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Cannot boot into recovery---or phone!

Hi,
I mangled my clockwork recovery and stupidly didnt update to a working one. now my G1 is stuck at the boot up screen and i cant do anything. I need to get into recovery to reflash a rom!
what can i do?

Some more infos would be helpful, e.g. phone version, radio, SPL ...
For example if you have an "european" G1, you could do this:
a) If you have a fastboot enabled SPL (e.g. 1.33.2003, 1.33.2005, ...) -> go into fastboot mode, flash recovery, boot into that recovery and flash ROM
b) If you don't have a fastboot enabled SPL, make a Goldcard, flash e.g. orange-xxx.nbh -> now you have a fastboot enabled SPL, flash recovery, radio, SPL as needed, then continue with a)

i have a Uk G1.
I have 1.33.2005.
When I go into fastboot mode but i dont see "flash recovery" anywhere..

Fastboot ist a command you use from you PC while having connected your phone by USB.
In this thread you can have an overview of adb / fastboot / ... and how to set up. If you are on Winxx, probably you would like to have a look at this thread.
Nevertheless if you have set up the fastboot environment, typing
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>
on your local console window, having <recovery.img> in the current working directory on your PC will flash the recovery image on your phone.

im at work so cant install any of those....theres nothing i can do from my phone direct?

Unfortunately not ... how would you like to do it, when your phone neither boots recovery nor the ROM?

i see your point ! lol
I thought since i can get into the hboot screen (CAMERA and on buttons together) maybe something can be done....but obviously not!

AndDiSa said:
Fastboot ist a command you use from you PC while having connected your phone by USB.
In this thread you can have an overview of adb / fastboot / ... and how to set up. If you are on Winxx, probably you would like to have a look at this thread.
Nevertheless if you have set up the fastboot environment, typing
fastboot flash recovery <recovery.img>
on your local console window, having <recovery.img> in the current working directory on your PC will flash the recovery image on your phone.
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Will not getting past the boot screen hinder any of this process...? especially as i keep seeing "select USB debugging mode" in these guides?

Press back+power to start phone in fastboot mode. Connect it to your PC using USB. (Probably you need to select fastboot on your phone later on, I do not remember at the moment.) After your phone was recognized by your PC (check by typing "fastboot devices") you can flash your recovery again.
There should be not G1 screen visible when starting your phone.
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As long as you can get in the HBoot... lucky you it isn't hard bricked like mine

I think I just bricked my US Tmobile G1! I was messing up trying to reflash the SPL and now the phone won't even turn on. Is there anything I can do to rescue my G1? I love the little phone.
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jtag, riffbox... i never used them but i heard many people say it un bricked they're G1's lol not sure if this helps either but look into making a gold card..? or something like that.. lol or mabe the orange thing... im sorry i forget what its called..

ldrifta said:
jtag, riffbox... i never used them but i heard many people say it un bricked they're G1's lol not sure if this helps either but look into making a gold card..? or something like that.. lol or mabe the orange thing... im sorry i forget what its called..
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Gold Card doesn't work and it is cheaper to get a new phone than to get Jtag. Thanks for your ideas anyways!
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[Q] OTA bootloader issue????

okay, so Im new here, literally just traded my thrill for the atrix about an hour ago. Now, i see that there are people being bricked by trying to unlock their bootloader after the OTA update, it was already updated when i got it. So, my question is... what the hell can i do to unlock the bootloader and NOT brick my phone?? I would really like to unlock it. Also, if i do not unlock my bootloader, can i still install CWM and flash ROMs??

If you have an AT&T Atrix, use this (I received the phone with stock 2.3.4, 4.5.91)- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 . Super easy and worked great for me.
If not, read the Noob guide on top of the General Forum.

You need to unlock the bootloader first before you can do anything.
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HustlinDaily said:
If you have an AT&T Atrix, use this (I received the phone with stock 2.3.4, 4.5.91)- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 . Super easy and worked great for me.
If not, read the Noob guide on top of the General Forum.
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i see a lot of people saying they are having issues but fixing it with the android recovery... how do i get into android recovery on this device?

Enzopreme said:
i see a lot of people saying they are having issues but fixing it with the android recovery... how do i get into android recovery on this device?
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Have to either root and the install ROM Mangers from the market, or install Rom Racers via fastboot (in the dev section).
Unlocking bootloader is pretty easy. There's a stupid scrpit to do it now... see my signature for noob guide for links.
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okay, i followed the instructions to a "t", now my device reads
SVF:105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
PwrReason: PWR_KEY_PRESS
Starting Fastboot Protocol support
PLEASE HELP!!!!

Enzopreme said:
okay, i followed the instructions to a "t", now my device reads
SVF:105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
PwrReason: PWR_KEY_PRESS
Starting Fastboot Protocol support
PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Need to enter fastboot mode and enter the command fastboot unlock or fastboot oem unlock.... or have you done that?
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Swiftks said:
Need to enter fastboot mode and enter the command fastboot unlock or fastboot oem unlock.... or have you done that?
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Fastboot mode = turn phone off
Hold power button.and volume down
Until u see. Fastboot then press volume up to select it should read starting fastboot protocal
Plug in your USB. Cable that came with the phone open terminal and type fastboot oemunlock
Then do it again with the unique I'd. And hit enter
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ltdanno360 said:
Fastboot mode = turn phone off
Hold power button.and volume down
Until u see. Fastboot then press volume up to select it should read starting fastboot protocal
Plug in your USB. Cable that came with the phone open terminal and type fastboot oemunlock
Then do it again with the unique I'd. And hit enter
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Yeah, what he said
Shows you how long its been since I unlocked mine.... May, June??? First day pudding came out, whenever that was.
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[Help] During pudding bad stuff happened, and don't know how to fix.

<<<<Problem resolved.>>>>
I have read around 25 forums about this, and still can't fix what they say can be fixed. During RSD my atrix failed and gave a screen with:
SVF message: 105:1:2 failed to boot
No OS detected, going to rsd mode in 5seconds press a key to stop count down available modes are:
1)rsd
2)fastboot
3)NvFlash
4)Bp HW Bypass rsd
5)BP HW bypass QC Dload
6)BP HW diag & Boot AP
7)BP HW Bypass BP only
8)BP SW Bypass RSD
9)Android recovery
10)boot android (no BP)
11)Device UID
12)console=tty50,115200n8
13 Early USB enumeration
14)BP tools"
I am a noob, and followed a sticky-ed xda guide, tried a lot, and don't know what do. Please break down any help given into something i understand, steps are great. I don't know how to program, or write script(which some forum posts suggested). Each time i select as the command fastboot, it says "starting fastboot protocol support" then does nothing. Forums posted a file to fix this, but megauploader is no longer with us.

Try to get into fastboot mode, and do the fastboot oem unlock command.
I'm on my phone so it's hard to find stuff, but i know there's a few copies of moto fastboot laying around the dev section, just search for them.
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Alcapone263 said:
Try to get into fastboot mode, and do the fastboot oem unlock command.
I'm on my phone so it's hard to find stuff, but i know there's a few copies of moto fastboot laying around the dev section, just search for them.
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I went with first option on accident and then it started to run RSD again, but it goes all the way to "starting fastboot protocol" and nothing happens, i have a fastboot.exe, but when i try to run it a black box with text pops up for a millisecond.

"Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP pass through mode (0x70BE0); phone connected." is the RSD error.

Squalcloud said:
I went with first option on accident and then it started to run RSD again, but it goes all the way to "starting fastboot protocol" and nothing happens, i have a fastboot.exe, but when i try to run it a black box with text pops up for a millisecond.
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do you know how to you use fastboot? you need to execute it in the command line.
honestly you say you read 25 forums but i think you need to re-read the entire pudding unlock thread word-by-word, familiarize yourself with the command line and also use search. this error has happened and has been posted on many many many times before on this forum.
you need to unlock your bootloader (if it isn't already), and flash a fruitcake ROM. as of right now you have no OS, so you need to flash a fruitcake in order to put an OS back on your phone.

Tgishappened to me2 days ago when a repacemenf atrix came in. The flash is succesful(rsd. Part).... turn ur phone on, waitress till u get the 0x1002 error...then let the boot up start, and when is says fastboot protocol then ur good to go. Go to your cmd fast boot dir. Then do the fastboot OEM unlock. Now this is the part that scared me. When I did the fastboot OEM unlock #### I kept getting error. THIS PART IS CASE SENSITIVE. I was putting in fe and when I put in FE as it showed it worked. Once u unlock just flash romracer recovery and flash a rom and u are good to go. Msg me with any questions. This just happened to me literally 2 days ago.
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ahjdmarchi said:
Tgishappened to me2 days ago when a repacemenf atrix came in. The flash is succesful(rsd. Part).... turn ur phone on, waitress till u get the 0x1002 error...then let the boot up start, and when is says fastboot protocol then ur good to go. Go to your cmd fast boot dir. Then do the fastboot OEM unlock. Now this is the part that scared me. When I did the fastboot OEM unlock #### I kept getting error. THIS PART IS CASE SENSITIVE. I was putting in fe and when I put in FE as it showed it worked. Once u unlock just flash romracer recovery and flash a rom and u are good to go. Msg me with any questions. This just happened to me literally 2 days ago.
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Just did this, and typo's in cmd killed me so much on the inside.

Did u get it. Sorry I'm on my phone laying in bed. Why I'm not more in depth... too much to write on this screen lol
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Got it, unlocked now. But my titanium back up didn't work for some reason, no biggie. most i lost was progress in some games.

[Q] Stuck in safe mode

Hi everybody.
I don't know how it happened (I just wanted to do a reboot in the recovery mode), but now I've got the blue led when normally turn my phone on. I can't even access to the fastboot (blue led too).
The only thing I can do, is boot in the safe mode, by booting my phone (connected to the charger) after removing the battery... I tried "reboot to bootloader", without success...
I think it's because of the recovery, because I had some problems during the installation of my last ROM, a few months ago. So I'd think I must flash a new recovery.
ow can I get out???? ADB? Special "trick"? Factory reset from the ROM? Flashing a new recovery (I don't know how...)?
Thank you, Roumaru

I tried to flash a new recovery with ADB, and then reboot to the bootloader, but it didn't work.... I'm really stuck!

Try RUU method if you are able to acces bootloader mode ,or try to search the forum or look into FAQ,for the answer of your problem.
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george.wgx said:
Try RUU method if you are able to acces bootloader mode ,or try to search the forum or look into FAQ,for the answer of your problem.
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I can't access to the bootloader... I can just access to the safe mode! It's really strange. I'll search in other forums, but I haven't found any answer yet

Roumaru said:
I can't access to the bootloader... I can just access to the safe mode! It's really strange. I'll search in other forums, but I haven't found any answer yet
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Install mumilover's Fastboot Commander. Connect it to your PC with a USB cable, turn it on, and run Fastboot Commander. It will display a bunch of information about your phone that will help us diagnose the problem.
Just cut and paste the info it gives you. If it doesn't work, just tell us what information you see on the phone's screen.
You should see something like:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-6.35.07.29
Aug 4 2009, 19:43:30
Later.

DasBub, he cannot acces bootloader,so he 's not able to see that info

george.wgx said:
DasBub, he cannot acces bootloader,so he 's not able to see that info
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Yes, I understand that he can't get into HBOOT, FASTBOOT, or Recovery using physical buttons. But there are other possibilities we can check. I don't know his skill level, knowledge about the device, or the complete state of his device, so I'm trying to build a clearer picture.
If fastboot reports nothing, what about adb? If adb reports nothing, check device manager to see if it's even noticed by the PC.
When I said "just tell us what information you see on the screen" what I meant was "tell us what the screen is showing, even if it is nothing at all and the blue LED is on". My fault.
I'm curious about the whole "safe mode" business. Is it truly booting into safe mode, where you can see the words "safe mode" on the screen, or is it something else?

DasBub said:
Yes, I understand that he can't get into HBOOT, FASTBOOT, or Recovery using physical buttons. But there are other possibilities we can check. I don't know his skill level, knowledge about the device, or the complete state of his device, so I'm trying to build a clearer picture.
If fastboot reports nothing, what about adb? If adb reports nothing, check device manager to see if it's even noticed by the PC.
When I said "just tell us what information you see on the screen" what I meant was "tell us what the screen is showing, even if it is nothing at all and the blue LED is on". My fault.
I'm curious about the whole "safe mode" business. Is it truly booting into safe mode, where you can see the words "safe mode" on the screen, or is it something else?
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I took a look at "fastboot commander", but naturally I need to be in the fastboot to make it work, and I can't access fastboot...
I can NOT boot in HBOOT, FASTBOOT, and Recovery, but when I remove the battery, put it in the phone, plug my charger, and then press the power button, the phone boot normally, except he's in the "safe mode" (can't access some applications, no network). I can control my phone with ADB, but when I tried "adb reboot bootloader", the blue led was here again...
I also tried the RUU method, but the RUU doesn't recognize my phone.
I think it would be good if I could do a "total reset" of my phone, like flashing it or something that can reset the bootloader.
Thank you for your interest

Yeah dude there is fix for you its named JTAG Google it and you will find out what is it.
In my country its cost me 40 Euro to fix i hope in your is cheaper or even better - you can make your own

Roumaru said:
I took a look at "fastboot commander", but naturally I need to be in the fastboot to make it work, and I can't access fastboot...
I can NOT boot in HBOOT, FASTBOOT, and Recovery, but when I remove the battery, put it in the phone, plug my charger, and then press the power button, the phone boot normally, except he's in the "safe mode" (can't access some applications, no network). I can control my phone with ADB, but when I tried "adb reboot bootloader", the blue led was here again...
I also tried the RUU method, but the RUU doesn't recognize my phone.
I think it would be good if I could do a "total reset" of my phone, like flashing it or something that can reset the bootloader.
Thank you for your interest
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Could you try something? Make sure your phone is accessible using adb, then do this:
adb -s [serial number for phone, without brackets] reboot oem-78
The serial number can be found using "adb devices".
That should reboot you into RUU mode. If it doesn't work, safe mode should still be accessible.

Please don't post Q&A in the development section.
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DasBub said:
Could you try something? Make sure your phone is accessible using adb, then do this:
adb -s [serial number for phone, without brackets] reboot oem-78
The serial number can be found using "adb devices".
That should reboot you into RUU mode. If it doesn't work, safe mode should still be accessible.
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Doesn't work, the blue led is coming again...
Another idea, except Jtag? Because I don't want to spend money on my Magic, and I don't think I've got the material to do the Jtag...
However, thank you everybody!

Roumaru said:
Doesn't work, the blue led is coming again...
Another idea, except Jtag? Because I don't want to spend money on my Magic, and I don't think I've got the material to do the Jtag...
However, thank you everybody!
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Hey, we're not giving up yet
You can access ADB, so it may be possible to push a recovery image onto the device and flash it.
For the original instructions, click this link and focus on Step 9.
Here's a shortened version:
Download roottools and unzip it somewhere on your PC.
With your phone in Safe Mode and connected to your PC, open a command prompt.
If you know which radio you were on (3.X or less, or 6.X), cd to that directory in roottools and push the recovery image.
Example: If you have 6.X, you would
cd c:\roottools\6.35Radio\​adb push Recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard​
Next:
cd to the "App" directory of roottools, then
adb push flash_image /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 flash_image (you might have to use /data/local/tmp/flash_image or ./flash_image)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/Recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img​
If you get through that with no errors, we should be good. If it throws an error at "su" then you should try using SuperOneClick to get temporary root.
If it flashes without errors, you can try "adb reboot recovery" and see what happens.

Resolved
A few days ago, the "safe mode" logo disappeared. Really didn't understand why, but now my problem is solved!
Thank you for all, Roumaru

Roumaru said:
A few days ago, the "safe mode" logo disappeared. Really didn't understand why, but now my problem is solved!
Thank you for all, Roumaru
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That's great news! Everything works normally now?
I have heard that a stuck button or trackball is a possible cause. Maybe that was the problem with your phone, but it became unstuck?
Cheers!

stock nexus 7 stuck in boot loop

i read that it can be fixed by unlocking and rooting. problem is it is a friends and he doesn't know what version of android is on it. also can't put it in usb debugging.

Install this using Fastboot which does not require USB debugging. Simply download the factory images package then extract into the ADB folder. Typing "flash-all.bat" will flash all stock images including the boot, recovery, system and data.

thank you that worked

waiting for device
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using Fastboot which does not require USB debugging. Simply download the factory images package then extract into the ADB folder. Typing "flash-all.bat" will flash all stock images including the boot, recovery, system and data.
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I tried doing this and looked pretty promising because I have the same exact problem, but the terminal just says that it is waiting for device and does not budge. I have tried rebooting both computer and device. Neither work. Any other suggestions?
I tried again and now it says erasing 'boot'... and hangs there..
Is there any way to enable USB debugging or ADB through the command line fastboot?

curioux said:
I tried doing this and looked pretty promising because I have the same exact problem, but the terminal just says that it is waiting for device and does not budge. I have tried rebooting both computer and device. Neither work. Any other suggestions?
I tried again and now it says erasing 'boot'... and hangs there..
Is there any way to enable USB debugging or ADB through the command line fastboot?
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Is your bootloader unlocked? If not boot into fastboot mode and type the command fastboot OEM unlock follow the prompt on the tablet and it will reboot now try the flashall.bat again. There is no way to enable USB debugging without selecting it from the menu that's a question that has been asked many times before
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No. Sorry I forgot to mention that. My bootloader is not unlocked. And when I tried to do the fastboot OEM unlock, that is the only time the screen changes and gives me the option to unlock. When I scroll to yes and push the power button, the terminal says erasing user data and then it just gets stuck there.
I suspect that there is some kind of reading or writing problem.
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curioux said:
No. Sorry I forgot to mention that. My bootloader is not unlocked. And when I tried to do the fastboot OEM unlock, that is the only time the screen changes and gives me the option to unlock. When I scroll to yes and push the power button, the terminal says erasing user data and then it just gets stuck there.
I suspect that there is some kind of reading or writing problem.
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OK if the bootloader won't unlock that sounds like a corrupted nand partition which would mean the internal memory is unwritable. One more suggestion try downloading wugfresh NRT use the unroot back to stock option tick soft bricked and force write. I'm not sure it will work with a locked bootloader.
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Captain Sweatpants said:
OK if the bootloader won't unlock that sounds like a corrupted nand partition which would mean the internal memory is unwritable. One more suggestion try downloading wugfresh NRT use the unroot back to stock option tick soft bricked and force write. I'm not sure it will work with a locked bootloader.
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I have attached a screen shot of what I got when I tried the NRT unroot. It appears as though you were right, and that it is not going to work with a locked bootloader.

curioux said:
I have attached a screen shot of what I got when I tried the NRT unroot. It appears as though you were right, and that it is not going to work with a locked bootloader.
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OK well it looks like you are at the new motherboard stage then. Fastboot OEM unlock failing is a pretty sure sign that the internal memory of your nexus has become corrupted and it is no longer possible to read from or write to the tablet. If you have warranty now would be a good time to use it. If not eBay is a relatively cheap place to get a replacement motherboard. Sorry I can't be of more help than that
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