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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.

Samsung recovery mode

If I run into trouble while rooted can I always go to the samsung recovery mode and reset back to factory?
Thank you
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Is this a question?

For future reference, questions should be posted in the Q&A section. I see you're new here, so welcome to xda.
To answer your question, performing a factory reset/wipe from recovery even when rooted wouldn't remove root access. In order to return to stock you would need to download the stock ROM for your device and flash it via ODIN.

Thank you
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Note ii won't boot into cwm, only stock recovery

Hello,
I was trying to flash a kernel but after some reboots I noticed that the phone won't boot in cwm but only in the stock recovery. I reflashed cwm through rom manager but nothing happened. I then tried to install twrp but again nothing happened. I was told that I have to delete 2 files inside system to make cwm stick but the files do not exist for a reason. Please help me guys!

You need to flash cwm thru odin it happen with me
Search for cwm.img in google download the file and flash it with odin
It will work
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hannarecord said:
You need to flash cwm thru odin it happen with me
Search for cwm.img in google download the file and flash it with odin
It will work
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Thanks! That worked!

[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
flash it with Odin for PDA
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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!!

[Q] Fail to boot after installing TWRP via GooManager

Hi,
as in the title - I tried to flash TWRP via GooManager. When I tried to get into recovery, it stacked at the samsung logo... i cant boot into recovery nor system. Download mode is the only option that works.
How to fix it?
phone: N7105

On download mode try to flash stock Samsung firmware using odin.

Damn... stock roms are uploaded mostly on hotfile.com, which is shut down...
I can't find any other mirror for Polish stock rom... Does anyone have it on the hard drive and could upload it? I would be greatfull...

Ok, I found stock rom. But now, I have bootloop... I'm downloading another stock rom and will see.
Any other ideas how to bring him life again?

Phils revovery has a tar file you can flash with odin I'd try that then flash anything you want
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sawdoctor said:
Phils revovery has a tar file you can flash with odin I'd try that then flash anything you want
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Thank You so much! It worked