I have unlocked the bootloader, however when I am trying to install cwm recovery image it keeps on saying error cannot load. Can anyone help with this? thank you
When you're S-ON, flashing recoveries has to be done from the cmd on your computer.
To do this:
1. Download the adb and fastboot drivers from HTCDev.com (underneath the unlock bootloader section)
2. Place the recovery you wanna flash in the same directory as fastboot and adb and rename it recovery.img
3. Open the cmd, and navigate to your fastboot directory (cd c:\[wherever fastboot is located]
4. Boot into bootloader on your phone, click on fastboot, and plug it into your computer
5. Type in the following command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6. Once it finishes: fastboot boot recovery.img
7. Now you're in recovery
**note: until you decide to go s-off, you need to repeat steps 3-6 to get into recovery**
beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
When you're S-ON, flashing recoveries has to be done from the cmd on your computer.
To do this:
1. Download the adb and fastboot drivers from HTCDev.com (underneath the unlock bootloader section)
2. Place the recovery you wanna flash in the same directory as fastboot and adb and rename it recovery.img
3. Open the cmd, and navigate to your fastboot directory (cd c:\[wherever fastboot is located]
4. Boot into bootloader on your phone, click on fastboot, and plug it into your computer
5. Type in the following command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
6. Once it finishes: fastboot boot recovery.img
7. Now you're in recovery
**note: until you decide to go s-off, you need to repeat steps 3-6 to get into recovery**
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thats where i am having problems, i do that and then, this message appears
"C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'"
newmz89 said:
thats where i am having problems, i do that and then, this message appears
"C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'"
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Is it named recovery.img and is it on the fastboot directory?
Also I would recommend using 4EXT or TWRP instead of clockworkmod
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beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Is it named recovery.img and is it on the fastboot directory?
Also I would recommend using 4EXT or TWRP instead of clockworkmod
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Yeah its in the same directory as the fastboot file, I'll try the 4ext for now and get back to you.
thanks for your help!
mhersst rngs
newmz89 said:
Yeah its in the same directory as the fastboot file, I'll try the 4ext for now and get back to you.
thanks for your help!
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okay i am stuck now help i got 4ext but i dont know what to do with that, says i need s-off
newmz89 said:
okay i am stuck now help i got 4ext but i dont know what to do with that, says i need s-off
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Well I don't use 4EXT, so I have no idea, sorry lol (I use twrp)
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Well I don't use 4EXT, so I have no idea, sorry lol (I use twrp)
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oh how do i go about getting twrp
Here ya go
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Here ya go
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I think I am having some luck! thank you!
Related
None of the existing tutorials or threads have accurate information on how to push the twrp recovery.
Following the very VAGUE instructions results in the fastboot cmd just listing the instructions instead of doing it's job.
Anyone have the correct commands to flash any working recovery or is there one?
Sure would like to flash a recovery of some sort. Anyone know how? Posting the existing methods is fail since they fail.
completely incorrect, followed instrucions precisely, albeit sounds like he skipped a hundred steps, so it's no wonder this method fails
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192245
anyone else actually flash a recovery?
This is what I did:
First I renamed the recovery to avoid typos to TWRP.img
Second I made sure Fastboot.exe and the twrp.img file were in the same directory as the adb files.
Third, I booted my phone to the hboot and selected fastboot.
Fourth, I opened a command prompt in that directory and typed: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Then hit enter and bam!!! You have a custom recovery. Make sure you do a nand backup before you play with your phone.
fastboo
The link you posted is step by step. Is there any particular question you have that wasn't covered in the post? Not trying to be a ****, I just need to know exactly where you need help. And yes, I have s-off, recovery, and root access.
I figured it out - it's not clear that you have to acutally TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND RESTART IN FASTBOOT MODE.
I found another thread that was clear. Now...
How do I boot into TWRP? lol jesus.
Make sure fastboot is off in settings>>>power, then turn phone off and power back on holding power and volume down.
From the link
clark44 said:
2.) Plug in you phone to your pc and make sure you have fastboot drivers and your phone is in fastboot mode
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Sorry, I had to
cruise350 said:
This is what I did:
First I renamed the recovery to avoid typos to TWRP.img
Second I made sure Fastboot.exe and the twrp.img file were in the same directory as the adb files.
Third, I booted my phone to the hboot and selected fastboot.
Fourth, I opened a command prompt in that directory and typed: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Then hit enter and bam!!! You have a custom recovery. Make sure you do a nand backup before you play with your phone.
fastboo
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What directory do I put fastboot.exe and recovery.img in?
Any. But in order for the commands from this thread to work it should be in the same as your fastboot command. Usually /androidsdk/tools or possibly /platform-tools. Which ever has the fastboot, put it there.
Otherwise make sure you declare the path in the fastboot execution command.
Thanks got it. SO how do you boot into twrp, without booting to bootloader first?
MikeC84 said:
Thanks got it. SO how do you boot into twrp, without booting to bootloader first?
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adb reboot recovery
Thanks got it rooted and installed quickboot for easy boot to recovery
hey all,
well i unlocked my bootloader okay.. i used the android super toolbox (.bat file) and choose to flash a recovery.img i choose the Amonra option but it installed CWM recovery instead...and now I cannot get Amonra to succussfully flash, so that I can root. Any help?!
Reboot boot loader and use fast boot to flash amon ra. I think its called recovery.img and its in the tools folder of that tool. Put it in the folder you have adb and fasboot and then while in boot loader do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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andrewp3481 said:
Reboot boot loader and use fast boot to flash amon ra.
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i did
fastboot flash recovery "nameofrecovery"
i even used the CleanFLASH tool and still no luck
Make sure you're in fast boot mode and you can see in the command prompt it sent it
So go to boot loader then click on fastboot
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phillybizzle said:
i did
fastboot flash recovery "nameofrecovery"
i even used the CleanFLASH tool and still no luck
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When you did "nameofrecovery" did you put. Img at the end? "Nameofrecovery.img"
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phillybizzle said:
i did
fastboot flash recovery "nameofrecovery"
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Make sure you add .img to the end of the recovery file name. I forgot once and got an error.
phillybizzle said:
i did
fastboot flash recovery "nameofrecovery"
i even used the CleanFLASH tool and still no luck
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This is kind of wrong... I'm assuming you've CD (changed directories) to the platform-tools in order to use fastboot. With that being the case, you'll want to specify the "path of the recovery" not the "name of the recovery" + .img of course.
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This is kind of wrong... I'm assuming you've CD (changed directories) to the platform-tools in order to use fastboot. With that being the case, you'll want to specify the "path of the recovery" not the "name of the recovery" + .img of course.
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to verify
CD /
CD/ Root (where i have all my adb stuff)
CD:/Root fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img ??
can i rename the file to simply amonra.img?
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to verify
CD /
CD/ Root (where i have all my adb stuff)
CD:/Root fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.13-gnm.img ??
can i rename the file to simply amonra.img?
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You are placing the recovery image in the same folder correct ? but yes that would be the correct path. I don't know why you would change name as long as you are typing it in correctly.
I always change the name to make it easier to type. Example: cwm-touch.img or recovery.img. I never leave it all crazy like "clockwork-vigor-5.5.1-recovery.img"
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I got it! Go to system devices on your PC and make sure you have the drivers installed correctly. This happened to me with my nexus.
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andrewp3481 said:
I got it! Go to system devices on your PC and make sure you have the drivers installed correctly. This happened to me with my nexus.
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I just did it though ubuntu.... god i love linux lol thanks all for ur input
i did notice this on the hboot screen
Open DSP v10.6.0.7611.00.0919
maybe that was there before, but i just noticed it. anything in the name of S-Off!
What is the error you are getting?
The phone is in fastboot, yes? It says "fastboot usb"?
Are you using a folder named "Root" or do you just have your stuff all loose in root? I would keep it in a folder, name it whatever you like, android or something. Put everything you need in there, including the recovery zip file.
Open cmd prompt.
cd c:\android
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
That should do it. I've attached a pic of what I have in my folder which is all you need in there.
So I had HBOOT 1.30.0000, and I used the old revolutionary method. Then there was a problem and now I'm left with S-Off, but no recovery and no root access. Can anyone help?
Amer532 said:
So I had HBOOT 1.30.0000, and I used the old revolutionary method. Then there was a problem and now I'm left with S-Off, but no recovery and no root access. Can anyone help?
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If you have s-off then I'm pretty sure that all you need to do is flash a recovery, then flash a rooted rom. Check the recovery in my sig.
What was the "problem" if you don't mind me asking.
wikdNoob said:
If you have s-off then I'm pretty sure that all you need to do is flash a recovery, then flash a rooted rom. Check the recovery in my sig.
What was the "problem" if you don't mind me asking.
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Can't remember, it was somethin in cmd that said connection interrupted or something like that. Can't remember exactly
wikdNoob said:
If you have s-off then I'm pretty sure that all you need to do is flash a recovery, then flash a rooted rom. Check the recovery in my sig.
What was the "problem" if you don't mind me asking.
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Also, how would you install that recovery?
Amer532 said:
Also, how would you install that recovery?
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Flash image GUI, google it. You could use fastboot to flash it but flash image is wayy easier.
wikdNoob said:
Flash image GUI, google it. You could use fastboot to flash it but flash image is wayy easier.
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I cant use Flash image GUI because I don't have root access
wikdNoob said:
Flash image GUI, google it. You could use fastboot to flash it but flash image is wayy easier.
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Never mind, I got it!!! All I had to do was run the revolutionary root again. Thanks for replying, I appreciate it
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I cant use Flash image GUI because I don't have root access
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Yeah, good point, sorry.
Put the recovery image in the same folder that you have adb in. Make sure usb debugging is turned on. The phone needs to be booted into android. Open the folder on your computer that has adb in it and hold shift while you right click, select open command prompt here, now type "adb push recovery.img /sdcard/" without the quotes. Now type "adb reboot bootloader", itll boot to hboot and you should be in fastboot usb, now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without the quotes.
Also, you,ll either have to change the name of the recovery to "recovery.img" or you can change the command i gave you, ie, fastboot flash recovery nameofyourrecovery.img
You now have your custom recovery back.
Rooted my original 3d easily. Had to order a replacement and unlocked the bootloader with htcdev method. Now I cannot seem to flash recovery. Tried twrp 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 using PG86IMG through the bootloader.. finds the file , gets to parsing then stops....any suggestions?
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H-boot 1.5?
If so check the forum there are a few work arounds. I unrooted and now want to root it back but not sure what version to use. Tried the htcdev unlock but my phone still shows locked. ! good thing is it is still s-off though and hope that will make the rooting process easier. Go to the Dev section and search there for the information to root.
Maybe try a different recovery file
Have you tried any other recovery files? I believe i had the issue too when trying to flash recovery, I ended up having to use CWM by revolutionary.
Mindripper72 said:
Rooted my original 3d easily. Had to order a replacement and unlocked the bootloader with htcdev method. Now I cannot seem to flash recovery. Tried twrp 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 using PG86IMG through the bootloader.. finds the file , gets to parsing then stops....any suggestions?
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a few things here....
your NAND internal memory is not unlocked (meaning you are "s-on") so you cannot flash recoveries through the bootloader if i am not mistaken.
install adb, and use adb to flash recovery.
either way, using adb will get the job done.
here is the command:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
fastboot reboot
My understanding is the best recovery to use with HBOOT 1.5 is 4EXT as it allows you to SmartFlash ROM's with S-On. Check that out first and see if it helps with your issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561999
xCLUx said:
a few things here....
your NAND internal memory is not unlocked (meaning you are "s-on") so you cannot flash recoveries through the bootloader if i am not mistaken.
install adb, and use adb to flash recovery.
either way, using adb will get the job done.
here is the command:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
fastboot reboot
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He is HTC unlocked, which unlocks the NAND without touching the S-ON flag. Only the boot partition remains locked.
@OP
You cant flash unsigned PG86IMGs. So flash the recovery using fastboot.
Put your recovery.img in fastboot folder and Boot into boot loader > select fastboot > connect to PC > open command prompt > navigate to fastboot folder > type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without quotes).
then check if it works...
hope this helps.................
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He is HTC unlocked, which unlocks the NAND without touching the S-ON flag. Only the boot partition remains locked.
@OP
You cant flash unsigned PG86IMGs. So flash the recovery using fastboot.
Put your recovery.img in fastboot folder and Boot into boot loader > select fastboot > connect to PC > open command prompt > navigate to fastboot folder > type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (without quotes).
then check if it works...
hope this helps.................
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ah, yes you are correct. thank you for the clarification. i am not all there today.. ha. very tired.
I have been trying to download the WinDroid HTC Rezound Toolkit 2.1.zip and everything I click on to download seems to be spam please help!
I just want to get root access for arliborator for appradio2. I have unlocked the bootloader on htcdev.
Thanks
jipper331 said:
I have been trying to download the WinDroid HTC Rezound Toolkit 2.1.zip and everything I click on to download seems to be spam please help!
I just want to get root access for arliborator for appradio2. I have unlocked the bootloader on htcdev.
Thanks
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if you want root all you gotta do is download amon ra 3.1.6 and flash it via fastboot....in that recovery you will see a developers option (advanced options) select that and inside it youll see install su & superuser...once you do that you are rooted bud
Yeah, the toolkit is... ummm... less than optimum.
Remember you don't even have to flash Amon Ra, or any other recovery... just download and unzip into your adb/fastboot directory, then reboot into hboot and start fastboot and enter:
fastboot boot recovery.img (replace "recovery.img" with the img name from the Amon Ra ZIP file)
then use the options in Amon Ra to install SuperSU (root) from there you can update to the latest version after it is installed.
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Yeah, the toolkit is... ummm... less than optimum.
Remember you don't even have to flash Amon Ra, or any other recovery... just download and unzip into your adb/fastboot directory, then reboot into hboot and start fastboot and enter:
fastboot boot recovery.img (replace "recovery.img" with the img name from the Amon Ra ZIP file)
then use the options in Amon Ra to install SuperSU (root) from there you can update to the latest version after it is installed.
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thank yall for the responses!
oh ok. Where would you download it from? Could you send me a link? It would be great if you could point me to a youtube video of someone doing it or I would need a little more in depth of what to do to install (step by step).
jipper331 said:
thank yall for the responses!
oh ok. Where would you download it from? Could you send me a link? It would be great if you could point me to a youtube video of someone doing it or I would need a little more in depth of what to do to install (step by step).
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there is guides posted for this already...amon ra can be found in the rezound original development thread....at the top right type in the search options for it and it will come up...also in google type in rezound fastboot recovery and theres many ways to show you how....for fastbooting a recovery the code ace javelin posted above is correct...im not at all trying to come of rude just very busy developing kit kat right now
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thank yall for the responses!
oh ok. Where would you download it from? Could you send me a link? It would be great if you could point me to a youtube video of someone doing it or I would need a little more in depth of what to do to install (step by step).
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If your bootloader is unlocked already, then it is super simple because you are already unlocked and therefore have working ADB...
1) Just download a recovery, CWM, TWRP, or Amon Ra
2) Extract the ZIP to your [adb sdk directory]\platform-tools\ directory (or mini-adb if you went that route)
3) Download the latest SuperSU here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
4) Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip to the root of your SD Card
5) On your PC open a command prompt in your adb directory
6) type "adb reboot bootloader", wait for it to complete and start fastboot
7) type "fastboot boot recovery.img" (substitute the name of the img file from the recovery zip for recovery.img)
8) Install/flash (depending on recovery) and find the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip file and install/flash it
9) reboot
10) done, enjoy root
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If your bootloader is unlocked already, then it is super simple because you are already unlocked and therefore have working ADB...
1) Just download a recovery, CWM, TWRP, or Amon Ra
2) Extract the ZIP to your [adb sdk directory]\platform-tools\ directory (or mini-adb if you went that route)
3) Download the latest SuperSU here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
4) Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip to the root of your SD Card
5) On your PC open a command prompt in your adb directory
6) type "adb reboot bootloader", wait for it to complete and start fastboot
7) type "fastboot boot recovery.img" (substitute the name of the img file from the recovery zip for recovery.img)
8) Install/flash (depending on recovery) and find the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip file and install/flash it
9) reboot
10) done, enjoy root
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Will this work on Windows 8.1 64 bit? I've managed to unlock the bootloader, but cannot get SU installed. Thanks.
Lodingi said:
Will this work on Windows 8.1 64 bit? I've managed to unlock the bootloader, but cannot get SU installed. Thanks.
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I think you need different drivers for Windows 8, I don't have a Windows 8 machine so I really can't help you with that, sorey... Maybe @REV3NT3CH can help here.
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I think you need different drivers for Windows 8, I don't have a Windows 8 machine so I really can't help you with that, sorey... Maybe @REV3NT3CH can help here.
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sadly with windows 8 drivers can be a big issue...i do have some drivers that may work that i can upload when i get back from lunch but cant guarantee if it will...its trial and error for some people...windows 8 to me anyway has still way too many bugs to iron out so i try to stay away from it but ill be glad to help with what i can do
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found the twrp link and downloaded it. Verizon Open Recovery - TWRP
Then copied it to where my fastboot file is.
C:\Android\
then tried fastboot thing again nothing.................,
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found the twrp link and downloaded it. Verizon Open Recovery - TWRP
Then copied it to where my fastboot file is.
C:\Android\
then tried fastboot thing again nothing.................,
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When in fastboot, type fastboot devices and see if it sees your phone... My guess is you have a driver issue.
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