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I have the international LG Optimus G..
Can I use FreeGee for any thing ?
Will it give me CWM ?
seriously, how have you not found the info you need by searching? It's not like you're new either -.-
Anyway, it lets you unlock bootloader, gives you twrp which is a prefectly good replacement for cwm.
Cm 10.1 can be found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229806 and http://get.cm/?device=e975
They are not the same. I'm using the one by chad
kiwinazgul said:
seriously, how have you not found the info you need by searching? It's not like you're new either -.-
Anyway, it lets you unlock bootloader, gives you twrp which is a prefectly good replacement for cwm.
Cm 10.1 can be found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229806 and http://get.cm/?device=e975
They are not the same. I'm using the one by chad
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So sorry for asking.. But I could not find the answers i was looking for..
So if I run FreeGee I will be able to boot into recovery to flash custom rom ? (How to get into recovery)
I see only a few costum roms for this LG..
joeherlev said:
So sorry for asking.. But I could not find the answers i was looking for..
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It's okay, I was just a little surprised.
joeherlev said:
So if I run FreeGee I will be able to boot into recovery to flash custom rom ? (How to get into recovery)
I see only a few costum roms for this LG..
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Yes, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2212323&highlight=freegee
To boot into recovery:
Power off
press volum UP + power, this gets you to the fastboot menu.
Now, press volume down TWICE, then Power.
Yes, only those two CM 10.1 so far. When most of the bugs they have are sorted out I think we can expect some different ones to show up (slim bean, pacman etc. I really don't know though)
kiwinazgul said:
It's okay, I was just a little surprised.
Yes, look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2212323&highlight=freegee
To boot into recovery:
Power off
press volum UP + power, this gets you to the fastboot menu.
Now, press volume down TWICE, then Power.
Yes, only those two CM 10.1 so far. When most of the bugs they have are sorted out I think we can expect some different ones to show up (slim bean, pacman etc. I really don't know though)
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Will I be able to flash new bootamimations ect like on Samsung Galaxy S3 with CWM ?
Is it posible to do full backup in TWRP and always have options to go back to stock rom ?
Will the ROM MANAGER backup/ Restore work or only in TWRP ?
Can I Lock bootloader again if it needs to be repaired ?
I think so, look in the theme & apps section. I tried changing the font through rom toolbox pro, gave me a softbrick. so be cautious.
Yes, you can always make a nandroid backup when you want. Just like cwm recovery
Well, rom manager is based on cwm, but nandroids should work regardless, you can set twrp as your recovery in rom manager.
I think you can relock the bootloader by using the kdz method to restore your phone to stock. Pretty sure its been asked before.
You can NOT use twrp recoveries in cwm, and vice versa!! Also, I have no idea how to get back twrp after flashing to cwm recovery without using a kdz recovery. Which basically wipes your phone.
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Will I be able to flash new bootamimations ect like on Samsung Galaxy S3 with CWM ?
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Ya once you unlocked the bootloader and custom recovery installed yu can able to change the boot animations....pretty simple process.....yu can even do it without unlocking the bootloader nd witout custom recovery too but ur mobile must be rooted to do this process....using terminal emulator nd proper shell scripting its possible also we can use ly root explorer for this....
I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11
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I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11
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Have you tried going back to freegee and installing cmw there?
I used freegee.......it works...but couldn't get philz to work.. Its all good though 6.0.4.7 I think it is works fine for me so far
*2SHAYNEZ*KCCO*E980*
Yes guys. Thank you for the help.
Tried freegee and I got CWM to work finally pheww.
Now I have backup and just installed CM11 nightly
Thank you so much
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shayneflashindaily said:
I used freegee.......it works...but couldn't get philz to work.. Its all good though 6.0.4.7 I think it is works fine for me so far
*2SHAYNEZ*KCCO*E980*
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How were you able to make flashing custom roms work using freegee? I successfully rooted my Optimus G Pro and used freegee to install CWM recovery 6.0.4.7, but everytime I try to flash a custom rom - the phone would reboot after 10 -15 seconds. I followed and installed the custom roms accordingly to the instructions. Can you help me?
DraghanC said:
How were you able to make flashing custom roms work using freegee? I successfully rooted my Optimus G Pro and used freegee to install CWM recovery 6.0.4.7, but everytime I try to flash a custom rom - the phone would reboot after 10 -15 seconds. I followed and installed the custom roms accordingly to the instructions. Can you help me?
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When you start the freegee app is there an option to "unlock" ?
also, are you able to use CWM otherwise? liks to make a nandroid backup and such ?
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When you start the freegee app is there an option to "unlock" ?
also, are you able to use CWM otherwise? liks to make a nandroid backup and such ?
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There are two different versions of Freegee on the Playstore. One is the free version and One is the paid version. I used the free version and when I open the app to install CWM recovery I don't see the "unlock" option, so I think the "unlock" option is only available in the paid version. Also, when I used the free version of Freegee to install CWM recovery, I can make and restore my nandroid backup. Maybe I need to buy the paid version of Freegee??
no u don't need paid.
also I didn't have the unlock option and I was able to flash.
I would say try twrp.
also are u trying just 1 ROM or have to tried a couple. maybe do that
mshenoy4573 said:
no u don't need paid.
also I didn't have the unlock option and I was able to flash.
I would say try twrp.
also are u trying just 1 ROM or have to tried a couple. maybe do that
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I already tried 3 different roms and they all turned out the same. Keep rebooting after 10 - 15 seconds. I might have to give twarp a try. thanks
Just wondering, what software version is your phone?
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Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik
ricco333 said:
Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik
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okay I will try that and see if it works.
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Check in CWM recovery, before you flash any of the ROM's that LOKI support is enabled, I think you can find it under Advanced and it says something like "Toggle LOKI support"
Erik
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do I enable Loki after the flash or before the flash? Because I enable loki in the advance option of CWM recovery after I flash a custom rom and the phone still reboots 10-15 seconds. I did all the normal wipes and stuff too. I'm thinking maybe its because of I'm the software version that I'm on which is E98010g.
He said "check before you flash any rom,that LOKI support is enabled"... You should carefully read instructions before you do anything or you will end with bricked device...
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I am sorry about the noobness but i cant seem to find a proper thread for recovery setup.
I installed ROM Manager and then the CWM recovery from there.
But if i try to root into recovery I get a " android with a exclamation mark" - so assumes i messed something up ?
only way is to power cycle the device .
Can anyone here please help how i install CWM as i want to flas CM 11
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i did this as well and somehow now i can only get into twrp however i cant flash anything...any direction on this? i cant find the file i need to put on the sd card and flash thru twrp...any help?
For some reason Rom manager cwm didn't work for me so I tried installing freegee from the play store and installing cwm from there.
Since freegee my cwm works fine and I was able to flash.
Have you given freegee a try ?
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I'm having the same trouble with recovery. I was on SlimBean for several months and decided to flash a ROM from RadeonMaya, but it wouldn't boot, so I tried to restore my backup of Slim from CWM. It looked like it restored properly, but it wouldn't boot either. I finally reverted back to stock and rooted again, downloaded Freegee and tried to flash CWM. I booted into recovery to flash my Slim backup, but I got an "error loki-ifying the boot image". I tried Phil's recovery, but couldn't boot back into recovery from CWM
Since then, I have not been able to flash anything, and have reverted back to stock probably a dozen times. I've tried TWRP, but can't flash a version that works on 4.1.2. I'm beyond frustrated at this point. I had fun flashing on this phone until these problems showed up, now I'm just going to try to like the stock ROM and hope we get an update to KitKat.
Just a quick question guys. What does freegee's "unlock" feature do? I ask because I don't get that option in Freegee either. Is it supposed to network unlock your phone or? Also, what is the need for the unlock?
Hi all! I can't seem to find a flashable CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery for our G PRO(E98x/F240x).
If anyone can give me a link or the file itself, I would be very thankful!
Thanks in advance!
MitoTakatori said:
Hi all! I can't seem to find a flashable CWM 6.0.4.7 recovery for our G PRO(E98x/F240x).
If anyone can give me a link or the file itself, I would be very thankful!
Thanks in advance!
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here you go
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here you go
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Wow that is fast! Thanks mate. I'll try this one. Kudos!
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here you go
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Loki check problem when I flashed it. Any lokified recovery? Thanks!
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Loki check problem when I flashed it. Any lokified recovery? Thanks!
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well i took that file from freegee folder, maybe you must flash this file first
Download CWM OR TWRP without any hassle
Just download freegee(root) from Google play store and once installed and opened ....let it download the necessary....then just click on cwm or twrp as per ur wish ......u might then feel as if the app has frozen....but it is the process of downloading...... And once finished it will show flash successful ....
Works with 4.4.2?
I used the FreeGee app on stock 4.4.2 V20c earlier, but it bricked my device. Why is that? How do I install a recovery on 4.4.2?
i have a question on flashing the cwm recovery image, i had to go back to stock as i was soft bricked - i now need to install a recovery and i am sure that when i did this a few weeks ago on my g pro i used flashify and flashed the cwm recovery image through this app and everything works ed well, now i am trying to do it and it flashes the file but wont go into recovery - it says fastboot mode started but never goes into recovery, i also tried rom toolbox to flash it and not having any luck - anyone have a way to do this ?
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Not work on LG F240L? Help
I want to flash rom [ROM][UNOFFICIAL][CM12][5.0.2][2/1/15] LiquidSmooth v4.0 on http://forum.xda-developers.com/opt...liquidsmooth-v4-0-t3013270/page3#post58726587
or rom Mokee http://download.mokeedev.com/?device=e980
Help me!
Thank's
I would like to install a CWM touch variant, is there a way to get it done with KK stock rom?
I know it needs to be "lokified", but I have no clue how to do this.
Is there any tutorial to do this?
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I would like to install a CWM touch variant, is there a way to get it done with KK stock rom?
I know it needs to be "lokified", but I have no clue how to do this.
Is there any tutorial to do this?
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Philz touch cwm is a good one, you can find here on xda, or via Google search. However, my personal experience with cwm touch variant on e980 is that it causes the recovery bootloop (where you just keeps on going back to the recovery screen). Version 6.0.47 is stable , and will not cause the boot loop say when you try to open the recovery by using the up volume + power buttons. This seem to be the issue too with the cwm provided by cm update in the developer's option. Read the postings in the Philz's thread if you want to know more about the recovery loop and the touch cwm.
I get wrong date and time whene i make a backup. I have a E986. How can i fix this?
I quite fancy trying out a rom that requires formatting to f2fs, but this requires a jaunt into new territory for me. I currently have Philz recovery installed, but after searching, I don't seem to be able to find out how to format using this this. Should I install twrp instead? If so could someone point me to the relevant thread/discussion (again have searched but there are several to chose from) .
Cheers!
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I quite fancy trying out a rom that requires formatting to f2fs, but this requires a jaunt into new territory for me. I currently have Philz recovery installed, but after searching, I don't seem to be able to find out how to format using this this. Should I install twrp instead? If so could someone point me to the relevant thread/discussion (again have searched but there are several to chose from) .
Cheers!
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I used Captain Throwback's standard TWRP for my sprint m8, but it should work for all m8 variants:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...OM-TWRP-Recovery-v2-8-5-standard-TWRP-2-8-6-0
Look under the 3rd post for downloads
westy123 said:
I quite fancy trying out a rom that requires formatting to f2fs, but this requires a jaunt into new territory for me. I currently have Philz recovery installed, but after searching, I don't seem to be able to find out how to format using this this. Should I install twrp instead? If so could someone point me to the relevant thread/discussion (again have searched but there are several to chose from) .
Cheers!
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Philz recovery hasn't been maintained for some time now. CWM seems to be dying out as well. TWRP is the best choice IMO.
Thanks all, in my ignorance I hadn't realised that philz want actively maintained anymore! So best all round if I switch to twrp.
Another question if I may: it's been a while since I switched recoveries on any device, do I need to push twrp via adb etc. Or can I install it via the app through my phone?
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Thanks all, in my ignorance I hadn't realised that philz want actively maintained anymore! So best all round if I switch to twrp.
Another question if I may: it's been a while since I switched recoveries on any device, do I need to push twrp via adb etc. Or can I install it via the app through my phone?
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If you haven't done so, you can simply push the TWRP recovery file through adb (just as you did when you first unlocked your bootloader and obtained root, I assume). You can find the latest on twrp's website. I have no experience with the app method, but it should work fine as well.
westy123 said:
Thanks all, in my ignorance I hadn't realised that philz want actively maintained anymore! So best all round if I switch to twrp.
Another question if I may: it's been a while since I switched recoveries on any device, do I need to push twrp via adb etc. Or can I install it via the app through my phone?
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Since you are already rooted, you can flash TWRP in recovery. But personally, I would flash it in fastboot or hboot.
Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to install TWRP over top of CWM? When I initially rooted my phone CWM was installed, however to install a new rom I need TWRP. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Skyty said:
Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to install TWRP over top of CWM? When I initially rooted my phone CWM was installed, however to install a new rom I need TWRP. Is this possible?
Thanks,
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Yes. It's been a loong time. Best I can recall, I did the following:
1. Flash'd a ZIP of an old TWRP (couldn't find latest in ZIP file)
2. Rebooted into Recovery
3. Used old TWRP to flash IMG file of new TWRP
Just to make sure I understand (as it's been a while since I rooted a phone or done anything like this).
1.) When you say flashed, do you mean in the TWRP app on the screen where you select your phone model?
2.) So if I flash TWRP (in the manner I described above assuming that's what you meant) and reboot into recovery it will overwrite Clockworkmod and then I'll be in TWRP recovery?
3.) If I do this with the most recent TWRP version I'm assuming this step will be unecessary?
My apologies if I misunderstood what you were trying to say! Thanks for taking the time to respond!
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1.) When you say flashed, do you mean in the TWRP app on the screen where you select your phone model?
2.) So if I flash TWRP (in the manner I described above assuming that's what you meant) and reboot into recovery it will overwrite Clockworkmod and then I'll be in TWRP recovery?
3.) If I do this with the most recent TWRP version I'm assuming this step will be unecessary?...
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Quick answers: No, no, and maybe.
It appears that you may be confusing the TWRP app (which is basically useless bloat) with the actual TWRP recovery. You need to find and download the latest TWRP recovery for your device model. If you can find a ZIP of it, great; because CWM can then install TWRP recovery for you (so that when you reboot into recovery, you'll see TWRP instead of CWM). In my case, there was no ZIP available for the latest TWRP; it was available only as an IMG file. An old version of TWRP recovery, however, was and likely still is available in a ZIP file. So use CWM to install that ZIP of older TWRP, which can then install newer TWRP as an IMG file. I'm just a struggling noob myself, but I'm pretty sure CWM is not able to install an IMG file. Good luck!
MrGoodtunes said:
Quick answers: No, no, and maybe.
It appears that you may be confusing the TWRP app (which is basically useless bloat) with the actual TWRP recovery. You need to find and download the latest TWRP recovery for your device model. If you can find a ZIP of it, great; because CWM can then install TWRP recovery for you (so that when you reboot into recovery, you'll see TWRP instead of CWM). In my case, there was no ZIP available for the latest TWRP; it was available only as an IMG file. An old version of TWRP recovery, however, was and likely still is available in a ZIP file. So use CWM to install that ZIP of older TWRP, which can then install newer TWRP as an IMG file. I'm just a struggling noob myself, but I'm pretty sure CWM is not able to install an IMG file. Good luck!
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Ahhhh, okay that makes sense. I think I follow. Now in another thread you mentioned that if I need to go back and restore I'd use TWRP to flash CWM, hen I can use CWM to recover my old nandroid backups.
A couple final questions. Will I need to do a wipe when I flash the old TWRP zip (side note, do you know a good place to find those)? If I need to go back to CWM is there any place I can find it to flash with TWRP?
Thanks for all your help!
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... if I need to go back and restore I'd use TWRP to flash CWM, hen I can use CWM to recover my old nandroid backups ...
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Correct. That is IF you can find TWRP and CWM as ZIP files. I used to switch back and forth frequently, but that was years ago. TWRP is so much more useful, I no longer have anything CWM related nor the ZIPs; and can't even find where I got them. I'm pretty sure they were here on XDA. Spent some time searching, no luck. Then I tried Google. The first snippit nail'd it, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/development/recovery-cwm-twrp-philz-t3182207
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.... Will I need to do a wipe when I flash the old TWRP zip...
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I never wiped. I seem to recall that when installing to the recovery partition, one of the steps I saw in the log was a wipe or maybe even a reformatting of that partition taking place along the way.
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.... (side note, do you know a good place to find those)? If I need to go back to CWM is there any place I can find it to flash with TWRP?
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They're both in the link (above).
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.... Thanks for all your help!
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That's what the [Thanks] button is for, here on xda.
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Correct. That is IF you can find TWRP and CWM as ZIP files. I used to switch back and forth frequently, but that was years ago. TWRP is so much more useful, I no longer have anything CWM related nor the ZIPs; and can't even find where I got them. I'm pretty sure they were here on XDA. Spent some time searching, no luck. Then I tried Google. The first snippit nail'd it, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/development/recovery-cwm-twrp-philz-t3182207
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I appreciate the link, however, I think those zips are for a different model of phone than mine. However, I think I possibly found versions that will work for me... Is there any real way to confirm?
The serranoltexx CWM Zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980&page=99
The serranoltexx TWRP Zip
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768468
However, I'm not 100% certain either of these will work, and I'm not sure how I'd figure that out.
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That's what the [Thanks] button is for, here on xda.
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Done!
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... those zips are for a different model of phone ...
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OMG! You're right, those are for the Value Edition. I completely miss'd the "ve" in them. Sorry.
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... I think I possibly found versions that will work for me..
The serranoltexx CWM Zip
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980&page=99
The serranoltexx TWRP Zip
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768468 ...
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I remember using that very CWM zip version 6.0.5.1, so it should work okay. Good find.
I'm not familliar with that particular TWRP zip. It does clearly indicate being for the i9195 model; I'm just not sure about what "open" means at beginning of zip's filename. Still, worth a try. (If it fails, you can more easily find a TAR file of the most recent TWRP and use Odin to install it.)
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OMG! You're right, those are for the Value Edition. I completely miss'd the "ve" in them. Sorry.
I remember using that very CWM zip version 6.0.5.1, so it should work okay. Good find.
I'm not familliar with that particular TWRP zip. It does clearly indicate being for the i9195 model; I'm just not sure about what "open" means at beginning of zip's filename. Still, worth a try. (If it fails, you can more easily find a TAR file of the most recent TWRP and use Odin to install it.)
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So, just thought I'd let you know that I'm up and running with LineageOS and I tested reverting back and forth to CWM and TWRP. Eveything seems in working order! I appreciate you help and have clicked the thanks button on your messages! All the best!
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... I tested reverting back and forth to CWM and TWRP. Eveything seems in working order!
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That's excellent. It's really amazing how much we can do with this little S4mini device; thanks to the work of devs, several of whom are still providing updates. After all there's never been a more powerful device (other than S4mini VE) that weighs under 4 oz.
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That's excellent. It's really amazing how much we can do with this little S4mini device; thanks to the work of devs, several of whom are still providing updates. After all there's never been a more powerful device (other than S4mini VE) that weighs under 4 oz.
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Yeah, its amazing! I've been able to breath new life into my old phone, I'm shocked at how well it runs on the S4; not as well as my newer phones, but better than before. Funnily enough, its actually running a newer version of Android than my S8 and S10e haha. Now onto those phones... been trying to get them both rooted but it's looking like a no go haha.