Stuck in bootscreen - Motorola Droid X2

So I got bored and decided to start messing with my old X2. It is rooted with Eclipse V2.3 ROM. All I did was change the theme a couple times. Worked perfect for the first two or three but then I found one that caught my eye.
This one here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380719
It installed fine, liked the look, but had two problems right off the bat. First was that Eclipse Tools kept force closing so there was no way to get into bootstrap recovery. Second was when I pressed the power button, it would only reboot the phone, nothing else. So I decided to do a factory data reset on it to see if that would fix it...
It did the reset, but now it is stuck in the bootscreen. It gets past the red M, but that's it. Is it bricked or is there something I can do to get it back? I wouldn't mind doing a SBF and/or totally rerooting it again, but I need to find out how to do this while stuck in the boot screen with no way to get into recovery. Can anyone help me out?

if you are on eclipse 2.3, blue neon steel is for 1.3, not the version you are on. this is why youre having problems. 1.3 is based on 2.3.4, and 2.3 is based on 2.3.5 , so themes are not backwards compatable. or any compatable, it should be made specifically for your version of eclipse. ble neon is also my favorite theme, but an update for 2.3 seems unlikely, as i have tried to contact kevin about it before. everyone has moved on to other phones. a strong few still deal with this beast.

Well crap... Didn't even think about that. I have the other themes on my SD card, all I need to do is get into Bootstrap Recovery so that I can install the zip file. Is there a way to get into Bootstrap Recovery from a power off state?

ramthis9501 said:
Well crap... Didn't even think about that. I have the other themes on my SD card, all I need to do is get into Bootstrap Recovery so that I can install the zip file. Is there a way to get into Bootstrap Recovery from a power off state?
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Try the Motorola system recovery by holding down volume down and power button. Wipe data and cache partition.
Did you ever install the bootstrap recovery? If so, try plugging in your charger with phone off to see if it will boot into bsr. Try this step first, then if that doesn't work try system recovery. If neither of these work you will more than likely need to sbf.
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Just plugged it in and it's stuck on the red M. I tried using stock recovery earlier and it didn't fix the problem either so hopefully SBF will be my rescue. Thanks for the help

give cm10 a try while youre on 2.3.4 :good:

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I cannot access recovery anymore

Tuesday night I loaded CM7, and then the Market wouldn't update my apps so I decided I would restore BAMF 1.5. After doing so, the Market just gave me "Fails" trying to update, and I could not access recovery, as I was going to do a complete wipe and reflash. Most of Wednesday, an extremely helpful & knowledgable member, Mattgyver83, tried diligently to help me rectify the situation, but to no avail. We tried to Fastboot, tried flash_image, tried fix permissions...shoot, I practically wore out adb..anyway, I ended up reverting back to stock and unrooted. I used jcase's method to revert back to stock, and that was painless, and successful. I decided last night to try rooting again, thinking a fresh root would solve my issue of not being able to access recovery. Root was successful, but I still cannot access recovery, through rom manager, or through bootloader. When I attempt it my Tbolt goes to white HTC screen, and stays there. All functions of my phone now work, and all aspects of root work, except I cannot flash anything. Rom manager shows I have clockwork recovery, but I just can't get to it.
Sorry for the long ramble. If anyone has had this issue, or if anyone knows a fix, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I wait for Gingerbread.
Thanks
Happened to me with CM7 builds. For some reason they were erasing the recovery. Just have to reflash the recovery in Rom Manager and you'll be all set in the future.
do what i do pull batt leave out for a min, then put the batt back in and connect usb right away.
travishamockery said:
Happened to me with CM7 builds. For some reason they were erasing the recovery. Just have to reflash the recovery in Rom Manager and you'll be all set in the future.
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Tried that, but thanks. Still just goes to white HTC screen, and stays there until I do battery pull.
jr4000watts said:
do what i do pull batt leave out for a min, then put the batt back in and connect usb right away.
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I can get to bootloader, just not able to get into recovery.
I'm stabbing in the dark at this, but this did work for me with my Droid...
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
Ie. Flash recovery and wait until the confirmation pop-up/message only takes a few seconds to pop up. If the message takes longer than 5 seconds or so, re-flash recovery and repeat until the confirmation comes up quickly.
This sounded retarded to me, but I was at the end of my rope so I tried it. It worked like a charm.
M.
monolithic said:
I'm stabbing in the dark at this, but this did work for me with my Droid...
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
Ie. Flash recovery and wait until the confirmation pop-up/message only takes a few seconds to pop up. If the message takes longer than 5 seconds or so, re-flash recovery and repeat until the confirmation comes up quickly.
This sounded retarded to me, but I was at the end of my rope so I tried it. It worked like a charm.
M.
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Thanks, but that didn't work. I think something in my os got lost when I restored BAMF from CM7.
Yea I spent a good few hours yesterday trying to help Orio out and we attempted a ton of things to try and fix the recovery issue, this post should offer a bit more insight to the methods used, this is running off memory;
adb reboot recovery failed
Reinstall latest Rom Manager apk and Flash CWM
flash latest rom manager via fastboot (CWM only)
(fastboot flash recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.5.img)
**did not do fastboot erase recovery first**
"return to stock safely and properly" XDAthread by jcase
return to stock image [RUU], reroot, try again
try to boot into recovery via hboot
manually installed fix_permissions.sh script and busybox on rooted stock, ran.. didnt fix
tried to see if flash_image method would work, didn't
All of the above have failed and we basically tried almost all combinations. Not once would this phone get back into recovery, even after flashing the appropriate RUUs which include either stock android or CWM recovery. The only thing we have not currently attempted which might be the last thing left is to do is manually install the nandroid.sh script and do an advanced restore of the recovery image only from a nandroid backup on SD. I would rather not go down this method as it could have an undesired result, I have done it to restore a G1 back in the day but not 100% if its gonna work on a tbolt. Thankfully his phone boots, and we can get into hboot, but yea.. pretend recovery just doesnt exist at all...
Curious if anyone has any knowledge above what we have already tried.
monolithic said:
I had a similar issue with my Droid. Someone recommended that I flash recovery multiple times before trying to reboot. The comments were basically that you need to flash recovery 3-5x until the flashing process is a mere few short seconds. Evidently that is an indication that the flash has occurred correctly.
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I recall the same thing and its a good thought however that was mostly a generic error due to a CWM update and CM6 (I think) but either way flashing an RUU should override this shortcoming and im pretty sure that issue was worked out in CWM as well.
Not to be rude, but I don't think this question belongs in the development section.
Orio56 said:
I can get to bootloader, just not able to get into recovery.
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do you still have the P zip file for the radio (baseband) on your SD card? if you do....try to delete it...then hold power and volume down button down....then see if you can get into recovery....
probably not going to work...but it is worth a try......
hogowner said:
do you still have the P zip file for the radio (baseband) on your SD card? if you do....try to delete it...then hold power and volume down button down....then see if you can get into recovery....
probably not going to work...but it is worth a try......
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Thanks, but no, I deleted that after loading it. I actually reverted back to stock/unrooted last night and rerooted and the problem still remains. It's quite strange.
maybe i missed it if someone suggested this but what about flashing an older version of CWM?
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maybe i missed it if someone suggested this but what about flashing an older version of CWM?
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That is what I was going to suggest. In ROM Manager at the very bottom try and flash an older version.
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SUCCESS !!!
I fixed it !
Apparently, when I loaded up cm7, files showed up about the same time on my sdcard in clockworkmod download file. I deleted those files, and reflashed clockworkmod in rom manager, (which this time took like 3 - 4 minutes), and rebooted into recovery and it worked...did it again, just in case it was a fluke and it worked.
All is well now...the planets are realigned !!!
Thanks everyone for your ideas and especially thanks to mattgyver83 who helped me for something like 4 hours yesterday. Exceptional kindness !!
mods...you can close this thread.
GREAT NEWS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
THANKS FOR REPORTING BACK!
This may help out other members with the same problem!!
now go ahead and start playing with your T-BOLT again!
That's a very odd solution. My first two things to try would have been:
1) fastboot:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery C:\some\local\path\recovery.img
You can't, well, probably shouldn't, flash a recovery from the /sdcard. When in fastboot mode I don't think the sdcard is even mounted. Either way, I think fastboot needs the img file on the local file system.
2) Create a PG05IMG.zip file with the recovery.img file in it, and flash that through HBOOT. Although this should have been done in some form or fashion when you downgraded or re-rooted, so YMMV.

[Q] How to install a rom

I have my phone rooted and BSR/busybox/superuser installed. How do I flash it and actually put the rom on the phone?
(P.S. Its eclipse 2.1)
Well you have a lot of reading to do but let me give you a few important tips:
1) Before doing anything else make sure to go into your BSR and make a nano back up of your stock system. If you do not know how to do nano back ups then read up on that. You will be doing that for different roms. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083
2) Make sureyour kernal matches the version of the rom. For example you want to flash eclipse 2.0+ this is made for 2.3.5 update. If you are stock you are probably 2.3.4 Some have flashed eclipse 2.0+ and had no issues but it is not recommended.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
this thread should help you out a lot also.
3) Once you get your stock Rom backed download the rom of your choice onto your sd card. Go back into BSR and first wipe data factory reset, wipe partion cache, go into advance and wipe Dalvik cache. Once you wiped the big 3 go to install from sd. Locate the rom using your volume buttons and power button to select. Sit back and let the rom run. Once it is done you can reboot now or flash one more safety step. It is the rerecovery zip. This actually allows you to restore your phone easy in the case of something bad happens. If you boot loop or something goes wrong then you just pull your battery and give it about 30 seconds. Put the battery back in and leave the phone off and just plug it into the wall charger. This will bring you straight to BSR. Here is that link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
Also remember as long as you can get into BSR you can restore your nano backup of choice. Good luck and have fun. If you run into trouble we can help you out. The phone is pretty easy to fix.
I have made my recovery but was told it is ok to install Eclipse 2.1 on 2.3.4. I have the file downloaded but am I going to have to reprogram my phone for service?
If I'm not mistaken, flashing eclipse 2.1 on Android 2.3.4 can cause some Wi-Fi and data problems, so I highly recommend sbf-ing android 2.3.5 before flashing eclipse. Ill link a comprehensive sbf guide at the end of this post. To answer your question, though, you shouldn't have to activate your phone again if you havent sbf-ed or updated android. If you do decide to use 2.3.5, you will have to activate your phone again, though it only takes about 30 seconds in my area (could take more or less time depending on your signal strength).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
Hope I could be of assistance. If you need help, feel free to ask. I have no life so ill be here all day.
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If I'm not mistaken, flashing eclipse 2.1 on Android 2.3.4 can cause some Wi-Fi and data problems, so I highly recommend sbf-ing android 2.3.5 before flashing eclipse. Ill link a comprehensive sbf guide at the end of this post. To answer your question, though, you shouldn't have to activate your phone again if you havent sbf-ed or updated android. If you do decide to use 2.3.5, you will have to activate your phone again, though it only takes about 30 seconds in my area (could take more or less time depending on your signal strength).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
Hope I could be of assistance. If you need help, feel free to ask. I have no life so ill be here all day.
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I have managed to softbrick my phone. No it is stuck on the "dual core technology" screen and I can't do anything
Spanks906 said:
I have managed to softbrick my phone. No it is stuck on the "dual core technology" screen and I can't do anything
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Have you pulled you battery and tried it again? If you have I'd sbf back to 2.3.4 and then update to 2.3.5 then root it, and then install BSR and go into recovery and like said above, wipe the "big 3," install the ROM and then reboot and see if that helps.
Spanks906 said:
I have managed to softbrick my phone. No it is stuck on the "dual core technology" screen and I can't do anything
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I tried installing it just now... It gets past the dual core but sticks on the ECLIPSE loading screen... wtf? any idea how to load the original os?
GaryMcDroid said:
I tried installing it just now... It gets past the dual core but sticks on the ECLIPSE loading screen... wtf? any idea how to load the original os?
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Sbf back to 2.3.4....its not too hard. Search for it.
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Only Fruitcake works?

Ok so I rooted and RoM'd my phone a long time ago with Cherryblur which apparently is no longer supported or updated. It has been so long that I forgot what I did and did not do to get cherry on it. Yesterday I spent most of the day researching how not to brick my phone. Today after doing everything I could find, I am stuck at the motorola screen. It is unlocked on the moto screen, has fastboot and adb installed, I can get into recovery and what seems to successfully recover the cherryblur install just results in a bootloop at the custom animation that is past the motorola screen.
I was trying to flash CM7 (tried neutrino as well) non nightly when this happened. After spending all day on here bouncing around while I was at work I found a fruitcake that seems to be the only thing that will allow my phone to boot which of course I cannot send the link to. Its titled [Fruit Cakes] XDA Re-Release [feb\18\2012] if you need to see it. What am I missing, I have clearly searched and searched these great forums (I do love to research, but find I'm at an impasse now) and am not sure what I need to do to proceed. That fruitcake updated my phone to 4.5.91 and I'm pretty sure I was 4.5.2 from the Cherryblur previously.
Thanks for any help!
Update: After getting fruitcake to work, I figured maybe this fixed my previous issues and tried to install CM7 again. Same story, not moving past the first Moto screen. So I tried recovery of the fruitcake and now the M screen comes up, waits a bit, then looks like it's going to load and starts to flash for about a second on, then off for 2-3, then on and so forth. I reflashed fruitcake after this and it is still working as a new install.
You are probably only softbricked. Do you know what "recovery" software you are using? If you are using romracers or one of the better respected recovery software packages, you should be able to use fastboot (if you have a windows machine) to wipe the relevant partitions on your phone and start again. Essentially, you will want to reinstall cherryblur (or install a new ROM - Neutrino, Nottachtrix, CM9s are all excellent) from your sd card. To do this, you will boot to fastboot and run "fastboot -w" from your pc. Then boot to recovery, and wipe cache, and dalvic for good measure, then install cherryblur or another package from the zip file. This will hopefully square you away and get rid of the boot loops.
My guess is that you did not wipe your partitions completely before attempting a new install, and may be having problems with ext3 vs. ext4 formatting between rom versions. Good luck to you.
Thank you for the reply!
Originally I'm pretty sure it was CWM, through the process of backing stuff up I installed Rom Toolbox from market and that seemed to have changed something? (Not sure here...) The text changed color from what I thought was white to blue and it looked a tiny bit different. The only thing I did not do was the fastboot -w, but I did download the link from [Batch] FFW - Fastboot Full Wipe and ran the fastboot from there, which was supposed to do a full wipe from what I read. Fastboot was previously installed on the phone.
I downloaded the 1.1 version which apparently may not be able to wipe the webtop, though when watching the text during the wipe it seemed to go through. Would you recommend me going to romracers, is it possible that my recovery software is borked somehow or just not compatible with the newer roms? If I got to RomRacer will the process of doing that just get rid of the current recovery software I have on the phone or will I run into issues? As far as the dalvik and cache I did run those, though the instructions for the CM7 said to do that after the install which felt backwards....
Oh yes, and I can't reinstall cherryblur, that rom is gone - you can't even download it anymore. I am doing this because I recently purchased a lapdock and the cherryblur was not doing so hot on it so looking to install a good clean rom (with a nice GUI) that works well on the lapdock as well. Yes, I will put an OC'd kernel on it as well, battery life has never been more than a day on my current rom and I am reading that the newer ones have over 1 day life on them so you could say I'd be used to the battery drain on the 1.3 kernels.
I see...that's frustrating. I think given your situation, I would probably not attempt to go from Blur to CM (at least while attempting to get the phone running again). If I were in your shoes, I would do the following...other more knowledgeable folks may steer you in varying directions, but I have been in your shoes before, and this should work. I am assuming you have use of a PC...if not, this won't be helpful.
1. Install ROMRacers recovery using these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
2. Download Nottachtrix 1.3.1 to your SD card using your PC if necessary, and you will probably want to download the webtop 2.3.6 at the same time. These can be found here: http://www.nottachtrix.com/forum/
3. Boot into fastboot (hold volume down on power up, until fastboot appears, then hit volume up, and use a DOS prompt to do the fastboot commands through the USB on your PC), and do a fastboot -w, then fastboot -reboot.
4. This time boot into recovery by holding volume down on powerup, and hitting volume down seven times (I think) until you see the word recovery, then hit volume up.
5. Use recovery to wipe cache partition, then go to advanced and wipe dalvic cache, and then select factory reset/wipe data. Some of these steps may be duplicative, but I am a belt and suspenders kind of guy.
6. Now go to "install from sd card" and select the Nottachtrix build that you put on your external SD, and make selections using the cool Aroma installer. Once this installs, you can install the newer 2.3.6 webtop (if you need it).
7. Reboot when complete, and you should have the latest stock build in working order, and then you can repeat the process to install Neutrino, CM9 or whatever. Feel free to fire back any questions.
Good luck to you, and if this helps, please hit the "thanks" button!
Ill give this a shot when I get home, darn work blocking the download links for mediafire..... The fruitcake is driving me nuts, no notification bar (my biggest complaint) unless I use ADW launcher, which has for some reason no way for me to get into my texts..... Broken apps, and a real stock feel that is just making me grit my teeth lol.
Can't wait to have a nice ROM on my phone again. Glad the fruitcake got me back up and functional though!
So far so good! Had the notification bar problem like others with the 2.3.6 issue and found that fix (disable email notifications....). When / if I can 'thank' I will! And will keep you updated when I get the time to flash another rom.
Good news that you are back rolling again. Let the ROM flashing addiction continue
So, CM7 is pure sexy - and an OC'd kernel to 1.3 makes me so happy in both CM7 and Nottachrix. Wish I would have done it sooner, I wouldn't have been spending so much time searching for a new phone because my atrix was annoyingly laggy. Lag? What is that? Also, undervolting is AMAZING for battery life, for the first time since owning the phone I did not plug it in last night and even though my usage was in the light to medium area, im still at 66% after 22 hours off charger ! Can't wait to play with CM9.

[Q] PLEASE HELP - patched BSR will not load

Hello. I am new to posting on XDA so I hope I am posting in the right place. I have a DX2, rooted, current runnning the MIUI ICS rom. I have used both the regular BSR and patched BSR on stock and various roms without any trouble, and the patched version worked fine with MIUI initally. Now however, when I attempt to enter recovery mode, it reboots as it should, then it shows a jumbled screen that resembles the colors of the custom recovery, but then goes black and will not do anything further without a battery pull. I have tried all the methods of entering that I have had success with in the past, like following the exact patched BSR directions, the regular BSR directions, installing the recovery then powering down manually and plugging up, etc., but it always does the same. I even tried the regular BSR, which did allow me to enter the recovery, but left me stuck on the "M" screen after leaving it, and I was forced to SBF to get going again. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can resolve this? Is there another recovery option for the DX2 running ICS roms that I am not aware of? I would greatly appreciate any and all advice and assistance. Thank you for reading, and a BIG thanks to all the devs here, the help you have provided me since I first got an android phone has been enormous. Keep up the great work!!
Maybe try downloading the CM7 patched recovery again and placing the new download on your external card... Uninstall the one on there currently and install the new one.. Press install recovery and then see what happens.
sounds like a v6 supercharger conflict
you have to uninstall v6 (if you installed it) before using bsr on ics roms
sbf should fix
sd_shadow said:
sounds like a v6 supercharger conflict
you have to uninstall v6 (if you installed it) before using bsr on ics roms
sbf should fix
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I have tried removing and reinstalling the BSR several times, both from my backup copy of the APK and from a fresh download, but no luck.
I have not installed V6 supercharger on my phone since I was on CM9, and I have SBF'd twice since then.
Thanks anyway for replying guys. Keep 'em coming.
Removing or disabling patched BSR
I have CM10a3 running on my Dx2. I have made my back up so I don't need BSR running. When I connect to a charger from OFF, BSR hijacks the Battery screen and launches into recovery. This is exactly what it is suppose to do but I would like to disable this until I need another backup.
I uninstalled the CM7 Recovery app but this did not stop CWM from starting when connecting to the charger. Modifying Hijack-root.zip seems to drastic. Is there a way to suspend CWM?
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I have CM10a3 running on my Dx2. I have made my back up so I don't need BSR running. When I connect to a charger from OFF, BSR hijacks the Battery screen and launches into recovery. This is exactly what it is suppose to do but I would like to disable this until I need another backup.
I uninstalled the CM7 Recovery app but this did not stop CWM from starting when connecting to the charger. Modifying Hijack-root.zip seems to drastic. Is there a way to suspend CWM?
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[Q] Something happened on the way from CM7 to CM10...

Before doing my flash, I did my research, and it seemed that in order to update from CM7 to CM10, I had to flash a different version of CWM. So I booted into recovery, flashed the version 6.xxx CWM, and then rebooted (I assumed that in order to flash CM10, I had to be in a CM10-compliant recovery). After getting back to my regular desktop, I rebooted into recovery as normal... only it didn't go into recovery. Instead, it paused for a moment like it would go into recovery, then booted to my normal desktop.
I've tried about a billion ways to boot into recovery, to include SD based recoveries, but it either goes to a larger sized N screen, then hangs up on a black screen, or it boots me to my normal CM7. I "can" continue to operate on CM7, but until I can boot into recovery, I can neither update to CM10 nor address any problems I come across in my current build.
Suggestions?
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Before doing my flash, I did my research, and it seemed that in order to update from CM7 to CM10, I had to flash a different version of CWM. So I booted into recovery, flashed the version 6.xxx CWM, and then rebooted (I assumed that in order to flash CM10, I had to be in a CM10-compliant recovery). After getting back to my regular desktop, I rebooted into recovery as normal... only it didn't go into recovery. Instead, it paused for a moment like it would go into recovery, then booted to my normal desktop.
I've tried about a billion ways to boot into recovery, to include SD based recoveries, but it either goes to a larger sized N screen, then hangs up on a black screen, or it boots me to my normal CM7. I "can" continue to operate on CM7, but until I can boot into recovery, I can neither update to CM10 nor address any problems I come across in my current build.
Suggestions?
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Have you tried holding on the power button and the "n" button as you boot? I recall running into a similar issue as yours and that was the only way I could get to recovery. If you're able to get into recovery that way I would consider maybe getting a different version fo CWM. I had trouble with the 6.0.1.5 version. You might try the 6.0.1.2 version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958&page=5
I ran into something similar when I tried installing CWM 6.x.x. I chickened out and decided to run CM10 from SD instead, and I'm so happy on the performance now that I do!
I did the "unbrick" thing with "repart.img" to get the Tablet back to "out of the box" state and sighed of relief when it worked!
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I really didn't wanna go through the process of unbricking, but I guess there's no help for it.
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Have you tried holding on the power button and the "n" button as you boot? I recall running into a similar issue as yours and that was the only way I could get to recovery. If you're able to get into recovery that way I would consider maybe getting a different version fo CWM. I had trouble with the 6.0.1.5 version. You might try the 6.0.1.2 version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958&page=5
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Power + 'n' doesn't work on my NT either, I have to turn the device off, insert the SD with CWM, then plug in the (still turned-off) NT to a wall charger and allow it to boot up that way - then (and only then) do I boot into recovery, and without touching any buttons. Hopefully that helps
Dang, whoever thought this would be such a booger of a deal?!?
Okay, first off, let me apologize for coming off like a noob, but it seems there's so much information out there that everything's kinda bleeding together, so let me tell you where I'm at.
I've unbricked and restored the NT to stock 1.4.2
I tried rooting, but the only root I can find that is flashable from SD is the 5.5 CWM which is older than the CWM 6.xxx that every CM10 version calls for. So I went ahead and did the root, so now I have a stock NT with root access. This is where I'm getting stuck...
I'm at this point...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958&highlight=cwm+1+4+2
...and it apparently requires you to reboot into CWM in order to install CWM?!?
I've found the CWM 6+ files I think I need, but when I try to follow the instructions, my NT won't kick over into recovery---it keeps booting straight to the rooted 1.4.2 stock rom. I've found guides that take you from stock 1.4.3 to CM10, some that take you from 1.4.2 to root, and I even found Indirect's CM7 (without the instructions on how to get CWM on there in the first place!). I even downloaded Rom Manager and tried to boot into recovery that way, but it said there was my device wasn't supported.
I've been staring at this dang screen for three hours, trying to find a step by step, and I'm coming up empty. Maybe I'm just too frustrated at this point and need a breather.
What I need to know is how to install CWM 6+ on a NT that's either rooted or stock 1.4.2 (I still have the unbrick SD card) so that I can boot into CWM. From there, I can make my way through installing CM10. Help. Please. Am about to chew the lining out of my cheek.
I don't know if this might be helpful? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037368
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Not yet. I was expecting OTA to kick in, updating my current 1.4.2 to 1.4.3, but it hasn't. Honestly starting to think my NT doesn't want to be rehacked LOL
Okay, so here's what I'm doing at the moment...
I'm at rooted stock. I moved CWM 6.0.1.2, CM10, and gapps over to internal SD.
I booted into recovery with an older version CWM SD card (SD card image with Win32 > turned off NT > insert SD > plug in USB to autoboot)
While in recovery (from SD), I flashed CWM 6.0.1.2 , CM10 (meghd00t), and gapps-jb-20121011.
I reboot...
WE HAVE JOY!
Now to check to see if the thing's gonna run right (got a whole lotta "XYZ has stopped" error messages upon boot up)
Dangit, keep getting those error messages about Gapps stopping and Google Play, and other stuff. Not allowing me to do hardly anything I need to. I can't even boot into recovery from the home page---it still loads straight to the Rom. In order to get into recovery, I need to use the SD that I made to get into recovery in the first place. Going to wipe dalvik and the other caches to see if that helps...
After wiping the caches, I boot into CM10 with no error messages. I DL'd a game from my Gmail account, and it appears to be working properly. Thanks for the suggestions and for letting me vent
I just went thru this similar ordeal too. It took me over 3 weeks to finally find a recovery & cm10 combo. What I found is that I couldn't get ANY version of twrp to act right. Indirect's flashing tool was invaluable. I finally used it to flash a cwm 6.x from Laverne's thread. It seems that not all versions of cwm 6.x are compatible with certain cm10 roms too & by chance I hit a combo that finally worked! I'm staying with what I got for a while!
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