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[Q] How to Restore CWM from TWRP ?

Hi,
I' am trying to restore CWM from TWRP using Marcusant's zip file but TWRP does not allow the zip to be flashed and gives out a "unknown md5 error" message. I' am getting this message for every flashable file of mine (each of these have worked without any problem with cwm before) and I' am unable to flash any other Rom after flashing MIUI rom...wana get out of it and continue flashing other roms...
I cannot post into Marcusant's thread as my "10 posts" goal is yet to be reached ! Can someone help ?
Thanks

yaji63 said:
Hi,
I' am trying to restore CWM from TWRP using Marcusant's zip file but TWRP does not allow the zip to be flashed and gives out a "unknown md5 error" message. I' am getting this message for every flashable file of mine (each of these have worked without any problem with cwm before) and I' am unable to flash any other Rom after flashing MIUI rom...wana get out of it and continue flashing other roms...
I cannot post into Marcusant's thread as my "10 posts" goal is yet to be reached ! Can someone help ?
Thanks
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You could try flashing CWM using Odin. Also, questions go in the Q&A forum.

Post two more times in this thread and you'll be able to tell Marcus about it in his thread
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nikon120 said:
You could try flashing CWM using Odin. Also, questions go in the Q&A forum.
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If you've flashed twrp and are on Mtd you cannot just Odin in cwm again. You must flash the restore .zip
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nikon120 said:
You could try flashing CWM using Odin. Also, questions go in the Q&A forum.
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Don't do this... if your on mtd, which you are if your using twrp you can't odin in any recovery... you either have to odin to complete stock or hope the restore.zip ends up working... or a kernel flash works....

flastnoles11 said:
Don't do this... if your on mtd, which you are if your using twrp you can't odin in any recovery... you either have to odin to complete stock or hope the restore.zip ends up working... or a kernel flash works....
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I' am on MTD like you guessed rightly...flashed MIUI and that put on the TWRP and now. restore.zip does not work and none of the flashable zips are working...cant understand the reason too...
Which kernel flash for MTD ?

yaji63 said:
I' am on MTD like you guessed rightly...flashed MIUI and that put on the TWRP and now. restore.zip does not work and none of the flashable zips are working...cant understand the reason too...
Which kernel flash for MTD ?
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Which miui if ICS then use this kernel and make sure you UNCHECK inject twrp into boot.img its always checked by default.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589762
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ÜBER™ said:
If you've flashed twrp and are on Mtd you cannot just Odin in cwm again. You must flash the restore .zip
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is there a way to flash restore.zip without going into twrp ?

yaji63 said:
is there a way to flash restore.zip without going into twrp ?
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No? That's the only way to flash things...
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ÜBER™ said:
Which miui if ICS then use this kernel and make sure you UNCHECK inject twrp into boot.img its always checked by default.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589762
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kernel is Nyan Colonel...if you mean i have to flash this in recovery...then thats the whole problem right now...none of the zip files are getting flashed and i get a error message "unknown md5 error" even when i have unchecked all the 3 options (checking zip file, md5, and inject twrp)

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yaji63 said:
kernel is Nyan Colonel...if you mean i have to flash this in recovery...then thats the whole problem right now...none of the zip files are getting flashed and i get a error message "unknown md5 error" even when i have unchecked all the 3 options (checking zip file, md5, and inject twrp)
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This should flash just fine... don't uncheck anything other than inject twrp.
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Try to Odin back to stock and go from there.

ÜBER™ said:
This should flash just fine... don't uncheck anything other than inject twrp.
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everything unchecked...This also gave the same error as before..."unknown md5 error" nothing gets flashed...reminds me of old windows installation where no other OS was being permitted to be installed unless booted into CD ...driving me nuts

yaji63 said:
everything unchecked...This also gave the same error as before..."unknown md5 error" nothing gets flashed...reminds me of old windows installation where no other OS was being permitted to be installed unless booted into CD ...driving me nuts
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Gonna have to odin back to stock and start over. Everything you need can be found in the sticky in development how to unbrick... (while its not a brick, this is the method you need)

ÜBER™ said:
If you've flashed twrp and are on Mtd you cannot just Odin in cwm again. You must flash the restore .zip
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Ah, yea that's right. I usually just Odin back to stock anytime I have an issue with hardware or the recovery partition. Starting over from a fresh odin is always nice in my eyes.

tazfanatic said:
Try to Odin back to stock and go from there.
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trying to do that as a last resort and if i' am unable to find a way of flashing CWM other than going into recovery....

yaji63 said:
trying to do that as a last resort and if i' am unable to find a way of flashing CWM other than going into recovery....
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Unfortunately that is you're only option is to start over.
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Just flash a different kernel.
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xboxfanj said:
Just flash a different kernel.
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He has... still gets the md5 error even with the md5 checksum off... only choice is to Odin back to stock.
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ROM Manager does not see CWM Recovery

Hi guys, new to rooting and android in general.
I have a GS3 with Videotron and I root the device with a older version of CWM.
I installed ROM manager but it always says that CWM Recovery is not installed on my device.
So I went ahead and updated CWM to the lastest version (Not touch), but I still have the same issue.
From what I saw our device should be supported by ROM Manager.
Is there something I am doing wrong ?
Thanks a lot !

how did you update cwm? I had to do it through Rom manager
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Android_Monsters said:
how did you update cwm? I had to do it through Rom manager
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I did it in console because ROM Manager says CWM is not installed, so I can't update.

It tells me I have the latest recovery but I have the touch recovery 4.8.4.5 or something... I installed through terminal though.
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If I can't get Rom Manager to work the other way to backup is doing it from recovery directly ?
Thanks !
EDIT : I guess I should add that when I try the option Flash CWM Recovery my the Galaxy S3 is not in the device list.

Zotak said:
If I can't get Rom Manager to work the other way to backup is doing it from recovery directly ?
Thanks !
EDIT : I guess I should add that when I try the option Flash CWM Recovery my the Galaxy S3 is not in the device list.
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I have the same problem! Wind here

Zotak said:
EDIT : I guess I should add that when I try the option Flash CWM Recovery my the Galaxy S3 is not in the device list.
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My guess for this is that you have the T999V. I would think they woulda covered that when adding support for the s3, but maybe they missed it?
Check the cwm website and email them if you cant find confirmation of this either way.
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Need help, bricked phone???

not bricked
Buddy rooted his phone via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zPrnbJasFs&feature=plcp
He asked me to help him install CM10 rom..
No problem I thought
Had him install Touch recovery via goo-manager, rebooted into recovery and wiped data/cache blah blah, install .zip file and gets an error
every CM10 based rom gives some sort of error
"assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "d2att" e:Error in /emmc/cm-9-20120720-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip (status 7)
WTF?!??!
Anyone have any ideas ?? THANKS GUYS!

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ODIN

GalaxysHeart said:
ODIN
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Are you saying I have to use odin to flash a rom

fastfed said:
Are you saying I have to use odin to flash a rom
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Yes. Instructions can be found with a quick search.
Download mode -> ODIN to stock -> Put ClockworkMod recovery on SD -> Install CWM using stock recovery -> Happy flashing!

fastfed said:
Are you saying I have to use odin to flash a rom
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No. You don't use ODIN to flash cm10. Error 7 happens because of outdated recovery. Download ROM manager from the play store, install cwm through it and after its installed ...boot into recovery and flash cm10.
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GalaxysHeart said:
Yes. Instructions can be found with a quick search.
Download mode -> ODIN to stock -> Put ClockworkMod recovery on SD -> Install CWM using stock recovery -> Happy flashing!
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Gotcha, thanks

GalaxysHeart said:
Yes. Instructions can be found with a quick search.
Download mode -> ODIN to stock -> Put ClockworkMod recovery on SD -> Install CWM using stock recovery -> Happy flashing!
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Ok, did it, and got the green pass light on odin and had him go back into recovery and ONCE AGAIN, back into the STOCK recovery.
I'm losing my mind with frustration!
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Also, why doesn't this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29250690
TWRP

Are you rooted..? Like I said before ..why not use ROM manager?
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defnow said:
Are you rooted..? Like I said before ..why not use ROM manager?
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He rooted it I wasn't there when he did it.
It sure seems rooted it.. Super user is there and I already flashed a rom
But again, every CM10 based rom gives some sort of failure
and his recovery goes back and forth on its own from CWM to stock, its very strange

What recovery version does he have?
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defnow said:
What recovery version does he have?
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The one from goo-manager
Whatever goomanger puts on there.
The problem is, if he loads goo manager, tells it to download the recovery and reboots into recovery the recovery will there.
If he reboots a few times and then goes and reboots into recovery it will revert back into the stock recovery.
WTF!! lol

All you need to do is to install ROM manager from the play store and from it you can install the latest cwm recovery easily.
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fastfed said:
The one from goo-manager
Whatever goomanger puts on there.
The problem is, if he loads goo manager, tells it to download the recovery and reboots into recovery the recovery will there.
If he reboots a few times and then goes and reboots into recovery it will revert back into the stock recovery.
WTF!! lol
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Wow. Just download ROM manager and use that recovery...you shouldnt have a problem flashing cm10 with that one.
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defnow said:
Wow. Just download ROM manager and use that recovery...you shouldnt have a problem flashing cm10 with that one.
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Yes, we installed Rom manager and when he clicks "flash clockworkmod recovery" he gets an error
I gotta wait till he gets home so he can tell me what the error is again
thanks

Ok I forgot, he doesn't get an error message when he goes to install the clockwork recovery via rom manager, he gets a message that he has to choose a phone and in that list there is no GSIII
which model should he choose ? THANKS

Yea so ok, something is seriously screwed here,
I had him flash the CWM recovery the third on this list
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28612095&postcount=558
Had him reboot into recovery and flash that zip, it was successful, I had him reboot into recovery from the touch recovery that we installed from goo-manager and he was indeed in the CWM recovery
Had him reboot the system, then again reboot into recovery from rom manager and sure enough it reboots into the stock android recovery.
Something is seriously wrong here.
I am totally at a loss

It has something to do with the flash counter. Since I'm not sure about it I would have him re root his phone using the toolkit and flash a recovery with the toolkit and see what happens.
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Are you trying to root a kies/ota update? Canadian carriers put in an install script that removes custom recovery at every reboot.
Look for install.sh in the root of the phone's file system.
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Cant reboot into custom recovery!

I rooted my phone by odin method . Flashing clockwork mod recovery over stock recovery . And somehow I was able to install Superuser.
But now when I try to reboot in recovery it takes me to stock recovery mode not custom recovery.
I tried both recovery and they work for a while and after some time they dont.
Why is this happening ?
Su is working fine and I m on UVLH2 .
Thanks in advance
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Since you already have superuser. Why not install via Rom manager or install twrp
Recovery doesn't stick for some weird reason when flashing through Odin on that firmware
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Teo032 said:
Since you already have superuser. Why not install via Rom manager or install twrp
Recovery doesn't stick for some weird reason when flashing through Odin on that firmware
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I did. I did install clockwork mod via rom manager and twrp via goo.im app but they work for a while and after a while (1 hour ) wheb I reboot on recovery it takes me to same stock recovery
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Oh really that's really weird. I'm sure doc will come in here and help you out.. there was another thread out there asking the same that used a different odinable cwm that worked.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Battery pulls are unnecessary. Delete or rename these.
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Reinstall recovery with rom or goo manager and reboot recovery.
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bikrame said:
I did. I did install clockwork mod via rom manager and twrp via goo.im app but they work for a while and after a while (1 hour ) wheb I reboot on recovery it takes me to same stock recovery
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Thats weird...so you can reboot into custom recovery a few times and eventually it goes back to stock? Or can you only boot custom once then it reverts?
First, look for these files and if there, delete or rename them.
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Then reinstall recovery and see if it works now.
If theyre not there, good!....well maybe!
Have you tried any other method of installing recovery?
Try using my favorite tool, Mobile Odin.
Free lite version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
(Dont forget to download the flash kernel further down the page)
Or buy full version on play store.
Download twrp here:
http://d-h.st/pNQ
Rename to recovery.img
Open Mobile Odin and tap Recovery and select that file.
Do not wipe.
Tap and confirm Flash Firmware.
Let me know how that goes.
Teo032 said:
Oh really that's really weird. I'm sure doc will come in here and help you out.. there was another thread out there asking the same that used a different odinable cwm that worked.
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Lol! Expecting me?
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Thank you guys .
I did first method. Rename those files and install recovery via goo.Im. got error on rom manager . Lets see what goes on couple of hours and I will let you know .
Thanks again
*.*Carrying unrooted phone is almost like carrying an iphone *.*

bikrame said:
Thank you guys .
I did first method. Rename those files and install recovery via goo.Im. got error on rom manager . Lets see what goes on couple of hours and I will let you know .
Thanks again
*.*Carrying unrooted phone is almost like carrying an iphone *.*
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You take that back
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Thank you Doc and Teo . Twrp is running good. Did nadroid backup also.

Clockwork Mod not staying

So just picked up a new Galaxy S3 AT&T as my old one had a cracked LCD. I rooted using Odin, boot into recovery Clockwork Recovery, installed superuser and rebooted. Afterwards I tried to go back into the clockwork mod recovery to install roms but instead of CWM I was greeted with the factory android recovery screen instead.. I tried rooting a few times, each time shows clockwork mod recovery but after a reboot it reverted. This use to work on my previous galaxy but this new one isnt taking it..
version 4.1.2 Just got it yesterday.. Any idea?

Delete wrong reply

Now I'm curious as to what the reply was LOL

applefritterz said:
Now I'm curious as to what the reply was LOL
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This is not the AT&T galaxy s3 forum. This is the GT-i9300 (international) forum. Top of teh screen is a "type to find your device" box, which you can use to locate the correct forum.
Or better yet, use the /!\ report button to the top right of your post to report it for a moderator to move it to the correct location.

Lol I did not read your post right :silly:

I do apologize I thought this was the US carrier.
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Thread moved to AT&T Q&A.
Check for a file named /system/etc/install-recovery.sh on your system partition. That will try to replace the recovery when the phone starts in case it has been corrupted.

Try booting to recovery with Rom manager.
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ra4013 said:
Try booting to recovery with Rom manager.
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I've tried doing it this way. I have both clockworkmod recovery and Team Win Recovery Project just now.. clockworkmod works via rom manager but TWRP does not.. hmm booting into TWRP takes me back to the default android recovery

Root phone, install super user, restart phone, download rom manager, install latest cwm recovery, reboot in recovery, press reboot phone, disable flash of stock recovery, problem solved.
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Domoo said:
Root phone, install super user, restart phone, download rom manager, install latest cwm recovery, reboot in recovery, press reboot phone, disable flash of stock recovery, problem solved.
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That simple eh.. k