So, I have flashed CWM Recovery and CWM Touch Recovery onto my Epic 4G Touch. Rom Manager says both are installed. However, when I boot into recovery, I get the stock recovery. I've searched and searched and all I have found are people who aren't pushing the right buttons and others with junk answers that are no help at all, like instructions on how to flash the recovery.
Even if I reflash using Rom Manager or any other recovery installer, it boots to the stock recovery. It's as if any changes to the file system are being completely ignored.
The weird thing is, if I flash StockCWM-EL26 or rogue_ET-recovery-1.2.2-FB27-rc0 using Odin/Mobile Odin and get to whichever one I flashed once, then either the phone won't boot at all or subsequent reboots result in the stock recovery once again.
To reiterate, I have *no* problem booting the phone and I have *no* problem getting to recovery... it's the wrong recovery, but still.
Oh, and I'm using HyDrA ROM.
Wrong forum. Report your post & ask mods to move your thread here.
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Wrong forum. Report your post & ask mods to move your thread here.
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That forum is for the Epic 4G. My phone is not the Epic 4G, it is the Epic 4G Touch.
Try here then (doesn't belong here regardless).
WARNING do not use rom manager. Use odin or mobile odin. You have a high risk of bricking using rom manager. Take a look at some how-to's in this section.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
patrao_n said:
WARNING do not use rom manager. Use odin or mobile odin. You have a high risk of bricking using rom manager. Take a look at some how-to's in this section.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
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^^^^^ this been there done that
patrao_n said:
WARNING do not use rom manager. Use odin or mobile odin. You have a high risk of bricking using rom manager. Take a look at some how-to's in this section.
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
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As I said, it either works once and never again or never at all no matter what I use to flash it.
Venum's Hydra rom? Wow, talk about a flash back..
Anyway, have you tried the el26 kernel one click?
No, but I don't imagine it would be any different than the Odin flash.
At any rate, I have an addendum. Flashing Rogue 1.2.2, the one that works - I can't get 1.5.0 to work at all (no boot, no recovery, only download mode), doesn't magically disappear, but it doesn't mount my external SD card and I can't open System Settings/Storage - I just can't win.
Would you mind listing the steps of flashing and items being flashed?
Only reason a custom won't stick is that you're flashing something behind it. In my mind at least..
First Time
<Download Mode>
Flash EL26 CWM Recovery - Phone no longer boots to OS. Can only get to CWM Recovery or Download Mode.
<Recovery Mode>
Wipe.
Flash HyDrA twice as per instructions.
Flash GApps.
Flash Multi-DPI Play Market while I'm at it.
Reboot.
Setup ROM.
Attempt to get to Recovery - got stock recovery.
Decided to try again without wiping. Same results.
Decided to try something:
<Download Mode>
Flash EL26 CWM Recovery - Phone no longer boots to OS. Can only get to CWM Recovery or Download Mode.
<Recovery Mode>
Made a NAND backup of /system and /data.
Flash HyDrA twice as per instructions.
Flash CWM Touch Recovery - Recovery takes effect immediately.
Restore the NAND backups.
Reboot.
Attempt to get to Recovery - got stock recovery.
Another thing:
<Download Mode>
Flash Rogue recovery.
Reboot.
Attempt to get to Recovery - got Rogue recovery - So far so good.
Flash CWM Touch Recovery - Recovery takes effect immediately.
Reboot.
Attempt to get to Recovery - got Rogue recovery - Interesting, but I can only access the external SD card from Recovery.
Flashed back to EL26.
Reinstalled HyDrA.
Restored the NAND backups.
(The Touch Recovery version is 5.8.1.5).
ROM Manager
Attempt to flash either CWM Recovery or CWM Touch Recovery.
Reboot.
Attempt to get to Recovery - got stock recovery.
Here is a list of my apps if you want that, too.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k67l6mb294ruyug/apps-list.txt
I'm hesitant on trying anything else because it's a pain to restore it if I can't boot to the OS.
Just went back to Venums thread.
:edit: Briefly reading the thread, you'll need to have and AOSP kernel to run the Rom, so no, EL26 will not work.
:2d edit: This is out of the second post in that thread. - *If you are restoring a nandroid that you backed up via the above process, you will need to wipe cache and dalvik, then flash an AOSP ICS kernel or the ROM wont boot because it is backed up with the EL26 kernel. Then reboot.
Hydra comes with FD26 kernel. As per the OP.
I don't know, and haven't tested, if Hydra will run with EL26 cwm. But you need to add that to the last step.
But that's why you're going back to stock. It's part of the package.
Please, please, please; STOP using Rom Manager to flash a recovery.
I see a AOSP/TWRP repack by Times Infinity in the Kernel Repo that you could try, But I have not read the Hydra thread to see if Venum had tested this prior to discontinuing support.
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No, but I don't imagine it would be any different than the Odin flash.
At any rate, I have an addendum. Flashing Rogue 1.2.2, the one that works - I can't get 1.5.0 to work at all (no boot, no recovery, only download mode), doesn't magically disappear, but it doesn't mount my external SD card and I can't open System Settings/Storage - I just can't win.
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The easiest thing to do is find the EL29 auto boot recovery... goes straight into recovery after you flash it thru Odin.. check RWilco's repository
bilgerryan said:
The easiest thing to do is find the EL29 auto boot recovery... goes straight into recovery after you flash it thru Odin.. check RWilco's repository
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From what I'm gathering from his OP, he wants to have a custom after flashing Hydra.. Gonna have to be an AOSP repack to run with a custom. I didn't really gather that until he listed the flashing steps he's doing.
MoHoGalore said:
I see a AOSP/TWRP repack by Times Infinity in the Kernel Repo that you could try, But I have not read the Hydra thread to see if Venum had tested this prior to discontinuing support.
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I downloaded one, I haven't tried it.
I take it back, I did try it, but it wouldn't install. FF18 Rev2, for the record.
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bilgerryan said:
The easiest thing to do is find the EL29 auto boot recovery... goes straight into recovery after you flash it thru Odin.. check RWilco's repository
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From what I'm gathering from his OP, he wants to have a custom after flashing Hydra.. Gonna have to be an AOSP repack to run with a custom. I didn't really gather that until he listed the flashing steps he's doing.
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Right. And I would have no problem just reflashing EL26 /w CWM if it would actually boot into the OS.
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I downloaded one, I haven't tried it.
Right. And I would have no problem just reflashing EL26 /w CWM if it would actually boot into the OS.
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Yeah, anything that's not an AOSP kernel/recovery isn't gonna work. So, if Time's aosp repack doesn't work, you'll have to run the included kernel.
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Yeah, anything that's not an AOSP kernel/recovery isn't gonna work. So, if Time's aosp repack doesn't work, you'll have to run the included kernel.
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Odin wouldn't install it, if that makes a difference. It's not that the install failed and I had to start over, again.
Well, since my touch isn't my daily use phone at the moment, I'll test that setup tonight.
I decided to try the One-Click of the FF18 v2 kernel and it flashed successfully.
However, as with Rogue, I only have no external SD card and no access to Settings/Storage. TWRP is pretty, but if I can't use my SD card, I'd rather use the stock kernel.
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I decided to try the One-Click of the FF18 v2 kernel and it flashed successfully.
However, as with Rogue, I only have no external SD card and no access to Settings/Storage. TWRP is pretty, but if I can't use my SD card, I'd rather use the stock kernel.
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My apologies on not getting back with you on this last night.
But the SD issue is also seen on the repacks with JB. Depending on when and how FF18 v2 was built (without source at the time?) could be similar to the issues with current repacks.
I'd have to refer those issues/questions to Agat or Garwynn..
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I have combed through the entire thread (☼[ROM] Frankenstein's Ego 4.5 (FE16 ICS)(S Voice Patch)☼ 5/21/2012) and i did NOT find my answer, in fact, i saw two posts discussing something similar, but it didn't seem to help my situation at all.
Anywho. I am LOVING this ROM, but I seem to have lost CWM? I rooted, flashed CWM, then i bought Mobile Odin to flash the EL26_StockCWM Kernel, did that successfully. I then watched QBKing77's video to install Ego (PS - i watch his videos EVERY TIME i'm doing something to my phone, they are AMAZING.) And ta da! I'm running the rom
But then I wanted to put the Rapps on and the S_Voice_Patch_v4, and I couldn't find anywhere in that thread on WHEN i'm supposed to do this (yes, as i said, i combed through the thread) so I thought, well let's flash through CWM. But I don't HAVE CWM anymore. Now I have Android system recovery? When I try to install zip from there, it errors out because of signatures. So what should I do? Should I flash back the EL26 Stock Kernel, flash the two patches, and then flash the FE16 kernel?
I'm so lost, please be kind!
I'm pretty syre I put this in the thread before but no worries we're here to help.
1. ODIN/mobile ODIN el26 w/CWM
2. Flash ROM in CWM
3. Flash Rapps
4. Flash S-voice Patch
5. Reboot and enjoy
All you have to do now though since you flashed the ROM is:
1. DL the FE16 + Kernel (Or whatever kernel you prefer)
2. ODIN/mobil ODIN el26 CWM
3. Flash Rapps
4. Flash s-voice patch
5. Flash kernel
6. Reboot and enjoy
You will always lose CWM on all ICS Kernels as I do not know of any that contain CWM. I know there is an ACS kernel out there with there recovery but that's it, no CWM. I hope this helps
danidiva said:
I have combed through the entire thread (☼[ROM] Frankenstein's Ego 4.5 (FE16 ICS)(S Voice Patch)☼ 5/21/2012) and i did NOT find my answer, in fact, i saw two posts discussing something similar, but it didn't seem to help my situation at all.
Anywho. I am LOVING this ROM, but I seem to have lost CWM? I rooted, flashed CWM, then i bought Mobile Odin to flash the EL26_StockCWM Kernel, did that successfully. I then watched QBKing77's video to install Ego (PS - i watch his videos EVERY TIME i'm doing something to my phone, they are AMAZING.) And ta da! I'm running the rom
But then I wanted to put the Rapps on and the S_Voice_Patch_v4, and I couldn't find anywhere in that thread on WHEN i'm supposed to do this (yes, as i said, i combed through the thread) so I thought, well let's flash through CWM. But I don't HAVE CWM anymore. Now I have Android system recovery? When I try to install zip from there, it errors out because of signatures. So what should I do? Should I flash back the EL26 Stock Kernel, flash the two patches, and then flash the FE16 kernel?
I'm so lost, please be kind!
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Yea, you have to re-flash EL26 kernel then flash what you want then reflash the FE16 or 20 kernel and then reboot
CWM won't work most proper till we have kernel source
stormglove said:
I'm pretty syre I put this in the thread before but no worries we're here to help.
1. ODIN/mobile ODIN el26 w/CWM
2. Flash ROM in CWM
3. Flash Rapps
4. Flash S-voice Patch
5. Reboot and enjoy
All you have to do now though since you flashed the ROM is:
1. DL the FE16 + Kernel (Or whatever kernel you prefer)
2. ODIN/mobil ODIN el26 CWM
3. Flash Rapps
4. Flash s-voice patch
5. Flash kernel
6. Reboot and enjoy
You will always lose CWM on all ICS Kernels as I do not know of any that contain CWM. I know there is an ACS kernel out there with there recovery but that's it, no CWM. I hope this helps
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Yea, you have to re-flash EL26 kernel then flash what you want then reflash the FE16 or 20 kernel and then reboot
CWM won't work most proper till we have kernel source
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Thank you guys so much for replying so quickly! I kind of thought that's what I might have to do, but i didn't wanna go around flashing kernels without knowing for sure that's what i was supposed to do. I really appreciate your help!!!!
danidiva said:
Thank you guys so much for replying so quickly! I kind of thought that's what I might have to do, but i didn't wanna go around flashing kernels without knowing for sure that's what i was supposed to do. I really appreciate your help!!!!
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Just don't shoot yer eye out and you'll b good
ok one more question - the repacked kernel on the Frankenstein post is a .zip file, so Mobile Odin doesn't pull it. Is there something I should do with that file or should I just pull a kernel from this thread? [KERNELS][CWM][ODIN] Kernel Repository - Download Them All Here
And if so, which one?
AJC9000 said:
Just don't shoot yer eye out and you'll b good
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it's so tempting tho!
danidiva said:
ok one more question - the repacked kernel on the Frankenstein post is a .zip file, so Mobile Odin doesn't pull it. Is there something I should do with that file or should I just pull a kernel from this thread? [KERNELS][CWM][ODIN] Kernel Repository - Download Them All Here
And if so, which one?
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he repacked kernels are all zips, you Odin the el26 CWM kernels and flash all other kernels after.
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he repacked kernels are all zips, you Odin the el26 CWM kernels and flash all other kernels after.
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Okay, thanks. sorry, just never want to assume!
EDIT: and now I see that you said "FLASH kernel" *sigh* sorry!!
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ok one more question - the repacked kernel on the Frankenstein post is a .zip file, so Mobile Odin doesn't pull it. Is there something I should do with that file or should I just pull a kernel from this thread? [KERNELS][CWM][ODIN] Kernel Repository - Download Them All Here
And if so, which one?
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the FE16 repack zip?
Flash that after you patch up everything in CWM then reboot don't worry about unzipping it
Okay, so I tried to Mobile Odin the EL26 Stock CWM and it said it flashed, but then it didn't reboot. I was going through the Odin thread where someone else had this problem, so they force stopped the app and rebooted manually, and it worked. Well, i did that, and now I'm stuck on the Samsung Galaxy boot up screen. I pulled the battery, and put it into recovery mode, and there was CWM, but it wouldn't install the files (said they were bad). tried to restart the phone again, and back to the Samsung Galaxy screen.
Did i f*** it all up?!
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Okay, so I tried to Mobile Odin the EL26 Stock CWM and it said it flashed, but then it didn't reboot. I was going through the Odin thread where someone else had this problem, so they force stopped the app and rebooted manually, and it worked. Well, i did that, and now I'm stuck on the Samsung Galaxy boot up screen. I pulled the battery, and put it into recovery mode, and there was CWM, but it wouldn't install the files (said they were bad). tried to restart the phone again, and back to the Samsung Galaxy screen.
Did i f*** it all up?!
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your probably either going to have to odin from pc, or redownload the rom/kernel files to your sd card and flash from sd thru cwm if it says the files are bad. What is the exact error cwm is giving you? as long as you make sure you are using el26 cwm to flash ics roms you will be fine and wont brick.
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your probably either going to have to odin from pc, or redownload the rom/kernel files to your sd card and flash from sd thru cwm if it says the files are bad. What is the exact error cwm is giving you? as long as you make sure you are using el26 cwm to flash ics roms you will be fine and wont brick.
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Well I'm already on the ICS rom. i was trying to load the patches (S Voice and Rapps). it says:
E:Can't open /sdcard/Rapps_RemovedAppsV4.zip (bad)
But the other issue is that my phone is stuck in the bootloop of the Samsung Galaxy screen. So even tho I'm on CWM right now, nothing else is working.
Sounds like bad downloads of the files getting that error in CWM. For some reason FE16 does not reboot when Mobile odin is run so for future reference just flash it and manually reboot into CWM. If both of you have CWM you are still good, just flash the FE16 Kernel and should boot back to ROM and you can retry after redownloading the files. If you cannot get to CWM you might have to PC Odin. Sorry this didn't work for you guys. hopefully we can get you up and running.
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Sounds like bad downloads of the files getting that error in CWM. For some reason FE16 does not reboot when Mobile odin is run so for future reference just flash it and manually reboot into CWM. If both of you have CWM you are still good, just flash the FE16 Kernel and should boot back to ROM and you can retry after redownloading the files. If you cannot get to CWM you might have to PC Odin. Sorry this didn't work for you guys. hopefully we can get you both up and running.
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Okay PHEW! I flashed the FE16 Kernel and it booted back up, so I'm gonna do what you suggested and re-download the files and whatnot.
(PS - i'm the same user as the OP, i just added a pic, sorry for the confusion LOL)
yeah I realized that after i posted, haha.
WOOOOOO! Okay, I'm good! Thank you everyone! I've got the patches, the FE16 and i'm flying through this rom!
I love when people help people, thanks guys :beer:
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heres anorher way to do it. extract the zimage inside the zip of the kernel. now use mobile odin to flash rhe zimage and all is well. i recommend calkulins fe22 kernel becuzz it has rogue recovery which basically is cwm recovery
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CWM Rogue Recovery doesn't seem to be sticking on my E4GT. Flashed CM9 Alpha 3 from stock rooted rom. When Alpha 4 was released, I tried to boot into CWM Recovery and ended up with stock recovery. Ended up having to odin back to stock and start over to get Alpha 4 running. Same problem now that Alpha 5 is out there, tried to boot into CWM Rogue Recovery and get stock recovery.
Doing a search shows that this seems to occur on other phones. They've resolved it by deleting a boot recovery file with Root Explorer. I was just hoping to confirm with someone that this method will work on the E4GT and the name and location of the file that needs to be deleted.
I'm assuming I'll have to odin back to stock and start the process over again and delete that file once I load up CWM Rogue Recovery again?
Thanks for the help.
CM9 comes with stock recovery. Look up EL26 kernel and learn to use it. Its your best friend for flashing on this phone. Also read up a little more on CM9 as it explains this.
This method will not work. With our phone, recovery has to be packed into the kernel, its not separate from other partitions like it is on other phones. This is why whenever you flash a new rom, your current recovery is replaced by the new roms packed in recovery. The reason its stock Android recovery is because of the bricking issue we've been having in ICS custom recovery so devs aren't including it into the kernel<rom.
So when you need CWM, flash the directboot CWM under the tools page in the epic4g touch CM blog spot website. You Odin that and it takes you straight to a sage recovery where you can flash the alpha 5 update. Understand?
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Thank you both for pointing me in the right direction. I realized that I would have to go back to the EL26 to flash new roms. I didn't realize that I would have to do that to flash over an existing rom with an update. Thanks for setting me straight.
hmmm....interesting. The CM9 instruction page does not mention that you need to Odin the DirectBoot CWM when upgrading. I can see why a lot of people are skipping that step.
Thanks for the heads up, I am going to upgrade to alpha 5 after work. I'll make sure to Odin the DirectBoot CWM kernel first.
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I can see why a lot of people are skipping that step.
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It is a new kernel modification that did not exist a couple weeks ago. The EL26 CWM kernel itself has been around since the end of last year. Being completely optional to use the new modded one you probably wont find it in instructions. I for example will never use it but others will find it easier because they do not understand why the phone goes into bootloops.
I just upgraded my E4GT Sprint from GB to ICS using the oneclick installer. I am trying to install the CODENAME rom from CWM but havng issues getting CWM installed. I used the the E4GT auto but FE16 isnt listed so i tried FE15 but it wont load into CWM. So i tried this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393" and flashed from ODIN and it goes into CWM but before it boots it says my phone is a gt-i9100 and has a ! on the bottom. It appears to boot though so i booted back into CWM and tried to flash the ZIP for CODENAME and the gapps file and it jsut gets stuck at the boot screen with the transformer logo. I cant get into CWM after that point and have to ODIN back to ICS. I am on ICS now and its working fine. Does anyone have any instructions on getting CWM installed and the codename rom from a fresh odin ICS install?
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I just upgraded my E4GT Sprint from GB to ICS using the oneclick installer. I am trying to install the CODENAME rom from CWM but havng issues getting CWM installed. I used the the E4GT auto but FE16 isnt listed so i tried FE15 but it wont load into CWM. So i tried this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393" and flashed from ODIN and it goes into CWM but before it boots it says my phone is a gt-i9100 and has a ! on the bottom. It appears to boot though so i booted back into CWM and tried to flash the ZIP for CODENAME and the gapps file and it jsut gets stuck at the boot screen with the transformer logo. I cant get into CWM after that point and have to ODIN back to ICS. I am on ICS now and its working fine. Does anyone have any instructions on getting CWM installed and the codename rom from a fresh odin ICS install?
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You really should read more before hopping around like that without checking. Real risk for a brick here.
-Flash EL26 stock CWM kernel via the PDA option in ODIN/Mobile ODIN
-When phone begins reboot, Hold Power + Volume up until boots into recovery.
-Wipe data/factory, cache and dalvik cache
-Flash ROM
-Flash Gapps
-Reboot
Those are the instructions right from the developer's thread. This is an AOSP rom and it sounds like you're trying to install TW kernels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662295
This is the kernel repository. It links to each kernel where you can read further and find out if they are safe for flashing things.
Seems like you've done a bunch of stuff. But you really should do a whole bunch of reading first or you will brick your phone.
My suggestion would be to use sfhub's one-click http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705730 to get to a fully stock rooted device. Then use his autoroot package http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 to add CWM (the lates in the package is FF11+CWM Agat I believe) then you can add Agat's latest kernel with CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721065
But I would be very careful when flashing ANY ROM; use the developers prefered method. Some recommend using EL26 CWM. Some a different recovery or procedure. Be especially careful with CM9 and AOKP builds to follow the directions there.
Good luck
So while i was waiting for a response i just went back to the stock GB using the one click install. I then used the autoroot package to install CWM and then restored my nandroid backup before i made in the very beginning. So my phone is back to a perfect state with GB and CWM installed. Can i just flash the ROM from CWM as is then? For some reason i thought it had to be "converted" to ICS and thats what started this whole mess. Things have changed since my old Evo
I just noticed that im running EL29 not 26...does that matter? When i try to flash that CMW EL26 stock root is when it gave me that gt-i9100 on boot and the ! at the bottom. Using the autoroot and choosing the EL29 Rogue is the only way i got it installed.
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So while i was waiting for a response i just went back to the stock GB using the one click install. I then used the autoroot package to install CWM and then restored my nandroid backup before i made in the very beginning. So my phone is back to a perfect state with GB and CWM installed. Can i just flash the ROM from CWM as is then? For some reason i thought it had to be "converted" to ICS and thats what started this whole mess. Things have changed since my old Evo
I just noticed that im running EL29 not 26...does that matter? When i try to flash that CMW EL26 stock root is when it gave me that gt-i9100 on boot and the ! at the bottom. Using the autoroot and choosing the EL29 Rogue is the only way i got it installed.
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My friend some good suggestions above your post. Give yourself a day or two and do some reading prior to flashing. This way you may not end up at Sprint making up stories about why your phone wont boot up.
Let me just echo what everybody else has said, you're gotta read more. A lot more! If you're one goal is to get CNA in your phone I would recommend reading all of the very first post on that thread. They give step by step instructions.
If you need CWM there are several options to get it on your phone. Both sfhub and I have put together several one-click and automated options to get it on your phone.
One thing that hasn't been suggested yet but I would strongly encourage you to do is to read the "How Not To Brick Your E4GT" thread. It's sticked in the General section.
Good luck!
Two more things.
1) If you're going to ask for help give it a few minutes before trying something new. It takes people a minute to reply. Sometimes waiting that extra minute or two is all you need to be saved from bricking.
2) Don't be afraid to hit your thanks button for everyone who has offered advice already. I got them once for you but it might not hurt to do it again.
I have been looking around for about an hour or two trying to find a solid tutorial on how to install a custom recovery to install new Roms. I flashed my phone onto Virgin Mobile on FH13. It seems to me that there is more than meets the eye to installing a recovery on this phone. I really don't want to mess anything up at all. Could anyone guide me the right way as to how I can get CWM on my phone? I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!
Recovery is packed into the kernel on this phone. Flash a kernel tar through ODIN if you want, it will trigger the yellow triangle though. If your already rooted you could use Mobile ODIN. If you already have some form of custom recovery and are just trying to switch up you can flash the kernel zip in recovery.
rwilco has pretty much every kernel for every purpose but since your on stock you will either want a repacked stock or custom tw kernel - http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com/?dir=Kernels/Recovery Kernels/ICS
If your unfamiliar then keep asking questions. Our phone has a bug in its eMMC firmware triggered during format operations on the stock kernel as of Android 4.0. The specifics are detailed but all you really need to know is grab a kernel with a safe recovery, or even going as far as AGAT's custom kernel which has more work around in place to prevent a factory reset or rom install from turning your phone into a super brick.
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Recovery is packed into the kernel on this phone. Flash a kernel tar through ODIN if you want, it will trigger the yellow triangle though. If your already rooted you could use Mobile ODIN. If you already have some form of custom recovery and are just trying to switch up you can flash the kernel zip in recovery.
rwilco has pretty much every kernel for every purpose but since your on stock you will either want a repacked stock or custom tw kernel - http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com/?dir=Kernels/Recovery Kernels/ICS
If your unfamiliar then keep asking questions. Our phone has a bug in its eMMC firmware triggered during format operations on the stock kernel as of Android 4.0. The specifics are detailed but all you really need to know is grab a kernel with a safe recovery, or even going as far as AGAT's custom kernel which has more work around in place to prevent a factory reset or rom install from turning your phone into a super brick.
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Also new to the e4gt, im currently rooted on fh13.
say i want to flash paranoidandroid, which kernel (which includes recovery?) would you recommend?
also this is either flashed from odin (pc) or can be done through mobile odin?
then once kernel is flashed, i can then reboot into recovery, wipe and flash rom/gapps?
sorry for all the questions, just want to make sure!
bongzilla said:
Also new to the e4gt, im currently rooted on fh13.
say i want to flash paranoidandroid, which kernel (which includes recovery?) would you recommend?
also this is either flashed from odin (pc) or can be done through mobile odin?
then once kernel is flashed, i can then reboot into recovery, wipe and flash rom/gapps?
sorry for all the questions, just want to make sure!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953783
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Recovery is packed into the kernel on this phone. Flash a kernel tar through ODIN if you want, it will trigger the yellow triangle though. If your already rooted you could use Mobile ODIN. If you already have some form of custom recovery and are just trying to switch up you can flash the kernel zip in recovery.
rwilco has pretty much every kernel for every purpose but since your on stock you will either want a repacked stock or custom tw kernel - http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com/?dir=Kernels/Recovery Kernels/ICS
If your unfamiliar then keep asking questions. Our phone has a bug in its eMMC firmware triggered during format operations on the stock kernel as of Android 4.0. The specifics are detailed but all you really need to know is grab a kernel with a safe recovery, or even going as far as AGAT's custom kernel which has more work around in place to prevent a factory reset or rom install from turning your phone into a super brick.
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My phone already has root. Everything else is stock. 4.0.4, build FH13, with no custom recoveries.
I don't understand what you mean in your second paragraph with "repacked stock" or "custom tw kernel".
I am completely lost as to where I should be going. My plan is to install this rom: http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies
How would I go around to getting this on my phone?
Also, what about this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810315
I am not sure which rom runs the fastest and most efficient. There are so many kernels for so many things, I have absolutely no idea which kernel to flash and how to flash it.
EDIT: So I have done some more reading up and I THINK I can starting to understand some of it. I assume the steps are to:
1. Install Mobile Odin Lite on my phone.
2. Flash the EL26 kernel on Odin Lite. Link to kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662295 (first kernel on the page)
3. This part I am kinda lost. Not sure if that kernel installed a new recovery or not. I assume I just reboot and go into recovery.
4. Nandroid a backup of my ICS stock that is on now? Can I even go back to this stock backup after putting on a new Rom? Which kernel would I need to install backup of stock?
5. Wipe data, dalvic, and install new Rom using instruction it came with. My problem is I want to run this Rom: http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies and it has no instructions. I assume you just wipe data and dalvic?
6. flash Rom, then flash Gapp? It doesn't have a link for any of the Gapps, so either I have to find a link to download Gapp or that rom already comes with it? Not sure.
7. Reboot into new Rom? Not sure if I missed a step or not.
Another question I have is with the kernels. Can I just leave it on the EL26 kernel for daily use of the phone? Say I want to install maybe cm10 next, do I just keep it on EL26?
Sorry for the spam of questions. I like to be 100% certain.
Best bet if your trying to install CM9 is to go to the EL26 CWM kernel as all of the AOSP rom instructions dictate. Using the EL26 kernel means your phone will only boot to Download and Recovery as it will only boot gingerbread roms.
Download the nightly you want to the device and then flash the EL26 CWM kernel in Mobile ODIN. After its all over with you might need to battery pull if you messed up booting into recovery and then boot into recovery (power + vol up). Install the rom. Install gapps. Wipe cache/dalvik but as I will recommend below you should just backup everything and a full wipe.
You can nandroid if you want but it will be making a copy of the ICS rom you have with the EL26 kernel on it so it is literally a restore to the point your starting from not where you were just before that. Its still a good idea if your afraid of losing things. I would use Super Backup from the market to backup your Contacts, Call Logs and MMS. Wipe cache and dalvik and all that. But realisticly you should backup your apps and data if you have Titanium Backup and start fresh just factory reset after your on CM9. Restore your apps with data (no system data) after that. A clean install will present the least of issues, even the Samsung updates from one rom to another are not without issues.
You can not boot anything but gingerbread with EL26 and once you install a rom you will be on the kernel with that rom. So you will have a Linux 3 android kernel with cwm 6 if you go with a CM9 nightly. From there you can flash the next nightly or the next beta etc. Older stuff will not flash from your new setup as AOSP roms have switched to a new device name in the build.prop.
As far as gapps here it is - http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip and don't forget to put this on the device ahead of time or you will have to mount usb and transfer using the pc in recovery.
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Best bet if your trying to install CM9 is to go to the EL26 CWM kernel as all of the AOSP rom instructions dictate. Using the EL26 kernel means your phone will only boot to Download and Recovery as it will only boot gingerbread roms.
Download the nightly you want to the device and then flash the EL26 CWM kernel in Mobile ODIN. After its all over with you might need to battery pull if you messed up booting into recovery and then boot into recovery (power + vol up). Install the rom. Install gapps. Wipe cache/dalvik but as I will recommend below you should just backup everything and a full wipe.
You can nandroid if you want but it will be making a copy of the ICS rom you have with the EL26 kernel on it so it is literally a restore to the point your starting from not where you were just before that. Its still a good idea if your afraid of losing things. I would use Super Backup from the market to backup your Contacts, Call Logs and MMS. Wipe cache and dalvik and all that. But realisticly you should backup your apps and data if you have Titanium Backup and start fresh just factory reset after your on CM9. Restore your apps with data (no system data) after that. A clean install will present the least of issues, even the Samsung updates from one rom to another are not without issues.
You can not boot anything but gingerbread with EL26 and once you install a rom you will be on the kernel with that rom. So you will have a Linux 3 android kernel with cwm 6 if you go with a CM9 nightly. From there you can flash the next nightly or the next beta etc. Older stuff will not flash from your new setup as AOSP roms have switched to a new device name in the build.prop.
As far as gapps here it is - http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip and don't forget to put this on the device ahead of time or you will have to mount usb and transfer using the pc in recovery.
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Ah, I read it twice and now it makes more sense. I have a pretty good idea of what to do now.
Put rom and gapp on phone, install EL26, backup, full wipe, flash rom and gapp, rom will install new kernel for me, then just reboot.
Last question, I just want to make sure. What exactly is a full wipe on this phone. I have done plenty of full wipes on the evo 4g. I am just asking because I hear some people have problems when they do a full wipe.
I really appreciate your help. Thank you!
Sorry if I jumbled everything together in my post by the I was running out the door. But this Hurricanne has stopped that and I regret not taking my time.
Well what I mean is a factory reset which formats /Cache and /Data. When you install the rom its going to format /System prior to writing the new firmware/rom. /Data has all your user apps, their data and your information etc. This does not wipe the Internal SD or the External SD though at times a line saying it was does come up in CWM.
Just don't do a Factory reset on the stock kernel you are on now, its fine on EL26 its fine on the kernels that come with the CM9 nightlies. Super Backup apparently does app's now too. I have never used it since I have Titanium Backup Pro but figured its also worth mentioning.
A note on turning back. As I said before if you flash the EL26 CWM kernel you wont be able to boot the ICS rom installed on the phone. At that point to go back instead of forward you can flash the FH13 kernel in desktop ODIN or the zip in CWM and you will have the FH13 kernel instead of EL26 and be back where you were. But once you flash the EL26 CWM kernel your goal at that point is flashing your rom of choice in CWM and not things like booting the phone.
You should be "okay" coming from a dirty install just wiping cache. But you may never know if a problem your having is the rom or some left over data unless you go clean and factory reset. Its a choice and its also a choice you can make later as you can always reset later. I would back up anything important first before doing any of this. Not so much a worry about bricking, as just about any normal situation will be recoverable, but more so to the point of if you have to wipe the phone and start from scratch.
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Sorry if I jumbled everything together in my post by the I was running out the door. But this Hurricanne has stopped that and I regret not taking my time.
Well what I mean is a factory reset which formats /Cache and /Data. When you install the rom its going to format /System prior to writing the new firmware/rom. /Data has all your user apps, their data and your information etc. This does not wipe the Internal SD or the External SD though at times a line saying it was does come up in CWM.
Just don't do a Factory reset on the stock kernel you are on now, its fine on EL26 its fine on the kernels that come with the CM9 nightlies. Super Backup apparently does app's now too. I have never used it since I have Titanium Backup Pro but figured its also worth mentioning.
A note on turning back. As I said before if you flash the EL26 CWM kernel you wont be able to boot the ICS rom installed on the phone. At that point to go back instead of forward you can flash the FH13 kernel in desktop ODIN or the zip in CWM and you will have the FH13 kernel instead of EL26 and be back where you were. But once you flash the EL26 CWM kernel your goal at that point is flashing your rom of choice in CWM and not things like booting the phone.
You should be "okay" coming from a dirty install just wiping cache. But you may never know if a problem your having is the rom or some left over data unless you go clean and factory reset. Its a choice and its also a choice you can make later as you can always reset later. I would back up anything important first before doing any of this. Not so much a worry about bricking, as just about any normal situation will be recoverable, but more so to the point of if you have to wipe the phone and start from scratch.
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That clarified a lot, thanks.
So I did it all. I did a factory reset from the new kernel. did dalvic also. I installed the new rom and gapp. Problem is that once I reboot, it shows the Galaxy SII screen, then goes into a black screen. I can't turn it back on again, so I remove the battery and it can restart. Does the same thing though. I followed your instruction and http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html
What did I do wrong? I am worried I messed up my phone completely.
EDIT: So I went back into recovery and it was now a new version of CWM. I did everything over again; factory reset, cache, dalvic, and it is doing the same thing. Boots up "Galaxy SII" screen, then a black screen. It seems to still be on in the black screen seeing that it doesn't "turn" on again. I can hold if for 15 second or so for it to reset and does the same thing. Why is there a black screen?
Sorry for not checking back. Your probably freaking right now lol but relax your at a good point everything is fine.
Either a bad download or the nightly you went with happens to be a baddy. I am still on 10/20 I was gonna flash 10/28 today but the weather is screwing with me. goo.im seems pretty slow today.
Download another, battery pull and hold vol up + power until it hits recovery then go into mounts and mount usb storage hook a usb cable to the pc and copy over another build. I would say try 10/20 just because it works pretty good but that won't stop another bad download in which case you have to try try again.
Worst case from here we can just odin you back to stock rooted FH13 or your choice of other. Your phone is fine from what you have told me so far. I can upload one of the builds I have if you think ti would help any.
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Sorry for not checking back. Your probably freaking right now lol but relax your at a good point everything is fine.
Either a bad download or the nightly you went with happens to be a baddy. I am still on 10/20 I was gonna flash 10/28 today but the weather is screwing with me.
Download another, battery pull and hold vol up + power until it hits recovery then go into mounts and mount usb storage hook a usb cable to the pc and copy over another build. I would say try 10/20 just because it works pretty good but that won't stop another bad download in which case you have to try try again.
Worst case from here we can just odin you back to stock rooted FH13 or your choice of other. Your phone is fine from what you have told me so far.
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Phew! I was pretty positive that I could still get back to something working, just my paranoid self was getting tense. I got 10/28. I guess I will do 10/20. Do you know what the other updates have? I would hate to install something that isn't working its most efficient.
Again, thank you so much. You were of great help! Good luck with the weather issue. Hope you're safe!
I stopped following chris's experimentals so i am not sure what the most recent focuses have been. The Nightlies have whatever code was commited. They are built automatically and can range from very stable to not booting at all. I dont have any of the links on me but someone can get it to you. Reading commits is not exactly 100% user friendly especially if your not a developer. But they often have clues. I would follow the CM9 Beta thread and the CM9 User Support Threads - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874374 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720771
I used to DL nightlies from work over 3g or 4g all the time and would get a bad dl and end up in situations where even my experienced self felt like I couldn't fix it till I got home and always got the phone running within an hour without the assistance of a near by pc.
I am uploading 10/20 to my server just in case its in Chicago so if your away from the weather it should be unaffected for the most part. Glad its not in NY anymore.
EDIT - http://android.rainmotorsports.net/10-20-CM9-d710-KANG.zip the md5 hash as I have it is 66246125ACDBEF2EBF2144E0CBFEBB7B and it matches the md5 listed on goo.im
RainMotorsports said:
I stopped following chris's experimentals so i am not sure what the most recent focuses have been. The Nightlies have whatever code was commited. They are built automatically and can range from very stable to not booting at all. I dont have any of the links on me but someone can get it to you. Reading commits is not exactly 100% user friendly especially if your not a developer. But they often have clues. I would follow the CM9 Beta thread and the CM9 User Support Threads - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874374 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720771
I used to DL nightlies from work over 3g or 4g all the time and would get a bad dl and end up in situations where even my experienced self felt like I couldn't fix it till I got home and always got the phone running within an hour without the assistance of a near by pc.
I am uploading 10/20 to my server just in case its in Chicago so if your away from the weather it should be unaffected for the most part. Glad its not in NY anymore.
EDIT - http://android.rainmotorsports.net/10-20-CM9-d710-KANG.zip the md5 hash as I have it is 66246125ACDBEF2EBF2144E0CBFEBB7B and it matches the md5 listed on goo.im
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I just got it downloaded. It is now up and running perfectly. I appreciate all your help man, thanks a bunch. I live in Washington state. So the weather wont affect me.
Good evening all. I hope this is the right forum to post my question about recovery for my e4g touch. I recently rooted my phone and my phone is currently on the fi27 build. Is there a recovery i can put on there now to go ahead and start flashing ruins, or will i have to wait for qbkng77 to post his video on you tube on putting cwm recovery on fi27 rooted e4g touch? Thanks in advance for the help!
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Good evening all. I hope this is the right forum to post my question about recovery for my e4g touch. I recently rooted my phone and my phone is currently on the fi27 build. Is there a recovery i can put on there now to go ahead and start flashing ruins, or will i have to wait for qbkng77 to post his video on you tube on putting cwm recovery on fi27 rooted e4g touch? Thanks in advance for the help!
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I assume you do the same thing as I did. Get the EL26 kernel and flash it with Mobile Odin. I would wait on someone else to confirm that though.
Another really quick question. I want to overclock my phone. I tried using setcpu and the overclocker it came with. It only goes to a max of 1200 but I know it can go higher. I am guessing I need another kernel. What kernel can I use?
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Another really quick question. I want to overclock my phone. I tried using setcpu and the overclocker it came with. It only goes to a max of 1200 but I know it can go higher. I am guessing I need another kernel. What kernel can I use?
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You either need a kernel with built in over clock support(you'd see the CPU slider go up to 1400-1600 automatically if it was). Or a kernel that supports over locking in tegrak, which you "load over clock module" with in tegrak.
Both Kuban kernel and some of Agats kernels have built in support, mine you need to use tegrak as I have not added built in yet
You can get them all in rwilco's (awesome) kernel repository stickied in development
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Hey guys i just installed a GB27 rom and i am rooted by i cant find how to install a custom recovery like cwm or agat? how do i do this?
There are tutorials in the stickies of the development and general sections.
You will need to flash the GB27 stock kernel back once you are done with flashing whatever tweaks or mods you want.
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ebuks97 said:
Hey guys i just installed a GB27 rom and i am rooted by i cant find how to install a custom recovery like cwm or agat? how do i do this?
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Odin or mobile odin
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Currently there is only a repack kernel and you do not want to stay on that for long... but here it is just flash it in Odin (or mobile Odin) and reboot into recovery. also, you may want to DL the stock kernel and flash that after your done flashing in AGATS.
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Currently there is only a repack kernel and you do not want to stay on that for long... but here it is just flash it in Odin (or mobile Odin) and reboot into recovery. also, you may want to DL the stock kernel and flash that after your done flashing in AGATS.
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Negative. Source kernel is out now. Agat recovery included
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217686
[LINKS][KERNEL][RECOVERY][SOURCE][JB] E4GT JB Kernels + Agat's Recovery
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Negative. Source kernel is out now. Agat recovery included
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217686
[LINKS][KERNEL][RECOVERY][SOURCE][JB] E4GT JB Kernels + Agat's Recovery
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iam about to smash this phone. but it seems that ever since i had tryed to flash GB08 or GB27 all i have its bad luck. mening i instal eather rom succesfully. and everytime i try to flash the custom recovery from agat and after its all succesfully flashed i go to the custom recovery and do a factory reset and clear cache using the lates agats recovery and once i exite the recovery my phone stays on soem stupid boot loop on the sprint 4g boost screen and keeps looping.. so i have no other choice to go back to Fi27 from freaking 6 months ago. does anybody knows about this boot loop crap? i even dowloaded the latest agats recovery today and still same issue.. weather i use oding or mobie oding he same issue happens. now i also use agts recovery when i use the Fi27 and it works awesome. i just dont know what is this boot loop crap issue on JB.
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iam about to smash this phone. but it seems that ever since i had tryed to flash GB08 or GB27 all i have its bad luck. mening i instal eather rom succesfully. and everytime i try to flash the custom recovery from agat and after its all succesfully flashed i go to the custom recovery and do a factory reset and clear cache using the lates agats recovery and once i exite the recovery my phone stays on soem stupid boot loop on the sprint 4g boost screen and keeps looping.. so i have no other choice to go back to Fi27 from freaking 6 months ago. does anybody knows about this boot loop crap? i even dowloaded the latest agats recovery today and still same issue.. weather i use oding or mobie oding he same issue happens. now i also use agts recovery when i use the Fi27 and it works awesome. i just dont know what is this boot loop crap issue on JB.
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I know there's a lot of information in the thread link in the quote you posted, but it discusses the known issue of the boot loops and the efforts to get the source kernels and the CWM/tRec recovery issues resolved.
With that being said; You're doing the right thing by using a known working recovery to bypass that issue when you want to reset and/or wipe.
Keep paying attention to that thread as Garwynn is working on it, and narrowing it down, and Agat will join in when he gets back.
I would suggest going back and reading that thread in it's entirety.
Long story short, something changed in GB27 versus other builds that causes data to be wiped in a way that permissions are not set properly and the kernel panics, resulting in said boot loop.
Here's the good news - the file system itself appears to be fine because I did a before/after and it can create files. Just throws all sorts of permission errors. If I can get a cable from home (and time at work today) I might build a test kernel without panic set in the fstab and for testing only. If not will have to wait until tomorrow for me to test.