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Won't Boot

i accidentally formated everything in the recovery and not sure which affected it but now my phone doesn't boot. it only starts until the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. any help would be appreciated ><

If you have a backup you can restore do that... if not flash a ROM/kernel combo
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capcanuck said:
If you have a backup you can restore do that... if not flash a ROM/kernel combo
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download mode, odin, ??????????, profit

well right now i have no files on my internal sd card cause i formatted that :S
i think one way i can fix it is if i can restore from external sd card which i can't find a cwm recovery version that supports it at the moment...

Have you tried using TeamWin recovery? I cant confirm if it reads external SD but others have reported that it does.

ionic7 said:
download mode, odin, ??????????, profit
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Yupp.. if you have to files Odin is your way out.. pretty sure theres some stock tar. Files around here
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thanks infamous_cheez
i flashed twrp through odin and flashed a new rom from external sdcard since i only have a 1gb microsd on hand.
thank you so much!

External sdcard readers and a recovery that reads external (cwm touch 4.8.4.5) ftw. I'm pretty sure twrp does read ext also though.
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Cwm 5.8.4.5 issue exfat

Just noticed it will not use the external 64 gb SD card formatted as exfat. Are there any newer versions that will work with it,and still be able to restore older backups. Thanks.
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well considering CWM 5.8... what ever is old... i would suggest trying the newest CWM. 6.0.1.2
Download Rom Manager from the market to install the newest CWM.
or move your backups off your external sd to your internal sd and restore them from there...
note: cwm 5.8.... if i remember correctly had the external and internal backwards, and cwm 6.0.1.2 has them correct..
for further information, cwm has their own website... clockworkmod.com

TRusselo said:
well considering CWM 5.8... what ever is old... i would suggest trying the newest CWM. 6.0.1.2
Download Rom Manager from the market to install the newest CWM.
or move your backups off your external sd to your internal sd and restore them from there...
note: cwm 5.8.... if i remember correctly had the external and internal backwards, and cwm 6.0.1.2 has them correct..
for further information, cwm has their own website... clockworkmod.com
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Didn't really answer my question.. intrrnal and external are not backwards in my version. And from what I've read 6.x still does not support xfat. And also if I upgrade I will not be able to restore my backups.
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lgkahn said:
Didn't really answer my question.. intrrnal and external are not backwards in my version. And from what I've read 6.x still does not support xfat. And also if I upgrade I will not be able to restore my backups.
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Connect your card to your computer directly and format it to fat32.
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Ya tradeoff u have videos over 4 g
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One or the other bro, can't have your cake and eat it too.
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Sure we can a version that wires withexfat.
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Doubt its going to happen. Try TWRP, it might support it but idk.
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Did More digging apparently EXfat is not open source so even the latest recoveries ie 6.0.1.2 don't support it .
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lgkahn said:
Just noticed it will not use the external 64 gb SD card formatted as exfat. Are there any newer versions that will work with it,and still be able to restore older backups. Thanks.
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I read a while ago that becuase it would require a license from Micrsoft, CWM will never support exFat. I strongly suggest that you don't format your 64Gb card to FAT32. The performance of that card will degrade greatly. You should just get an 8Gb card to use with CWM.

n0th1n9 said:
The performance of that card will degrade greatly. You should just get an 8Gb card to use with CWM.
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I don't understand how that is possible, when exfat is significantly slower that fat32 by design...
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[Q] TWRP 2.3.1 or CWM 6.0.1.4 Restore Backup from external SD Card

I have a problem, I cannot restore my backups from my 32GB external SD card via TWRP or CWM
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I am using my AT&T i747. I rooted this device using the following guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822308
I've installed TWRP 2.3.1 via GooManager, and I've installed CWM 6.0.1.4 via the guide listed above.
I am currently on the stock AT&T (Rooted) ROM 4.0.4.
Is it possible to backup/restore from the external SD card? I would appreciate the help.

I have a 32GB and use TWRP all the time with it. You must be doing something wrong. Not sure what tho
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Same exact thing happened to me. I just went back to cwm and have no issues again. Was pretty ticked at the time though
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what recovery do i use

I'm on a 4.1 .2 ROM and I'm using rom manager recovery what recovery do I need if I want to use 4.2 and what if I already have a recovery can I use two at the same time.or do I need to delet rom manager.

I have read that the newest ClockworkMod Recovery will not create the nested "/0" folders.
I recommend using the latest TWRP though.
You can update ClockworkMod from ROM Manager or you can install TWRP from the GooManager app.
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infazzdar said:
I have read that the newest ClockworkMod Recovery will not create the nested "/0" folders.
I recommend using the latest TWRP though.
You can update ClockworkMod from ROM Manager or you can install TWRP from the GooManager app.
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+1 :good:

I'm on clockwork now I want to use TWRP if I install TWRP will it overwrite clockwork what should I do. then will TWRP work with 4.1.2 ROM also

skd05 said:
I'm on clockwork now I want to use TWRP if I install TWRP will it overwrite clockwork what should I do. then will TWRP work with 4.1.2 ROM also
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Yes it will overwrite. You just need to flash it. And yes twrp works with 4.1.2
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CWM external SD card unable to mount

I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?

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I was having no problems using and accessing my external sd card from within CWM. Than after some flashes and wipes trying out different roms, and even a complete reset to original rom through ODIN to try and fix it. I can no longer use my external sd card in CWM. It says something along the lines of E:/ cannot mount external sd. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and if there are any solutions?
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If the card still reads on your PC I would try to take everything off it and re-format the card.Also maybe try TWRP.I don't have CWM right now but there is probably a selection in it to mount/unmount sd.I know in TWRP the option is there.

HaHa, I had the same problem last night and after spending 5 hrs +, I finally fix it...
After flashing some PA, Jellybam roms, both recovery and the rom can no longer see my mircoSDXC 64gb card. Flashing the latest cwm or twrp did't work. Doing numerous quick and full format on the card to fat32 and exfat didn't work. Restore the stock rom and finally the rom can see the card; however recovery still can't read it. Formatting the card with the rom didn't work. Went to the store and grab a brand new card and still no luck. FINALLY... odin a new cwm recovery fix the problem.... :banghead:
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I did Odin a new recovery. Still nothing. Gonna try formatting.
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Have you tried TWRP?
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jyazzie110 said:
Have you tried TWRP?
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Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Optimuscle said:
Flashing TWRP sens my phone into boot loop. No matter how I flash.
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Did you use goo manager to flash? That just pushes the recovery img to the phone not flash it. Ive never had a problem with TWRP with any phone or tablet ive used. CWM on the other hand....thats a different story.
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Here's my data point. I had the exact problem of clockworkmod unable to mount external sd card while making a nandroid backup. I tried it via the paid ROM manager plus app without any luck. I sent them a log file.
Then I tried goo manager + twrp and it worked. I donated to twrp.
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GooManager/TWRP worked for me.
Sucks trying to use internal memory to flash with only 16GB total.

This is a limitation of driver support for ExFAT, you can force windows into formatting fat32 using a 3rd party utility like this one:
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm