Ive used this hundreds of times and never had a problem, but now, I recently rooted and when I boot into recovery, the whole menu shows up but when i lick an option, its send me into a black screen rather then showing sub menus, I can get back to the regular menu by hitting the power button but none of the menus will take me into subs, meaning, I cant get into my install zip folder or anything like that. Anyone had this problem? Thanks for the help and time!
Edit: yes I have bootstrapped and all that and I am on .621. The only difference this time is the program I used to root, which is framaroot 1.6.0 apk that I loaded to my phone.
you are selecting with the camera button?
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Like shadow said, try using the camera button. The power button toggles the screen to/from a blacked out state.
You can just push the power button again to un-black the screen.
I had the same problem myself.. when in doubt, experiment. CWM is pretty good about not letting you accidentally wipe your data.
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These are the steps to boot your Droid 2 phone into Recovery Mode should you need to.
1. Turn Droid 2 Off
2. Press 'X' on the physical keyboard and then Press and HOLD Power button until the Exclamation Point/Android picture shows(after motorola symbol).
3. To access menu options Press the "Search" button depicted by the Magnifying glass on the Keyboard and the menu items will show up.
4. Browse options with the Volume Up and Volume Down keys and select option with the Camera button all on side.
5. Select first option of "Reboot phone" or risk messing up your brand new Droid 2!
I can add a picture if someone requests it (any ideas of how to best take said picture?) I'm new the the forum so if this post is in the wrong place and/or someone else had provided the info just let me know. (I looked but you can never be too sure.)
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Thanks for this info, it's very helpful... I also learned that to get into bootloader manually, power on the phone and hold the Keyboard UP key.
Nice to know.
Also, 'Safe Mode' (for killing third party apps stuck in force close loop at start up) is Power On and hold the Soft "Menu" (the four squares).
Another little tip.
newk8600 said:
These are the steps to boot your Droid 2 phone into Recovery Mode should you need to.
1. Turn Droid 2 Off
2. Press 'X' on the physical keyboard and then Press and HOLD Power button until the Exclamation Point/Android picture shows(after motorola symbol).
3. To access menu options Press the "Search" button depicted by the Magnifying glass on the Keyboard and the menu items will show up.
4. Browse options with the Volume Up and Volume Down keys and select option with the Camera button all on side.
5. Select first option of "Reboot phone" or risk messing up your brand new Droid 2!
I can add a picture if someone requests it (any ideas of how to best take said picture?) I'm new the the forum so if this post is in the wrong place and/or someone else had provided the info just let me know. (I looked but you can never be too sure.)
-newk8600
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I am assuming that if you have clockwork recovery it will boot into that correct?
I can only assume that also, I'm new to android hacking so from what I've read I think so but I'm not sure.
I'm sure a more experienced member could confirm.
This doesn't boot into clockwork at least on the D2. I tried it with koush's bootstrap installed and it just boots into the stock recovery. I might try to do it again just to confirm.
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i have found to boot into boorstrap recovery is pull the battery out for a few seconds then power the phone on. I realized that whenever my phone died and i charged it and turned it back on it would always boot to clockwork
jerseyh22accord said:
i have found to boot into boorstrap recovery is pull the battery out for a few seconds then power the phone on. I realized that whenever my phone died and i charged it and turned it back on it would always boot to clockwork
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I don't know if it does it every time but when i hold my volume down rocker and the power button it boots into clockwork, give it a try
Sorry for the stupid question, but why do I need to do this? I'm new to Droid. Also, will this delete my data?
You don't really /need/ to do this it's just some information I thought would be helpful to put out there. Most people will never need to boot into the stock recovery.
If you decide to root your droid 2 then you will use koush's bootstrap to boot into clockwork recovery and make backups and install ROMs if you so choose.
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Ok, thanks. Sorry for the noobish type of question.
1454 said:
Ok, thanks. Sorry for the noobish type of question.
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It's cool. I'm still a semi-noob in some aspects, everybody needs a little info every now and then.
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I have been able to get into the android system recovery but am now getting message on main screen of recover "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" Is this a cause for concern.
Don't worry about the error - it's normal.
so i have a droid x i just used z4root to root and installed rom manager to put to flash clockwork recovery, but when i boot into recovery it wont work it just goes to the locked bootloader and also when i try to use adb i see the $ symbol not #, so i just wanted to know what i can do in order to put the liberty rom on my phone, thanks!
Hi and welcome. I believe you needed the Droid X bootstrapper (from market or free from Kousch's website
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html
pay for it if you can cos you will use it a LOT).
Also make sure you follow the instructions to the letter. Installing a rom isn't hard but it's easy to screw up.
awesome so i installed boostrapper and got to the clockwork recovery screen but when i try to press the home or power buttons to select wipe or install from sd card it just goes to a black screen and stays there, any ideas? thanks!
go on youtube and search xdroidrom that's the channel with the info you're looking for
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zeeyo987 said:
awesome so i installed boostrapper and got to the clockwork recovery screen but when i try to press the home or power buttons to select wipe or install from sd card it just goes to a black screen and stays there, any ideas? thanks!
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most folks use the volume button for selection and the camera button to activate the selection and the power button to back track
Hi, i installed gummy jar from the rom manager and even made a back up and everything, and now when I turn the phone on it sits at the gummyjar boot screen animation and does nothing, what can I do? Please help me, I am freaking out.
If you're flashing a new rom the inital boot up will take some time to finish... maybe like ~5 mins
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If you're flashing a new rom the inital boot up will take some time to finish... maybe like ~5 mins
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Agreed, give it some time to initialize everything. If after 10+ minutes you have nothing... pull the battery and replace it. Then hold down the menu button while pressing the power button. When the image of the little android guy comes up, push the search button. This should drop you into the stock moto recovery screen. Use the volume up/down buttons to navigate, and the camera button to select. You will want to choose the wipe data/factory reset option. Then try rebooting the phone and see what happens...
Edit -I totally didn't read the previous post that said the same thing.
Whenever I try and boot into clockwork recovery via bootstrapping, once past the "M" screen, the screen goes black. I've re-flashed recoveries via rom manager (yes i am a premium user) I have SBF'ed like 10 times today, in hopes and trying to get a perfect install yet something always goes wrong
Right after the SBF, when phone reboots, reboot back into recovery (home and power) and clear cache/data. See if that helps at all
I've never had much luck with ROM Manager.
Try downloading 'Droid 2 Bootstrapper' from the market.
After installing it press the 'Bootstrap Recovery' button. Press 'ok'.
Now press the 'Reboot Recovery' button and let the phone reboot.
(Be sure to get DROID2 bootstrap not DROIDX bootstrap.)
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ROM manager is not able to do much for the droid x. Use other apps
I am having the same problem. A customer's daughter was using my phone and somehow opened the Rom recovery. When the phone rebooted it now loads to the boot screen says droid and restarts. I can't seem to get it into bootloader to recover the phone. Any ideas?
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I am having the same problem. A customer's daughter was using my phone and somehow opened the Rom recovery. When the phone rebooted it now loads to the boot screen says droid and restarts. I can't seem to get it into bootloader to recover the phone. Any ideas?
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Try pulling the battery.
Place it back in the phone and hold the power button and home button simultaneously.
When the image of the DROID with an exclamation mark comes up press the search button. When the recovery menu comes up choose to wipe data. Navigate with the volume rockers and select with the power button.
(If you have Gingerbread installed you will press the volume rockers instead of the search button to enter Recovery Mode.)
This should fix your problem.
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I've tried that but when it restarts it just goes through the same process over and over. The only way to stop it is to pull the battery.
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I've tried that but when it restarts it just goes through the same process over and over. The only way to stop it is to pull the battery.
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So after you wipe data you still bootloop?
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I have ran AlphaRevX succesfully. I have pushed the CWR mod to the phone using instructions provided.
When I click recovery it loads cwr but whenever I click on any of the options the menu disappears and the logo just sits there. I can click the power switch quite fast and the menu just keeps reappearing and disappearing.
I am trying to get the su zip installed but I have obviously messed up something about the cwr mod tool.
Anyone have any suggestions?
EDIT:
I am officially a moron.
I got it into my head that you need to press power off to select the right option.
I started fiddling with the touch buttons and noticed they worked too. Then I clicked the track button and it selected the option. Ha.
Monumental error on my part. Must have pushed that cwr mod 4 times. Wasted an hour.
Happened to me to
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Happened to me to
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use trackball to select in recovery if freezes during flashing or scroling(happend to me) flash clockwork recovery 3.1.0.2 and you should be fine
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Happened to me to
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happened to me too, got very worried, a few mins and back on clockwork home screen.
Patience is a Virtue
I lost some hours trying to install different CWM versions untill discover that it is supposed to use trackball...
Happened to me as well but my excuse is I have desire hd which u do use the power button to select
After rooting and s-off my Mrs wildfire I spent 15 minutes pressing the power button before I lost my temper and swore a bit I read few posts and thought "what a tit I am"
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happened to me 2
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I am officially a moron.
I got it into my head that you need to press power off to select the right option.
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Everyone for the 1st time thinks the same way because we got the habit of pressing the power key for selection in hboot menu.
Quite natural thing unless we think that phone is bricked. (lol)
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me 2
after waiting for long time , I decided to push power button, then back to CWM home screen.
btw, now CWM version is 2.5 , by rom manager in CM7.
i heard about offline charging? but what 's that ?
and what is a recommend CWM version to use ?