Hi all. I was running CM7 on my photon. I need to relock it so I can have Sprint fix a headphone jack issue. I followed all the instructions on relocking via FullSBF flash. Now my phone is on a constant boot loop. It goes to the motorola splash screen and circles are coming from the Big M and then it restarts. It keeps doing this. I tried pulling battery but it keeps happening. How can I fix this???
This is an example, that something is not good. So many threads, just because people don't know how to wipe data in stock recovery.
Start the phone while pressing volume down, when you see fastboot, keep pressing volume down, until you see Android recovery, press volume up, when you see exclamation mark, press both volume buttons. The rest is the same like in CWM recovery.
peetr_ said:
This is an example, that something is not good. So many threads, just because people don't know how to wipe data in stock recovery.
Start the phone while pressing volume down, when you see fastboot, keep pressing volume down, until you see Android recovery, press volume up, when you see exclamation mark, press both volume buttons. The rest is the same like in CWM recovery.
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I did that before I started flashing but yea I did it again and its good now. I was about to edit my threat because its working now.
So true. So many pple run into the same issue and all it needs is a reboot.
In the thread where it says how to relock this should be included in big bold red letters
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I'm sure this had to have been addressed before but I can't find anything... Been searching for days now and still nothing..
Is there any way to boot into CWM recovery from power off? Like the hold x and power keys on the OG Droid.. I've tried holding vol up/down during boot.. up does nothing down brings me to the HTC boot loader and starts running the PG05IMO.zip update... I panicked and pulled battery before update started :-/ id hate to get stuck in a boot loop and not be able to boot into recovery if I'm not home to use adb to get into it...
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I'm sure this had to have been addressed before but I can't find anything... Been searching for days now and still nothing..
Is there any way to boot into CWM recovery from power off? Like the hold x and power keys on the OG Droid.. I've tried holding vol up/down during boot.. up does nothing down brings me to the HTC boot loader and starts running the PG05IMO.zip update... I panicked and pulled battery before update started :-/ id hate to get stuck in a boot loop and not be able to boot into recovery if I'm not home to use adb to get into it...
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delete the pg05img.zip off your sdcard, then power off the phone. Hold volume down + power until you get to the hboot screen then select recovery.
Thanks I actually did that while I was waiting for a response lol I guess writing my problem out helped me realize it might be searching for the update automatically.. I appreciate your quick response though
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Not sure if anyone has mentioned, as i searched first. But to get into the stock android recovery do this. Turn phone off, hold volume down and press and release the power button. Choose recovery, phone will boot to a triangle, at this point hold down the power, volume up, and volume down at the same time and release. You should now be in stock recovery. This used to be a way to reboot the evo when stuck at boot, but it works to get into recovery as well on the 3d.
Sorry if this is common knowledge, i have seen people here and in the sensation threads that seem to imply there is no way to get into stock recovery.
Thanks, and this should help anyone wanting to do a factory reset or wipe cache from a "recovery" session.
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Ok I was kinda playing around with the recovery today. I did something wrong with the button sequence and my phone booted up into the Motorola recovery menu(with white text and everything).
The only problem is, I don't remember what I pressed? Can someone tell me how to enter the Motorola recovery?
Does installing the bootstrap recovery mess up the Motorola one?
Turn phone off, hold both volume keys & press power. Then scroll down to recovery, press volume up, hold both volume keys at the following splash screen, and bam.
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Yeah man! I tried finding it on my own too! Came up with the same conclusion!
Hello guys.
I installed CyanogenMod 7 but I forgot to wipe cache and dalvik cache (I guess that's what caused the problem). Now I get a loop in the cyanogen boot animation. I cannot go into fastboot (by pressing power on + vol down) nor RSD mode. Is there anything I could try to save my phone? (Atrix 4g; I installed this ROM atrix-dev-team - Development of CyanogenMod & other fun stuff for the Motorola Atrix - Google Project Hosting )
Thank you so much.
Wrong forum. Should be in Q&A!
You tried Vol - with power button?
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You tried Vol - with power button?
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He already said he can't get into fastboot like that.
OP you sure you can't get into fastboot or recovery? Are you trying to do it when bootlooping? Try pulling battery, then replacing it. Hold volume down, press power button and then let it go keeping volume down pressed. Or try the same but press volume up to go right to fastboot.
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Hello guys. Yes, I have tried that, many times. I have pulled the battery several times, recharge it completely, things like that.
But, it still gets stuck in the "Unlocked Fastboot" screen or bootlooping in the cyanogen splash screen.
Any other ideas? Thank you so much.
Nevermind!
So you get the Fastboot unlocked message. And? Thats pretty much all you see on fastboot. Does the PC not talk to it at that point? Does it show "Starting Fastboot protocol support" after tapping volume up?
Are you instead trying to boot into recovery? Hold volume down and press power on to start. When the fastboot message appeares, release volume down, then tap volume down until you see Android recovery, then press volume up.
Thank you Genomerio. I was able to do an Android Recovery... I didn't know there were more options than Fastboot and RSD. I restore my previous backup and all is working now.
Thank you so much...
I'm a bit of a noob at terminology and android settings so try to bear with me...
I'm running a deodexed vzw CleanRom v1.6.5 and I've downloaded TWRP recovery via gooManager. (Yes I've installed the recovery script from it.) Back when I had a stock rom, when I held the power + the volume up button it would go into TWRP recovery fine. But now (I don't know if it's CleanRom's fault) when I start up the phone into recovery mode using the shortcut the blue text would appear but it would restart normally.
My stock backup was corrupted for some reason and it softbricked my phone so I had to odin flash and go through all that rooting process again before restoring from my CleanRom backup via TWRP. So I don't really want to go back to stock, but I guess I can download a stock one if I really need to.
I can still enter TWRP by going into gooManager and pressing reboot recovery from there. Any solution to this?
I'm also on CleanRom 1.6.5 and it works for me... Vol up+power
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To get mine to boot to recovery while phone is off I have to hold volume + and menu key at the same time. Then hit the power button until it vibrates then let go of the power button. If I keep holding the power button then the blue writing is displayed but instead of going into recovery it just reboots. However if I only hit the power button and release when it vibrates and I am still holding the volume + and menu key then it will boot to twrp recovery.
Alright, I'm feeling pretty foolish.
It was a simple user error that I really hate to admit. If I hold down the volume up and the power button and keep holding down both, the phone restarts as normal. But I should be letting go of the power button when the phone vibrates, while holding down the volume up button keeps it loading into the recovery mode. Don't know why I didn't have that problem before. I attempted Travis' idea first then experimented a little without the menu button and it worked fine.
Thanks.
Glad you got it figured out. :good:
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Alright, I'm feeling pretty foolish.
It was a simple user error that I really hate to admit. If I hold down the volume up and the power button and keep holding down both, the phone restarts as normal. But I should be letting go of the power button when the phone vibrates, while holding down the volume up button keeps it loading into the recovery mode. Don't know why I didn't have that problem before. I attempted Travis' idea first then experimented a little without the menu button and it worked fine.
Thanks.
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you could also go into recovery via the goomanager app
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you could also go into recovery via the goomanager app
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True and that is what he said he has been doing. However what if you flash something and you get a boot loop. You can pull the battery and try again but if it boot loops again you will need to be able to get to your recovery with a non booting phone. That is why it is important to know how to boot the phone into recovery with out the need of any apps.
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True and that is what he said he has been doing. However what if you flash something and you get a boot loop. You can pull the battery and try again but if it boot loops again you will need to be able to get to your recovery with a non booting phone. That is why it is important to know how to boot the phone into recovery with out the need of any apps.
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Precisely my thought process. I knew that at some time I'm bound to softbrick my phone again and I needed to boot recovery from startup.