Android red triangle. Boots up fine - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I can't seem to fix this problem where I'm getting a red triangle on droid robot.
I am able to boot my phone into bootloader but when I hit recovery mode I get the error.
I am also able to boot the phone normally without problems. I started getting this error once I updated my phone to 4.4.4. I've been searching for 4 hours now and can't seem to find any solutions :crying:
Is there a way in which I can install CWM or TWRP on my phone again.
Thanks guys.

For twrp or cwm, I recommend twrp, find an image file for your device. Google nexus 4 twrp image file. (I googled it for you http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/mako) Then in fastboot use the command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img where recovery.img is the name of the twrp image file
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It's normal, from the red exclamation mark (no command) you hold vol-up then tap the power button.

jd1639 said:
For twrp or cwm, I recommend twrp, find an image file for your device. Google nexus 4 twrp image file. (I googled it for you Then in fastboot use the command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img where recovery.img is the name of the twrp image file
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Took me a while to figure out what you were saying. Then I realised you meant open a command prompt in the platform tools folder.
Anyway, thanks bro. Successfully rooted that motherf***** :highfive:

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can't get into Clockworkmod recovery

Hi,
I was trying to root my nexus 4 using this tutorial. I got to the part where I needed to get into recovery, I hold down both the volume keys and the power button. I got into fastboot mode and selected 'Recovery mode' which is supposed to launch Clockworkmod, am I right? right after I hit the power button to get into recovery a lying bot with a red triangle and an exclamation mark inside it appeared. I let the device to lay down like this for a little bit and it simply rebooted to it's normal state.
When I installed Clockwordmod it came up just fine the first time so I have no clue of what went wrong..
My boot loader is unlocked and I can see that while in fastboot mode.
Any kind of help is appreciated!
prhing said:
Hi,
I was trying to root my nexus 4 using this tutorial. I got to the part where I needed to get into recovery, I hold down both the volume keys and the power button. I got into fastboot mode and selected 'Recovery mode' which is supposed to launch Clockworkmod, am I right? right after I hit the power button to get into recovery a lying bot with a red triangle and an exclamation mark inside it appeared. I let the device to lay down like this for a little bit and it simply rebooted to it's normal state.
When I installed Clockwordmod it came up just fine the first time so I have no clue of what went wrong..
My boot loader is unlocked and I can see that while in fastboot mode.
Any kind of help is appreciated!
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Did you flash recovery in fastboot or with a Toolkit?
In fastboot : fastboot flash recovery recovery-touch-mako.img. recovery-touch-mako is what i renamed the CWM file. Don`t add .img at the end of the name, just recovery-touch-mako or whatever you name it.
I think that you just booted CWM.
The droid with red triangle ils the default recovery. You can flash CWM by typing this : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Just rename the cwm image in recovery.img and drag it to the ADB/FASTBOOT folder.
I hope it'll help you
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But I've already flashed it and booted into it for the first time. I forgot to tell you that I have a Mac.
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You can try to flash it again with fastboot.
It seems that this is a known issue. Here's a tutorial to force flash a custom recovery but it only work on Windows :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956984
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Can't boot or flash to TWRP or CMW

Today I tried booting up to recovery (power+vol down), after choosing Recovery Mode from the menu and hitting Power button, it gets to a screen with the green Android guy with a red triangle and just stays there.
So I rebooted the phone. Launch Nexus Root Toolkit, I tried to install CWM or TWRP, neither works. It gets to the same recovery mode and gets stuck there, only this time, it gets stuck on the Google logo instead of the Android guy with red triangle. I even try to flash stock recovery, and it also doesn't work.
Why can't I get into CWM or TWRP nor can I flash them?
Thanks for any help.
bebopblues said:
Today I tried booting up to recovery (power+vol down), after choosing Recovery Mode from the menu and hitting Power button, it gets to a screen with the green Android guy with a red triangle and just stays there.
So I rebooted the phone. Launch Nexus Root Toolkit, I tried to install CWM or TWRP, neither works. It gets to the same recovery mode and gets stuck there, only this time, it gets stuck on the Google logo instead of the Android guy with red triangle. I even try to flash stock recovery, and it also doesn't work.
Why can't I get into CWM or TWRP nor can I flash them?
Thanks for any help.
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Be sure u are bootloader unlocked.
Android guy is normal... Is a safety step before entering on stock recovery, to pass that: hold power and hit once volume +
Probably u cant flash images cuz fastboot isnt working(old fastboot.exe file), wrong recovery file,...
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C4SCA said:
Be sure u are bootloader unlocked.
Android guy is normal... Is a safety step before entering on stock recovery, to pass that: hold power and hit once volume +
Probably u cant flash images cuz fastboot isnt working(old fastboot.exe file), wrong recovery file,...
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Bootloader was unlocked. I launched the CMD Prompt from Nexus Root Toolkit and ran the fastboot command to manually flash the downloaded CWM and it worked.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-x.x.x.x-mako.img
So maybe something's odd about the simple one-click utilities in Nexus Root Toolkit that is not working.
Thanks for the help nonetheless. :good:
bebopblues said:
Bootloader was unlocked. I launched the CMD Prompt from Nexus Root Toolkit and ran the fastboot command to manually flash the downloaded CWM and it worked.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-x.x.x.x-mako.img
So maybe something's odd about the simple one-click utilities in Nexus Root Toolkit that is not working.
Thanks for the help nonetheless. :good:
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well ui never used tollkits... i like to know what im doing, and IMO doing it urself is better wich turned out to be true in ur case
im glad u got it working

Can't access recovery

Just received an ota and found out I lost root. However when i go to the recovery through the normal way it shows an android with its stomach open with a red exclamation point.. Help
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poyskie said:
Just received an ota and found out I lost root. However when i go to the recovery through the normal way it shows an android with its stomach open with a red exclamation point.. Help
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Reflashing the recovery and root.zip should work
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What your seeing is actually stock recovery, I know people tend to get worried when they see the android with the exclamation mark. You can access the stock recovery commands by pressing volume up and the power button at the same time.
You probably want to flash recovery though. Assuming you are already unlocked and have fastboot drivers etc, you need to download the latest image of your desired recovery and flash using fastboot with the following command:
fastboot devices (to check the device is even connected)
fastboot flash recovery <filename>
It should flash successfully. All you need to do now is get the latest supersu zip and flash through recovery.

[Q] help please nexus 4 cant go back to stock

hello everyone
im pretty new to the forums but have always seeked help from here so i know this is probably the best place to get more help.
so my nexus four is a little messed up. i had an error regarding "com.android.systemui" so i tried to factory reset but it still popped up over and over. i then accidently wiped everythin off my phone including the OS.
so i used skipsoft toolkit do work on my phone so i tried to use it to help me but everytime i try to load google stock image from the options but i get an extraction error and keeps getting errors when extracting the .tar file.
and i cant seem to push files to my phone so i can install via recovery. so im all confused and i downloaded the stock firmware from google.
any advice would be great.
and im stuck on the google logo and i can get into recovery and fastboot mode and the lock state is unlocked.
thanks
You need to be able to boot into fastboot to flash a factory image. If your phone is rebooting in a loop hold vol down and power for about 10 seconds (until the phone shuts off) then let go of power, continue to hold vol down and it should boot in fastboot.
If that's successful then you can try flash a factory image, you'll need fastboot drivers working (I use koush universal driver) and fastboot.exe in the same directory as the factory image (or added to your cmd path). If everything's good you can click the flash-all.bat in the factory image to flash your phone back to stock.
The factory image comes a compressed tar, I've noticed when you download it the extension is wrong sometimes, make sure you have a .tgz file (rename if necessary) and winrar/7zip will extract it fine.
If you can't get into fastboot you need this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/tutorial-how-to-unbrick-n4-t2347060
Flash the factory image in fastboot. Google nexus 4 image for the image to flash.
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DrFredPhD said:
You need to be able to boot into fastboot to flash a factory image. If your phone is rebooting in a loop hold vol down and power for about 10 seconds (until the phone shuts off) then let go of power, continue to hold vol down and it should boot in fastboot.
If that's successful then you can try flash a factory image, you'll need fastboot drivers working (I use koush universal driver) and fastboot.exe in the same directory as the factory image (or added to your cmd path). If everything's good you can click the flash-all.bat in the factory image to flash your phone back to stock.
If you can't get into fastboot you need this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/tutorial-how-to-unbrick-n4-t2347060
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hey thanks..so yes i can get into fast boot but im not too good cmd or anythin like that. so koush universal driver is that easy to use?
jd1639 said:
Flash the factory image in fastboot. Google nexus 4 image for the image to flash.
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ok silly question, how do i flash the image in fastboot ? sorry im still a noob haha
wink4lif said:
ok silly question, how do i flash the image in fastboot ? sorry im still a noob haha
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Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll setup fastboot and install the drivers. After you download the factory image, extract it. In there you'll find a flash-all.bat. Boot into the bootloader, connect your device to the usb and simply double click the flash-all.bat. It'll wipe your device so back up first.
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jd1639 said:
Google 15 second adb install xda. That'll setup fastboot and install the drivers. After you download the factory image, extract it. In there you'll find a flash-all.bat. Boot into the bootloader, connect your device to the usb and simply double click the flash-all.bat. It'll wipe your device so back up first.
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perfect thanks, once i manage to download it ill give it a shot. thanks

Can't boot into recovery no matter how many times it is installed

Hey XDA, Recently installed Paranoid Android coming from Chroma and it's not stuck in a boot loop. I can boot just fine every time besides the annoying corruption google warning, but no matter how many times I try to install TWRP it just won't let me boot into recovery. I'm using WugFresh's NRT kit. Can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?
carterl96 said:
Hey XDA, Recently installed Paranoid Android coming from Chroma and it's not stuck in a boot loop. I can boot just fine every time besides the annoying corruption google warning, but no matter how many times I try to install TWRP it just won't let me boot into recovery. I'm using WugFresh's NRT kit. Can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?
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My suggestion is for you to fastboot flash the TWRP recovery image instead of using a toolkit. You cant see the inner workings of a toolkit and have no idea of what it is doing. The toolkit could be using the wrong commands to install a recovery image to your 6P. Go to www.twrp.me and search for the recovery image for your specific device and download the file. Next, rename the file to recovery.img Then, on your PC, navigate to the folder where you downloaded the TWRP image. Open a command prompt in that folder by pressing and holding the SHIFT KEY + RIGHT CLICK on your mouse and select OPEN A COMMAND WINDOW HERE. Boot to the bootloader on your device and connect it to your PC. Then type this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then type this:
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot recovery
Here is the link to download TWRP for your Nexus 6P
This will reboot your device to TWRP
All of this is based on the assumption that you have a working ADB installation and unlocked the bootloader and have USB Debugging turned on in DEVELOPER OPTIONS.
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Same thing, successful install and it won't open. Just shows the dead android when going to recovery.
carterl96 said:
Same thing, successful install and it won't open. Just shows the dead android when going to recovery.
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You get the same results after fastboot flashing the TWRP image? I'd say your next step is to start fresh by fastboot flashing the factory images to return to a fully stock state. Then fastboot flash TWRP again.
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Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought
tech_head said:
Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought
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I thought about that too. What is probably happening is his custom recovery is being patched by the ROM each time he boots into recovery. Thanks for picking up on that. I forgot to include that in my last post.
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tech_head said:
Do not boot directly into system after flashing the custom recovery.
After flashing boot into TWRP. I remember on previous devices that I owned that if you do not boot into the custom recovery after flashing it, you revert to the factory recovery.
Just a thought
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That's correct. After flashing TWRP the next step is reboot into the bootloader using the volume keys and power key , then from there boot into recovery using the volume keys and power key, then the phone can be rebooted from TWRP into Android and then after that TWRP should stick.
If the boot image is not patched, the ROM will overwrite TWRP once you reboot. flashing latest SU from TWRP will prevent this.
Thanks for all the replies guys! All the advice combined got it to work. I did some more research and found that Paranoid doesn't actually come preprooted like all the other roms I've been used to. So using the tool kit I just had it root it with the latest SuperSu and also flash a custom recovery. It has booted into TWRP no problems now a few times. Hopefully it will stay like this. Will keep everyone posted and appreciate the advice. Thanks XDA!

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