Help with twrp touch? - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Well I tried installing a rom with twrp and for some reason it didn't work .....kept sending me back to twrp....and I had to odin stock and reroot....so I flashed rem ics and come to find out that twrp comes pre installed with the rom.......fuuuu.......the twrp I got doesn't even read my backup for some reason....so is there any way I can get cwm 5 mtd on my phone again or should I just try with twrp....I just don't trust twrp enough to try and flash with it....help? What should I do..
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Marcus has linked in his Nyan Colonel thread the flash able to get back to CWM. Just make sure to uncheck inject twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595289
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Help!!!! Sprint s2 stuck at Samsung logo

Help please I tried to flash calkulins 3.0 rom on my fiances phone and now it's stuck at the Samsung logo and I can't restore my stock nandroid... this is what I did I ran calkulins format all .zip then I flashed rom, then the bare rom converter .zip then I flashed the newest modem then rebooted and now phone is stuck in Samsung boot logo.... can anyone help our have suggestions to why this is happening
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It would be helpful to know what rom/kernal/recovery you were running before. Have you tried using download mode?
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I was on stock rooted el.29 with the rogue recovery and stock kernel
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Bmali said:
I was on stock rooted el.29 with the rogue recovery and stock kernel
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Your problem was having the stock kernal to do the flash. Best thing to do know is to flash a el26 CWM kernal using Odin and then reflashing the whole rom set up again.
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what was wrong with flashing a rom on el.29? That's the version this rom is made for
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Bmali said:
what was wrong with flashing a rom on el.29? That's the version this rom is made for
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Apparently it gets you stuck at the s2 logo.
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Bmali said:
what was wrong with flashing a rom on el.29? That's the version this rom is made for
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After looking at your sig what kind of phone was it?
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Sprint galaxy s2... so what you guys are saying is that I need el.26 to flash this rom? What roms are made for el.29
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I'd have thought you would be perfectly fine flashing from el29. So you can't get into Odin mode or CM recovery?
I thought some roms were compatible with rouge recovery only and some were only compatible with cwm recovery.?.?
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gilbydakid said:
I thought some roms were compatible with rouge recovery only and some were only compatible with cwm recovery.?.?
So there are two different recoveries? Is clockwork the most used recovery? I odin backed to el.29 rooted does someone have a link for clockwork? Is rogue recovery not as good as clockwork
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So there are two different recoveries?
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Bmali said:
Sprint galaxy s2... so what you guys are saying is that I need el.26 to flash this rom? What roms are made for el.29
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I don't think it is possible to have the stock kernel and have rouge recovery. That would mean that you must of had a custom kernal which had included rouge recovery. If you mean you had stock kernel to being with you then you flashed the new rom using androids stock recovery which almost always fails when installing a new rom. The kernel I mentioned , EL26 CWM can be found here, flash it using odin and then reflash your whole rom setup. When you double click the file, it will self extract and a file should appear. That is the file you flash using odin in the PDA slot.
The file I flashed in odin was a rooted el.29 file then I used a tool that installed the el.29 rogue recovery... so I'm confused why a .29 rom won't install over a .29 base?
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Just put the phone back into download mode Odin el.29 rom that you can find in development section then from there just redo it.
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I have already odin back to rooted el.29 but what I'm wondering is why would it change anything? It's already soft bricked once so how would it change this time? Should I be on .26 or .29 to flash a rom?
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I'm feeling dumb about all these questions... I'm new to rooting Samsung products I've had no problems with my droid x and droid razr so that's why it's getting discouraging trying to get this phone setup properly
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Bmali said:
So there are two different recoveries?
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there is a rouge aka team rouge recovery and there is a regular old clock work recovery.
Bmali said:
I'm feeling dumb about all these questions... I'm new to rooting Samsung products I've had no problems with my droid x and droid razr so that's why it's getting discouraging trying to get this phone setup properly
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OK So sounds like (not too sure though) that you used sfhub's Autoroot package to root and add EL29+CWM+Rogue is that right?
Solution to get you back to a working EL29 stock (but rooted) running phone.
Power off the phone.
Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101 download the Download the EL29 full restore One-Click self-extractor and extract the file somewhere.
[Also make sure you downloaded and installed the Samsung drivers from this post, have a GOOD USB cable and that the phone is charged at least 50%]
Then start the file you downloaded: SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-OneClick.exe
The power on your phone while holding the Volume Down button till you get the confirmation screen and press volume up to accept and enter Download mode.
Connect your phone to the PC and it should show up on some COM port (doesn't matter which one) in the Odin tool.
Press start adn wait till all is done. You will then have a working stock rooted phone.
Then take some time and read through all the stickies and tutorials in this section. Read especially the 'how not to brick' ones!
This phone is very different from the HTCs and Motorolas in how the system(s) is partitioned and how the recovery works.
Then take some more time and read a little more or you will surely turn the phone into an expensive fishing lure.
If you want to flash the FF18 (actual leak build) sfhub has a one click for that too! Safest way to go. And you can use his Autoroot package to add Agat's safe ICS kernel.
Welcome to the E4GT just be careful and you'll have more fun.
By the way Qbking77's videos are SUPER if you are new to this phone!
Yes I'm on stock rooted el.29 now
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Rom manager with cm10?

Ok so rom manager came pre installed on cm10. I never used it on my old phone because of bricking stories. Question is, is it being used for ota updates for cm10? And is it safe for me to install cwm touch from it?
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Rom Manager and this phone are not a conversation that is even taking place. But as far as the question CM is going back to their own "ota" system and while I am sure CM9 will get it as well CM10 will definitly have ut.
As far as this phone since we are not official yet I wouldn't worry about either at this time. Your updates are here.
Do not install CWM Touch recovery!!! That's asking for a brick. We have TWRP if you want a touch recovery. Aroma packages also give you a customizable touch interface for installing .
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Thanks.. that's the answer I was looking for. Is there a flashable zip for the twrp. Recovery? And has it been used with cm10 before?
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SelfElevated2 said:
Thanks.. that's the answer I was looking for. Is there a flashable zip for the twrp. Recovery? And has it been used with cm10 before?
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Look in the original development section.
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SelfElevated2 said:
Thanks.. that's the answer I was looking for. Is there a flashable zip for the twrp. Recovery? And has it been used with cm10 before?
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This phone has the recovery packed in the kernel, so you will be looking for a kernel+twrp or kernel+cwm. The recovery will change everytime you flash a different rom or kernel that has a different recovery packed with it. Some people, like me, use el26+cwm for recovery related things, such as wiping, flashing and backing up/restoring. However if you go this route you will need to locate an ics or jb kernel to flash to boot to your rom, if you aren't flashing a rom. You will need to flash a compatible kernel either before making a backup or after restoring a backup to make it bootable. I typically flash the kernel then do the backup so I don't forget to flash it after a restore.
We are legion, for we are many.
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Thanks everyone... I actually found one specifically for cm10 under original development :thumbup:
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Nandroid backup

1. Using twrp
2. Have nAndroid backup of stock ROM + others on drop box......
a. How to restore that back up, I have tried to restore using cwm recovery and it won't recognize it. When I pull backup off box it is a file with boot.IMG and etc in it. What do I do to use it
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If you used TWRP recovery to make the backup, you need to use TWRP recovery to restore.
Yes I know it was origanly made by clock work mod I have flashed cwm and it still can't find the back up the upload from phony to drop box made the file different some how
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If u used TWRP for backup then u have to use TWRP only for restoring lol....
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I had problems with recovery once rooted... I had to look for different versions to flash SU, cause it couldnt find the files on my sdcard, I did flash that with cwm..
try looking for all the clockworkmods recovery, and try one at a time till u find the one that works...
I cant remember, but only 1 worked for me...
then I had the same problem with twrp, the only twrp that worked for me was 2311, that one was through goomanager to flash recovery....
hope that helps...

Q: lost access to recovery after nightly flash

So, I flashed CM10 nightly 11/8. Dirty flash over a previous nightly, just cache and dalvik wipe. Now I can't boot to recovery, it just hangs at the cyan boot logo. Was using TWRP and I made sure to click the inject twrp box. Everything else works well and normally, aside from no recovery. I know the correct answer is to odin to stock and start fresh. However, does anybody know of a way to re-flash twrp or clockwork without access to recovery. I would like a quick temp fix for a few days if there is one. Thanks in advance!
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U can just use odin to flash cwm. Look for the 5.x version thread for cwm and there's a .tar flashable file somewhere there. Just flash it in odin and you should be good. Since ur already rooted it should stick.
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I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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propjockey said:
I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
Word. Thanks for the save. I didn't think of the bml/mtd issue. I guess no short cuts this time. Thanks again guys.
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Lol sorry I forgot about that.
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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
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Ya it doesn't work if you're on mtd, you'll get error on cwm and can't flash anything, even you flash twrp, you'll get error
One solution..
Odin to stock and odin cwm again
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I think there IS (hopefully) a way of flashing MTD recovery without returning to stock. Maybe... grab a recovery.img from the ROM package, put it in SD card, and go to Terminal Emulator on phone. Then...
Command:
su
cd /sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
This works on my good'ol (sold) G1 and Milestone... but don't know if this works on MTD. Anyway, give it a shot
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Well, I ended up Odining back to stock and starting over. After a crappy night of a bad cable and battery CPR, I got it working. I was using TWRP and I suspect that something went wrong in the re-injection process. All is well now. Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
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Do I need to restore to stock to go back to touchwiz?

I am trying to go from cm10.1 to a 4.3 ge ROM and for some reason I can flash and get it to work buf once i reboot the phone i get stuck in a boot loop. Ive tried a few different 4.3 roms and always get the the same boot loop after rebooting.
Am i doing something wrong? (wipe/factory reset and format. Then flash rom)
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Read around and found that it is twrp giving me problems. Is there a way to flash cwm via twrp?
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PostMeridianLyf said:
Read around and found that it is twrp giving me problems. Is there a way to flash cwm via twrp?
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Yeah. Just use a flashable CWM.zip rather than a Odin flashable .tar.
Also, it's TWRP 2.6 that is casuing problems. TWRP 2.5.2 works fine. You can find the download for that in the TWRP thread in the DEV section. You'll have to search the thread, but it's in there.
PostMeridianLyf said:
Read around and found that it is twrp giving me problems. Is there a way to flash cwm via twrp?
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Yes, just get the zipped version of CWM, and it should be installable thru TWRP. Flash it the same as anything else.
I cannot find either the cwm zip or twrp 2.5.2
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PostMeridianLyf said:
I cannot find either the cwm zip or twrp 2.5.2
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The flashable CWM zip is buried in the CWM development thread, not in the OP. As far as TWRP 2.5.0.2, the Odin flashable tar and .img is here.

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