Access The Recovery Menu
Posted: March 12th, 2011, 3:22 amYour Scroll has a hidden system recovery menu. It performs four functions detailed below. To access it, proceed as follows.
1) Connect the charger to your scroll ( not necessary but you dont want it dying when performing functions in here - you are at risk of reconfiguring it as a brick!). Your scroll will power on, turn it off again.
2) Press and hold the "vol+" key.
3) Whilst holding the above press and hold the power button until the android symbol appears.
4) Press the "home" hard button.
You will be presented with a screen that looks like this:
Android system recovery <2e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
To scroll down the options use the "vol+" key
To select an option use the "vol-" key
Below is an explanation of each function:
reboot system now
Does what it says - doesnt actually reboot it, just quits recovery menu and turns off.
apply sdcard:update.zip
This loads update.zip files from your sd card. It is used when these files are published from various sources which can do anything from installing a new system app to a complete new operating system - this can kill your scroll if used incorrectly.
wipe data/factory reset
This does what it says but at a lower level than the normal reset option in the android settings menu. It basically rebuilds your operating system from a recovery image stored on your device.
wipe cache partition
This option removes all user data from the device.
Only use this recovery menu as a last resort - people with 1.02(s) firmware versions have reported killing their scrolls when using this menu.
1) Connect the charger to your scroll ( not necessary but you dont want it dying when performing functions in here - you are at risk of reconfiguring it as a brick!). Your scroll will power on, turn it off again.
2) Press and hold the "vol+" key.
3) Whilst holding the above press and hold the power button until the android symbol appears.
4) Press the "home" hard button.
You will be presented with a screen that looks like this:
Android system recovery <2e>
Android system recovery utility
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
To scroll down the options use the "vol+" key
To select an option use the "vol-" key
Below is an explanation of each function:
reboot system now
Does what it says - doesnt actually reboot it, just quits recovery menu and turns off.
apply sdcard:update.zip
This loads update.zip files from your sd card. It is used when these files are published from various sources which can do anything from installing a new system app to a complete new operating system - this can kill your scroll if used incorrectly.
wipe data/factory reset
This does what it says but at a lower level than the normal reset option in the android settings menu. It basically rebuilds your operating system from a recovery image stored on your device.
wipe cache partition
This option removes all user data from the device.
Only use this recovery menu as a last resort - people with 1.02(s) firmware versions have reported killing their scrolls when using this menu.