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[Q] Really need help stuck at recovery screen

I just reset mytouch 4g phone and during restart the recovery screen just come out but I can't move down or up anything on the screen it just stuck..
I just update cm to version 3 of something
please I really need help on this my phone is already S-off
when I plug the phone with USB it response something by HBOOT has changed to HBOOT USB PLUG
I use Stock Rom just update Kernal only

Need more specifics. "3 of something" is too vague.
If you flashed clockwork mod recovery 3 (the text is orange) while using a stock ROM you will have issues. Clockwork 3 is for gingerbread based ROMs only.
If that is so, download CyanogenMOD 7 RC1 and try to flash it. Rebooting may help get recovery working right again. If not, and you are unable to re-flash a ROM, you will need to use fastboot to re-flash a good recovery image.

Marine6680 said:
Need more specifics. "3 of something" is too vague.
If you flashed clockwork mod recovery 3 (the text is orange) while using a stock ROM you will have issues. Clockwork 3 is for gingerbread based ROMs only.
If that is so, download CyanogenMOD 7 RC1 and try to flash it. Rebooting may help get recovery working right again. If not, and you are unable to re-flash a ROM, you will need to use fastboot to re-flash a good recovery image.
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when I upplug battery, and turn the phone on, it won't boot it just re direct to the Clockwork Mod screen and the screen lock volume up and down can't navigate anything power botton won't work tooo..I try to un plug battery again and turn on again the result is the same...

wibul_10 said:
when I upplug battery, and turn the phone on, it won't boot it just re direct to the Clockwork Mod screen and the screen lock volume up and down can't navigate anything power botton won't work tooo..I try to un plug battery again and turn on again the result is the same...
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In clockwork you use the trackball to navigate. Volume buttons won't work.

Lakeshow423 said:
In clockwork you use the trackball to navigate. Volume buttons won't work.
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no response on trackball too. it just stuck on this screen and can't move anywhere....any solution

Your attached image is of the Bootloader, not CWM Recovery.
The Bootloader is controlled by volume up / volume down to move between selections, and the power button is used to select.

jggimi said:
Your attached image is of the Bootloader, not CWM Recovery.
The Bootloader is controlled by volume up / volume down to move between selections, and the power button is used to select.
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when I turn the phone on everytime it just show this bootloader and no response on all volume up/down and power button...only way to turn off is to unplug battery ....

You might see if the Bootloader can communicate with fastboot on your PC. If so, you will have options for un-bricking from your PC.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370 for info on installing adb and fastboot to your PC, and using them.
Fastboot is designed to communicate with the bootloader. As far as I know, however, adb requires a functioning Android or Recovery system.

jggimi said:
You might see if the Bootloader can communicate with fastboot on your PC. If so, you will have options for un-bricking from your PC.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370 for info on installing adb and fastboot to your PC, and using them.
Fastboot is designed to communicate with the bootloader. As far as I know, however, adb requires a functioning Android or Recovery system.
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One more question, after following your advice, I found that I now can restart my phone again but when I shut down the phone and turn it on again it still stuck on bootloader screen all the times...any suggestion would be appreciate...

You can "restart my phone again" -- is it running Android at that point? If so, you can restore your phone to stock, and do a full factory reset, by putting the P15IMG.zip file on the root of your SD card and rebooting. The bootloader (if it is functional) should find it and begin the restore procedure.
Dowload, rename this, and stick it on your SD card, and reboot. If after a successful return to factory defaults, your phone still isn't working, the problem is likely not software.
http://www.filedropper.com/pd15imgglaciertmous1175312radio1228b60140e26030226mrelease155771signed
(Link borrowed from Phateless's .sig)

jggimi said:
You can "restart my phone again" -- is it running Android at that point? If so, you can restore your phone to stock, and do a full factory reset, by putting the P15IMG.zip file on the root of your SD card and rebooting. The bootloader (if it is functional) should find it and begin the restore procedure.
Dowload, rename this, and stick it on your SD card, and reboot. If after a successful return to factory defaults, your phone still isn't working, the problem is likely not software.
http://www.filedropper.com/pd15imgglaciertmous1175312radio1228b60140e26030226mrelease155771signed
(Link borrowed from Phateless's .sig)
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I can't download it...need new link
anyway thank very much for your help

[Q] What am I doing wrong?

Using the verygreen instructions I have been running CM-7.0.3 encore signed off of SD for about 2 months now and want to try to update to the current nightly.
I put cm_encore_full-176.zip in the /boot directory of the SD and tried all of these without success:
1) Used the boot select u-boot.bin to boot from sd and recovery. It just hangs.
2) Used the boot select u-boot.bin to boot from sd and alternate. It just hangs.
I reverted to the standard u-boot.bin and did these without success:
1) Booted into CM7 then using the shut down menu rebooted into recovery. The update was not applied and boot was normal.
2) From power off, held down the power on and N buttons. After loading... appeared counted to 4 and released both buttons. No update applied and booted normall.
3) From power off, held down power on and N buttons. After loading... appeared, released power button, then pressed and held it for 5 seconds, waited for the screen to blank and let go of both buttons. No update applied and NC shut off.
Anyone know what I am doing wrong? I have been scouring all of the NC root sites and it seems everyone has a different hold buttons and release sequence. Is there a special /boot folder or something that can only be accessed while the sd card is in the NC where I have to copy the update zip file?

Imbroglio said:
1) Used the boot select u-boot.bin to boot from sd and recovery. It just hangs.
2) Used the boot select u-boot.bin to boot from sd and alternate. It just hangs.
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Why you doing that?

Because there were recommendations to do to those steps on this site and others.
Do you have a solution to my problem?

You are going from a .29 kernel to a .32 kernel... From VG's SASD thread... first post... you need to update the version of the SASD.
How to update if you already installed using older version of the installer and don't want to reinstall (understandably):
•Get update zip from http://crimea.edu/~green/nook/update-genimage-1.3.zip
•Put the zip file as is onto the first partition of your sdcard..
•reboot into recovery (triggered by the keys, the reboot into recovery does not work yet).
•The new version would be installed and you are done.
•You can combine this installation together with updating to .32 kernel in one step. Just put the update-cm file and the update-genimage-1.3.zip to the first partition. Make sure there is still at least 1M of space left!
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Imbroglio said:
Because there were recommendations to do to those steps on this site and others.
Do you have a solution to my problem?
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Just put the new nightly build into the root folder and boot into recovery.
The only thing you need to do is your skill to boot into recovery, that's all.
The rest should be taken off.

DizzyDen said:
You are going from a .29 kernel to a .32 kernel... From VG's SASD thread... first post... you need to update the version of the SASD.
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Ok copied the file onto /boot.
Tried a different button sequence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kps9cWvyzqo
It still will not go into recovery mode. The thing is that I used the instructions on the video to help me install CM7 and gapps in the first place and it worked fine.
What exactly is the correct button sequence to get the NC to power on to recovery mode?
As you can see I found 3 different people saying to do it 3 different ways and none of them seem to work.
I am waiting for someone to say you have to wait until the 4th tuesday of the odd numbered month and hold down the buttons to the count of pi * the number of times Lindsay Lohan violates her probation in the past 4.5 months.
Do I need another program installed for this to work? Something like clockwork recovery mod (whatever that is)? Is there a difference that my NC doesn't say "Touch the Future of Reading" but just says "Loading..."?
It is making me pull my hair out and I didn't have that much hair left to begin with!
Just wanted to add an observation that after doing the button sequence in the video, "Loading.." the screen blanks for about .5 second and then is displayed again off center. The it goes into normal boot up.

Imbroglio said:
What exactly is the correct button sequence to get the NC to power on to recovery mode?
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I've had to use the "rhythm method" for the first time in a while this week, setting up my dual boot on eMMC, and verygreen's instructions were the only thing that worked for me:
verygreen said:
hold nook N key and then press and hold power until the "Loading..." message appears and then disappears with screen going blank. Release power button, then press it again and hold for ~5 seconds, the bootloader "Loading..." message should be on the screen for three seconds or so before you release power button, keep holding N button until screen blanks again. If the screen went off while you were holding the power key, that means you were holding it for too long
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This:
Imbroglio said:
Just wanted to add an observation that after doing the button sequence in the video, "Loading.." the screen blanks for about .5 second and then is displayed again off center.
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is what should be happening--when the message comes back, press the power button again for five seconds, then release. Anamardoll's videos were made prior to the B&N 1.2 update, prior to CM7.1's existence, and prior to any of verygreen's SASD updates, so the behavior was a little different then.
Also, you may have successfully booted into recovery and installed the SASD 1.3 update file without realizing it--small packages can flash very quickly in verygreen's installer, and iirc, the "Loading" message you describe is expected behavior for SASD 1.3. If you look at the SD's boot partition in your PC and the .zip file is gone, it very likely installed. If that's the case, Power > Reboot > Recovery ought to be working now; copy over the CM7 update .zip, attempt the rhythm method again (may as well), and if you go straight through to CM7, try Power > Reboot > Recovery.
If none of the above works, you have very likely hosed your boot sector with some of the shenanigans in your OP, and may as well format the card and start from scratch with an up-to-date SASD image.
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Do I need another program installed for this to work? Something like clockwork recovery mod (whatever that is)?
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CWM cannot help you with an SD install. If, however, you have chosen at any point to "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" from ROM Manager, then you've already written CWM to your internal recovery partition, and might want to consider installing CM7 internally, as it would now be much easier than fixing your card (assuming none of the above got it done).

Thanks for the help all.
I am just going to redo the sd with the 177 nightly.

[Q] Help reverting to stock

I wanted to revert my nook and start over because of my sd not working. Anyway, I was following "Restore Nook Color back to stock EASILY!" how to guide and I forgot to add the zip file to the Bootable Clockwork SD image. The guide said "add the zip file to the computer as well". For some reason I didn't interpret that as saying put in on the sd card.
I am now stuck where I cannot turn the nook off. It just has the following choices:
repoot
apply update
wipe data
wipe cache
etc...
How do I shut down the nook?
Also, the guide mentions to add NC 1.0.1 zip file to the card. Do I do that after I reboot the clockwork image. Any help would be appreciated.

It sounds like you're at the stock recovery screen. If you simply hold down the power button (could be at least 20 seconds) it should turn off.

sjmoreno said:
It sounds like you're at the stock recovery screen. If you simply hold down the power button (could be at least 20 seconds) it should turn off.
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K, thanks. It worked.

how to boot into CWR

hi, i have trouble booting into recovery. what i do is press "n" and power and it always goes to "Boot Menu" ... can someone tell me what that is and what it does ? ( i know i can boot into it by pressing power and selecting reboot and recovery just trying to find out how to from power-off) thanks.

I'm not the most knowledgeable one to answer this. I was waiting to see if someone else would post here.
But here goes. When I want boot into recovery when my nook is off, I power on holding down the n key. When the boot screen appears, I use the n key to toggle different options on the first line. I opt to boot from emmc. Then use the volume keys to move down to the next line and use the n key again to choose boot into recovery.
I don't remember the exact order of the lines, so I may be a little off, but I hope this helps get you booted into recovery from the boot screen
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Thanks for trying to help. i was experiencing boot-loop i think.. ( i wasn't even able to turn my NC off at all. it just kept booting up and being stuck on the Cyanogenmod loading screen every time when i turn it off by holding down power), thats why i needed to boot into recovery from power-off. how it happened was i upgraded to cm9. i wiped cache and dalvik and formatted boot, system and data before flashing. ( i know some instruction here tells to do a wipe data/factory reset. i didnt do that ) I fix it and went back to cm7 by putting in a bootable sd with CWR in the two seconds that it stays off... but the strange thing was that once again i did it my way (wipe cache/dalvik and format boot, system, data) and this time it worked~ no boot-loop. now i wonder what really caused boot-loop the first time even when i had the bootable sd card in it didn't even boot into recovery itself i had to push "n" like crazy ... to get in ...
k8108 said:
I'm not the most knowledgeable one to answer this. I was waiting to see if someone else would post here.
But here goes. When I want boot into recovery when my nook is off, I power on holding down the n key. When the boot screen appears, I use the n key to toggle different options on the first line. I opt to boot from emmc. Then use the volume keys to move down to the next line and use the n key again to choose boot into recovery.
I don't remember the exact order of the lines, so I may be a little off, but I hope this helps get you booted into recovery from the boot screen
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Glad you got it fixed.
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also if you have cwr on a bootable sd card you can use rom manager to flash cwr internally, so you wont need a bootable sd card, if you want to get into cwr just use rom manager and select reboot into recovery, i use to have cwr on my sd and didnt like it because you would have to take out the sd card everytime you boot, but this way is much easier, you can back up in rom manger instead of doing it the manual way...holding n and power button, hope this helps

[Q] Cyanoboot won't load cm-10 from SD

I used leapinlar 's guide to install cm-10.2 (SanDisk 32GB class4)... but the Cyanoboot menu doesn't seem to work... I've searched here and also googled, and maybe I'm not using the right keywords because I found plenty of discussions about boot problems, just not the one I am having, which is:
I hold down the 'n' to get the boot menu. When I select to boot from the SD, the screen goes black, and after a couple seconds, it boots from EMMC instead. (If I select SD recovery then linux starts from the SD, and either installs anything I've added to the SD, or tells me there is nothing new to install if I haven't, and shutsdown).
any ideas what's wrong?

6th Happiness said:
I used leapinlar 's guide to install cm-10.2 (SanDisk 32GB class4)... but the Cyanoboot menu doesn't seem to work... I've searched here and also googled, and maybe I'm not using the right keywords because I found plenty of discussions about boot problems, just not the one I am having, which is:
I hold down the 'n' to get the boot menu. When I select to boot from the SD, the screen goes black, and after a couple seconds, it boots from EMMC instead. (If I select SD recovery then linux starts from the SD, and either installs anything I've added to the SD, or tells me there is nothing new to install if I haven't, and shutsdown).
any ideas what's wrong?
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What does it do if you just let it boot without trying to use the menu? Why do you want to use the menu for going to SD when it should boot there automatically.
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If I do nothing (don't hold down the 'n' button) I don't get a boot menu at all and it acts as if there is no bootable SD card.- just goes right to 'nook color'. If I hold down the 'n' to get the cyanoboot screen, and I select to boot from SD, the screen goes blank and then goes right to 'nook color' too. I can't get it to load CM10.2 at all.

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If I do nothing (don't hold down the 'n' button) I don't get a boot menu at all and it acts as if there is no bootable SD card.- just goes right to 'nook color'. If I hold down the 'n' to get the cyanoboot screen, and I select to boot from SD, the screen goes blank and then goes right to 'nook color' too. I can't get it to load CM10.2 at all.
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That means CM10 did not install properly. It should boot directly to CM10 on SD with no intervention of the menu. I suggest you start over with a clean install of the SD. Reburn the SD and start over.
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Was hoping there was some simple obvious thing I was missing... but I was afraid it was going to come to a complete redo.
Reformatted the card, redownloaded everything, and redid all the steps and it is working now. Dunno what went wrong the first time, oh well. Thnx.