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[HTC One X+] sarcasticphoenix:
Re: [Q] Recovery problems - unable to boot into TWRP, CWM fails

Try redownloading the recovery and rewriting it. It may be a bad download.
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
Re: [Q] Recovery problems - unable to boot into TWRP, CWM fails

Flash the kernel and then the recovery with fastboot and see what happens.
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
Download a fresh recovery for your International (ENRC2B) model here.

Put this file in the platform-tools of your SDK folder.

Plug the USB cable coming from your computer to your phone.

Then open a command prompt window and type : adb devices (you should see your serial at the screen)

Again type : adb reboot-bootloader (Enter)

Type again this command : fastboot devices (you should see your serial at the screen)

Type this command (if serial is successful) : fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_name.img (Enter)

Clear cache with : fastboot erase cache (Enter)

Once done unplug your USB cable, click one time on Power button.

One Volume rocker down to select Recovery.

Confirm by clicking on Power button to reboot in Recovery.

Try to flash an International ROM only.

What result you obtain by doing this?
[HTC One X+] ratcom:
@Seleren I would be interested to know if the above worked for you? Also useful if anyone else gets this problem ;)
[HTC One X+] Seleren:
I've already tried that numerous times, I can get to erasing cache etc but once I try to boot into the recovery ... I'm done. TWRP won't boot even after erasing cache. CWM fails at wiping/backuping/flashing and just reboots without any notice at all. I'm really out of ideas now.

Sorry for a bit late answer.
[HTC One X+] Lucky Thirteen:
This is really strange. Are you sure you are correctly rooted? Which method have you followed to root your phone? The above method I gave you, I have done this numerous times, switching from CWM recovery to TWRP recovery to access different backup on my phone, and it never fails on me.

Are you sure that your SDK folder is well installed and fully functional? Are HTC's drivers correctly configured? What is your phone responding to you when you type : adb devices?

---------- Post added 20th March 2013 at 12:14 AM ---------- Previous post was 19th March 2013 at 11:25 PM ----------

I know you are not allowed to post yet in their thread but I suspect your issue could be related to their ROM, I will try to point this thread to someone from Venom ROM.
[HTC One X+] Seleren:
Yes, I am correctly rooted, I've rooted numerous phones, I unlocked using the official HTC method. I could say I'm not a complete noob to Android. I wouldn't even post here if I didn't try all the standard procedures.

I flashed the Non-touch CWM yesterday and nothing changed (not that I expected it to). I decided I'll try flashing the bootloader in the end but I have to back up my whole SDCard before that ...
[HTC One X+] Seleren:
Bump.
[HTC One X+] Seleren:
SALVATION

Well, since I don't want to be like others who just say "Solved", here's the solution I came up with.

1. Get your new ROM's zip to your SDCard

2. Flash CWM since TWRP won't boot

3. Flash ROM from CWM, it will be flashed even though the phone will unexpectedly reboot.

4. Flash the bootImage from fastboot (Thank god at least that works)

5. Go back to recovery, go to Mounts menu and wipe every options you can (cache, data, system)

6. You will most probably lose your SDCard data too.

7. Reflash the ROM you wanted.

8. Voila.

PS: Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage to your device that may occur while using this procedure.
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
Here something strange I've been encountering... Every time I flash a boot.img over TWRP it won't boot to TWRP. I have to flash the recovery over the boot.img.
[HTC One X+] Lloir:
wut?! TWRP = Recovery

boot.img = KERNEL
[HTC One X+] Lloir:
either you used the wrong TWRP recovery image or it wasn't flashed correctly
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
Yea idk. But this happens
[HTC One X+] Seleren:
I wish that was the problem, I tried quite a few versions, including the one from ALL IN ONE toolkit, an older version that previously worked, the latest version and the ViperX version. Trust me, that was not the problem.
[HTC One X+] aardappel12:
What Lloir meant to say was that the boot.img has nothing to do with the recovery, so flashing a boot.img will NOT change your recovery to so-said TWRP.

TWRP is being flashed by a different command namely 'flash recovery' instead of 'flash boot' like previously mentioned boot.img
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
That's why this is strange ;) I don't know the true problem but that's the coincidence.
[HTC One X+] aardappel12:
How do you flash your kernels? Try it with cmd next time instead of a toolkit or whatever :p guess that should help
[HTC One X+] kingofnice:
I use fastboot anytime all the time.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] playerent256:
Hey, I've looked around and I see some members that have their Droid Bionic on T-mobile and some are trying to get theirs on Straight Talk. I have a Droid Bionic that I want to use on Straight Talk. I've seen the YouTube video with one unlocked and operating on T-Mobile. Can someone break down the instructions for allowing my new phone to be able to be used on Straight Talk. I have some sense but I don't have the software to use. If you could point me in the correct direction I would gladly start the process. But I don't want to listen to five different people telling me five different stories. Can you help me? Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Eiht:
I think ST have to be GSM androids. My wife has been through a few ST androids and they were all GSM.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] playerent256:
I was thinking different. Check this link out. I'm going to be talking to this person too if I can. w.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWgUczSbsw
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Danborg:
I'm using the new SER 1.2 and I'm having an issue with tdclock. It *always* displays in 24 hour format, regardless of the regional settings. Any way to fix this??
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Peter Poelman:
It looks like tdClock can indeed only show 24 hr time.

It has a 'date_format' registry key for the date format, but none for the time (and I just tried adding 'time_format': no sigar...)

Hmmm, bad...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] MonkeysUncleByMarriage:
I recently purchased a Nook HD and this is the first tablet I have owned. I am not sure what any of this lingo is about rooting and what. I know that two of my sisters have a really good amazon game on their nexus and I would like to have it. There is a version for Nook but its a terribly bastardized version. Is there a way for me to install amazon play store on this thing?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, you need to go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and install the gapps + extras zip. That will allow you to get apps from the Google Play Store and later, if you want, the Amazon Store. No need to root. Read item 1 and 3.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybri
[Nook HD, HD+ General] MonkeysUncleByMarriage:
Thanks Leap, I read over it earlier today. Sounds like a pretty intensive process and I do lack your knowledge of how these work but I plan on trying it soon enough. Thanks so much for your help!
[HTC One X] nouch02:
Hey everyone im new with this One X device, I want to root, s-off, unlock bootloader, and flash ARHD rom can anyone guide me through this. By the way I have AT&T HTC One X+ 64 gb. I dont know am I in the right thread or not? Thanks
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Nope wrong forum. This is for the HTC one X tegra 3 quad-core phone.

There is a hox+ section .... Check it there ;)
[HTC One X] nouch02:
Thanks mate..
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Is there any way to get ICS stock on r800x? I saw a lot of stock based ROMs but they were all only gsm. I don't care if service works just want a booting ROM. I know r800x didn't get ICS beta but are there any that work or have been ported. Thanks

rom: cm9 official

2nd slot: turbo ui classic

kernel: Turbo v3.1
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
You can already install ics. You just need to flash Doom's ics beta kernel then flash rom via CWM. The install process is the same as installing any custom roms into your device. You wont get phone service btw.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Ok thanks

rom: cm9 official

2nd slot: turbo ui classic

kernel: Turbo v3.1
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4_broadcast:
Try using whatever kernel you want, what is very important is that flash the correct FTF. Try using an R800x FTF and flash any kernel and ROM. Also you can try using a CDMA Neo L ICS Firmware (If there's any) and flashing it without the kernel, just flash an ICS Xperia Play kernel...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
sadly there is no cdma version of neo l i think because i couldnt find one. Thanks anyway. (already used my 8 for today but ill thank you tomorrow. its free so why not :D)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4_broadcast:
Don't worry man...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xKurzx:
hey what's a good bloat ware removal app or is there a good gaming ics ROM that has lots of storage space
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4_broadcast:
A good bloatware removal app would be titanium backup, 'cause it let you choose which software to uninstall... An ICS ROM that is almost a clean rom, would be the Hybrid ROM by Krisdee...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xKurzx:
Ok well I backed up and uninstalled quite a bit but don't know what I can uninstall without affecting the phone
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkharbinger81:
All of the Verizon crap can be removed, the clocks calendar calculator the Google back up services for the contacts and the calender back up assistant Skype all of the games, the wallpapers just to name a few things I remove

Dark Lords Development Team
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wizz300:
Hello, i'm a noobi on this domain and i'm not english so be indulgent ^^

So, i got a problem..

I got a LG Optimus L7 and my rom is this rom of Homero2 => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176430

Thanks to him, i could root my phone. But now i want to change for the latest cyanogenmod rom. But I don't know how..

I followed a tutorial but the first time I got an error, and others time I can't see the rom on my sd card on the recovery menu.

Please help me, I tried a lot of time :(

Thank you very much :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] MercuryStar:
Received a notification this morning that my unbranded Australian Note 10.1 N8000 (CSC XSA) now has an update available. A couple of days ago the N8010 (wifi) also supposedly got the update to Jelly Bean.

Unfortunately it won't do the update yet as the battery is too low even though I have it plugged in, but I'll update as soon as it has enough charge.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] MercuryStar:
OTA update successful. Device is now saying it's on Android 4.1.2.

Build number: JZO54K.N8000XXCMB1

Changes I've noticed so far:

- New blocking mode in settings - can block calls/texts at certain times of the day and can set exceptions for certain people

- Smart rotation - screen rotation now based on the angle of your face, so you can lie sideways in bed and read.

- Accounts section is totally different in settings menu - now separate accounts are listed in the top level menu

- New disclaimer and privacy policy (for the OTA update service)

- Many apps, including stock browser, email, YouTube, etc can be un-maximised and become floating windows which can be dragged around the screen. They can then be re-sized and pinned (made always on top?), This is true even for some third-party apps like Friendcaster, so it looks like it's a native Android thing rather than Samsung-specific. Unfortunately I can't find a way to make them snap to half the screen like the old split-screen mode. *EDIT - The arrow in the bottom middle of the screen brings up options to switch from the cascade to a split-screen view.*

- Browser now has page preloading (in addition to search result preloading which it already had). Can be off, wifi-only (default) or always.

- Stock email app (not gmail) is still slow and clunky. Project butter seems to have done nothing for it.

I'm sure there's lots of other great changes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ultramag69:
Sweet, finally!!!

I wonder though, why does it say this was released in February on Sammobile.com when we're halfway through March? Why was this not pushed out with the n8010 release?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] MercuryStar:
I was wondering that too. It's possible I did miss it by a while, but that's unlikely - I have been regularly checking using OTA, Kies and on Sammobile.com. I suspect it might be backdated to the date Samsung put on the build??
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ultramag69:
Mate, I've been checking sammobile every day since the N8010 JB update was released, asked Samsung and was informed that they don't answer rom release questions, just given the usual BS about testing and getting it right for us.

I think it's a bit slack though to release a rom almost a month after it should have come out. And it's a real spit in the eye to then back date it to make it look as if it was released on time....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
So I was playing Family Fued last night on my phone and pressed the home button. After doing so, my phone screen turned black and became unresponsive so I held the power button and rebooted. Upon booting the phone got stuck on the boot animation.

So I tried dirty flashing my ROM, gapps, and kernel. The phone booted then got stuck on the Starting Apps toast with a continuous progress wheel. I tried a combination of wiping caches and dirty flashing to no avail. I was running francos kernel with -75 UV, but flashed a kernel without UV to be sure. I'm still unable to get past the starting apps toast when I restore to the backup I made.

I just want to get it to boot so I can retrieve some important text messages. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
If you're getting as far as the starting apps dialog, you should be able to get a logcat of the boot process, which will go a long way in diagnosing the problem, and if it is recoverable.

I'm thinking either a framework file got corrupted, or even more likely, your data partition is corrupted and upon bootup, dalvik can't write to /data/dalvik-cache while attempting to "optimize" apps, and it therefore hangs.

This is all just conjecture of course, and I could be completely wrong, but a log will surely help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
How would I pull the log cat? Also, is there a way I could salvage corrupted data?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
You need to stream the output of logcat via (assuming windows) your command prompt console using adb:

adb logcat > log.txt

Then upload the log.txt file for review. That's the best place to start and see what it says.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Okay I'll pull the log when I get home. Are you able to read those?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
I've read a logcat or two in my day :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Do I have to wait until the cursor in the command prompt stops blinking to give you the log?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opticaldh:
The last time I was stuck in Starting APps, I did a factory data reset in Recovery Mode, and it worked.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Here's what I got so far http://pastebin.com/pf3b5gc8
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
That defeats the purpose of trying to recover my text messages. It boots fine from other back ups and fresh installs but not from the particular backup I started a thread about.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Titanium backup pro allows you to restore text message from android backups.

Not sure if the free version does it but I did find two other apps that are free that you can try.

1)app extractor (found on google play)

2) nand manager http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35367320#post35367320
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Titanium or any other app, at this point, won't do any good at this point since the phone won't boot up all the way ;)

The logs definitely show things look pretty FUBAR'ed. Though not optimistic, the first thing I'd try is to reboot to recovery and click 'fix permissions' via the 'Advanced' tab (assuming TWRP), and see if that does anything.

If that doesn't help any, and you don't care about trying to continue down the path of getting the ROM to boot, and all you do care about (mostly) is saving your text messages, assuming they are still there, what I would do is, from recovery, adb pull the data folder where the mms/sms/call log database is stored, do a full wipe, install a fresh rom, and then after first boot, reboot back to recovery and restore the data you pulled (this is all titanium is doing anyway).

You could even make a nandroid of your current bad setup if the above didn't work for some reason.

To get the current data for mms/sms/calls, first, reboot to recovery:

adb reboot recovery

Via your command prompt, make a directory in the same folder from where you are running adb, and then change into it, as follows:

mkdir com.android.providers.telephony
cd com.android.providers.telephony

Then, while still in recovery mode, pull your data:

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony .

After you've successfully pulled your data, wipe the phone completely, install your new ROM, gapps, etc, and let it boot up completely, then reboot back to recovery again. Once back up in recovery, push the data back to the phone.

(make sure you are still inside the 'com.android.providers.telephony' directory you created via your command prompt)

adb push . /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony

That should restore you previous database, cache, etc.

Reboot the phone and cross your fingers :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
That's what I was essentially suggesting, but I didn't know how to manually do it.

From his current ROM that works he could use tb or the other two apps to restore just his SMS from his nandroid backup
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Problem is, he doesn't have a current ROM that works.

But, he could first wipe and install a fresh ROM all together, and then install Titanium, and use it to restore the above referenced data from a Nandroid.

Though, he'd FIRST have to/want to Nandroid the current bad ROM in order to make sure the nandroid has the most current data, else any new text messages would be lost since the previous nanadroid.

After doing all of that, it'd be much simpler/quicker to just follow the instructions provided above ;)

All of this, of course, is based on bailing on the current ROM, but for the sake of challenge, I'd love to try and get it going as well, based on making changes and following the impact via logcat.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Well I feel dumb. I mixed up a couple threads that were talking about the same thing. Only in the other they did have a nandroid.

I should not be responding when I'm half asleep.

Edit - maybe I didn't mix up but its now I've only been up maybe for a bit. Had to drive brother to school. But reread his op and this caught my eye " I'm still unable to get past the starting apps toast when I restore to the backup I made."

So he does have a current nandroid of the bad ROM?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
No worries, the concept / principle is still sound :) We're all here to help!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Now I'm getting "Error while restoring /system" when I try to restore my derped backup
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Why are you trying to restore your derped backup? Did you already wipe and update to a fresh ROM?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Yes, I'm already running a fresh install. I'm a little confused by your instructions above. Which setup am I pulling the telephony data from? The bad nandroid?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Last I read, you never got past the starting apps dialog, so all of my instructions are based on the fact that that's where you're at.

If you've already make a nandroid of the bad version and are up and running on a new ROM, this process changes.

In this case, what I would do is pull the the data partition nandroid file (in your TWRP/BACKUPS folder), "data.ext4.win", off of your sdcard, add the ".tar" extension (this is all these files are):

data.ext4.win.tar

Then open the above file with WinRAR, navigate to the same /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/ folder referenced in my previous instructions and pull the content out of the .tar.

Then, go into recovery and use adb to push the contents of the "/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony" that you extracted from the .tar file and push back to your phone.

Or, if you use titanium, as mentioned above, you could try and extract it right out of the nandroid file directly while the new ROM is running.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
When I posted the topic I had already restored another backup I had. I followed your instructions and pulled the folder and pushed it back to my phone with the working rom... No success.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
What were the contents of that folder? As long as you pulled the database, and pushed it back to the same place, after a reboot, all should be there, assuming the files were good.

Also, when the phone came back up, if you still saw the messages that were there before doing this (new since installing new rom only), then something wasn't done correctly in the process.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
3 folders (app_parts, databases, shared_prefs) and a lib file.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
And you had .db files in the 'databases' folder?

If so, after pushing, I'd confirm that the same .db files correctly appeared in the same corresponding folders on the phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Yes. I confirmed the files have been pushed as well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Something's not adding up.

As mentioned above, what do you see now when you pull up your SMS application? New messages since new ROM install, or no messages at all?

If you still see your new messages, something didn't go as intended...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
There are none if the messages I'm attempting to restore when I open the app.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
This sounds like exactly the same thing that happened to me a few weeks ago.. Stuck on starting apps and in need of some texts. Nothing I did would allow the phone to boot past starting apps so I had to factory reset and lose the texts I needed :/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
That's unfortunate. I have the nandroid back up just in case but it looks hopeless at this point. I need to get in the habit of backing them up regularly.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JsChiSurf:
Yea, I think we may be SOL on this one. Best guess is that the database is corrupt and thus gets rebuilt after placing the data is the telophony folder and rebooting.

One way to confirm is to look at the size of the .db files after you push them over, and then again, after the reboot, to see if that is indeed what is happening (and thus why you see a blank list, i.e. the .db files are much smaller than what you pushed).

And, if that is the case, I'd love to see a logcat after you push the told files and reboot.