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[Xoom Android Development] olafski72:
I have the same thing, except I do have CWM the first time. After I reboot from CWM to Android and then reboot again into recovery, I have stock Android again! I have a Xoom wifi US model, hmj37 with 3.1 OTA.

I have already posted a separate topic on this, but still did not find a solution. I have tried 3.2.0.0 and tried 3.0.2.8.

I have installed Rommanager and flashed with that, now I get into recovery again and have the same error. This is 3.0.2.5. Now I have rebooted and I have the same problem again: stock Android recovery. This really drives me crazy!
[Xoom Android Development] Kippui:
You need to be rooted
[Xoom Android Development] adamtuba:
Same issues here in Aus with 3.2.0.0. Flashed back to 3.0.2.8 again and works fine.
[Xoom Android Development] olafski72:
I am rooted and I have a SDcard in it. And it does work, just once it does. This seems to be the same issue: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761398

But I am a bit anxious to remove/rename the file /system/recovery-from-boot.p

Any advice here?
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
Just remove the file.
[Xoom Android Development] olafski72:
Thanks Solarnz, I will try this afternoon. Can I just remove it and then flash CWM again? Or doesn't it matter in which order?

Thanks again!
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
I reccomend flashing cwm, booting straight into recovery and flashing Tiamat :).

On another note, for everyone that is unable to boot into recovery, could you please tell me what type of xoom you have. I.e either the model number or US/EURO 3g/wifi
[Xoom Android Development] olafski72:
yep, I am going to do that:

1- flash CWM (latest or 3.0.2.8?)

2- boot into recovery

3- flash Tiamat (latest?)

Could this also solve the disappearance of the CWM recovery or do I still need to delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p ?

My model:

US model Xoom wifi only, HMJ37. Came with 3.0 but official OTA 3.1.

Thanks again!
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
I would try the latest recovery.

Then, yes flash the latest tiamat :)

No. No need to remove the recovery-from-boot.p file as we don't include a recovery image in the boot file.
[Xoom Android Development] adamtuba:
Australian 3G flashed with US 3.1 rom and tiamat 1.4.4 Works fine on 3.0.2.8, but not latest 3.2.0.0 never tried any of the in between versions.
[Xoom Android Development] olafski72:
Yes, that did the trick! You have made me so happy!! I am on Tiamat 1.4, with a rooted Xoom wifi-only HMJ37 and HC 3.1.:D
[Xoom Android Development] 911junkie:
Went back to previous version until this gets resolved. Thanks for the development Solarnz!
[Xoom Android Development] ClydeB1:
give details of your device, rom version, kernel etc as this works fine for me, Verizon 3G Xoom, HC 3.1 and Tiamat 1.4.4. Perhaps solarnz can narrow down the offending devices and find the problem.
[Xoom Android Development] 911junkie:
I get the following errors:

e:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

e:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

e:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

On 3.1, tiamat 1.4.4, Verizon 3G. Went back to the 1215 version and do not get the errors. FWIW, I remember some were getting these same errors on a previous build (including myself) and an update fixed the issue. Will wait until it's resolved (others are getting the same problem) and then I'll update to the latest. In the meantime, 1215 works for me and does not reflect the error messages above.
[Xoom Android Development] gotkids:
I just tried this on my way to a 3.1 upgrade for my stock 3.01 rooted AUS 3G Xoom and I am stuck with the Reading ODM Fuse: 1.

Anyone got a link to 3.0.2.8 recovery image?
[Xoom Android Development] cam30era:
Links to 3.0.2.8 are at the bottom of the OP, below "change log ".
[Xoom Android Development] gotkids:
Thanks for that Cam30era I hadn't noticed the links.

Okay so I am into recovery now but its showing the errors:

E:Can't open /dev/block/mmcblk1p3

(no such file or directory)

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

This happens if I reboot into recovery using either CWM or adb......I'm guessing I have to wait for solarnz to get 3.2.0.0 fixed?
[Xoom Android Development] gotkids:
Solved this one myself. The SD card I was using was no good, swapped SD card and its all errors are gone.
[Xoom Android Development] kane4fire:
I am having similar issues with my Xoom. Here are the following details:

Wifi Only U.S UNROOTED

Android 3.1 (Clean wipe)

Used 3.0.2.8 and also 3.2.0.0

Used flashboot for the img files

Every time I go into recovery (both using adb reboot recovery and pressing the volume down) it boots up the stock android recovery every time. I cannot access adb remount and remove the files since I am not rooted.

If someone could point me in the direction for getting root access without CWM on my device, I would greatly appreciate it since I don't see how I could get cwm any other way without the problem being sorted and the file updated.
[Xoom Android Development] qw3r7yju4n:
ClockworkMod Recovery 4.0.0.0

Has anyone seen this in Rom Manager? For the Xoom atleast.

Is it legit? I can't seem to find any info on it anywhere. Can anyone point me in a direction for info on it.

i'm of the firm belief; if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I will try this recovery if 4.0.0.0 isn't legit.

Thanks in advance.
[Xoom Android Development] JFMFT:
Yeah, I just saw 4.0.0.0 in ROM Manager. I flashed it, but I haven't yet flashed the recovery in this thread. Not sure what to do...
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
4.0.0 works, but be warned it will NOT see your external sdcard. It uses the internal sdcard.
[Xoom Android Development] mazodude:
also there is a bug with the power button (not always but sometimes).

it will hide the menu and not select it.
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
Ok, If you had problems with R4b, please flash R4c.
[Xoom Android Development] Sistum Id:
I go to mount USB Storage and nothing happens. Once booted in, I can see it, also I can see it if I go to flash a zip. Any ideas?
[Xoom Android Development] okantomi:
After flashing this new recovery (R4c) everything is working better. Thanks for all you are doing!
[Xoom Android Development] kymikes:
Just got a Xoom and am in the process of unlocking, rooting, etc. In the process, I am flashing the R4c version through fastboot flash recovery and I am having an issue with the flash. I get "sending 'recovery' (3998 KB)", it runs for about 10 minutes and gives me an error "FAILED (data transfer failure (Too many links))". The Xoom should be 'clean' since I haven't loaded any apps on my way to rooting, etc. I did notice that OP refers to a file name with "recovery-solarnz- . . ." but the file I get with the d/l is named with Tiamat instead solarnz. Am I getting the wrong file or should I go to a prior version of the file?

Any help?? I was quite comfortable with adb methodology on the Droid but I am still very much in the learning mode with the Xoom and many tools have changed. I did fully update the SDK and had the .img file in the \tools directory with the updated adb files, etc. from the the platform\tools copied to the \tools directory. TIA for any guidance. I thought I might have a bad file so I deleted and got a fresh copy of the .img file but this didn't help.
[Xoom Android Development] okantomi:
Since you are just installing the ClockworkMod recovery (and will then be able to flash through the recovery menu) you should use the 2nd (fastboot) file in the OP of this thread. Is this the img file you are trying to install?
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
Can you try rebooting your xoom, leave it plugged into power and then try flashing again.
[Xoom Android Development] flombs:
i just flashef CWM manager to the latest 4.0.0.1 update and now can't mount my external sdcard to flash zips as I use to. Should I flash the R4c zip in internal sdcard, or, through adb with the reboot R4c zip? Will this also fix the external sdcard to be shown in CWM?

Thanks.

Edit: redownloaded CWR 3.0.2.5 I think it is, and flashed it again through recovery as it use to. :)

Thanks for the mod solarnz.
[Xoom Android Development] kymikes:
Yes, the first file in the OP is the zip file. I am using the .img file (the 2nd). I was surprised at the file name as the text in the 1st post refers to a "recovery-solarnz-" but the one linked is named ""recovery-Tiamat-" but it seemed to make sense given the references to BRD. I have tried powering the Xoom off then back on. I also rebooted the PC that I am running the SDK from. All to no avail. I do have the microSD card already in the Xoom. Would this cause a problem??
[Xoom Android Development] kymikes:
If I am understanding you correctly, I did re-boot the Xoom and tried reflashing it with the power plugged in to the Xoom. If you mean 'without the USB cable', I'm confused because the ADB/fastboot process won't work without having the USB cable connected in Debug mode. Did I miss your point?

Edit: Tried it again. Powered the Xoom off and then back on. Removed the microSD card. Then started again. Got exactly the same error '(Too many links)'. Guess I need to try some different method but this seemed the correct path since I was originally starting from 3.1 virgin Xoom. Guess I could try an earlier version of the recovery file img. Any further thoughts?
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
Have it plugged into power and usb.

Yes the latest R4c has tiamat in the name.
[Xoom Android Development] kymikes:
Since I'm having this problem with R4c, will I get into trouble if I extract the recovery.img file from recovery-solarnz-R4-050611-1515-cwm.zip to try to flash the img from the R4 version. Will this work with the fastboot flash recovery process? Or is this not the same img file? TIA.
[Xoom Android Development] solarnz:
Yes, you can take the recovery.img out of the zip file.
[Xoom Android Development] kymikes:
Well that didn't help. Got the same error (Too many links) from R4 as I did from R4c (also get this message on the Xoom "Failed to process command error (0x120000)". I am using this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1078019 to root a Xoom starting from 3.1 OTA. I got it unlocked w/o problems but this next step of flashing ClockworkMod has me stumped at the moment. The unlock formatted the User Area and I haven't loaded any other apps so it should be a very clean 3.1 install.

Any other thoughts? Thanks for all your help.

Edit: After not having any luck with R4, I decided to try 3.0.2.8 (12051102030) and it working differently. Prior attempts errored out after about 10 minutes. 3.0.2.8 has been 'sending recovery' for about an hour w/o any error or completion. Is this typical? If not, what is the best way to abort? Thanks.

Edit2: Well, I finally got it (R4c). After trying to unlock (again several times), factory resets, different USB Cables, etc. I tried a different USB port on the host PC and that did it. Was using the usb port on the multi card reader (which I would swear was the port I used to root my DroidX) and tried a different usb port and everything worked immediately. Don't know what the differences might be but this was apparently the issue. Thanks for all your help. Now on to bigger and better.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Ok so I called Sprint because of my horrible 3g speeds and he told me it was because of my area..which is true since I live in downtown..but he told me not to worry because all Sprint towers will be converted to 4g and then he said its gonna be as fast as regular cable internet..not sure about that part but we will see!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] jayharper08:
Did they say any kind of time frame? Does 4g & 3g even run on the same tower? Sure he wasn't just feeding you something? If the signal is too bad and you complain enough they will give you an airave :)

Sent from "The EVO" using XDA Premium
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Not quite....

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] trakas:
good news...just one question-when?
[EVO 4G General] Rydah:
Ditto
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
Makes sense since most of their phones coming out are 4g.

How else will they rape everyone for the $10 service charge.
[EVO 4G General] life:
LOL... 10char
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
He told me by the end of the year but maybe he was feeding me something lol but I have great signal but bad 3g and he said the airave would only be for signal strength for calls
[EVO 4G General] kthejoker20:
OMFG!!!! This is great news!!!!!!!!

IB4TL

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[EVO 4G General] nabbed:
It sounds like a bs a salesman would tell someone to make a sale.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
They told me that last year when I bought my EVO
[EVO 4G General] Tilde88:
And they told me through chat before the Evo was released on June 4th that my zip code 33033 (Homestead (in South Miami) already had 4g... Well needless to say I have yet to connect 1 time to 4g... oh and i get about 10kiloBITS per second as of like 3 months ago... Ima have them check my data usage and understand why it has plummeted... they owe me at least a months bill free! (And they better upgrade me to full upgradeability like i have had for the past 5 years!) Either that or I'll have them so fed with litigations they will forget how to breathe... I love sprint---- LOVED sprint... Im fed up now with this ****.

/endrantmadbro!
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
really?

sprint rep / tech told me... (insert any blah blah to get you off the phone and not cancel)

cant wait.
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
Actually, Sprint is in the process of converting old towers which required separate componants for 3G and WIMAX and converting them into new, smaller, all-inclusive towers so that they will be 3G/4G
[EVO 4G General] rpoz4z:
this, and the first post in this thread are completely false... what are you guys smoking?:rolleyes:

Sprint doesn't own any Wimax equipment, it belongs to Clearwire.

Clearwire will only be building out 4G Wimax sites in major cities, the suburbs will be built out by OpenRange..

so, there can never be a combined 3g/4g cell site, they will always have separate equipment for both.
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
Its on their website, a member here, rushco who I believe is an employee, linked me to the article. What are you smoking?
[EVO 4G General] rpoz4z:
complete BS...
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
You've wrong. With Sprint Vision there will be one cellsite combining all technologies Sprint uses.

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
here you go, dip****.

http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
Funny how you have no idea WTF you are talking about but you are so sure of yourself. check the link I posted then come tell me its BS.
[EVO 4G General] DoctorComrade:
Isn't this part of the Vision plan, like what Shroomz said?
[EVO 4G General] mlin:
Yes, I posted a link to the article on Sprint's site. Here it is again:

http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19
[EVO 4G General] tech7:
Dude ur 3g will be faster speeds will be bettween 6 mps to 9 mps down and 3 mps to 5 mps up that evdo rev b and sprint network vision project then 4g will be heading up in there 30 mps to 90 mps
[EVO 4G General] Jfree3000:
Don't feed it bro, they keep coming back if you do.
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
This is good news. Anybody know when that article was posted? I can't seem to find the date on it.
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Yea.......and every phone you purchase from Sprint comes with a complimentary unicorn. Oh, and a bag of Funyuns.

Hey, if you can make a wish, then so can I. ;)
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Unless theyre changing the frequency...meh
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
yeaaaa righttttt
[EVO 4G General] Demonloki:
My unicorn hasn't arrived yet, however I'm waiting patiently. The spring rep told me he would be here in 6-8 weeks
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Yea, I hear that particular mythical creature is on back order due to the situation in Japan. It's not Sprint's fault. If you want it right now, check and see if they have any Gryphons in stock.
[EVO 4G General] southparkeric:
that and the fact that sprint does not own any towers... Sprint sold their towers...

http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/209600529
[EVO 4G General] XGrzesiuX:
All i know is when Sprint added 4G service to/around my house the 3g service went down.
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
You know what? I never noticed that before, but that is when my 3G started getting ****ty. I know one has nothing to do with the other, but that is a strange coincidence.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Now im pissed, i didn't get my funyuns.
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Sprint owns half of Clearwire rpoz4z. In our area I keep seeing Clear and Sprint people working on towers, so it looks like the phase of multi-mode towers is underway.
[EVO 4G General] GaryJ51:
Lucky you, I don't see either one of them. I'm lucky when my 3g gets over 256. :mad:
[EVO 4G General] slipshft:
The title of the post is a bit missleading, but the Network Vision project is still in planning/testing stages. It's not truly a conversion, as a consolidation into one cabinet, with a hardware upgrade thrown in for the really old stuff.
[EVO 4G General] bootny:
They are improving towers... I was told to stick with sprint by a Guy who is part of the project in december

midget tossing is habit...2010 midwest regional champion... hw 001
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
Roflmao

from my phone duh
[EVO 4G General] im0rtalz:
Just got off the phone and the sprint guy told me he's my dad!!!! the one I known all these years was a fake, I believe him cause these guys never lie. -_-
[EVO 4G General] Saint210:
Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply.
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
Same here. Very weird indeed.
[EVO 4G General] fadimo305:
Yup.sprint will be transitioning to Wimax Revision 2 which is waaayy faster than LTE......SUCK ON THIS VERIZON
[EVO 4G General] crabjoe:
Putting WiMax at 2.5ghz on every Sprint cell tower would make us all frustrated!

The reason is because coverage would be spotty. Sprint's EVDO runs at 1900 mhz, going to 2.5ghz would mean cell sites would need to be closer together to get the same EVDO coverage.

Get my drift? If you don't, I',m telling you the Sprint guy was feeding you a load of bull!

Yes, Network Vision will allow them to use a given site for multiple frequencies with a smaller foot print, but at 2.5ghz, you'll need way for sites to get the current 3G coverage.
[EVO 4G General] shadowxaero:
Surprisingly enough I also called sprint after the latest 01115 prl because well my 4g and 3g speed were terrible and we had a pretty good conversation spanning about 45 minutes. He even told me how he considered the Evo 3D over the Nexus S because he heard the dual core 1.2 ghz may be able to be over clocked to 2 ghz. Go figured it was a very weird convo to having with a sprint guy with the whole rooting voiding your warranty thing.

Anyway back to the subject on hand when looking at sprints coverage maps http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/66975

You can see Sprint went from having like 90% coverage to like 50% and when i brought this up with the sprint Representative he explained that sprint lost quite a few contracts with Verizon and a few other companies allowing the use of there towers for roaming. This is also why using that were updated to the 60678 prl no longer have 3g roaming on Verizon towers but instead back to 1x. 01115 and 01117 apparently still have 3g roaming though i myself have not confirmed this. (just some research i found on some other forms)

Anyway Sprint explained that they have three different types of towers, one for voice, one for 3g, and one for 4g (also explains why sometimes i have 1 or 2 bars but excellent 3g speeds). Because of this I was told that Sprint had the most towers of any carrier and that with some "new technology" they would be able to push all three signals from every one of their towers. They expect to have this done by December of this year.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
They will add a new extra 10 fee and call it a premium revision fee and take 5 years to fit the whole nation
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
I'm going to say no part of that mass of lies. I'm still at 100k 3G which is just blow my socks off fast. Facebook and gvoice text is all that works.
[EVO 4G General] shortbus182:
sprint has sold me this line of crap in the past. I work where many cell sites lease land from us, and I can tell you verizon has been working on their towers, att theirs, but have yet to see one sprint truck at any of the sprint sites. I will believe this 4g bs when I see it happening.
[EVO 4G General] NYCguy2020:
The amount of horse manure that's coming from Sprint these days is just unbelievable:rolleyes:.
[EVO 4G General] :
Sorry but horse manure means something is at least emanating <.< The smell does more . lol
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Ha ha sprint is cheap ****s
[EVO 4G General] Bukem75:
Haha you are giving them money every month... Unless you don't own an Evo... in which case you are just trollin.
[EVO 4G General] motenak:
I figured this would be a good place to ask this question. Are the download and upload speeds from the speedtest.net app accurate? The reason I ask is that there is no 4G near where I live and my 3G speeds were crappy until 2 weeks ago. The speeds I get now according to the app are insanely fast. I don't even know if the EVDO-A network can supply these speeds. If they can I really don't care about 4G! See attached screenshot.
[EVO 4G General] animal7296:
Thants faster than my Qwest DSL. :(:mad::mad:
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
You are giving them money and being happy with crap speeds so that makes you a idiot and a troll, i can post any gripe I want.
[EVO 4G General] Thattallbastard:
I just want better coverage

I don't care how they do it, I just want better more consistent coverage.
[EVO 4G General] Klk450:
One would think they're upgrading the network or something because something has to be causing this horrible data speeds.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
I agree
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
I was told today that this will dramatically enhance service and will rival other cell companies. If you ask your reps they will explain the situation and what it will enhance. Skip customer service and go to retentions.
[EVO 4G General] kydkupa:
I hope it gets better. Im in Houston and not all areas get 4g even though the coverage map shows our entire city with it.
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
4G isn't even available anywhere in my state.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Ahhh... another Sprint bashing thread. "The grass is always greener on the other side"

All towers will eventually be upgraded to 4g and everything will be VOIP.

[It's called true 4g, not the farce "4g" has been turned into]

Just don't expect it anytime soon.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
10extra dollars should have it sooner
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
With this logic Verizon (with its $40 more a month single and $100+ more a month family plans) should have a true 4g network years sooner...
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Theyve been shoveling this **** to people since October of last year.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Wait a minute....you mean that nationwide upgrades covering thousands and thousands

..and thousands....of miles aren't simply a matter of instant-press-a-button?!?

:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
It's still better than sprint network they have more towers
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I don't know about that, they just have a lower frequency.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
yeah well i called account services to get my upgrade back(by the way i did get it back) and he told me the same thing about towers being activated en mass
[EVO 4G General] nyb3017:
Sweet news.
[EVO 4G General] jme621:
well, going by the clear choice map it says we have 4g now, so i drove to the area most covered in my town and it picked up the 4g signal so maybe its true. by the way i live in a small city of like 55k
[EVO 4G General] alomar123:
My 4g is so spotty in my city (a suburb of Cleveland), from one block I got full 4g coverage then on another nothing.