Lost custom recovery but still have root - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I am running stock 4.3 rooted. When I rooted I installed custom recovery. My phone has been choppy lately so in hopes that it would make my phone run smoother I tried to go into recovery (first time in ages) to wipe cache and dalvik. When I tried to go into recovery I got a "no commend' error and then regular stock Android recovery started. In the background was a dead android robot with a "!" symbol coming out of him.
I wiped cache with stock recovery and then selected the reboot option. The phone didn't reboot, I got "error!" message and that was it. I powered down, restarted and everything is back to the way it was. But what happened to my custom recovery? What should I do at this point to get it back?
Only thing I can think of is at some point I accidentally clicked on the OTA update notification. So my phone tried and failed to update because I'm rooted. Could that cause problems? What should I do?

Just Odin Philz Recovery
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My ROM: WICKED X

Did you do as bilgerryan said? Would like to know the outcome of your issue.
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[Q] Odin hanging..how long is too long?

Hey guys,
I just got my phone back from repair (broken power button) and I want to get back onto CM10. I went about my usual flashing business, flashing the CWM 5.0.27 ODIN tar, then I usually flash a CM ROM to install root and change my target from SGH-T989D to SGH-T989. That enables me to install GooManager and flash TWRP. Unfortunately, my phone was stuck at the CM splash screen for a good 10 minutes, after having installed sk8erwitskill's CWM Touch (latest version, 1/11/2013) so I tried a reflash and it didn't work. I then reflashed CWM 5.0.27 and flash from there, and it still got stuck at the splash screen. I then went back into Download Mode, launched ODIN, and proceeded to flash the stock Telus tar to begin from scratch.. This is where my issues lies. Usually the Tar will take a little while, but slowly the progress bar moves along. This time though, it isn't moving:
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I know that you aren't supposed to pull the battery or unplug the phone during Odin flashes, but I don't think it's even doing anything anymore..
What are my options?
TIA!
Nevermind, I did the riskiest possible thing and I pulled the plug, and tried on another computer. Way too stressful!!
Mods, please delete, thanks!

Cwm and twrp both installed? How to remove?

When I was first unlocking/rooting I had some issues when it came to installing a recovery. I wanted twrp but what happened is that after installing I was unable to boot into it. I flashed it multiple times and it seemed to write, but I could not boot into it. So I tried cwm and was able to get into of the first time. I don't have an issue with cwm, its just with the bottoms on the n7 it makes it harder to use. I want a touch recovery but don't see a working cwm touch yet. What do I have to do to get twrp installed correctly?
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Another issue is wherever cwm installed itself isn't the usual place. My backups are not on my SD as normal. Instead they are @ :
Is there any way to fix this without going back to stock or losing data?
Thanks
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You should just be able to flash the twrp.img file from a command prompt. It will replace your CWR completely. Look in the general section for a post on unlocking/rooting/recovery it's pretty strait forward.
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[Q] Boot Loop after flashing

Can anyone assist me since trying to flash crawrj rom my phone is stuck in a bootloop.( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241930 )It was stock deodexded. I used TWRP to do so.While doing so I was getting e:error,unable to mount /preload etc.I have a screenshot below.Since then I tried flashing multiple roms.I used billard412 stock no data options.I used MC2,MA7,LJC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
Also tried using rwilco412 one click method
SPH-L900_MC2_1090526_Rooted_Nodata.exe
SPH-L900_MA7_Rooted_Nodata.exe
Even after using these roms phone is still stuck on bootloop I think its a twrp issue or corruption issue with data files after researching.Can anyone assist me,Last option would be a full stock restore I was trying to keep my internal data storage(Pics,apps,etc)
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Try using philz recovery 6.0.79
SGNote2
guycan said:
Try using philz recovery 6.0.79
SGNote2
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thank you for the quick reply I also tried that I forgot to mention that.I saw someone post that in billard412 thread but it results in the same thing.It does not give me any errors and it tells me sucessful but when i reboot it goes into bootloop again

[Q] Help, TWRP and CWM somehow installed at the same time. can't boot into phone OS

So, I attempted to install Cyanogenmod via the installer, it didn't work. So manually, I went and looked up a tutorial and it said to install TWRP because cyanogen wasn't working for me. I installed that and I booted into recovery. It opened CWM, weird. So I try to start the phone, it boots into TWRP. eventually I attempt to install Cyanogen to see where it gets me, I install it and when I boot it does nothing. you see samsung logo then blackness. I am assuming because TWRP didn't get removed from it. I can still access recovery and download mode. What to do next Also flashing with odin did not fix it.
Flash a different ROM in recovery or the stock tar with Odin. Those are your only options. I also highly recommend Philz Recovery.
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My ROM: WICKED X
bilgerryan said:
Flash a different ROM in recovery or the stock tar with Odin. Those are your only options. I also highly recommend Philz Recovery.
My ROM: WICKED X
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Do you think that it's TWRP stopping it from starting?

[SOLVED] HELP! Internal System error, GApps Crash

UDPATE June 17, 2016 - SOLVED!
Flashed stock KitKat ROM using the TOT method. Phone working fine again. Thanks to all
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Ok guys so I tried to flash Beanstalk ROM and on the first start I got an error saying my phone has internal problems and will become unstable until I do a factory reset. Then the play store kept on crashing and crashing as I just ignored it until I got to the homescreen. After that, I went back to TWRP and factory reset my phone and wiped my internal storage. I booted up to the system and there goes the error again.
So, what I did is to flash Fulmics ROM once again and boom! The error was there ALSO! I couldn't start the play store to install apps. I tried to use LGUP to flash stock kdz but it seems like it can't detect my phone no matter what I did.
Please help me guys how do I fix this :S
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My G3 is not my main phone as I have the G5 now, but please help me to fix this I still use my G3 a lot as a backup device.

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