[Q] TWRP: "custom recovery" not working anymore, TWRP not starting

[daFlox]

Hi there,

I wanted to install latest CM10.1 coming from 0526 yesterday on my Defy+.

Did a backup with TWRP first.

Then the flashing failed, so I wanted to recover from backup.

Phone now is stuck at Motorola M not booting anymore.

When I enter bootloader (vol down) and want to enter "custom recover" he just jumps back to the same menu. TWRP is not starting.

Choosing "stock recovery" is possible, but if I choose a CM10.1 zip file it's not accepted.

RSD Lite does not recognize the phone when it's in the bootloader menu or in the stock recover menu.

Help is very much appreciated, what can I do?

Thanks and best regards.

 

[daFlox]

are edianKa

[Idiot mode=on]
Okay, I found out why I couldn't enter flash mode by using Vol+ when starting.

The phone powered already up when I put in the battery, so I always pushed Vol+ too late.

Pressing Vol+ WHILE inserting the battery did the trick, phone went into flash mode and I could re-flash 2.3.6 sbf using RSD lite.
[Idiot mode=off]

Still not sure why TWRP was messed up just by recovering from a TWRP-made backup...

Best regards

 

[r_karthy]

Same situation to me.
I opened Terminal Emulator, gained root access
then type below command to get recovery mode
# reboot recovery

 

[filthysanches]

Custom recovery not running

I have a similar issue.
I rooted my stock S4 and installed the proper TWRP.
Heres where my situation is a bit different from anything I have seen on the forum threads. All attempts—both hard and soft—to reboot into recovery, all direct the reboot to Odin Mode. Just to clarify I have not flashed any rom custom or stock, the only thing I have flashed has been TWRP and CWM recovery. And I only flashed CWM AFTER the Failings of TWRP.

When I attempt to boot into recovery, it flashes the blue characters then sends me into a Odin Mode loop until I hard-key the "download mode" and select restart to boot the os normally.

my phone works fine other than not being able to flash custom roms, which is a pain in the arse especially with all the s4 Bloatware.

Here's what I have done so far to help myself:
• install CWM recovery
• tried hard-key reboot recovery (power off/ press home/volume up/power)
• soft reboot recovery through both Goo, CWM and ROM Toolbox pro
• removed my sd card and tried reboot recovery
• removed battery and reboot recovery
• emulator reboot recovery
• reboot recovery both with and without usb cable
I looked into flashing stock with Odin but all tutorials i could find were of an older version and I didnt want to guess what I needed to get that to work,

Please let me know if theres anything I can do.

(Verizon) Samsung Galaxy S4 jfltevzw