Hello,
So I've been rooted for a while now, i was going to install a custom rom but decided not to a few months ago. Tonight, i decided to install aokp, however my phone would not go into cwm, only stock recover. I could have sworn it was installed, but fine, so i installed it once again with auto reboot in odin checked, and it still wouldnt enter cwm. I then tried to install it again with auto reboot checked off so i could see if i could enter it without the reboot. I ended up getting into it, but then when i was taking a NANDROID, it just froze on one of the first steps. Fine, reboot, try to enter cwm again. Nope, just stock android recovery. I am sure im installing it correctly and pressing the right button combos. I am at a total loss for what is stopping me from being able to enter cwm. I hope you guys know/help me find whats going on.
Thanks!!!
Zay
maybe you didn't actually "root" your phone to begin with lol
are you sure you have "superuser" or "superSU" app?
anyways to get CWM or TWRP recovery you need
find a up-to-date CWM or TWRP (if i spell teamwin recovery correctly)
download it
put your phone in ODIN Mode (download mode) by power + vol down + home
flash the recovery
i personally think twrp is better
they just released a new version which support ExFat
and all you need is just use terminal on your phone to install it.
pcshano said:
maybe you didn't actually "root" your phone to begin with lol
are you sure you have "superuser" or "superSU" app?
anyways to get CWM or TWRP recovery you need
find a up-to-date CWM or TWRP (if i spell teamwin recovery correctly)
download it
put your phone in ODIN Mode (download mode) by power + vol down + home
flash the recovery
i personally think twrp is better
they just released a new version which support ExFat
and all you need is just use terminal on your phone to install it.
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Yes my phones rooted.
If you actually read my post, you'd know that that is EXACTLY what I am doing.
Thanks anyways though..
Zay48 said:
If you actually read my post, you'd know that that is EXACTLY what I am doing.
Thanks anyways though..
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i have no idea how i missed that odin part on your part... i read everything but somehow i just missed that part alone 0_0
anyways
try install twrp recovery instead then
by using terminal emulator
can get it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
latest twrp can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074951
pcshano said:
i have no idea how i missed that odin part on your part... i read everything but somehow i just missed that part alone 0_0
anyways
try install twrp recovery instead then
by using terminal emulator
can get it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
latest twrp can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074951
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Aha its alright
I'd like to stick with cwm though, its what im familiar with. If nobody else has an answer i'll try it tomorrow though.
Thanks
Zay48 said:
Aha its alright
I'd like to stick with cwm though, its what im familiar with. If nobody else has an answer i'll try it tomorrow though.
Thanks
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if you still want cwm then i guess you can try flash stock rom and root it again and see
since you're going to flash a custom rom which will delete all your data anyways
Zay48 said:
Aha its alright
I'd like to stick with cwm though, its what im familiar with. If nobody else has an answer i'll try it tomorrow though.
Thanks
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Stock ROM has a built in script that reloads standard android recovery when it boots. The only way to keep it is to keep Odin auto reboot unchecked, boot directly in and make your nandroid/flash custom. Once you are on a custom ROM CWM will stick.
On a side note TWRP is a very nice recovery and many people find it much easier to use. If you insist on CWM, make sure you have the latest version. You might need to flash CWM again if you had a bad flash. It shouldn't freeze up on a nandroid.
Many people never experienced this because they flashed during early ICS when the device was released. The change was an update just before JB was released which caused this little annoying script to appear.
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RPelham said:
Stock ROM has a built in script that reloads standard android recovery when it boots. The only way to keep it is to keep Odin auto reboot unchecked, boot directly in and make your nandroid/flash custom. Once you are on a custom ROM CWM will stick.
On a side note TWRP is a very nice recovery and many people find it much easier to use. If you insist on CWM, make sure you have the latest version. You might need to flash CWM again if you had a bad flash. It shouldn't freeze up on a nandroid.
Many people never experienced this because they flashed during early ICS when the device was released. The change was an update just before JB was released which caused this little annoying script to appear.
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Thankyou!! That makes sense ;p. When I did get to start making a nandroid last night but it froze, right before it froze it said the free space on my sdcard was 1612 mb (or something like that) This is wrong, I have the 16gb i747 so I have 11.95 gb of usable storage for apps and such, after deleting some big apps I have 4.93 gb available, my sdcard is a 16 gb sdcard which has 12.06 gb available. Do the math and I have enough room on my sdcard for a nandroid, so what could be causing cwm to freeze and report false information?
Zay48 said:
Thankyou!! That makes sense ;p. When I did get to start making a nandroid last night but it froze, right before it froze it said the free space on my sdcard was 1612 mb (or something like that) This is wrong, I have the 16gb i747 so I have 11.95 gb of usable storage for apps and such, after deleting some big apps I have 4.93 gb available, my sdcard is a 16 gb sdcard which has 12.06 gb available. Do the math and I have enough room on my sdcard for a nandroid, so what could be causing cwm to freeze and report false information?
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what version of CWM are you currently running?
you could always try to download GooManager or ROM Manager from the Play Store.
then from one of those, install the custom recovery, GooManager for TWRP or ROM Manager for CWM.
xBeerdroiDx said:
what version of CWM are you currently running?
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3.0.7
Zay48 said:
3.0.7
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That is a very out dated version as they are now up to version 6.0.2.3. I would try getting an updated CWM. that could very well fix your freezing/reporting problems...
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CWM is very very funny and one of the reasons I switched to TWRP was for stability
In my experience errors come up on restoring images when 1) you don't use the same version you backed up the image with 2) you don't get to CWM through the same method you used while making the image (ie through ROM manager with your phone on).
zetsui said:
CWM is very very funny and one of the reasons I switched to TWRP was for stability
In my experience errors come up on restoring images when 1) you don't use the same version you backed up the image with 2) you don't get to CWM through the same method you used while making the image (ie through ROM manager with your phone on).
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He's not having a problem restoring images, he's having a problem making his first nandroid.
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Zay48 said:
3.0.7
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Holy hell! CWM 3.0 is still around? Like RP said, you're recovery is severely outdated.
RPelham said:
That is a very out dated version as they are now up to version 6.0.2.3. I would try getting an updated CWM. that could very well fix your freezing/reporting problems...
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This.
Also, I was a long time CWM touch user on my old NS. After using TWRP on this phone, I will never look back at CWM. TWRP is much more user friendly. Give it a shot OP unless you're adamant in using CWM. Again, update your recovery.
Download rom manager and update your cwm and then try making a nandroid again.
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CrackerTeg said:
Holy hell! CWM 3.0 is still around? Like RP said, you're recovery is severely outdated.
This.
Also, I was a long time CWM touch user on my old NS. After using TWRP on this phone, I will never look back at CWM. TWRP is much more user friendly. Give it a shot OP unless you're adamant in using CWM. Again, update your recovery.
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I was also a CWM user, but after I got my s3 and my first flash of CWM on the s3 hard bricked my phone, I decided to use TWRP. Little did I know I was missing out on what TWRP had to offer. I won't ever turn back to CWM again lol.
That said... If you insist in CWM, this is the guide I followed to get a successful CWM flash. (This was the CWM I was running successfully for the brief time TWRP disbanded.)
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_d2att
The above is for the ATT variant only. If you have a different variant and can't find the link, post back and I'll find it for you
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CrackerTeg said:
Holy hell! CWM 3.0 is still around? Like RP said, you're recovery is severely outdated.
This.
Also, I was a long time CWM touch user on my old NS. After using TWRP on this phone, I will never look back at CWM. TWRP is much more user friendly. Give it a shot OP unless you're adamant in using CWM. Again, update your recovery.
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apparently it's still around because new android users who want to root use those guides with outdated files
RPelham said:
I was also a CWM user, but after I got my s3 and my first flash of CWM on the s3 hard bricked my phone, I decided to use TWRP. Little did I know I was missing out on what TWRP had to offer. I won't ever turn back to CWM again lol.
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Preach brother!
Related
Was running a restore via CWM this morning, but there was nothing happening for a good 20 minutes, restoring from Darkstar to Calkulins (GB), so I left the phone alone for a while. An hour later, says is restoring data (no progress bar) and so after another minute, I rebooted the device. Of course, now I only get a blue LED(nothing on screen) and I cannot seem to get into ODIN mode or recovery. Any ideas?
Its bricked. You need to jtag or take it to sprint.Have you read what everybody is saying?.....if you want to restore gingerbread use odin first
shiftr182 said:
Its bricked. You need to jtag or take it to sprint.Have you read what everybody is saying?.....if you want to restore gingerbread use odin first
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Sure as **** did not. I have a buddy at the sprint store I guess I need to see.
have u tryed using a usb jig
Sorry man, same thing happened to mine a week ago.
sergioperalta81 said:
have u tryed using a usb jig
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What's that?
Its a little usb thing that you plug into your phone, it is supposed to put it in download mode/reset your odin counter automatically. I used it on mine when it bricked and it did nothing.
what shiftr said, im goin through this right now, sprint employee might say the screen is dead and make u wait a bit...
T.C.P said:
what shiftr said, im goin through this right now, sprint employee might say the screen is dead and make u wait a bit...
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So you are getting a replacement T.C.P?
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Have we come to any consensus on what is causing these bricks? It seems to happen often when using CWM to restore between ICS and GB. Or is it something else entirely? I've always just used Odin and haven't had any issues yet.
OP. Could you provide a little more information on your setup? Specifically ...
1) The recovery (specific version) you were using at the time you made your GB Nandroid backup
2) The method you used to flash Darkstar, and how you obtained custom recovery after flashing it and the version of said recovery
3) The recovery (specific version) you tried to use to restore your GB Nandroid backup
We need to find out what is corrupting the data partition and making it un-usable and un-repartitionable (yeah I made up a word).
ajs2677 said:
Have we come to any consensus on what is causing these bricks? It seems to happen often when using CWM to restore between ICS and GB. Or is it something else entirely? I've always just used Odin and haven't had any issues yet.
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from what I've read, it sounds like its either people coming from ics to gb like you said, or (and I'm really not sure on this one) they are trying to restore a backup from a different kind of recovery and there is being an incompatability at some point. Like restoring a backup made in rogue recovery in cwm recovery. I really don't know though and I'm kinda scared to test it as you can imagine.
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OP. Could you provide a little more information on your setup? Specifically ...
1) The recovery (specific version) you were using at the time you made your GB Nandroid backup
2) The method you used to flash Darkstar, and how you obtained custom recovery after flashing it and the version of said recovery
3) The recovery (specific version) you tried to use to restore your GB Nandroid backup
We need to find out what is corrupting the data partition and making it un-usable and un-repartitionable (yeah I made up a word).
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1) CWM Touch 5.8.1.5
2) CWM 5.0.2.7 (sensing a variable)
3) CWM Touch 5.8.1.5
I started with darkstar this morning, from calkulin's via cwm 5.0.2.7, then did a flash from rom manager, via cwm, to cwm touch. From there, without rebooting, I backed my ROM and attempted to reflash to calkulin's via cwm touch. That's when things went icky.
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1) CWM Touch 5.8.1.5
2) CWM 5.0.2.7 (sensing a variable)
3) CWM Touch 5.8.1.5
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So touch recovery is involved yet again. I'm assuming this was Koush's CWM Touch recovery, and not Team Rogue's version? If it was Koush's recovery, did you download it and flash it or did you install it via ROM manager?
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I started with darkstar this morning, from calkulin's via cwm 5.0.2.7, then did a flash from rom manager, via cwm, to cwm touch. From there, without rebooting, I backed my ROM and attempted to reflash to calkulin's via cwm touch. That's when things went icky.
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Okay ... VERY VERY VERY likely that this was your issue.
Lesson learned I guess, but this info is all over the place here on XDA. DO NOT use ROM Manager to flash CWM Touch. In fact, do not use ROM Manager at all, and I'd go further and say avoid any Touch Recovery for now. If if you insist on using Touch Recovery, use Steady Hawkins' version (although I believe he took the link down until this gets sorted out).
Don't know what the issue with the recovery and restore is but I've been dealing with galaxy s phones from all different carriers since they came out and its impossible to brick them. Like the other guy in the thread stated you need a USB jib. You plug it into your phones micro USB port and it automatically puts it in download mode and then you can use ODIN to flash what you want.
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Better still, my sprint guy said he'd just swap it.
droidboy29 said:
Don't know what the issue with the recovery and restore is but I've been dealing with galaxy s phones from all different carriers since they came out and its impossible to brick them. Like the other guy in the thread stated you need a USB jib. You plug it into your phones micro USB port and it automatically puts it in download mode and then you can use ODIN to flash what you want.
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That's the problem. People are getting stuck at an in between point where Odin won't complete as well.
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droidboy29 said:
Don't know what the issue with the recovery and restore is but I've been dealing with galaxy s phones from all different carriers since they came out and its impossible to brick them. Like the other guy in the thread stated you need a USB jib. You plug it into your phones micro USB port and it automatically puts it in download mode and then you can use ODIN to flash what you want.
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Not in this case man. I know it defies all previous knowledge, but this problem is stopping even Odin from being able to re-partition and write to /data.
When using ics 3.0 kernel to flash or restore you have a good chance of a brick .....Odin back before restore ....please read people
And don't use cwm touch
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Which Recovey Do You Guys Think is Best CWM or TWRP?
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
mike.r.olson said:
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
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i have always used cwm and wanted to try twrp on my sgs2 but didnt. so thats why i wanted any1 oppion
i have been on TWRP for the past 6 months and never looked back, plus its themabel which is a nice bonus, givie it a try
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mike.r.olson said:
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
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+1 on 4EXT, That's by far my favorite recovery:good:
Where did you hear that it was coming to the sgs3?
I emailed madmaxx on it and he said he was really busy with allot of other models and he would look into our sgs3's since it's a popular device.
Hopefully we will see it soon:fingers-crossed:
CWM is great, but TWRP is just awesome.
For me, TWRP has these little things that just make sense, like a link to wipe dalvik/cache right after you flash something, option to queue up multiple zips to flash in a certain order, option to compress your backups (because they do end up taking quite a bit of space if you have multiple backups), etc.
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Where did you hear that it was coming to the sgs3?
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I believe I read on their site that they may begin working in it at a future date. I'm satisfied with TWRP, but I'm hopeful that 4EXT is "in the cards" so to speak.
Edit: it appears like they want to start working on the international version of the SGS3. Hopefully we might me able to sway them towards working on the stateside version first.
Keep calm and flash on...
Sorry for the noob question.... but i just got the s3 and its already rooted but how do i enter recovery?? Or can somebody guide me for like a what are the steps to take idk... take in advance
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beyako said:
Sorry for the noob question.... but i just got the s3 and its already rooted but how do i enter recovery?? Or can somebody guide me for like a what are the steps to take idk... take in advance
Sent From My Galaxia with ICS
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Press and hold Volume Up+Home+Power buttons at the same time for about 5 seconds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31890422
Should probably read the whole thread before you do anything else...
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Tried TWRP once upon a time and couldn't adjust.
Ended up reverting to CWM Touch.
It just works for me.
Sorry i was just too excited.... lol
Thanks......
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I like twrp personally. Layouts better and easier to use. Plus it has a built in file manager.
Cwm has the ability to prevent itself from being overwritten after ota update but there's other ways around this.
They are both good recoveries imo, just personal preference.
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Agree 100% with Doc
I always used cwm since it came out but switched to twrp since I got my s3 and I'd never go back.
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mike.r.olson said:
I'm using TWRP because it's what I've used on my prior HTC devices and I'm familiar with it. I've read that 4EXT recovery might be available for our phones soon, and I'll switch to that if it becomes available.
Keep calm and flash on...
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I prefer twrp (only when 4ext isn't available). I talked to madmaxx82 and he was in middle of a complete redesign/overhaul on the UI of 4ext when started having computer issues. Then he did say we r on the list. I was his beta tester for the HTC Amaze. He prefers the HTC devices so I assume will be doing those first.
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If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
kingston73 said:
If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
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Yes, install goo manager from the playstore and install recovery from there. No you will not be able to restore any backup made with CWM in TWRP.
Thanks for the quick answer. I think I'll just stick with CWM for now. I'd love to see EXT for us, I had that for the sensation and loved it and was a bit disappointed to find there wasn't a version here.
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Thanks for the quick answer. I think I'll just stick with CWM for now. I'd love to see EXT for us, I had that for the sensation and loved it and was a bit disappointed to find there wasn't a version here.
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I have been a loyal CWM user since MT3g days, then I tried TWRP on my SGS3 and have not looked backed. I love the UI better, everything just seems a lot faster in TWRP to me.
kingston73 said:
If I wanted to switch from CWM touch to TWRP, can I just flash the twrp using goomanager? Also, if I do change do the backups from CWM work fine for TWRP?
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When u open goo manager app... push the menu soft key on your phone and click the install openrecovery script. Then you are good. :thumbup:
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Hi there fellow note users. I am currently using CWM and running the ported ROM with MultiView on my AT&T i317 Note2. I can't seem to get TWRP to take at all. I've tried 4 methods... flashing over in recovery, Oden, terminal and Goo Manager. All getting errors without install. Help please
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mr1080p said:
Hi there fellow note users. I am currently using CWM and running the ported ROM with MultiView on my AT&T i317 Note2. I can't seem to get TWRP to take at all. I've tried 4 methods... flashing over in recovery, Oden, terminal and Goo Manager. All getting errors without install. Help please
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I used goo manager after going to this link http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 and selecting my device. Pretty easy install from the goomanager. Then from goomanager I "reboot into recovery".
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I used goo manager after going to this link http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 and selecting my device. Pretty easy install from the goomanager. Then from goomanager I "reboot into recovery".
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Yeah I did that that first time and it didn't work. I get that little Android guy laying down dead with his heart out. Are you using a different kernel? I'm running stock.
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Yeah I did that that first time and it didn't work. I get that little Android guy laying down dead with his heart out. Are you using a different kernel? I'm running stock.
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U have to make sure u are rooted first.
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Yeah I did that that first time and it didn't work. I get that little Android guy laying down dead with his heart out. Are you using a different kernel? I'm running stock.
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Im not running any other kernel. All I've done so far is root and twrp.
I believe you installed cwm? and a ported rom as well?
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Im not running any other kernel. All I've done so far is root and twrp.
I believe you installed cwm? and a ported rom as well?
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Yes. CWM and ported ROM. Everything works well I just want TWRP. But I guess I'll do with CWM. If it aint broke then why fix it. It works I guess. Thanks.
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Check your build prop for device name. Maybe its not correct because of the Rom you're on. Whats the error you're getting?
Did you ever get TWRP on your phone?
I've had goofy issues with TWRP but much prefer it to CWM. Originally rooted using CWM and SuperSu and switched to TWRP when I flashed CleanRom several times via Romtoolbox pro I've flashed updated Twrp it said it was successful but when it rebooted was soft bricked! Had to use Odin and original CWM to get back in and re-install everything (nandroids were twrp backups) found file downloaded to sdcard that worked fine! Odd...
How can you wipe out all installed recoveries and start fresh? Via adb? Like to wipe Everything n start fresh advice? Running TWRP 2.4X -==
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How can you wipe out all installed recoveries and start fresh? Via adb? Like to wipe Everything n start fresh advice? Running TWRP 2.4X -==
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If by "installed" you are referring to the recovery program itself (and not your backups), you can only have one recovery 'installed' at one time as there is only 1 "Recovery" partition on the device (/dev/block/mmcblk0p9). So if you want to install CWM instead of your current TWRP (or visa-versa), either flash the appropriate new recovery zip via your current recovery... or Odin3 flash your desired new recovery tar. Either way, it will write to the same recovery partition. If you are referring to your backups... these are stored in the designated path you selected (either internal sd or external sd)... in the TWRP/BACKUPS folder. In that folder, you will have a device id #... in that folder are your backups.
Gotcha! Thanks the way it acted I wondered if there were "leftovers" in recovery partition or corrupt data. When I reflashed CWM or TWRP via ODIN it didn't say "Passed" instead "RESET" and I had to unplug phone and manually boot recovery which sometimes took a couple tries... Only boxes checked in Odin are reset time and reboot.
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Gotcha! Thanks the way it acted I wondered if there were "leftovers" in recovery partition or corrupt data. When I reflashed CWM or TWRP via ODIN it didn't say "Passed" instead "RESET" and I had to unplug phone and manually boot recovery which sometimes took a couple tries... Only boxes checked in Odin are reset time and reboot.
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Which version of Odin3 are you using? When I used Odin3 v1.85 I would get the "PASSED" but with Odin3 v3.07, I also only got "RESET" (on an WindowsXP box)... but both flashed it correctly (and auto rebooted after flash)
Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 ATT]
I tried the [Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V3.0.0 ATT] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052779 out of curiosity sake. Worked for me installing TWRP 2.3.2.3 without a hitch. Great tool from what I can see, and that's just one of it's many features. Great for simplifying things for new Android users just entering the customizing scene and regulars alike. Big ups to mskip for making this available. I can foresee myself grabbing the donate version here real soon.
And to get yourself SIM unlocked, get yourself back to 4.1.1 and give this a whirl.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 Bought my device used, was supposedly unlocked, wasn't. Even came with an unlock code that the previous owner purchased. Firstly it's a no go on 4.1.2, secondly still didn't work when I dropped back to 4.1.1. But this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014982 will set you free. Big thanks owl74 for posting. Once again XDA forums saves my hair from being pulled out.
I am trying to upgrade my Virgin ROM to the 9.12 build but get a fail upon trying to flash it. The background.... I'm using TWRP recovery and have tried the chainfire root method. Here are the results:
As you can see you can see some conflicting information... all shots were taken in sequence. I'm thinking the fail in twrp is coming from the system not having root but the info is telling me otherwise....
Bump... Anybody???
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th3h0ff said:
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Do you have the latest SuperSU version?
I'm a little lost at what you are saying.
You flashed a rom, and it said fail, and you think it has to do with Root?
If you have TWRP installed it doesn't matter if you are rooted or not. It's going to over right the system partition regardless if you have root or not.
So it's either a bad download or bad transfer for it to fail.
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I do have the latest SU version by chain fire. And maybe I'm doing something wrong the because I am running the virgin gpe ROM now and that flashed in twrp with no issues. Now when I go to install (after wiping) and select the 9.12 update that I downloaded it hangs on trying to open the zip and fails... I haven't changed any twrp settings but in the write options of twrp what boxes should be checked because system is not by default... Thanks for the replies!
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I previously only used cwm so I'm not sure if I should just try that or what... And I've checked the download and md5 for verification
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I previously only used cwm so I'm not sure if I should just try that or what... And I've checked the download and md5 for verification
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You can give CWM a try, I've been using it for a while without any issues. Out of curiosity what version if TWRP you are using? I think most people recommend TWRP 2.5.0.2. I'm using the latest version of CWM.
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If all else fails, just start from scratch, get stock UVUAMDL tar, flash it with Odin, make sure to do a factory wipe after you flash it, sometimes bootloops occur if you don't. You don't even have to go past the first screen where you pick the language. Just shut it down from there and boot into download mode and root with Chainfire with Odin, then shut down and boot up again into download mode again and flash custom recovery tar of ur choice with Odin. Then download whatever custom rom zip and install it via custom recovery.
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If all else fails, just start from scratch, get stock UVUAMDL tar, flash it with Odin, make sure to do a factory wipe after you flash it, sometimes bootloops occur if you don't. You don't even have to go past the first screen where you pick the language. Just shut it down from there and boot into download mode and root with Chainfire with Odin, then shut down and boot up again into download mode again and flash custom recovery tar of ur choice with Odin. Then download whatever custom rom zip and install it via custom recovery.
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Thanks again to everyone... not going to have time to mess with it tonight but I'll update tomorrow. Thanks again
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Thanks again to everyone... not going to have time to mess with it tonight but I'll update tomorrow. Thanks again
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heyyy saw your reply in my thread.
just as @byron1985 suggested there, it sounds like you got a bad download. the flashing scripts are essentially exactly the same from previous version. the flashing process has absolutely zero to do with SuperSU.
edit: re-read. so you've verified the download. if you had success with CWM previously, i would go back to that. i do not use TWRP.
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heyyy saw your reply in my thread.
just as @byron1985 suggested there, it sounds like you got a bad download. the flashing scripts are essentially exactly the same from previous version. the flashing process has absolutely zero to do with SuperSU.
edit: re-read. so you've verified the download. if you had success with CWM previously, i would go back to that. i do not use TWRP.
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Im going to give the twrp 2.5.2 a try as it seems most of my troubles keep happening on the 2.6.3 build. Hopefully that works either way its back to CWM for me as well. Thanks again for taking the time to help out and again sorry about hijacking the thread for a page... Your ROM is absolutely perfect so I appreciate the efforts and time!,
Andrew
SOLVED... tried 2.5 version of TWRP and all went well... odd but apparently my device doesnt like 2.6 versions of TWRP! Thanks to everyone who helped me out and gave me suggestions and thank you to the dev for taking some of his time to assist! It was a great help to me!
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SOLVED... tried 2.5 version of TWRP and all went well... odd but apparently my device doesnt like 2.6 versions of TWRP! Thanks to everyone who helped me out and gave me suggestions and thank you to the dev for taking some of his time to assist! It was a great help to me!
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Good to know you are out of trouble
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See you shoulda said you were running 2.6.3 lol
word of advice (and to all who run twrp)
DO NOT RUN ANYTHING GREATER THAN 2.5.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am trying to root my sons Note 2 and I am not sure of what the newest root method is...or for that matter, which method still works! I have been searching on here and youtube and I don't know which is the correct method...The Note is fully updated to 4.4.2.
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I am trying to root my sons Note 2 and I am not sure of what the newest root method is...or for that matter, which method still works! I have been searching on here and youtube and I don't know which is the correct method...The Note is fully updated to 4.4.2.
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My suggestion is not to worry about root. Rooting is only needed if you stick with pure stock ROM which sucks.
If I were you these are the steps I would take. Download custom recovery (philz 6.07.9) and use Odin to flash it. Then download custom ROM and flash that in custom recovery. Custom ROMs come rooted 99% of the time.
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My suggestion is not to worry about root. Rooting is only needed if you stick with pure stock ROM which sucks.
If I were you these are the steps I would take. Download custom recovery (philz 6.07.9) and use Odin to flash it. Then download custom ROM and flash that in custom recovery. Custom ROMs come rooted 99% of the time.
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I will give that a try...Thank You!
If you have any questions just ask and I will do my best to help you out.
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I am giving it a go now... I am very familiar with Twrp... Will that recovery ok?
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If you have any questions just ask and I will do my best to help you out.
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I do have a quick question...
1) I have enabled usb debugging...installed odin and downloaded the correct recovery for the phone.
2) I reboot the phone and get to download mode.
3) Plug in the cable and it gets recognized in Odin
4) click PDA button and navigate to Tar file
5) Once I hit start it goes through the whole process and says PASS
6) When I boot into recovery...using volume up, home key and power it brings me back into stock recovery
Do you have any idea what I am missing?
After you flash recovery does the device reboot automatically? If so recovery is most likely being overwritten. In Odin turn off auto reboot option. Once flash is finished disconnect and pull battery. While inserting battery press and hold power, vol +, home. You should now boot into recovery.
You stated you wanted to use twrp recovery which is okay as long as it is 2.8.0 or newer. Older versions of twrp don't work for newer ROMs.
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After you flash recovery does the device reboot automatically? If so recovery is most likely being overwritten. In Odin turn off auto reboot option. Once flash is finished disconnect and pull battery. While inserting battery press and hold power, vol +, home. You should now boot into recovery.
You stated you wanted to use twrp recovery which is okay as long as it is 2.8.0 or newer. Older versions of twrp don't work for newer ROMs.
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That did it! I went ahead and installed Philz...Thank You!
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That did it! I went ahead and installed Philz...Thank You!
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Great. While philz is different from twrp it is the best recovery for our device. Hope your son enjoys this. Even though it is not a new device it is a real nice one and I will have it till mine dies so there will be at least on person pumping out new ROMs for this device.
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I am about to root my note 2 but wonder how reinstall my previous recovery files? Say I no longer want the custom ROM do I simply flash and reinstall the back up or does the procedure differ?
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i'm looking for the same thing myself. my 4.4.2 got the OTA update. and root is now gone.
i'm not interested in custom roms. i just want the root back. with my hotspot back.
so, how would i reacheive root????? with the update.
last time i spent basically a whole week just to get this accomplished. seems as the note2 phone is dieing off when it comes to this matter.
i'm not sure on the recover mode. when i do the vol + home + power. it goes into a screen that has 2 paragraphs of red lettering. and the menu items are blue lettering. with black background screen and the droid with red triangle.
what recovery is that?
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what recovery is that?
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Without actually seeing it, I can't be 100% sure, but it does sound like you are describing the stock recovery.
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Without actually seeing it, I can't be 100% sure, but it does sound like you are describing the stock recovery.
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it had the purple back screen before. so how can i get the recovery and root back.
i really don't want to spend another week trying to figure it out again but if i have to go backwards to the original 4.4.2. how would i turn off the update.
i basically only use this phone as my trucker gps. so it's not like i have a lot of stuff to redownload.
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it had the purple back screen before. so how can i get the recovery and root back.
i really don't want to spend another week trying to figure it out again but if i have to go backwards to the original 4.4.2. how would i turn off the update.
i basically only use this phone as my trucker gps. so it's not like i have a lot of stuff to redownload.
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I guess my first question would be, why do you need a custom recovery? You're not flashing custom ROMs, so the only real benefit you'd get from a custom recovery is the ability to make nandroid backups.
The "purple back screen" recovery is Philz. The overwhelming majority of us use Philz v6.07.09 to flash ROMs and the like.
As for re-rooting, be sure to do this before you install your custom recovery (if you do indeed even need one, and I mentioned before). Many of the auto-root applications install the stock recovery as part of the process. I'd recommend ChainFire Auto-Root, but you may also try KingoRoot.
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I guess my first question would be, why do you need a custom recovery? You're not flashing custom ROMs, so the only real benefit you'd get from a custom recovery is the ability to make nandroid backups.
The "purple back screen" recovery is Philz. The overwhelming majority of us use Philz v6.07.09 to flash ROMs and the like.
As for re-rooting, be sure to do this before you install your custom recovery (if you do indeed even need one, and I mentioned before). Many of the auto-root applications install the stock recovery as part of the process. I'd recommend ChainFire Auto-Root, but you may also try KingoRoot.
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i don't, if i don't have to. all i want is root.
thanks, will give those a shot when i get home tonight.
thank you barcode. the cf autoroot was just the trick i needed. we have root again.
now if i can just find a way to turn off the auto update for the rom.