CWM install without odin ? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Can any custom recovery be installed without Odin or a PC ?

jaaydogg said:
Can any custom recovery be installed without Odin or a PC ?
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No i dont think so. What's wrong with using odin or pc?
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jaaydogg said:
Can any custom recovery be installed without Odin or a PC ?
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The only ways to install a CWM is with ODIN, Mobile ODIN, another recovery if you want to change it to a different kind, and ADB. You cannot install a custom recovery using ROM manager.

graydiggy said:
The only ways to install a CWM is with ODIN, Mobile ODIN, another recovery if you want to change it to a different kind, and ADB. You cannot install a custom recovery using ROM manager.
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mobile Odin isn't working for me

jaaydogg said:
mobile Odin isn't working for me
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Go to the other thread you posted and answer the questions I asked there. You didn't need to post 2 threads involving the same exact thing. It is against the rules and is flooding the forum.

I've been able to flash the zip through a custom recovery. You could try that. Just be careful!
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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.

[Q] Software update and Team Win Recovery?

Sprint is pushing out a minor update and 3 times now I've tried to accept it and when the phone restarts the TWR screen comes up with all its options.
I don't know what the heck to do from there! So, I just reboot the phone but don't get the update.
How do I accept the update on that TWR screen?
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Sprint is pushing out a minor update and 3 times now I've tried to accept it and when the phone restarts the TWR screen comes up with all its options.
I don't know what the heck to do from there! So, I just reboot the phone but don't get the update.
How do I accept the update on that TWR screen?
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You have to be on a stock recovery to be able to flash OTA updates. You're going to have to reflash the stock recovery for your device. Try doing it through mobile odin and tell it to flash only the recovery partition.
Cheers!
vladeco said:
You have to be on a stock recovery to be able to flash OTA updates. You're going to have to reflash the stock recovery for your device. Try doing it through mobile odin and tell it to flash only the recovery partition.
Cheers!
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I greatly appreciate your reply but I'm afraid I don't know how to do what you've directed.
What is mobile odin?
You have the stock rom ?
If yes then open it with 7zip. Extract the recovery. Img
And flash it via mobile odin.
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UtkarshGupta said:
You have the stock rom ?
If yes then open it with 7zip. Extract the recovery. Img
And flash it via mobile odin.
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Apologies for my questions but I have stared at your post for days, weeks even and I still don't understand. I was embarrassed to ask but I have to because the notification to install the update comes multiple times a day now.
Where, and HOW, do I open the ROM?
Is this all done on the phone itself?
Do I install 7zipon my phone?
Do you have the stock rom? If yes flash it.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Do you have the stock rom? If yes flash it.
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Than You for even offering help. You are Kind.
Yes my friend. I am rooted and I have the stock ROM.
I've flashed ROMs before but have never flashed a ROM that was already active.
How would I do that?
So sorry to ask.
Just flash the rom as a normal one.
Then update via ota.
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[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!!

Stock recovery

Do I just need to use odin to flash stock recovery to use the factory reset function within the rom and receive future ota ?
optimusv45 said:
Do I just need to use odin to flash stock recovery to use the factory reset function within the rom and receive future ota ?
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That and sometimes you need to fish the stock kernel or just flash the 4.3 ota via odin to make your phone stock but im just waiting till someone post the download for it then just flash via odin
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terpin32 said:
That and sometimes you need to fish the stock kernel or just flash the 4.3 ota via odin to make your phone stock but im just waiting till someone post the download for it then just flash via odin
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Doesn't flashing chain-fire's CF auto root install stock recovery? Of course, you have to flash it through Odin.
hatgirl223 said:
Doesn't flashing chain-fire's CF auto root install stock recovery? Of course, you have to flash it through Odin.
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No it just roots your phone
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It does say stock recovery in bold under What's installed too in CF auto root OP
optimusv45 said:
It does say stock recovery in bold under What's installed too in CF auto root OP
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it does install stock recovery as well.

Bootloader dilemma!

Hello guys . Let me start of by saying I'm probably repeating what has been answered a million times but time is of the essence here. Here's my situation.
I have a friend who has a t mobile galaxy s4 and he asked me to upgrade his system for him to cyanogenmod . He has mk2 firmware android 4.3 and his rooted I did that for him. But the thing is I have an att galaxy.s4 and my bootloader is locked . Is the t mobile one locked as well on MK2. I don't want to mess up his device. He doesn't care for tripping the flash counter as he has no warranty.
So to conclude can I flash TWP or CWM recovery on his phone without bricking it if so can someone please lead me to a link. Thanks .
Once again sorry for the repetition but I searched google and I wasn't getting a straight forward answer.
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Yeah bootloader is not locked so just flash recovery with Odin, wipe, and flash cm.. I recommend twrp, or cwm if you prefer.. And a link to what?
serio22 said:
Yeah bootloader is not locked so just flash recovery with Odin, wipe, and flash cm.. I recommend twrp, or cwm if you prefer.. And a link to what?
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Thank you. I was saying a link to flashing the recovery and steps or would a .tar file and odin work?.
Sorry for all the worries it's just it isn't my phone
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Yup tar file & Odin!
serio22 said:
Yup tar file & Odin!
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And any rom from 4.4 and down would work?
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Yes. Although you may experience have some issues on MK2 modem so flash the NB4 modem if you have data or call problems..
I'm quite noobish and what i did was root via odin, reboot flash cwm from phone and download and flash CM 10.2 all from my phone
no_username_available said:
I'm quite noobish and what i did was root via odin, reboot flash cwm from phone and download and flash CM 10.2 all from my phone
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You could but root is not needed
serio22 said:
You could but root is not needed
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you don't need to root to flash custom rom? i though you needed root rights to flash recovery
no_username_available said:
you don't need to root to flash custom rom? i though you needed root rights to flash recovery
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You don't need root to flash custom ROM or recovery, only if you're flashing recovery from your device
serio22 said:
You don't need root to flash custom ROM or recovery, only if you're flashing recovery from your device
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ohh thanks for clearing that up

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