Need some help.... No recovery - Acer Iconia A500

Ok... I screwed up. I rooted my A500 and that worked great. I downloaded Goo manager and tried to flash recovery. It said it was successful, but when I selected reboot recover I got the dead andy with the red triangle....
So, I'm guessing what I missed doing was maybe unlocking the boot loader?
Anyway, any thoughts on how I can either get a recover installed, since I don't seem to have one right now?

nickjensz said:
Ok... I screwed up. I rooted my A500 and that worked great. I downloaded Goo manager and tried to flash recovery. It said it was successful, but when I selected reboot recover I got the dead andy with the red triangle....
So, I'm guessing what I missed doing was maybe unlocking the boot loader?
Anyway, any thoughts on how I can either get a recover installed, since I don't seem to have one right now?
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See my post below, that worked for me, I could not get the bootloader to work and had to manually flash in APX mode. Just make sure to get the AfterOTA tool or use the A500manager to extract your CPUID and SBK and keep them around, you should be able to get these using the A500manager in APX mode. Once you have that you can use Blanthundr's APX Flash tool and manually flash a bootloader. I used Thor's successfully. Once you got that back you can load up a custom ROM and you should be back in business. Just make sure that you wipe the data, cache and Dalvik Cache before you apply the ROM to have a clean install. Hope this works for you, it worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163795
Mik

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Hung on G1 Screen - I Did a Bad Thing

I updated the Cyanogen Mod to 4.2.6, which worked fine. However, I then went into the Cyanogen Updater to get the Dark Dream 1.5 theme (not realizing that it is a theme for CM 4.2.5).
Now when I go to restart my phone, it gets hung up on the G1 screen. I can still get into the recovery screen, but it aborts everything I try, so I cannot wipe and re-install a ROM. I can get into the console, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for there. I can also get into the boot-loader screen, but am unable to do anything. HBoot Mode shows that there are a bunch of missing images and then pops me back to FastBoot screen. I am wondering if anyone can offer a suggestion on how to get my phone working again.
greatheight said:
I updated the Cyanogen Mod to 4.2.6, which worked fine. However, I then went into the Cyanogen Updater to get the Dark Dream 1.5 theme (not realizing that it is a theme for CM 4.2.5).
Now when I go to restart my phone, it gets hung up on the G1 screen. I can still get into the recovery screen, but it aborts everything I try, so I cannot wipe and re-install a ROM. I can get into the console, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for there. I can also get into the boot-loader screen, but am unable to do anything. HBoot Mode shows that there are a bunch of missing images and then pops me back to FastBoot screen. I am wondering if anyone can offer a suggestion on how to get my phone working again.
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Use fastboot. You say you have it, this is what its for.
greatheight said:
I updated the Cyanogen Mod to 4.2.6, which worked fine. However, I then went into the Cyanogen Updater to get the Dark Dream 1.5 theme (not realizing that it is a theme for CM 4.2.5).
Now when I go to restart my phone, it gets hung up on the G1 screen. I can still get into the recovery screen, but it aborts everything I try, so I cannot wipe and re-install a ROM. I can get into the console, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for there. I can also get into the boot-loader screen, but am unable to do anything. HBoot Mode shows that there are a bunch of missing images and then pops me back to FastBoot screen. I am wondering if anyone can offer a suggestion on how to get my phone working again.
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If you can into recovery you should be able to fix it by applying the cyanogen update again, if not use fastboot to restore a nandroid backup
jackslim said:
If you can into recovery you should be able to fix it by applying the cyanogen update again, if not use fastboot to restore a nandroid backup
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While I can boot into the recovery mode, nothing seems to work. I try a wipe; comes up "Wipe Aborted." Same thing happens when I try to apply the update again.
I am going to see if I can re-install the cyanogen update from the console, as it seems like that is the only the working in the recovery mode. Unfortunately I don't have a nandroid backup to use. Thanks for the suggestion.
Which recovery image are you using?
jackslim said:
If you can into recovery you should be able to fix it by applying the cyanogen update again, if not use fastboot to restore a nandroid backup
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greatheight said:
Unfortunately I don't have a nandroid backup to use.
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You can download a nandroid image to fastboot of the official rom directly from HTC for the ADP1 phone. Download the Android 1.6 "System Image" from http://developer.htc.com/adp.html You may have to reinstall a custom recovery image afterwords. Then you can upgrade to any rom you want.
If you need to, you can download the latest recovery image here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669 and install using the fastboot method.
testing567 said:
If you need to, you can download the latest recovery image here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669 and install using the fastboot method.
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It is likely this is the way I'll need to go. Thanks for all the help.
battery
the wipe could have been aborted b/c your battery is too low thats happened to me before just plug it in

[Q] myTouch 4G Recovery Issues! Please Help!

I checked through 100s of post tonight and could not find the answer to this and am in need of some help. I attempted to install a Cyanogen Nightly tonight through Rom Manager with no prior knowlege of the issues with CW 2.5 vs. CW 3.0. Stupid I know.
So natuaraly, when the download finished and Rom Manager tried to install, my MT4G just hung at the white boot screen. Through previous posts, the directions were simple to reflash the previous CW Recovery through Fastboot and reflash the Rom.
Well thats where the problem is.... When I attempt to flash ANY Rom earlier than 3.0.0.5, it will say OKAY in CMD, however the phone will never boot into the Recovery. I even tried fastboot erase recovery then reinstalled and still nothing.
So i decided to go a different root and reinstalled 3.0.0.5 to see if there was any work around through there. After i install 3.0 through Fastboot, I am able to go into Recovery, however when I select ANY option no matter what, the hat and the gear icon stay in the background and nothing happens.
I am very confused and lost and am hoping someone here will have had the same issue and can help me get my phone back in order.
Thanks in advance guys!
highrolla1866 said:
I checked through 100s of post tonight and could not find the answer to this and am in need of some help. I attempted to install a Cyanogen Nightly tonight through Rom Manager with no prior knowlege of the issues with CW 2.5 vs. CW 3.0. Stupid I know.
So natuaraly, when the download finished and Rom Manager tried to install, my MT4G just hung at the white boot screen. Through previous posts, the directions were simple to reflash the previous CW Recovery through Fastboot and reflash the Rom.
Well thats where the problem is.... When I attempt to flash ANY Rom earlier than 3.0.0.5, it will say OKAY in CMD, however the phone will never boot into the Recovery. I even tried fastboot erase recovery then reinstalled and still nothing.
So i decided to go a different root and reinstalled 3.0.0.5 to see if there was any work around through there. After i install 3.0 through Fastboot, I am able to go into Recovery, however when I select ANY option no matter what, the hat and the gear icon stay in the background and nothing happens.
I am very confused and lost and am hoping someone here will have had the same issue and can help me get my phone back in order.
Thanks in advance guys!
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I havent had that issue exactly, but I might be able to help wlk you through getting this fixed. Ive had problems more than once myself on recovery, and helped a couple others solve other issues on here. If you want, add me on google talk (same username as on xda), and Ill walk you through it. Might have to wait till the morning, though, as Im probably gonna head to bed soon.
Fastboot 2.5 recovery and reflash froyo rom. If you decide to install CM7 again - read,search and make sure that you understand what you're doing. It has been stated at least few dozen times that Rom Manager is useless with gingerbread until Koush updates it.
Same Issue??
I believe my issue sounds similar.
I tried to go from Iced Glacier up to CM7. When I did I attempted to use the Clockwork Recovery 2.5 and of course it didn't work. Then I tried to upgrade it to 3.0.0.5. Now when I try to reboot into Clockwork recovery the phone just stays on the MyTouch 4G splash screen. The only way to get around it is use the Power/Volume down button and click on FASTBOOT and then select REBOOT.
The phone then boots in Iced Glacier. I have redownloaded ROM Manager and attempted to FLASH CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY. But it still won't load into recovery.
Essentially I need some step by step help to get back to clockworkmod recovery. I'm not too worried if I need to wipe everything. Just looking for the ability to restore again.
Alternatively I'm interested in upgrading to CM7 but not sure how I could do that without recovery working. I would also ask if you can give step by step instructions it would be much appreciated as I'm still pretty new to this.
Thanks!
I also have the similar problem. I have installed the Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 and have rooted my phone before i was trying to install the gingerbread version. I made a recovery backup. i tried to restore the phone with that backup image but it still hung up with that "t-mobile mytouch " white splash screen.
What should i do now ? i have no idea how to bring my phone back to life :/
fosunite said:
I also have the similar problem. I have installed the Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 and have rooted my phone before i was trying to install the gingerbread version. I made a recovery backup. i tried to restore the phone with that backup image but it still hung up with that "t-mobile mytouch " white splash screen.
What should i do now ? i have no idea how to bring my phone back to life :/
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Jmg90300zx said:
I believe my issue sounds similar.
I tried to go from Iced Glacier up to CM7. When I did I attempted to use the Clockwork Recovery 2.5 and of course it didn't work. Then I tried to upgrade it to 3.0.0.5. Now when I try to reboot into Clockwork recovery the phone just stays on the MyTouch 4G splash screen. The only way to get around it is use the Power/Volume down button and click on FASTBOOT and then select REBOOT.
The phone then boots in Iced Glacier. I have redownloaded ROM Manager and attempted to FLASH CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY. But it still won't load into recovery.
Essentially I need some step by step help to get back to clockworkmod recovery. I'm not too worried if I need to wipe everything. Just looking for the ability to restore again.
Alternatively I'm interested in upgrading to CM7 but not sure how I could do that without recovery working. I would also ask if you can give step by step instructions it would be much appreciated as I'm still pretty new to this.
Thanks!
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Sounds like both of you should of never of done this. This has been discussed a few times, and the end result is always the same.....
Download the correct Recovery image (which can be found in the Development section) and install it to your phone by using the ADB commands, in the fastboot mode. you can find a quick and painless way to set those up in my signature. Once you have installed the recovery image you can boot into hBoot and select recovery. from there you can flash CM7 and the gapps. Once you have done all that download the official clockwork ROM manager from the market and flash his current recovery image.

having issues after bootloader unloack, and root

this morning was dead at work, so i decided to go ahead and tinker with my phone. i was on 1.8.3, rooted, and running gingerblur 4.5.
i followed the instructions for the bootloader and root, everything went smoothly updating to 2.3.4 at first, but it doesnt seem to hold root. superuser kept corrupting, then when i got that settled, CWM started hanging up, and now when i try to use that, i get an error saying the path is null. aaaand now superuser says my su binaries are out of date. anyone have any idea? i tried searching, but couldnt find anything relative to my problem...
EDIT: super user is jacked up again.. so basicly my phone wont hold root...
EDIT 2: my home key doesnt seem to do anything now either...
Sounds like you did a titanium backup restore on your phone? Try doing a factory reset and try re-rooting the rom you have and give it super user access. A factory reset should work.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
i didnt do a titanium backup... but i did just try a factory reset, and i think it bricked my phone... i have the little android guy standing next to the yellow triangle with an exclamation point... now what? lol
can you boot into fastboot or Android Recovery?
yes. should i use android recovery, or reflash 2.3.4 or kenn's alien rom?
PParcells said:
yes. should i use android recovery, or reflash 2.3.4 or kenn's alien rom?
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who's recovery/CWM are you currently using?
i had the latest of tenfars CWM, but like i said, it kept botching since root wouldnt stick
i seem to be able to access the CWM in android recovery mode though. should i try reflashing kenn's alien rom, or start from scratch with 2.3.4?
Try booting into fastboot mode and trying the command: fastboot -w
Then: fastboot reboot
Does it boot up now? Still have some more stuff to tell you.. just wanted to see if that got the phone booted first.
PParcells said:
i seem to be able to access the CWM in android recovery mode though. should i try reflashing kenn's alien rom, or start from scratch with 2.3.4?
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Yeah, but can you still put flashable .zip files on your phone, if you can't boot?
it booted up just fine, as if the factory reset did nothing. all my apps and stuff are still there, root still isnt working, and neither is the CWM app in the app drawer. so im not sure if i should try re-rooting again, or what to do. this is weird, i never had any issues fiddling with gingerblur or any of that stuff...
PParcells said:
it booted up just fine, as if the factory reset did nothing. all my apps and stuff are still there, root still isnt working, and neither is the CWM app in the app drawer. so im not sure if i should try re-rooting again, or what to do. this is weird, i never had any issues fiddling with gingerblur or any of that stuff...
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Ok, here we go...
1) Check to see if you have file "install-recovery.sh" @ /system/etc. If you do, delete it.
2) Uninstall Tefnar's CWM you have installed.
3) Download RomRacer's CWM/Recovery, and install via fastboot, or install via ROM Manager via the instructions in my N00B Guide thread.
4) Once you have RomRacer's CWM installed, boot into CWM and wipe dalvik cache, cache partition and format data.
5) Flash Alien ROM (not theme, just ROM). - Make sure to put this on you phone before booting into CWM and clearing everything; want to flash immediately after clearing things listed in step 4.
6) Reboot and see what you have and if everything is working correctly...
rom manager says i need root. which i dont have. i tried installing via fastboot, but couldnt figure it out. i cant remember if im supposed to use the command prompt, or rsdlite, rsdlite says the CWM zip isnt a valid compressed file...
PParcells said:
rom manager says i need root. which i dont have. i tried installing via fastboot, but couldnt figure it out. i cant remember if im supposed to use the command prompt, or rsdlite, rsdlite says the CWM zip isnt a valid compressed file...
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Need to use command promt for fastboot... put RomRacer's CWM .img file in the same place as your fastboot files, and then type the commands in Rom Racer's OP, except if your using fastboot, you can ignore the "moto" part of the commands and just type fastboot ....
You need Romracer's fastboot file, which is on the left side... not the flashable .zip file which is for CWM.
you are my new favorite person in the whole wide world. its currently formatting, and i'll be sure to log on in the morning to post my results. but this is far enough for the night i think. im beat. thanks for ALLLL the help and patience!
Oh. I guess I should add this piece of advice since no one else has. Don't get bored at work and try flashing roms. You don't have recovery available or another rom available. I speak from experience.
I voided my warranty.
just wanted to say i have everything up and running. super fast, super smooth, and so far, no errors or issues. thanks alot guys!

stuck in recovery

i flashed the CWM update zip, booted into CWM, wiped, and now im trying to install the EOS rom
it goes smoothly and i get no errors, but it boots into CWM every single boot now.,,
Pushed the older 6006 cwm and flashed, no errors, still boots into 6010.. ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22897771
Found this thread. For transformer Prime but hopefully it fixes my issue. If this is a bad idea lmk.
If not, Will try around midnight when I get back home
Woops,
Found this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
Did you flash the CWM.zip in TWRP? I ask because there was a known issue when flashing CWM from TWRP you would get stuck in a recovery loop. I had the same issue and had to flash the stock .img to get out of it. Good luck.
i flashed the CWM zip that was posted in the CWM thread, bout to try and get myself free..
::success.
booted into bootloader
flashed bootloader, restarted, booted into my rom...
rebooted back into bootloader
flashed recovery
wipe/flash normally
I'm in the same exact situation, Could you share with me how you got it to boot into bootloader? I've been trying for awhile now. As I'm stuck in CWM I'm thus far unable to use adb. I'm a total adb noob so there is probably something quite simple I'm missing. Thanks in advance for any help.
Vektor67 said:
I'm in the same exact situation, Could you share with me how you got it to boot into bootloader? I've been trying for awhile now. As I'm stuck in CWM I'm thus far unable to use adb. I'm a total adb noob so there is probably something quite simple I'm missing. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Press volume down when it boots (right before and while the Google logo shows up)
jamesst20 said:
Press volume down when it boots (right before and while the Google logo shows up)
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Thanks for the reply, I've tried that many times. It's not working. I wish I had read this thread carefully and learned that it might be dangerous to flash cwm zip from TWRP, I had no idea.
The thing is is that it never really shuts down properly(thought I remembered a power off option on one of my epic 4g cwm) So when I press the power button while on the reboot system now option, that is what it does but back to recovery. I tried the volume button as you suggested as well as every other combination I could think of. :~(
Well in messing with drivers(uninstalling old drivers/devices installing universal naked driver) I had the nexus 7 q3 tool waiting for adb to enter fastboot and reflash TWRP so I could restore) and the tool suceeded in kicking me into fastboot(with an error in the toolkit) The toolkit stopped communicating though. I want to use the toolkit to reflash back to stock now that I'm in the bootloader screen.
I'm a bit nervous though, some warning about flashing asus stock blobs being a sure way to HardBrick. I think I'll wait until I get better information. I am on the bootloader screen, but I'm certain my bootloader as it sits is messed up from flashing CWM.
*Edit* Success!! I used this ; "[Guide] Returning to Stock and/or Unbricking your device"located here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250 (not sure how to go about inserting a descriptive link sry :~( I'm now back to stock and ready to brick it again...umm, I mean, root and flash like there's no tomorrow. hehe Thanks for the input.:good::good:

[Q] could use some help flashing a rooted+unlocked Razr M

I've done the following to my new, out-of-the-box Droid Razr M (XT907):
- Rooted it
- Unlocked the bootloader
- Installed CWM recovery
Booted into the CWM recovery mode, I cleared the memory, cache, and while trying to flash an Eclipse JellyBean custom ROM, the process failed (alas, I didn't capture the error msg, but I recall it being a bit vague). I (perhaps foolishly) rebooted using the CWM menu after this failure. Since then, the phone has been stuck in the "WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" screen (scrshot attached). I'm able to enter the AP FastBoot mode using Power+VolumeDown, but trying to flash a stock ICS ROM using RSD is failing as well.
I'm kinda stuck at this point, and would highly appreciate any useful advice. The AP FastBoot screen says "Battery Low!" so I'm not really sure how much time I have. I've kept it connected to my PC via USB, but I'm not sure if that charges the battery or not.
Thanks much!
l_klusener said:
I'm kinda stuck at this point, and would highly appreciate any useful advice.
Thanks much!
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To bo clear, I'd like to take the phone from its current state to _some_ working state, whether it's by flashing a custom ROM or by unrooting it and taking it back to a factory state (assuming that's even possible), so that I can fully charge it and then make another attempt of flashing a custom ROM onto it.
Thanks!
If I were you, I would download RSD, boot the phone into Fastboot AP, and flash the 4.1.1 stock image. If you download the Razr M Utility 1.10, it will have both RSD, the motorola drivers, and the stock image. It can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419
NOTE: Your battery should be at 100% for the flash according to the original post in that topic. I would leave it attached to the computer for a few hours or put it on the wall charger for a few hours before going any further.
l_klusener said:
To bo clear, I'd like to take the phone from its current state to _some_ working state, whether it's by flashing a custom ROM or by unrooting it and taking it back to a factory state (assuming that's even possible), so that I can fully charge it and then make another attempt of flashing a custom ROM onto it.
Thanks!
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You could also flash cm10, either would work. Cm10 would bypass the issue of undoing your custom recovery
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2
l_klusener said:
I've done the following to my new, out-of-the-box Droid Razr M (XT907):
- Rooted it
- Unlocked the bootloader
- Installed CWM recovery
Booted into the CWM recovery mode, I cleared the memory, cache, and while trying to flash an Eclipse JellyBean custom ROM, the process failed (alas, I didn't capture the error msg, but I recall it being a bit vague). I (perhaps foolishly) rebooted using the CWM menu after this failure. Since then, the phone has been stuck in the "WARNING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" screen (scrshot attached). I'm able to enter the AP FastBoot mode using Power+VolumeDown, but trying to flash a stock ICS ROM using RSD is failing as well.
I'm kinda stuck at this point, and would highly appreciate any useful advice. The AP FastBoot screen says "Battery Low!" so I'm not really sure how much time I have. I've kept it connected to my PC via USB, but I'm not sure if that charges the battery or not.
Thanks much!
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did you mount system before you flashed?
I think the Razr M Utility 1.10 can save your phone, it flash the stock rom by fastboot, not by RSD, and it will do the work. I've try it.
Coronado is dead said:
If I were you, I would download RSD, boot the phone into Fastboot AP, and flash the 4.1.1 stock image. If you download the Razr M Utility 1.10, it will have both RSD, the motorola drivers, and the stock image. It can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419
NOTE: Your battery should be at 100% for the flash according to the original post in that topic. I would leave it attached to the computer for a few hours or put it on the wall charger for a few hours before going any further.
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Apologies for the delayed response here.
I followed these instructions, and it worked wonderfully. My phone is now restored to the stock image, so a huge thanks there!
shane1 said:
did you mount system before you flashed?
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Are you referring to my attempt at flashing the custom ROM? I don't think I mounted anything. I copied the custom ROM .zip file onto the phone's SD card, booted into the CWM recovery mode, wiped out the data, cache, and dalvik cache. I then selected the "Install zip from SD card" option followed by selecting the zip I copied earlier.
Did I miss an important step here? The instructions I followed were from an external (i.e., non xda-developers) site. I'll try to look for better instructions on this forum, but if you have a pointer handy, I'd appreciate it.
Once again, thanks for saving my phone guys. I was beginning to lose hope

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