[Q] Rebooting to Bootstrap

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I have been trolling the forums for awhile and I never post but this is something that I have not been able to come across. Why after I used the bootstrap app and load into the recovery menu that now every time I go to reboot my phone I automatically go into the recovery menu even after a successful boot? Hope I worded that right. Please help and thank you!!


just realized I am in the theme section. Can this be moved to the appropriate board. THANKS!!

That's the way it works, it hijacks the bootloader, trust me its a good thing. Bootloop, battery pull, recovery, restore backup. Several times I've been glad it works that way.

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Wait. I have a normal reboot. Maybe mine is messed up?

Yeah I got that but I thought it was only if I pulled the battery after it bootlooped. It does it every reboot except after I flashed a "rom", but I didn't like the rom so I reverted back to stock. I mean its awesome to have the security blanket but it can also be a bad thing if my 14 yo cousin gets ahold of my phone then formats my system an then reboots. Thanks for the help by the way.

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The recovery works by looking for a file : /data/.recovery_mode
If it's there, then it goes into recovery mode, if not, then it allows for a normal boot.
However, if doing normal boot, it actually places the /data/.recovery_mode file and then erases it once the system is fully booted. I know this is confusing, but this is how it knows to go back into recovery if you did a battery pull (ie, the file was created, but never erased since you didn't complete the boot process).
All of this is supposed to happen automagically, but I've heard of that file sometimes getting 'stuck' and not deleted. Thus, causing you to reboot into recovery every time.
There is nothing inside the file, just an empty marker. You may want to delete that file and reboot. Should help.
-Z

If you want to remove bootstrap, you can do SBF flash, which I did several times and it perfectly works.

Originally Posted by Zaphod-Beeblebrox

The recovery works by looking for a file : /data/.recovery_mode
If it's there, then it goes into recovery mode, if not, then it allows for a normal boot.
However, if doing normal boot, it actually places the /data/.recovery_mode file and then erases it once the system is fully booted. I know this is confusing, but this is how it knows to go back into recovery if you did a battery pull (ie, the file was created, but never erased since you didn't complete the boot process).
All of this is supposed to happen automagically, but I've heard of that file sometimes getting 'stuck' and not deleted. Thus, causing you to reboot into recovery every time.
There is nothing inside the file, just an empty marker. You may want to delete that file and reboot. Should help.
-Z

Ok I understand completely I knew the process but did not quite understand. Now the last question, is the only way to remove it to flash or can I use a file manager to remove it?

Oh and thanks for the help by the way.

UPDATE:
So I think I found it.
Unroot and Remove Recovery Via RootExplorer

Originally Posted by jkpair

Ok I understand completely I knew the process but did not quite understand. Now the last question, is the only way to remove it to flash or can I use a file manager to remove it?

You can just delete it with a file manager (I am not sure about the permissions though .. you may need rootexplorer?)
I generally just do things like that from adb shell.
I KNOW I can delete it that way

Originally Posted by Zaphod-Beeblebrox

You can just delete it with a file manager (I am not sure about the permissions though .. you may need rootexplorer?)
I generally just do things like that from adb shell.
I KNOW I can delete it that way

so for adb shell it would be something like:

adb shell
cd /system/bin
rm -r hijack

If thats right I won't try unless I know for sure. I don't know why but I have just got into a habit of googling after I ask. Lol I think this is it: Easy way to remove Koush's recovery?

So the logwrapper is the main file that matters not the hijack file and the original logwrapper was renamed to logwrapper.bin so I just replace Koush's recovery logwrapper with the previous one by copying over it.


Once again thanks for the help. Seems the answer is always 42.

Originally Posted by jkpair

so for adb shell it would be something like:

adb shell
cd /system/bin
rm -r hijack

If thats right I won't try unless I know for sure. I don't know why but I have just got into a habit of googling after I ask. Lol I think this is it: Easy way to remove Koush's recovery?

So the logwrapper is the main file that matters not the hijack file and the original logwrapper was renamed to logwrapper.bin so I just replace Koush's recovery logwrapper with the previous one by copying over it.


Once again thanks for the help. Seems the answer is always 42.

I'm sorry, I misunderstood you goal here. I thought you wanted to keep the recovery, just fix it so it didn't come up on each reboot. If you are looking to completely remove the recovery, then I yes, I would follow the directions in the post you referenced, not the code section.

If you are only looking to 'fix' your reboot issues, I would suggest looking to see if /data/.recovery_mode exists on your phone. If it does, delete it. That's likely what is causing you to reboot into recovery each time.