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Having problems with CWM recovery. Any suggestions?

I used the Nexus 7 toolkit to flash the latest CWM recovery. If I boot into fastboot and choose recovery mode it just hangs on the Google boot animation. I can boot to it from the toolkit though. Anyone else experience this/know what I did wrong?

SpencerRelly said:
I used the Nexus 7 toolkit to flash the latest CWM recovery. If I boot into fastboot and choose recovery mode it just hangs on the Google boot animation. I can boot to it from the toolkit though. Anyone else experience this/know what I did wrong?
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Its a known issue that is yet to be fixed. You did nothing wrong.
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leelaa said:
Its a known issue that is yet to be fixed. You did nothing wrong.
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Alright. Thanks for the reply!

SpencerRelly said:
I used the Nexus 7 toolkit to flash the latest CWM recovery. If I boot into fastboot and choose recovery mode it just hangs on the Google boot animation. I can boot to it from the toolkit though. Anyone else experience this/know what I did wrong?
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You need to have a USB cable connected to the Nexus 7, and if you're in fastboot it'll load into recovery. Known bug

Wrong section dude but as said before known bug
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flash twrp recovery, its not buggy and is more functional.

SpencerRelly said:
I used the Nexus 7 toolkit to flash the latest CWM recovery. If I boot into fastboot and choose recovery mode it just hangs on the Google boot animation. I can boot to it from the toolkit though. Anyone else experience this/know what I did wrong?
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It's a problem with the boot loader. For now you will need to be plugged into a computer to go into recovery. It doesn't even have to have drivers or anything installed.
Plug in tablet into computer
Use power and volume buttons to get into recovery
And no, this problem won't be fixed by flashing twrp because it deals with the boot loader.

Just boot to recovery from Rom manager or similar.

I can confirm that quick boot does work to get you into recovery.
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Moved to QA...The Development section is for..........development only, not questions...

Same problem
I've read in other threads that deleting the stock recovery, or modifying it's filename, will fix this problem. Does anyone know if this is true? I can boot recovery through Rom manager or through the power menu. The only worry I have is if I ever get stuck in a bootloop, or brick. It is good to know about the usb trick to load CWM, thanks for that.

Flash TWRP, and use an app like quick boot to reboot into recovery.
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I use TWRP and boot to recovery through the roms power menu. I've been very happy with TWRP though, I use a recovery because of stability and performance. I could really care less if it's touch or if it has themes, so when I recommend TWRP it's because I've been using it so long on my transformer prime and nexus 7 and it has done nothing but work exactly like it should.

veeman said:
It's a problem with the boot loader. For now you will need to be plugged into a computer to go into recovery. It doesn't even have to have drivers or anything installed.
Plug in tablet into computer
Use power and volume buttons to get into recovery
And no, this problem won't be fixed by flashing twrp because it deals with the boot loader.
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Weird because today I tried to get into CWR for the first time since I rooted, and it wouldn't work. I got the red ! triangle [sticking out of the green robot].
I plugged it into my laptop.. [and btw I was holding vol UP/DOWN, press power, in the bootloader then selecting 'Recovery' then <Power>] and this time it showed the "Google" and the unlocked lock.. but then booted into the Android OS.
So I flash TWRP [using Ubuntu, and $ fastboot install recovery {TWRP-filename.img}. And what do you know. It booted perfectly into recovery.
So how do you explain that?

mvmacd said:
Weird because today I tried to get into CWR for the first time since I rooted, and it wouldn't work. I got the red ! triangle [sticking out of the green robot].
I plugged it into my laptop.. [and btw I was holding vol UP/DOWN, press power, in the bootloader then selecting 'Recovery' then ] and this time it showed the "Google" and the unlocked lock.. but then booted into the Android OS.
So I flash TWRP [using Ubuntu, and $ fastboot install recovery {TWRP-filename.img}. And what do you know. It booted perfectly into recovery.
So how do you explain that?
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The only possible ways to boot into recovery from a working system partition is by either using an app that reboots for you/terminal command.
To reboot from bootloader/button combination you need to have a USB connection otherwise it will freeze at the Google logo. This is bootloader related and not recovery related as any recovery (stock/cwm/twrp) show the same behavior.
You can try fully powering off the tablet and try booting by button combo and you will see it freezes. Using the power adapter will completely freeze your bootloader if you try, so you require a USB connection to a computer to get into recovery.

For me to boot into recovery , I have to use the tool kit all the time. Is that what everyone is doing??? Because every time I go to fastboot and choose recovery (with my N7 plugged on the usb) I get the Android with the exclamation point.
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Skunk2 DC said:
For me to boot into recovery , I have to use the tool kit all the time. Is that what everyone is doing??? Because every time I go to fastboot and choose recovery (with my N7 plugged on the usb) I get the Android with the exclamation point.
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I had the same thing, but I flashed TWRP and it works most of the time. let me know if you try it.

Nexus stuck in a loop

I've had parandroid as my ROM, and decided to flash the franco kernel to get some extra battery life. Well, I flashed it, but when it rebooted it got messed up somehow. If I just hold the power button and restart it, it will go to the Google lock screen and then to the Nexus "X" color screen where I let it sit for 10 hours and it didn't change. When it is not plugged into a usb to the computer, I can boot it to the bootloader and go through the options, "Start, Recovery , Power off, Reboot bootloader" but when I select the option, it just goes to the google lock screen. If I plug it into the computer, I can get to the boot loader but I cannot cycle through the options. I'm really hoping I didn't mess it up for good, so any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

if you an get into your recovery(from your bootloader), just reflash your rom without the franco kernel, and without wiping anything.

I would flash stock using wugs nexus toolkit, probably not the most efficient solution as you will loose root, but the safest IMO. This is what I have done when a custom rom has done this to me( its always been paranoid android for me, even their newest build crashes after boot and kinda sorta soft bricks my n7)
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If you can get into bootloader than chances are fastboot should still be working fine, if so extract the original kernel from the ROM you were using (the.zip you downloaded and flashed through recovery originally) open cmd on PC and change directories to the folder its in then from fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot boot.IMG
fastboot reboot
Should be all good from here
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[Q] recovery mode problem

I was using a stocked rooted rom and was planning to planning to change to a custom rom and flashed a wrong kernel.
Currently when I power on my nexus it will show the word google with an unlock icon bottom and proceed to infinite loop of the nexus logo (the colorful X)
I still could go into the bootloader option but then i could not find the fastboot option, there is only restart bootloader, poweroff and a un-clickable recovery mode.
isit possible to flash a new kernel to overwrite the current one? if so, which kernel should I flash? I am not sure whether my nexus is a 4.2 or 4.1.2 version.

pokemon5s4 said:
I was using a stocked rooted rom and was planning to planning to change to a custom rom and flashed a wrong kernel.
Currently when I power on my nexus it will show the word google with an unlock icon bottom and proceed to infinite loop of the nexus logo (the colorful X)
I still could go into the bootloader option but then i could not find the fastboot option, there is only restart bootloader, poweroff and a un-clickable recovery mode.
isit possible to flash a new kernel to overwrite the current one? if so, which kernel should I flash? I am not sure whether my nexus is a 4.2 or 4.1.2 version.
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The bootloader is fastboot mode. That's where you do all fastboot commands. Flash a new recovery using fastboot and then just flash a new kernel from recovery.
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[Q] Unable to Boot, Unable to mount sd, brick?

Hi,
i unrooted, unlocked and installes cwn via nexus 7 utility tool 4.0 and flashed the stock 4.2.1 rom. after reboot the nexus 7 get stuck in the bootloader. if i try to boot via"start" button it says "unable to boot" in the upper left corner. booting into bootloader mode works. booting into recovery mode works too, but the nexus 7 is unable to mount the sd card, the cache and so on. i tryed to reflash the stockrom with the nexus tool but when it says"all done, the nexus will now reboot" nothing happen. i tryed to reflash stock rom with the instruction in this section with adb and fastboot. it get stuck after giving the first command to reboot into fastboot. what can i do to get the nexus to work?

Have you tried the sideload command? Select 'install zip from sideload' when connected to your computer, and from cmd on your computer type adb sideload rom-name.zip
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awesome! thx a lot, this worked for me

shockabuku said:
awesome! thx a lot, this worked for me
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It is easier to click the thanks button below my post
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[Q] nexus 7 unbricking

I had flashed cm 10 to my nexus 7 . had some issues so i flashed the stock rom via nexus 7 tool kit. Now it'd not booting
It's stuck on the nexus logo. Guess this is what you call a boot loop. I tried to get into recovery from fast boot.. When i select recovery
Its crashing. I tried to flash a new recovery. But it seems that my usb USB debugging has gone off.
Can anybody please help me. I've searched aloot. It would be reallyappreciated.

rolehommie said:
I had flashed cm 10 to my nexus 7 . had some issues so i flashed the stock rom via nexus 7 tool kit. Now it'd not booting
It's stuck on the nexus logo. Guess this is what you call a boot loop. I tried to get into recovery from fast boot.. When i select recovery
Its crashing. I tried to flash a new recovery. But it seems that my usb USB debugging has gone off.
Can anybody please help me. I've searched aloot. It would be reallyappreciated.
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Have you tried using fastboot flash recovery <downloaded recovery>? If not, full stop, go search for a downloadable recovery for your version of the Nexus 7, and try that.
You're also a long, long way from being bricked, so don't use "brick" as a search term.

rolehommie said:
I had flashed cm 10 to my nexus 7 . had some issues so i flashed the stock rom via nexus 7 tool kit. Now it'd not booting
It's stuck on the nexus logo. Guess this is what you call a boot loop. I tried to get into recovery from fast boot.. When i select recovery
Its crashing. I tried to flash a new recovery. But it seems that my usb USB debugging has gone off.
Can anybody please help me. I've searched aloot. It would be reallyappreciated.
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Hi, rolehommie...
If can you still access the bootloader, you're just softbricked (not hardbricked). You're just bootlooping.
Download a recovery (CWM/TWRP) to your computer, hook it up to your N7 via USB... boot the tablet into the bootloader (from power off, VolDown+PowerOn), then flash the recovery.img as per @Rirere's instructions.
Fastboot doesn't need USB debugging enabled.
(USB debugging is only needed for ADB commands when Android is fully booted.)
All you need is fastboot flash recovery <name-of-recovery.img>
Good luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.

rolehommie said:
I had flashed cm 10 to my nexus 7 . had some issues so i flashed the stock rom via nexus 7 tool kit. Now it'd not booting
It's stuck on the nexus logo. Guess this is what you call a boot loop. I tried to get into recovery from fast boot.. When i select recovery
Its crashing. I tried to flash a new recovery. But it seems that my usb USB debugging has gone off.
Can anybody please help me. I've searched aloot. It would be reallyappreciated.
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I know you got some blood answers above but you could try using wugfresh toolkit....very easy

Download the Nexus 7 4.2.2 factory package and unzip the contents to your ADB/Fastboot directory. Start > Run > CMD > cd (your directory) e.g. "cd c:/platform-tools" > "flash-all.bat" will flash all factory images including the recovery, system and data.

Thank you very very much for all your advice . but i tried flashing a new recovery. The problem is my computer is not getting connected to the device. I tried flashing a new recovery using nexus 7 tool kit . but the kit itself is not connecting to my device.
This is the issue . i appreciate everybody's reply .

rolehommie said:
Thank you very very much for all your advice . but i tried flashing a new recovery. The problem is my computer is not getting connected to the device. I tried flashing a new recovery using nexus 7 tool kit . but the kit itself is not connecting to my device.
This is the issue . i appreciate everybody's reply .
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Seems you don't have the proper driver installed on your computer.
http://d-h.st/kDu
Download File > Unzip > Control Panel > Device Manager > Nexus 7 Update Driver > Browser Computer > Select Folder > Install.

rolehommie said:
Thank you very very much for all your advice . but i tried flashing a new recovery. The problem is my computer is not getting connected to the device. I tried flashing a new recovery using nexus 7 tool kit . but the kit itself is not connecting to my device.
This is the issue . i appreciate everybody's reply .
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I would start by dropping the toolkit, installing the drivers and learning a little bit.

rolehommie said:
Thank you very very much for all your advice . but i tried flashing a new recovery. The problem is my computer is not getting connected to the device. I tried flashing a new recovery using nexus 7 tool kit . but the kit itself is not connecting to my device.
This is the issue . i appreciate everybody's reply .
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Make sure to use the USB ports that go directly to motherboard, if you choose to do manually(no toolkit) just keep asking questions if run into problems there's all the help you need here! Good luck!!