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[Q] bricked g2 upon custom rec overy

ok so i wanted to flash clockwork 3.0 but i was still running cm 6.1.1 and now i am stuck at the htc boot screen. i also cant get into recovery please i am begging for help.

please someone i really need help i obviously cant use my warranty obviously so please help me restore this or just get it back to working without a root anything

Dont worry pal.
OK,... AFAIK...... If you have flashed ClockworkRecovery 3, the only ROMs that will work are the 2.3 ROMs,... If you are trying to boot up a 2.2 ROM, it is likely to bootloop.
So boot back into recovery, full wipes, then flash a 2.3 ROM,... If that is what you were planning to do.
If you want to keep your 2.2 ROM on,... flash back to an older Clockwork Recovery,... then try to boot? If you get boot loops, try wiping cache and try again. If it still fails I would just do a fresh flash of your ROM again,... Remember full wipes 1st.

wileykat said:
Dont worry pal.
OK,... AFAIK...... If you have flashed ClockworkRecovery 3, the only ROMs that will work are the 2.3 ROMs,... If you are trying to boot up a 2.2 ROM, it is likely to bootloop.
So boot back into recovery, full wipes, then flash a 2.3 ROM,... If that is what you were planning to do.
If you want to keep your 2.2 ROM on,... flash back to an older Clockwork Recovery,... then try to boot? If you get boot loops, try wiping cache and try again. If it still fails I would just do a fresh flash of your ROM again,... Remember full wipes 1st.
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the thing was i couldnt even get into recovery because i was running 6.1.1 while on cw3 but i hit simlock from fastboot and that worked but thanks

rajbaba2 said:
please someone i really need help i obviously cant use my warranty obviously so please help me restore this or just get it back to working without a root anything
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Can you boot into Hboot screen (phone off then volume-down + power)? If yes try to select recovery from the Hboot screen, it should reboot into recovery, if it doesn't and something is wrong with your recovery, Do you have an Eng. Hboot? , if yes do you have Andriod SDK set up and fastboot? If yes, boot into Hboot, select fastboot from the options, then plug in your usb. Once your device is recognized by fastboot:
Code:
fastboot devices
should return a serial number + "fastboot"
then reflash ClockWorkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3( you can download it from here:http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html then place the ClockWorkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3( make sure its named recovery.img) into the tools folder in AndriodSDk where Fastboot is located, then run the command :
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
once rebooted your probably gonna be stuck at the HTC screen again, pull the battery, then Volume-down+ power back into Hboot, then select recovery from Hboot screen and it sholud reboot into ClockworkMod recovery, then reflash the rom of your choice.

thanks but i already fixed it by pressing sim lock and i have no idea why that worked and i should probably set up adb now right?

rajbaba2 said:
thanks but i already fixed it by pressing sim lock and i have no idea why that worked and i should probably set up adb now right?
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I would if you haven't.
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Semi-Bricked myTouch 4G

Alright I have a semi-bricked mytouch 4G. (a friend's phone) I followed the gfree guide and did the hboot flash and now I'm in a boot loop. I have the original boot screen loaded and I can get to the recovery menu. S is off so the phone is rooted. How do I get CWM on the phone so I can install a new ROM and kernel so I can unbrick this thing. With my verizon fascinate I have options to go from where I am stuck (Odin and .md5 files). Where do I go from here? Can somone give me a step by step without pointing me to a different forum? I have searched for more than a couple of hours and this is where I have found myself.

Did you go into a bootloop because of the rooting process? What did you do once you rooted the phone? Did you download ROM Manager? Need a lot more info about what was done in order to help you. You can flash cwr through adb, but before we get there I think you should break down exactly what happened post-root.

darinmc said:
Did you go into a bootloop because of the rooting process? What did you do once you rooted the phone? Did you download ROM Manager? Need a lot more info about what was done in order to help you. You can flash cwr through adb, but before we get there I think you should break down exactly what happened post-root.
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I beleive it was after rooting. I followed the directions for gfree rooting exactly (of at least so I think, however, we can see that is apparently wrong). Rebooted the phone to check that S-off and then was stuck at a boot loop with the my touch 4g boot screen.

fsuagentsmith said:
I beleive it was after rooting. I followed the directions for gfree rooting exactly (of at least so I think, however, we can see that is apparently wrong). Rebooted the phone to check that S-off and then was stuck at a boot loop with the my touch 4g boot screen.
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Since you have the engineering Hboot. this isn't that big of a problem, but you do need the ADB drivers at the bare minimum... use the blue link in my signature to get those up and running if you don't already.
first things first you need a recovery image.
Download this recovery image Download from here
Once you download it store the image only in the tools folder of your SDK or your c:\adb folder if you used True_blues method
now boot into your Hboot screen and plug the phone into the computer
go to your CMD prompt and type
Code:
fastboot devices
it should show you the serial number of the phone
if it does
then change your drive to the tools folder... basically where ever you store that image....
then type
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it should show you something like
Code:
sending 'recovery' (3426 KB)... OKAY [ 1.172s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.797s]
finished. total time: 1.969s
if it does unplug the phone and use the volume keys to navigate to the reboot recovery option
once you are their you can flash any ROM you want.
Make sure to update the recovery image to 3.0.2.x once you are up and running.

neidlinger said:
Since you have the engineering Hboot. this isn't that big of a problem, but you do need the ADB drivers at the bare minimum... use the blue link in my signature to get those up and running if you don't already.
first things first you need a recovery image.
Download this recovery image Download from here
Once you download it store the image only in the tools folder of your SDK or your c:\adb folder if you used True_blues method
now boot into your Hboot screen and plug the phone into the computer
go to your CMD prompt and type
Code:
fastboot devices
it should show you the serial number of the phone
if it does
then change your drive to the tools folder... basically where ever you store that image....
then type
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it should show you something like
Code:
sending 'recovery' (3426 KB)... OKAY [ 1.172s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.797s]
finished. total time: 1.969s
if it does unplug the phone and use the volume keys to navigate to the reboot recovery option
once you are their you can flash any ROM you want.
Make sure to update the recovery image to 3.0.2.x once you are up and running.
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I get sending recovery failed... any help from there?

fsuagentsmith said:
I get sending recovery failed... any help from there?
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on your phone do you where it says "fastboot usb" on the HBoot screen? does that show up?

neidlinger said:
on your phone do you where it says "fastboot usb" on the HBoot screen? does that show up?
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yes, I see that

fsuagentsmith said:
yes, I see that
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ok I changed it to that screen on the phone while trying to push the recovery image. It worked!!!

Awesome from here just go to the development section and pick out which ROM you like and use their directions for installing it.
as of currently i am using CM7.0.0 and my wife is using RoyalLiquid. Both are really nice ROMs.

neidlinger said:
if it does unplug the phone and use the volume keys to navigate to the reboot recovery option
once you are their you can flash any ROM you want.
Make sure to update the recovery image to 3.0.2.x once you are up and running.
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Where is the reboot recovery option? As I said in original post I'm familiar with Samsung Galaxy and CWM not so much this phone.

fsuagentsmith said:
Where is the reboot recovery option?
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are you in Recovery or in Hboot? what color is the screen? black or white?

neidlinger said:
Awesome from here just go to the development section and pick out which ROM you like and use their directions for installing it.
as of currently i am using CM7.0.0 and my wife is using RoyalLiquid. Both are really nice ROMs.
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I'm planning on using CM7. what do I select after? just recovery on the HBoot menu?

neidlinger said:
are you in Recovery or in Hboot? what color is the screen? black or white?
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This is HBoot, Screen is white. My selections are Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, etc. Do I select recovery?

fsuagentsmith said:
This is HBoot, Screen is white. My selections are Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, etc. Do I select recovery?
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Awesome!!! I see what you told me to do! When I select recovery this is CWM 3! Awesome. I will see where I can go from here. I still may have questions.

fsuagentsmith said:
I'm planning on using CM7. what do I select after? just recovery on the HBoot menu?
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Select recovery from the HBoot menu. That should reboot the phone into recovery. Once you are their select mount, then USB and store the ROM and the Gapps on the SDcard
Wipe the phone
select flash .zip from SDcard
Select the option for you to pick the .zip
flash the ROM
Flash the Gapps
Fix permission via the advanced menu
reboot the phone.

neidlinger said:
Select recovery from the HBoot menu. That should reboot the phone into recovery. Once you are their select mount, then USB and store the ROM and the Gapps on the SDcard
Wipe the phone
select flash .zip from SDcard
Select the option for you to pick the .zip
flash the ROM
Flash the Gapps
Fix permission via the advanced menu
reboot the phone.
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Many thanks. I am up and running now on CM7. Looking at kernels to add to the tweak. Thanks again.

fsuagentsmith said:
Many thanks. I am up and running now on CM7. Looking at kernels to add to the tweak. Thanks again.
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glad to see you got it going.
just make sure to do nandroid backups prior to flashing any new Kernels and make sure they are compatible with AOSP 2.3 ROMs.

neidlinger said:
Since you have the engineering Hboot. this isn't that big of a problem, but you do need the ADB drivers at the bare minimum... use the blue link in my signature to get those up and running if you don't already.
first things first you need a recovery image.
Download this recovery image Download from here
Once you download it store the image only in the tools folder of your SDK or your c:\adb folder if you used True_blues method
now boot into your Hboot screen and plug the phone into the computer
go to your CMD prompt and type
Code:
fastboot devices
it should show you the serial number of the phone
if it does
then change your drive to the tools folder... basically where ever you store that image....
then type
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
it should show you something like
Code:
sending 'recovery' (3426 KB)... OKAY [ 1.172s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.797s]
finished. total time: 1.969s
if it does unplug the phone and use the volume keys to navigate to the reboot recovery option
once you are their you can flash any ROM you want.
Make sure to update the recovery image to 3.0.2.x once you are up and running.
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Heeeeelp??? I'm having the same issue with the boot loop. My phone locked up when tried flashing CM7 and failed to restore my nanbackup. I can't boot to CM recovery anymore and when I tried to run that command, I'm getting "writing recovery.... FAILED <remote: image update error>"
*Note, that link u posted to download the recovery img is down

steb0ne said:
Heeeeelp??? I'm having the same issue with the boot loop. My phone locked up when tried flashing CM7 and failed to restore my nanbackup. I can't boot to CM recovery anymore and when I tried to run that command, I'm getting "writing recovery.... FAILED <remote: image update error>"
*Note, that link u posted to download the recovery img is down
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Can I get some background info?
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Nicgraner said:
Can I get some background info?
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Well, I was rooted and had been running the leaked 2.3 stock rom. Decided I wanted to try CM7...and flashed it and it appeared to flash okay b/c I was able to boot up, but I couldn't get gapps to install, so I ended up trying to restore from my backup, and that failed, and I couldn't get back to CM recovery. So, I'm stuck in a constant boot loop.

Please help :(

Hello , I was trying to root my co workers mytouch 4G with visionary and I got rooted and superuser and download Rom manager to get recovery but when I try boot into recovery it click on install from SD to get to recovery but I get red triangle saying *invalid* than it turns back on. What should I do ? Any help would be appreciated . Thanks
Sofia

did you click on install recovery in rom manager before booting into recovery? the option is in rom manager right at the top.

coupetastic-droid said:
did you click on install recovery in rom manager before booting into recovery? the option is in rom manager right at the top.
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+1...you have to flash clockworkmod recovery in ROM Manager first

I'm at android system recovery <3e>
At bottom on yellow it says
E: can't open / cache/ recovery/ command
Then when I press apply sdcard:update.zip
Then yellow writing say *invalid operation *
Then it reboots . Please help

sofia-captivate said:
I'm at android system recovery <3e>
At bottom on yellow it says
E: can't open / cache/ recovery/ command
Then when I press apply sdcard:update.zip
Then yellow writing say *invalid operation *
Then it reboots . Please help
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Ok you're confusing me now. What is it you're trying to do? Are you trying to flash recovery on the device or flash something else. Because what ever you're going to do, you have to flash recovery from rom maneger first. So if you have not done that yet, do that first.
Just boot into the device, open rom manager and click on flash clockwork recovery and follow the on screen instructions.
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I did that Im trying to get clockwork recovery it says its done on Rom manager successfuly but when I boot into it . It takes Me to android system recovery

sofia-captivate said:
I did that Im trying to get clockwork recovery it says its done on Rom manager successfuly but when I boot into it . It takes Me to android system recovery
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Don't reboot into recovery from rom manager. Turn off the device and boot into bootloader by pressing volume down then power button and hold till the device turns on. The with the volume button go down to recovery and press the power button to go into recovery. Once you do that come back and tell us what color the text is in recovery.
EDIT: actually, asking you to tell us what color rocovery is was a bad idea. Now that I thought bout it the stock rovery and newest almost look the same color.
Better yet boot into hboot by pressing vol down and power. Once you're in hboot make sure it says s-off right on top. I shouldve asked this from the biginning. If you had a s-off.
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sofia-captivate said:
I did that Im trying to get clockwork recovery it says its done on Rom manager successfuly but when I boot into it . It takes Me to android system recovery
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I think you done the ClockworkMod recovery flashing incorrectly or the flashing through rom manager didn't work for you.
Try via terminal emulator or via fastboot . This methods may work
Refer this post for more details & procedure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242901

febycv said:
I think you done the ClockworkMod recovery flashing incorrectly or the flashing through rom manager didn't work for you.
Try via terminal emulator or via fastboot . This methods may work
Refer this post for more details & procedure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242901
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We already figured out through pm. The device doesn't have s-off is still on s-on.
We came to the conclusion that they need to reroot and have s-off. I sent the op to the unlockr method since they are already using visionary.
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Cannot Enter Recovery (CWM)

Hi,
I unlocked my bootloader today and I just flashed the latest CWM Recovery via Fastboot.
However, when I try to enter Android Recovery I get the Android with the white triangle and exclamation point.
I saw a similar thread but did not see a resolution. Do I need to flash the Gingerbread boot.img via Fastboot?
Also, I read you have to delete a file somewhere or else the default recovery restores itself every reboot? I did not delete any such file, and when I unlocked my bootloader, it obviously wiped my data.
Any ideas how I can get into recovery and flash me a dang ROM?

Atrix_E said:
Hi,
I unlocked my bootloader today and I just flashed the latest CWM Recovery via Fastboot.
However, when I try to enter Android Recovery I get the Android with the white triangle and exclamation point.
I saw a similar thread but did not see a resolution. Do I need to flash the Gingerbread boot.img via Fastboot?
Also, I read you have to delete a file somewhere or else the default recovery restores itself every reboot? I did not delete any such file, and when I unlocked my bootloader, it obviously wiped my data.
Any ideas how I can get into recovery and flash me a dang ROM?
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What command did you enter in Fastboot?

IUH1991 said:
What command did you enter in Fastboot?
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I followed these steps:
Flashing CWM Recovery via Fastboot -
1.Download the latest CWM recovery from Downloads section (recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-olympus.img)
2.Power off phone
3.Put phone into fastboot (Power + Vol Down Button)
4.Press Volume Up button to select Fastboot
5.Connect phone via USB cable
6.Open Command Prompt from your fastboot directory
7.Type fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-olympus.img
8.Type "fastboot reboot"
9.Your phone will reboot normally
Also, how screwed would I be if I don't backup my PDS? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138220

I got it. Loving CM7

Could you share how did you make it work?
Thanks

iceinspire said:
Could you share how did you make it work?
Thanks
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install recovery.sh is the file to delete i beleve its in /system/ect after useing like rommanager to install recovery i used romracers and flashed in recovery mode
i like that on better do a youtube search there are alot of good vids on how to do it
the ones i used were from thesmokingandroid
just type that into youtube search and he has a 3 part series on cwm and installing rom
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I deleted that file and its is still not work

iceinspire said:
I deleted that file and its is still not work
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did you power off the phone
then
hold down power and volume down
when u see fastboot appear use vol
down to scroll to android recovery then
push power button to select it
NOTE; U need to be rooted and have your bootloader unlocked FIRST

When I turn my phone on it goes to a blach screen?

Okay, I tried porting a rom to the mytouch and it wouldnt boot after full wipe. So I said okay and tried wipeing it once more to install synthetics_aospX back on it. It wouldnt format the system and gave me an error(4EXT RECOVERY; also I didnt write the error code thing down). Then it tried to wipe data and just hung for like 20 minutes and I pulled the battery. Now everytime I try to boot up it just goes to a black screen and flashes on and off. I cant boot into bootloader or recovery. Any help would be appriciated! Also I am s-off and rooted with eng. bootloader.

If you can get into the bootloader you can try either flashing a PD15IMG.zip or, alternatively, reflash your recovery through fastboot and try again.
fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img
Also, if you have a nandroid you can pull the img files and flash them through fastboot.

estallings15 said:
If you can get into the bootloader you can try either flashing a PD15IMG.zip or, alternatively, reflash your recovery through fastboot and try again.
fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img
Also, if you have a nandroid you can pull the img files and flash them through fastboot.
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Thanks for the response I can't get into the bootloader but I have a nandroid backup on my sd and I havent tried fastboot. But don't you need to get into bootloader for fastboot?Edit: i re-read what you said about alternatively , but no I cant get into bootloader mode.

gamingwiz said:
Thanks for the response I can't get into the bootloader but I have a nandroid backup on my sd and I havent tried fastboot. But don't you need to get into bootloader for fastboot?Edit: i re-read what you said about alternatively , but no I cant get into bootloader mode.
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If holding down volume down while booting does not lead you to the bootloader, you're done. It's over. It sounds like you have corrupted the bootloader. You didn't replace the updater.script with one from our device, did you?

estallings15 said:
If holding down volume down while booting does not lead you to the bootloader, you're done. It's over. It sounds like you have corrupted the bootloader. You didn't replace the updater.script with one from our device, did you?
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I dont think I did . Well i guess its time for a new phone.

gamingwiz said:
I dont think I did . Well i guess its time for a new phone.
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Man, that was unlucky....

estallings15 said:
Man, that was unlucky....
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Yes it was. I hope to unlock my xperia x10a to t-mobile just untill I get a nicer phone. Anyway thanks for the help.