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Stuck in Recovery Boot Loop without direct access to a Windows Machine, options?

I have a TF101 with Megatron installed. I also have an HTC Thunderbolt. I believe at some point in using the tablet I entered recovery through the preinstalled Rom Manager, and now am stuck in a recovery boot loop. I can access the system by holding down Volume+ and Power, then letting the system cold boot. The system has Recovery Touch 5.8. I tried installing roaches recovery, and it said successful, but it still reboots into 5.8. I do not have direct access to a Windows Machine for a long while. i do have complete remote desktop access to a Windows 7 Machine over the internet, and access to my Thunderbolt. Is there anyway to fix this boot loop with what I have available to me? Thanks for any help.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

As i understand you can cold boot you tablet. Method when tablet of hold volume - and power button till too white lines of text appear in left upper corner. Let go of the button and wait for it to cold boot up.
Then go online with your tablet to this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
This topic is especially for bootloop problems with recovery. Our tablet can for some reason not handle if your boot into recovery throug rom manager.
Now in the above topic pick an earlier build of cwm and download it onto tablet. Then go back into recovery and flash this recovery the normal way as install zip from sd card (internal memory is that for the tablet )
Now you should be able to normal boot the os. If it after flashing still only boots into recovery your not able to flash recovery. And that can be solved by flashing cwm 3.2.0.1 from the same topic. Afterward you can flash touch recovery over the 3.2.0.1 to be updated.

Download ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.4 roach-tf101-r2 from here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=934821&d=1331070176
Place the recovery zip on the sdcard where clockworkmod can read it.
Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" or "hold volume down and power for 3 seconds, let go of power only, then press volume up when prompted on screen"
In recovery, select flash zip from sdcard and select the recovery zip you downloaded
Once it has flashed the zip file, don't reboot but hold power button to shot down
Power on your device and boot in android. Download terminal emulator from market and type this:
Code:
su
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Reboot

[Q] Why does clockwork block recovery mode?

I have done adb reboot bootloader
my bootloader is unlocked
but here is where it gets weird for me...
I am trying to install SuperSU-v0.87.zip
and it says
Use the volume keys to highlight Recovery Mode,
Use the power button to select it.
which is easy enough, but when I do this I get an android with a triangle and exclamation mark...
which blocks me from the next progression;
Once in recovery, select Install zip from SD Card
Select choose zip
Choose SuperSU-v0.87.zip, then select yes to install
If I press vol. up and power I get clockwork screen but cannot access default recovery - is there any way to get rid of the CWM I have installed and start over?
Or even better - any way to access stock recovery mode without getting the dreaded android-triangle-bang?
please help
just trying to get superuser to add stickmount
thx

the dreaded android-triangle-bang is the stock recovery. reflash your custom recovery via fastboot and delete the recovery-from-boot.p file in /system/ so that your custom recovery doesnt disappear.

4.1.2 stock can't get to recovery.

I'm on 4.1.2 stock and wanted to update to 4.2, however I can't get to the recovery. First attempts: Turn n7 off, vol down + power, etc.., boot recovery: It then switches to the google logo (and this device is unlocked), screen flashes to black, google logo again, and it starts to boot normally. I've googled the problem found some things about needing a usb connected to a computer tried it didn't work, tried using a app to boot to recovery, didn't work. I used a toolkit to flash twrp recovery (and tired cwm later on), tried to boot into recovery again both manually and with a app, same thing happened.
Anyone have any idea what is going on?

The booting into recovery bug should be fixed in 4.1.2. Have you tried booting into the bootloader by holding both volume up and down and the power button at the same time when the phone is off? From there you can use the volume button to scroll to recovery and select it with the power button. If that doesn't work then you may have other issues. The custom recoveries may not have flashed with the toolkit or may have been over written on a reboot with stock recovery. You might try flashing twrp using fastboot and rename the recovery-from-boot file. http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103

I am having the same issue.
First noticed something was wrong when Android asked me to update to 4.2 (OTA). I allowed the update and the device rebooted, only to come back in 4.1.2 without any sign of the update. Then I tried to do the update manually, but I can't seem to enter recovery mode in any way.
Things I tried:
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down -> Select Recovery Mode
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down and connected to a PC -> Select Recovery Mode
* Use Quick Boot to enter Recovery Mode
* Use Rom Manager to enter Recovery Mode
* Flash ClockworkMod Recovery through Rom Manager
* Flash ClockworkMod Touch through Rom Manager
* Flash TWRP Touch Recovery through Google Nexus 7 Toolkit
Each time I try to enter the Recovey Mode it will: Show the Google logo and the open padlock symbol for a few seconds -> Screen turns off -> Google logo and the open padlock symbol again -> Nexus logo -> Booted in normal mode. Seems like something errors when attempting to enter Recovery Mode and then it just boots normally.
I attempted the method on http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103. Booting while holding down volume down will boot to FASTBOOT MODE, but the secreen does not say FASTBOOT USB when connecting it to a PC. I have the USB drivers from Google Nexus 7 Toolkit installed, do I need other drivers?

EDIT: So I finally got a custom recovery installed by doing a "fastboot flash recovery" of the latest TWRP (2.3.1.1) from here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/103
Neither of the current CWM recoveries (6.0.1.0) would work for me.
You are not alone. Same thing has happened to me. I manually flashed the 4.2 OTA zip yesterday from CWM and while that went fine, I have been unable to re-install a custom recovery ever since. I tried flashing CWM and TWRP from toolkit multiple times. I also did a manual fastboot flash of a newly download CWM but I am getting the same results as you. Nexus 7 will not boot into a custom recovery no matter what.
On the plus side, 4.2 is working well..... Would really like to get root back though.
Menthix said:
I am having the same issue.
First noticed something was wrong when Android asked me to update to 4.2 (OTA). I allowed the update and the device rebooted, only to come back in 4.1.2 without any sign of the update. Then I tried to do the update manually, but I can't seem to enter recovery mode in any way.
Things I tried:
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down -> Select Recovery Mode
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down and connected to a PC -> Select Recovery Mode
* Use Quick Boot to enter Recovery Mode
* Use Rom Manager to enter Recovery Mode
* Flash ClockworkMod Recovery through Rom Manager
* Flash ClockworkMod Touch through Rom Manager
* Flash TWRP Touch Recovery through Google Nexus 7 Toolkit
Each time I try to enter the Recovey Mode it will: Show the Google logo and the open padlock symbol for a few seconds -> Screen turns off -> Google logo and the open padlock symbol again -> Nexus logo -> Booted in normal mode. Seems like something errors when attempting to enter Recovery Mode and then it just boots normally.
I attempted the method on http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103. Booting while holding down volume down will boot to FASTBOOT MODE, but the secreen does not say FASTBOOT USB when connecting it to a PC. I have the USB drivers from Google Nexus 7 Toolkit installed, do I need other drivers?
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Sim2 said:
EDIT: So I finally got a custom recovery installed by doing a "fastboot flash recovery" of the latest TWRP (2.3.1.1) from here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/103
Neither of the current CWM recoveries (6.0.1.0) would work for me.
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That actually does work, but I just didn't have any idea what I was doing first. Got it to work now.
If you are like me:...
* Before you go into fastboot/bootloader, get CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip and place it on your sdcard.
* Go to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/103
* Download openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-grouper.img
* Put it in the 'put_img_files_to_flash_here' folder of Google Nexus 7 Toolkit
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down and connected to a PC
* Start Google Nexus 7 Toolkit
* Select option 11
* Type the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-grouper.img filename
* Once it is done pushing the file to the phone, boot from it
* You can now install CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip to get root on 4.2

Menthix said:
I am having the same issue.
First noticed something was wrong when Android asked me to update to 4.2 (OTA). I allowed the update and the device rebooted, only to come back in 4.1.2 without any sign of the update. Then I tried to do the update manually, but I can't seem to enter recovery mode in any way.
Things I tried:
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down -> Select Recovery Mode
* Boot while holding volume up + volume down and connected to a PC -> Select Recovery Mode
* Use Quick Boot to enter Recovery Mode
* Use Rom Manager to enter Recovery Mode
* Flash ClockworkMod Recovery through Rom Manager
* Flash ClockworkMod Touch through Rom Manager
* Flash TWRP Touch Recovery through Google Nexus 7 Toolkit
Each time I try to enter the Recovey Mode it will: Show the Google logo and the open padlock symbol for a few seconds -> Screen turns off -> Google logo and the open padlock symbol again -> Nexus logo -> Booted in normal mode. Seems like something errors when attempting to enter Recovery Mode and then it just boots normally.
I attempted the method on http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103. Booting while holding down volume down will boot to FASTBOOT MODE, but the secreen does not say FASTBOOT USB when connecting it to a PC. I have the USB drivers from Google Nexus 7 Toolkit installed, do I need other drivers?
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It will be of no use to you, but may encourage others I suppose. One of your options above helped me. I managed to get the CWM recovery working by reinstalling it via Rom Manager, then dropping into Recovery via Quickboot (I know it's worked before so didn't try the Rom Manager route). Then I flashed 4.2 via the CWM recovery.

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[did u solve ur problem?>??

[Q] Recovery mode black screen

I have a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2. I was following this guide to root:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/nex...t-4-2-2-a.html
On step 10, after choosing recovery, my phone is stuck at a blank & black screen. If I hold down power, power + volume down, or power + volume up, it just boots back into a black screen. It vibrates as if it's rebooting but won't get out of the black screen. Any ideas?

ctopher2391 said:
I have a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2. I was following this guide to root:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/nex...t-4-2-2-a.html
On step 10, after choosing recovery, my phone is stuck at a blank & black screen. If I hold down power, power + volume down, or power + volume up, it just boots back into a black screen. It vibrates as if it's rebooting but won't get out of the black screen. Any ideas?
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Page not found. The easiest way to root your phone is to use the chainfire auto root. You need the Google SDK package installed for the ADB commands, unlock your bootloader, then run the auto root. You can flash CWM recovery or TWRP through the Rom manager app, or Goo manager app available via playstore. It sounds like you may have soft bricked it somehow.

did you ever figure this out?

Download a recovery (CWM)
Download and install the Android SDK if you haven't already (Or at least fastboot.exe)
Paste the recovery into the folder with fastboot.exe
Navigate to the folder with fastboot.exe in CMD (Command Line)
Plug in your phone
Boot into fastboot (I'm assuming your bootloader is unlocked)
Type in fastboot flash recovery (Recovery file name EXACTLY with the file extension, which should be .img I think)
Should have a working recovery

stuck in BootLoop

Hello i installed on my Rooted and Bootloader Unlocked Oneplus 6t the pixlify module
Then i clicked restart and now i can only see the Dark Google Boot animation
I Already Tried :
Turning off (restart) while pressing power and volume up to go intop Recovery (TWRP)
Its just not working i cant get into twrp
What happens Exactly after i pressed : power and volume up
Phone restarts
I see the Bootloader Warning
And then again the Boot Animation

Volume up + Power combination boots into bootloader not recovery, recovery combination is Volume down + Power.
Anyway you can't even boot to bootloader? Or it restarts after booting to bootloader?

XDHx86 said:
Volume up + Power combination boots into bootloader not recovery, recovery combination is Volume down + Power.
Anyway you can't even boot to bootloader? Or it restarts after booting to bootloader?
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So i am in the BootAnimation and If i press volume down and power its just restarts normaly and same with volume up and power

Tinx_LD said:
So i am in the BootAnimation and If i press volume down and power its just restarts normaly and same with volume up and power
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You need to delete this module, you shouldn't install any magisk module without reading what they do or how they work.
It's perfectly stated in the repo that pixelfy isn't for OOS (Oxygen OS).
You need to boot into TWRP recovery, If your device is detected on your PC try adb reboot recovery
Or if it's detected in fastboot/bootloader then use fastboot boot twrp.img (Replace twrp.img with your image location and name)
If it's not detected try fastboot continue (You may have to spam this command for a couple of times)
Note: To run these commands you may want to install your device specific driver and adb tools. You can get the driver from here.
If you successfully booted into TWRP then flash pixelify zip again to completely uninstall it.