its not on a charger. Every day I m in recovery mode. Im trying to fix it on a defferent thread not having much luck. Using root explorer to fix the issue but no luck. Im only rooted and do not have bootstrapper installed. My thread is a few above this one. Now I know that's its not a big issue but I still don't want it.
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I've rooted my Droid X with Z4 and made a nandroid backup.
I then installed ApeX 1.30 and everything works great.
The issue is - when I take my phone off it's charger each morning and turn the phone on it boots into Clockwork Recovery - every single day and I must manually press the camera button to select "reboot now" - then all is well.
It ONLY does this when it's on the wall charger - not during regular reboots or on/off cycles.
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Droid X Bootstrap Recovery - tried battery pulls - tried combos of the above. Tried just launching Bootstrap recovery - then turned the phone off and did a battery pull. Same old thing - every time the phone comes off the charger and its turned on - it goes straight to Clockwork Recovery and I have to manually select reboot - then all is well.
It's not a show stopping issue - but it's just annoying enough that I'd like to get it fixed.
Any tips/suggestions/hints would help. I've searched and can't seem to find an answer that works. Thanks in advance!
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Check out the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911714&page=2
I had helped another guy who posted in here (spacecase) and I got his problem resolved. As everyone else in here has said...the fact that it always boots into recovery is great! If you TRULY want to get rid of it... Follow my instructions in the thread I have a link to above.
Good luck
In recovery mode, does wipe battery stats display an output? When I select it, it just puts me back to the previous screen with no output of a success or anything.
Is this normal?
Thanks!
Mine does this too. Ive always wondered about it. Lets hope we can get an answer from a dev.
Green cwm is broken in some areas. either get red clockwork or wipe data /cache and reflash your rom at 100% battery.
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I have the red cwm that jt just released and I dont get any output when wiping the battery neither.
How did you get the red CWM, might i ask?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021
This is only if you are using group roms. I believe green still works for all the eclair stuff.
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Any info on the original query?
I have flashed the "new_cwm" several times on my phone. Deleted the old update.zip before I did so.
Even after multiple flashings, when I boot into recovery all I get is the older green text screen.
Am I missing anything?
Anyone learn anything new?
This is still an issue. Anyone have resolution?
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I have the same problem. Anyone?
Superclean 2.2 Froyo - Voodoo - Minimalist v1
Mine has never displayed any output, but it's always worked correctly. I don't think it is something to worry about unless it's causing problems.
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If it makes you feel better, you can follow these steps to do it manually:
1. Charge to 100%
2. Power off phone and continue charging until you get the 100% message
3. Boot up and use a root file explorer to navigate to Data>System and delete "battery stats.bin"
4. Reboot, drain battery to 5-10%
5. Charge to full again
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If it makes you feel better, you can follow these steps to do it manually:
1. Charge to 100%
2. Power off phone and continue charging until you get the 100% message
3. Boot up and use a root file explorer to navigate to Data>System and delete "battery stats.bin"
4. Reboot, drain battery to 5-10%
5. Charge to full again
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+1 this is an easy way to do it.
My DroidX always enters bootstrap recovery mode everytime i turn it on or reboot. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I ever had the same issue and then flashing the SBF cleared the problem. But that's the time when I haven't injected the RUIM. Since I'm not on Verizon, i'm afraid that if I do that again my injected number will lost. Is there any solution for it?
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My DroidX always enters bootstrap recovery mode everytime i turn it on or reboot. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I ever had the same issue and then flashing the SBF cleared the problem. But that's the time when I haven't injected the RUIM. Since I'm not on Verizon, i'm afraid that if I do that again my injected number will lost. Is there any solution for it?
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This is the benefit of.bootstrap, it hijacks the boot process. Consider it a blessing that may be a slight inconvenience until the one time.something happens and your.phone doesnt.boot, then it will.be your.saving grace.
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This is the benefit of.bootstrap, it hijacks the boot process. Consider it a blessing that may be a slight inconvenience until the one time.something happens and your.phone doesnt.boot, then it will.be your.saving grace.
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Dude, are you kidding me? I don't want grace. I want the bootstrap recovery to appear only when i need it to appear.
So is this what happens when I flash the ROM that already has bootstrap recovery feature inside? Coz i'm using Liberty 1.5 right now. So you're telling all people using Liberty experience this?
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Dude, are you kidding me? I don't want grace. I want the bootstrap recovery to appear only when i need it to appear.
So is this what happens when I flash the ROM that already has bootstrap recovery feature inside? Coz i'm using Liberty 1.5 right now. So you're telling all people using Liberty experience this?
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I can't remember where but there's a checkbox that might be checked that starts your phone in bootstrap. Go through the liberty settings or it might even be in the toolbox...
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I can't remember where but there's a checkbox that might be checked that starts your phone in bootstrap. Go through the liberty settings or it might even be in the toolbox...
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I think there's no any checkboxes in the toolbox. I'll try looking for it in the Liberty setting
From the home screen hit menu, settings, Liberty settings. Then unchecked the one that says to go into recovery everytime.
With the nature of the bootstrap it is better that it is booting to it. And you will think the same when something goes wrong and you can't load a recovery. Remember there is no way to boot into recovery by holding a key like other phones.
Got it, dude, and it still goes into recovery even though I have unchecked the option.
I wonder if the ROM got bugs because i got some FC in the Liberty setting even after I reflash the ROM and got the fresh Liberty toolbox from the Market. Damn this thing just start p#@*%g me off.
Easy fix. Someone helped me when mine was doing it. Get or go into an app called root explore. Open it up and go all the way to the bottom and click on system then bin then at the top of the screen click where it shows RW it then should show RO then scroll down and find "hijack" long press and delete then scroll down and find "bootloger" delete that then the next one is bootloger.bin long press it and rename it to just bootloger just get rid of .bin and your done. Just remember to use bootstrap to get back into recovery when you need to.
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Easy fix. Someone helped me when mine was doing it. Get or go into an app called root explore. Open it up and go all the way to the bottom and click on system then bin then at the top of the screen click where it shows RW it then should show RO then scroll down and find "hijack" long press and delete then scroll down and find "bootloger" delete that then the next one is bootloger.bin long press it and rename it to just bootloger just get rid of .bin and your done. Just remember to use bootstrap to get back into recovery when you need to.
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Dont follow this, this makes bootstrap not work ever..... Careful with ur recommendations spiff, he doesnt want to completely remove bootstrap
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Why are you even rebooting your phone enough for this to bug you? I reboot my once probobly once every three days just for fun, i dont experience any slowdowns or anything its just me deciding why not.. You make it sound like you reboot your phone voluntarily every hour or something for no reason
Secondly yes, bootstrap on reboot is a blessing not a curse... What happens if you start liberty up and you get a CONSTANT force close that does not go away and keeps coming up no matter how many times you click close?? Your phone will be INOP and you wont be able to do ANYTHING or even get to the manual bootstrap menu.. therefore having to SBF.. WAY better to have an available bootstrap whenever you need it automatically
I've done this about three times and never had a problem I got this information from someone that I trust and knows more about this stuff then I will ever know. Its not hurting anything. I can still get back into recovery through bootstrapper every time with no problems. I wouldn't post this if it would mess up anyones phone. After you do this you need to use bootstrapper to get back into recovery but you can
Someone helped me with a problem and im just trying to pass on what I've learned. Just to make sure it doesn't hurt anything I just did it to my phone and used bootstraper to flash apex on my phone with no issue.
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I've done this about three times and never had a problem I got this information from someone that I trust and knows more about this stuff then I will ever know. Its not hurting anything. I can still get back into recovery through bootstrapper every time with no problems. I wouldn't post this if it would mess up anyones phone. After you do this you need to use bootstrapper to get back into recovery but you can
Someone helped me with a problem and im just trying to pass on what I've learned. Just to make sure it doesn't hurt anything I just did it to my phone and used bootstraper to flash apex on my phone with no issue.
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So what happens when you screw something up and get bootloops? Difficult to access bootstrapper when you can't get past the boot animation or even boot logo.
The point of it starting first is in the event of said bootloops you can get into clockwork and restore. From what I understand if you turn off your phone you wait about 30 or so seconds and when you turn on your phone it will skip clockwork, it only pops up when you do a battery pull or if you shut down and power back on right away.
Why are you turning your phone on so much for it to be a pain? I reboot my phone every 2 or 3 days and it doesn't bother me one bit. If you're complaining against measures that are there for your benefit then I don't know what to say... Deal with it.
It works for me. I've had boot loops and have always been able to get in recovery. So is he just supposed live with it. I do turn my phone off ever night I like to give my phone some time off and by doing that I've never had to replace a battery. We all do things differently. He can do what I've showed him or not its up to him.
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Dont follow this, this makes bootstrap not work ever..... Careful with ur recommendations spiff, he doesnt want to completely remove bootstrap
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Really? You mean never ever? Even though i already have Bootstrapper app?
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Why are you even rebooting your phone enough for this to bug you? I reboot my once probobly once every three days just for fun, i dont experience any slowdowns or anything its just me deciding why not.. You make it sound like you reboot your phone voluntarily every hour or something for no reason
Secondly yes, bootstrap on reboot is a blessing not a curse... What happens if you start liberty up and you get a CONSTANT force close that does not go away and keeps coming up no matter how many times you click close?? Your phone will be INOP and you wont be able to do ANYTHING or even get to the manual bootstrap menu.. therefore having to SBF.. WAY better to have an available bootstrap whenever you need it automatically
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It works for me. I've had boot loops and have always been able to get in recovery. So is he just supposed live with it. I do turn my phone off ever night I like to give my phone some time off and by doing that I've never had to replace a battery. We all do things differently. He can do what I've showed him or not its up to him.
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Easy, boys. I appreciate the replies. The reason is I just dont like having to meet bootstrap option everytime i turn on the phone or reboot it. I never have bootloop even until now with this DX, even if I do, it's me who have to deal with it. So you see? The why-question is all about me. No offense but lets just stick to the how-question.
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So how do you go to bootstrap if you have bootloop?
I've had two bootloops the first was when my phone was doing what yours is doing do I did a batt pull and the recovery screen came up so all was good. The second tine was with liberty and that one a batt pull did nothing so I went to the forums and found out about holding the power button and the home button down and it put you on a different screen sorry I can't remember what was on that screen. You then use the search button to navigate the screen. I can't remember what I had to choose but I think it brought me back to the recovery screen. Its been awhile since that happend so I could be wrong. Just search the forums for it. Obviouse if you have a bootloop you can't get into bootstrapper. But if you can use what I learned about the power and home button you can get things back.
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I've had two bootloops the first was when my phone was doing what yours is doing do I did a batt pull and the recovery screen came up so all was good. The second tine was with liberty and that one a batt pull did nothing so I went to the forums and found out about holding the power button and the home button down and it put you on a different screen sorry I can't remember what was on that screen. You then use the search button to navigate the screen. I can't remember what I had to choose but I think it brought me back to the recovery screen. Its been awhile since that happend so I could be wrong. Just search the forums for it. Obviouse if you have a bootloop you can't get into bootstrapper. But if you can use what I learned about the power and home button you can get things back.
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Booting up the phone while holding the home and power button boots you into moto's stock recovery. Did u wind up doing a wipe data/factory reset perhaps?
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Oh i see. I bet you just got to the DroidX original recovery then wipe it.
Well that's not so bad if you have bootloop eh?
So i guess have two choices here, using some ROM that doesn't have built in bootstrap recovery inside or applying the tutorial above to avoid the problem i have.
Problem solved then. Thanks everybody
So I tried to SBF back to 2.3.340 like I done before and now I get stocked on the red M logo. When I try to go into recovery I only get to the exclamation point and pressing the search button doesn't do anything!!
What can I do?
Help please. I don't see an answer on the forums
Thanks
UPDATE: I had the system-only SBF. Found the SBF full and it worked.
Now try to figure how to install the zip files because my phone is not letting me
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So I tried to SBF back to 2.3.340 like I done before and now I get stocked on the red M logo. When I try to go into recovery I only get to the exclamation point and pressing the search button doesn't do anything!!
What can I do?
Help please. I don't see an answer on the forums
Thanks
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It sounds like you did the "system only" sbf.. Make sure it's the full sbf
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It sounds like you did the "system only" sbf.. Make sure it's the full sbf
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Hey,
Is it even out? I don't see it online
EDIT: I think I found the full SBF. I'll try it. Thanks
UPDATE: bigshotrob22 you are awesome!! Thank you it worked!!! Now I have to cancel my order for the replacement LOL
That happened to me. I SBF'd back to .340 and still had the Red M logo from the Gingerbread .595.
I was unable to get into recovery at all. I eneded up not having the phone for the day and did the SBF again when I got home, you can still access the bootloader, just not recovery (or atleast I was able to) to do the SBF back to .340.
You said you have done the SBF before..my issue with was I did not go into the factory recovery FIRST and wipe all data. I have since done three SBF's and wipe data (in stock recovery, not BOOT STRAP) first. I wiped data, DID NOT REBOOT device. Powered off, and went straight into the bootloader to SBF.
That seems to work for me now.
If it is the samething that happened to me...the wipe did not completely do its job. I make it a habit to wipe 3-4 times before doing anything.
try pushing the volume button up& down at the same time instead of search
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I think i bricked my Droid X. i was running Rubix Focused and tryed to flash GingerAle 3.0 and now it just sits at the moto "M" logo. i can get into the recovery by pulling the battery but even after a wipe and a recovery it still just sits. did i brick it, and if so how can i fix it? please help, reletivly new to flashing roms.
P.S. I'll love you forever if i can fix it =)
now i think i really did it. I tried running a recovery image from a few days ago and now i cant get back into the recovery menu...
Sounds Like SBF Time
Sounds like SBF is going to be your friend here, if you don't know how, head to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11118819&postcount=2
and look for "SBF: What is it, and what does it do?!?"
OK, so i SBFed the phone, got all the way through it, got to the phone is rebooting and it just sits at the Moto "M" again. did i SBF wrong or what?
EDIT: I can get into the stock recovery... sort of. i can get to the ! with the droid next to it but nothing happens when i push the search button.
hmm, I know GB doesnt use the search button to pass that, try using vol UP+DOWN at the same time. perhaps the stock recovery isn't modified from SBF?
Woot that worked. got into recovery. wiped data and tryed a reboot, got stuck at logo again. should i try flashing back to the Rubix focused i had before?
Edit: it now boots into <3e> recovery and i get the e: signature verification failed instillation aborted when i try to install Rubix or Gingerale.
You can't install a custom roms from stock recovery
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try doing a full wipe data/cache a couple of times. that usually works for me
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YAY
Fixed it!!! yay!! I had to flash the full SBF file, not just the system one. thanks for the help guys
thats ur best bet. full sbf
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