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I rooted my phone earlier today using Chainfire's CF auto root. Rooted and everything worked fine. So was looking around today and found some ROMs I want to try. I downloaded Rom Manager to make a backup, but every time I try to do a backup, it says need clockwork mod recovery.
I click install.
Then it brings me to something that says "Flash ClockworkMod Touch" under "Recovery".
But then under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" it says "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery"
Which do I click? I want this backup so I can flash roms safely.
I wouldntvuse rim manager, but I dont have another suggestion for ya.i woukd wait until smarter minds wake uo and install twrp asap.
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ahouck said:
I rooted my phone earlier today using Chainfire's CF auto root. Rooted and everything worked fine. So was looking around today and found some ROMs I want to try. I downloaded Rom Manager to make a backup, but every time I try to do a backup, it says need clockwork mod recovery.
I click install.
Then it brings me to something that says "Flash ClockworkMod Touch" under "Recovery".
But then under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" it says "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery"
Which do I click? I want this backup so I can flash roms safely.
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The reason it says that is because there are two diff versions of cwm available. One is the regular version and the other "touch" version. The touch version cost money while the other version is free. Rom Manager will work to flash cwm. I helped test it for koush:thumbup: personally I prefer twrp but it really doesnt matter.
With that being said I wouldnt use rom manager for anything else other than flashing the recovery. Do all your rom flashing, backing up...ect in recovery manually. Cheers and good luck:beer:
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I wouldn't use ROM manager for anything accept flashing a recovery as stated above. That being said I would highly recommend grabbing goo manager from the market and flashing twrp recovery. Once done, boot in recovery using goo manager or 3 button combo(volume up+power+home button). Make a backup manually in recovery.
Use Goo Manager. It will allow you to install TWRP, which is touch and free, and better the CWM IMO.
ManelScout4Life said:
Use Goo Manager. It will allow you to install TWRP, which is touch and free, and better the CWM IMO.
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Okay, so I got GooManager.
I have no ROMs or anything but if I click "flash ROMs" and "Try to find one for me" it pulls something, but I don't know what.
Is that what I'm looking for?
Sorry, first time rooting/trying to flash.
No. Don't use it to flash ROMs or backups or anything like that. Just use it to flash twrp and boot in recovery. When in the app hit menu then install open script recovery. Let it install then choose the reboot recovery option. Now you can make a backup and flash ROMs manually in recovery.
Froid said:
No. Don't use it to flash ROMs or backups or anything like that. Just use it to flash twrp and boot in recovery. When in the app hit menu then install open script recovery. Let it install then choose the reboot recovery option. Now you can make a backup and flash ROMs manually in recovery.
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Okay I backed it up.
Going to follow the steps to get CleanROM, but I have one last question. When uploading the CleanROM file to the phone, do I unzip it first, or leave it as is?
Leave it as is.
Sent from Galaxy Note 2 with CleanROM 3.5
ahouck said:
Okay I backed it up.
Going to follow the steps to get CleanROM, but I have one last question. When uploading the CleanROM file to the phone, do I unzip it first, or leave it as is?
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Leave it as is, your recovery does all the unzipping for you
azriley82 said:
Leave it as is, your recovery does all the unzipping for you
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Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!
ahouck said:
Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!
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Good luck
Sent from Galaxy Note 2 with CleanROM 3.5
ahouck said:
Thanks guys.
Here is to getting it to work!
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No problem, if you run into any issues feel free to pm me, and I will do what I can to help you
Got it to work.
Thanks everyone!
I sense myself becoming a flash junkie in the near future.
ahouck said:
Got it to work.
Thanks everyone!
I sense myself becoming a flash junkie in the near future.
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Glad it worked.
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Just got and rooted my S3. How do I flash ROM's ect. using stock recovery? Any help greatly appreciated!
Blargins_Magoosh said:
Just got and rooted my S3. How do I flash ROM's ect. using stock recovery? Any help greatly appreciated!
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You can't flash roms using the stock recovery, only custom recoveries allow it... you'll need to install a custom recovery to install any custom roms
SPRINT GS3 FAQ
Was just checking out mobile odin... that won't work huh?
Blargins_Magoosh said:
Was just checking out mobile odin... that won't work huh?
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Not for flashing custom roms.... that's inky for .tar not .zip files... if you want a custom Rom you will have to install a custom recovery, no way around it
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Sounds good. U suggest a certain one?
Blargins_Magoosh said:
Sounds good. U suggest a certain one?
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Either one is fine, but imo, twrp is much nice and the recent update has made it even better... you can download goo manager and install it from there.. just download goo manager from play store and hit the menu button and choose install open script recovery.. then boot straight into recovery and install the Rom of your choice... ( I say boot straight into recovery because I don't know how you rooted your phone and Samsung has a script that reinstalls the stock recovery when you reboot, so make sure you have a rim downloaded and ready to go before installing the recovery)
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Nice! Thanks so much for ur help!
So I did something silly a while back and I've yet to be able to fix it. When I first rooted my phone I flashed TWRP and all was well. Then a while later, forgetting that I had TWRP, I installed CWM through RomManager. So now I have two recovery partitions and I'm unsure of how to fix this issue. I would ideally like to only use CWM. Has anyone had this problem? Can someone give me some advice on how to fix it? Any and all help would be appreciated
Mattamizer said:
So I did something silly a while back and I've yet to be able to fix it. When I first rooted my phone I flashed TWRP and all was well. Then a while later, forgetting that I had TWRP, I installed CWM through RomManager. So now I have two recovery partitions and I'm unsure of how to fix this issue. I would ideally like to only use CWM. Has anyone had this problem? Can someone give me some advice on how to fix it? Any and all help would be appreciated
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One will overwrite the other. Why do you think you have two recovery partitions ?
hednik said:
One will overwrite the other. Why do you think you have two recovery partitions ?
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If I reboot from RomManager I get dumped into CWM, but if I reboot manually and enter recovery it's TWRP.
Mattamizer said:
If I reboot from RomManager I get dumped into CWM, but if I reboot manually and enter recovery it's TWRP.
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You could try uninstall rom manager and then install goo manager and flash TWPR again. Then use goo manager to boot into recovery and see where it sends you
A way that would work for sure would be to just flash back to stock with Odin, using the pre rooted rom
hednik said:
You could try uninstall rom manager and then install goo manager and flash TWPR again. Then use goo manager to boot into recovery and see where it sends you
A way that would work for sure would be to just flash back to stock with Odin, using the pre rooted rom
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I just got goo manager last night (I've been running AOKP) so perhaps that is the route I'll take initially. I'd like to avoid flashing back to stock if possible as it would be a lot of work to get rid of one partition. I suppose it won't hurt anything if I just use one of the recoveries exclusively.
EDIT: Rebooting with goo manager dumps me into CWM. So does rebooting into recovery manually so it seems that you were correct. I don't know what the hell the deal was earlier. Must've been a hiccup or I'm an idiot. Thanks hednik!
I have the same issue only I would like to keep TWRP and lose CWM how do I uninstall? Thanks in advance
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Mattamizer said:
I just got goo manager last night (I've been running AOKP) so perhaps that is the route I'll take initially. I'd like to avoid flashing back to stock if possible as it would be a lot of work to get rid of one partition. I suppose it won't hurt anything if I just use one of the recoveries exclusively.
EDIT: Rebooting with goo manager dumps me into CWM. So does rebooting into recovery manually so it seems that you were correct. I don't know what the hell the deal was earlier. Must've been a hiccup or I'm an idiot. Thanks hednik!
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Re-install the stock rom via-odin, it will reset you're root and reflash the old recovery. Then restore you're root and reflash you're recovery (TWRP recommended).
Edit: BUT FIRST REVERT TO STOCK
simpson173 said:
I have the same issue only I would like to keep TWRP and lose CWM how do I uninstall? Thanks in advance
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try flashing this with odin... worked for me
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2att
Hey guys I followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2235366
I used a file called "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar"
Everything goes well and I get a green pass from oden3, the phone reboots. But superSU is not installed and when I check "Root checker" there is no root....
I have 4.1.2
Thoughts?
Just download superuser and simply place it on your phones SD card it's really easy
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ricanjoe said:
Hey guys I followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2235366
I used a file called "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar"
Everything goes well and I get a green pass from oden3, the phone reboots. But superSU is not installed and when I check "Root checker" there is no root....
I have 4.1.2
Thoughts?
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Your phone is not finishing the process it seems. After Odin says pass do you get a big red Android on the screen? If not flash the cf auto root file but uncheck auto reboot in Odin first. Then when it finishes, pull the cable and remove the battery. Reinsert the battery and manually boot to recovery by holding volume up+home+power and it should finish installing root.
I don't know what the post above me is taking about. Installing superuser isn't going to magically give you root. js
billard412 said:
Your phone is not finishing the process it seems. After Odin says pass do you get a big red Android on the screen? If not flash the cf auto root file but uncheck auto reboot in Odin first. Then when it finishes, pull the cable and remove the battery. Reinsert the battery and manually boot to recovery by holding volume up+home+power and it should finish installing root.
I don't know what the post above me is taking about. Installing superuser isn't going to magically give you root. js
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Yes its a screen with red letters and numbers saying the phone will reboot in 10 seconds.... So I re root in oden? then I pull the battery out before reboot? Could this brick my phone?
Thanks foe the help
ricanjoe said:
Yes its a screen with red letters and numbers saying the phone will reboot in 10 seconds.... So I re root in oden? then I pull the battery out before reboot? Could this brick my phone?
Thanks foe the help
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It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.
billard412 said:
It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.
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About to give it a shot. Placing the root file on my external SD and phone into download mode, about to launch the odin app on pc.
billard412 said:
It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.
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my man, so far im in a 'team win recovery project screen' its all blue and stuff
this is pretty exiting for me.
So what do I press now? what does this screen mean?
(some personal insight, I have rooted my old evo 3d back in the day but il still pretty noobish, the twrp thing rings a bell)
ricanjoe said:
my man, so far im in a 'team win recovery project screen' its all blue and stuff
this is pretty exiting for me.
So what do I press now? what does this screen mean?
(some personal insight, I have rooted my old evo 3d back in the day but il still pretty noobish, the twrp thing rings a bell)
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You want to press install then hit "up a level" until youre in the root "/" directory. Then choose "external_sdcard" then tap "root.zip" and swipe to confirm at the bottom.
billard412 said:
You want to press install then hit "up a level" until youre in the root "/" directory. Then choose "external_sdcard" then tap "root.zip" and swipe to confirm at the bottom.
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sweet man, Im in root checker and it says "congratulations this device has root access"
I wanted to ask you how does this method differ from the method I was trying to perform?
ricanjoe said:
sweet man, Im in root checker and it says "congratulations this device has root access"
I wanted to ask you how does this method differ from the method I was trying to perform?
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It's basically the same thing. Cf auto root will install a special recovery made by chainfire and a cache.img with a root zip. It's supposed to flash that zip then restore stock recovery. I've never seen cf auto root fail to do the job so im not sure what went wrong.
But the way you did it was you installed your own custom recovery and manually flashed a root zip created by me instead. Only thing different here is that you still have that custom recovery instead of stock recovery now.
billard412 said:
It's basically the same thing. Cf auto root will install a special recovery made by chainfire and a cache.img with a root zip. It's supposed to flash that zip then restore stock recovery. I've never seen cf auto root fail to do the job so im not sure what went wrong.
But the way you did it was you installed your own custom recovery and manually flashed a root zip created by me instead. Only thing different here is that you still have that custom recovery instead of stock recovery now.
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Got it man, is this custom recovery better than the stock or is it essentially the same? I plan to install a custom rom soon.
(I didn't find many threads like this on google nor the search tool so hopefully people with the same strange problem as me will now find it. Should be useful)
ricanjoe said:
Got it man, is this custom recovery better than the stock or is it essentially the same? I plan to install a custom rom soon.
(I didn't find many threads like this on google nor the search tool so hopefully people with the same strange problem as me will now find it. Should be useful)
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The custom recovery is the same with the exception that it gives you additional privileges over stock recovery. Like installing custom roms, so if you're planning on a custom rom soon then you may as well just stick with the custom one. I do however recommend you download goo manager from the playstore and updating your recovery to the newest with it before trying to flash anything. The recovery I gave you may be a little outdated. And if for any reason you want stock recovery back I'll make a odin tar of it and place it in this post
STOCK RECOVERY TAR
billard412 said:
The custom recovery is the same with the exception that it gives you additional privileges over stock recovery. Like installing custom roms, so if you're planning on a custom rom soon then you may as well just stick with the custom one. I do however recommend you download goo manager from the playstore and updating your recovery to the newest with it before trying to flash anything. The recovery I gave you may be a little outdated. And if for any reason you want stock recovery back I'll make a odin tar of it and place it in this post
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I got the goo manager, which recovery do I update to?
The app wants me to update to open recovery twerp 2/6/2/0/d2spr.img
ricanjoe said:
I got the goo manager, which recovery do I update to?
The app wants me to update to open recovery twerp 2/6/2/0/d2spr.img
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Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
Edit:sorry had to reread that. Twrp 2620 is right
advocatebutdfh
billard412 said:
Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
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Alright man I wont waste anymore of your time here, just want to say thanks for all the help, this gives me the courage to continue to learn more about rooting and custom roms. I was about to give up last night because of this frustrating issue I had. Thanks again!
ricanjoe said:
Alright man I wont waste anymore of your time here, just want to say thanks for all the help, this gives me the courage to continue to learn more about rooting and custom roms. I was about to give up last night because of this frustrating issue I had. Thanks again!
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No problem glad to help. And just in case u need it, the stock recovery tar is attached below.
billard412 said:
Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
Edit:sorry had to reread that. Twrp 2620 is right
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about to install moar rom. I saw a video saying you should wipe dalvic cache and do several other things before.
Is there anything you reccomend I do before I flash this custom rom (Moar)
ricanjoe said:
about to install moar rom. I saw a video saying you should wipe dalvic cache and do several other things before.
Is there anything you reccomend I do before I flash this custom rom (Moar)
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Just a factory reset. It should automatically wipe the cache and other areas that need wiped. I've ran moar before it's am awesome rom
billard412 said:
Just a factory reset. It should automatically wipe the cache and other areas that need wiped. I've ran moar before it's am awesome rom
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Awesome im working on it now, also do you backup efs? Or is that just for the paranoid crowd?
(I will give you a shout out on my next vid
ricanjoe said:
Awesome im working on it now, also do you backup efs? Or is that just for the paranoid crowd?
(I will give you a shout out on my next vid
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Personally I think the chances of your efs going bad are slim and a backup is more for paranoid people. With that said it never hurts to back it up. I just wouldn't restore it unless you have to.
Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to install TWRP over top of CWM? When I initially rooted my phone CWM was installed, however to install a new rom I need TWRP. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Skyty said:
Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to install TWRP over top of CWM? When I initially rooted my phone CWM was installed, however to install a new rom I need TWRP. Is this possible?
Thanks,
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Yes. It's been a loong time. Best I can recall, I did the following:
1. Flash'd a ZIP of an old TWRP (couldn't find latest in ZIP file)
2. Rebooted into Recovery
3. Used old TWRP to flash IMG file of new TWRP
Just to make sure I understand (as it's been a while since I rooted a phone or done anything like this).
1.) When you say flashed, do you mean in the TWRP app on the screen where you select your phone model?
2.) So if I flash TWRP (in the manner I described above assuming that's what you meant) and reboot into recovery it will overwrite Clockworkmod and then I'll be in TWRP recovery?
3.) If I do this with the most recent TWRP version I'm assuming this step will be unecessary?
My apologies if I misunderstood what you were trying to say! Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Skyty said:
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1.) When you say flashed, do you mean in the TWRP app on the screen where you select your phone model?
2.) So if I flash TWRP (in the manner I described above assuming that's what you meant) and reboot into recovery it will overwrite Clockworkmod and then I'll be in TWRP recovery?
3.) If I do this with the most recent TWRP version I'm assuming this step will be unecessary?...
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Quick answers: No, no, and maybe.
It appears that you may be confusing the TWRP app (which is basically useless bloat) with the actual TWRP recovery. You need to find and download the latest TWRP recovery for your device model. If you can find a ZIP of it, great; because CWM can then install TWRP recovery for you (so that when you reboot into recovery, you'll see TWRP instead of CWM). In my case, there was no ZIP available for the latest TWRP; it was available only as an IMG file. An old version of TWRP recovery, however, was and likely still is available in a ZIP file. So use CWM to install that ZIP of older TWRP, which can then install newer TWRP as an IMG file. I'm just a struggling noob myself, but I'm pretty sure CWM is not able to install an IMG file. Good luck!
MrGoodtunes said:
Quick answers: No, no, and maybe.
It appears that you may be confusing the TWRP app (which is basically useless bloat) with the actual TWRP recovery. You need to find and download the latest TWRP recovery for your device model. If you can find a ZIP of it, great; because CWM can then install TWRP recovery for you (so that when you reboot into recovery, you'll see TWRP instead of CWM). In my case, there was no ZIP available for the latest TWRP; it was available only as an IMG file. An old version of TWRP recovery, however, was and likely still is available in a ZIP file. So use CWM to install that ZIP of older TWRP, which can then install newer TWRP as an IMG file. I'm just a struggling noob myself, but I'm pretty sure CWM is not able to install an IMG file. Good luck!
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Ahhhh, okay that makes sense. I think I follow. Now in another thread you mentioned that if I need to go back and restore I'd use TWRP to flash CWM, hen I can use CWM to recover my old nandroid backups.
A couple final questions. Will I need to do a wipe when I flash the old TWRP zip (side note, do you know a good place to find those)? If I need to go back to CWM is there any place I can find it to flash with TWRP?
Thanks for all your help!
Skyty said:
... if I need to go back and restore I'd use TWRP to flash CWM, hen I can use CWM to recover my old nandroid backups ...
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Correct. That is IF you can find TWRP and CWM as ZIP files. I used to switch back and forth frequently, but that was years ago. TWRP is so much more useful, I no longer have anything CWM related nor the ZIPs; and can't even find where I got them. I'm pretty sure they were here on XDA. Spent some time searching, no luck. Then I tried Google. The first snippit nail'd it, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/development/recovery-cwm-twrp-philz-t3182207
Skyty said:
.... Will I need to do a wipe when I flash the old TWRP zip...
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I never wiped. I seem to recall that when installing to the recovery partition, one of the steps I saw in the log was a wipe or maybe even a reformatting of that partition taking place along the way.
Skyty said:
.... (side note, do you know a good place to find those)? If I need to go back to CWM is there any place I can find it to flash with TWRP?
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They're both in the link (above).
Skyty said:
.... Thanks for all your help!
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That's what the [Thanks] button is for, here on xda.
MrGoodtunes said:
Correct. That is IF you can find TWRP and CWM as ZIP files. I used to switch back and forth frequently, but that was years ago. TWRP is so much more useful, I no longer have anything CWM related nor the ZIPs; and can't even find where I got them. I'm pretty sure they were here on XDA. Spent some time searching, no luck. Then I tried Google. The first snippit nail'd it, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/development/recovery-cwm-twrp-philz-t3182207
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I appreciate the link, however, I think those zips are for a different model of phone than mine. However, I think I possibly found versions that will work for me... Is there any real way to confirm?
The serranoltexx CWM Zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980&page=99
The serranoltexx TWRP Zip
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768468
However, I'm not 100% certain either of these will work, and I'm not sure how I'd figure that out.
MrGoodtunes said:
That's what the [Thanks] button is for, here on xda.
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Done!
Skyty said:
... those zips are for a different model of phone ...
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OMG! You're right, those are for the Value Edition. I completely miss'd the "ve" in them. Sorry.
Skyty said:
... I think I possibly found versions that will work for me..
The serranoltexx CWM Zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980&page=99
The serranoltexx TWRP Zip
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768468 ...
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I remember using that very CWM zip version 6.0.5.1, so it should work okay. Good find.
I'm not familliar with that particular TWRP zip. It does clearly indicate being for the i9195 model; I'm just not sure about what "open" means at beginning of zip's filename. Still, worth a try. (If it fails, you can more easily find a TAR file of the most recent TWRP and use Odin to install it.)
MrGoodtunes said:
OMG! You're right, those are for the Value Edition. I completely miss'd the "ve" in them. Sorry.
I remember using that very CWM zip version 6.0.5.1, so it should work okay. Good find.
I'm not familliar with that particular TWRP zip. It does clearly indicate being for the i9195 model; I'm just not sure about what "open" means at beginning of zip's filename. Still, worth a try. (If it fails, you can more easily find a TAR file of the most recent TWRP and use Odin to install it.)
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So, just thought I'd let you know that I'm up and running with LineageOS and I tested reverting back and forth to CWM and TWRP. Eveything seems in working order! I appreciate you help and have clicked the thanks button on your messages! All the best!
Skyty said:
... I tested reverting back and forth to CWM and TWRP. Eveything seems in working order!
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That's excellent. It's really amazing how much we can do with this little S4mini device; thanks to the work of devs, several of whom are still providing updates. After all there's never been a more powerful device (other than S4mini VE) that weighs under 4 oz.
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That's excellent. It's really amazing how much we can do with this little S4mini device; thanks to the work of devs, several of whom are still providing updates. After all there's never been a more powerful device (other than S4mini VE) that weighs under 4 oz.
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Yeah, its amazing! I've been able to breath new life into my old phone, I'm shocked at how well it runs on the S4; not as well as my newer phones, but better than before. Funnily enough, its actually running a newer version of Android than my S8 and S10e haha. Now onto those phones... been trying to get them both rooted but it's looking like a no go haha.