This isn't my first android root but I'm stuck. I followed the video for rooting my Nexus 10. Got stuck in a boot loop but was able to flash cwm but still in boot loop. I tried doing the factory reset and now cwm is gone too and still stuck in boot loop. I tried reflashing cwm. When I try to access recovery I get the red triangle with ! on it. And I'm stuck in boot loop. I went here and tried to reflash recovery.img and no joy. Still no recovery access and no boot. ((
accidentally posted this in the samsung nexus forum #whoops
Boot back into recovery and press all 3 buttons (power, vol +, vol -) simultaneously until the menu comes up. The timing has to be very exact so don't worry if it takes 10+ tries. Then select factory reset and it should boot up properly.
I never could get CMW to stay. So I flashed TWRP as the recovery instead. Also follow wireroid advice about getting out of boot loop. If you want to SEE that method, check out the rooting N10 vid on youtube by qbking777.
some progress!
Ok I got back into the tablet with wireroid help YAH!!
I have a system update pending but when I tried to install it I got the red! with 'no command' ... after a near heart attack I did the factory reset again and got back to where I was before.
Now I need pointed in the right direction. So right now I'm unlocked but that's it. I have no custom recovery and presumably no su access because all I successfully did was unlock the bootloader.
I downloaded the nexux10 toolkit. Do I need to flash a recovery first? Do I try CMW again or go with TWRP? I've only used CMW in the past.
Do I ignore this Jelly Bean system update for now??
bg1906 said:
I never could get CMW to stay. So I flashed TWRP as the recovery instead. Also follow wireroid advice about getting out of boot loop. If you want to SEE that method, check out the rooting N10 vid on youtube by qbking777.
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Try this toolkit by Wugfresh. http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
It's what I used and I went from locked and stock to unlocked, rooted, and with TWRP as my recovery in less than 15 minutes. I unlocked and rooted my GNex the "old-fashioned" way but wanted something easier for my N10.
Also, here's a YouTube video from QBKing77 walking you through the process using the above toolkit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtLvlrUDB04&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Since you're already unlocked you should be able to just skip to the part where root and a custom recovery are flashed (you'll end up with TWRP but you can always download ROM Manager and flash ClockworkMod if that's your preference).
Good luck.
I ran MSkip toolkit and it repaired everything. I got a failed on renaming my recovery images so my stock recovery images are just gone I guess? Anyway I'm good. Rooted and repaired thanks to Skips toolkit.
Thanks for all the help!
Rodeojones said:
Try this toolkit by Wugfresh. http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
It's what I used and I went from locked and stock to unlocked, rooted, and with TWRP as my recovery in less than 15 minutes. I unlocked and rooted my GNex the "old-fashioned" way but wanted something easier for my N10.
Also, here's a YouTube video from QBKing77 walking you through the process using the above toolkit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtLvlrUDB04&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Since you're already unlocked you should be able to just skip to the part where root and a custom recovery are flashed (you'll end up with TWRP but you can always download ROM Manager and flash ClockworkMod if that's your preference).
Good luck.
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First, I searched and read all relevant threads concerning this issue. The five threads that showed up in the search did not help me solve my issue.
So on to my problem. I can no longer flash any rom onto my device. I attempted to flash the first official CM10 nightly (which I recently found out was not flashing properly for others) and had no success. I simply got a black screen and nothing more. I eventually got back into TWRP (v2.2.1.4) to try and Nandroid restore, but I noticed that /data was not formatting and the restore failed. Every time I would slide the bar across to confirm the restore TWRP would reboot itself. I then flashed CWM (v6.0.1.0) and the same problems were there. After that I flashed an earlier version of TWRP and successfully restored the backup. I'm not 100% sure how it was successful. So I decided to try flashing another ROM and no go. Same problems. Anyone have any ideas? When I was using CWM I got the error message below.
Code:
E: unable to locate volume information
E: unable to open ums lunfile '/sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file'
E: unable to format data
I'm running Bugless Beast with Motley #219
I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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aznxk3vi17 said:
I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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What rom did you attempt to flash?
elementur said:
What rom did you attempt to flash?
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So do I.I attempted to flash the first official CM10 8.18 nightly and had no success. I just got a black screen.Even more I boot into bootloader and choose to boot into recover but just stay at google logo.I try to flash recover once more,but just can't boot into recover!!
I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.
Shano56 said:
I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.
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Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?
phiracle said:
Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?
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There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).
android1234567 said:
There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).
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Thank You Very Much!!!
I am having much the same problem as the OP. I finally rooted my Nexus 7 using WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit. It seemed all went well. I chose to use TWRP in a first attempt to install a ROM (I was on rooted stock), and following the instructions for installing my chosen ROM I went into it to wipe cache, Dalvic Cache and data. Both cache and dalvic cache wiped without issue, but when I attempted to wipe /data TWRP simply reported that it failed. With that failing, I did not attempt to install a rom. I was still able to boot out of recovery, but even with repeated attempts wiping data always failed. Is any one aware of any solution or have any suggestions. Thank you!
Before the problem, I had a 4.1.1 rooted unlocked N7 with original ROM. I decided to apply the OTA update (03a4eaf95f73.signed-nakasi-JZO54K-from-JRO03D.03a4eaf9.zip) from TWRP recovery using the option to manually install zip updates.
The tablet rebooted, and I used Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to regain root access. Everything worked fine, I had no error messages at any moment during the procedure and the 4.1.2 update was applied successfully, as I could verify in the info section and by testing the landscape mode.
But, when I try to reboot in recovery using the option in ROM Manager, all I get is the little robot on his back image without any message. The only way to get out of this screen is to press the power button for a few seconds until it reboots into Android. Everything is fine except the recovery mode.
I tried to reflash the recovery image using Wug's Toolkit to no avail. I tried CWM, TWRP and stock recoveries but none worked. I always get the same screen with the robot on his back when I try to boot into recovery. Booting normally is always fine, only recovery seems to be affected. If I use Wug's toolkit to boot a temporary TWRP recovery image, it works but I want to be able to boot as before, with ROM Manager.
Any ideas? Is there a solution other the wipe it all and restart from scratch?
[edit] I can start into Fastboot but if I try to go to recovery from there, the same thing happens...
I fixed it by flashing the older 3.34 bootloader. So something is wrong with the new 3.41 bootloader.
There is nothing wrong with the process.
Its the users interpretation of how it works.
After updating, the file that flashes the stock recovery on boot is put back.
So he flashed in custom recovery.
Booted at which point the custom recovery is replaced with stock
Then wonders why he can't access custom recovery anymore.
Just reflash custom recovery
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bagofcrap24 said:
There is nothing wrong with the process.
Its the users interpretation of how it works.
After updating, the file that flashes the stock recovery on boot is put back.
So he flashed in custom recovery.
Booted at which point the custom recovery is replaced with stock
Then wonders why he can't access custom recovery anymore.
Just reflash custom recovery
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Not true. I flashed the update through cwm and everything went fine. When you reboot the system, cwm asks if you want to flash recovery and keep root. I denied to flash the stock recovery and I kept the root. After that you can't get into recovery at all (stock or cwm or whatever). but if I downgrade my bootloader to 3.34 everything is ok. I also installed new bootloader through cwm manually again and after that I can't boot into recovery.
Btw... How to flash bootloader.raw with fast boot???
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sikagoon7 said:
I think you are a bit misinformed. When you flash the OTA the recovery-from-boot.p is installed by default. It resets the recovery to stock every time you reboot. CWM does nothing to remedy this. The only way to fix it is to remove or rename the file to disable its function. After and ONLY after this will you be able to flash recoveries by choice and boot into them.
And while it is your choice to use whatever recovery you desire I personnaly think using stock recovery and adb sideload is the safest when it comes to signed stock OTA.zips. After that you can root and flash your recovery of choice as if you have a brand new device.
When it comes to the bootloader. Stock system, boot, and recovery verify which bootloader you are using. JRO03D looks for 3.34 and JZO54K looks for 3.41. I don't know the implications of switching them but I don't think I will test that. I've already had a bad experience with dismantling a bootloader. The bootloader is an IMG file. Download the JRO03D factory image from Google's website and extract it. Inside will be a file named bootloader-grouper-3.34.img. THAT is the stock JRO03D bootloader and that is what you need to flash using: fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-3.34.img.
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Yes I know that and did that from the beginning (renamed the file) but the point is that you can't boot into recovery (stock or whatever). It tries to boot into recovery I think but it reboots again and loads the OS. I'm using 3.34 booatloader with 4.12 and haven't got any probs yet.
Finally Got it Working
I tried one last thing yesterday. I got into ROM Manager and used the option to flash CWM Recovery. Then I rebooted in CWM (using the ROM Manager option). All was fine and when I chose the option to reboot, CWM asked me if I would like to make the custom recovery permanent because it would otherwise be rewritten at boot (this is what caused my problems, I believe). I choose to do so and it worked normally after that.
I then downloaded the TWRP recovery (http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103) and installed it with Wug's Toolkit using the option to flash a permanent Recovery from a file. I didn't modify the "recovery-from-boot.p" file because I thought that CWM already did that. Tested booting into recovery again and all is finally OK with TWRP.
One of the benefits of the 4.1.2 update is that I can now boot into recovery from the Fastboot menu.
I'm in the same boat, ended up flashing the factory image for jz054k (which included the new bootloader) to try and fix.. now I'm without root and without a recovery..
I'm unlocked, but flashing alternative recoveries just doesn't work right now.. can't boot them up.
Did the original author ever get this resolved?
-m
diomark said:
I'm in the same boat, ended up flashing the factory image for jz054k (which included the new bootloader) to try and fix.. now I'm without root and without a recovery..
I'm unlocked, but flashing alternative recoveries just doesn't work right now.. can't boot them up.
Did the original author ever get this resolved?
-m
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There are mixed reports on bootloader 3.41 and booting recovery. I have not been able to properly boot recovery from 3.41 under any circumstances. If you have this issue as well, flash the 3.34 bootloader from JRO03D. Doing this has allowed me to use recovery again.
I was running 4.1.2 with old bootloader 3.34 and had a SOD while my Nexus was charging last night.
In Faux123's kernel thread, he told me:
You should use the new boot loader and stick with CWM for now until TWRP get their stuff compatible with 4.1.2. Boot loader initialize the power regulators to some know state for the machine to boot until the kernel takes over.. and the new kernel is expecting it to be initialize certain ways... This was the biggest difference between 4.1.1 and 4.1.2... so I HIGHLY recommend using the matching bootloader...
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Steps I had to take to get 4.1.2 (rooted, stock rom, custom kernel):
flash stock 4.1.1 boot.img and recovery.img
flash 4.1.1 bootloader 3.34
flash recovery TRWP recovery
flash SuperSU (regain root)
flash CWM lastest recovery 6.0.1.5 (beta) based on Faux123 advice above
flash 4.1.2 bootloader 3.41
No problems so far. This whole process has taken days...
I'm finally where I want to be.
Oops, wrong thread...
This isn't my first android root but I'm stuck. I followed the video for rooting my Nexus 10. Got stuck in a boot loop but was able to flash cwm but still in boot loop. I tried doing the factory reset and now cwm is gone too and still stuck in boot loop. Do I need to reflash the stock recovery and if so where do I find that to download?
flash tbe cwm recovery again via fastboot, transfer your custom rom of choice from your desktop to your device, wipe data (factory reset), then flash that rom via cwm. btw, this is a galaxy nexus forums
Daethian said:
This isn't my first android root but I'm stuck. I followed the video for rooting my Nexus 10. Got stuck in a boot loop but was able to flash cwm but still in boot loop. I tried doing the factory reset and now cwm is gone too and still stuck in boot loop. Do I need to reflash the stock recovery and if so where do I find that to download?
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flash tbe cwm recovery again via fastboot, transfer your custom rom of choice from your desktop to your device, wipe data (factory reset), then flash that rom via cwm. btw, this is a galaxy nexus forums
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Sorry! So I did try that but still get the android guy with the red ! when I try to go into recovery.
Daethian said:
Sorry! So I did try that but still get the android guy with the red ! when I try to go into recovery.
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and the recovery flashed fine? did you "fastboot devices" to make sure fastboot can see your device? sometimes these recoveries need to ne flashed a few times before they take. try flashing it two or three times in a rom. did you try twrp recovery? you might like that recovery better.
op, rename/delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p and reflash your custom recovery;
RANT: GOD DAMN IT, WHERE'S MY NEXUS 10!!!??? BEEN WAITING FOR 2 GODAMN MONTHS! - Sorry, it's just that I've been going through some **** to get my hands on one - AND THERE'S PEOPLE WHO'S GOT 2!!!
FOLLOWUP:
I ran MSkip toolkit and it repaired everything. I got a failed on renaming my recovery images so my stock recovery images are just gone I guess? Anyway I'm good. Rooted and repaired thanks to Skips toolkit.
Thanks for all the help!
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It appears to be flashing fine and yes it sees my device. I tried multiple reflashing this am and still no joy.
I reposted in the right place and got some help but not done yet. I think mod might delete this thread since I have the other one going.
simms22 said:
and the recovery flashed fine? did you "fastboot devices" to make sure fastboot can see your device? sometimes these recoveries need to ne flashed a few times before they take. try flashing it two or three times in a rom. did you try twrp recovery? you might like that recovery better.
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Yesterday I tried to root my nexus 4 and I followed a tutorial. I unlocked the bootloader and was able to flash twrp 2.6.3.0 custom recovery. However, I forgot to factory reset my device before flashing the recovery. When I got to the twrp screen it asked me for my password. I entered the one for my device but I couldn't get in. I entered it in a couple more times, but still it wasn't unlocking. I pressed the back button and I randomly got into the recovery. From there I continued the rooting process but when I tried to wipe cache or dalviks cahce it always said that It failed (never got to the point of flashing SuperSU). I then tried to wipe the system but I stilled got the failed message.I had no choice but to exit out of twrp and turn off my device and when I did, I got stuck at the nexus logo. I was able to get my device back to stock and I want to root my device but I'm not sure what went wrong. Should I try using twrp 2.6.0.0 because a lot of guides I followed used that custom recovery. Also, if I use and old recovery will I be able to update it later? I also followed this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41291371&postcount=28 so I wouldn't lose my data. I tried including as much info as possible so sorry if I wrote too much.
neogamma said:
Yesterday I tried to root my nexus 4 and I followed a tutorial. I unlocked the bootloader and was able to flash twrp 2.6.3.0 custom recovery. However, I forgot to factory reset my device before flashing the recovery. When I got to the twrp screen it asked me for my password. I entered the one for my device but I couldn't get in. I entered it in a couple more times, but still it wasn't unlocking. I pressed the back button and I randomly got into the recovery. From there I continued the rooting process but when I tried to wipe cache or dalviks cahce it always said that It failed (never got to the point of flashing SuperSU). I then tried to wipe the system but I stilled got the failed message.I had no choice but to exit out of twrp and turn off my device and when I did, I got stuck at the nexus logo. I was able to get my device back to stock and I want to root my device but I'm not sure what went wrong. Should I try using twrp 2.6.0.0 because a lot of guides I followed used that custom recovery. Also, if I use and old recovery will I be able to update it later? I also followed this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41291371&postcount=28 so I wouldn't lose my data. I tried including as much info as possible so sorry if I wrote too much.
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Hey man,
I followed this guide. I flashed CWM instead of TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
Here is the version of Recovery I flashed:
http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.6-mako.img
Here is the version of SU I flashed:
http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip
Then I just followed the instructions on that post and everything seemed to work well for me
Hi all,
I bought a white N4 today since my GNexus died on me.
I played a but with the phone and went on to rooting.
I unlocked bootloader, but now the phone won't boot!!! it doesn't go pass the Google coloured cross.
I can still go to fastboot, so I flashed CWM recovery. Tried to wipe data, but it seem it can't mount /sdcard . . .
Please help I have no clue what's going on and fear I bricked a brand new phone
Thanks
benjieb said:
Hi all,
I bought a white N4 today since my GNexus died on me.
I played a but with the phone and went on to rooting.
I unlocked bootloader, but now the phone won't boot!!! it doesn't go pass the Google coloured cross.
I can still go to fastboot, so I flashed CWM recovery. Tried to wipe data, but it seem it can't mount /sdcard . . .
Please help I have no clue what's going on and fear I bricked a brand new phone
Thanks
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Boot into CWM and wipe cache. If that doesn't work, flash the stock recovery, boot into the stock recovery, and wipe cache.
efrant said:
Boot into CWM and wipe cache. If that doesn't work, flash the stock recovery, boot into the stock recovery, and wipe cache.
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No luck with wiping. I flashed stock recovery, but when I boot to it I get a laying down droid with red exclamation mark...
benjieb said:
No luck with wiping. I flashed stock recovery, but when I boot to it I get a laying down droid with red exclamation mark...
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That is the splash screen for the stock recovery. To access the menu, hold the power button and press volume up.
Then wipe cache and reboot. If that doesn't work, factory reset and reboot.
ok got it.
Flashed stock recovery, wiped everything, locked bootloader. I guess I am 100% stock now.
Phone is booting ok.
I will try to use Nexus root toolkit to
1, unlock
2, flash CWM recovery
3, flash superSU
Hope it will work ok now.
What is your take on what happened ?
benjieb said:
ok got it.
Flashed stock recovery, wiped everything, locked bootloader. I guess I am 100% stock now.
Phone is booting ok.
I will try to use Nexus root toolkit to
1, unlock
2, flash CWM recovery
3, flash superSU
Hope it will work ok now.
What is your take on what happened ?
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What method did you use to unlock the bootloader the first time?
benjieb said:
ok got it.
Flashed stock recovery, wiped everything, locked bootloader. I guess I am 100% stock now.
Phone is booting ok.
I will try to use Nexus root toolkit to
1, unlock
2, flash CWM recovery
3, flash superSU
Hope it will work ok now.
What is your take on what happened ?
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Have a read of the "return to stock" sticky in the General section. Sometimes the N4 won't boot if you have flashed images. You need to either format userdata (i.e., factory reset) or wipe cache.
No need to use a toolkit to do what you want.
1) Unlock the bootloader: fastboot oem unlock
2) Flash CWM: fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
3) Boot into recovery and flash a superuser zip.
everything is now fine!
Thanks Efrant!