So is there a stable, dependable touch-capable recovery out there?
I keep reading warnings. Should I stick with Amon RA?
Thanks
I like the latest clockwork mod touch recovery. I've used it to flash many roms and have had success. I've had some instability in some roms but i chalked it up to failing to wipe all caches, and experimental new releases. I've tested TWRP only briefly but used it to flash one rom successfully.
I figured out the hard way that none of these touch recoveries are able to flash radios, so keep that in mind. I went back to AmonRa for that and then back to touch for convenience.
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Continue to use AmonRa, is the most recommended recovery by Devs. besides if you're looking for touch features then you try this one here if you don't use it already.
moreno4xl said:
Continue to use AmonRa, is the most recommended recovery by Devs. besides if you're looking for touch features then you try this one here if you don't use it already.
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Which one is that? Is there a thread/site for it?
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Which one is that? Is there a thread/site for it?
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This one. V3.11 is the latest.
d0g said:
Which one is that? Is there a thread/site for it?
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I personally use v3.06 because I simply don't like the couple extra steps v3.11 has... But thread is found in post obove this one... Thanks Evilone
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Ever since flashing the new touch recovery I cannot create a back up of my current rom in CWM. Any suggestions or theories as to what I might have screwed up.
I really want to flash some of that tasty ics but I dont want to do anything without a backup first.
blkbltwrestler said:
Ever since flashing the new touch recovery I cannot create a back up of my current rom in CWM. Any suggestions or theories as to what I might have screwed up.
I really want to flash some of that tasty ics but I dont want to do anything without a backup first.
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id suggest reverting back to good ol button recovery
touch recovery seems to be buggy.
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jordanishere said:
id suggest reverting back to good ol button recovery
touch recovery seems to be buggy.
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Thats what I have been reading do you know where I can find the old CWM recovery?
If anybody has an old CWM recover can you pm me or post a link all the old links seem to be dead
rom manager should have an option for you to revert to an old version of cwm.
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Yes, you should download rom manager from Google Play and downgrade CWM.
When I try to flash a different recovery through the app it says no legacy recoveries found
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When I try to flash a different recovery through the app it says no legacy recoveries found
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can you chose the 1st option that allows you to get the most up to date recovery?
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jordanishere said:
can you chose the 1st option that allows you to get the most up to date recovery?
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No. When I touch the first option nothing happens.
nevermind I found the old recovery on rootwiki. I am gonna keep this one jic
I rooted my Desire 1 year ago and since then I still have Clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7 and 1 year old radio
My question is if I need to updatel, what are the benefits of new Recovery? Also I noticed Recovery Touch, do you recommend it?
Tomaco said:
I rooted my Desire 1 year ago and since then I still have Clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7 and 1 year old radio
My question is if I need to updatel, what are the benefits of new Recovery? Also I noticed Recovery Touch, do you recommend it?
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Radio: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Recovery: Yes, it's pretty good, and a lot easier and more intuitive to use.
Agree with Bortak. EXT4 Touch has more options than CWM. You still can restore older recoveries made with CWM.
But there is also CWM touch. Which one is better?
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But there is also CWM touch. Which one is better?
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I recommend to test yourself.
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Hey all,
I flashed to s-off and rooted 2 days ago. I installed the recovery version that was linked on the Revolutionary website- CWM 4.0.1.4. I keep reading posts referring to Touch recovery and some saying it is required for some ROM flashes. What's the deal? Am I good to go? Thanks
Try searching before posting. Cwm touch is in the development forum, as well as a few other recoveries.
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I did search. I was not looking for it, I already downloaded it. I was asking about it.
You need to flash via fastboot & CWM 5.**** & 6.**** to flash ICS & JB.
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Instructions for flashing are on the page. Any ROM should work fine with whatever recovery you have. I would recommend using 4ext over cwm touch since it's faster and has better options though. Sorry if I came off a bit mean in my first post, the OP wasn't very clear to me.
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sjpritch25 said:
You need to flash via fastboot & CWM 5.**** & 6.**** to flash ICS & JB.
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Instructions for flashing are on the page. Any ROM should work fine with whatever recovery you have. I would recommend using 4ext over cwm touch since it's faster and has better options though. Sorry if I came off a bit mean in my first post, the OP wasn't very clear to me.
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So:
I cannot upgrade from cwm 4x to 6x. Have to install 5x first?
4ext is better anyway.
I need at least 5x to flash ICS.- This was really what my question was about. I saw a post claiming this and another refuting it. I flashed UKB-X from my current recovery. Proto, you are saying I can flash any ROM from my current version?
BTW- I saw another post that said the reason 6x ran faster nandroids is because it does incremental, not full backups. If that is the case I don,t want it anyway.
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Thanks.
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I cannot upgrade from cwm 4x to 6x. Have to install 5x first?
4ext is better anyway.
I need at least 5x to flash ICS.- This was really what my question was about. I saw a post claiming this and another refuting it. I flashed UKB-X from my current recovery. Proto, you are saying I can flash any ROM from my current version?
BTW- I saw another post that said the reason 6x ran faster nandroids is because it does incremental, not full backups. If that is the case I don,t want it anyway.
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Agreed, you will see my problems with the cwm incremental backups on the 4ext thread. Use 4ext.
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So:
I cannot upgrade from cwm 4x to 6x. Have to install 5x first?
4ext is better anyway.
I need at least 5x to flash ICS.- This was really what my question was about. I saw a post claiming this and another refuting it. I flashed UKB-X from my current recovery. Proto, you are saying I can flash any ROM from my current version?
BTW- I saw another post that said the reason 6x ran faster nandroids is because it does incremental, not full backups. If that is the case I don,t want it anyway.
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Thanks.
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You should be able to flash any ROM, ICS or not shouldn't make a difference. UKB is ICS. You don't need to install 5 before 6, flashing a new recovery completely wipes the old one.
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brymaster5000 said:
Agreed, you will see my problems with the cwm incremental backups on the 4ext thread. Use 4ext.
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I thought those problems were from attempting to restore a cwm backup with 4ext?
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brymaster5000 said:
Agreed, you will see my problems with the cwm incremental backups on the 4ext thread. Use 4ext.
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I thought those problems were from attempting to restore a cwm backup with 4ext?
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I had just contacted the dev before opening youre replies on this thread. His response came back as I was writing this post:
"CWMR 6 has some new backups type which are basically cumulative backups. Those aren't possible to restore with 4ext yet. Backups from earlier versions are perfectly fine."
So it looks like CWM now uses incremental backups and they won't work with 4ext. I think I prefer to have only full backups and from what I hear from you proto and the great reviews in the app market, I will be installing 4ext.
Thanks!
I know there were issues with CM9 not mounting /system in CWM 4,but it may be fixed by now.
You can jump to CWM 6 no problem. Touch recovery is nice, but I'm going back to the standard CWM 6 because aero has it working.
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marcmarshall said:
I had just contacted the dev before opening youre replies on this thread. His response came back as I was writing this post:
"CWMR 6 has some new backups type which are basically cumulative backups. Those aren't possible to restore with 4ext yet. Backups from earlier versions are perfectly fine."
So it looks like CWM now uses incremental backups and they won't work with 4ext. I think I prefer to have only full backups and from what I hear from you proto and the great reviews in the app market, I will be installing 4ext.
Thanks!
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@ prototype: you are correct about trying to restore a cwm backup in 4ext. I must not have been clear enough...I didn't care for the long backup times on cwm and the fact that other recoveries can't restore them.
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sjpritch25 said:
I know there were issues with CM9 not mounting /system in CWM 4,but it may be fixed by now.
You can jump to CWM 6 no problem. Touch recovery is nice, but I'm going back to the standard CWM 6 because aero has it working.
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I got a link to this thread by marcmarshall.
There are no known issues with 4ext since a very long time and since I got something like 100.000 users, I'd think that someone would have already reported issues with installing CM9 if there were any.
But anyway, if there are, someone please tell me, because I'm eager to fix any issues asap!
My priority is to keep 4ext bugfree.
Is there anyone who can share their twrp for evo 4g recovery with me? I went to the op and went to the main site but could not find my device. It's not on goo manager for me neither. Any help appreciated.
Here it is.
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/3
Edit: Just realized that was 2.3, not 2.2. I'll keep looking.
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Mavman42 said:
Is there anyone who can share their twrp for evo 4g recovery with me? I went to the op and went to the main site but could not find my device. It's not on goo manager for me neither. Any help appreciated.
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Since it doesn't show up for our og evo, here's the thread vivid started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20471397
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I'll check it out.
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Since it doesn't show up for our og evo, here's the thread vivid started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20471397
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Yeah that wasn't much help. It says use goo manager, I did but twrp for evo 4g didn't come up. Searched google too. I never knew it would be this hard. Thanks for the help guys.
2.2.1
I have this version of TWRP 2.2.1
Flash in bootloader
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I have this version of TWRP 2.2.1
Flash in bootloader
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Hey Thanks Robobob for taking the time to do that. I guess Team Win doesn't support the og evo 4g on their site anymore.
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Hey Thanks Robobob for taking the time to do that. I guess Team Win doesn't support the og evo 4g on their site anymore.
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I think after the initial issues with the bricking of devices with the 2.1 version they took it off the site.
There was a d/l in the twrp thread in the evo development section before with the version I posted above. I didn't check to see if its still there.
Dunno if you've used it before, but I remember it hung a little at the boot screen so don't worry if that happens.
Is the twrp recovery a good recovery compared to the smelkusmod?
Like ROMs both have plus and minus points. Twrp is faster, has the gui, and some other unique features. Smelkus like the original Amon ra its based off is more stable for our phone, wipes more thoroughly and is tried and tested.
At the end of the day its your choice. I really liked the original twrp 1.1.1, this one is good, I trust SmelkusMOD more though.
Try it out for yourself
An enviousOG
Robobob1221 said:
Like ROMs both have plus and minus points. Twrp is faster, has the gui, and some other unique features. Smelkus like the original Amon ra its based off is more stable for our phone, wipes more thoroughly and is tried and tested.
At the end of the day its your choice. I really liked the original twrp 1.1.1, this one is good, I trust SmelkusMOD more though.
Try it out for yourself
An enviousOG
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I tried TWRP, even though it looks better, it doesnt perform like I wanted. I tried flashing a stock rom for my evo, but it kept saying it failed. On amon ra smelkus mod it ran like a beauty.
Which Recovey Do You Guys Think is Best CWM or TWRP?
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
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I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
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i have always used cwm and wanted to try twrp on my sgs2 but didnt. so thats why i wanted any1 oppion
i have been on TWRP for the past 6 months and never looked back, plus its themabel which is a nice bonus, givie it a try
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mike.r.olson said:
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
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+1 on 4EXT, That's by far my favorite recovery:good:
Where did you hear that it was coming to the sgs3?
I emailed madmaxx on it and he said he was really busy with allot of other models and he would look into our sgs3's since it's a popular device.
Hopefully we will see it soon:fingers-crossed:
CWM is great, but TWRP is just awesome.
For me, TWRP has these little things that just make sense, like a link to wipe dalvik/cache right after you flash something, option to queue up multiple zips to flash in a certain order, option to compress your backups (because they do end up taking quite a bit of space if you have multiple backups), etc.
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Where did you hear that it was coming to the sgs3?
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I believe I read on their site that they may begin working in it at a future date. I'm satisfied with TWRP, but I'm hopeful that 4EXT is "in the cards" so to speak.
Edit: it appears like they want to start working on the international version of the SGS3. Hopefully we might me able to sway them towards working on the stateside version first.
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Sorry for the noob question.... but i just got the s3 and its already rooted but how do i enter recovery?? Or can somebody guide me for like a what are the steps to take idk... take in advance
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beyako said:
Sorry for the noob question.... but i just got the s3 and its already rooted but how do i enter recovery?? Or can somebody guide me for like a what are the steps to take idk... take in advance
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Press and hold Volume Up+Home+Power buttons at the same time for about 5 seconds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31890422
Should probably read the whole thread before you do anything else...
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Tried TWRP once upon a time and couldn't adjust.
Ended up reverting to CWM Touch.
It just works for me.
Sorry i was just too excited.... lol
Thanks......
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I like twrp personally. Layouts better and easier to use. Plus it has a built in file manager.
Cwm has the ability to prevent itself from being overwritten after ota update but there's other ways around this.
They are both good recoveries imo, just personal preference.
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Agree 100% with Doc
I always used cwm since it came out but switched to twrp since I got my s3 and I'd never go back.
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mike.r.olson said:
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
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I prefer twrp (only when 4ext isn't available). I talked to madmaxx82 and he was in middle of a complete redesign/overhaul on the UI of 4ext when started having computer issues. Then he did say we r on the list. I was his beta tester for the HTC Amaze. He prefers the HTC devices so I assume will be doing those first.
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If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
kingston73 said:
If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
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Yes, install goo manager from the playstore and install recovery from there. No you will not be able to restore any backup made with CWM in TWRP.
Thanks for the quick answer. I think I'll just stick with CWM for now. I'd love to see EXT for us, I had that for the sensation and loved it and was a bit disappointed to find there wasn't a version here.
kingston73 said:
Thanks for the quick answer. I think I'll just stick with CWM for now. I'd love to see EXT for us, I had that for the sensation and loved it and was a bit disappointed to find there wasn't a version here.
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I have been a loyal CWM user since MT3g days, then I tried TWRP on my SGS3 and have not looked backed. I love the UI better, everything just seems a lot faster in TWRP to me.
kingston73 said:
If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
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When u open goo manager app... push the menu soft key on your phone and click the install openrecovery script. Then you are good. :thumbup:
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