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[ACDBill]

Hello all, it's me again. Today my issue is CWM. After installing it, whenever booting to recovery, all I get is a black screen. Now I've see this with TWRP but I could always tell it was running in the background. Not so with CWM.

 

Steps:

Renamed install.recover.sh to install.recovery.sh.hold

Connect USB cable

adb reboot bootloader (rebooted - USB Connected)

fastboot devices (saw mine)

fastboot flash recovery CWM6049-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT.img (Successful)

Disconnected USB

Held down Volume Up and Down and Power to shut off

Held down Volume Up and Down and Power to get bootup menu

Scrolled to recovery and pressed Volume Up to select

Motorola dual core logo shows for about 10 seconds then a black screen until I reset.

 

Thoughts?

[RikRong]

Don't worry about renaming the recovery file I don't think you need to do that. Also, disconnect USB cable, boot in Fastboot, then connect cable. Flash the recovery image, unplug cable, hold only power to shut the phone down all the way, and then use the button combo to boot directly into recovery after flashing. I think the main step that's messing things up is the the fact that you are holding all three buttons to power down after flashing. This simulates a battery pull and will cause you to boot straight into the OS, not into recovery. Once you're powered off, you can hold all three buttons and it will get you into the FB menu. Also, which CWM.img are you using?

[ACDBill]

Ok, just tried the modified process:

 

Unplug cable.

Power off

Hold V_Up and V_Dn and PWR to get menu
Select AP Fastboot

Connect cable

Flash Recovery

Remove cable

PWR button only to turn off

Hold V_Up and V_Dn and PWR to get menu

Select Recovery

 

And I get a black screen again. It been about 5 minutes so far.

[RikRong]

Which recovery are you using, where did you get it? Also, you are flashing from the screen below?  What's the command prompt output when you flash?

 

[ACDBill]

Hello Rik,

 

First off, thank you for your time.

 

I am using CWM6049-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT.img from

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That is the same screen (including unlocked).

 

Output from flash command:

(bootloader) Variable not supported!

target reported max download size of 31457280 bytes

sending 'recovery' (8480 KB)...

OKAY [  0.787s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [  2.234s]

finished. total time: 3.031s

[livinginkaos]

Ok, are you actually on the kit Kat bootloader? CWM for kit Kat is very touchy anyway. Sometimes it takes multiple flashes to get it to stick.

sent from my G3

[RikRong]

^^^What he said.  LOL  Also, I'm not trying to treat you like newb (or noob), I'm just trying to make sure we have all the bases covered.

[ACDBill]

You gentlemen pegged it. Took about six tries in a row, but it finally came up. Many, many thanks for your help.

[ACDBill]

An interesting note: Whenever I try to get back in to recovery, I get the black screen. This leads me to believe I had it all those others times and the screen just wasn't turning on (just like my experience with twrp). Getting the screen to come on consistently using it is the trick. I haven't found an answer to that one yet.

 

EDIT: Added the word "consistently".

[droid2222]

same issue is with me, i tried many times but still have same issue, can you please help me regarding this issue?

thanks.

[RikRong]

same issue is with me, i tried many times but still have same issue, can you please help me regarding this issue?

thanks.

Yeah, use a different recovery.  CWM is notoriously buggy, try TWRP.

[spainter]

When you get into TWRP go into settings and disable the screen lock/blanker setting and set your brightness to about 80% that should end the problem.

[droid2222]

Yeah, use a different recovery.  CWM is notoriously buggy, try TWRP.

 

which version of twrp will work perfect for xt926 verizon?

[RikRong]

which version of twrp will work perfect for xt926 verizon?

The one that's posted in the Development forum.