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Will flashing CWM recovery affect getting an OTA?

My understanding is that recovery stays in a separate partition and whatever you do to it does not affect getting an OTA, is that right?
Also, what if my phone is rooted using the Zerg exploit or whatever method, can I still get an OTA?
So basically I think my questions is, what ultimately decides whether my phone can get an OTA, or not?

if you are on stock ROM, you will get it just fine
but you might loose ROOT after it finish the upgrade
if you are on Custom ROM, you wont get OTA

You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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mikeyinid said:
You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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You can flash stock recovery using odin
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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I'm sure within a couple days there will be a custom rom with the new features. that's an assumption but its always been like that on other phones I have had. Hopefully that's the case with this phone also.

I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?

513263337 said:
I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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you will get the notification for the ota, your phone will download it but when it boots into recovery to flash it and its not the stock recovery, it will just give an error and you will probably have to pull the battery to reboot. i did this on the nexus s. if i remember right i never got the ota notififcation again either after it failed.

I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...

I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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jasontx said:
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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It goes to data/cache if I remember right. And there will be rooted roms posted within hours of the ota so its really nothing to even worry about
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513263337 said:
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
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There is a stock recovery posted in the dev section you can flash in Odin
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Found that and it works. Thanks!

you can keep your phone more up to date by flashing roms as opposed to waiting for an OTA. galaxy s4g is still stuck on froyo. Epic 4g just got gingerbread.

Has has anyone received the update?
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jasontx said:
Has has anyone received the update?
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Not yet. I went back to stock last night just in case so I hope its today like Tmobile said
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?

513263337 said:
T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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They tweeted it a while back. Today our phone and the amaze are suppose to get an update
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Last I heard it was the 13th, oh well who knows lol
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What is the update supposed to do or fix?

How to wipe clean Galaxy s3 to sell?

OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!

dk2000zx said:
OK, so for some personal reasons, I'm forced to sell my Galaxy S3...
I have CWM on it, and its rooted (obviously) running stock touchwiz rom...
Thing is, I cannot just hit the factory reset in settings because it's missing some apps like Samsung services, s-voice, etc.. stuffs that I deleted...
So my question is, How can I 100% Wipe the 16GB memory free of my personal data and perform a clean install of STOCK Telus SGS3 rom on it?
THanks!!!
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1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.

And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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zmore said:
1) Flash the original unrooted stock ROM from your carrier in Odin
2) Settings > back up and reset > Factory reset. reboot.
3) Turn debug on, and adb shell back in just to double-check that your nukular launch codes aren't there anymore.
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where would i find the unrooted rom? only found the rooted one :/
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phzi said:
And make sure your binary/custom flash counter is at 0.
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and how would i do that?
thanks
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dk2000zx said:
and how would i do that?
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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defnow said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800878
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counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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dk2000zx said:
counter already at 0 ... normal ?
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Yes, don't worry about that.
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DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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theROMinator said:
DO NOT flash the AT&T firmware. Here is the proper firmware for your device http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162304546/3421015/I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_TLS.zip.html
Once you have downloaded it, unzip it and let me know what files are in there. It should be a .tar file.
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Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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dk2000zx said:
Will it unrooot and uninstall CWM same time to make it as stock as possible?
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Yes, complete stock.
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theROMinator said:
Yes, complete stock.
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and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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dk2000zx said:
and if i flash that with odin will it trip my counter? and will it remove cwm ?
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It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.

danny6514 said:
It will remove everything and restore your phone back to when you first bought it. Yes you flash it with odin, it will not trip your counter since it's an official package.
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awesome thanks
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One last thing I would do is browse your SD card to see that there's nothing there. I have not tried a factory reset on the SIII, but on the Captivate and probably other phones, factory reset didn't wipe every directory.
See this for the very few directories it did wipe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152181&highlight=does+factory+reset+wipe+sd+card
I did a few factory resets (but not recently) and only once do I recall having to copy things back onto my internal sd card from the copy on my computer. Every time I did one, I'd backup my internal sd just in case, do the factory reset and finish whatever else I was doing like a new rom, and then see what had to be put back on. But other than that one time, my Titanium backups, pictures, whatever have still been there. I tried out a lot of different roms on the Captivate and even the "full wipe" versions left the internal sd data there.
That one time I did need to copy it back was I think when I tried out the secret code to do a real wipe. Although I can't recall which it was.

Hope I did the right thing,
I flashed STOCK .tar with ODIN, rebooted phone onto stock, mounted to my computer, formatted memory (the 11GB or so), went on phone, did Factory Reset..
Hope its 100% CLEAN Wipped !

Dev forum
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.

relaxed83 said:
Look at the Dev forum there is a ton of information there.
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WOW mr.obvious... this is Q&A thread not like im dumb

signature verification failed??

damn, its a long story,,
Im new to Android,,, several days ago,,I flashed a NT7100 ROM TO my rogers NOTE2, which is stupid thing to do,,,(no signal at all) I tried everything to fix it,, flashed some other things.(cant remember what I did, guess the more I did , the more things messed up)
now finally all the att roms are come out,, but the when I try to flash it, it keep saying,,"signature verification failed"
I searched forum for solutions,, ppl says it only happen when its not rooted,,,
then, I tried root my device though CF ROOT,, after done,, not working,,,
I tried CF ROOT NT7100 ROOT( cuz my device rooted NT7100 ROM),,, still not working,,,
any other suggestions ????
big big big thanks.

callmejoe1 said:
damn, its a long story,,
Im new to Android,,, several days ago,,I flashed a NT7100 ROM TO my rogers NOTE2, which is stupid thing to do,,,(no signal at all) I tried everything to fix it,, flashed some other things.(cant remember what I did, guess the more I did , the more things messed up)
now finally all the att roms are come out,, but the when I try to flash it, it keep saying,,"signature verification failed"
I searched forum for solutions,, ppl says it only happen when its not rooted,,,
then, I tried root my device though CF ROOT,, after done,, not working,,,
I tried CF ROOT NT7100 ROOT( cuz my device rooted NT7100 ROM),,, still not working,,,
any other suggestions ????
big big big thanks.
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Try to ODIN back to stock then see if that'll work
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cjsspape said:
Try to ODIN back to stock then see if that'll work
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looks like I cant get access to CWM recovery,, no matter how I rooted, only Android System Recovery <3e>
help/???

That's why I'm saying to get the stock ROM tar file and use Odin to factory restore your device. If you use Odin it overrides custom recovery
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cjsspape said:
That's why I'm saying to get the stock ROM tar file and use Odin to factory restore your device. If you use Odin it overrides custom recovery
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sory,, Im new, can you post a stock rom link pls?
thank you .

cjsspape said:
That's why I'm saying to get the stock ROM tar file and use Odin to factory restore your device. If you use Odin it overrides custom recovery
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I just found the ATT ROM, and tried to install by using odin,, but it failed... any ideas?

Was the Att ROM the one for Odin or a cwm flash able one. I couldn't find the Odin flash able one
Edit:: follow the directions in this post and try that to see if it works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33954304
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cjsspape said:
Was the Att ROM the one for Odin or a cwm flash able one. I couldn't find the Odin flash able one
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its the one for odin, has bootloader, pda, phone, csc, those staff,

The one in the post I gave you should only be placed in the PDA section of Odin and you flash it from there and we will see if that works. Make sure you right click and rename the file by removing the .md5 label leaving only the .tar making it Odin flsshable
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Yeah try stock Rom from above post, most likely it should work,
if not try flashing CWM recovery through odin.
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cjsspape said:
The one in the post I gave you should only be placed in the PDA section of Odin and you flash it from there and we will see if that works. Make sure you right click and rename the file by removing the .md5 label leaving only the .tar making it Odin flsshable
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I donno what I did,, but after a whole bunch of staff I flashed in ,, I did get into TWRP recovery,, you cant imagine how happy I felt, but after I flashed your ROM
[PORT][ROM][CWM/TWRP]Modded I317_N7105ZHALJ4 MultiWindow Contro
find out there no signal at all ?
is that commom ? or I made another mistake?
OMG,,

Did you add the APN settings from the OP?
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If you want Rogers APN settings , I can post you screenshots.
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OMG， finally ,,,,, I would be able to use my NOTE2 again,,,,,!!!!
big thanks to those who helped me. especially Cjsspape.
thank you man~~~~

callmejoe1 said:
OMG， finally ,,,,, I would be able to use my NOTE2 again,,,,,!!!!
big thanks to those who helped me. especially Cjsspape.
thank you man~~~~
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So, everything good with your phone now.
We are glad,
Flashing stock Rom always helps.
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gotshoaib said:
So, everything good with your phone now.
We are glad,
Flashing stock Rom always helps.
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ya,, thanks man, I learned a lot here..

callmejoe1 said:
OMG， finally ,,,,, I would be able to use my NOTE2 again,,,,,!!!!
big thanks to those who helped me. especially Cjsspape.
thank you man~~~~
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No worries. Have fun with it
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T999v jellybean ..

So im on stock rooted and lets say i get the update but im rooted do i need to unroot to proceed ??.. or i can do it whit root? Cant wait for some jellybean goodies
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Root should be fine. Its the custom recovery that'll prevent you from even being able to get the update.
You will lose root though unless you use voodoo rootkeeper or mobile odin pro.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Root should be fine. Its the custom recovery that'll prevent you from even being able to get the update.
You will lose root though unless you use voodoo rootkeeper or mobile odin pro.
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Okay so how do i take off cwm and go back to stock recovery for the update ?
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Flah stock recovery through odin or flah stock jb thourgh odin
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sean19661 said:
Flah stock recovery through odin or flah stock jb thourgh odin
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Ok so i get a stock jb firmware flash it whit odin and then can is root released for jb ? Sorry for my nooby questions..
Also i have a t999v im not sure what to flash..
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shahkam said:
Ok so i get a stock jb firmware flash it whit odin and then can is root released for jb ? Sorry for my nooby questions..
Also i have a t999v im not sure what to flash..
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Just flash the root66 firmware. Its in the thread in my sig. Its pre-rooted.
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Just flash the root66 firmware. Its in the thread in my sig. Its pre-rooted.
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Okay last time i flashed thru odin i kinda forgot the steps .. would you kindly help a newbie here ?
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shahkam said:
Okay last time i flashed thru odin i kinda forgot the steps .. would you kindly help a newbie here ?
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Its pretty straight forward actually. There should be steps laid out in post 2 of the fw thread and I believe Theexel hasit in his thread stickied in this section.
If you have any problems let me know, but don't see a reason to retype it all again!
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Along the same lines...I just got an s3 yesterday and rooted stock 4.0.4. Used OTA root keeper, downloaded the ota for JB and when I attempt to upstate it fails....I have stock recovery. No idea why it keeps failing. I would Odin the prerooted JB but my wife doesn't want to lose her settings she already set up. Any ideas?
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idtheftvictim said:
Along the same lines...I just got an s3 yesterday and rooted stock 4.0.4. Used OTA root keeper, downloaded the ota for JB and when I attempt to upstate it fails....I have stock recovery. No idea why it keeps failing. I would Odin the prerooted JB but my wife doesn't want to lose her settings she already set up. Any ideas?
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You probably have a custom recovery causing it to fail.
Regardless of how you update you will possibly lose some settings. Its recommended, but not required to do a clean update anyway. But flashing with odin should preserve your settings as well as the ota would. Once they boot up it shouldn't matter as the resulting build is the same.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You probably have a custom recovery causing it to fail.
Regardless of how you update you will possibly lose some settings. Its recommended, but not required to do a clean update anyway. But flashing with odin should preserve your settings as well as the ota would. Once they boot up it shouldn't matter as the resulting build is the same.
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So let's say I download the flash able version of the JB stock OTA, I can flash it through stock recovery or twrp or cwm, right?
Sorry, not new to flashing ROMs at all..but normally I flash custom ROMs and don't care about losing anything, but my wife likes the touchjizz...lol
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idtheftvictim said:
So let's say I download the flash able version of the JB stock OTA, I can flash it through stock recovery or twrp or cwm, right?
Sorry, not new to flashing ROMs at all..but normally I flash custom ROMs and don't care about losing anything, but my wife likes the touchjizz...lol
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Touchjizz lawl.
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idtheftvictim said:
So let's say I download the flash able version of the JB stock OTA, I can flash it through stock recovery or twrp or cwm, right?
Sorry, not new to flashing ROMs at all..but normally I flash custom ROMs and don't care about losing anything, but my wife likes the touchjizz...lol
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Depends if you've done anything to your current build.
Cwm will flash it, but I just don't care for it. Caused probs for quite a few people.
But you have to be full stock. No mods, no deodexing, no bloat removal, no modems flashed, etc.
Then you should be able to flash it in cwm.
Its preferred you do it through stock recovery. You can use voodoo rootkeeper to preserve root.
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Ok im gonna do it whit odin i feel safer that way now i have this build (see screenshot below ) im on the fw thread and two fingers away from downloading the t999_UVDLJA it says t999 and not t999v am i safe to proceed ahead ? I really dont want a brick thanks for your help !
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it will prob lose your root

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it will prob lose your root
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ok i have another issue now i downloaded the correct version for my phone and i decided to flash it whit cwm recovery so what happens basicly is i select zip to flash and it says something like : assert failed getprop("ro.product.device" (status 7 ) any ideas??

I give up..
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Recovery in nandroid?

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Odin back to the recovery you made the nandroid in. If it was el26 and you are now on a agat odin back to el26 boot imto revovery. And restore backup or whatever recovery it was created in
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Your. tells a lot.
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Your. tells a lot.
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I deleted it because it was a stupid question that I should have known the answer to. It was when you recover a nandroid does the recovery and kernel from when you made the android come with it.
My problem was I am and was on king kang and decided to flash a modem. I didn't realize the jb modems were only for tw roms so when I had no data I though I needed to update prl and profile. I flashed a stock rooted rom from repository, it was rooted but didn't mention had no recovery. Odin kept falling when trying to put a new recovery on. And after 5 hours of fail I finally succeed with a one click from repository. After flashing a modem (fi27) I think. I just wanted to make sure I want going to be stuck with no recovery again because that really sucked. I didn't mention this in the original question but all is well now and I'm back on king kang
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