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[Q] SBF isn't working. Help.

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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newk8600 said:
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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lizard1 said:
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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lizard1 said:
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.

[Q] {Q} DX Always Enters Recovery Whenever Turned On or Rebooted

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?

superbay said:
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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SysAdmin-X said:
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?

superbay said:
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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bigshotrob22 said:
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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spacecasespiff said:
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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spacecasespiff said:
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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SysAdmin-X said:
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?
Joe92T said:
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.
@spacecasespiff
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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spacecasespiff said:
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

Please help me fix my droid x!

I have a droid x that I went into settings on and did the factory reset. When it rebooted, a screen came up that asked for the phone number so it could be activated. Since there is no phone number, because its not active yet and I didn't know how else to get it past this screen, this is how I left it. Until today, when I took it somewhere to have it flashed to cricket. The guy did whatever it was to get outta that screen. Then he showed me that it would go to the lockscreen. When unlocked, the status bar is at the top, but the rest of the screen is black. None of the buttons do anything either. He said that it looked like it had no OS on it. I need a link to dl a stock rom from onto the memory card, using my m860. Then I need to know the button combination that will get me into the bootloader menu on the DX, THEN, seeing as I'm pretty new to the world of Android, I may need the steps that will successfully fix my DX. Thanks for reading. I greatly appreciate any help that you could offer.
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I'm having the exact same problem with the DX. Im in for some answers on how to fix this problem.

Google search how to sbf for your system version

I actually figured out a way to fix this on my own. If I held down the home button, I got the option to use voice services, which I used to access "my files" where I installed titanium backup from the sd card. Then used TB to restore all apps and settings. Then viola! Now my problem is I downloaded the gummyjar 2.5 custom rom to my sd card using CW rom manager, but whenever I try to install, instead of rebooting into recovery mode, it just reboots and does nothing special. How can I get this phone to boot into recovery?
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friedtater22 said:
I actually figured out a way to fix this on my own. If I held down the home button, I got the option to use voice services, which I used to access "my files" where I installed titanium backup from the sd card. Then used TB to restore all apps and settings. Then viola! Now my problem is I downloaded the gummyjar 2.5 custom rom to my sd card using CW rom manager, but whenever I try to install, instead of rebooting into recovery mode, it just reboots and does nothing special. How can I get this phone to boot into recovery?
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You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this

Jmoney47 said:
You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this
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Ummm, actually, my phone IS rooted. If you had read my previous post, you should know that. You can't use Titanium Backup on an unrooted phone.
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How did you get titanium backup on your sd card? Im literally in the same situation as you man, and cannot figure this out.

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You need to root your phone. There as billions of guides on how to do this
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Yes, he is obviously rooted lol.
You gotta use koush's droid x bootstrapper app to get into cwm recovery. First hit bootstrap recovery. Then after it says "success" hit reboot recovery.
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vangordernick said:
How did you get titanium backup on your sd card? Im literally in the same situation as you man, and cannot figure this out.
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I already had it on mine. I backed everything up before i did anything. You can get it on your card via another phone or computer, but I don't know if it'll help bc you don't have anything backed up.
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zwade01 said:
Yes, he is obviously rooted lol.
You gotta use koush's droid x bootstrapper app to get into cwm recovery. First hit bootstrap recovery. Then after it says "success" hit reboot recovery.
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I found this and d'led it, but when I try to install it, I get a parsing error. I'm getting so frustrated with this phone, I'm almost ready to just sell it!
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NOW, my dx is really acting crazy! I did a factory reset so I could set up my gmail account. Everything was working fine for a while, then the phone just randomly reboots. When it started back up, it had all the settings that were on there before I did the reset on it. Very frustrating. Thinking about just selling it and buying something better, I just don't know which phone I should think about buying!
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friedtater22 said:
NOW, my dx is really acting crazy! I did a factory reset so I could set up my gmail account. Everything was working fine for a while, then the phone just randomly reboots. When it started back up, it had all the settings that were on there before I did the reset on it. Very frustrating. Thinking about just selling it and buying something better, I just don't know which phone I should think about buying!
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"Selling it and buying something better" will not help you understand smartphone modification. If you would just be patient and do lots of reading, everything would go smoothly!

I use an iphone 4. I was just trying to fix this droid x. Thanks for the help, I need a linux computer though. Er.

ClockworkMod Recovery Problem in GB leak.

I am assuming this may be something simple to most but I can't figure it out.
In the rooted version of GB I just flat out can't get into CWR.
I have tried all different button combos at startup as well as the Reboot into recovery option in Rom Manager and just can't get there.
Suggestions?

Use the droid 2 bootstrap,i was having problems with the rom manager one too, the droid 2 bootstrap works fine
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D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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D2 bootstrap worked for me as well
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Gotta mirror? Site link is down.

Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I wholeheartedly agree he is a great dev! And for that I have already donated a considerable amount of cash to his beer fund.

Poppareilly said:
Just get it from the market, you have to party but at least it's going to a great dev
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I'm sorry...I just had to comment because this made me laugh. I'm assuming you meant 'pay' but just the mere thought of having to party for an app made me chuckle. I'll party for apps all day lol.

See my signature for free apps.

Problem solved. Thanks everyone

I found out that if you turn off debugging on the phone the DX Bootstrap will work fine.

Phone Hangs on Motorola Logo
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris

maly01801 said:
Hi folks,
I flashed a ROM through ROM Manager and told it to back up, wipe, etc... it went through all the steps... backed up the old ROM... installed the new one..
Now it hangs on Boot at the Motorola Logo. Won't go any further and the phone will not boot back into Clockwork Recovery. All that happens is the default Blue recovery panel comes up and only lets me select to flash update.zip.
This of course does not work and installation aborts.
Any ideas here?
Thanks,
Chris
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When you get into stock recovery, perform a factory reset/wipe multiple times. It works the same as Clockwork on this aspect.

I have the same problem. Ron manager never got me into cwm. I can use bootstrap to get into cwm but it will only allow me to use the volume buttons. When I use the power button it will appear to work but all that happens is the screen flashes. I have Uninstalled Rom manager but I think I have to delete the cwm file for it to actually function. Anyone have some ideas.

[Q] Unable to boot into Koush Bootstrap

Hey guys I need some help here. I just rooted my droid x and installed the koush recovery as stated in the noobs guide to the droid x. i was able to boot into recovery and clear my data and cache and I installed Gingerale 3.0.
Well I cant get wifi tethering to work so I need to install a WUG's patch. Problem is, I cant seem to boot into koush's recovery anymore. I installed it again on the new rom and tapped bootstrap recovery and it said success. Then I tapped reboot recovery and my phone rebooted. The M came up then all I get is black screen with the backlight on. I have waited 15 minutes and same thing. I have to pull the battery and reboot. I can not for the life of me figure out why I cannot boot into clockwork.
I could use some help. Thanks.

Franteeko said:
Hey guys I need some help here. I just rooted my droid x and installed the koush recovery as stated in the noobs guide to the droid x. i was able to boot into recovery and clear my data and cache and I installed Gingerale 3.0.
Well I cant get wifi tethering to work so I need to install a WUG's patch. Problem is, I cant seem to boot into koush's recovery anymore. I installed it again on the new rom and tapped bootstrap recovery and it said success. Then I tapped reboot recovery and my phone rebooted. The M came up then all I get is black screen with the backlight on. I have waited 15 minutes and same thing. I have to pull the battery and reboot. I can not for the life of me figure out why I cannot boot into clockwork.
I could use some help. Thanks.
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Try downloading ROM Manager from the Market. Once you open it up click Flash Recovery and select Droid X. Now try to boot into recovery from ROM Manager.

Thanks for the reply. I have done as you said and still no dice. The phone reboots, the M comes up then screen goes black with the backlight on and thats it. Any other ideas?

Franteeko said:
Thanks for the reply. I have done as you said and still no dice. The phone reboots, the M comes up then screen goes black with the backlight on and thats it. Any other ideas?
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You might have to sbf.

I had the same problem. I installed the droid 2 recovery and got out back finally....
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I dont have a problem sbfing but I would hate to do that if its just going to happen again. A quick search on this forums brings up tons of results of people having the same issue and i have not been able to find a solution for it.
Any ideas?

Have you tried stock recovery? And you have d2 bootatrapper?
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Now you need D2 bootstrap, DX doesn't work on GB
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