[xperia active] cant get into recovery - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

hi, i want to flash my active with miui, its zip fine, not ftf, changing extension does not help so flashtools didnt let me flash it.
now im stuggling with recovery mode. my device is unlocked, rooted (su gives rights to cwm and xparts)
but still whether i use cwm or xparts to restart into recovery my phone just simply restarts, ive read theres also option to spam volume down on restart, didnt help aswell.
any ideas?
its 2.3.4.

kartonick said:
hi, i want to flash my active with miui, its zip fine, not ftf, changing extension does not help so flashtools didnt let me flash it.
now im stuggling with recovery mode. my device is unlocked, rooted (su gives rights to cwm and xparts)
but still whether i use cwm or xparts to restart into recovery my phone just simply restarts, ive read theres also option to spam volume down on restart, didnt help aswell.
any ideas?
its 2.3.4.
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Hmmm...flash custom kernel using flashtool....all custom kernel have built-in recovery (cwm or twrp or both)...no need to install cwm using xparts anymore....
to boot into recovery, look at the led...when the led appears then press volume down to enter recovery...

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the problem over root prozess over HTC and Samsung

Before gs2 i used a htc desire, the root on that device is pretty easy ,
1 click root then i have the perment root access and most importent a "always there" moded recovery, even with s-off , i can easiely change the recovery or update the recovery just use fastboot,
but on gs2 the root is a little bit different, with cf-root, i get root and recovery easy too, but the problem is when i flash another rom or the kernel with this cmw recovery and after reboot, the recovery is always gone
can anybody provide a methode to root the device and to have a perment moded recovery?
and what cause this problem?
You're recovery is not gone. It's probably been replaced with the stock clockworkmod. The one Chainfire uses is a little modified. It is still rooted though.
Volume up + home button + power button.
You can always flash CF-Root over the rom you just flashed.
Lennyz1988 said:
You're recovery is not gone. It's probably been replaced with the stock clockworkmod. The one Chainfire uses is a little modified. It is still rooted though.
Volume up + home button + power button.
You can always flash CF-Root over the rom you just flashed.
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yes, i just want to avoid that situation, always flash cf root to gain a moded cmw
on desire i just need to root once , then i just need to flash rom or kernel via the recovery, after reboot the recovery is just the same
No, that's not possible. You will always have a recovery though. Just not always the same recovery, but it will do the same thing.
Like Amon-Ra vs Clockwork.

[Q] Can't found cache/update.zip

This problem started when I was trying to root my phone with Rachmat3's method when it couldn't mount sd card... Although I tried I tried with many ways nothing happened... always the same message: failed mount /sdcard..
I managed to root it somehow and I flashed Resurrection remix 1.0.. So far so good.. I downloaded rom manager(don't know why exactly, just read that it was helpfull) and noticed that i had no clockworkmod so i flashed it by rom manager.. I guess this means that now I have it installed in my phone.. which means that if I reboot my phone into recovery mode it will launch cmd or if not through recovery mode i'll find it into sdcard and install it from there... Right??? Correct me if I'm wrong please... So although I see in Rom manager that I have clockworkmod it doesn't launch in recovery mode... even if I try reboot into recovery through Rom manager when it goes into recovery, stops after a while with this message can't found cache/update.zip.. So I think maybe the problem is that this file misses(I don't know why of course.. i sure not delete it myself on purpose) is there any way to download it manually and put it into cache throw root browser??? Dont know... just saying! Or I don't know... am I missing something????
If you want CWM recovery, you need to flash a kernel which includes it such as CF-root or any of the custom ones.
oinkylicious said:
If you want CWM recovery, you need to flash a kernel which includes it such as CF-root or any of the custom ones.
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I used CF-root already... it's the only method I managed to root it cause i'm on ICS... I downloaded CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.zip from this page.
I managed to get clockworkmod touch after all so guess my problem solved!!!
But still have no idea why showed that message...

Recovery Mode?

I've been trying to find an answer on this forum and on google but I cannot find anyone with a problem similar to mine.
All of a sudden after trying to update CWM, (failed), I cannot go into recovery anymore.
I know the button combinations and have previously done it before but now it just vibrates and displays the Samsung logo.
If I try and use an app to boot into recovery mode it soft bricks the phone I believe (does not boot and I have to get it into download mode to
flash the system.img).
Does this mean that I have no recovery?
Yes. It means you have no recovery. I would suggest flashing TWRP with Odin.
Sent from my SGH-I717D using xda premium
I tried to flash TWRP using Odin but after the Check status, Odin is crashing and force closes. I tried installing CWM but the progress bar seems like it is stuck on 0%.
I'm not quite sure how to fix this. I am trying to install CM10 but this is the first android I have had.
It's rooted but everything is stock. I am not sure if I need a custom kernel also.
Is your phone a Canadian version? There's an extra step needed when you flash a custom recovery.
It's just an American version
try this and flash cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 with odin if twrp does not work, then download the updated zip from twrp and flash that via recovery. unless u just want to keep cwm touch.
ODIN + CWM Touch or TWRP

Recovery Mode Does Not Work On Lenovo A390?

Hi I Have a Lenovo A390 and I'm Having
Trouble going into the recovery
mode,Everytime I Boot Into Recovery
Mode,A dead android icon with a Red
Triangle Appears and nothing happens
(The Icon is like this> cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/
uploads/2012/12/android-recovery-
mode.jpg ) I waited 2-3 minutes and still
Nothing happens,What should i do?Should
i install a custom recovery? Or what. I'm
on stock and my phone is rooted,I rooted
it using framaroot. Please Help Me.
Thanks.
U need to install TWRP, coz a390 doesn't have default recovery. Ask Google for TWRP, install using flashtool.
Sent from my Lenovo A390_ROW
JuliusAlfred77 said:
Hi I Have a Lenovo A390 and I'm Having
Trouble going into the recovery
mode,Everytime I Boot Into Recovery
Mode,A dead android icon with a Red
Triangle Appears and nothing happens
(The Icon is like this> cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/
uploads/2012/12/android-recovery-
mode.jpg ) I waited 2-3 minutes and still
Nothing happens,What should i do?Should
i install a custom recovery? Or what. I'm
on stock and my phone is rooted,I rooted
it using framaroot. Please Help Me.
Thanks.
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The stock recovery what you have got.
If you press the home button, you can see the menu.
If you want to install a custom recovery, you can use my ported CWM, which works. This recovery is based on bgcngm ZTE V970 recovery, using his mtktools.
CWM 6.0.1.2 for Lenovo A390
md5sum : 8ef0d0a92682a93fe147436d0ce20549
You can install it - considering that your phone is rooted - with the help of MobileUncleTools; Possible ways from A820 thread.
Ok.Thanks sir :thumbup:
Sent from my Lenovo A390_ROW using xda app-developers app
Red triangle dead android still appears even with your cwm
Hello Cappa. I too have rooted my Lenovo A390 using framaroot. and installed ROM Manager. Initially, ROM manager complained there is no clockworkmod recovery for my device model. I then flashed your clockworkmod recovery using spflashtool. Successful and ROM Manager finally detcted my clockworkmod too as version 5.x.x.x.. But, then when i tried to backup my current ROM, phone reboots and tries to enter recovery mode. But, then the dead android killed by a red triangle still appears. Help me!!!! Somewhere i read that it is the stock recovery icon and the phone should still be able to enter recovery mode using volume up, down buttons. Is it true. Somewhere, I read that TWRP must be used instead, because LENOVO A390 does not have cutom recovery. What should I do next? Suggest. If TWRP should be installed, I would wish to remove CWM first. Is it possible to remove CWM, after it has been flashed?
Sorry for lots of questions.
Will be grateful for your help.
Regards
cappa72 said:
The stock recovery what you have got.
If you press the home button, you can see the menu.
If you want to install a custom recovery, you can use my ported CWM, which works. This recovery is based on bgcngm ZTE V970 recovery, using his mtktools.
CWM 6.0.1.2 for Lenovo A390
md5sum : 8ef0d0a92682a93fe147436d0ce20549
You can install it - considering that your phone is rooted - with the help of MobileUncleTools; Possible ways from A820 thread.
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ZaiduPaidu said:
Hello Cappa. I too have rooted my Lenovo A390 using framaroot. and installed ROM Manager. Initially, ROM manager complained there is no clockworkmod recovery for my device model. I then flashed your clockworkmod recovery using spflashtool. Successful and ROM Manager finally detcted my clockworkmod too as version 5.x.x.x.. But, then when i tried to backup my current ROM, phone reboots and tries to enter recovery mode. But, then the dead android killed by a red triangle still appears. Help me!!!! Somewhere i read that it is the stock recovery icon and the phone should still be able to enter recovery mode using volume up, down buttons. Is it true. Somewhere, I read that TWRP must be used instead, because LENOVO A390 does not have cutom recovery. What should I do next? Suggest. If TWRP should be installed, I would wish to remove CWM first. Is it possible to remove CWM, after it has been flashed?
Sorry for lots of questions.
Will be grateful for your help.
Regards
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There can be many reasons for not having the CWM.
You mentioned that you could flash the CWM.
I have not used ROM manager for MTK platform - I don't know if it is compatible with it. I used Mobileuncletools instead: you can change recovery with this program (can be downloaded from PlayStore - free app)
Right after you change the recovery from stock to CWM, then you have to enter into it.
And then make a backup directly from CWM.
This is my suggestion.
Also, I would recommend that run the chinese application remover, right after entering the CWM.
The reason why I suggest it that the stock rom can contain patches, which rewrite all the modified recovery to stock.
can i flash twrp recovery with same scatter file to remove cwm
One more question. I found on several forums that TWRP recovery works for Lenovo A390 and can be flashed using SPFlashtool. Will flashing the TWRP recovery overwrite the CWM recovery, if I use the same scatter file. I guess the scatter file provides the start and end address for flashing into ROM.
chokybali said:
U need to install TWRP, coz a390 doesn't have default recovery. Ask Google for TWRP, install using flashtool.
Sent from my Lenovo A390_ROW
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Hello,
I visited TWRP site as well as CWM recovery site. Niether of them supports Lenovo_A390_ROW, not listed. I guess coz the brand is new to the market. ROM Manager too complains that the phone model is not supported and I should wait until an official recovery from CWM is available. However, I googled and got one CWM recovery by cappa for Lenovo_A390 but got the dead android triangle. Then, I googled and got a TWRP recovery for Lenovo_A390_Row and flashed this one too (some friends suggested flashing with same scatter file overwrite the previous CWM). But, I still get the dead andorid with triangle icon. What is wrong? I guess the recovery images that I am flashing are not correct. Do you have the correct TWRP recovery image for Lenovo_A390_ROW?
How can I use SPflashtool and make the downloaded cwm 6.012 a scatter file?
ZaiduPaidu said:
Hello Cappa. I too have rooted my Lenovo A390 using framaroot. and installed ROM Manager. Initially, ROM manager complained there is no clockworkmod recovery for my device model. I then flashed your clockworkmod recovery using spflashtool. Successful and ROM Manager finally detcted my clockworkmod too as version 5.x.x.x.. But, then when i tried to backup my current ROM, phone reboots and tries to enter recovery mode. But, then the dead android killed by a red triangle still appears. Help me!!!! Somewhere i read that it is the stock recovery icon and the phone should still be able to enter recovery mode using volume up, down buttons. Is it true. Somewhere, I read that TWRP must be used instead, because LENOVO A390 does not have cutom recovery. What should I do next? Suggest. If TWRP should be installed, I would wish to remove CWM first. Is it possible to remove CWM, after it has been flashed?
Sorry for lots of questions.
Will be grateful for your help.
Regards
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I downloaded SPflashtool and the CWM recovery image. It says I need a scatter file and it couldn't continue. How do I make that CWM recovery image a scatter file to flash and how do you flash that into the phone using SPflasher? Do I need ROM Manager for that?

Recovery.

I have a little problem i can't access recovery when I press 2 factory buttons. I have it since i installed CM 11 V9. Now i want to install V11 but I'm afraid that it fails and i wont be able to do anything. I thought maybe installing TWRP will fix it but it didin't. I still can access recovery when my phone is on, when i restart into recovery. And when I still had CWM when i was trying to restart phone from recovery menu it said that I might have lost root access.
khazixstan said:
I have a little problem i can't access recovery when I press 2 factory buttons. I have it since i installed CM 11 V9. Now i want to install V11 but I'm afraid that it fails and i wont be able to do anything. I thought maybe installing TWRP will fix it but it didin't. I still can access recovery when my phone is on, when i restart into recovery. And when I still had CWM when i was trying to restart phone from recovery menu it said that I might have lost root access.
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You really need to modify your post and subject, so people will understand which device you have. No one here will be able to help you otherwise.

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