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Problem with recovery mode

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can someone help me please?

My phone won't get passed the t-mobile mytouch 4g screen. This happened after I backed up my stock rom using rom manager and did a full wipe to start clean ut no after I went back and restored my backup, my phone is stuck on the mytouch screen and won't get pass that. Is my phone bricked? or can it be saved? can someone pls help me? I just got this phone yesterday and rooted it with no problem. All I did after the root was add a custom kernel. Everything was going great until I restored my backup. Pls help. Thanks in advance.

try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!

I tried that and still not working. Is there away I can get a stock rom to flash?

Jaylito. said:
try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!
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Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.

ImABoss said:
Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.
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The phone still says s-off so I don't know what is wrong and since I bought the phone yesterday I can take it back to t-mobile to get a new one but won't they notice the s-off and not exchange it?

Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33

jggimi said:
Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33
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I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. AM I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.

ImABoss said:
I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. May I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.
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Is there an official update.zip I can probably apply through the stock recovery?

Thanks Jaylito and Jggimi for your help, was able to get into cwm recovery and flash a new rom. It looks like I had a bad backup. Thanks again to you both.

Phone hangs on Dual core logo, need help

I had CM7 installed on my phone, and then i proceeded to update to the beta 2. I downloaded the file, then unpacked it on my phone sdcard then proceeded to reboot in recovery mode and cleared cache , dalvik, factory settings and then updated the zip file. then clear everything again and reboot. Get stuck on dual core logo.
I can still access recovery and mount usb to add files. can anyone tell me how to fix this?

did you make a backup before installing the beta?

It seems like you've never installed a ROM before, so I would advise you to read before you try again.
Try and restore it from the 1.8.3 SBF or restore from the CM7 pre-beta2.zip.
Don't unpack the zip file.
Oh and I feel obligated to ask, but did you install romracer's recovery?

I have Tenfar's recovery. Does it matter?
When you say restore, do you mean going in recovery mode and then apply the beta-update2.zip?
I also beleive my recovery got updated to Clockwork's when I had CM7 beta installed?
I have read another post on here that suggest I should RSD flash the 1.8.3 SDF and just start anew.
Should I do that? I was on 1.8.3 prior to installing CM7 beta

I understand I probably come across as a complete noob, but I did read before I did anything.
And now this happened and I just need help fixing it, you can just say. Yes flash back to 1.8.3 with RSD, I don't need a dot point instruction on how to do that.
Now my recovery is "ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.4" even tough i originally flashed Tenfar's
and my phone is unlocked.
I have tried many times to clear all caches and update the beta zip again and it does not work, I just get stuck on dual core logo again.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Redownload beta 2 again (I've had problems related to bum d/l's). Install romracers recovery. Wipe. Reinstall.
If that fails use fastboot -w to wipe and reinstall.

quicklyspent said:
Redownload beta 2 again (I've had problems related to bum d/l's). Install romracers recovery. Wipe. Reinstall.
If that fails use fastboot -w to wipe and reinstall.
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Legend, thanks a lot now I can go back to sleep.
I installed romancer's recovery (unlike tenfar's it took like 5 times longer to clear cache and install the rom) but it did work.
thanks for taking the time man.

I think that you forgot to wipe cache and Dalvik cache from within CWM.
For me that did the trick ...
Sent from my Atrix using Tapatalk

Rayan said:
I think that you forgot to wipe cache and Dalvik cache from within CWM.
For me that did the trick ...
Sent from my Atrix using Tapatalk
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No I had wiped dalvik and cache prior and after update.
Either beta 2 doesn't like tenfars recovery or it was an issue with the download . Since I installed romancers recovery before I tried the new download we will never know
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Why use tenfar's recovery when you can use CWM real recovery now.
That might help a lot...

im having the same problem but i used romracers recovery in the first place. ive tried everything and i tried to restore my alien backup but the recovery cant find it... did prebeta1 change the directory? im lost.

Fastboot -w.
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Magnetox said:
Fastboot -w.
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i tried that before and it didnt work.
edit- i found how to mount phone as usb in recovery. going to try the whole process again. i think my file was corrupt.
edit-- still cant get it to work even after redownloading teh file...

Flashing Boot.img doesn't boot the phone

Hey folks
Tried to flash this boot.img from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018822&highlight=boot+img
to flash JB ROM and it has stucked on 'Free Xperia' logo when turning on. Had to flash stock kernel back. This .img is necessary for flashing the rom according to steps manual.
Any help please why this could happen?
Cheers!

Look for a more stable ROM that ROM is still in the Alpha stages. There are many on here
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda app-developers app

leeris said:
Any help please why this could happen?
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First time installing CyanogenMod 10.1 to Arc/S another ROM:
- Make sure you're running bootloaders unlocked
-Flash the Boot.img provided (Don't flash other boot.img because is different)
- Copy GApps and CM10.1 ZIPs to your internal SDCard
- Boot into Recovery
- Flash CM10.1 zip from internal SDCard
- Flash GApps zip from internal SDCard
- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET (otherwise your device will be stuck at boot)
- Reboot
- Don't restore system data using Titanium Backup!
- Restoring Apps + Data might cause problems and is not recommended, avoid it if possible!
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XperienceD said:
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Thanks, that's what I did. But the second step was unsuccessful...
-Flash the Boot.img provided (Don't flash other boot.img because is different)
I flashed the image and the phone didn't boot up, stucked on the logo...

leeris said:
Thanks, that's what I did. But the second step was unsuccessful...
-Flash the Boot.img provided (Don't flash other boot.img because is different)
I flashed the image and the phone didn't boot up, stucked on the logo...
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Try in this order, flash the kernel, reboot into CMW, wipe cache, data and battery, install ROM, reboot, flash gapps and reboot again.

thanks. my question is, how do I reboot into CWM, when after flashing the kernel, my phone is stucked on the logo? I must be missing something...

leeris said:
thanks. my question is, how do I reboot into CWM, when after flashing the kernel, my phone is stucked on the logo? I must be missing something...
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I thought I had the same problem, but all u need to do is wait. It stays on the fxp screen for ages, maybe 30 seconds once it lights up then start pressing vol down to get into recovery.
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda app-developers app

leeris said:
thanks. my question is, how do I reboot into CWM, when after flashing the kernel, my phone is stucked on the logo? I must be missing something...
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To enter CWM, you need to press the power button, when phone vibrates, press Volume Down button many times until a Recovery menu appears.
Only possible if you have custom kernel installed (if it has one).

bricked?

Hi,
I tried out ubuntu touch and wanted to revert to stock before flashing cm (because I havn't had a rom on my storage).
After flashing the stock image via fastboot (using that flash-all.sh included in official download) my nexus stucks at boot animation.
Then I flashed recovery (I tried both, CWM and TWRP) and tried to do a factory reset -> unable to mount internal storage, also the space of my internal storage was 0MB (obviously because it can't mount anything), so it exited with an error. Then I formatted just every partion in CWM and I was able to mount again, flashed stock image ... stuck at boot animation. Tried flashing cm via sideload... stuck at boot animation.
Google didn't helped me.
Does somebody know what to do now?
Thanks
Bagbag

After you flash the stock image boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. Should solve your problem
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
After you flash the stock image boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. Should solve your problem
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Oh ye, i tried it, but if i try to enter it, there's just a droid with a red triangle.

bagbag said:
Oh ye, i tried it, but if i try to enter it, there's just a droid with a red triangle.
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Hit vol up when you see that. It's normal
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
After you flash the stock image boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset. Should solve your problem
Sent from my Nexus 5
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you should only have to clear the cache...factory reset shouldn't be necessary. Remember if you do have to do a factory reset, it will wipe all your storage completely if you use stock recovery to do it. Don't forget to back everything up first!

hp420 said:
you should only have to clear the cache...factory reset shouldn't be necessary. Remember if you do have to do a factory reset, it will wipe all your storage completely if you use stock recovery to do it. Don't forget to back everything up first!
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The OP just flashed the factory image, flash-all, do he doesn't need to worry about data any more, too late for that
Sent from my Nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Hit vol up when you see that.
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Does not work, it just stays at the screen with dat red triangle. Also vol up + power at same and other things I found in google don't work.
I already made backups, but anyway, they wouldn't help me in any way, if I don't have a working phone..

bagbag said:
Does not work, it just stays at the screen with dat red triangle. Also vol up + power at same and other things I found in google don't work.
I already made backups, but anyway, they wouldn't help me in any way, if I don't have a working phone..
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Boot into fastboot mode. Then from your pc with your device hooked up via usb type fastboot boot recovery. See if that will get you into recovery
Sent from my Nexus 5

It says 'cannot load 'recovery'' and also, I tried flashing ubuntu touch again and it worked.
Edit:
I think it has something to do with my /data partition. It said unable to mount /data again. After fixing that (for some reason it works if I select "format /data and /data/media (/sdcard)" (CWM) I can also format /data. But there a difference between that an all other partitions: for every other partition its like that: mount -> format -> unmount, but for /data it just don't do the last step, it stays mounted.

No on an idea? Do I need to send it in?

Try downloading The Root Toolkit Here.
Connect your phone, open the toolkit. On The First Page select "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and Flash Stock+Unroot.
This should Help.

Yeeeeeeey, I have no idea what the tool did, but it works now
Thank you for the tip
Bagbag