[SOLVED]Can't boot into recovery - AT&T HTC One (M7)

Just got the phone, unlocked through HTCDev, installed recovery through Toolkit, but can't actually boot into recovery. I tried all of the recoveries available (TWRP, CWM, CWM Touch) but once I select reboot into recovery, it reboots, gets to the HTC logo screen, something appears on the top edge of the screen, it reboots and boots normally. Did I do something wrong?

Try one of the other methods to flash recovery.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
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joshuadjohnson22 said:
Try one of the other methods to flash recovery.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
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I just tried flashing TWRP manually (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) and it still does the same. I renamed the img file to recovery.img, so it's not that.

Try redownloading the file from the url above. Maybe it was a bad file download?
Also try different micro usb cables and usb ports. Reinstall the drivers just things like that
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Tried flashing stock recovery from here, no dice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224752

jcracken said:
Tried flashing stock recovery from here, no dice: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224752
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have you tried rebooting while holding power and the down volume key? maybe that is the way you need to enter it
also more info would be nice. when you flash what does it say/do

It says in the OP
jcracken said:
once I select reboot into recovery, it reboots, gets to the HTC logo screen, something appears on the top edge of the screen, it reboots and boots normally
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tehh4ck3r said:
It says in the OP
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reason I asked was maybe there is a bug when selecting reboot into recovery thought it was worth a try to enter it a different way

Fixed it by selecting "Factory Reset" in the bootloader menu--went straight to recovery.

I had the same problem and was able to resolve it by turning off fast boot in the power settings screen.

Im having the same issue with every recovery I flash. Obviously im not a noob and can flash stuff. Im just boggled because everybody is reporting flashing internation stuff just fine. The recoveries don't work for me. Can someone direct link me to the recovery they flashed on their att version?

jmztaylor said:
Im having the same issue with every recovery I flash. Obviously im not a noob and can flash stuff. Im just boggled because everybody is reporting flashing internation stuff just fine. The recoveries don't work for me. Can someone direct link me to the recovery they flashed on their att version?
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After I selected "Factory Reset" in the Bootloader all the recoveries I tried from the International forum worked.

jcracken said:
After I selected "Factory Reset" in the Bootloader all the recoveries I tried from the International forum worked.
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I fixed it by flashing recovery and rebooting bootloader till it showed tampered
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i had this trouble and just adb pushed them and it worked glad you got it working

my nephew was having the same issue as well and never got it boot to recovery. while i was troubleshooting, i discovered he was using the recovery for the Sprint version. ugh!!! i got the international version and manually flashed it (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, fastboot reboot-bootloader) and then tried to enter recovery with no success. I rebooted to bootloader again, selected factory reset, and the phone rebooted normally. tried the adb reboot recovery command, phone reboots, i see a window flash in the background with red writing at the bottom, and then it boots normally. i've done this 5 times with no luck. any suggestions?
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CheesyNutz said:
i had this trouble and just adb pushed them and it worked glad you got it working
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can you share the command for your adb push method?

cortez.i said:
my nephew was having the same issue as well and never got it boot to recovery. while i was troubleshooting, i discovered he was using the recovery for the Sprint version. ugh!!! i got the international version and manually flashed it (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, fastboot reboot-bootloader) and then tried to enter recovery with no success. I rebooted to bootloader again, selected factory reset, and the phone rebooted normally. tried the adb reboot recovery command, phone reboots, i see a window flash in the background with red writing at the bottom, and then it boots normally. i've done this 5 times with no luck. any suggestions?
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can you share the command for your adb push method?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792

CheesyNutz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
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Cheesy (lol) thanks for the tip! while i didn't follow all the steps in that post, i did perform one task that got me to recovery: use the POWER+VOLUME DOWN method to reboot to bootloader. once in bootloader mode, i saw *TAMPERED* at the top of the screen and knew i was good to go, e.g., get into recovery mode. thanks again bro!

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cortez.i said:
Cheesy (lol) thanks for the tip! while i didn't follow all the steps in that post, i did perform one task that got me to recovery: use the POWER+VOLUME DOWN method to reboot to bootloader. once in bootloader mode, i saw *TAMPERED* at the top of the screen and knew i was good to go, e.g., get into recovery mode. thanks again bro!
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I have tried all of these methods. I have flashed the recovery, all of them, repeatedly and my phone will only show unlocked. I have used the All in One as well as manually flashing the recovery as well. but my phone never switches to *TAMPERED*. Any advice?

I had this happen on my other One tonight. I had flashed the recovery via fastboot about 15 times and it wasn't working until I let it reboot to OS and then I adb reboot bootloader and magically it showed TAMPERED. Just keep doing the steps over and over again and eventually it'll work. After it finally took TWRP I was able to change it for CWM Touch with no issues.

Disabling HTC Fast boot did it for me!

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Bootloop please help.

*Fixed*
uppon2 said:
I just go the phone today and I have unlocked it and it all went well. I was looking at installing ViperDNA on to my phone. So I started to follow instructions in the Viper thread
1. I "tried" to install TWRP through the Goo method and after downloading the file it told me that recovery was no installed.
2. I rebooted in to bootloader and hit power button to enter fastboot then I scrolled down to where it says recovery and I hit power again. Phone displayed a message up the top that it was now entering recovery. The phone did not go to recovery it simply rebooted all the way back to my phones home screen.
I then though hmm well maybe I didn't install it properly so I follwed the instructions using Goo again but still nothing happened.
I noticed there was an alternative method to flash recovery by using ADB. I put the file in to the same directory as where my adb/fastbood reside and I booted in to fastboot again and in cmd prompt I entered "flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img"
It seemed to flash and gave me a response which I can't remember now but it said OK!.
I then proceeded to try and enter recovery again but this time it has sent my phone in to a bootloop. It will not pass the Droid splashscreen. I can however still access bootloader mode.
I also noticed now in my Bootloader above where it says Unlocked it also says Tampered?
Phone doesn't seem to be recognised by ADB anymore neither. adb devices returns with a blank space
I'm a long time Samsung user so usually in this situation I would use Odin and flash a stock firmware but I don't know the process with HTC
I don't have a backup because I hadn't got to this stage yet!
Any advice as to what to do now
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if you can still get the phone into fastboot mode then you should be fine.. when in fastboot mode the command "adb devices" will not return any entries.. when in fastboot you should use the command
fastboot devices
and see if your phone shows up there.. also the command for flashing a recovery in fastboot is:
fastboot flash recovery "your recovery filename.img" without the quotations though..
so the exact command would be the fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img if that is what the recovery file on your computer is named.
then hit enter it should say sending etc...
I always then do the command
fastboot reboot-bootloader then the phone will reboot into the fastboot screen, then manually select recovery and see that it worked that time.
lazarus2297 said:
if you can still get the phone into fastboot mode then you should be fine.. when in fastboot mode the command "adb devices" will not return any entries.. when in fastboot you should use the command
fastboot devices
and see if your phone shows up there.. also the command for flashing a recovery in fastboot is:
fastboot flash recovery "your recovery filename.img" without the quotations though..
so the exact command would be the fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img if that is what the recovery file on your computer is named.
then hit enter it should say sending etc...
I always then do the command
fastboot reboot-bootloader then the phone will reboot into the fastboot screen, then manually select recovery and see that it worked that time.
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After attempting this it hangs here:
C:\Android-adb>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img
< waiting for device >
EDIT* Rookie mistake for it hanging. I was only in bootloader not Fastboot. However, this worked and I love you. I will now flash Viper. Do I still need to flash the Kernel Modules?
uppon2 said:
After attempting this it hangs here:
C:\Android-adb>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img
< waiting for device >
EDIT* Rookie mistake for it hanging. I was only in bootloader not Fastboot. However, this worked and I love you. I will now flash Viper. Do I still need to flash the Kernel Modules?
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flashing the modules for the kernel is always a good idea just flash that after you flash your ROM..
and you are welcome just glad I could help!!
lazarus2297 said:
flashing the modules for the kernel is always a good idea just flash that after you flash your ROM..
and you are welcome just glad I could help!!
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lol. Now Aroma is being a pain in the ass. It won't let me click Next to install. haha
EDIT* Maybe because of the smaller TWRP or maybe not but I had to try again and then click next but about 2" higher than where it says it :S
I am not a huge fan of aroma... i had issues when i tried to flash my DNA the first time.. that is something that you just have to keep trying unfortunately it seems... i have seen where people had to aroma freeze on them multiple times before finally completing the flash... some tips i have seen is keep the phone flat... also keep it plugged in.. I can't vouch for any of these being actual fixes but hey "it's only weird if it doesn't work"
Do you know the load time on a ROMs first boot after flash?
The ROM said it was installing and at about 8% the screen went all grey and then rebooted in to the HTC splash screen and hasn't changed for about 15 minutes. Tried it twice
EDIT* Would only flash using CWM
uppon2 said:
Do you know the load time on a ROMs first boot after flash?
The ROM said it was installing and at about 8% the screen went all grey and then rebooted in to the HTC splash screen and hasn't changed for about 15 minutes. Tried it twice
EDIT* Would only flash using CWM
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glad to hear it sorry for the slow response.. i was away for a bit..
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glad to hear it sorry for the slow response.. i was away for a bit..
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All good. Thanks for your assistance
I am usually the guy helping other people. It's quite an unusual change going from Samsung to HTC!

Recovery doesn't boot! Help!

So I did everything I could. None of the instructions on this forum help me, I am almost a complete newb in this.
I used this instruction: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_p3
To the part where you need to boot into recovery by holding power and volume up. Well, guess what, nothing happens when you hold power + volume up.
Please, could someone write a good step-by-step newb-friendly manual on how to get the Jelly Bean on this tab? I am seriously considering throwing this thing out of the window right now as I spent the whole evening trying to get this working with no results.
By the way, after doing all the manipulations with odin, now when the tab is loading and it shows the logo "samsung galaxy tab 10.1v", there is an image of an open lock in the bottom of the screen.
oh_delay said:
By the way, after doing all the manipulations with odin, now when the tab is loading and it shows the logo "samsung galaxy tab 10.1v", there is an image of an open lock in the bottom of the screen.
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That means the bootloader is unlocked, the first step to install custom ROMs and recovery images.
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oh_delay said:
So I did everything I could. None of the instructions on this forum help me, I am almost a complete newb in this.
I used this instruction: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_p3
To the part where you need to boot into recovery by holding power and volume up. Well, guess what, nothing happens when you hold power + volume up.
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Yes, with the P3, never could use POWER+VOL UP to boot into recovery (that combination can get out of stock recovery and into normal boot, which IS useful, since sometimes, one makes a mistake and stays stranded on a recovery bootloop.
Unfortunately, contrary to P4, there is no menu in the bootloader to boot into recovery.
You can however substitute that step 3 with this:
"From a terminal run adb reboot recovery"
[NOTE: its skipped in the tutorial, but for adb to function while in normal mode, you need to activate it, by going to Settings->Programmer Tools (or something like that, activate it, since its off by default and set the DEBUG USB connection on , or something - sorry, they changed the place in 4.1 and cannot give you the correct path)]
The device will then reboot into the Clockworkmod Recovery (assuming it has been correctly flashed); if not, repeat step 9 from section above.
Afterwards, you can either use adb or the Boot into Recovery menu option from the Shutdown dialog of ClockworkMod to boot into recovery.
AW: Recovery doesn't boot! Help!allready
Slow down
Bootloader unlocked ??
Custom revovery allreadY flashed??
You started With a stock Rom ??
3.1? 4.0.3?
A bit more info pls
Boot in bootloader by Holding power and volume -
Than
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery
You are still able to boot in Rom ??
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feraay said:
Slow down
Bootloader unlocked ??
Custom revovery allreadY flashed??
You started With a stock Rom ??
3.1? 4.0.3?
A bit more info pls
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Well, yeah, apparently. I have stock 4.0.4 installed.
feraay said:
Boot in bootloader by Holding power and volume -
Than
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery
You are still able to boot in Rom ??
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What exactly should I do? IDK what that means, "Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery".
As I said, I am almost a complete newb in this.
pruano said:
That means the bootloader is unlocked, the first step to install custom ROMs and recovery images.
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Yes, with the P3, never could use POWER+VOL UP to boot into recovery (that combination can get out of stock recovery and into normal boot, which IS useful, since sometimes, one makes a mistake and stays stranded on a recovery bootloop.
Unfortunately, contrary to P4, there is no menu in the bootloader to boot into recovery.
You can however substitute that step 3 with this:
"From a terminal run adb reboot recovery"
[NOTE: its skipped in the tutorial, but for adb to function while in normal mode, you need to activate it, by going to Settings->Programmer Tools (or something like that, activate it, since its off by default and set the DEBUG USB connection on , or something - sorry, they changed the place in 4.1 and cannot give you the correct path)]
The device will then reboot into the Clockworkmod Recovery (assuming it has been correctly flashed); if not, repeat step 9 from section above.
Afterwards, you can either use adb or the Boot into Recovery menu option from the Shutdown dialog of ClockworkMod to boot into recovery.
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I did adb reboot recovery, and it booted the stock recovery. Maybe I should use another recovery image? I used the one linked in the CM's instructions.
Ok, so basically what happens now is I flash recovery.tar.md5 through Odin, then it reboots in OS and I reboot it to recovery through terminal. The recovery says 'Android system recovery <3e>', so I assume it's the stock one?
feraay said:
Boot in bootloader by Holding power and volume -
Than
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot recovery
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Ok i figured out how to use fastboot command. Still I don't understand, which recovery.img should I flash? I don't have this file, at least not in an .img format, it's format is .tar.md5
So I guess my next question is, where can I get recovery in .img format?
OK, so I figured this out.
I downloaded the recovery.img for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the official CWM site (NOT 10.1v, cause they don't have it for this version. It worked fine).
then I loaded in bootloader, used ./fastboot boot <path to downloaded recovery.img>, I just dragged the img to terminal window.
Through this booted recovery, I flashed the CM rom and gapps (I did this without actually flashing the recovery, mind you).
After that, I used odin in windows again to flash their recovery.tar.md5, and now finally, when I use ./adb reboot recovery it starts up with CWM.
So yeah, thank you for your posts and thoughts, you helped me figure this out.
oh_delay said:
Through this booted recovery, I flashed the CM rom and gapps (I did this without actually flashing the recovery, mind you).
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Yes, if you use "fastboot boot [recovery image]" instead of "fastboot flash recovery [recovery image]", you can boot to a custom recovery like CWM without flashing.
oh_delay said:
After that, I used odin in windows again to flash their recovery.tar.md5, and now finally, when I use ./adb reboot recovery it starts up with CWM.
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Fastboot only accepts .img files, Odin only accepts tar.md5 files; however, tar.md5 files are just archive files, if you rename the file to remove the .md5 extension and use a program like 7-zip which can read .tar files, you will find one or more .img files inside, which you can extract for use with fastboot.
oh_delay said:
So yeah, thank you for your posts and thoughts, you helped me figure this out.
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Great that you managed on your own (even with some tips), best way to learn.
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oh_delay said:
Well, yeah, apparently. I have stock 4.0.4 installed.
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Its the last stock release for this tablet.
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oh_delay said:
I used this instruction: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_p3
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One last thing: those instructions do not include adding root, as indeed you can use most of the functionality of Cyanogen without root (and possibly exposing your device to malware).
However many useful functions and apps DO require root; to check if you have root, either install this app, or do "adb shell" + "adb su", which should change the prompt from a $ to a #
For root the best way is probably to flash both zip files (ARM version) with CWM at this point (so you get the latest version); dont forget to hit the "Fix Permissions" CWM option afterwards to prevent any potential problems.
AW: Recovery doesn't boot! Help!
Noo dont take 10.1 recovery take the recovery from droidbasement.com
P3 7100 only this
And do this
Adb reboot bootloader
If not work press power and volume +
Or may
power and volume -
Should Boot into bootloader click not in download modus for Odin just take the other icon and Connect to PC
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Thats all
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[Q] Can't access recovery

I am running santod's rooted Stock ICS rom, which has been running excellent, love it very much. Today I went to do a backup in recovery and noticedit will not boot into recovery. I am running the 4EXT recovery as suggested in the rom forum post. Nothing I do seems to be able to boot the recovery. I can't reboot into recovery from the 4EXT app. I boot the phone with the volume down key, and try to enter recovery from there. Still nothing. I get my initial boot logo, then screen goes black, then boot logo again and it proceeds to boot up normally. I have tried re-flashing the recovery from the 4EXT app, I even tried rom manages and using the latest clockwork mod recovery. Nothing gets me into recovery. Also have noticed my phone will not stay powered off when on the charger. If I power off, plug the charger in, after a few seconds phone powers itself on. Could it be related?
I followed the rom installation instructions to the letter.
Installed the 4EXT recovery.
Flashed the ICS radios.
Wiped all my partitions except my SD card.
Flashed rom and have enjoyed for weeks now.
Only other info I know to provide is I installed the debloated/deodexed rom
Did not flash the kernel as I didn't experience boot loops.
Thanks in advance for any assistance folks!
JM1084 said:
I am running santod's rooted Stock ICS rom, which has been running excellent, love it very much. Today I went to do a backup in recovery and noticedit will not boot into recovery. I am running the 4EXT recovery as suggested in the rom forum post. Nothing I do seems to be able to boot the recovery. I can't reboot into recovery from the 4EXT app. I boot the phone with the volume down key, and try to enter recovery from there. Still nothing. I get my initial boot logo, then screen goes black, then boot logo again and it proceeds to boot up normally. I have tried re-flashing the recovery from the 4EXT app, I even tried rom manages and using the latest clockwork mod recovery. Nothing gets me into recovery. Also have noticed my phone will not stay powered off when on the charger. If I power off, plug the charger in, after a few seconds phone powers itself on. Could it be related?
I followed the rom installation instructions to the letter.
Installed the 4EXT recovery.
Flashed the ICS radios.
Wiped all my partitions except my SD card.
Flashed rom and have enjoyed for weeks now.
Only other info I know to provide is I installed the debloated/deodexed rom
Did not flash the kernel as I didn't experience boot loops.
Thanks in advance for any assistance folks!
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Did you rename or remove the Radio file from the sd card as suggested in the OP of the rom thread?
It will not let you get into Recovery if there is a PG05IMG.zip present on the root of the sd card.
If that's not the case, reflash 4ext from within the Recovery control app.
Just installing the app doesn't install the Recovery.
You must also install the actual Recovery from within the app if you haven't.
santod040 said:
Did you rename or remove the Radio file from the sd card as suggested in the OP of the rom thread?
It will not let you get into Recovery if there is a PG05IMG.zip present on the root of the sd card.
If that's not the case, reflash 4ext from within the Recovery control app.
Just installing the app doesn't install the Recovery.
You must also install the actual Recovery from within the app if you haven't.
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Yeah, there is no PG05IMG.zip in the sd card root. Also I have tried reinstalling the recovery from the 4EXT recovery control app.
Current verson of recovery installed is 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC8.
Tried reflashing that, and also the RC9 test build that is out right now.
Still no go on getting into the recovery.
Thanks.
When you do the volume down and power option with the device off, you need to first press the volume down and then while holding that, then press and also hold the power button, you should feel it vibrate, keeeeeep holding them down, do not let go.
Wait until you see what should be a white hboot screen with menu options, then you may let go.
If you hold power first or don't hold them both down long enough, it will just try to boot normally.
Not that that would explain why you can't get there from within Recovery Control app.
What is your hboot version and how did you root your device?
santod040 said:
When you do the volume down and power option with the device off, you need to first press the volume down and then while holding that, then press and also hold the power button, you should feel it vibrate, keeeeeep holding them down, do not let go.
Wait until you see what should be a white hboot screen with menu options, then you may let go.
If you hold power first or don't hold them both down long enough, it will just try to boot normally.
Not that that would explain why you can't get there from within Recovery Control app.
What is your hboot version and how did you root your device?
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It was rooted using the Revolutionary method, did it a year or more ago.
Hboot version is 6.04.1002
When I try to go to recovery from the hboot screen it does the same, vibrate, white HTC screen, black screen, vibrate, white HTC screen, normal boot. No recovery.
Is there any other method of getting into recovery or re-flashing the recovery?
JM1084 said:
It was rooted using the Revolutionary method, did it a year or more ago.
Hboot version is 6.04.1002
When I try to go to recovery from the hboot screen it does the same, vibrate, white HTC screen, black screen, vibrate, white HTC screen, normal boot. No recovery.
Is there any other method of getting into recovery or re-flashing the recovery?
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Yes, you can flash Recovery images from hboot, just like you flash a radio.
With it named PG05IMG.zip and placed on the root of the sd card.
HERE is one you can try.
If that doesn't work, I may have something you can try from fastboot to clear the Recovery cache, and maybe that will resolve the issue.
I have only seen one other user have this occur and his device simply ended up getting replaced because he wasn't able to mount to usb for doing fastboot commands either.
santod040 said:
Yes, you can flash Recovery images from hboot, just like you flash a radio.
With it named PG05IMG.zip and placed on the root of the sd card.
HERE is one you can try.
If that doesn't work, I may have something you can try from fastboot to clear the Recovery cache, and maybe that will resolve the issue.
I have only seen one other user have this occur and his device simply ended up getting replaced because he wasn't able to mount to usb for doing fastboot commands either.
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Still no go flashing that recovery in hboot. What is the process of clearing recovery cache?
On a side note, in talking to my father, his bolt seems to have the same issue. We both were rooted with the same method, and I believe we have the same hboot version. Only difference is he flashed the rom using clockwork recovery.
Edit: I confirmed his hboot is 6.04.1002. same as mine
JM1084 said:
Still no go flashing that recovery in hboot. What is the process of clearing recovery cache?
On a side note, in talking to my father, his bolt seems to have the same issue. We both were rooted with the same method, and I believe we have the same hboot version. Only difference is he flashed the rom using clockwork recovery.
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Well, I've got several Bolts here, and a couple of them have that same hboot and were used to test the stock roms with.
So I do not think it's a root or hboot issue, but I do not know what the issue would be other then corrupt Recovery cache.
To try and fix it by clearing the cache, do the following:
Download the erasecache.zip file from www.4ext.net/erasecache.zip
First boot your device into bootloader while connected via usb.
If it reads "fastboot usb" you are already in fastboot mode.
If it reads "hboot usb" then select "fastboot" in the bootloader menu.
Extract the file anywhere on your computer, and then start the file erase_cache.cmd with
elevated rights (right click erase_cache.cmd and select to run as administrator)
Watch for any error messages and tell me the results please.
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If the above method fails, try this way:
This requires a little adb or command line knowledge(not much) and the appropriate files on your system.
Please boot into bootloader -> fastboot mode
and then issue the following fastboot command:
fastboot erase cache
afterwards boot recovery from the bootloader menu and enter the
wipe menu and format cache
santod040 said:
Well, I've got several Bolts here, and a couple of them have that same hboot and were used to test the stock roms with.
So I do not think it's a root or hboot issue, but I do not know what the issue would be other then corrupt Recovery cache.
To try and fix it by clearing the cache, do the following:
Download the erasecache.zip file from www.4ext.net/erasecache.zip
First boot your device into bootloader while connected via usb.
If it reads "fastboot usb" you are already in fastboot mode.
If it reads "hboot usb" then select "fastboot" in the bootloader menu.
Extract the file anywhere on your computer, and then start the file erase_cache.cmd with
elevated rights (right click erase_cache.cmd and select to run as administrator)
Watch for any error messages and tell me the results please.
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If the above method fails, try this way:
This requires a little adb or command line knowledge(not much) and the appropriate files on your system.
Please boot into bootloader -> fastboot mode
and then issue the following fastboot command:
fastboot erase cache
afterwards boot recovery from the bootloader menu and enter the
wipe menu and format cache
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Alrighty, I will give that a shot. I am at work right now and am about to head out of town so I will be unable to try it until sunday. I'll post the results here asap. Thanks again!
Same ROM, same problem,I even tried flashing a different recovery. Rooted using really old one click method a month after thunderbolt release.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
zomgalama said:
Same ROM, same problem,I even tried flashing a different recovery. Rooted using really old one click method a month after thunderbolt release.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
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What is your h boot version?
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santod040 said:
Well, I've got several Bolts here, and a couple of them have that same hboot and were used to test the stock roms with.
So I do not think it's a root or hboot issue, but I do not know what the issue would be other then corrupt Recovery cache.
To try and fix it by clearing the cache, do the following:
Download the erasecache.zip file from www.4ext.net/erasecache.zip
First boot your device into bootloader while connected via usb.
If it reads "fastboot usb" you are already in fastboot mode.
If it reads "hboot usb" then select "fastboot" in the bootloader menu.
Extract the file anywhere on your computer, and then start the file erase_cache.cmd with
elevated rights (right click erase_cache.cmd and select to run as administrator)
Watch for any error messages and tell me the results please.
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If the above method fails, try this way:
This requires a little adb or command line knowledge(not much) and the appropriate files on your system.
Please boot into bootloader -> fastboot mode
and then issue the following fastboot command:
fastboot erase cache
afterwards boot recovery from the bootloader menu and enter the
wipe menu and format cache
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No Go, my tbolt will not mount in Win7, it just says the device has malfunctioned. Rebooting into the bootloader with USB in will not show anything in Windows, even in fastboot. It makes the device connection sound but no devices show up. Running the CMD file in the zip you linked does nothing, I'm at 10 minutes now where it just says "Waiting for device". Is my device just done for?
JM1084 said:
It was rooted using the Revolutionary method, did it a year or more ago.
Hboot version is 6.04.1002
When I try to go to recovery from the hboot screen it does the same, vibrate, white HTC screen, black screen, vibrate, white HTC screen, normal boot. No recovery.
Is there any other method of getting into recovery or re-flashing the recovery?
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I think I had a similar problem once. Boot back into your hboot screen. Then select "factory reset". If you have a 3rd party recovery installed, like it sound like you have (4ext, right?), it will boot you to recovery so you can administer the reset yourself (it doesn't actually wipe anything, just brings you to your recovery's home screen).
Let me know how it goes.
coltspackers said:
I think I had a similar problem once. Boot back into your hboot screen. Then select "factory reset". If you have a 3rd party recovery installed, like it sound like you have (4ext, right?), it will boot you to recovery so you can administer the reset yourself (it doesn't actually wipe anything, just brings you to your recovery's home screen).
Let me know how it goes.
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Thanks for the info, but this didn't work either. I'm also on 6.04.1002 and rooted mine a week after the T-Bolt shipped manually via adb.
This happened about a month ago also, and I thought it was ext4 but managed to get an older TWRP recovery to work after working on it for about a day and a half without a working phone. At least I have a working phone at this point.
Same ROM, same recovery (4ext), same problem. Rooted by adb a month after launch, hboot 6.04.1002
allo_87 said:
Same ROM, same recovery (4ext), same problem. Rooted by adb a month after launch, hboot 6.04.1002
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Might be wise to bring it to Max's attention.
He makes the Recovery that is disappearing and may have suggestions or ideas on how to prevent this in the future.
I have flashed every rom I have ever posted at least once.
Most of them, may times and have yet to run into this issue.
I have had Recovery become corrupted once or twice quite some time back and not be able to get into it.
But it was easily fixed by reinstalling/reflashing a recovery.
I guess what I'm saying, is if there is a common issue occuring on our device with some ICS users and his Recovery, he should know about it.
Here's how to contact him: LINK
Hopefully he can help or look into the root of the issue, since I know he has had a few users with this same issue in the past.
santod040 said:
Might be wise to bring it to Max's attention.
He makes the Recovery that is disappearing and may have suggestions or ideas on how to prevent this in the future.
I have flashed every rom I have ever posted at least once.
Most of them, may times and have yet to run into this issue.
I have had Recovery become corrupted once or twice quite some time back and not be able to get into it.
But it was easily fixed by reinstalling/reflashing a recovery.
I guess what I'm saying, is if there is a common issue occuring on our device with some ICS users and his Recovery, he should know about it.
Here's how to contact him: LINK
Hopefully he can help or look into the root of the issue, since I know he has had a few users with this same issue in the past.
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Excellent advice, thanks man.
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
My thunderbolt's recovery spin mysteriously started working again yesterday, not sure why.
Doesn't matter though since I switched carriers now:/
Sent from my Sprint LG Optimus G
Still nothing for me. Worse yet is the fact that I can't adb because my usb has not worked properly since "the soup incident"
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santod040 said:
Might be wise to bring it to Max's attention.
He makes the Recovery that is disappearing and may have suggestions or ideas on how to prevent this in the future.
I have flashed every rom I have ever posted at least once.
Most of them, may times and have yet to run into this issue.
I have had Recovery become corrupted once or twice quite some time back and not be able to get into it.
But it was easily fixed by reinstalling/reflashing a recovery.
I guess what I'm saying, is if there is a common issue occuring on our device with some ICS users and his Recovery, he should know about it.
Here's how to contact him: LINK
Hopefully he can help or look into the root of the issue, since I know he has had a few users with this same issue in the past.
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After going over the issue with Max and trying several fixes he suggested (he even made me an app that would format my cache), it seems I either need to obtain an RUU and flash the stock software/recovery back on and re-root or try flashing an updated hboot that already has s-off. The thinking is that it is my hboot that is causing the issue. Does anyone know what files I need? I have a couple of things to try at home to see if I can get my usb working again, if not, anything I do will have to be a flashable zip from the bootloader. Thanks!

[SOLVED - see 2nd page] Recovery problems - unable to boot into TWRP, CWM fails

Hello there,
I've had my OneX+ for a few months already and I've been using TWRP for quite a while. A few weeks ago, though, I flashed ViperX ROM and their TWRP-mod recovery. The recovery worked for a while but then the phone decided to simply not boot into recovery at all and instead rebooting into the ROM again. I tried reflashing the recovery and using CWM instead of TWRP. CWM seems to work but when I try to do a backup it just reboots back into ROM after it seems like it almost finished the backup, if I try to Factory reset/wipe anything the phone again simply just reboots to ROM ...
I really have no idea what to do now, plzhalp.
Seleren said:
Hello there,
I've had my OneX+ for a few months already and I've been using TWRP for quite a while. A few weeks ago, though, I flashed ViperX ROM and their TWRP-mod recovery. The recovery worked for a while but then the phone decided to simply not boot into recovery at all and instead rebooting into the ROM again. I tried reflashing the recovery and using CWM instead of TWRP. CWM seems to work but when I try to do a backup it just reboots back into ROM after it seems like it almost finished the backup, if I try to Factory reset/wipe anything the phone again simply just reboots to ROM ...
I really have no idea what to do now, plzhalp.
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Hi Seleren...
Can you specify which phone version you have? AT&T/TELUS or International?
That would really help us to guide you to the good solution. Don't worry you can not brick your device with patience you'll be back on track.
i had an issue like this a while back. open up an abd and run fastboot erase cache, fastboot flash recovery (yourrecoveryname).img, then fastboot erase cache again. mine wouldnt boot into twrp after flashing a rom, it would show the teamwin screen then boot into the rom and these steps fixed it.
Lucky Thirteen said:
Hi Seleren...
Can you specify which phone version you have? AT&T/TELUS or International?
That would really help us to guide you to the good solution. Don't worry you can not brick your device with patience you'll be back on track.
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I have the International model.
jbharbin said:
i had an issue like this a while back. open up an abd and run fastboot erase cache, fastboot flash recovery (yourrecoveryname).img, then fastboot erase cache again. mine wouldnt boot into twrp after flashing a rom, it would show the teamwin screen then boot into the rom and these steps fixed it.
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Tried that already, nothing changed at all, TWRP logo shows up and then the phone reboots to ROM. CWM works partially as I said, it reboots when I tell it do do anything (backup/wipe/flash) and the phone is unaffected.
Bump. Help please, I tried flashing another kernel but that didn't help. I can't even wipe or flash another ROM in CWM.
Re: [Q] Recovery problems - unable to boot into TWRP, CWM fails
Try redownloading the recovery and rewriting it. It may be a bad download.
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Re: [Q] Recovery problems - unable to boot into TWRP, CWM fails
Flash the kernel and then the recovery with fastboot and see what happens.
Download a fresh recovery for your International (ENRC2B) model here.
Put this file in the platform-tools of your SDK folder.
Plug the USB cable coming from your computer to your phone.
Then open a command prompt window and type : adb devices (you should see your serial at the screen)
Again type : adb reboot-bootloader (Enter)
Type again this command : fastboot devices (you should see your serial at the screen)
Type this command (if serial is successful) : fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_name.img (Enter)
Clear cache with : fastboot erase cache (Enter)
Once done unplug your USB cable, click one time on Power button.
One Volume rocker down to select Recovery.
Confirm by clicking on Power button to reboot in Recovery.
Try to flash an International ROM only.
What result you obtain by doing this?
@Seleren I would be interested to know if the above worked for you? Also useful if anyone else gets this problem
Lucky Thirteen said:
Download a fresh recovery for your International (ENRC2B) model here.
Put this file in the platform-tools of your SDK folder.
Plug the USB cable coming from your computer to your phone.
Then open a command prompt window and type : adb devices (you should see your serial at the screen)
Again type : adb reboot-bootloader (Enter)
Type again this command : fastboot devices (you should see your serial at the screen)
Type this command (if serial is successful) : fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_name.img (Enter)
Clear cache with : fastboot erase cache (Enter)
Once done unplug your USB cable, click one time on Power button.
One Volume rocker down to select Recovery.
Confirm by clicking on Power button to reboot in Recovery.
Try to flash an International ROM only.
What result you obtain by doing this?
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I've already tried that numerous times, I can get to erasing cache etc but once I try to boot into the recovery ... I'm done. TWRP won't boot even after erasing cache. CWM fails at wiping/backuping/flashing and just reboots without any notice at all. I'm really out of ideas now.
Sorry for a bit late answer.
This is really strange. Are you sure you are correctly rooted? Which method have you followed to root your phone? The above method I gave you, I have done this numerous times, switching from CWM recovery to TWRP recovery to access different backup on my phone, and it never fails on me.
Are you sure that your SDK folder is well installed and fully functional? Are HTC's drivers correctly configured? What is your phone responding to you when you type : adb devices?
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Seleren said:
Hello there,
... A few weeks ago, though, I flashed ViperX ROM and their TWRP-mod recovery....
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I know you are not allowed to post yet in their thread but I suspect your issue could be related to their ROM, I will try to point this thread to someone from Venom ROM.
Lucky Thirteen said:
This is really strange. Are you sure you are correctly rooted? Which method have you followed to root your phone? The above method I gave you, I have done this numerous times, switching from CWM recovery to TWRP recovery to access different backup on my phone, and it never fails on me.
Are you sure that your SDK folder is well installed and fully functional? Are HTC's drivers correctly configured? What is your phone responding to you when you type : adb devices?
---------- Post added 20th March 2013 at 12:14 AM ---------- Previous post was 19th March 2013 at 11:25 PM ----------
I know you are not allowed to post yet in their thread but I suspect your issue could be related to their ROM, I will try to point this thread to someone from Venom ROM.
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Yes, I am correctly rooted, I've rooted numerous phones, I unlocked using the official HTC method. I could say I'm not a complete noob to Android. I wouldn't even post here if I didn't try all the standard procedures.
I flashed the Non-touch CWM yesterday and nothing changed (not that I expected it to). I decided I'll try flashing the bootloader in the end but I have to back up my whole SDCard before that ...
Bump.
SALVATION
Well, since I don't want to be like others who just say "Solved", here's the solution I came up with.
1. Get your new ROM's zip to your SDCard
2. Flash CWM since TWRP won't boot
3. Flash ROM from CWM, it will be flashed even though the phone will unexpectedly reboot.
4. Flash the bootImage from fastboot (Thank god at least that works)
5. Go back to recovery, go to Mounts menu and wipe every options you can (cache, data, system)
6. You will most probably lose your SDCard data too.
7. Reflash the ROM you wanted.
8. Voila.
PS: Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage to your device that may occur while using this procedure.
Here something strange I've been encountering... Every time I flash a boot.img over TWRP it won't boot to TWRP. I have to flash the recovery over the boot.img.
hukel56 said:
Here something strange I've been encountering... Every time I flash a boot.img over TWRP it won't boot to TWRP. I have to flash the recovery over the boot.img.
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wut?! TWRP = Recovery
boot.img = KERNEL
Seleren said:
Well, since I don't want to be like others who just say "Solved", here's the solution I came up with.
1. Get your new ROM's zip to your SDCard
2. Flash CWM since TWRP won't boot
3. Flash ROM from CWM, it will be flashed even though the phone will unexpectedly reboot.
4. Flash the bootImage from fastboot (Thank god at least that works)
5. Go back to recovery, go to Mounts menu and wipe every options you can (cache, data, system)
6. You will most probably lose your SDCard data too.
7. Reflash the ROM you wanted.
8. Voila.
PS: Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage to your device that may occur while using this procedure.
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either you used the wrong TWRP recovery image or it wasn't flashed correctly
Lloir said:
wut?! TWRP = Recovery
boot.img = KERNEL
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Yea idk. But this happens
Lloir said:
either you used the wrong TWRP recovery image or it wasn't flashed correctly
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I wish that was the problem, I tried quite a few versions, including the one from ALL IN ONE toolkit, an older version that previously worked, the latest version and the ViperX version. Trust me, that was not the problem.
hukel56 said:
Yea idk. But this happens
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What Lloir meant to say was that the boot.img has nothing to do with the recovery, so flashing a boot.img will NOT change your recovery to so-said TWRP.
TWRP is being flashed by a different command namely 'flash recovery' instead of 'flash boot' like previously mentioned boot.img

[Q] Extreme bootloop

Hi. I really do everything you wrote about leave from bootloop and it is still nothing. So:
1. I flashed Elegancia ROM (international), kernel and latest TWRP recovery - everything was great.... untill it crashed and turned into bootloop.
2. My recovery crashed too - I cannot get into it, I can see only start screen for some seconds and then - bootloop with "quietly briliants"...
3. I tried to flash another recovery - nothing, this same reaction.
4. I flashed kernel by CMD, then by Hasoon2000 console - nothing.
5. I I flashed the boot.img from ROM in the way written in FAQ - screen changed from "quietly briliant" into "htc one" - and still nothing
6. I have waiting about 20 minutes - nothing.
I write this post after maybe ten attempts. Maybe anyone of you has any idea?
Did you wipe your phone before installing?
Sent from my HTC One X+ using Tapatalk 4
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To fix recovery, grab the latest TWRP
1) fastboot flash boot boot.img
2) fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip
3) fastboot erase cache
Enter recovery.
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Charnay said:
Hi. I really do everything you wrote about leave from bootloop and it is still nothing. So:
1. I flashed Elegancia ROM (international), kernel and latest TWRP recovery - everything was great.... untill it crashed and turned into bootloop.
2. My recovery crashed too - I cannot get into it, I can see only start screen for some seconds and then - bootloop with "quietly briliants"...
3. I tried to flash another recovery - nothing, this same reaction.
4. I flashed kernel by CMD, then by Hasoon2000 console - nothing.
5. I I flashed the boot.img from ROM in the way written in FAQ - screen changed from "quietly briliant" into "htc one" - and still nothing
6. I have waiting about 20 minutes - nothing.
I write this post after maybe ten attempts. Maybe anyone of you has any idea?
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I had this sick problem once. This is what I did:
Relocked the bootloader and then again unlocked it. It did the trick for me...
But when you unlock the bootloader - your SD card will be wiped clean.
Addicted2xda said:
I had this sick problem once. This is what I did:
Relocked the bootloader and then again unlocked it. It did the trick for me...
But when you unlock the bootloader - your SD card will be wiped clean.
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YES! I did it and it works! I really don' t know WHY, but it works. Thanks, man.
Maybe someone could add this trick to the base of resolved problems?
Charnay said:
YES! I did it and it works! I really don' t know WHY, but it works. Thanks, man.
Maybe someone could add this trick to the base of resolved problems?
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