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[Q] Help: Which CWM to flash?

Hi guys, i want flash Cyanogen Mod 7.2 on my phone, but I need Clockwork Recovery Mod First. In the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650), under 5.0.2.7, there is options for either ext4 or ext4+rfs. I am currently using stock 2.3.4 Gingerbread, which one should i use?

Ext4 + rfs
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Thank you very much! If i may ask, what is the reasoning behind that? Also, i am looking to install Cyanogen mod 7.2. Should i install the ext4 formatter? It says
"If you from stock / custom rom based on rfs filesystem, u must flash ext4-formatter.zip before flash CyanogenMod. Otherwise you'll stuck on android logo because it cant mount rfs filesystem!"
Does this apply to me?

Its for newer version of CWM wich is under construction, I flashed from stock but extformatter isnf needed
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voetbalremco said:
Its for newer version of CWM wich is under construction, I flashed from stock but extformatter isnf needed
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I flashed from stock also, but alway get stuck at backing up cache
I managed to make a backup ones, but that one had hash check errors.
I asked a couple of times in the original thread, and even pm'ed Phiex.
But it seems I'm on everyones ignore list

WalkerOfTheDay said:
I flashed from stock also, but alway get stuck at backing up cache
I managed to make a backup ones, but that one had hash check errors.
I asked a couple of times in the original thread, and even pm'ed Phiex.
But it seems I'm on everyones ignore list
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how do you flash it? via odin or cwm?
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chris_toni said:
how do you flash it? via odin or cwm?
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Depends on the file. Phiexz has odin install files and recovery install filed
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chris_toni said:
how do you flash it? via odin or cwm?
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I flashed it through recovery.

WalkerOfTheDay said:
I flashed it through recovery.
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Try to roll back first to ginger and then flash it again start from flashing cwm, i recommend using phiex rom, it's stable and not too difficult to flash
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chris_toni said:
Try to roll back first to ginger and then flash it again start from flashing cwm,
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Already tried that.
I went from 2.3.5, S5660OXXKS2 which had WiFi (baseband) problems to Russian S5660XXKS5
i recommend using phiex rom, it's stable and not too difficult to flash
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I know how to flash a custom rom, but I really don't want to flash it yet, because I'm (patiently ) waiting until CyanogenMod 9.0.0-RC0-GT-S5660-GalaxyICS-KANG-beta5 is ready.
And I agree that would probably fix it, but only because the system partition get's formatted to EXT4.
I just want to be able to backup my rooted RFS stockrom before flashing a custom rom.
PS.
Sorry for hijjacking this topic, didn't mean to do that.

why do i keep getting an error 7 when flashing a different rom?

I am running AOKP JB and using CWM. Flashing updated roms of AOKP is fine but when i try to flash a different rom, (I've tried CM9 and 10, KyanRom, and paranoid android) i keep getting the same error.
i factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik but still no go.
any ideas of what i might be doing wrong or how to fix this?

Use Odin flash stock rom then boot into recovery wipe data and reboot done
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tonyph33r said:
Use Odin flash stock rom then boot into recovery wipe data and reboot done
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do i have to do this every time i want to flash a different rom? or will doing this one time fix this issue?

What recovery are you running?
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defnow said:
What recovery are you running?
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CWM recovery v5.5.0.4

metalhawj said:
CWM recovery v5.5.0.4
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That's an older version. You need the newest one, which is 5.8.4.7. Download the img file from the website and flash through android emulator.
Downloads: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
How to install through Android Emulator on the device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
scroll down to the "Third, alternate if unfamiliar with adb commands" option and follow directions.
Beware that once you install this version of CWM, your previous nandroid backups will not work, as they will get md5 mismatch. If you want to go back to the older version of CWM, simply use the method you used when you first flashed CWM (via Odin). I experienced the same thing, so I had to do some research before I flashed CM10. Hope that helped!
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amgpower63 said:
That's an older version. You need the newest one, which is 5.8.4.7. Download the img file from the website and flash through android emulator.
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Or update through ROM manager...
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defnow said:
Or update through ROM manager...
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That works too. But for some reason, my device wasn't listed in the app so I had to go through the other process ):

Help! I messed up cwm recovery and now cant recover.

I have a Koodo Samsung Galaxy 2x sgh-t989d. running ICS 404 .I have been attempting to root and run a custom mod.CM9
I installed cwm recovery and was able to root, but made a mistake and I dont believe cwm recovery was installed correctly as I was not properly in download mode when I ran odin.
Was able to achieve root, but phone had odd quirk that it would hang on shut down. Had to remove battery.
I installed cm9 but it hung on boot screen animation so i restored but the hang on shut off remained. I then attempted to reinstall CWM recovery again using odin. thinking it didnt install correctly the first time....bad idea
Result: now when I try to access CWM recovery the lines are double spaced and I cant do anything but reboot.
Is there a way to repair the cwm recovery or flash my phone back to stock?
I am a total noob and hope this is the right place for this and would very much appreciate any help I can get.

If you're rooted you can download ROM Manager from Play, it will flash CWM for you.
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RTFOP said:
If you're rooted you can download ROM Manager from Play, it will flash CWM for you.
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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately No I had tried to restore to factory because of the hanging on shutdown so I am stuck with the phone unrooted. I can access the CWM recovery folders via the sd card, so its really a matter of fixing the CWM install without root.
I have noticed that there is a koodo stock signed zip for my phone on this site which i have downloaded. Is there a way to flash that onto the phone bypassing CWM.
My phone is still operational and so I am a little afraid of making it worse.

If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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+1 agreed
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rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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Yes, I can still get into download mode and hook to odin.
Oddly I installed CWM the first time with odin, in recovery mode I believe, and it installed with an error but it worked.
Reinstalling CWM using odin in download mode is what messed up CWM in the first place, so I was a little afraid to try it again..
I clicked pda and pointed towards recovery.tar.md5 as per instructions that I cant link to yet.
so your saying I should try it again?

rymanh said:
If you can get your phone in download mode and connect to odin the you should be able to restore back to stock rom/recovery and perhaps try the process again..
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Thanks for your timet guys, How do I use odin to get back to stock? I know how to use CWM to do it.

this is for soft bricked, but it's exactly the same process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
Happy flashing!
Side note: make sure you run odin as admin, less likely to get errors. And i don't know much about koodo but i would assume that you would need their stock tar file for all this to work
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6KayZee9 said:
Thanks for your timet guys, How do I use odin to get back to stock? I know how to use CWM to do it.
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I don't know if there is an odin flashable stock koodo rom in the development thread yet. You could need that to do it..
However if you are having problems with cwm there is an odin flashable twrp in the dev thread.. Once you install that you can flash superuser and root your phone.. Or even go back to cwm if you choose to
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EnigmaticGeek said:
this is for soft bricked, but it's exactly the same process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
Happy flashing!
Side note: make sure you run odin as admin, less likely to get errors. And i don't know much about koodo but i would assume that you would need their stock tar file for all this to work
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Cant find the file after searching, if anyone has it. On this thread it appears they are working on it but whats been posted is for a CWM recovery I believe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844657.

rymanh said:
I don't know if there is an odin flashable stock koodo rom in the development thread yet. You could need that to do it..
However if you are having problems with cwm there is an odin flashable twrp in the dev thread.. Once you install that you can flash superuser and root your phone.. Or even go back to cwm if you choose to
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I am reading up on twrp and will get back to you with ?? thanks again for the help.
Does TWRP use the same recovery tar files as CWM?

6KayZee9 said:
I am reading up on twrp and will get back to you with ?? thanks again for the help.
Does TWRP use the same recovery tar files as CWM?
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It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files..
Unless specified you can flash anything in this forum with twrp. Some roms require cwm but once you have a working recovery on your phone you will easily be able to switch from one to the other
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rymanh said:
It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files..
Unless specified you can flash anything in this forum with twrp. Some roms require cwm but once you have a working recovery on your phone you will easily be able to switch from one to the other
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
Here is a link to the thread you will find the odin flashable twrp file
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rymanh said:
It doesn't use .tar files and neither does cwm I think what you are referring too is .zip files.
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Oops yes, sorry zip files.
Ok after a little research here is my plan. First to install TWRP 2.2 using odin (since I dont have root) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
and then use TWRP to install this stock original rooted koodo ICS 4.04 zip rom from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849748
will it work?

6KayZee9 said:
Oops yes, sorry zip files.
Ok after a little research here is my plan. First to install TWRP 2.2 using odin (since I dont have root) from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852753
and then use TWRP to install this stock original rooted koodo ICS 4.04 zip rom from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849748
will it work?
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Yes it should work.. after you have twrp you can flash the stock koodo rom or any other rom for the T989/D or the Skyrocket but for the Skyrocket you will need the rotation fix that can be found by searching this forum
Oh and report back with your progress
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rymanh said:
Yes it should work.. after you have twrp you can flash the stock koodo rom or any other rom for the T989/D or the Skyrocket but for the Skyrocket you will need the rotation fix that can be found by searching this forum
Oh and report back with your progress
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Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.

6KayZee9 said:
Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.
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Yes you need download mode to connect to odin..
Before you go further I just wanna clarify one thing.. Is it cwm on your device that is causing problems or are you just unrooted?.. Because if you are just unrooted then flashing a rooted rom will fix that
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6KayZee9 said:
Ok i will move forward then thanks.
First off in the instructions to install TWRP using odin it says to reboot to bootloader is that the same as download mode? Not taking chances at this point.
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So I googled it and supposedly bootloader is recovery mode , not download or odin mode in other words up and down plus start button. Is this right when I installed CWM with odin it was supposed to be in download mode??

rymanh said:
Yes you need download mode to connect to odin..
Before you go further I just wanna clarify one thing.. Is it cwm on your device that is causing problems or are you just unrooted?.. Because if you are just unrooted then flashing a rooted rom will fix that
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CWM is the problem if I boot into recovery mode the menu displays, but is double spaced and unresponsive as if its not loading correctly.
I am trying to get around not having a working version of cwm installed.
Now I am confused why the install instructions for TWRP say enter bootloader mode with odin ???? thanks for helping me here rymanh

6KayZee9 said:
So I googled it and supposedly bootloader is recovery mode , not download or odin mode in other words up and down plus start button. Is this right when I installed CWM with odin it was supposed to be in download mode??
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You must be in download mode to use odin.. Otherwise it won't detect your phone...Open odin then Hold Vol down + power the release power once your phone vibrates then connect it to your computer with usb.. Then you should be connected
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Ok so I installed TWRP in odin mode as suggested and it worked. Now if I enter bootloader or recovery mode TWRP runs first hurdle cleared. so I will try and flash the new rom now.

[Q] Not booting into Recovery (HELP)

Hi..
After rooting the device.. SuperUser has been installed and being able to use Titanium Backup & Rom Manager..
But everytime i try and boot in Recovery.. The Samsung Logo breaks up on the screen, flickers & the phone get switched off..
Any idea what could be the problem?

Same problem here!!!
It used to boot normally at least, now it doesnt boot at all...
Download mode works though...

Flash recovery via odin.
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Flach the touch reccovery via odin or boot into recovery via adb commands its easy
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link how to? please

Look in ketans thread. Just flash the recovery as you would flash a rom.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Look in ketans thread. Just flash the recovery as you would flash a rom.
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Which is Ketan's Thread? Because i tried to Flash Recovery via Odin but yet getting the same problem.. Phone is rooted but no recovery!!

Maddymiru said:
Which is Ketan's Thread? Because i tried to Flash Recovery via Odin but yet getting the same problem.. Phone is rooted but no recovery!!
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Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
flash it with Odin for PDA

Flash TWRP recovery (best touch recovery) and you'll not have any problems .. Flash it via odin
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dr.ketan said:
Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
flash it with Odin for PDA
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I guess its for N7100 model, right? I just dont want to mess it up again.
Also in odin - no checkboxes should be ticked except "auto-reboot"?
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Just click the link and download page will have file description, and I am sure you will find model number of device for which this recovery is.
For Odin
Option remains same as you flashing stock rom
You can find instructions in details on 1st post of 'all in one n7100' on my signature.
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dr.ketan said:
Just click the link and download page will have file description, and I am sure you will find model number of device for which this recovery is.
For Odin
Option remains same as you flashing stock rom
You can find instructions in details on 1st post of 'all in one n7100' on my signature.
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I did it, stock recovery running again. I need to get the CMW now. Do I do it in the same way? Only different file?
I see it here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager , but its an img.file...? Am I missing something?

Flash Phillz recovery
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Working!!! You have made my day!

dr.ketan said:
Download this
http://d-h.st/gwn
extract it, you will get recovery.tar
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Thats stock recovery right?
So i have to flash TWRP recovery again after this? Because i had tried to flash TWRP recovery again but yet kept getting the same problem..

Yes, it's stock recovery
You want CWM ? your device is same N7100 ?

dr.ketan said:
Yes, it's stock recovery
You want CWM ? your device is same N7100 ?
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Yes i want CWM.. But as i am rooted already i already have SuperUser.. So do i need to flash that again with busybox?? (dont want to go into bootloop)
And flashing stock recovery wont wipe all my data i hope!!

odin recovery question

I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.

SkizzMcNizz said:
I just got a Note 2 and downloaded Odin and a TWRP recovery and tried to flash it but it doesn't say succeed until two minutes later after the phone completely reboots. When I reboot into recovery its still the stock recovery.
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Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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+1 Do what he said^^^^^^^
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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brandonarev said:
Did u root it before you flashed recovery? You didn't mention it. That needs to be done first
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Didn't need to. I got it to work. I unchecked auto-reboot and it worked. All I did was flash the TWRP .tar and flash a rom. Rooting first was not needed.

Agreed...
Root is not needed if a user wishes to:
Make a pure stock backup....or current rom backup...
Flash another rom that already contains root...
Recovery is generally only needed for those functions anyway...(that's 90% of my time spent there)...
Everything else is a bonus....courtesy of our generous development team....g

Anyone know where I can get the most recent stock system and stock recovery tars to flash in Odin or what they're called? I have to go back to full stock.