I am trying to help my friend root and put CM11 on his LG G2 ATT. I have it rooted now, but I tried to install Recovery and it did not work. I then tried to flash it with RomManager from within the app, it says it is correctly flashing(at least there is no error) but when I reboot into recovery I see this error briefly followed by black screen and lockup. I have to hold down power button to get it to reboot normally. I have no recovery at all now it seems. And I don't know how to get into Fastboot on his phone either. Any help would be awesome! I am attaching the error.
I *think* after google search that I may need to manually unlock the bootloader. I was able to root just fine without doing that, but I don't see any post anywhere about how to unlock my bootloader. How do I do this? I've done it on my Nexus devices before but never this phone.
Currently there is no way to unlock the bootloader, but instead you need a lokified recovery. The recovery you flashed isn't lokified, I'd recommend to follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
It should also works if you want to use cwm instead
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use flashify app.. much easier
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SO long story short I followed the rooting guide below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266654
What I did:
I Unlocked Bootloader & Installed Custom Recovery, but after
I clicked Reboot, TWRP prompted me to "Fix Root Permission"
and install Root, which I made the grave mistake of swiping to
accept..
Now everytime the phone boots I see a "Google" Logo with a padlock
underneath, for a good few minutes, then a never-ending bootloop!!!
I can get into Recovery, but I can't see the Phone connected to any of my
computers, So I am unable to add in a file to flash and possibly fix my Nexus...
(I also can't mount, nor can I wipe anything except cache)
Please please please, is there anything I can do to save this phone???
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When you're in recovery mode you need to use adb to transfer files to your Nexus. Look for a howto that tells you how to use it.
Go into recovery and factory reset. If it still bootloops go back to recovery then on your PC go to device manager. Plug your phone up and see if it starts trying to update the drivers if it does stop it and manually direct it to the driver folder and let it install. Download super SU and use adb to push it to the phone
adb push su.zip /sdcard/
Flash it in recovery then reboot
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There is a sweet yummy feature in recovery called "adb sideload". Boot into TWRP recovery -> Advanced -> ADB Sideload.
Typing "adb sideload path-to-your-flashable-zip" in the command line will send the zip to your phone and flash.
Nothing seemed to work however I got it working using one of the tool kits that was able to pull me out of the boot loop in the bootloader thanks guys
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Adizzzle said:
Nothing seemed to work however I got it working using one of the tool kits that was able to pull me out of the boot loop in the bootloader thanks guys
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Please, how did you do it, I am in the same situation.
saidddo said:
Please, how did you do it, I am in the same situation.
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Hold your power button for 15-ish seconds (even hold it for a while when the screen is black)
After that, hold the volume up+down+power button this will boot you into the bootloader.
After this you can just simply push a rom through adb on your phone, or try the factory reset in the recovery mentioned above.
so finaly how you decide your problem? cause i have the same problem
Well, I was using the Unified Android Toolkit (SkipSoft) to restore the system before selling it.
It looks like it flashed everything correctly, I did the following:
1) Unroot
2) flash stock recovery
3) lock bootloader.
I confirmed that the bootloader is unlocked, and root no longer works.
However, when I try to boot to recovery I get the android with an '!' sticking out of his chest. Any ideas??
RedBullet said:
Well, I was using the Unified Android Toolkit (SkipSoft) to restore the system before selling it.
It looks like it flashed everything correctly, I did the following:
1) Unroot
2) flash stock recovery
3) lock bootloader.
I confirmed that the bootloader is unlocked, and root no longer works.
However, when I try to boot to recovery I get the android with an '!' sticking out of his chest. Any ideas??
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That is stock recovery. You have to hit Volume Up (or Volume Down?) + Power at the same time to bring up the recovery menu.
charesa39 said:
That is stock recovery. You have to hit Volume Up (or Volume Down?) + Power at the same time to bring up the recovery menu.
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Right, I thin it confirms I have the stock recovery. I got to it by gettng into fastboot then selecting boot recovery. As far as I know that's the only way to do it.
So, why does it boot to recovery in error and how do I fix it?
I did just try downloading the stock images from google and flashed them all (I needed to unlock bootloader first).
Everything flashed. Still couldn't boot to recovery.
locked bootloader again, still couldn't boot to recovery.
What gives??
Can't recall what stock recovery looks like but I believe you have it, as in the ! You see is the stock recovery just as charesa39 has said
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2670400
Post three here has the steps laid out, in your case though it sounds as you completed your goal if everything is booting
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Right, I thin it confirms I have the stock recovery. I got to it by gettng into fastboot then selecting boot recovery. As far as I know that's the only way to do it.
So, why does it boot to recovery in error and how do I fix it?
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It's not an error. That's the way it was intended to work. It was the same on my Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) before installing a custom recovery. I have no idea why it was designed like that. Maybe some safety feature, as in, adding a necessary button combination (Power + Volume Button) so someone doesn't accidentally wipe his or her device? IDK. All I know is, your recovery seems to be normal.
You are correct in that the only way to get to recovery is through fastboot, unless you have enabled the advanced power menu in developer options, or use a ROM or Xposed Module (like myself) that allows you to reboot into recovery.
Yesterday I've been trying to root my device using the official Oneplus video on YouTube . Everything was fine until I tried to flash the recovery. I flashed TWRP recovery using adb fastboot flash recovery (file) but then when I entered recovery the recovery didn't change. So I flashed it again, went into recovery and I finally got TWRP recovery. Then I flashed SuperSU and rooted my device. But now when I try to enter recovery I just get a black screen (OP logo not even showing). I can still enter fastboot and the operating system. If I use a booting app I see the Oneplus logo but after that it's a black screen so I need to press the power button for a couple of seconds to power it on. What can I do to solve this? The recovery is important for me.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT 1: If I check if my bootloader is unlocked using android sdk I see that my bootloader is locked. I am sure that I unlocked the bootloader before rooting my device. My mind is completely ****ed atm do I need to do everything again?
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...-custom-recovery-root-efs-backup-more.345478/
download that toolkit. It worked for many.
Any update on how it worked out?
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Toolbox works very well, I think is the best tool for our OnePlus2.
Hi all,
Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but I cannot find it.
I successfully installed the May 2016 updates and now I am trying to get root back. I followed the usual steps for installing TWRP
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery .\recovery\twrp-3.0.2-0-clark.img
fastboot reboot
No errors seen...
Now if I try to reboot into recovery I get the "No command" page. If I then follow the power button and volume up keypress sequence, I am taken to the original recovery and not TWRP.
Any clues what I am doing wrong? I tried this several times today and no joy (yet all the other updates, I have had no problem getting TWRP and root installed).
Thanks.
user7743 said:
Hi all,
Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but I cannot find it.
I successfully installed the May 2016 updates and now I am trying to get root back. I followed the usual steps for installing TWRP
No errors seen...
Now if I try to reboot into recovery I get the "No command" page. If I then follow the power button and volume up keypress sequence, I am taken to the original recovery and not TWRP.
Any clues what I am doing wrong? I tried this several times today and no joy (yet all the other updates, I have had no problem getting TWRP and root installed).
Thanks.
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You have to immediately boot into TWRP after flashing or the system will overwrite it with the stock recovery.
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Thanks for that. Exactly the hint I needed.
Question
Would you mind telling me what steps you took to get the May update? It's so small that I'm reluctant to do anything major to get it and I'm debating on whether to just flash the stock recovery to give that a try, or whether I'm going to have to flash the unrooted image I've saved using TWRP, then flash stock recovery, then get the OTA. Seems like a lot of work for a tiny update.
user7743 said:
Hi all,
Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but I cannot find it.
I successfully installed the May 2016 updates and now I am trying to get root back. I followed the usual steps for installing TWRP
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery .\recovery\twrp-3.0.2-0-clark.img
fastboot reboot
No errors seen...
Now if I try to reboot into recovery I get the "No command" page. If I then follow the power button and volume up keypress sequence, I am taken to the original recovery and not TWRP.
Any clues what I am doing wrong? I tried this several times today and no joy (yet all the other updates, I have had no problem getting TWRP and root installed).
Thanks.
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Marnina said:
Would you mind telling me what steps you took to get the May update? It's so small that I'm reluctant to do anything major to get it and I'm debating on whether to just flash the stock recovery to give that a try, or whether I'm going to have to flash the unrooted image I've saved using TWRP, then flash stock recovery, then get the OTA. Seems like a lot of work for a tiny update.
No errors seen...
Now if I try to reboot into recovery I get the "No command" page. If I then follow the power button and volume up keypress sequence, I am taken to the original recovery and not TWRP.
Any clues what I am doing wrong? I tried this several times today and no joy (yet all the other updates, I have had no problem getting TWRP and root installed).
Thanks.
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If you have modified the system in any form, such as using Xposed, then OTA will fail. If the system image is stock that has never been rooted, in theory you should have no issues with stock recovery installed. The OTA is the May security update. Whether you feel it is necessary or not is up to you.
I can't get any further than unlocked bootloader I get no command after trying to get straight into twrp after flash and always goes to factory recovery if that will even boot is there a secret way to boot into recovery directly after twrp flash cause I've been trying for days and days what is going on is there a way to root without twrp first please help it's the main reason I bought this damn thing
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Sherrillface said:
I can't get any further than unlocked bootloader I get no command after trying to get straight into twrp after flash and always goes to factory recovery if that will even boot is there a secret way to boot into recovery directly after twrp flash cause I've been trying for days and days what is going on is there a way to root without twrp first please help it's the main reason I bought this damn thing
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Don't run the last command:
fastboot reboot
Select to reboot into recovery from the menu. If you're getting No command, you may need to flash the stock recovery then reboot the recovery. You should have the menu back. Flash TWRP and reboot into recovery to start TWRP.
HTH
Ooms
Sherrillface said:
I can't get any further than unlocked bootloader I get no command after trying to get straight into twrp after flash and always goes to factory recovery if that will even boot is there a secret way to boot into recovery directly after twrp flash cause I've been trying for days and days what is going on is there a way to root without twrp first please help it's the main reason I bought this damn thing
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1. Periods, dude. Where are they?
2. Flash TWRP again.
3. In TWRP, mount /system (Advanced > Mount > system), and delete:
/system/etc/install-recovery.cfg
/system/etc/recovery-resource.dat
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
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or add the .bak extension to the filenames.
/system/etc/install-recovery.cfg.bak
/system/etc/recovery-resource.dat.bak
/system/recovery-from-boot.p.bak
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4. Reboot straight back into TWRP (Reboot > Recovery) to make sure TWRP sticks.
Can't get into twrp at all tried fastboot reboot and tried recovery mode directly after flash that's the whole issue just says no command upon trying to enter twrp directly after twrp.img flash.
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Says flash successful but I don't think it truly is
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Sherrillface said:
Can't get into twrp at all tried fastboot reboot and tried recovery mode directly after flash that's the whole issue just says no command upon trying to enter twrp directly after twrp.img flash.
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Says flash successful but I don't think it truly is
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Sounds like it's not flashing... what is your bootloader state? Try to start it with fastboot boot recovery.img command.
acejavelin said:
Sounds like it's not flashing... what is your bootloader state? Try to start it with fastboot boot recovery.img command.
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Got it a while ago wrong windroid version.
Sherrillface said:
Got it a while ago wrong windroid version.
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Umm... OK... No offense to @Rapscallion16 but why are you using a generic toolkit on the Moto X??? It has been mentioned many times that using one click tools and other toolkits is not safe with this and most newer Moto devices, doing it manually is pretty simple.
Anyway, glad you got it working. Enjoy...
New to XDA so sorry if i posted this in the wrong place
But recently i received a new phone, an LG Stylo 2 Boost Mobile. It recognized fine while it was on through adb, but when i turned it off and booted into recovery, it wouldn't be recognized by adb, nor fastboot, and when i tried to "reboot into bootloader" it only restarted the whole phone into its normal boot. Adb sideload worked but i had no idea what files to try due to a locked bootloader and no stock ROMs found anywhere. I tried kingroot and it didn't have any ways to get an instant root. Im running Ubuntu and the phone is on 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Any ideas out there? I'd be sure to give them a try
The phone would only be accessible in recovery via the adb sideload option with stock recovery.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
es0tericcha0s said:
The phone would only be accessible in recovery via the adb sideload option with stock recovery.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
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I'm trying to unlock the bootloader so i can flash a new recovery then root won't be hard to achieve, but when i try to access the phone in recovery mode, it doesn't recognize whatsoever. I thought there would be something i could do with sideload to somewhat downgrade the system and gain some type of bootloader, but that didn't work. Is there someway i can flash a custom recovery?
Don't believe there are any options for unlocking the bootloader or a custom recovery for that phone. According to what I could find in a quick search, there is root available but only on the software update ending in ZV3.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-stylo/help/boost-mobile-lg-stylo-2-lgls775-t3388675
Alright, thanks for the info, wasn't sure if there was a way around it or not