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unable to boot in Defy custom recovery

Hi
I rooted my defy 2.2 using Superoneclick 2.1.1
than installed ROM manager for Nandroid backup.....
It is not booting in clockworkmod recovery..
the procedure i am following to get in recovery is :
1) Switch off
2) press and hold vol. down key
3) press power button
4) android symbol with a triangle appears and it's stuck there
5) now when I press both vol. down and up key, stock recovery appears
there is some messege there :
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/coller
how to boot in recovery

warewolf4586 said:
Hi
the procedure i am following to get in recovery is :
1) Switch off
2) press and hold vol. down key
3) press power button
4) android symbol with a triangle appears and it's stuck there
5) now when I press both vol. down and up key, stock recovery appears
how to boot in recovery
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The method as you tryed is stock recovery, if you try to enter CWM recovery
after rooted, you must install Defy system recovery
- put system recovery.apk into SD card
- enable(Turn on) Unknown sources and USB debugging in Application settings
- install system recovery.apk from SD card (Use File manager or Root Explorer)
- Open System recovery App and Select Install Recovery system, it will show "Install success"
- Before reboot (Recovery reboot), you must Turn off "USB debugging"
Otherwise, defy will stuck in black screen
OK, If you want to reboot to CWM recovery mode, you can open System recovery App and Select Recovery boot
or Try that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212

THBlurism said:
The method as you tryed is stock recovery, if you try to enter CWM recovery
after rooted, you must install Defy system recovery
- put system recovery.apk into SD card
- enable(Turn on) Unknown sources and USB debugging in Application settings
- install system recovery.apk from SD card (Use File manager or Root Explorer)
- Open System recovery App and Select Install Recovery system, it will show "Install success"
- Before reboot (Recovery reboot), you must Turn off "USB debugging"
Otherwise, defy will stuck in black screen
OK, If you want to reboot to CWM recovery mode, you can open System recovery App and Select Recovery boot
or Try that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212
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Worked perfectly.. Thanks!

Sir can you share the system recovery file download link...

So is there a way to boot into custom recovery with phone being off? What if a flash goes wrong and stuck with boot loop. How do you get into custom recovery to to restore backup?

mike102871 said:
So is there a way to boot into custom recovery with phone being off? What if a flash goes wrong and stuck with boot loop. How do you get into custom recovery to to restore backup?
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What I always do when I flash something and it goes wrong is enter bootloader mode and flash a new sbf. I'm fairily sure to do that you hold power and volume up while booting.
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App

very usefull and easy to use
it was very easy, following the instructrions, just make sure to get the latest version of the software...

Zombiepiratez said:
What I always do when I flash something and it goes wrong is enter bootloader mode and flash a new sbf. I'm fairily sure to do that you hold power and volume up while booting.
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I mistakenly rebooted after wiping cache,dalvik cache and sytem. Now I'm stuck at the moto logo. Is there any way to enter into custom recovery other than the flashing method you specified above?? I was using SlimBean(Slim-4.3.build.2-UNOFFICIAL-2013027-1124) with TWRP v2.6.3.0.

chandujram said:
I mistakenly rebooted after wiping cache,dalvik cache and sytem. Now I'm stuck at the moto logo. Is there any way to enter into custom recovery other than the flashing method you specified above?? I was using SlimBean(Slim-4.3.build.2-UNOFFICIAL-2013027-1124) with TWRP v2.6.3.0.
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Same happened to me.
How can i get into CWM/TWRP to install a new rom?

Daimonion1980 said:
Same happened to me.
How can i get into CWM/TWRP to install a new rom?
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Only way is to flash SBF.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

hotdog125 said:
Only way is to flash SBF.
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Yeah.. only that worked.. and I'm now on SlimKat!

unroiting nexus s

im trying to put it back to stock, but when i power & vol up,
and select recovery, after google logo im getting
exclamation mark & green android.
thing is i cant remember how i rooted it and now i've forgot which website i used to do it. is there a set way to ubroot this where i wont brick it?
GT-I9023

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088494

if you mean not only unroot but also reflash a stock rom, you will have to boot to bootloader(by press vol+ and power to turn on your phone) , then flash clockwork recovery
-place the recovery3101.img in the tools folder and type the following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
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then select recovery
and at last flash a stock rom just like you flash superuser.zip

You are running stock recovery (Most likely due to stock rom loading the stock recovery on your phone every time it reboots.So just connect your phone to PC and flash cwm recovery then you can unroot your phone easily.

Stuck in Recovery Boot Loop without direct access to a Windows Machine, options?

I have a TF101 with Megatron installed. I also have an HTC Thunderbolt. I believe at some point in using the tablet I entered recovery through the preinstalled Rom Manager, and now am stuck in a recovery boot loop. I can access the system by holding down Volume+ and Power, then letting the system cold boot. The system has Recovery Touch 5.8. I tried installing roaches recovery, and it said successful, but it still reboots into 5.8. I do not have direct access to a Windows Machine for a long while. i do have complete remote desktop access to a Windows 7 Machine over the internet, and access to my Thunderbolt. Is there anyway to fix this boot loop with what I have available to me? Thanks for any help.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

As i understand you can cold boot you tablet. Method when tablet of hold volume - and power button till too white lines of text appear in left upper corner. Let go of the button and wait for it to cold boot up.
Then go online with your tablet to this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
This topic is especially for bootloop problems with recovery. Our tablet can for some reason not handle if your boot into recovery throug rom manager.
Now in the above topic pick an earlier build of cwm and download it onto tablet. Then go back into recovery and flash this recovery the normal way as install zip from sd card (internal memory is that for the tablet )
Now you should be able to normal boot the os. If it after flashing still only boots into recovery your not able to flash recovery. And that can be solved by flashing cwm 3.2.0.1 from the same topic. Afterward you can flash touch recovery over the 3.2.0.1 to be updated.

Download ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2 from here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=934821&d=1331070176
Place the recovery zip on the sdcard where clockworkmod can read it.
Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" or "hold volume down and power for 3 seconds, let go of power only, then press volume up when prompted on screen"
In recovery, select flash zip from sdcard and select the recovery zip you downloaded
Once it has flashed the zip file, don't reboot but hold power button to shot down
Power on your device and boot in android. Download terminal emulator from market and type this:
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot

[Q] Can't boot into custom recovery

Hi everyone, I am hoping someone on this site can help me with my issue. I have the SPRINT GS4
My goal was to root my phone, install a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP) and then install the stock Android 4.2 google play edition rom. (Basically I want my S4 to be running 4.2 Vanilla Android)
I am new to all this so I did some research and followed a couple tutorials on youtube.
As far as I can tell I was able to successfully ROOT my device. Titanium Backup says its rooted and so does the superuser app in my app drawer.
Here is where I run into my issue.
When I try to access my custom recovery (Holding down Volume up, home, and power) it takes me to a screen that says:
Android System Recovery<3e>
Reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : SPR
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
(This screen also has the image of the green android guy laying on its back with its chest opened up and red exclamation mark above it)
I don't know what I am supposed to do here. I have tried the app goo manager and clockwork manager to install the custom recovery and reboot into recovery but both give me errors and it wont work. What do I Do?

open goo manager and press menu key (bottom left)
pick install openrecoveryscript let it download you will get TWRP 2.6
if you get an error downloading twrp in goo manager try again

saj070 said:
open goo manager and press menu key (bottom left)
pick install openrecoveryscript let it download you will get TWRP 2.6
if you get an error downloading twrp in goo manager try again
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Ive done that 3 times now actually. It says its successful but then when I try to reboot recovery, nothing happens. ;(

illustratorq said:
Ive done that 3 times now actually. It says its successful but then when I try to reboot recovery, nothing happens. ;(
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How are you rebooting into recovery ? I do not think you install TWRP properly make sure phone is rooted and try goo manager again make sure it actually downloads the app it will take few minutes to download.
i had similar problem were i thought goo manager install TWRP but in fact it never did
1. turn off phone hold volume up / home and power button simultaneously and as soon as you see a blue text on top left corner release all the buttons you will be in recovery.
2. from goo manager there is an option reboot recovery
3. i instal the 4-in-1 Reboot Menu Mod - if you slecet restart it will give you option to reboot into recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264836

Finally tried to flash ROM - soft bricked it!

Got a N7 2012 runing 5.1 - finally got fed up with it being so slow as almost unuseable so decided to install CM12 ... and am stuck in a boot loop.
I followed the instructions I found (I cant post the link) so I've listed them below:
Deploy ROM image
adb devices
adb push YOURROMZIP.zip /sdcard/
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem unlock
cd Download
#or whenever you have downloaded files
fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img
Choose Recovery
Now use your volume buttons to change selected item from the Menu and pick "Recovery mode"*and select it with Power button.
Right now ClockworkMod recovery should start!
Now with the same buttons navigate in recovery and select:
1. backup and restore
2. wipe data/factory reset
3. install zip from sdcard
4. choose zip from sdcard (you should find it in folder named "0", not in the root of sdcard!)
5. reboot system now
Cyanogen Mod should be installed!
did a full wipe at fastboot oem unlock .. then realised i'd have to re-push the ROM as I don't have an sdcard ... so I did that.
Managed to flash TWERP onto it (rather than CW) and got it to boot into Recovery Mode but ... the Recovery Mode and Restart Bootloader are in RED and don't do anything when I tap them.
When I try to power off and back on it gets stuck in the boot loop...
Google screen show with a padlock at the bottom, goes away and then shows up again
Teamwin logo shows up
says 'Running OpenRecovery script'
things then happen too quicly for me to track but it seems there are a list of red error messages like:
E: unable to mount data and could not find crypt footer
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and the device doesnt appear i the list when I type
adb devices
fastboot devices
Can anyone tell me what to do to get CM12 on the m/c and working???
btw, managed to break out of the bootloop but it will just start again when turned off and on.
Thanks in advance.

From what you said, you're not in recovery mode. You're in bootloader mode.
In bootloader mode device doesn't support touchscreen, you need to use volume up/down and power to select option.
To get out of bootloop and go to recovery:
1. Power down your device (hold power for few seconds)
2. Boot into recovery mode (hold Volume Down + Power)
3. Navigate to recovery (Using Vol up/down and selecting option by pressing power button)