So I've got a question about updating CWM Recovery. I have rooted and installed CWM 5.0.2.6 and Superuser, but now I realize that 5.0.2.7 is out and I need it to flash some ROMS.
How the heck can I update?! I've tried flashing via ROM Manager but it stays at .6. I downloaded the .7.img from the official Clockwork website, which you think would be the best place, but it's an .img. Odin is an option, but I can't find a .tar that is definitely the newest version of CWM. Can I flash the .img via the current version of CWM I have installed?
Any help is much appreciated!
There is a touch version of the newest cwm in the development section. The attached zip file will include .tar file in which you can flash through odin. Good luck!
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Rom manager should update it. Are you sure your selecting t-mobile galaxy s2 when it asked for your device?
anomy13 said:
There is a touch version of the newest cwm in the development section. The attached zip file will include .tar file in which you can flash through odin. Good luck!
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I'm having the same problem.
When I go to CWR site to download the latest CWM it just gives me a .img file not a .tar file.
I'm downloading the latest touch CWM for my first rooting of my SGS2.
Conti027 said:
I'm having the same problem.
When I go to CWR site to download the latest CWM it just gives me a .img file not a .tar file.
I'm downloading the latest touch CWM for my first rooting of my SGS2.
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Use the following link and flash it through CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481141
Good Luck!
sulla65 said:
Rom manager should update it. Are you sure your selecting t-mobile galaxy s2 when it asked for your device?
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Thank you to everybody who came forth with advice, but especially this one, the most simple. I had tried to flash via this method (I swear!), but the program just idled when I attempted to start the update. I decided to try it ONE MORE TIME though, and what do you know, it worked. Didn't have to lift a finger!
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I remember updating my phone to CWM Recovery 6.0.3.1 awhile back but I haven't a clue what I did to achieve the update. I downloaded the newest version but I can't remember what I do with the .IMG file..
Any help? Do I use Odin? I'm on a Mac and I don't remember if I did this on my Windows laptop or not. I would really like to update to 6.0.3.6 so I can safely support flashing Android 4.3 ROM's and start testing out the new ones as they're released.
use the app rom manager for update recovery
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use the app rom manager for update recovery
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Odin is preferred to push .img or .tar files. ..
They don't call it rom "mangler" for nothing. ..
And users, especially new ones, or those new to Samsung. ...should learn to use Odin and understand it's benefits. ..
Rom manager is a poor interface for sending files to a device, especially at the recovery level. ..as it leaves no recourse to correct its own errors. ...g
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VeeDaub said:
I remember updating my phone to CWM Recovery 6.0.3.1 awhile back but I haven't a clue what I did to achieve the update. I downloaded the newest version but I can't remember what I do with the .IMG file..
Any help? Do I use Odin? I'm on a Mac and I don't remember if I did this on my Windows laptop or not. I would really like to update to 6.0.3.6 so I can safely support flashing Android 4.3 ROM's and start testing out the new ones as they're released.
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You mean 3.0.6.3 ??
Just download the .zip from the TWRP site and flash it in your current recovery. ..
Or Odin. ...for the .img or .tar format. ..g
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I never have issues with that apk
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You mean 3.0.6.3 ??
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Umm.. no? It was CWM 6.0.3.6 at the time I made this post, the current CWM is 6.0.4.3 so there wasn't much of an update from there. I found a way to do this using terminal emulator so I got it figured out.
Ok, so I finally got root with ODIN and the Root66 file. Now I want to flash a custom ROM. First I have to flash a custom recovery right guys? How do I do that. Last time I had rooted, I had TWRP which I liked. Where do I get TWRP and how do I flash it if it applies to android 4.1.2?
Download goo manager from the play store, open it and press menu and select install OpenRecoveryScript. Just follow along with the pop ups and you'll have TWRP in no time.
Then you'll be able to flash roms...stay in the t999 section and you really shouldn't run into any problems. Oh and look into backing up your imei before you start to flash roms.
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using goo manager on t999n
Using the method mentioned above does not work for me, no support yet for the newer one. Are there really any good roms yet for the T999n?
r20zbk said:
Using the method mentioned above does not work for me, no support yet for the newer one. Are there really any good roms yet for the T999n?
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Do you really want TWRP or would you be okay with CWM? I know you can just download ROM manager and flash CWM. If not, you can use [ROOT]Recovery Tools - Flasher from the Play Store.
It can flash TWRP or CWM. I use it for flashing CWM Touch on my Nexus 7. It works great.
TheKid1 said:
Ok, so I finally got root with ODIN and the Root66 file. Now I want to flash a custom ROM. First I have to flash a custom recovery right guys? How do I do that. Last time I had rooted, I had TWRP which I liked. Where do I get TWRP and how do I flash it if it applies to android 4.1.2?
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Also answered yesterday in your other thread.
r20zbk said:
Using the method mentioned above does not work for me, no support yet for the newer one. Are there really any good roms yet for the T999n?
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use d2tmo recovery. Read the T999L/T999N thread. (Link in sig)
Purplezigar said:
Do you really want TWRP or would you be okay with CWM? I know you can just download ROM manager and flash CWM. If not, you can use [ROOT]Recovery Tools - Flasher from the Play Store.
It can flash TWRP or CWM. I use it for flashing CWM Touch on my Nexus 7. It works great.
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Read 2nd post. Goo Manager is for TWRP.
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OK, so I have been rooted almost a year, and have flashed several roms. I am currently on 4.1 of I believe Hybrid's rom. I believe I have had a 4.3 at one time but my last flash, whenever I started trying to flash a 4.4 version I started running into problems along the way. Is there anything special I need to do to upgrade to 4.4? Like besides flashing the rom, is there anything else I need to flash? Anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks!
Brandon.
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OK, so I have been rooted almost a year, and have flashed several roms. I am currently on 4.1 of I believe Hybrid's rom. I believe I have had a 4.3 at one time but my last flash, whenever I started trying to flash a 4.4 version I started running into problems along the way. Is there anything special I need to do to upgrade to 4.4? Like besides flashing the rom, is there anything else I need to flash? Anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks!
Brandon.
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I have the same question here.... I just rooted my phone on 4.3 jelly bean stock but if one day a stock 4.4 is comming out do I need to unroot my phone to make the update ?
carlosQC said:
I have the same question here.... I just rooted my phone on 4.3 jelly bean stock but if one day a stock 4.4 is comming out do I need to unroot my phone to make the update ?
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No one still has answered lol. I tried to flash a few different 4.3's and they kept failing. I'm using TWRP or whatever it's called 2.6.0.0 not sure what that's about. I had to flash an older rom I had on my computer to get it to allow my phone to work.
I prefer using CWM or Philz Touch which is based on CWM rather than TWRP. I tried TWRP with a few ROMs but they always failed to install. Once I switched to CWM, they installed without issue.You can flash the tar version of Philz using Odin.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
To run 4.4.2 ROMs, you should update to the latest 4.1.2 bootloader, load a custom recovery, boot into recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, system, and flash the new ROM.
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I prefer using CWM or Philz Touch which is based on CWM rather than TWRP. I tried TWRP with a few ROMs but they always failed to install. Once I switched to CWM, they installed without issue.You can flash the tar version of Philz using Odin.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
To run 4.4.2 ROMs, you should update to the latest 4.1.2 bootloader, load a custom recovery, boot into recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, system, and flash the new ROM.
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I already updated my bootloader to the one that said "you cannot downgrade from this one or you will brick your device" I think that's the latest one I'm not sure lol.
By "Boot into recovery" are you meaning boot to the recovery screen? Sorry, I like to make sure of what I am doing so I don't brick anything lol. Although in a month I'm buying the Note 3 .
How do I go about switching back to CWM? Sorry to ask and sound dumb -- which I am not I have an associates of science in computer programming but just reciently switched to Mechatronic Engineering due to higher job growth in my area. I digress.
I could probably find dozens of articles on here how to go about it, but its generally quicker if someone just posts the link to the correct one to use for my device, every time I go searching these forms, I end up on every-which phone other than mine -- I do apologize.
You need the newest version of cwm to flash anything 4.4.
If you're rooted use goomanager from play store it will install cwm or look in the stickies there are files and instructions.
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audit13 said:
I prefer using CWM or Philz Touch which is based on CWM rather than TWRP. I tried TWRP with a few ROMs but they always failed to install. Once I switched to CWM, they installed without issue.You can flash the tar version of Philz using Odin.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
To run 4.4.2 ROMs, you should update to the latest 4.1.2 bootloader, load a custom recovery, boot into recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, system, and flash the new ROM.
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If I have already TWRP installed can I install CWM over it ?
theramsey3 said:
You need the newest version of cwm to flash anything 4.4.
If you're rooted use goomanager from play store it will install cwm or look in the stickies there are files and instructions.
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Thats how I got TWRP I believe x). And ok thanks, I'll look around.
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Thats how I got TWRP I believe x). And ok thanks, I'll look around.
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Sorry I confused the cwm and twrp install process. Goo manager will download the newest twrp which is 2.6.3.1 I don't know if it will flash 4.4 roms or not... And yes you can flash cwm directly over twrp. You will want to use rom manager from play store to flash cwm. Sorry for the confusion...
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Sorry I confused the cwm and twrp install process. Goo manager will download the newest twrp which is 2.6.3.1 I don't know if it will flash 4.4 roms or not... And yes you can flash cwm directly over twrp. You will want to use rom manager from play store to flash cwm. Sorry for the confusion...
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IT WORKED! Thanks so much. I am using Liquid Kit-Kat lol. Thanks again!
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Sorry I confused the cwm and twrp install process. Goo manager will download the newest twrp which is 2.6.3.1 I don't know if it will flash 4.4 roms or not... And yes you can flash cwm directly over twrp. You will want to use rom manager from play store to flash cwm. Sorry for the confusion...
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It does work. I have flashed every 4.4 rom there is with that version of TWRP. Which is way better than cwm for me. :silly:
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Sorry I confused the cwm and twrp install process. Goo manager will download the newest twrp which is 2.6.3.1 I don't know if it will flash 4.4 roms or not... And yes you can flash cwm directly over twrp. You will want to use rom manager from play store to flash cwm. Sorry for the confusion...
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I have checked in the rom manager app it will install a version for galaxy s3 (metroPCS) d2mtr .... Is it going to work ??
carlosQC said:
I have checked in the rom manager app it will install a version for galaxy s3 (metroPCS) d2mtr .... Is it going to work ??
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I just downloaded rom manager today and it installed cwm for I747 D2ATT. Perhaps you need a newer version of rom manager?
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I just downloaded rom manager today and it installed cwm for I747 D2ATT. Perhaps you need a newer version of rom manager?
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Rom manager by clockworkmod ?? Why the **** it says "sorry we do not have a version for i747m " I dont understand why haha
carlosQC said:
Rom manager by clockworkmod ?? Why the **** it says "sorry we do not have a version for i747m " I dont understand why haha
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I can not verify anything about the I747M, I have the AT&T I747. However I have heard it is safe for you guys to use the I747 D2ATT version of cwm. I am trying out the philz touch cwm that audit13 keeps suggesting, it is highly modifiable. Thus far I am happy.
Can anyone on the I747M verify it is safe to flash the D2ATT recovery? I do know for a fact you guys can use any of our roms.
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I can not verify anything about the I747M, I have the AT&T I747. However I have heard it is safe for you guys to use the I747 D2ATT version of cwm. I am trying out the philz touch cwm that audit13 keeps suggesting, it is highly modifiable. Thus far I am happy.
Can anyone on the I747M verify it is safe to flash the D2ATT recovery? I do know for a fact you guys can use any of our roms.
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yeahh maybe it will find it for your phone but not for mine .....
carlosQC said:
yeahh maybe it will find it for your phone but not for mine .....
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Go to the general section and read the stickies here is a quote from the recovery thread I have heavily clipped it you need to read the whole thing in its original form. From what I read it is safe for your phone to use the D2ATT recovery image, I however take no responsibility for any thing that happens successful or not if you you flash it you wear it...
dstruct2k said:
So you've got your device rooted, and you want to install a custom recovery? Great! Don't just follow any guide you stumble across though, as some of the early recovery packages for the "AT&T" model were actually just copies of the custom Sprint recovery, and then you'll have all sorts of fun trying to install ROMs. ("Status 7" errors anyone? )
While this may seem difficult, it's really not. Grab a recovery image (these files end in ".img") such as ClockWork Mod (CWM) or Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) for your device. Most ROM developers say to use CWM, but they both work equally well.
In our case, we need an image for the Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. Telus, Rogers, Bell, and SaskTel phones are (almost*) the exact same phone as AT&T, if you have one of these devices, you will be installing the AT&T recovery.
*NOTE: While we're on the topic, let's take a second to talk about what makes the Canadian I747M different from the AT&T I747.
The short version is... The modem. AT&T is using completely different and incompatible modem firmware in their phones when compared with the Canadian models. Rogers, Bell, Telus, and any other Canadian I747M are the same device (Samsung worked some strange voodoo and got all the Canadian carriers to agree on the same hardware!) which means that if Rogers releases a new modem firmware update, a SaskTel user could install it without issue. AT&T modem updates will not work on Canadian models, nor will Canadian updates work on AT&T phones! I've tried it. Trust me. You don't want to deal with the hassle of fixing it.
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Go to the general section and read the stickies here is a quote from the recovery thread I have heavily clipped it you need to read the whole thing in its original form. From what I read it is safe for your phone...
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ok good thank you for your help !!!
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ok good thank you for your help !!!
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I edited the above post please reread it.
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I edited the above post please reread it.
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So in on word I can't really do anything with my rooted phone ?? When you flash a rom does it change anything to the modem file ?
When I go into recovery now, it goes into clockwork. I have twrp on my phone also. How can I swith it so that twrp is my default recovery.
you can try here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1793224
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Went to that post and read and read. Didn't see anything to help me. Can I uninstall cwm or can I switch between cwm and twrp?
tepeee said:
Went to that post and read and read. Didn't see anything to help me. Can I uninstall can or can I switch between both?
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It is possible to switch between the two. I don't recall at the moment how, but give me a few minutes to search.
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It is possible to switch between the two. I don't recall at the moment how, but give me a few minutes to search.
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I couldn't find what I was looking for, but if you have a TWRP .zip on your phone you can flash it with CWM. From what I have read backups created in CWM are not read by TWRP, nandroids may be seen, however.
Nandroid are not compatible between the two. But you are correct that all you have to do is flash twrp from cwm. Then reboot
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When I go to ROM manager it says current recovery is twrp but still boots into cwm. I would like to just remove cwm.
Download the tar file from here
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att
Flash in Odin.
Or find a zip file version and flash with cwm.
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Thanks Doc. Do you think because I was using clockwork when flashing CM11 that might have been why might data didn't work?
Very doubtful.
As I asked in your other thread, we need to know your current bootloader and baseband versions. CM11 doesn't work with anything but the 4.4.2 builds.
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When I flash that twrp tar file thru Odin, do I need to do anything to my phone first or is it safe just to put that over the existing recoveries already on my phone?
Just flash over your current one.
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