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[Q] Having some trouble flashing a rom...

I'm helping my friend install cyanogenmod on his sgh-i747m (telus), and we are having great difficulty. The phone is rooted, and TWRP 4.2.2 (or whatever's newest) is installed from the goomanager app. On everything he tries he gets a status 7 error. Phone is always wiped prior to flash, both internal and external memory have been tried, and the rom has been redownloaded several times. Even tried cm10 stable and PA 3.0.
Any suggestions? Could using cwm instead of twrp help? If so how do I replace twrp with cwm?
Going to sleep hoping there will be some suggestions in the morning. Thanks in advance.

Yeah try cwm. But that error usually means your on an outdated recovery. So make sure its the latest twrp
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Yeah, that's sounds like an outdated recovery issue. download rom manager and install cwm if you want to give that a shot.

LeonardLP said:
I'm helping my friend install cyanogenmod on his sgh-i747m (telus), and we are having great difficulty. The phone is rooted, and TWRP 4.2.2 (or whatever's newest) is installed from the goomanager app. On everything he tries he gets a status 7 error. Phone is always wiped prior to flash, both internal and external memory have been tried, and the rom has been redownloaded several times. Even tried cm10 stable and PA 3.0.
Any suggestions? Could using cwm instead of twrp help? If so how do I replace twrp with cwm?
Going to sleep hoping there will be some suggestions in the morning. Thanks in advance.
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Yo can also get a status 7 if your phone is marked as a d2can. Some ROMs have a device check prior to flashing to prevent a brick. You have to install a recovery as a d2att and they'll flash.
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KorGuy123 said:
Yo can also get a status 7 if your phone is marked as a d2can. Some ROMs have a device check prior to flashing to prevent a brick. You have to install a recovery as a d2att and they'll flash.
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^^^^^^true story

Flash a d2att recovery. TWRP latest is 2.4.2.0... So what you said seems right. If he got from too it will always flash the latest. Try to to find d2 art recovery. Its linked in the android development section under latest recoveries
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hednik said:
Flash a d2att recovery. TWRP latest is 2.4.2.0... So what you said seems right. If he got from too it will always flash the latest. Try to to find d2 art recovery. Its linked in the android development section under latest recoveries
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The latest d2att TWRP just flash in recovery.
It's off the recovery thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1700374&d=1359899101
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KorGuy123 said:
The latest d2att TWRP just flash in recovery.
It's off the recovery thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1700374&d=1359899101
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Thank you, that recovery worked.

Twrp not booting.

I used goo manager to download and install the latest recovery. Every time I go to boot into recovery it gets to the load screen where the blue letters are at the top but then it vibrates two or three times then reboots the phone like normal. My phone is rooted but not sure why it's doing this....help would be appreciated.
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blakdrew said:
I used goo manager to download and install the latest recovery. Every time I go to boot into recovery it gets to the load screen where the blue letters are at the top but then it vibrates two or three times then reboots the phone like normal. My phone is rooted but not sure why it's doing this....help would be appreciated.
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Have you tried flashing TWRP via Odin?

Have you tried to install twrp again?
Try installing cwm (you can use the ROM manager app) and see if that boots. Then try using too to install twrp again.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

I haven't tried using Odin yet. I will give that a try. I was hoping I could do it without having to use a computer. I have tried reinstalling twrp using goo manager without success.
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blakdrew said:
I haven't tried using Odin yet. I will give that a try. I was hoping I could do it without having to use a computer. I have tried reinstalling twrp using goo manager without success.
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Switch to cwm to make sure the recovery partition of the storage is okay. Install cwm via the ROM manager app and make sure you can get into SOME recovery. Then try to install twrp again from too. Switching to another recovery was an important step in that process.
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Finally got twrp installed! Goo manager and Rom manager did not work for me....they both would not boot into recovery. I had to use Odin mobile and install the recovery then it would boot. Thank everyone that helped out. Hope this can help someone else.
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blakdrew said:
Finally got twrp installed! Goo manager and Rom manager did not work for me....they both would not boot into recovery. I had to use Odin mobile and install the recovery then it would boot. Thank everyone that helped out. Hope this can help someone else.
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Glad you got it working! :good:

blakdrew said:
I used goo manager to download and install the latest recovery. Every time I go to boot into recovery it gets to the load screen where the blue letters are at the top but then it vibrates two or three times then reboots the phone like normal. My phone is rooted but not sure why it's doing this....help would be appreciated.
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This is a little late here, but I an others have had trouble booting into recovery after flashing ROMs like the leaked 4.3.
It behaved just like the above when I was trying to get into recovery to restore a nandriod - even after a battery pull for 1 minute. I put in into Download mode, then did a battery pull. After that, it went into recovery with no problem.
Note - if Goo Manager installed 2.5.0.3 - that could be part of the problem, as there are issues with it. I went back to 2.5.0.2.

I think some 4.3 roms make you loose root also read their op.
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Aoe316 said:
I think some 4.3 roms make you loose root also read their op.
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Omega 1.0 was the first one to indicate it was rooted - but it unrooted me. It was when I initially tried to restore a nandriod when I could not get into recovery. I had read about others not being able to get into recovery after flashing 4.3 also.

Having trouble and need help.

So I am having trouble flashing a new ROM I have done it in the past and am used to doing it so I know what needs to be done. When I download a ROM I want to use I download it to my phone directly then I reboot into recovery I have the latest twrp version and I wipe everything then I go to install the ROM and after about 2 seconds it says failed. No matter what ROM I try it does this and I've tried downloading them several times thinking it was a bad download. I was able to install a stock one but I don't like stock and none of the others are working I don't known if I'm doing something wrong or if its my phone but help me please. Thanks in advance.
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josht999 said:
So I am having trouble flashing a new ROM I have done it in the past and am used to doing it so I know what needs to be done. When I download a ROM I want to use I download it to my phone directly then I reboot into recovery I have the latest twrp version and I wipe everything then I go to install the ROM and after about 2 seconds it says failed. No matter what ROM I try it does this and I've tried downloading them several times thinking it was a bad download. I was able to install a stock one but I don't like stock and none of the others are working I don't known if I'm doing something wrong or if its my phone but help me please. Thanks in advance.
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Are u downloading over WiFi? Did u check if md5 sum's match?

I am downloading over WiFi. And no I have not. What are they supposed to match to? Not really up on the lingo just know what to do and stuff. Very basic stuff
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Are you sure you downloaded the correct TWRP Recovery for your phone?

Yes I am. It was doing it on an older version I had so I thought it was cause I hadn't updated in a while and it still kept doing it after I updated.
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Hi there
1) Are you from Canada and using a Canadian Recovery for d2can? if so this could be a problem since many updater-scripts see this a fail since they are looking for d2att
2) What ROM's are you trying to flash? AOSP or Stock based touchwiz rom's?
also I would like to direct you to the Q&A, Help and troubleshooting forum, in the event that this post get's moved, you will find it there. They are busy people, but now you know no hard feeling man, just trying to make their job's easier!
cheers

Thanks a lot! And no I'm in the usa and aosp ROMs are what I'm trying to install the stock touchwiz ones worked.
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josht999 said:
Thanks a lot! And no I'm in the usa and aosp ROMs are what I'm trying to install the stock touchwiz ones worked.
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update you're bootloader, use the search feature in the Q&A forum

Danvdh said:
update you're bootloader, use the search feature in the Q&A forum
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so i updated my bootloader then i went to install the latest liguid rom it was succesfully installed then i flashed the latest gaps and now my phone wont turn on... it wont even show that its charging when i have it plugged in. it just acts like its dead so im at a loss. someone please help.

What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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Unhived__Mind said:
What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374306
Maybe this will help u out...

Unhived__Mind said:
What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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at first i tried flashing this oneI747UCDLK3 then i went through the process and it said i had the wrong one so i flashed this one I747MVLDLK4 cause it was the version that it said i had under recovery so then i flashed my new rom and it said succesful and everything looked like it worked then when i went to reboot my phone it never came back on. like its just dead the light doesnt even come on when i have it plugged into the charger took it to att store today and he tried a new battery and that was all and said i needed to make an insurance claim but thats besides the point. im stuck now at just trying to get the phone to turn on cause i can restore it once i do but now im at a loss on how to get it on,

[Q] CWM Warning No File_Contexts

Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...

a103 said:
Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
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You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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jslim38 said:
You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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a103 said:
Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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jslim38 said:
Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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Thanks, I'm using original CWM. I was able to do nandroid back up without issues and then successfully flashed a ROM as well as mods.
I did see in one of the thread that quite a few people encountered that issue but they just ignored it, which is what I did.
Thanks again for your help
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I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.

MasterBrush said:
I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
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Even I feel the same after researching in different forums.
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Yeah I just got my phone yesterday, and I've had this problem every time I've booted into CWM Recovery. I updated, tried different versions - didn't matter, still get the "no file_contexts" error.
I even tried TWRP and OUDHS Recovery, and had the same issue. I don't know what exactly is causing it, but it hasn't really negatively affected anything that I can see.

Just ignore it. Everything works fine.
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i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.

Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug

Adam0524 said:
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
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Yep that's what I think too, as I mentioned before I was able to do a nandroid back up and a clean flash too. So just ignore it
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yep, I get the same thing too, tho I've never seen a problem in the functionality of CWM

but has anyone found out what the error message means?

jtdc said:
i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
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I have the same error message and I have no problem making nandroid backups. I always check the option bank up to external sd card. It works perfectly fine. Also flashes go just fine too. Don't worry about the error message. Not sure but I think saying no files are backed up to INTERNAL storage which is fine because you generally want them stored on your EXTERNAL sd storage anyway. If they went to internal you would loose most of your phones memory with a few backups. So don't worry. All is well. Just store your nandroid to external sd card. When its time to restore simply choose backup from EXTE R NAL sd card. So don't worry about that message. Hope this helps

the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.

MasterBrush said:
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
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Yes it's gone now
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a103 said:
Yes it's gone now
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Hi i am new at the forum, actually i am running cwm 6.0.1.9 touch version, how can i install that version you are talking about wich is "more updated", thanks and excuse me for my poor english.

recovery problems

I don't know if it my phone or what's going on but with twrp recovery sometime it gets stuck on the boot screen . my nandroid backup don't work their faulty . and with cwm the touch one doesn't work I touch and it doesn't respond. if u have any idea of whats going on please help me out thanks greatly appreciate
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lilbeast said:
I don't know if it my phone or what's going on but with twrp recovery sometime it gets stuck on the boot screen . my nandroid backup don't work their faulty . and with cwm the touch one doesn't work I touch and it doesn't respond. if u have any idea of whats going on please help me out thanks greatly appreciate
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What version of TWRP you are using? I've read lot of people having issues with TWRP 2.6.x.x Most of them are suggesting TWRP 2.5.2 I'm using CWM 6.0.3.6
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I currently have cwm 6.0.3.8 touch but the touch isn't working
since 2.6.x.x isnt stable I'll just flash to the the version u stated then.
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lilbeast said:
I currently have cwm 6.0.3.8 touch but the touch isn't working
since 2.6.x.x isnt stable I'll just flash to the the version u stated then.
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Your not alone with problems with TWRP. It constantly froze on my device I couldn't get into recovery. Luckily it unfroze long enough for me to install CWM touch. Since I've download cwm I haven't had a single problem with it. I download Rom Manager from the playstore and got my CWM touch downloaded and installed through Rom Manager. .it has not given me any trouble. But when I had twrp I had nothing but problems. Give cwm touch a try installed through Rom Manager.it worked Perfectly for me. It never freezes nor gives a blank black screen like TWRP did .TWRP froze my device completely and I couldn't even get out of it. Not even a battery pull would pull me out. I was very lucky it unfroze long enough for me to get CWM recovery touch installed through Rom Manager.many have reported similar issues with twrp. Try installing cwm touch through Rom Manager and see if that helps. It fixed all my issues. Hope this helps. Best wishes.