please help me - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a nexus 4 with android 4.3 and root on it but when I go to recovery mode it shows me the dead android with a red sign so what should I do next to go to the normal recovery mode because I want to install a custom rom (paranoid android) ?

The picture you describe is the stock recovery.
You need to reflash cwm or twrp recovery in order to install a custom rom
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Alex240188 said:
The picture you describe is the stock recovery.
You need to reflash cwm or twrp recovery in order to install a custom rom
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thank you
I used twrp and now it works as I wanted to

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Going back to 100% STOCK

I'm new to Nexus devices and just wonder. If I flash a custom recovery and custom ROM, how do I get the STOCK recovery back?
I know who I go back to STOCK ROM, only flash a recovery IMG from Google. But how do I remove custom recovery?
Wonder this because if I need to send my Nexus 10 back some time..
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zidz said:
I'm new to Nexus devices and just wonder. If I flash a custom recovery and custom ROM, how do I get the STOCK recovery back?
I know who I go back to STOCK ROM, only flash a recovery IMG from Google. But how do I remove custom recovery?
Wonder this because if I need to send my Nexus 10 back some time..
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If you do a factory restore custom recovery will be removed, thus the term, 'factory restore'
Thank you very much!
With that information I'll go for AOKP and feel safe about going back to Stock if needed

Difference flashing 4.3

Hello! I updated my nexus 4 to 4.3 with the OTA, but why do so many people have trouble updating their N4 to 4.3 when they are running a custom rom?
U can easily flash 4.3 builds through CWM or TWRP. Or is there a difference between flashing through recovery and flashing through fastboot?
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Thibaultvw said:
Hello! I updated my nexus 4 to 4.3 with the OTA, but why do so many people have trouble updating their N4 to 4.3 when they are running a custom rom?
U can easily flash 4.3 builds through CWM or TWRP. Or is there a difference between flashing through recovery and flashing through fastboot?
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Flashing through fastboot means doing it thru your PC with commands on the CMD and i think it uses different files ( I'm not so sure about that)
Luis_D1 said:
Flashing through fastboot means doing it thru your PC with commands on the CMD and i think it uses different files ( I'm not so sure about that)
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Yeah I know but why does everyone want to flash it through fastboot if you can easily flash through recovery?
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Thibaultvw said:
Yeah I know but why does everyone want to flash it through fastboot if you can easily flash through recovery?
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At least to me, i tried flashing thru custom recovery and it gave me an error every time so had to flash the image thru fastboot. Its (i think) the easiest way if you don't want to find youself having many problems.

Cyanogen mod for i9505

Installed many times always stuck on bootloop. File is only ever 200mb so im guessing im trying to install an update on its own. Any links and advice please
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nazzy90 said:
Installed many times always stuck on bootloop. File is only ever 200mb so im guessing im trying to install an update on its own. Any links and advice please
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yeah same here dude can't install any CM based roms on my i9505 international it just doesnt boot...
but its fine with Google Edition roms and stock though
I used foxhound rom for a few months then i wanted that stock feel so use omega rom now but cant get 3minit framework to work on the mh6 build. Cant download v10 again of omega either can only fond v11. I suggest omega rom to u
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Do you guys factory reset after flashing CM?
The best way to install is to flash Official CWM recovery from their website (Google Clockworkmod), download .img file and flash with SGS4 FLASHER from Play Store.
Boot to recovery
Go to mounts and storage
format system, data, cache. (make sure you've done a backup of current ROM before doing ths)
Then flash CyanogenMod ROM
Then factory reset
Then reboot
You should be fine
If you get stuck on splash screen it's cool, Just hold power down and try again. You may need to keep doing this till you see CyanogenMod boot animation. I've had to do it 4 times before it would finally boot. It's normal though just something weird with CM10.2 kernel. If you flash a custom kernel it boots fine everytime
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Yeah i always factory reset before a fresh install of a rom. So the file is actually 200mb then? Seems a bit strange to me.
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I never had problems installing CM.
I have Phil CWM.
I used the option to wipe for a clean install from the CWM and then installed the zip and after that reboot.
I am on cm 10.1.3 RC2 and all is good
I use phil cwm !! I try all the possible ways to format stuff im flashing roms about 4 years now and know how to flash them... But this CM10.2 just doesnt work for me !! I even used twrp but just doesnt work... Once this thing came afater flashin , it was updating apps and after that got stock on starting apps
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So it is a 200mb file?
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same here, i'm installing cm11 and bootloop always, what do please??

Recovery

Finally got my G2 to TO root with su binaries installed. Now can someone point me in the direction of a recovery install That will work after latest update. I have tried flashing and a couple other methods to no avail.
Thanks in advance
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fountain79 said:
Finally got my G2 to TO root with su binaries installed. Now can someone point me in the direction of a recovery install That will work after latest update. I have tried flashing and a couple other methods to no avail.
Thanks in advance
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Update guessing is the ota? You can use flashify app from play store to flash either TWRP recovery 2.6.3.2 that is a IMG. Or 2.6.3.3. That's a zip file .....
Okay will try
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RubbleTea said:
Update guessing is the ota? You can use flashify app from play store to flash either TWRP recovery 2.6.3.2 that is a IMG. Or 2.6.3.3. That's a zip file .....
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fountain79 said:
Okay will try
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I just read in another thread that custom recoveries cannot yet be flashed on the latest OTA. You have to revert back in order to have a custom recovery. According to this thread.
jellybear456 said:
I just read in another thread that custom recoveries cannot yet be flashed on the latest OTA. You have to revert back in order to have a custom recovery. According to this thread.
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If you DONT have the ota and update with a custom recovery it will bootloop, need stock recovery but if you have the ota flashing a custom recovery is fine...could always see if theirs a stock ROM with ota included too
I have the ota and twrp recovery rooted...
RubbleTea said:
If you DONT have the ota and update with a custom recovery it will bootloop, need stock recovery but if you have the ota flashing a custom recovery is fine...could always see if theirs a stock ROM with ota included too
I have the ota and twrp recovery rooted...
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I got the phone this past Friday. Took the ota update before even attempting to root the device. I used the newest ioroot12 and achieved root yesterday. I have tried to use the Loki method to flash recovery also tried using flashify neither one has worked. What method did you use. Also thanks for your help...??
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fountain79 said:
I got the phone this past Friday. Took the ota update before even attempting to root the device. I used the newest ioroot12 and achieved root yesterday. I have tried to use the Loki method to flash recovery also tried using flashify neither one has worked. What method did you use. Also thanks for your help...??
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Do you have twrp 2.6.3.2 IMG? Or 2.6.3.3 zip first
Got both
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fountain79 said:
Got both
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Really and flashify wont work? You can use fastboot and adb to push a recovery only IMG though not the zip
Hmm if not you might need to revert as jellybear said...I'm at work....and can't help as much....use general forums andand rrthreada for your carrier I'll try to help
Okay gonna try again
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fountain79 said:
Okay gonna try again
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I'll try to help though
Just flashed recovery img with flashify again. It says complete and gives option to flash more stuff or reboot. I choose reboot and it powers off. So I tried power button and vol down and that way also just powers off...
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fountain79 said:
Just flashed recovery img with flashify again. It says complete and gives option to flash more stuff or reboot. I choose reboot and it powers off. So I tried power button and vol down and that way also just powers off...
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Can you start ROM and use goomanger to boot into recovery
RubbleTea said:
Can you start ROM and use goomanger to boot into recovery
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I have tried with rom toolbox and quick boot. Downloading goo manager now
That didn't work either gonna try and use adb to push it through. It seems like it's not installing maybe a bad download of the recovery img. gonna re do

[Q] recovery question

what does this mean
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wichol98 said:
what does this mean
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If I saw that on my phone's screen I would know that the
phone has stock recovery and most likely it's not rooted.
So I would root the phone and install/flash TWRP custom recovery.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
If I saw that on my phone's screen I would know that the
phone has stock recovery and most likely it's not rooted.
So I would root the phone and install/flash TWRP custom recovery.
Good luck!
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when i do root checker it says congratulations device rooted
wichol98 said:
when i do root checker it says congratulations device rooted
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The fact that your phone is rooted is the reason why your stock recovery is showing the laying ( I call it dead ) android.
There is no need to install a custom recovery if you all you need to do is root the phone otherwise there's a lot of uses when you have a custom recovery like backing up your firmware and install/flash custom roms.
I installed cwm and flashed the recovery is there something else I need to do to install a custom rom
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wichol98 said:
I installed cwm and flashed the recovery is there something else I need to do to install a custom rom
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No that's about it ( I do recommend that you use an external microsd card for backup though ). Just need to download the rom of your choice and flash away.
When I boot into recovery I end up on that screen with dead android
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wichol98 said:
When I boot into recovery I end up on that screen with dead android
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That means CWM didn't install properly. Seeing you have a Tmo phone, head over here and follow the guide.

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