[Solution] How to recover from a 'bricked' gtab! - G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
I just got a tablet from the outlet, but it can't boot up. It shows the android logo in small yellow text, then a <!> pops up. Reboots in viewsonic logo, and gets stuck at gtablet logo. I tried holding startup and vol + but that doesn't work. Help please!
EDIT: Thank this guy rcgabriel
rcgabriel said:
The solution is simple -
1) Download clockwork mod recovery (cwmod_internal.zip) from the sticky thread in the Dev forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245). Unzip it, and get the file called recovery.img and put it in the directory you ran nvflash from before.
2) Now go to your nvflash directory. Find the gtablet.cfg file. Edit it - under partition 9 where it says filename, change that to say recovery.img.
Now re-run nvflash - your G Tablet will get flashed with Clockwork Mod now instead of stock recovery. Once it's finished, reboot, and hold down the Vol + key while booting. You should get into Clockwork Mod Recovery now.
From here, I recommend repartitioning (use 2048 and 0 as the two options). Now try booting normally and everything should work fine.
Let me know how it goes!
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Gajun said:
I just got a tablet from the outlet, but it can't boot up. It shows the android logo in small yellow text, then a <!> pops up. Reboots in viewsonic logo, and gets stuck at gtablet logo. I tried holding startup and vol + but that doesn't work. Help please!
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it's not broken - just flash the latest firmware
Try an nvFlash. Mine was stuck at the Viewsonic logo this pas weekend with the recovery (Vol+ and power) not working either. The nvFlash was very easy to do and fixed my Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
g1no23 said:
Try an nvFlash. Mine was stuck at the Viewsonic logo this pas weekend with the recovery (Vol+ and power) not working either. The nvFlash was very easy to do and fixed my Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
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thanks for the reply. I tried this, but it didn't help at all. I was able to do all everything but it is still stuck on the gtablet logo. I can go to apx mode fine but I can't go to recovery mode, it reboots back to and gets stuck ;/.
Gajun said:
thanks for the reply. I tried this, but it didn't help at all. I was able to do all everything but it is still stuck on the gtablet logo. I can go to apx mode fine but I can't go to recovery mode, it reboots back to and gets stuck ;/.
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Okay, the reason recovery mode is doing that is that's what stock recovery mode does - retarded, but that's it - it just tries to install a file called update.zip in your SD card main area.
As for why the ROM itself won't boot in regular mode - I've had the same problem after nvflashing from bekit's image when my data/sdcard partitions were screwed up.
The solution is simple -
1) Download clockwork mod recovery (cwmod_internal.zip) from the sticky thread in the Dev forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245). Unzip it, and get the file called recovery.img and put it in the directory you ran nvflash from before.
2) Now go to your nvflash directory. Find the gtablet.cfg file. Edit it - under partition 9 where it says filename, change that to say recovery.img.
Now re-run nvflash - your G Tablet will get flashed with Clockwork Mod now instead of stock recovery. Once it's finished, reboot, and hold down the Vol + key while booting. You should get into Clockwork Mod Recovery now.
From here, I recommend repartitioning (use 2048 and 0 as the two options). Now try booting normally and everything should work fine.
Let me know how it goes!
Dude! You are the best!!! You are a life saver!! It worked! I got into cwm! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EDIT: Just after few minutes of finally getting into CWM, I was able to install VEGAN on it easily. Seriously, I don't know how to thank you enough!
gtab won't boot on its own
ok so i followed the instructions and it worked i was able to boot into the tablet but when i reboot it won't do it i have to use nvflash again to get it to it and once i do and the tablet goes to sleep it wont come back up and once again i have to use nvflash. please help!!
rcgabriel said:
Okay, the reason recovery mode is doing that is that's what stock recovery mode does - retarded, but that's it - it just tries to install a file called update.zip in your SD card main area.
As for why the ROM itself won't boot in regular mode - I've had the same problem after nvflashing from bekit's image when my data/sdcard partitions were screwed up.
The solution is simple -
1) Download clockwork mod recovery (cwmod_internal.zip) from the sticky thread in the Dev forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245). Unzip it, and get the file called recovery.img and put it in the directory you ran nvflash from before.
2) Now go to your nvflash directory. Find the gtablet.cfg file. Edit it - under partition 9 where it says filename, change that to say recovery.img.
Now re-run nvflash - your G Tablet will get flashed with Clockwork Mod now instead of stock recovery. Once it's finished, reboot, and hold down the Vol + key while booting. You should get into Clockwork Mod Recovery now.
From here, I recommend repartitioning (use 2048 and 0 as the two options). Now try booting normally and everything should work fine.
Let me know how it goes!
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I'm stuck in bootloop and I tried you solution and being I'm a noob at this I dont know how to rename the dile under partition 9. I just simply rename the file to recovery.img and i get an error when running the nvflash when it gets to partition 9. Can you please help me .... All help is appreciated.
rcgabriel said:
Okay, the reason recovery mode is doing that is that's what stock recovery mode does - retarded, but that's it - it just tries to install a file called update.zip in your SD card main area.
As for why the ROM itself won't boot in regular mode - I've had the same problem after nvflashing from bekit's image when my data/sdcard partitions were screwed up.
The solution is simple -
1) Download clockwork mod recovery (cwmod_internal.zip) from the sticky thread in the Dev forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245). Unzip it, and get the file called recovery.img and put it in the directory you ran nvflash from before.
2) Now go to your nvflash directory. Find the gtablet.cfg file. Edit it - under partition 9 where it says filename, change that to say recovery.img.
Now re-run nvflash - your G Tablet will get flashed with Clockwork Mod now instead of stock recovery. Once it's finished, reboot, and hold down the Vol + key while booting. You should get into Clockwork Mod Recovery now.
From here, I recommend repartitioning (use 2048 and 0 as the two options). Now try booting normally and everything should work fine.
Let me know how it goes!
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How do you EDIT the gtablet.cfg file in Windows 7? Thanks
Thanks! And a potential pitfall:
Thanks! I was having the same problem all night last night, and repartitioning fixed it.
I'd like to highlight something I had a problem with: I wasted a couple of hours with the WRONG clockworkmod recovery image. I found a similar response from another user who didn't include a link, and I found the clockwork image for g-tablet pointed to by someone else. If you're still having boot loop problems, use the clockworkmod linked to from this thread (v2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8).
Thanks everyone!
Is there a way that a mod can make a Sticky of the "Bricked Solution" fix.
There is no such thing as a bricked Gtablet that I've ever seen. Ive messed mine up a few times now and still works fine no matter how bad it gets.
Same for me, this fixed worked. I was not able to mount /data prior to repartitioning, was able to after. Thus the GTab was able to boot again, I now have a stock GTab, formatted clean, running 3588. Always nice to have a path forward.
emanzi said:
How do you EDIT the gtablet.cfg file in Windows 7? Thanks
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Use Notepad
Hey i've done as you suggested however I'm stuck at the entering nvflash recovery node / nv3p server print out on my viewsonic gtab.... I still have the device plugged into my computer and it is registered with the usb bus but it won't reboot into the recovery img. I tried to power it down and reboot with "power and volume up" but I get no response. Any suggestions?
One thing I noticed, when people say they try to use nvflash they are using volume +, that is incorrect. You have to do "volume - (the minus sign) with the power button at the same to get the point to be able to use nvflash. See this a lot places in the forums, no wonder there is problems with people trying to use nvflash.
Thank you so much for this. I started getting an error when trying to mount /data so I did an nvflash without reading into it...turned out to be a huge mistake because that caused bootloops and left me without CWM. Turns out I should have just repartitioned but I couldn't get CWM to install from an SD card even though I knew I need to get it back on. Tried dozens of other things - including the full format with no luck but this finally got me into CWM so I could repartition.
Thanks again.
may as well be a brick - in my gut...
Every attempt at customization seems to be a step backwards.
Late nights have been spent over the last week trying to get things back to "normal" and I've had little success. Actually, make that "no success"...
At current, I've been looking ALL DAY (at work) and the last 4 hours at the NVFlash process.
I've got:
USB drivers installed for Windows
Bekit's 1105 files in place (gtablet + windows files)
I can boot to apx with volume.minus and power
PC sees tablet
I can run NVFlash w/o issue
gtablet boots immediately to stock ROM
I power off the gtablet and all I get is APX MODE again.
And again.
I have tried re-running NVFLASH with Roebeet's updated (4/17) files - same thing
I have tried renaming recovery.img from clockwork as "part9.img" and re-running, no success.
I have tweaked the gtablet.cfg and actually adjusted the SIZE for partition 9 to match the clockwork version of what I've named "part9.img" and no luck.
I ran the Format.zip version of nvflash, then ran regular nvflash, no luck.
Every time I run bekit's NVFlash, it loads stock ROM a-ok. Power cycle brings APX mode... I can't get Clockwork to install via the "nvflash switcheroo" nor by dropping "update.zip" and the recovery folder + command file in the root directory.
I feel foolish for spending about $300 on a device like this, and I feel foolish for spending SO MANY LATE NIGHT HOURS trying to fix it, and now I'm essentially going to only be able to use it unless - unless! - someone can come up with something else for me to try.... or if I "boot with NVFlash and hope it doesn't fall asleep on me..."
Any ideas?
Trust me, I've read every thread, seen the same "oh this worked...!" over and over on steps I've tried 3x or more. I think I'm depressed as this is ALL I DID TODAY - research on how to fix my gadget. sigh.
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Just thinking here... (scary!) Has anyone ever sideloaded ROM Manager into the stock 3588 ROM? What I'm thinking is that if I can get ROM Manager to install, it loads CWM simultaneously, correct? And from ROM Manager I can reboot into recovery, yes? I would have tried this last night but I didn't come up w/ the idea until past 1:30am.
Also, let me take a step back and explain how I got here:
Installed Cyanogen 7 stable
installed a different keyboard
next day I got keyboard force-closes incessantly
tried to reflash CM7 - boot looped.
I could flash to the stock 3588 ROM w/o issues, and could use Clockwork w/o issues
tried to flash CM7 again, no dice
I suppose what i should have done at this point is re-partition and THEN try to reinstall CM7 - but I was having an issue w/ clockwork not completing the Factory Wipe / Reset - it would get stuck...
so I decided to bring the hammer w/ NVFlash - and I've certainly accomplished that
I can't get clockwork to install despite all I've tried:
paste recovery.img into my NVFLASH folder
change part9.img to recovery.img in the gtablet.cfg file
put clockwork's update.zip in the root folder
put clockwork's update.zip (and change "command" file to SDCARD2
I guess - how do I know if I'm still rooted? When I (nvflash and boot into) the stock ROM, I can connect via usb and navigate the folder structure. I see .android-secure and "data" and other typical folders that I've seen for weeks now...
so tired...
What happens if you do a factory reset immediately after it boots?
@K J Rad - you mean after it boots to the stock ROM, going to settings/security/factory reset (or clear all user data, whatever it says?) - I've tried that twice, and each time it comes back to apx-mode only, and when I nvflash again all my wifi settings are still in place.
if you mean factory wipe / reset from w/in Clockwork - I can't get CW to install.
EDIT - I added more explanation in my earlier post - a "how did I get here" of sorts...
Ok... if you hold down the Volume Up key during the reboot after nvflash does it drop back to APX or enter Recovery? If it goes to recovery... try method I from this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030915
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[Q] Did NvFlash - What did I do Wrong?
I read and read - did not see an answer to my question - if so I did not understand. I have ran the NvFlash and it appeared to go okay - but now my Gpad does is rotate back and forth between the Viewsonic and Gtablet screen. I am stuck on what to do next. Thanks very much for your help!
Same exact thing happened to me Friday night. I fixed it by partitioning to 2048 0 using CWM via NVFlash.
How do you do that? Sorry to be so thick!!!! I found the downloads for cwm - how do you access that with NvFlash?
You can flash the stock recovery images and swap in teh part9.img with the CWM recovery file taken from the cwm zip. Basically, you need to extract the CWM recovery zip and get the recovery.img file. You rename this to part9.img and replace the part9.img file in the nvflash_stock 1105 directory wherever you have it. Alternativly, you can put CWM recovery on the microsd card, the instructions are in the CWM recovery thread. Finally, I had issues failing to boot when I was using a different nvflash.exe. You should use the 140KB nvflash file for the process outlined int eh stock recovery thread.
CWM and nvflash are 2 different things. Install cwm and repartition as suggested.
tgatlinjr said: How do you do that? Sorry to be so thick!!!! I found the downloads for cwm - how do you access that with NvFlash? Click to expand... Click to collapse Here's a step-by-step tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030042 Once you're into CWM just go to advanced and then partition to change to 2048 & 0. Btw, since you're going to be changing two files in your NVFlash folder (part9.img & nvflash_gtablet.bat) you may want to copy them somewhere else on your pc so you can put them back after you're done.
I did manage to get it to boot and download the 3588 update but when it reboots and tries to apply the update it fails. Any ideas?
tgatlinjr said: I did manage to get it to boot and download the 3588 update but when it reboots and tries to apply the update it fails. Any ideas? Click to expand... Click to collapse One way is to get the 3588 zip from the forum here & download it to the root of the G Tablet. Rename it to update.zip & install with CWM. I'd also wide data/factory reset & wipe cache partition too.
I have installed CWM now with no problem. The Gpad boots to Viewsonic Tap UI version1.0-2638 It then informs me that there is an update to 3588 It proceeds to download the update - asks me to accept and apply the update States it will shutdown to apply this update - it does, reboots - and after a few seconds a triangle with an exclimation mark along side the little Android man pops up and will do nothing else. I, also, downloaded the 3588.zip file as suggested in the previous reply and got the same result. I wiped the cache and did the data factory reset as well. Any ideas to where I can go from here as all of this is new to me?
Hi everyone - got it fixed. I appreciate everyones help.
[Q] [Solved!] HELP!! How to unbrick my tablet? - fix inside
I am one of the lucky ones who got their tablet from woot/amazon for $280. I got it in yesterday and absolutely hated the Tap Tap interface. Naturally, I wanted to install a new ROM. I could only get the TnT Lite to install, but still not what I wanted. I tried Vegan and G-Harmony and I got the dreaded 3 bird screen. I downloaded and successfully installed 3588 and rebooted it. I noticed the ClockworkMod is no longer on there, which is no problem. I followed the directions to install Clockwork and ROMS from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245 I, for some reason, decided to install Vegan again w/o clockwork installed. I mounted the internal memory card, copied he ROM over as update.zip with the Recovery folder and the command file set to install from SDCARD. A reboot later and now I am stuck at the 3 birds... I was able to do the Power +Vol and get the "Recovery key detected" message and it seems to load something, hitting the home button gives me the verbose which indicated that it was trying to install something off SDCARD2. I have tried 3588, clockworkmod and Vegan as update zip on the external SD card with the Recovery folder command file pointing to SDCARD2. When booting into Recovery, the verbose says: "FORMATTING MISC... REBOOTING..." takes about 4 seconds to complete, reboots and back to the 3 birds screen. So, how do I [email protected]#$ myself here?
UPDATE! I got my tablet to boot into CWM!! I ended up putting the MicroSD version of CWM and held down the Power +Vol longer that normal, saw the Android text and it installed the update.zip. I tried in vain to boot into CWM, but it would re-install the update.zip. *Head smack* took out the SD card and now it boots into CWM! Now, to try to install a ROM w/o those damn 3 bird screen...
Bootlogo not part of a ROM You can replace the birds logo, but it is not part of a ROM. Search for replace boot logo, but make sure you know the correct partition to push your custom logo too. Read the entire thread when you find it first. There are tools out there that will let you back up your partitions, I highly recommend doing that first. Search for backup bct and look for PooR's thread and tools.
michaeljwestii said: You can replace the birds logo, but it is not part of a ROM. Search for replace boot logo, but make sure you know the correct partition to push your custom logo too. Read the entire thread when you find it first. There are tools out there that will let you back up your partitions, I highly recommend doing that first. Search for backup bct and look for PooR's thread and tools. Click to expand... Click to collapse The boot logo is not my issue, it's just that it does not go past it no matter what non-TnT ROM I try to install. I just want to install anything other than the factory OS or a modified factory OS (no disrespect to the dev who made TnT Lite). I started another thread on my troubles getting a new ROM on there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13113438
Tablet keeps restarting/rebooting endlessly!?
I NVFlashed CWM .8 and Vegan tab just like the stickies said and it worked great! However when I was installing stuff off the marketplace it suddenly froze up (this was after like 4 hours of useage) and when I went to restart it it just kept rebooting and rebooting and would never load So I followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 "[STICKY][ROM] nvflash FULL restore, using bekit's original image (Instructions)" and it reloaded the stock software fine but its still keep doing the bootloop? I tried reloading a new ROM after following the "[STICKY][ROM] nvflash FULL restore, using bekit's original image (Instructions)" But when I goto "Mount /data and Mount/System" it says "e: canot mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 invalidargument error mounting DATA:!" Can anyone please help?
Now the tablet wont boot on at all, in APX mode, CWM mode, or even power on mode (yes it is plugged into the wall so it is not battery dead)
twistid1 said: I NVFlashed CWM .8 and Vegan tab just like the stickies said and it worked great! However when I was installing stuff off the marketplace it suddenly froze up (this was after like 4 hours of useage) and when I went to restart it it just kept rebooting and rebooting and would never load So I followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 "[STICKY][ROM] nvflash FULL restore, using bekit's original image (Instructions)" and it reloaded the stock software fine but its still keep doing the bootloop? it says "e: canot mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p2 invalidargument error mounting DATA:!" Can anyone please help? Click to expand... Click to collapse I am now having the same problem.
If you can still boot into CWM recovery (start up while holding down the Volume UP key) then go into advance and repartition 2048 and 0. This will erase everything stored in your internal memory and may require reinstalling your ROM depending on how much damage has been done to the partitions.
I installed TnT Lite 4.4.3 in standard and got the same problem. Who can help us to fix this issue? Thanks
I am unable to boot at all now, it wont turn on what so ever... any help??
Thought I would chime in on this, I had this on the tablet I had given my parents. He was having all sorts of force closes etc and just nothing would work, so when they came down I updated everything and put the latest CM7 on and it worked fine for a bit then all the sudden just locked up and when I rebooted it, it got in a loop. So I did the NVFlash and it still was in a loop. So what I did was put the External Clockwork recovery on an SD Card and booted into recovery flashing that. Then I powered off and went into Clockwork recovery and re-formatted the partitions as mentioned. And that is what seemed to fix it. Thanks for the tip.
twistid1 said: I am unable to boot at all now, it wont turn on what so ever... any help?? Click to expand... Click to collapse What does it do when you turn it on? Birds then black? That's an APX loop plenty of instructions on how to deal with that. Nothing but black? Is it charged? Will it charge? If you give us no information we can't help you.
[Q] Help! G-Tab won't boot into Recovery
Hi, I just brought my G Tablet and I have downloaded "ClockworkMod_Gtab_v08.zip" and copy the "update.zip and "recovery" into my internal SD Root dir. I boot into recovery mood and ClockworkMod install but after reboot into recovery mood again, the screen freeze in "Booting recovery kernel image" and don't go into ClockworkMod screen (for more then 10 mins and have try rebooting it a few times). The G Tab can still boot up normally in to TapnTap, everything seem working find and I can connect to my computer using USB cable. But just can't boot into recovery. I wanted to install new rom, how do I make boot into ClockworkMod screen (recovery)? Any help is welcome. Thanks
Take a look at the recovery script and make sure it says sdcard vs sdcard- ext that's the only thing i can think of right now that May do that. Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
This is the symptom of installing the wrong cwm. You're on the 1.2 branch but you put the cwm for the 1.1 branch. You hosed your recovery. Go to my website and use code red in the "start here" page to recover.
Same thing I happened to me. I bought mine off Woot a few days back and it came with 1.2 bootloader (4349). No matter how many times I tried, I could never get back into recovery. Here are the steps I did to fix that: 1. You need to do nvflash to recover your stock recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950) - I followed all steps in the "Installation" section. 2. After this, you should now have your stock recovery back. You're going to need to downgrade manually to 3588 - Just follow the "POST NVFlash" section on that same page. 3. Once you're done downgrading, should be able to install CWM without issue.
Problem solved! Thanks goodintentions you save my G Tab, it works! And now it can boot back into ClockworkMod recovery mode. Your website is very good and informative. Good job. Thanks again.
Thanks "goodintentions", You saved me as well Followed your post and it worked.
Good information...thanks for the help! bvd
nvflash for dummies not working Bro I connected my gtab to my computer in apx mode and my computer couldn't see it. Went to device manager and apx device was absent. Needless to say connecting my gtab to the computer was as far as I could get. If it helps any, I'm currently running bottle of smoke. Where I screwed my tab up is when I opened up time manager and it had an ota update for the recovery I was using.... Shoulda known better than to select advent vega for the device when it was running on the 1.2 branch recovery. Any tips? I wanna change my time but I need my recovery up n running. goodintentions said: This is the symptom of installing the wrong cwm. You're on the 1.2 branch but you put the cwm for the 1.1 branch. You hosed your recovery. Go to my website and use code red in the "start here" page to recover. Click to expand... Click to collapse
[Q] Atrix has multiple Android Recoveries
Okay my Atrix 4g has unlocked bootloader, Android 2.3.6, and I flashed CWM recovery the other day, and it worked fine except whenever I plugged in my phone to wall charger, it would boot AUTOMATCALLY into that recovery. Followed this guide: LINK I then installed CWM recovery 5.0.2.3 from here: LINK Now again when I plug usb into wall to charge, it boots into the first recovery I installed. I can't see the battery charge symbol. Now I downloaded this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1836674 and tried to boot into recovery from using the volume down button until "Android recovery" but that takes me to the stock 4 option crap. So I tried to flash the MROM from ROM manager in the os, and it says restarting into recovery, AGAIN that takes me to the triangle exclamation point crap. SO MY QUESTION is if I do a disk clear, format from the recovery, would my phone still work with T-mobile afterwards, and I can install the CWM again, and flash the new ROM?? I don't care about losing data, I have only few apps.
Here's a crazy idea - did you by any chance install the recovery image on the BOOT partition instead of the RECOVERY partition? If you can't do it manually, there is no point in trying with ROM manager, since it can't do anything you can't do yourself.
ravilov said: Here's a crazy idea - did you by any chance install the recovery image on the BOOT partition instead of the RECOVERY partition? If you can't do it manually, there is no point in trying with ROM manager, since it can't do anything you can't do yourself. Click to expand... Click to collapse Here's a crazier idea - do you mind explaining things in more detail, since I am a noob and this is a help forum. -- When I install the the recovery, it just says hit yes to continue. Please help, rather than telling me that I am an idiot.
Apologies, didn't mean to imply you're stupid or anything. I said "crazy" because it is very unlikely but your symptoms kinda point to exactly that. This can easily happen actually - both the boot image and the recovery image are of the exact same structure (kernel + ramdisk) and the partitions that hold them are both exactly the same size (8 MB). The only difference is, with recovery the ramdisk launches an user interface and never leaves it, while with boot the ramdisk chains to booting your normaly system. Never tried it, but I believe if one flashes recovery on the boot partition, the end result would be that the phone boots into recovery every time you'd expect it to boot normally. How exactly did you flash recovery? Don't link me to a thread or a procedure but rather describe what you did, what commands you issued and what was the response.
ravilov said: Apologies, didn't mean to imply you're stupid or anything. I said "crazy" because it is very unlikely but your symptoms kinda point to exactly that. This can easily happen actually - both the boot image and the recovery image are of the exact same structure (kernel + ramdisk) and the partitions that hold them are both exactly the same size (8 MB). The only difference is, with recovery the ramdisk launches an user interface and never leaves it, while with boot the ramdisk chains to booting your normaly system. Never tried it, but I believe if one flashes recovery on the boot partition, the end result would be that the phone boots into recovery every time you'd expect it to boot normally. How exactly did you flash recovery? Don't link me to a thread or a procedure but rather describe what you did, what commands you issued and what was the response. Click to expand... Click to collapse No problem mate. Well I guess I could tell you what I did, but I did exactly what the guides said: downloaded the .zip archive, placed contents anyplace, and started cmd from that folder and entered: adb install MOTOA4_Bootstrap_0408_1720-signed.apk Then I opened up that app "System Recovery" and hit Install recovery, then I hit recovery mode from the app, and was told to connect the usb to the wall charger, not pc. And that was it for the first recovery. I then noticed that this specific recovery was missing some functions in the actual recovery so I installed 5.0.2.3 later. I downloaded the .zip from the site and placed inside phone internal SD, the second link from OP here, turned on phone and went into Android recovery and it opened up the one I installed just a minute ago, and hit install zip from sdcard, I hit internal, and selected the .zip I downloaded from that site. I hit reboot recovery and it booted into that recovery, 5.0.2.3, the real one. To go to this new one, I insert wall usb to phone and it boots in the first recovery, and I hit, reboot recovery, and it takes me to the new one. NOW whenever I plug in usb to wall to charge, it boots in the old recovery, and I don't see charge symbol. I have calibrated my battery 3 times, and it is still CRAP (brand new 1800mah battery for mb860). Anyways, I thought to ask here if I did a wipe data from the new recovery, or old, would it get rid of this whole mess?
Hmm ok. I told you this before but here goes again. I'd give up on random guides from random sites. Everything you need is right here on this forum. Not to mention, the recovery in that ZIP is slightly older, there is a newer one available. Here's what I'd do if I were you. Do you have fastboot installed? If not, search for it on the forum for moto-fastboot, it's just one .exe file (no installation). Also make sure you have Motorola USB drivers installed. Download RomRacer's recovery from here (I linked you this before btw). Make sure to select the IMG version, not the ZIP. Choose whatever color you want. Place the downloaded IMG into the same folder where moto-fastboot is, and rename it into something simple, say recovery.img. Power off your phone and power it back on while holding Vol(-), make sure it says Fastboot on the screen, then confirm with Vol(+). Start the command prompt and go into the folder with moto-fastboot, then connect the phone with the computer and enter this command: Code: moto-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img Done. Reboot with Power+Vol(-) but this time select Android recovery (use Vol(-) to move the selection). You should enter the newly installed recovery. The ZIP you downloaded seems fine, but it's somewhat likely your boot is also messed up too. If all this goes well, you can try finding the T-Mobile fruitcake (go over to the Atrix Reboot Project thread) and flashing it from the recovery. Be aware though that you might lose all data in doing this. Once again, I told you all this before (not in as much detail though), hopefully this time you'll actually listen.
ravilov said: Here's what I'd do if I were you. Do you have fastboot installed? If not, search for it on the forum for moto-fastboot, it's just one .exe file (no installation). Also make sure you have Motorola USB drivers installed. Download RomRacer's recovery from here (I linked you this before btw). Make sure to select the IMG version, not the ZIP. Choose whatever color you want. Place the downloaded IMG into the same folder where moto-fastboot is, and rename it into something simple, say recovery.img. Power off your phone and power it back on while holding Vol(-), make sure it says Fastboot on the screen, then confirm with Vol(+). Start the command prompt and go into the folder with moto-fastboot, then connect the phone with the computer and enter this command: Code: moto-fastboot flash recovery recovery.img Done. Reboot with Power+Vol(-) but this time select Android recovery (use Vol(-) to move the selection). You should enter the newly installed recovery. Once again, I told you all this before (not in as much detail though), hopefully this time you'll actually listen. Click to expand... Click to collapse ALRIGHT thanks for this actual guide. It installed fine, works fine, AND AGAIN whenever I plug the wall charger in when the phone is off, it boots into the OLD OLD recovery, from the first link. I still can't see the battery. Please stop throwing sass at me. :crying:
Sorry, sorry. Anyway, I'm thinking your recovery is fine, but I think somewhere down the line your boot partition got messed up. That's why I said you should try installing the T-Mobile fruitcake. (Fruitcakes are ROMs just like any other but contain the pure untouched stock firmware.) When my phone is off and I plug it in, I get the boot logo and then the full-screen battery appears, just like it should be. However I'm not sure what this depends on. I always thought this graphics is contained within the bootloader (and thus no amount of messing around with flashing can interfere), but I could be wrong...
ravilov said: Sorry, sorry. Anyway, I'm thinking your recovery is fine, but I think somewhere down the line your boot partition got messed up. That's why I said you should try installing the T-Mobile fruitcake. (Fruitcakes are ROMs just like any other but contain the pure untouched stock firmware.) When my phone is off and I plug it in, I get the boot logo and then the full-screen battery appears, just like it should be. However I'm not sure what this depends on. I always thought this graphics is contained within the bootloader (and thus no amount of messing around with flashing can interfere), but I could be wrong... Click to expand... Click to collapse I can only find this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009 I downloaded the 2.3.6 ROM from the backup thread. Says nothing about T-mobile.So do I just install this from the new CWM? Is there just no way of getting rid of CWM recovery so I can install it just once, rather than you keep telling me to install this and that?
Wait, I'm confused. You want to get rid of CWM? The point of my previous post was to make sure you have the latest RomRacer's CWM installed fully and properly. Now that you have it installed there is no need to install it again. Not sure what's your final goal though...? This is the thread for the Atrix Reboot Project: http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/1805666/ I think the AT&T 2.3.6 ROM should work on T-Mobile too, but in all honesty, I'm not sure. I think it'd be best if someone else answers this part.
ravilov said: Wait, I'm confused. You want to get rid of CWM? The point of my previous post was to make sure you have the latest RomRacer's CWM installed fully and properly. Now that you have it installed there is no need to install it again. Not sure what's your final goal though...? This is the thread for the Atrix Reboot Project: http://cleanimport.xda/index.php?threads/1805666/ I think the AT&T 2.3.6 ROM should work on T-Mobile too, but in all honesty, I'm not sure. I think it'd be best if someone else answers this part. Click to expand... Click to collapse YES!!! Because everytime I connect the damn charger it boots cwm. AND EVERYTIME I hit ANDROID RECOVERY I boot into the OLD OLD OLD OLD Recovery. why is that hard to understand? I want to uninstall ALL the cwms, and install the one you sent me just to have that one, rather having 3 different cwms I have right now. Also that thread is just a bunch of people talking about nothing really. HAS ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with T-mobile whatsoever. I just want to make sure that this AT&T phone will still work with my t mobile sim card after I install ROMs!!!! --- And for the love of all that is holy, don't reply with: "why won't it?" BECAUSE THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING. I have never done this, that is why I ASK!!!!!
It is hard to understand because I don't know how is it even possible to have multiple recoveries installed. At this point I would suggest you just go ahead and install the 2.3.6 fruitcake you downloaded. Make sure to boot into the CWM you just installed. (Man, even this last sentence feels weird... More than one recovery?!)
ravilov said: It is hard to understand because I don't know how is it even possible to have multiple recoveries installed. At this point I would suggest you just go ahead and install the 2.3.6 fruitcake you downloaded. Make sure to boot into the CWM you just installed. (Man, even this last sentence feels weird... More than one recovery?!) Click to expand... Click to collapse SO there is NO WAY to remove CWM recoveries????? LOL THIS IS FUNNY! Now when I plug charger in, it just boots into OS, and when I hit android recovery with VOL buttons, it shows the white triangle. Still don't get what that rom did. Installed it, and nothing, except for losing all my data. This forum made things worse. Thank you. EDIT: OKAY NOW it shows the battery when plugged in but still the white triangle crap in the recovery.
You must have SOME recovery. You can install TWRP if you like that better, but you must have SOMETHING. By following the procedure I described you properly installed RomRacer's CWM so that part is fine. Now, why are you still sometimes getting the stock 4-option recovery - only heaven knows. I don't think there's a way to install the stock Motorola recovery other than installing the full SBF, however SBFs are VERY dangerous and nobody is going to recommend that. I really can't imagine what you've done with your phone. The mere fact you have multiple recoveries raises a big red flag right there. I tried to help the best way I can, but since obviously it's not doing much good, I'm going to refrain from further comments and let someone else take over. Good luck.
Ravilov has said it all but its pretty spread out trying to figure out what happened so I'm hoping I can tie it all together. If you attempt to boot into recovery and get the old android recovery but booting normally puts you into CWM Recovery then somehow you have flashed the BOOT partition with CWM image. To fix this just download the correct fruitcake and flash the BOOT.IMG to the BOOT partition using the moto-fastboot tool and reboot. I would recommend erasing the BOOT partition first just in case. Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Thanks for your patience and help Ravilov Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app