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So I tried Un rooting my phone (sprint) well now I get stuck at the "x" and when I try to boot into recovery I Just get an android guy and a triangle with an exclamation mark in it, is there anything I can do?

thats the stock recovery. you can flash clockwork recovery via fastboot. or flash an official stock update.zip through the stock recovery.

simms22 said:
thats the stock recovery. you can flash clockwork recovery via fastboot. or flash an official stock update.zip through the stock recovery.
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really? well it isnt giving me any options, if you could give me instruction it would be highly apperciated

castro08 said:
really? well it isnt giving me any options, if you could give me instruction it would be highly apperciated
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How about you tell us exactly what you have done so far and we will help get you finished. There are guides that give you step by step instructions.
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Rem3Dy, it's fine haha. I'll just post it here, np
go here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nex...Recovery_Image
and download the 4.0.0.2 recovery image and save it to some directory on ur computer
then follow these steps:
1. Open up command prompt/terminal and plug in phone to computer
2. Type "adb reboot bootloader"
3. It will take you to fastboot mode. Now type "fastboot erase recovery"
4. Then type fastboot "flash recovery ____.img"
( ____ is the name of the recovery img file)
5. Now it will flash and once it says "OKAY" then scroll down using volume down into recovery and see what happens
It should work.

mathkid95 said:
Rem3Dy, it's fine haha. I'll just post it here, np
go here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nex...Recovery_Image
and download the 4.0.0.2 recovery image and save it to some directory on ur computer
then follow these steps:
1. Open up command prompt/terminal and plug in phone to computer
2. Type "adb reboot bootloader"
3. It will take you to fastboot mode. Now type "fastboot erase recovery"
4. Then type fastboot "flash recovery ____.img"
( ____ is the name of the recovery img file)
5. Now it will flash and once it says "OKAY" then scroll down using volume down into recovery and see what happens
It should work.
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thank you guys I got it to work, I was stepping out so I panic, but once in fast boot mode i plugged in a different usb hub and it mounted so I just ran a one click root thanks guys for taking your time and helping

Cool, glad it works!

I was stopped at a stop light and didn't have time to find a link
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Well thanks guys I knew it wasn't that bad I'm just so used to the epic I was confused lol
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Rooted and Unlocked, will installing CWM format my device?

following some people's tips here to understand what the hell is going on and following this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIL1iTr5vto
i unlocked and rooted my phone, everything got deleted as expected and now i decided i might want to install CM 10.1 or another mod...
going into fastboot, navigating to "Recovery mode" and getting an error picture (android with red thing above his open chest) i realized
i do not have CWM installed...
1. no idea how to install it - since i did everything else with a tool that did everything automatically but not this, help
2. all the guides i've seen say this action too will erase my whole device..., is this true? and can it be avoided?
ty!

Flashing recovery only? Nope it does not wipe. If you wanna flash recovery:
1. Download cwm.IMG (place it where adb and fastboot is)
2. Connect the phone and reboot to fastboot mode
3. Open command prompt by holding shift and right clicking the mouse and selecting open command prompt here
4. Type "fastboot flash recovery NAME_OF_FILE.img
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kyokeun1234 said:
Flashing recovery only? Nope it does not wipe. If you wanna flash recovery:
1. Download cwm.IMG (place it where adb and fastboot is)
2. Connect the phone and reboot to fastboot mode
3. Open command prompt by holding shift and right clicking the mouse and selecting open command prompt here
4. Type "fastboot flash recovery NAME_OF_FILE.img
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Hey kyokeun1234!
first of all ty for answering.
now im gonnna have to ask you to speak slowly so i can understand fast.
1.when you say "Flashing recovery" you mean "installing a costume recovery" - it being CWM?
2. how do i find ADB and Fastboot? since i installed it using a tookit i didnt manually place them. searching ADB with my file manager found a folder called "Android_Adb" (inside it i have power and Subsystem folders) but cant find "fastboot" anywhere - or do u mean in the same folder in the PC? - yet again, i do not have these files since i used a toolkit
3-4 will do after i understand 1-2.
after i do this, when i installed a mob (lets say CM), do i than lose all my data? and if so, if i use titanium recovery, will it install all my games+saves in a functional way on the new mod?

Don't use toolkits, it's better to learn what you're doing yourself
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alright u can lock this.
all i needed to do is re-root using the same toolkit but check the V for custom recovery.
TY!

Please help! Stuck on

Please help, I downloaded ChameleonOS Rom for Mako and I was on PA. I did a backup in TWRP and after I wiped data and cache I tried tp flash CHAOS ROm. It said success but it won't boot passed Google and If I try to restore PA it says failed and now I have no rom to flash to boot up and also I can't turn on debug to use ADB.

Zehlek said:
Please help, I downloaded ChameleonOS Rom for Mako and I was on PA. I did a backup in TWRP and after I wiped data and cache I tried tp flash CHAOS ROm. It said success but it won't boot passed Google and If I try to restore PA it says failed and now I have no rom to flash to boot up and also I can't turn on debug to use ADB.
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i'm not on twrp at the moment but you may be able to try this
you may also try the nexus toolkit

Nexus 4 toolkit says device not found when trying to push file to device. It shows serial under fastboot mode but not ADB Mode. Is that because I can't turn on debug?

Zehlek said:
Nexus 4 toolkit says device not found when trying to push file to device. It shows serial under fastboot mode but not ADB Mode. Is that because I can't turn on debug?
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hmm... can you try setting the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot? might be able to get you back to square one.
if you can get into twrp you might be able to run adb commands from the recovery even if you didnt have it enabled before using the toolkit.

efan3719 said:
hmm... can you try setting the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot? might be able to get you back to square one.
if you can get into twrp you might be able to run adb commands from the recovery even if you didnt have it enabled before using the toolkit.
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That might work, how do I set the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot?

Zehlek said:
That might work, how do I set the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot?
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On the main screen of the nexus tool kit there is a radio button option you can click for it.
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not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.

exb0 said:
not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.
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This guy sounds like he knows what he's doing.
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exb0 said:
not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.
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It says fastboot is not recognized as an internal command

In twrp, it keeps saying starting adb sideload feature

i posted this in another thread. try this...
1. First make sure that you have fastboot driver installed.
2. Power down your Nexus 4 (hold the power button until it shuts off) before rebooting into fastboot mode. You can do this by holding down the the Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously.
3. Connect your device to your computer. Open up a terminal or command prompt, and navigate to the folder containing the fastboot program.
4. Type fastboot devices into the command line, and you should then see your device’s ID, which means fastboot is setup correctly. if not, check to make sure Google Nexus 4 drivers are installed correctly.
5. now open Nexus 4 toolkit and Flash Google Factory stock Rom. Once you are back to stock continue on from there...
Good Luck!

Zehlek said:
It says fastboot is not recognized as an internal command
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my bad, it's fastboot-toolkit. But since you have a recovery with sideload already, just download a rom that's working, put it in your nexus 4 toolkit folder, rename it to flash.zip, and type in CMD
"adb-toolkit sideload flash.zip"

Thank you all for your help. What I had to end up doing was extracting the factory image and flash boot, system, and use data IMG files manually with nexus 4 toolkit. My Nexus 4 is alive. Again thank you all very much
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Zehlek said:
Thank you all for your help. What I had to end up doing was extracting the factory image and flash boot, system, and use data IMG files manually with nexus 4 toolkit. My Nexus 4 is alive. Again thank you all very much
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Glad to here it. My heart sank when I read your issue. Happy to see it resolved.
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efan3719 said:
Glad to here it. My heart sank when I read your issue. Happy to see it resolved.
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Thank you. I was beginning to panic when I saw there nothing working that would transfer a rom to my sdcard. Again thank you for all your help
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[Q] Broken&Locked N4, need your help..!

Hi guys !
I need your help for trying to recover my information from my Nexus 4... (Thanks in advance)
First, my N4 is:
With the screen cracked, so, the bottom half of the screen is not responding to any touch
Locked with a lock pattern (and because of the damaged screen, I can't unlock the phone)
With stock Android
With USB debugging on
Not rooted
With no other modification whatsoever (No custom ROM or recovery mode, etc)
First I tried the obvious, I connected the N4 to my computer expecting a miracle; as the phone is locked, and I can't unlock it, ADB just didn't worked.
I also tried sending a .zip thought "adb sideload" (using the stock recovery mode) to delete the files where the lock pattern is, but an "signature verification error" occurred (because the phone is not rooted, I guess). I've tried to delete the files with "adb -d shell" but (obviously) as ADB is not working, a "device not found" error showed up.
So I guess the question here is... What are my options ? Is there any way I can recover my photos and files ?
Thanks in advance!

Try going into recovery and using adb from there. Turn off the phone then turn it boot into the bootloader using volume down and power. Use the volume rockers to scroll and highlight Recovery mode, then use power to select it. Once in recovery press and hold power, then volume up to enter the menu. Then try "adb devices", and if the phone is recognized you can use what you want.

chromium96 said:
Try going into recovery and using adb from there. Turn off the phone then turn it boot into the bootloader using volume down and power. Use the volume rockers to scroll and highlight Recovery mode, then use power to select it. Once in recovery press and hold power, then volume up to enter the menu. Then try "adb devices", and if the phone is recognized you can use what you want.
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Hi chromium96 !
That didn't work.. :S
Any other idea ?
Thanks for replying !

Flash a custom recovery and boot into it... I think custom recoveries support adb.. If USB debugging is ON and proper drivers are installed on your PC, you can do 'adb pull' for the necessary files
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badhri said:
Flash a custom recovery and boot into it... I think custom recoveries support adb.. If USB debugging is ON and proper drivers are installed on your PC, you can do 'adb pull' for the necessary files
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Is that going to delete all my information ?
Thanks !

AlejandroFloresV said:
Is that going to delete all my information ?
Thanks !
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To flash the recovery you will need to unlock your bootloader which is meant to wipe all your data. However if you flash the recovery right after unlocking the bootloader (no reboot in between) the data should not get wiped.

chromium96 said:
To flash the recovery you will need to unlock your bootloader which is meant to wipe all your data. However if you flash the recovery right after unlocking the bootloader (no reboot in between) the data should not get wiped.
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I don't know if that's true...
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korockinout13 said:
I don't know if that's true...
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It is true. Ive done it successfully on several n4's and its even been talked about a couple times on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266928

Yes.. I have done that too.. It doesn't wipe the data.. Just flash cwm, right after the boot loader unlock..
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[Q] Boot doesn't go beyond rotating circles. Help!!

I tried to search, but in vain.
Hardware: Nexus 4
Software : Android 4.4.4
For reasons that are not clear to me the machine restarted and is stuck in those 4 rotating circles, and doesnt go beyond it. Tried multiple things such rebooting, rebooting into recovery and booting again, tried adb to see if it can see the machine in recovery mode, but to no avail.
Can someone please help? Thanks in advance.

Did you do anything, flash anything to get the boot loop? Boot loop can usually be cleared by doing a factory reset. But you'll have to reset up your phone afterwards
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jd1639 said:
Did you do anything, flash anything to get the boot loop? Boot loop can usually be cleared by doing a factory reset. But you'll have to reset up your phone afterwards
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This is a stock android and have no changes whatsoever except automatic update to 4.4.4. Only thing that is different is it is unlocked.
For last one week the phone kept complaining that it was unable to back up photos and videos. So I kept the wifi on over the night, and next morning I saw what i thought was it was trying to reboot but unable to do.
Is it possible to connect to machine while it is in recovery mode? My ADB can't discover the device either in recovery mode or while it is trying to boot. Is there a way to press some button and hard reset it?

Concoran said:
This is a stock android and have no changes whatsoever except automatic update to 4.4.4. Only thing that is different is it is unlocked.
For last one week the phone kept complaining that it was unable to back up photos and videos. So I kept the wifi on over the night, and next morning I saw what i thought was it was trying to reboot but unable to do.
Is it possible to connect to machine while it is in recovery mode? My ADB can't discover the device either in recovery mode or while it is trying to boot.
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Can you get into the bootloader? If so you can flash a custom recovery. ADB won't work in the stock recovery.
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jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? If so you can flash a custom recovery. ADB won't work in the stock recovery.
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I can get into bootloader - if you mean by pressing down volume button and powering on - so you see a few options such as 'Start', 'Restart Bootloader' et al.'
If I can get into this, what option do I have? How I can I some custom recovery such as TWRP?
Also, I saw a youtube video where a gentleman shows how to completely reset from Recovery mode (hold power button and press up volume key), but that doesn't seem to work for me.

Concoran said:
I can get into bootloader - if you mean by pressing down volume button and powering on - so you see a few options such as 'Start', 'Restart Bootloader' et al.'
If I can get into this, what option do I have? How I can I some custom recovery such as TWRP?
Also, I saw a youtube video where a gentleman shows how to completely reset from Recovery mode (hold power button and press up volume key), but that doesn't seem to work for me.
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Yes, that's the bootloader. Google 15 second adb install xda and install that. Then download the latest version of this http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/mako
Rename it recovery and put it in the same directory as fastboot.exe which will be installed with the 15 second adb install
Open a Windows command prompt in the same directory as fastboot and then with your phone connected to the pc and in the bootloader type the command in the command window
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This will instal twrp to your phone
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jd1639 said:
Yes, that's the bootloader. Google 15 second adb install xda and install that. Then download the latest version of this http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/mako
Rename it recovery and put it in the same directory as fastboot.exe which will be installed with the 15 second adb install
Open a Windows command prompt in the same directory as fastboot and then with your phone connected to the pc and in the bootloader type the command in the command window
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This will instal twrp to your phone
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My Biggest concern right now is not TWRP. I need to somehow get the machine to boot. It is stuck in those 4 circling things, and I need to somehow get the OS to work (or re-install if needed).
I am able to get to recovery where I see options to 'apply aupdate from ADB,' 'wipe data' and 'wipe partition'. I have wiped off everything, now I need to somehow get OS to install, and I don't know how. I tried using 'adb sideload 'image-occam-ktu84l.zip', but it fails.That file was extracted from occam-ktu84l-factory-0d3fd624.tgz from Android site.
Update: Great, now TWRP is installed. What next? I don't want CM at this point. Just stock Os. How do I get on to the machine?

Concoran said:
My Biggest concern right now is not TWRP. I need to somehow get the machine to boot. It is stuck in those 4 circling things, and I need to somehow get the OS to work (or re-install if needed).
I am able to get to recovery where I see options to 'apply aupdate from ADB,' 'wipe data' and 'wipe partition'. I have wiped off everything, now I need to somehow get OS to install, and I don't know how. I tried using 'adb sideload 'image-occam-ktu84l.zip', but it fails.That file was extracted from occam-ktu84l-factory-0d3fd624.tgz from Android site.
Update: Great, now TWRP is installed. What next? I don't want CM at this point. Just stock Os. How do I get on to the machine?
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Adb side load this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47476426
Edit, you could also flash the .zip you mentioned in your post by
fastboot update your file.zip
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jd1639 said:
Adb side load this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47476426
Edit, you could also flash the .zip you mentioned in your post by
fastboot update your file.zip
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Now that I have TWRP, how do I install CM? I would eventually like to return to stock, but at least for now, I need to get the phone going.
UpdateOk, the TWRP wasn't functioning well (swipe function wouldn't work), so got CWM recovery, and installed CM. CM too goes into infinite loop. Now I am completely stuck, I have no idea what else I can do.

Concoran said:
Now that I have TWRP, how do I install CM? I would eventually like to return to stock, but at least for now, I need to get the phone going.
UpdateOk, the TWRP wasn't functioning well (swipe function wouldn't work), so got CWM recovery, and installed CM. CM too goes into infinite loop. Now I am completely stuck, I have no idea what else I can do.
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Flash the factory image in fastboot
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jd1639 said:
Flash the factory image in fastboot
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I installed both TWRP and CWM alternatively, installed factory images using flash-all.bat, install CM11. But in both cases, 1. factory image : The system get stuck in boot mode where those 4 circles keep rotating around each other, 2. In CM11, the arrow keep rotating indefinitely.
I don't know what else I can do.
Any pointers? Thanks in advance.
I am beginning to suspect hardware malfunction. In which case, is there a log somehow I can see?
As an Aside: 1. Adb refuses to see the device in fastboot mode. Not sure if this is an expected behavior. Fastboot can.
2. Stock Android USB Drivers never work. I had to get the WugFresh Development drivers.
This is Windows 8 environment.

jd1639 said:
Flash the factory image in fastboot
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As I said earlier, both factory image and CM go into infinite loop at bootup. I have no idea what else to do.
Question now is to see if something is wrong with hardware. I don't know how to check that. Is there a way to do some diagnostics

Concoran said:
As I said earlier, both factory image and CM go into infinite loop at bootup. I have no idea what else to do.
Question now is to see if something is wrong with hardware. I don't know how to check that. Is there a way to do some diagnostics
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You probably have a failure of the emmc. What happens if you try to lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked?
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jd1639 said:
You probably have a failure of the emmc. What happens if you try to lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked?
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Yes, after locking (fastboot oem lock), bootloader the status says locked and I no longer see that unlocked icon when booting.
- At the moment I have CWM, and I see advanced options to format different folders which I have already done. But what I am not able to do is to use adb to copy the image-occam-ktu84l.zip to sdcard. Only way I have been able to install any zip is using sideload. Is that normal? I wonder if I am following right steps to begin with.
- Also, are there tools that can run and check if emmc has no bad sectors etc?
- In CWM I formatted whole log of folders, and now when CWM boots, it can't find /cache/recovery/* files. Which I take as a good sign - since old stuff is now gone. From here I don't know how to proceed. Any help - very thanful.

Concoran said:
Yes, after locking (fastboot oem lock), bootloader the status says locked and I no longer see that unlocked icon when booting.
- At the moment I have CWM, and I see advanced options to format different folders which I have already done. But what I am not able to do is to use adb to copy the image-occam-ktu84l.zip to sdcard. Only way I have been able to install any zip is using sideload. Is that normal? I wonder if I am following right steps to begin with.
- Also, are there tools that can run and check if emmc has no bad sectors etc?
- In CWM I formatted whole log of folders, and now when CWM boots, it can't find /cache/recovery/* files. Which I take as a good sign - since old stuff is now gone. From here I don't know how to proceed. Any help - very thanful.
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If you can side load you should be able to adb push a rom. When in recovery type adb devices. Does it show that your device is connected? Do you get an error?
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jd1639 said:
If you can side load you should be able to adb push a rom. When in recovery type adb devices. Does it show that your device is connected? Do you get an error?
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I can sideload from adb. (adb sideload <filename>.zip while CMW is waiting for abd sideload). But can't push since adb doesn't recognize the device while in fastboot - the way fastboot can.

Concoran said:
I can sideload from adb. (adb sideload <filename>.zip while CMW is waiting for abd sideload). But can't push since adb doesn't recognize the device while in fastboot - the way fastboot can.
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You have to be in recovery to run adb commands. The bootloader is only for fastboot commands. Try pushing while you're in recovery, not the bootloader.
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jd1639 said:
You have to be in recovery to run adb commands. The bootloader is only for fastboot commands. Try pushing while you're in recovery, not the bootloader.
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Here 's what I see when I to sideload,
In CWM, I choose 'install from zip, which takes me to next page where i chose to select from sideload. I then start sideload from 'adb sideload occam-ktu84l-factory-0d3fd624.tgz' (sometime I use the extracted zip from that tgz),
Following is what I see on CMW,
'Restarting adb
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E: Can't open /tmp/update.zip
(bad)
installation aborted'

Concoran said:
Here 's what I see when I to sideload,
In CWM, I choose 'install from zip, which takes me to next page where i chose to select from sideload. I then start sideload from 'adb sideload occam-ktu84l-factory-0d3fd624.tgz' (sometime I use the extracted zip from that tgz),
Following is what I see on CMW,
'Restarting adb
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E: Can't open /tmp/update.zip
(bad)
installation aborted'
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Ok, you can't use that file (tgz) in cwm, adb or fastboot. What you can do is extract it and then use the zip file. But, you'll have to boot into the bootloader and then use the command
fastboot update update.zip
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