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Flashed my SGT, did I brick?

Followed steps to flash bootloader, everything worked fine. I had a unlocked bootloader. I tried to boot into recovery (volume - and power) and got a "Downloading..." window, I pressed volume and it says ODIN Download Mode "Waiting USB Cable" DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET
wtf do I do? Its just hanging there but I dont know what its waiting for

It's fine just turn it off. Next time select the icon on the right for recovery. Turning it off won't hurt it.
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Nah you're fine. Just went the wrong way. When you get to that screen, press Volume Down (when holding the tab so buttons are at the top, it's the left volume button) to move your selector over to the recovery icon, then press the volume up button (right volume button) to select it. Tada, clockwork.

what do you mean icon on the right?

once I flash CWM 4.0.0.4 how do I get into CWM? And how do I install root? Sorry the tutorials are confusing me lol

DroidHam said:
what do you mean icon on the right?
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Is it looping back to the ODIN menu every time you try to turn it off? If so, while in ODIN, just hold volume down (left side) and the power button. Keep holding it until you get a screen with two icons to choose from. Press volume down and it will select the USB icon on the left. Then press volume up. That should take you into recovery. Once in recovery, choose to reboot.

Whoops, meant to the left. My bad. Using the steps I gave you this will get you into CWR. To install root go here and follow those instructions.

its not looping, now I cant get to ODIN lol, what do I press?

nm I got it ;p

Stock Nexus 7 - Can't boot to recovery mode

Tried booting holding down the volume down button and power simultaneously and am able to select recovery mode but I just get a screen with the white Google name - recovery mode never starts (I have waited minutes) and I have to hold down the power button to get back to a normal startup. Also tried connecting to my PC via USB and booting holding down the power and the volume up and down buttons simultaneously. Then I get the belly-up Android and the Start selection but the volume keys don't change the selection and the power button does not cause a start - I have to power down by holding the power button in and restart normally. Any ideas?
Dave

sparksd said:
Tried booting holding down the volume down button and power simultaneously and am able to select recovery mode but I just get a screen with the white Google name - recovery mode never starts (I have waited minutes) and I have to hold down the power button to get back to a normal startup. Also tried connecting to my PC via USB and booting holding down the power and the volume up and down buttons simultaneously. Then I get the belly-up Android and the Start selection but the volume keys don't change the selection and the power button does not cause a start - I have to power down by holding the power button in and restart normally. Any ideas?
Dave
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You can use one of the root tool to reflash recovery mode if you don't know how to use ADB (which I don't really know.) You can flash CWM or TWKP or whatever it is. Then you should be able to do whatever you need to do. I have used the galaxy nexus tool kit v7.0.

Connect to pc
Shut down nexus 7
Hold volume down and power
At the next screen, press up until it says recovery mode
Press power
You then get the Android with red exclamation
Press power, hold it and then press volume up
This should give the recovery menu.
Result!
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AMoosa said:
Connect to pc
Shut down nexus 7
Hold volume down and power
At the next screen, press up until it says recovery mode
Press power
You then get the Android with red exclamation
Press power, hold it and then press volume up
This should give the recovery menu.
Result!
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As I noted, I tried this and at the "At the next screen, press up until it says recovery mode" point, when I press the volume up button nothing happens, it stays with Start displayed (and pressing Power at that point has no effect - I have to press and hold Power for many seconds to force a shutdown).

sparksd said:
As I noted, I tried this and at the "At the next screen, press up until it says recovery mode" point, when I press the volume up button nothing happens, it stays with Start displayed (and pressing Power at that point has no effect - I have to press and hold Power for many seconds to force a shutdown).
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You need to press volume up a few times, until you see Recovery.
This guide worked for me, so thanks AMoosa.

poisike said:
You need to press volume up a few times, until you see Recovery.
This guide worked for me, so thanks AMoosa.
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Yes, I said I tried that and pressing volume up has no effect - it stays at "Start" and even pressing Power at that point has no effect, I have to press and hold power to force a full shutdown.

Same problem here. A full stock re flash didn't help either.
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exact same problem here as well. once i get to the screen with the android laying down, no buttons work and i'm forced to hard reset. just rooted today using wugfresh

nvertigo said:
exact same problem here as well. once i get to the screen with the android laying down, no buttons work and i'm forced to hard reset. just rooted today using wugfresh
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Could you do anything more after rooting?

sikagoon7 said:
That is normal. If you press power and volume up you should get a recovery menu. It is pretty featureless so I assume you were expecting the likes of CWM or TWRP. These are custom recoveries that you need to download. To install them you need to unlock the bootloader and either manually flash them via fastboot or by using an application like goo manager or rommanager. Note that the application method requires root.
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I think he has the same problem I do. "If you press power and volume up you should get a recovery menu."- I can't get to the recovery menu.

sikagoon7 said:
It is pretty useless. Want do you want to use it for exactly?
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Manually load 4.1.2 --
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-nexus-7-android-412

One update - I could get to recovery using adb (adb reboot recovery) but once there adb could no longer see the Nexus (adb devices showed null). Have to try some more when I get home from work tonight.
Manual update to 4.1.2 is original reason for doing this but now I'd like to understand why I can't get to recovery mode the "standard" way.

sikagoon7 said:
You are getting in the standard way. Flash a custom recovery now to use it.
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I meant through the menu selection on the Nexus itself, not through adb. And as I noted, once I got to the recovery screen, adb could no longer see the device.

sikagoon7 said:
Again that is normal.
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Well, with 4.1.2 (OTA) I can now get to the recovery screen by using the simultaneous power + volume button pushes, no adb required.

sikagoon7 said:
Is that's what you were looking for? The side load menu? I thought you were saying recovery didn't work. Recovery has to work for you to even use the power volume up trick.
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Adb was never required to get to recovery. That's the bootloader's job.
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See here -
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-forums-nexus-7-hard-reset-questions
On the final set of workaround instructions, it says "4. Select Recovery using vol buttons and press power button" - I could not "Select Recovery" because at that point my Nexus would not respond to any button pushes.

Install latest nexus 7 bootloader from my dropbox.
http://db.tt/cgk5NmQn
This fixes the boot loader bug and now you can enter recovery from the bootloader screen.
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sikagoon7 said:
Update the bootloader to 3.41. Make sure NOT TO DELETE THE BOOTLOADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot emphasize this enough!!!!!!!!!!! I bricked my first one this way.
Use fastboot flash bootloader C:\>>>>>>\bootloader-grouper-3.14.IMG
Do NOT erase bootloader before you flash the new one. And after you have flashed the new one type; fastboot reboot bootloader and check the bootloader version to make sure you succeeded.
Good luck!
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Though a series of misadventures I now have the saem problem as the OP of this thread where i can no longer get myself into recovery mode.
I had just doen a full backup and flashed a new version of the kernel when this occurred. Please don't tll me to use my volume keys to select Recovery. As the OP said, the keys no longer work. Theydid once but no longer. My N7 is stuck on the picture of Andy belly-up with Start shown but I cannot scroll up or down nor hit the power key to Start.
I download the file from two posts up but not sure what to do from there. FYI, I was fairly familiar with the ins and outs of Andoird, ADB, etc a year ago when developing apps but I've since retired. DO I need to get the downloaded file onto my device in order to use ADB to perform the fastboot commands above? Could someone please enumerate the steps for me to give me a jumpstart?
Edit: Whew! I got a tip to use Mskips' nexus 7 toolkit and got back into recovery and restored my backup and all is well so far. Knock...knock

AMoosa said:
Connect to pc
Shut down nexus 7
Hold volume down and power
At the next screen, press up until it says recovery mode
Press power
You then get the Android with red exclamation
Press power, hold it and then press volume up
This should give the recovery menu.
Result!
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After the Android with red exclamation mark, the keys don't work. I press the power + volUp button and the device just reboots!
Any fix?

junooni said:
After the Android with red exclamation mark, the keys don't work. I press the power + volUp button and the device just reboots!
Any fix?
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I have the same--or at least a very similar--problem. I was trying to flash it back to the factory default with Nexus 7 toolkit. In the middle of the process my computer froze and I was forced to reboot. Now when I try to enter recovery I get a tiny "booting failed" in the upper left corner of the screen and nothing more. I can't see my N7 with my computer via USB or adb. I'm at a loss. Any suggestions?

Exacty what happens to me. Trying to manually upgrade to 4.2 without root. I have update.zip on my n7. Do I need usb to be plugged into pc? I tried it both ways... when usb was plugged in I got past the red explanation mark, with option to install from adb, but not from sd. If not connected, nothing past explanation mark.
Probably just wait for ota... don't want to mess anything up.
junooni said:
After the Android with red exclamation mark, the keys don't work. I press the power + volUp button and the device just reboots!
Any fix?
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i9001 recovery issues

Hello,
i installed cwm recovery on my samsung gs+ (i9001) using a tutorial i found on google.
Now when i access recovery mode by pressin vol + and power button while the phone is off i get to the recovery mode first screen, but the thing is i can't do anything from there... when i navigate to a menu using the volume buttons and press powerbutton to enter it, nothing happens, the text just flickers and that's all. The same when i navigate to "reboot device now" it just flickers and doesn't respond.
What do i do?
i installed the recovery mode using odin
i connected my phone in download mode
set AriesVE.ops as OPS and recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.2-ariesve.tar.md5 as PDA and pressed start while the hone was recognized by Odin, it took it 6 seconds or so to start rebooting my phone.
Thank you for considering my message.

ilesumalt said:
Hello,
i installed cwm recovery on my samsung gs+ (i9001) using a tutorial i found on google.
Now when i access recovery mode by pressin vol + and power button while the phone is off i get to the recovery mode first screen, but the thing is i can't do anything from there... when i navigate to a menu using the volume buttons and press powerbutton to enter it, nothing happens, the text just flickers and that's all. The same when i navigate to "reboot device now" it just flickers and doesn't respond.
What do i do?
i installed the recovery mode using odin
i connected my phone in download mode
set AriesVE.ops as OPS and recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.2-ariesve.tar.md5 as PDA and pressed start while the hone was recognized by Odin, it took it 6 seconds or so to start rebooting my phone.
Thank you for considering my message.
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Try the Homebutton (the button in the middle)

Thanks for the advice but the home button just makes the phone reboot.
Is there a detailed step by step tutorial to instal miui rom on galaxy s plus ? Can't find any.
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I don't really use Clockwork Recovery, so I don't really know what is wrong. Try using Team Win Recovery Project [TWRP thread]. Its touch screen so no buttons to press. :highfive:
As for MIUI try the wiki or the MIUI section here

[Tips] Custom Recovery mode VIA hardware buttons ...etc

after rooted with custom recovery ( CWM or TWRP )
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been searching the web and seen people reporting that it's a bug with JB and that you have to use USB cable attached to PC in order to cold boot into bootloader with hardware buttons... or that holding both volume button as you power on does NOT work...etc ... so as far as I can read... people are relying on tricks or at the mercy of having to boot from inside android ( fully boot )...
what if your system does NOT boot and you need to get into bootloader and recovery ??
well... I found out how !! :laugh:
/ with the device OFF
/ hold down "POWER BUTTON" for 3 seconds and let go..
/ as soon as you let go of the "POWER BUTTON"... HOLD IN THE VOLUME DOWN BUTTON... and you will automatically be in bootloader mode
/ Select with volume rocker & confirm with power button

I get stuck on the splash screen when I select recovery.
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Reseting to stock

Is there any way to reset my friends Tegra note 7 without rooting or using a custom recovery,as his brother has locked him out using a unlock pattern but he dosent remember it ?
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Try using supertool on root junkies site
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the sarge said:
Try using supertool on root junkies site
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Supertool should work. I used it to successfully downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 without needing to root it. But you do have to unlock the bootloader though which will cause loss off all personal data.

titetanium said:
Supertool should work. I used it to successfully downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 without needing to root it. But you do have to unlock the bootloader though which will cause loss off all personal data.
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Yes i have tried to acces the bootloader,using this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2grHO-vqCM but it seems i cant acces the bootloader,any suggestions please the device is an Advent Vega device bought in the UK.

teonagode said:
Yes i have tried to acces the bootloader,using this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2grHO-vqCM but it seems i cant acces the bootloader,any suggestions please the device is an Advent Vega device bought in the UK.
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Ok, First things first.
1) Go to settings --> about tablet --> tap build number 10 times and you will unlock developer options.
2) Backup to Developer options and check that usb debugging is on.
3) Power off the device. Then press and hold the volume up button and press and hold the power button at the same time till it boots into the bootloader. Then you have approx. 5 seconds to make a choice or it will continue to boot to the normal desktop. You don't have to select the choice, just press the volume keys to any choice to halt the timer.
4) On the computer, open cmd and go to the directory with adb.exe and fastboot.exe are located. Type adb devices to see if you get a response with a bunch of numbers followed by device.
5) On the device, press the volume key to highlight reboot fastboot, then press power button to select. You should be in fastboot.
6) On the computer type fastboot oem unlock and profit!!!!
Super tool does the same thing, plus a lot more, all automated for convenience.

titetanium said:
Ok, First things first.
1) Go to settings --> about tablet --> tap build number 10 times and you will unlock developer options.
2) Backup to Developer options and check that usb debugging is on.
3) Power off the device. Then press and hold the volume up button and press and hold the power button at the same time till it boots into the bootloader. Then you have approx. 5 seconds to make a choice or it will continue to boot to the normal desktop. You don't have to select the choice, just press the volume keys to any choice to halt the timer.
4) On the computer, open cmd and go to the directory with adb.exe and fastboot.exe are located. Type adb devices to see if you get a response with a bunch of numbers followed by device.
5) On the device, press the volume key to highlight reboot fastboot, then press power button to select. You should be in fastboot.
6) On the computer type fastboot oem unlock and profit!!!!
Super tool does the same thing, plus a lot more, all automated for convenience.
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I would if I could but the tablet is locked with pattern
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That's a bummer. Without having USB debugging enabled, I'm not sure how to bypass that lock screen via computer. But are you sure you can't get into the boot loader via the volume up and power buttons? There should be a factory reset option in the boot loader iirc.

Yes I'm 100% sure ,I have been trying all day and no luck,but I have another plan up my sleeve and I ain't gonna give upp just wait until Friday and I will try to post the fix for this if I succeed
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Just go into stock recovery. (Power off, then hold volume up and power button until screen, then select recovery) And do factory reset/wipe.

lreillyi said:
Just go into stock recovery. (Power off, then hold volume up and power button until screen, then select recovery) And do factory reset/wipe.
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Already tried that,and it doesn't work
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