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[Q] Recovery issue in JB 4.1.2

I was on 4.1.1 (rooted and CWM installed, no custom rom), I heard that the update was out so got the 31 MB update and installed it through CWM. At the time of rebooting system by CWM, I disabled the recovery flash. It rebooted normally.
But after I tried to reboot it into recovery, it just get into a double loop of google logo and then reboot in ADB. I flashed the recovery again using Google Nexus Toolkit 2.0.0 but had no luck on rebooting in recovery.
I flashed the recovery with clean update of 4.1.2 full new but no luck on recovery flashing after that too. Can anybody help or is there any other way to install recovery on 4.1.2??

Have you tried installing CWM with ROM Manager? That worked for me.

tariq_devil said:
I was on 4.1.1 (rooted and CWM installed, no custom rom), I heard that the update was out so got the 31 MB update and installed it through CWM. At the time of rebooting system by CWM, I disabled the recovery flash. It rebooted normally.
But after I tried to reboot it into recovery, it just get into a double loop of google logo and then reboot in ADB. I flashed the recovery again using Google Nexus Toolkit 2.0.0 but had no luck on rebooting in recovery.
I flashed the recovery with clean update of 4.1.2 full new but no luck on recovery flashing after that too. Can anybody help or is there any other way to install recovery on 4.1.2??
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There are quite a few users experiencing the same problem...myself as well. There doesn't seem to be a fix for this issue. There are a couple of threads in the Q&A sub forum on the issue. Last I check no one has found a solution.

I have this exact issue as well.

This is a temporary fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32680976&postcount=10

[Q] Custom Recovery Doesn't Work Anymore

Hello,
I've rooted my own note 3 and flashed Temaseks unofficial cm 12 rom. Everything works perfect so I decided to do the same thing for my father. It all went well, first I rooted his phone, then I flashed CWM and flashed cm 12 by temasek. The rom works fine but I forget to install the Gapps. So I tried to install Gapps but I got an error "Failure Status 6". I googled on that error and someone told it has to do something with CWM. I tried to flash a different version of CWM but now I can't reboot into recovery mode anymore. So I can't flash anything.
I flashed another version of CWM but this one also doesn't work. Whenever I try to boot the phone into recovery mode, the blue line shows up. Rebooting into recovery mode, but after a few secs, the phone just boots the normal way. Is there anyone that can help me to get CWM back to work? In the mean time I'll try to flash TWRP by Odin.
Thanks in advance!

So I flashed latest version of CWM: Buildversion; 6.13.0, CWM Base Version V6.0.4.7. I can reboot into recovery now but still can't install Google Apps due to failure status 6. On my own Phone I run a different version of CWM, but when I try to flash it, the phone won't boot into recovery mode anymore. It only boots into recovery when I flash this V6.0.4.7 . How can I get rid of this version and flash an older version of CWM?

You'll probably have to Odin back to stock and start over...

Morningstar said:
You'll probably have to Odin back to stock and start over...
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You mean If there is no other way to get the Google Apps on the phone, I have to go back to stock. I did make a backup with CWM on the while it was running custom firmware. Now I have 4 files on my comuter, 3.tar and 1.md5 . If I recover them, I will still have this not working CWM version on my phone right? Isn't there a easier way to delete CWM, can I flash TWRP over CWM and see if it will install these Gapps?

Yeah, you should be able to flash TWRP over it. TWRP is much better anyway, in my opinion. Once you get the recovery issue sorted, I really wouldn't't recommend trying to flash just the gapps. It would probably work, but it's also quite likely to cause some weird issues. It's always best to flash gapps immediately after flashing a ROM, without leaving recovery.
I would flash TWRP, wipe everything but your internal SD, re-flash the ROM, flash the gapps, and everything should be cherry.
Edit: here is the link to download TWRP.

Morningstar said:
Yeah, you should be able to flash TWRP over it. TWRP is much better anyway, in my opinion. Once you get the recovery issue sorted, I really wouldn't't recommend trying to flash just the gapps. It would probably work, but it's also quite likely to cause some weird issues. It's always best to flash gapps immediately after flashing a ROM, without leaving recovery.
I would flash TWRP, wipe everything but your internal SD, re-flash the ROM, flash the gapps, and everything should be cherry.
Edit: here is the link to download TWRP.
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I appreciate your effort, thank you. The recovery issue is solved. I flashed Chainfires Root script and that installed the stock recovery. However, when I tried to install and older CWM version I got back in the recovery reboot cycle. But once I installed the latest CWM it booted in recovery. So I flashed Chainfires Root once again and had the stock recovery back. From there on I tried to install TWRP but got the recovery boot cycle again. My phone is now running android 5.0.2 and I think that's the problem.... :S I'll try again to flash Chainfires Root script to get the stock recovery back. From there on I will try to flash the link you gave to me with Odin and hope that will fix it. Do you have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Your version of TWRP works so far. It reboots into RecoveryMode. Now I'll wipe and try to install Temaseks Cm 12 followed by Gapps! Thanks so far!
Okay, it's solved. Can't thank you enough for you help. Bless you!!

No problem. Glad you got it figured out!
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Phone only boots into TWRP

I decided today to try and root my phone and followed the steps on this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/nexus-4-guide-unlock-bootloader-root-t2266654
I had unlocked my phone and installed the latest version of TWRP. Now I can only boot into TWRP and bootloader. My phone is not being picked up by my PC. I tried a factory reset and format of data on TWRP but my phone still only boots into TWRP.
Is my phone permanently bricked?
Any help will be greatly appreciated

I actually have just made some progress now. I've managed to get the phone connected to the computer by going into ADB sideload and installing the ADB drivers again on my computer.
Typing ADB devices in CMD now shows my device as connected.
Any advice on what I should do now?

What happens when you try to boot it normally? Is it stuck at the boot animation or does it go directly to the bootloader or recovery? Since you already had to wipe everything you could try flashing a factory image via fastboot.

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What happens when you try to boot it normally? Is it stuck at the boot animation or does it go directly to the bootloader or recovery? Since you already had to wipe everything you could try flashing a factory image via fastboot.
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Booting the phone normally loads it into TWRP. Booting the phone with the volume key pressed down loads the bootloader. I think I may have just wiped the OS present on the Phone.
I want my phone to be rooted running CyanogenMOD (phone is currently unrooted). Should I first install a stock rom then root by installing SuperSU and CyanogenMOD or can I just skip installing a stock rom and install SuperSU and CyanogenMOD?
Thanks for the help

You could try flashing a cyanogenmod zip from TWRP, and if that doesn't work I would suggest flashing I factory image.

theminikiller said:
You could try flashing a cyanogenmod zip from TWRP, and if that doesn't work I would suggest flashing I factory image.
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But my phone is not rooted yet. Can I install SuperSU by copying onto my phone and installing it through TWRP?

umair_ said:
But my phone is not rooted yet. Can I install SuperSU by copying onto my phone and installing it through TWRP?
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Yes, if it is a zip file. But I'm pretty sure installing cyanogenmod will automatically root it for you.

theminikiller said:
Yes, if it is a zip file. But I'm pretty sure installing cyanogenmod will automatically root it for you.
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I installed SuperSU then CyanogenMOD and lastly GApps. It still only boots into TWRP and it doesn't look like there has been any files added to the phone's storage. Should I first flash a stock rom and then try to install CyanogenMOD?

umair_ said:
I installed SuperSU then CyanogenMOD and lastly GApps. It still only boots into TWRP and it doesn't look like there has been any files added to the phone's storage. Should I first flash a stock rom and then try to install CyanogenMOD?
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Yes, try flashing a factory image. If it boots then you could try flashing cyanogenmod.
EDIT: here is a guide on how to flash a factory image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312

theminikiller said:
Yes, try flashing a factory image. If it boots then you could try flashing cyanogenmod.
EDIT: here is a guide on how to flash a factory image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312
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I've managed to get it all working by first flashing the stock ROM and starting all over again.
Thanks for your help.

Is there a workaround to this other than flashing factory images...?

hwweiler said:
Is there a workaround to this other than flashing factory images...?
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@hwweiler, No friend there is no other way.Please before do this as is one direction way take the pain to look on my post #180 on zaclmon's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/orig-development/wip-aosp-7-0-nougat-t3448444/page18 and keep in mind that is impossible to return back on any nandroid backup u kept e.g to 5.1.1 or M furthermore its also impossible to flash any rom zip if u use this N (WIP) rom,the only way to have a workable phone again is to flash the stock rom from scratch.Exceperienced with and never again untill we have the appropriate solution..The twrp used and i still use on M is TWRP 3.0.2.0.The possibility to return on LP ffrom M and reverse still exists but not when u flash this rom.
Regards,Christos

Flashing TWRP not working after updating EMUI

I updated the EMUI version on my ALE-L02 from 3.1 to 4.1 using TWRP recovery. The disadvantage of this is that I lost TWRP afterwards as it was replaced by the stock recovery.
I tried to flash TWRP to the phone again using ADB, which said that the flash was successful. However, when rebooting into recovery mode, it boots into the stock recovery. Why is it doing this/how do I fix it?

You need to follow the instructions to get TWRP to boot after install. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71429023&postcount=73

JpegXguy said:
You need to follow the instructions to get TWRP to boot after install. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71429023&postcount=73
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Thanks! Will try later on

mackelbot said:
I updated the EMUI version on my ALE-L02 from 3.1 to 4.1 using TWRP recovery. The disadvantage of this is that I lost TWRP afterwards as it was replaced by the stock recovery.
I tried to flash TWRP to the phone again using ADB, which said that the flash was successful. However, when rebooting into recovery mode, it boots into the stock recovery. Why is it doing this/how do I fix it?
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Try just pressing vol. up+ power, that happened to me sometimes. Also, as a tip, when flashing EMUI from TWRP first backup recovery than flash it. After that, don't reboot, go back and restore the recovery. Much easier for me.

Rooted Dirty Santa but can reinstall

I had an issue with an update. I rooted my phone but now I cannot install any rom. It keeps going to twrp. I did the dirty santa and the stock doesnt even install...help please.

I had the same issue some time ago.U have to install a compatible rom for your device and then if it boots in twrp,power off ,manually boot in twrp by pulling out the battery and using button's combination.I don't remember whether it boots again in twrp and then the rom or directly into rom but that got me out of twrp bootloop.
Found it here and worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/bootloop-twrp-t3573759

dudi4ek said:
I had the same issue some time ago.U have to install a compatible rom for your device and then if it boots in twrp,power off ,manually boot in twrp by pulling out the battery and using button's combination.I don't remember whether it boots again in twrp and then the rom or directly into rom but that got me out of twrp bootloop.
Found it here and worked for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/help/bootloop-twrp-t3573759
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Thank you so much. That article and your reply greatly helped. =)