I've had this device for a few months now, most recently used it on vacation, I was playing with it and I borked it.
I thought that because the bootloader was original it would not boot custom recovery, so I was stuck on vacation for a few days without phone as I thought I needed fastbbot to boot into recovery! - as pressing the power button would never load the recovery!.
So after finally getting fastboot set up on a hotel PC i was back!
Back home and playing around on phone I accidentally hit up instead of down to change bootloader menu options, and bam I was in recovery!
Wanted to share the silly story, but also let others know that missed the changes from being used to a nexus device.
Shemploo said:
I've had this device for a few months now, most recently used it on vacation, I was playing with it and I borked it.
I thought that because the bootloader was original it would not boot custom recovery, so I was stuck on vacation for a few days without phone as I thought I needed fastbbot to boot into recovery! - as pressing the power button would never load the recovery!.
So after finally getting fastboot set up on a hotel PC i was back!
Back home and playing around on phone I accidentally hit up instead of down to change bootloader menu options, and bam I was in recovery!
Wanted to share the silly story, but also let others know that missed the changes from being used to a nexus device.
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That's because volume up is the select key instead of the power button on the Moto X bootloader.
Yea, I had no idea!
Information is pretty slim on moto x forums.
So the idea for the post was to be informative to others that might have missed this key function change from a device like a nexus.
Although it could be just me haha
nbell13 said:
That's because volume up is the select key instead of the power button on the Moto X bootloader.
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and it is so annoying IMO. It's not intuitive at all.
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Hi everybody,
This is my first post here and I seriously hope someone can help me.
I unlocked my phone and was attempting to root it and flash Cyanogen's MOD. I flashed Armon_RA's recovery image into recovery partition using fastboot, but when I try to access it I'm getting an image of an android with a warning sign, which I can't post yet because I'm a newbie and mod's have to check my account... Once there the only thing I can do is remove the battery.
I've downloaded Armon_RA's img twice and from different sources and the same thing happens.
In terms of what I did, I tried to follow a step-by-step guide at androidandme.com, combined with Cyanogen's official Wiki.
I appreciate any kind of help,
Thanks!
BTW I'm on Ubuntu 9.10, in case it helps.
Took me like 4 times to flash the recovery before I got the care bear screen. Just keep flashing!
I just got it working right now and was about to post it had been fixed.
Thanks anyway!
Sorry for undigging this thread, but this thread is the first one which shows up when I searched for "android recovery warning".
I have spent the entire day trying to fix my Nexus One's recovery (I got stuck on the screen with a warning sign as well), with no success. Trust me, I tried (almost) everything possible to flash a new recovery/restore stock recovery.
What did work, though, was running fastboot flash recovery recovery.img 5 times in a row (remember to boot your phone in fastboot mode before sending these commands). That did the trick, and now I'm able to boot in recovery mode (Clockworkmod, by the way).
Thanks!
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
albundy2010 said:
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
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This.
Some people seem to be confused about what the recovery looks like.
albundy2010 said:
That warning ! IS the stock recovery.
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GldRush98 said:
This.
Some people seem to be confused about what the recovery looks like.
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So how can I do a hard reset from this stock recovery when there's no menu commands, how do you use the stock recovery?
I have an unrooted S On nexus one that I need to hard reset because it boot loops for some reason, but didn't want to have to root it.
orangekid said:
So how can I do a hard reset from this stock recovery when there's no menu commands, how do you use the stock recovery?
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Push the power button and volume up buttons at the same time
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Two buttons together ...
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
OzCDN said:
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
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It most likely is reversed. At least when you want to access the bootloader you want to hold down the volume down button (or maybe it is either volume button) and then turn on the phone. And with fastboot, you hold down the trackball as you turn on the phone.
I believe the volume up and powerbutton at the same was to "ok" the phone to apply an update.zip that was stored on the card (I remember doing that when I was running the Froyo build leaks from google).
OzCDN said:
It is a common misconception that you have to push two buttons at the same time to activate some features. Trying to push them at exactly the same time is hit and miss and causes people to have issues.
In every case the combination is always hold one button down and then click the other button once ... much easier than clicking both together.
In this case I believe the combo is hold down power and then click Volume-Up once. (I may have it reversed).
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bassmadrigal said:
It most likely is reversed. At least when you want to access the bootloader you want to hold down the volume down button (or maybe it is either volume button) and then turn on the phone. And with fastboot, you hold down the trackball as you turn on the phone.
I believe the volume up and powerbutton at the same was to "ok" the phone to apply an update.zip that was stored on the card (I remember doing that when I was running the Froyo build leaks from google).
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OzCDN is correct, it is: hold down the power button and press volume up (the reverse does not work), but pushing them both together still works
So somehow last night my home button got stuck or doesnt work or something because my phone wont boot up into android. it keeps booting into recovery. tried to reboot via the recovery menu and it just boots up right back into recovery.......is there a way of booting my phone up? any ideas?
May be your boot image is'nt readable / was damaged. In that case Android is going into recovery automatically.
well in the recovery menu i went down to power off and it says press home to confirm. i hit home and nothing happens. i think i may have wet my phone last nite. maybe that did it......is there anything i can do in adb?
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well in the recovery menu i went down to power off and it says press home to confirm. i hit home and nothing happens. i think i may have wet my phone last nite. maybe that did it......is there anything i can do in adb?
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Can you get into fastboot? If you delete your recovery.img then you should be forced into booting up normal even with home+power pressed. If that doesnt work you might need to take your phone apart and remove whatever is keeping it stuck.
damn mejorguille,
sry that i post it here but i looked through several threads and i always recognize you immediately because of your sig >.<
sometimes it's really annoying to be a normal man >.<
lolmensch -- yeah -- i have to skip past Mejorguilles posts so my kids dont see it...... then when they leave the room I go back and watch the banana-eatin-lady over and over again.... its distracting!
Couldn't you remap the home key then push it via fastboot?
Well after playing around I went into console via recovery and punched in reboot android and it boots up properly......but this morning seems like my home button finally unstuck inside or something cause it kept going home for about 2 mins and now works.....appreciate it though
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Simple bypass
Try this!
Hey all, requesting some assistance...
I had used the nexus 7 toolkit to unlock the bootloader and root my tablet.
Earlier this afternoon, I decided to cave and flash cm10 on my tablet. Before doing so, instructions stated to wipe. In my ignorance, I wiped one too many things and also wiped the internal memory.
As a result, I am unable to get my tablet to fastboot and when I searched for the .zip to flash, I was presented with an ominously empty file directory to my sdcard's root. I have tried various things with the nexus 7 toolkit and have been unsuccessful in my endeavors, as many of those functions require the tablet to be in fastboot mode before any of them will work.
The device is stuck on the Google screen, and if I push the volume buttons with the power button, it will flicker and eventually return to this screen.
I do have a nandroid backup stored on my machine, but I am unable to use it as I am unable to even boot to the recovery (because I can't get to fastboot)... Any suggestions? I really hope I didn't brick this...
I believe you can get to fastboot mode with the v4.13 bootloader from any other mode so long as the battery is not dead and the screen is working.
When the battery has a good charge, hold the power button down until the google logo appears (could be up to 15-18 seconds). At that very moment that the black-and-white google logo image appears, press the Vol-down button.
Voila. Fastboot.
You do need to see that screen appear though; maybe that's the rub. Note that the timing is important - you only get one second or two to do this immediately after the image first appears.
As a bonus, glance at the bottom of that image. Shows an unlocked padlock for an unlocked bootloader, nothing if locked.
It worked! Thanks a bunch!
qwertyx7 said:
It worked! Thanks a bunch!
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No worries. Glad it worked. Actually, I only stumbled across a reference to that button sequence a couple days ago.
If you see someone else reporting that they "can't get to fastboot", let them know - you can get there from ANY MODE.
[REF] Nexus 7 Button Combinations
Don't be this guy...
I accidentally,... . unknowingly wiped the RED "system" button in Safestrap 3.12 on my Droid RAZR M today. (I was suppose to be wiping the cash and dalvik, but missed) I'm a retard I know. :crying:
Now I cant get into AP Fastboot to restore the phone from this hard brick!
When I press the power button along with the volume buttons, the only thing that happens is the red Motorola 'M" appears for a few seconds then the safe strap screen appears with the little sad robot, but that's it no AP Fastboot. Pressing the on screen buttons to enter Safestrap Recover do not respond. Oh boy I'm afraid I really did it this time. Its on the charger but i don't know if its even charging with out as OS?
Battery power was at 60% before i bricked it (i think). RSD Lite or my PC for that matter don't even see the phone when its plugged in.
Can this be saved? Or do I need to take a trip down to the Verizon Wireless store?
Droid RAZR M
4.1.2 OTA
Rooted
Locked Bootloader
Safestrap 3.12
Partitioned 64GB SD card utilizing Linked2SD
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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Really? Well I hope your right. It gives me some hope. lol So do you have any idea of what alternative key combo i might have to use? Thank you for the reply.
Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
sloosecannon said:
You need a different key combo to get into fastboot. You're not permabricked tho - that's just a really bad softbrick
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Thank you! You were right! was able to get into AP Fastboot with a different button combo like u said. :victory:
shane1 said:
Try holding power & volume down until the screen flickers then hold power and both volume buttons. You gotta be quick
If your boot loader is locked you won't be able to fast boot back until the new fast boot files come out though if your on 4.1.2
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Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect
bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
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It worked! I utilized the NEWER version of Mat's utility and it did it!!! Woo Hoo!! Thank you so very much. Thank you all for all the speedy help.
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Shane you were right on the money brother!!! Thank you so very much. It worked perfectly. I'm up and running again.
much respect
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hey no prob! i try to help as much as i can !
bigrob1015 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207419&page=2
go to the last page new tools and utilities up from matt and it works just unbricked me be sure to thank him :good:
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New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
Halp
This thread saved my life, then killed me. The suggestion about the different keys was spot on, i got into fast boot mode, then ran that utility. It totally failed me, I must have killed my phone pretty dead, and now there are no more key combos (the suggested one worked at first but now its just making the screen go blank) to try to get back into fast boot to try again. any more suggestions? on the up side verizon just pushed that update so i figure i can blame that to attempt an exchange
Did you take the update before using that utility? If you did, which version did you use? If you were already updated, then you needed to run 1.20. If you ran the wrong utility, that will cause issues. Now, since you can't boot, it sounds like your battery is dead. When you get to the blank screen, plug it in and leave it to charge for a while.
I'm no expert by any means but I'll try to help as best i can. If not me I'm confident someone else will. Now, I apologize because I didn't understand your original post.
Could you elaborate a little more please?
1. What were you trying to do with your phone prior to things going wrong, if they went wrong at all.
2. you mentioned AP Fastboot. So IM going to assume that at least you can access it. (not the same problem that I was having) that's a good thing! lol
3. Are you utilizing a utility like the one by Matt? Or are you doing something else? Like flashing firmware etc.
4. What were you in Fastboot for? What were your intentions?
I hope this doesn't come over a condescending. Just trying to get a Clearer understand of your issue so we can help.
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Sorry double post
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New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
this process took 1min
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Look at my previous post
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Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
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Sorry, my post musnt have updated. As you can see I managed to fix my problem. If there's any issues in the future for anyone I will be sure to advise as best I can.
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No problems brother. Glad to see your up and running.
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Stuck in a Boot Loop
PartyOnINSANE said:
New to this, i accidentally the whole phone, same problem im in AP fastboot but registers as Device Locked
run through it on windows OS but says 'Fastboot" is not recognized as an internal or external command" and doesnt reboot as said
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Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.
gjhkl said:
Could you help me please?
I changed 2 lines in my build.prop file so i could see if I could get touchless control.
After I changed it, I restarted my phone. Now it is stuck in the Red M Boot, and it stays there, dosent black screen, dosent boot. I can get to the boot selection menu, but i cant choose anything, they all end up at the Red M. I Read that I can fix it in AP Fastboot, but I can get there. Also if i force it off (with power button and volume button) It just goes back to the Red M.
Everything I do ends up at the Red M
Help fast please, its my only phone, and I just got rid of my house phone
I have a
Droid Razr M
Rooted, no custom Roms or Recovery.
Changed my build.prop from XT907 to XT1087
Changed My Boot Animation to R2D2
A: 4.1.2
8gb Sd card on it.
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Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.
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Holding the combination of buttons will only cause it to reboot, every time. Holding the power button down will make it shutdown. With that being said, what was your battery like before you started all of this? If it's below 50%, you're going to have a hard time. Shut the phone down and charge the battery ovenight, prior to attempting to fastboot.
If your battery is good, then you can fastboot. Hold all three buttons down, until you get the phone to power off. As soon as power goes off, you'll see a quick line flash at the top of the screen. As soon as you see this flash, quickly let go of the power button and then re-press it. If you got it right, you'll go into the fastboot menu. If you got it wrong, it will attempt to reboot. If it reboots, just try the button combo again. Once you get into the fastboot menu, use the vol- key to get to the option you need, and then hit the vol+ to choose that option.
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I have done your steps and I get the menu up, but when I try to scroll down with the volume down button, it doesn't move. It just stays on "normal powerup". How can I fix this?
Completely wiped all files while manual cleanup via twrp. Next thing I remember is rebooting device which is stuck in moto boot logo. Can't even switch off, holding power button for 8/10 sec reboot device to same boot logo loop. No fastboot/adb as I can't get to recovery mode. I have Moto X Pure, XT1575. Any hope?
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Completely wiped all files while manual cleanup via twrp. Next thing I remember is rebooting device which is stuck in moto boot logo. Can't even switch off, holding power button for 8/10 sec reboot device to same boot logo loop. No fastboot/adb as I can't get to recovery mode. I have Moto X Pure, XT1575. Any hope?
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Holding volume down + power won't boot into bootloader?
navnit1 said:
Completely wiped all files while manual cleanup via twrp. Next thing I remember is rebooting device which is stuck in moto boot logo. Can't even switch off, holding power button for 8/10 sec reboot device to same boot logo loop. No fastboot/adb as I can't get to recovery mode. I have Moto X Pure, XT1575. Any hope?
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You probably deleted your operating system (ROM), you need to get into the bootloader and either flash a new ROM or use fastboot to flash back to stock.
Press and hold Power until the screen goes out, then press Power + Vol Dn immediately and hold until the bootloader screen comes up (might have to play with the timing a little). You should then be able to access fastboot or start TWRP.
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Holding volume down + power won't boot into bootloader?
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Thank You, I was able to get to boot loader, you saved my device
acejavelin said:
You probably deleted your operating system (ROM), you need to get into the bootloader and either flash a new ROM or use fastboot to flash back to stock.
Press and hold Power until the screen goes out, then press Power + Vol Dn immediately and hold until the bootloader screen comes up (might have to play with the timing a little). You should then be able to access fastboot or start TWRP.
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Thanks acejavelin, I was able to get to boot loader as you suggested, then fastboot flash to factory image from Motorola site. Appreciate quick reply.
Glad it worked...
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Glad it worked... Sent from my Motorola XT1575 using XDA Labs
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I posted this (below) to another thread, but I've seen how well you apply your knowledge base to these types of situations, and I thought I'd run it by your expertise:
Got a NOS Moto X Pure Edition xt1575 and experienced some kind of rooting glitch after having unlocked the bootloader and installing TWRP. Long story short, after a frantic bout of wiping and swiping, the OS is gone, I can't select the micro SD in TWRP, and adb/fastboot only sees the phone in recovery. I found this thread, which seemed promising, but it appears to be a no-go without access to the bootloader. I've flashed so many custom ROMS to a tablet I have, that I thought this phone would be a cakewalk, but it seems to have rolled right over me. So, is it time to slather some mortar on this thing and add it to the wall (bricked), or is there a Hail Mary play, or Jiu Jitsu move out there somewhere? Anything...ANY-THING would be welcome and much appreciated. Thank you.
tswrench said:
I posted this (below) to another thread, but I've seen how well you apply your knowledge base to these types of situations, and I thought I'd run it by your expertise:
Got a NOS Moto X Pure Edition xt1575 and experienced some kind of rooting glitch after having unlocked the bootloader and installing TWRP. Long story short, after a frantic bout of wiping and swiping, the OS is gone, I can't select the micro SD in TWRP, and adb/fastboot only sees the phone in recovery. I found this thread, which seemed promising, but it appears to be a no-go without access to the bootloader. I've flashed so many custom ROMS to a tablet I have, that I thought this phone would be a cakewalk, but it seems to have rolled right over me. So, is it time to slather some mortar on this thing and add it to the wall (bricked), or is there a Hail Mary play, or Jiu Jitsu move out there somewhere? Anything...ANY-THING would be welcome and much appreciated. Thank you.
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I don't understand... Does the phone not boot to the bootloader when you hold the volume key? Have you tried my return to stock thread?