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[Q] Cannot get into recovery mode after rooting by using super one click method

Hello all,
I have been using the super one click method to root my HTC Magic Saphhire 32A.
It works well so far albeit need to alter some SU files in the program. Running of terminal emulator with the command prompt SU confirmed that I have the superuser rights.
Now the problem is whenever I use ROM manager to reboot in recovery, the phone restart, HTC logo shows, then the next screen I see is a big asterisk and a phone image, after this I pressed Home + power, the screen manage to switch to Android system recovery utility, BUT with only 3 options:
1) Reboot system now
2) Apply sdcard:update.zip
3) Wipe data/factory reset
And in the end of the screen, there is one line highlighted in red: E: can’t open /cache/recovery/command
After the phone been rebooted, I switched off the phone. And Pressed vol - with power button, same issue happen too with the asterisk sign shows on the screen. After unrooting it, the phone recovery mode are back to normal with the 3 androids in skates appear on the screen.
Have anyone face the same problem? Any ways to sort this out? I am planning to back up my stock ROM, and wanted to try out some cyanogenmod ROM. I tried Googled and read lots of forum post but left without a solution. Any helps are appreciated! Cheers!
p/s: I am a noob in Android OS. XD

I have the legend and these is a process of booting the recovery from there as update.zip. have you tried renaming the ROM update.zip and flashing it from there?
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

I fiddled with the ROm manger setting by choosing "delete recovery prior to flashing", and now it makes it worse.
I selected "reboot in recovery" in ROM manager and the phone reboot, but just stuck at the HTC start up screen.
I plugged in the phone while trying another recovery reboot, and it still stuck at the HTC screen, but with a red line on the top saying "fastboot USB". Gosh I think i am going no way with this...

E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command
Same fault here mytouch 3g unlocked at&t 32b downgraded too cupcake and tried
getting E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/command

home and power button down still cant get you in recovery? you cant flash any other working rom?
32b myTouch 3g 2.2.1
Cyanogen Nightly 271
Hboot - 1.33.0006
Radio - 2.22.19.26i
Kernel - 2.6.35.9
ADW 1.3.3
ClockworkMod Recovery
Slideit keyboard

Did you flash custom recovery with ROM manager? Or you just rooted the phone with 1 click method?

Sorry for the late reply. I am just back from overseas business trips. I used Clockmod ROM Manager and did a backup, tried reboot in recovery, and the phone rebooted itself but stuck at the HTC logo now.
I can confirm that the phone is rooted with super user permission.
The reason being the phone didn't manage to get into recovery mode might be due to the missing recovery.img in the phone. Pushing the img file to phone through Clockmod didn't work apparently, so I tried command prompt from PC fastboot flash recovery c:\recoveryxyz.img. It failed too with an error remote failed.
I tried using the terminal emulator in the phone and tried pushing the recovery image again and it didn't happen too. Can some one please help? Cheers!

Download ROM manager and you have option that says install custom recovery it will install Clockwork, and you have flash alternative recovery it installs amon ra's recovery i prefer most

Will try it tonight and revert for the result. Cheers!

I have tried flashing alternate ROM through ROM manager and for once it managed to boot into recovery mode. BUT the device hang right after that, I can't select any of the options and have to pull the battery out to force shutdown.
I tried using fastboot flash recovery *.img remotely through my PC while the phone is in fastboot USB mode, and my command prompt stated FAILED (remote: not allow)
Urgh, I think I might have missed something here... Could some one please help? Cheers!
p/s: my objective is to upgrade my stock ROM android 1.5 to cyanogen ROM. Cheers!

I don't know whether this info helps but here goes:
phone info:
sapphire pvt 32A ship s-on H
Hboot- 1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD - 12
RADIO - 6.35.07.29
AUG 4 2009

callmeneotheone said:
I have tried flashing alternate ROM through ROM manager and for once it managed to boot into recovery mode. BUT the device hang right after that, I can't select any of the options and have to pull the battery out to force shutdown.
I tried using fastboot flash recovery *.img remotely through my PC while the phone is in fastboot USB mode, and my command prompt stated FAILED (remote: not allow)
Urgh, I think I might have missed something here... Could some one please help? Cheers!
p/s: my objective is to upgrade my stock ROM android 1.5 to cyanogen ROM. Cheers!
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OK here is the thing did you chose right model of your phone? HTC magic is 32A and mytouch and something else is for 32B you maybe flashed the wrong one?

Thanks WoblyGoblin for taking your time to help. Yes, I have selected the correct phone model. I chose HTC Magic.

Did you install the recovery?
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

I am stuck in trying to install recovery img into the phone. can't boot in recovery mode, tried ROM manager and remote push of recovery img into the phone.
Please refer to the previous post for more info. Cheers!

Ok here is the solution for you use this guide but download this apk and this recovery.
If you dont have 1.5 android but 1.6 download Terminal emulator from market and when you start it type first:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img

Hello mate,
i just tried the method and I am stuck at FlashRec backup recovery image step.
I clicked on backup recovery image, but there is a command prompt that says:" backup FAILED: Could not run command.
FYI, I am running on Android 1.5. On the edge of giving up rooting and loading a custom ROM now and without a MARKET apps on the phone.

callmeneotheone said:
Hello mate,
i just tried the method and I am stuck at FlashRec backup recovery image step.
I clicked on backup recovery image, but there is a command prompt that says:" backup FAILED: Could not run command.
FYI, I am running on Android 1.5. On the edge of giving up rooting and loading a custom ROM now and without a MARKET apps on the phone.
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Did you try terminal emulator app?
And commands that i gave you?

yes mate, have tried flash_image recovery command from the terminal app and tries to restart in recovery without any result.
I have did a few research and read up and found out that I am stuck with the south east asia Magic model without the google based support, with no market apps and it is perfected SPL.
Quite upset by it. LOL!

callmeneotheone said:
yes mate, have tried flash_image recovery command from the terminal app and tries to restart in recovery without any result.
I have did a few research and read up and found out that I am stuck with the south east asia Magic model without the google based support, with no market apps and it is perfected SPL.
Quite upset by it. LOL!
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Try this

[Q] Boot loops

I wanted to reflash my DHD with Leedroid Rom again and I went to Rom manager and selected flash rom and the phone rebooted but then it got stuck in boot loops and its still stuck there. I can access hboot but not recovery. What can I do? Please help!

Anyone? Please help me, I can't use my phone?

Power the phone off and plug the charger in. Wait a few seconds and see if it loads into recovery. Flashing a rom should not have affected recovery partition at all. If that doesn't work and you have eng hboot s-off you can try manually reflashing recovery via fastboot. If that doesn't work you will have to flash an ruu via pd98img.zip method and start again from scratch.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD.

Thank you so much for replying. The charger method didnt work. I have thought about the pd98img.zip method but before doing that I would like to try out the manually flashing the rom via fastboot but I havent been able to find any info on how to that, do you have a link or something to a small guide of sorts? I am not so experienced in that area, I do know how to open terminal emulaters and such but not on what to write and all that.

recover problem

i have updated my desire HD recovery to v3.0.0.1
because i need to out cyanogen7
and i found i can,t make any change through recovery v3
and i have read that amon ra is bitter so i tried to flash it
thin the recovery list mod was Disappeared and the screen freezes on htc screen for long time but my phone is working well
please any help to get back my recovery list

I didnt know amon-ra made a recovery for the DHD, sure you didnt flash one for the desire?
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

i have did that and was so wrong
please i need Solution for my phone recovery

Open rom manager reflash clockwork
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

i have used Rom manger and when i pressed flash clockwork mod recovery
it give this message
error while downloading from server please...etc
even when i am pressing all clockwork mod recovery
it give me this
no legacy recoveries found are you connected to the net
clearly i am connected to WiFi or data connection ???????

Try uninstallin rom manager then reinstall
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Same issue to me.
I have to download the recovery and flash it mannually.
Any suggestion?

Rom manager has some problems right now, try again later or:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

i need help please????????????????????//

You can follow leith51's radio flashing guide in the android development subforum (sticky). Or as previously stated, you can wait until Rom manager works again.
Use this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18138289/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.6-ace.img in step 5, you can rename that file for convenience (to for example recovery.img).
Then in step 8, use command: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"

thank you for answering me
and this steps which you said about it (flashing Radio by leith51)
i have used before(and again again) and that what i get from CMD
C:\Users\T D\Desktop\d2>fastboot flash recovery clockwork.img
sending 'recovery' (4242 KB)... FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
please need your help
and rom manager did,t work???????????????

need help please

Do you have ENG S-OFF?

first thank you
second yes i have......
my phone is rooted and s radio is off for sure
the thing is i have downloaded this clockwork3 instead of 2.5
and thin i could not flash any file for updating any rom??????????????
thin i tried to flash ramon raa after i did,t find any recovery list
and the screen stuck on htc screen ????????
please an y help please

Where did you get Amon RA? I have not seen that for Desire HD, are you sure that you are trying to flash a proper recovery??
Radio S-OFF is not ENG S-OFF, please verify your device's state by going to bootloader. Check the first line, it should read ACE PVT ENG S-OFF if you indeed have ENG S-OFF.

dear thank you
i am sure
now i am IN boot-loader list :
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007(PD981000000)
MICROP-0438
eMMC-BOOT
etc....
and i get amon ra from this link
http://www.mediafire.com/?gijd69zb5222w
now i know it,s not for my desire HD
now please help

No, definitely not for your DHD.
Download the clockworkmod I linked.

One question... If i have a cwm 3.x backup from a Rom and i am now on a other rom e.p. from revohd to lee and now i want to recover my revo backup is this possible or did i need a wipe or anything else befor? Greets

dear i have don everything it.s hopeless case
and that what happened with the CMD
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\fastboot>fastboot-windows flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3814 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
C:\fastboot>fastboot-windows reboot
rebooting...
C:\fastboot>
and still i dont have recovery list???????

ok
i think this case get me crazy
so i want to ask how i can return my phone to the basic stage
thin from there i will make anther root and s radio off AND RECOVERY
WHAT DO YOU THINK???????

[Q] Mytouch Wont boot, stuck at FASTBOOT, No Recovery

Hi Guys,
I have a MyTouch 3G that I haven't used in a while but need to use next weekend but it is deeply messed up.
When I boot it, it is stuck at the first Splash Screen that says "HTC Magic" and doesn't boot into recovery if I tell it to. I have tried to flash a Recovery in Fastboot and it did not work, same with SAPPIMG.nbh, it says update failed. Any help is aprrciated!
Also I'm not sure if it is 32A or B, it has the audio jack, but in FASTBOOT, it says 32B.
Thanks

It should say 32a in the device info that's ypur first prob here is what u do u have a magic 1.2 know that well
Use fastboot to flash amon ra recovery 1.70g AFTER flash ezterrys modded 1.33.30d or something like that spl (google it) then afer exit fastboot mode and boot into recovery and flash new rom
Sent from my HTC Magic using xda app-developers app

Actually I was able to downgrade using a different .zip in hboot and now I have it all working again, thank you!

XtremeKh said:
Actually I was able to downgrade using a different .zip in hboot and now I have it all working again, thank you!
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what zip file did you use?

HELP! Tried to flash new rom,stuck on white screen,b-loader and CWM still there

Hello all!
Please help me
I have pretty good understanding of rooting procedures and custom roms, I have put custom roms on about 10 different phone models, including one previous HTC (CHA CHA)
Tried to flash custom rom, everything goes ok but the phone displays white logo with htc symbol and stays like that.
I still have access to bootloader and cwm recovery.
Sometimes cwm recovery displays message :
E: cant mount cache:recovery/command
E: cant mount CACHE:recovery/log
e:cant open CACHE:recovery/log
Sometimes it does not show though.
I've read that it may be beacuse of emmc chip which gets damaged during taking the battery off when the phone is working.
What to do now ? I tried flashing different roms but nothing happens, when flashing them from CWM i get no error messages,
but when i reboot I get the white screen with htc logo.
Please help ... ;(
This is bootloader info :
*** Unlocked ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_m
eMMC-boot
dec 22 2011
CLOCKWORK MOD IS clockwork mod recovery v2.5.1.2 (MODACO r2)
Another curious thing, it says that it is s-on, but I did dev unlock before !?!?!?!
here is complete history of my actions
I got this desire HD from my friend, he wanted me to put some unofficial 4.0 rom on it.
I remember from when I had htc cha cha that you should first do dev unlock.
Trying to do dev unlock, I selected european RUU but ruu update program told me that it can not be upgraded.
Somewhere on forums , I've read that I could just continue with procedure.So I did.
I got the codes, sent them to HTC and they mailed me the bin file.I got the prompt about unlocking on the phones display, i choose to unlock it.
Then i flashed clockwork mod on it via terminal.
Then i downloaded custom rom and flashed it , but i just get white screen.
Bad thing is I have not made backup (
what to do now please help (((

You have to flash the boot.img separately when flashing roms on a HTC dev unlocked device. That's why it doesent start after a flash. Get it relocked and get S-OFF instead. Search "advanced ace hack kit attn1" on goggle and use it.
Get the ruu for your device and run it from fastboot menu then get S-OFF with advanced aace hack kit.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium

OK I have found the aahk thing you told me, when I get home I will try to relock it (usin fastboot oem unlock command ? )
then to unlock the s-on thing....

I send the fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin command and on prompt it says ok but on the phone nothing happens
Also, under device manager phone is registered as android 1.0
anyone help please

When I enter fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I get ok messages , but nothing happens on the screen of the phone
I repaired the drivers, when i enter other fastboot commands, like reboot, device reacts.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810058
this guy here in this post says that when messed bootloader its not ok to work with aahk so im bit scared now

I got this problem solved with help from irc channel of aahk ... big big thans to them...they gudied me to downgrade and flash the stock rom
i saved the log I can send it to who needs it...

trouble help please!
hi, i upgrade my evo 3d from sprint to ICS (2.89.651.2 710RD).
in the 13th step about bootloader unlock,(when i put fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin) the pc says ok, but nothing happens in the device, can you help me please?

retrorobot said:
Hello all!
Please help me
I have pretty good understanding of rooting procedures and custom roms, I have put custom roms on about 10 different phone models, including one previous HTC (CHA CHA)
Tried to flash custom rom, everything goes ok but the phone displays white logo with htc symbol and stays like that.
I still have access to bootloader and cwm recovery.
Sometimes cwm recovery displays message :
E: cant mount cache:recovery/command
E: cant mount CACHE:recovery/log
e:cant open CACHE:recovery/log
Sometimes it does not show though.
I've read that it may be beacuse of emmc chip which gets damaged during taking the battery off when the phone is working.
What to do now ? I tried flashing different roms but nothing happens, when flashing them from CWM i get no error messages,
but when i reboot I get the white screen with htc logo.
Please help ... ;(
This is bootloader info :
*** Unlocked ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_m
eMMC-boot
dec 22 2011
CLOCKWORK MOD IS clockwork mod recovery v2.5.1.2 (MODACO r2)
Another curious thing, it says that it is s-on, but I did dev unlock before !?!?!?!
here is complete history of my actions
I got this desire HD from my friend, he wanted me to put some unofficial 4.0 rom on it.
I remember from when I had htc cha cha that you should first do dev unlock.
Trying to do dev unlock, I selected european RUU but ruu update program told me that it can not be upgraded.
Somewhere on forums , I've read that I could just continue with procedure.So I did.
I got the codes, sent them to HTC and they mailed me the bin file.I got the prompt about unlocking on the phones display, i choose to unlock it.
Then i flashed clockwork mod on it via terminal.
Then i downloaded custom rom and flashed it , but i just get white screen.
Bad thing is I have not made backup (
what to do now please help (((
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To flash a custom rom with an unlocked bootloader you have to flash the rom in CWM first and then flash the boot.img of the rom in fastboot.
Follow this:
Get the boot.img file from inside the .zip file and place it in the PC, somewhere where u can easily find it.
Put the zip in the sdcard
Boot in CWM. Full wipe and flash the rom
Go to advaced options and reboot bootloader
Toggle to fastboot and plug the phone to the PC (you will see fastboot usb in red)
Open a CMD as admin or Terminal as root in the PC
Navigate in CMD to the folder where the boot.img file is located
Type: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot, and you should be ok....:good: