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[Q] where to download these files?

My Mesmerize flashed Fascinate's ROM, no signal after factory data reset. What Where can I download the contents of this post and look forward to your answer.
Address the original post：http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-844886.html

qq25 said:
My Mesmerize flashed Fascinate's ROM, no signal after restore factory settings. What Where can I download the contents of this post and look forward to your answer.
Address the original post：http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-844886.html
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if i am understanding correctly you wanna get back to stock MEZ..
If that is so .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881064

i have flashed this rom,Still no signal。Maybe need to refresh CWMrecovery.tar or radio?

qq25 said:
i have flashed this rom,Still no signal。Maybe need to refresh CWMrecovery.tar or radio?
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That's not a ROM. What you flashed was the Fascinate's full system files. Although some people have had luck doing it, this is a prime example of why you should never flash something that isn't for your phone. If you have flashed the Mesmerize files using Odin to get back to stock and your phone still isn't working. Try using Odin to flash them again. If you still aren't back to a working phone, my guess is that something was flashed incorrectly to begin with.
I hope that you have phone replacement or insurance available if it doesn't work.

What happened is he has a Verizon radio. You need to use ODIN (as phidelt82 said) to flash your device back to a true stock state. This should restore your USCC radio..

[Q] the R version

Hi!
This is my first post. Hope I'm following the rules....
OK..I'm Canadian and have a phone from Rogers, It is the SGH-i727R. I suppose the R is for Rogers. I'm sick of waiting for an ICS upgrade so I wanna try A DIY Rom install. Can I use all the software/firmware from the non-R version for my Rogers-R version phone?
Thanks all
Stew

Only the cwm flashable ones. Odin tar won't work.
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stoopendis said:
Hi!
This is my first post. Hope I'm following the rules....
OK..I'm Canadian and have a phone from Rogers, It is the SGH-i727R. I suppose the R is for Rogers. I'm sick of waiting for an ICS upgrade so I wanna try A DIY Rom install. Can I use all the software/firmware from the non-R version for my Rogers-R version phone?
Thanks all
Stew
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since this is your first post, welcome! xda is a great place, and the skyrocket sub forum is full of a fun loving knowledgeable bunch.
In the future, try to search around first to see if you can find a solution. If not, post your question and what you HAVE found out, as senior members will be more inclined to help u.
Only difference between our phones and the at&t version, is as u said, the "r". Once u have cwm installed, u are more than welcome to flash any rom in the development section. As previously stated however, the one click Odin leaks for design gears have some kind of firmware check, and won't work on our devices.
Also, when someone helps u, press their thanks button! :-D

Thanxs guys.
I'll spend some more time reading posts BUT It's quite confusing. For example...I find a post on flashing a rom and two pages in it's talking about ODIN when I've now learned that system isn't compatible for my phone. There must be dozens of posts, all different, about rooting my phone. I don't even know if I need to root before installing a custom rom!! But then it makes for some interesting reading.
Stew

stoopendis said:
Thanxs guys.
I'll spend some more time reading posts BUT It's quite confusing. For example...I find a post on flashing a rom and two pages in it's talking about ODIN when I've now learned that system isn't compatible for my phone. There must be dozens of posts, all different, about rooting my phone. I don't even know if I need to root before installing a custom rom!! But then it makes for some interesting reading.
Stew
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The phone must be rooted before installing any custom rom
This is the method I used to root my phone http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-anything-try-doomlords-easy-rooting-toolkit/
This thread is very helpful too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383464

stoopendis said:
Thanxs guys.
I'll spend some more time reading posts BUT It's quite confusing. For example...I find a post on flashing a rom and two pages in it's talking about ODIN when I've now learned that system isn't compatible for my phone. There must be dozens of posts, all different, about rooting my phone. I don't even know if I need to root before installing a custom rom!! But then it makes for some interesting reading.
Stew
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It doesn't need rooted to flash roms. It just requires CWM, the custom recovery. Then you can flash a custom rom, since they are already rooted for you
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Odin works fine for Rogers phones. Things such as flashing back stock tars and recoveries work fine. What doesn't work is the ONECLICK odin's from the ICS leak designed for the regular i727. This is because it checks the model # and because we have an (r) at the end it wont work. There are plenty of great roms to flash. Just use odin to flash CWM and then install any rom you want.

almost
Well I got the sgh-I727r rooted. Installed Rom Manager,just to get CWM installed. 2 questions..If I back up the original ROM then do a "wipe" will I loose the B/U file. I don't have an removable SD card. I might be mistaken but in CWM restore, I didn't find an option to restore from internal SD only External? Did I miss something?
Stew
Thanks in advance

stoopendis said:
Well I got the sgh-I727r rooted. Installed Rom Manager,just to get CWM installed. 2 questions..If I back up the original ROM then do a "wipe" will I loose the B/U file. I don't have an removable SD card. I might be mistaken but in CWM restore, I didn't find an option to restore from internal SD only External? Did I miss something?
Stew
Thanks in advance
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It will not wipe internal sd(emmc). It will only do that if you format emmc.

Just don't wipe the internal SD card and you should be fine

i'm new at this too and i have the R version but so far I haven't noticed any problems. except ODIN restoring to AT&T stock... which I doubt why you would do that lol

bluntman420 said:
Odin works fine for Rogers phones. Things such as flashing back stock tars and recoveries work fine. What doesn't work is the ONECLICK odin's from the ICS leak designed for the regular i727. This is because it checks the model # and because we have an (r) at the end it wont work. There are plenty of great roms to flash. Just use odin to flash CWM and then install any rom you want.
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OK so where do I find odin and CWM files? I've only found CWM as part of rom manager?
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OK I found Odin3 and have it on my PC. Just looking for CWM.. BTW I found a thread on Canadian specific phones ad read their "how to" on flashing roms and they basically omitted the CWM part and instead loaded the ROM file into odin and flashed it that way!!?? What gives?
ThanKs All
Stew

CWM touch
Anyone know if there's a built in Rom backerupper in the latest CWMtouch version?
Stew

stoopendis said:
Anyone know if there's a built in Rom backerupper in the latest CWMtouch version?
Stew
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Yeah in backup and restore. Push backup

Stupid question...but how do I get into recovery mode. the volumedown/power button just gets me to the download warning screen ( Rogers version)

stoopendis said:
Stupid question...but how do I get into recovery mode. the volumedown/power button just gets me to the download warning screen ( Rogers version)
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Sounds like you have the cord plugged in. Don't.
Hold volume up, down and power. Release power when Samsung logo appears but stay holding volume buttons until cwm pops up
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[Q] need help going back to gingerbread from the oneclick ics

I just flashed the one click ics leak. it worked okay, but it wasnt stable enough for me. So i want to go back to Gingerbread and wait for the official release. Im new to this rooting stuff. This was actually my first time doing it. So if someone could give me step by step directions ide greatly appreciate it. Im not stupid but i am new. I tried one way on getting back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 it worked but it wouldnt let me update to 3.6 for one and two it tripped my flash counter !!!! so now im screwed on my warranty. Look, all i want is to go back to stock. please help me guys. Step by step and links please. thanks.

Did you Odin the original recovery? Or do you still have CWM? If you still have CWM you can use the file from this link to reset your flash counter. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
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The only thing i know hoe to do it pull up odin, put the tar file in pda and hit start. But i used the one click thigh for the ics i flashed. The one click is different then odin. But does anyone have just a stock file? Like completely stock like nothing ever happened? When i get back to stock or if i get back to stock cant i just recover my back-up? lol plz and thank you guys
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This is what happens when you don't read and just start flashing away with the first thing you can find. I wanna help, but I almost feel like I shouldn't. I mean, if you just read the stickies you would know how to fix this.

If u look through the threads I believe Konane has a thread for returning to stock..but there is a way..not sure of the exact step order but using Odin flash stock tar file then the reset flash count...then the stock recovery..I'll look to see if I can find a link.
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Under skyrocket Development under stickies Its KOnane return to stock
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what?
i didnt start flashing away. i backed out of rooting 5 times before i did it because i COMPLETLY sure on what i was doing. and i already did the konan tutorial and yes it does work. but it wont let you get at&t updates. and thats a big problem. from what i was reading about konan's tar is that it wasnt a official stock gingerbread. i went to sammobile to get the official stock file. and i did but the file is in MD5 format and i wasnt sure if i could just put that in odin under pda and go about or not. you guys know? but i DID do sooo much reading and researching before i rooted. thanks guys i really appreciate it. you have no idea

feelinfroggy23 said:
i didnt start flashing away. i backed out of rooting 5 times before i did it because i COMPLETLY sure on what i was doing. and i already did the konan tutorial and yes it does work. but it wont let you get at&t updates. and thats a big problem. from what i was reading about konan's tar is that it wasnt a official stock gingerbread. i went to sammobile to get the official stock file. and i did but the file is in MD5 format and i wasnt sure if i could just put that in odin under pda and go about or not. you guys know? but i DID do sooo much reading and researching before i rooted. thanks guys i really appreciate it. you have no idea
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Yes you can, sammobile is complete. Just extract from the zip and flash in odin

I had to install cwm to my device after flashing back to stock and flash the uckk1 radio and use the reset flash counter zip. Then I flashed stock cwm in Odin rebooted and was able to receive the update to 2.3.6. Which breaks wallpaper scrolling. My only grip about it.
Just flash the stock radio that will solve your problem of not receiving ota updates.
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398, it will tell u had to restore to stock and might reset ur counter, if counter is not reset there is a fix for that too now

[Q] In need of assistance with ICS -> GB

I have searched but found no specific instructions on how to do this, other than use Odin and the firmware file from SamMobile.com. I have downloaded both of these but now I don't know what to do. I would greatly appreciate it if someone would give me the rest of the instructions. Thanks in advance.

follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
simply use the sammobile .tar instead of the k0nane listed in the thread.
Also...fyi: I just did this the other day...if you get lots of "force close" go to "settings"..."privacy"..."factory data rest"
that should get you back to stock...2.3.5
if you want to get back to 2.3.6, you can perform "software update" for OTA from ATT.
I was having lots of connectivity issues with ICS leaks, so I went back to GB too.

Thanks for the quick reply! Giving it a try now

bbackowski said:
follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
simply use the sammobile .tar instead of the k0nane listed in the thread.
Also...fyi: I just did this the other day...if you get lots of "force close" go to "settings"..."privacy"..."factory data rest"
that should get you back to stock...2.3.5
if you want to get back to 2.3.6, you can perform "software update" for OTA from ATT.
I was having lots of connectivity issues with ICS leaks, so I went back to GB too.
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Thanks. I'm also going back to gb today cause of the threat of phones being bricked by theses leaks. I know our phone was not mentioned but it said possible others to. I just don't want to take that chance on bricking and having a very expensive paperweight.
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Could you just use a nandroid backup to go back to GB? I'm thinking of going back to GB. The keyboard lag with Swype annoys me too much on ICS.
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aceownstheworld said:
Could you just use a nandroid backup to go back to GB? I'm thinking of going back to GB. The keyboard lag with Swype annoys me too much on ICS.
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Yes
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The only issue with using the nandroid backup to go from ICS --> GB would be that the modem is not included in the backup, and therefore would not be restored. I'm not sure the ICS modems will work once the GB nandroid backup is restored.
If anyone can confirm or deny the above, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

If your concern is the bug reported in the ICS leaks then a full restore to GB would be what you want to do.
Use the Sammobile tar.
This thread (as previously pointed out) has the instructions for flashing the tar. You should read it completely.
This post in the thread explains that you have to extract the files from the zip you DL from Sammobile and then flash the file ending in .md5 with Odin. Partial quote:
vincom said:
this is the link for samsung officals tar, http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ , create account and in search use i727 , u will have 2 search results, one is for att, one for rogers(i727r), it will be in a zip format, use 7zip to extract, u will have 2 files unzipped, one is the tar file with a md5 extension which u use with odin, the other is a dll which we dont need
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aceownstheworld said:
Could you just use a nandroid backup to go back to GB? I'm thinking of going back to GB. The keyboard lag with Swype annoys me too much on ICS. . . .
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Using a nandroid BU does not install all of the original files. As pointed out one thing not replaced by the nandroid is the radio. To get back completely to stock using the Sammobile tar and Odin appears to be the best way.

marvin02 said:
If your concern is the bug reported in the ICS leaks then a full restore to GB would be what you want to do.
Use the Sammobile tar.
This thread (as previously pointed out) has the instructions for flashing the tar. You should read it completely.
This post in the thread explains that you have to extract the files from the zip you DL from Sammobile and then flash the file ending in .md5 with Odin. Partial quote:
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Using a nandroid BU does not install all of the original files. As pointed out one thing not replaced by the nandroid is the radio. To get back completely to stock using the Sammobile tar and Odin appears to be the best way.
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Sammobile tar and Odin is what I did. Then flashed cwm touch and rooted. No problems at all. Restored apps and data with TB back to normal in 1 hour....
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Awesome! Glad to hear that!

[ROM][ROOT] Official Rogers SGH-I727R ICS 4.0.4 is Out + working Root method

Yes, everyone knows by now
ICS for Rogers Skyrocket is available through Kies as an Update as of this morning!!!
Also ROOT works too!!!
Sorry guys for my writing style, hope this is the right place to post it.
Just wanted to pass some news and tips so you know 100% what works and what doesn't.
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ROM UPDATE
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Make sure your Kies is up to date and you have all Samsung Drivers correctly installed. If you update drivers and/or Kies software REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER.
It did not work for me when I was on another ISC leak ROM (ICS->ICS no no, GB->ICS yes! makes sense)
So went back and first flashed Rogers Radio/Modem (Radio_I727RUXKJ7.zip) and then ODIN Stock ROM (SGH-I727R-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar)
Thanks k0nane!
After doing that, Update through Kies went with no issues.
(it takes about 15 min so make sure your battery is fully charged and depending on your Internet connection it may be longer or faster)
Some screensots from Kies are attached below.
Pay attention to the messages, especially for the last NOTICE after update shows 100%.
The phone WILL REBOOT ON ITS OWN AFTER COUPLE MINUTES.
DO NOT PULL THE CABLE OUT!!!
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It works.
Just follow instructions from starskyrob in THIS Guide
Thanks starskyrob!
It actually ONLY works with this version (Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip)
I know that because, of course I got too lazy and used SGSII Toolkit to do dirty work but it only ODINed proper CWM for me and then superuser.zip it tries to flash is 3.0.5 so this version does not work.
Just use Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip and everything will be fine.
Hope it helps some of you.
We waited waaaaay too long for this!!!

Except you tripped your flash counter if you used k0nane's "stock" tar. You're better off using the stock tar from the Sammobile website. I can confirm first hand that k0nane's trips the counter, the stock tar from Sammobile does NOT.

pixelens said:
Except you tripped your flash counter if you used k0nane's "stock" tar. You're better off using the stock tar from the Sammobile website. I can confirm first hand that k0nane's trips the counter, the stock tar from Sammobile does NOT.
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Correct sir! K0nane's trip counter every single time... Always use the sammobile tar. Just register and look for your device in my case "i727" downloading official tar does not trip counter, I really don't know why K0nane has not updated it yet.
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r3dp0is0n2012 said:
Correct sir! K0nane's trip counter every single time... Always use the sammobile tar. Just register and look for your device in my case "i727" downloading official tar does not trip counter, I really don't know why K0nane has not updated it yet.
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Thanks guys, I had no idea the one from Samobile is better. Must check that out next time.
Honestly, it does not even matter to me because there is counter reset zip so it clears that easily and if phone ever breaks it will justify getting S3 LOL

wating for the ATT version

wilczy said:
Thanks guys, I had no idea the one from Samobile is better. Must check that out next time.
Honestly, it does not even matter to me because there is counter reset zip so it clears that easily and if phone ever breaks it will justify getting S3 LOL
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Yeah, not as huge a deal now - but when I was doing it there was no counter reset.
As well, the two files are different in size, I can't recall which is larger though so something's not jiving.

not going to the stock official, going to wait for some devs to cook up some nice roms and kernels and flash the new stuff via CWM.
hope 4.0.4 stock is working well for all though. Good to see it is finally here with the new modem file !

What would happen if an att i727 is flashed with an odin tar of rogers ICS ? I heard that modem works fine on att i727

mahanddeem said:
What would happen if an att i727 is flashed with an odin tar of rogers ICS ? I heard that modem works fine on att i727
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Proven to soft brick at the least
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unibombz said:
not going to the stock official, going to wait for some devs to cook up some nice roms and kernels and flash the new stuff via CWM.
hope 4.0.4 stock is working well for all though. Good to see it is finally here with the new modem file !
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i did flash rogers ics, too boring so went back to skyics to wait for new rom development

is nfc enabled/working on this?
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waiters said:
is nfc enabled/working on this?
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Yes it is, but I have no way to check if it works.
There is few more NFC apps in the system folder comparing to other roms.

pixelens said:
Except you tripped your flash counter if you used k0nane's "stock" tar. You're better off using the stock tar from the Sammobile website. I can confirm first hand that k0nane's trips the counter, the stock tar from Sammobile does NOT.
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you know you can reset counter. i totally forgot that u have to wipe data and cache and i odined my tar 5 times use the reset cwm zip and bam offical and zero count again
heere is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
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boring rom tho nothing exciting back to cm9 or skyics

intenseone said:
you know you can reset counter. i totally forgot that u have to wipe data and cache and i odined my tar 5 times use the reset cwm zip and bam offical and zero count again
heere is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
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boring rom tho nothing exciting back to cm9 or skyics
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As mentioned previously, yes you can reset the counter. As also mentioned, I noticed there's a size difference between the two so added to the fact that k0nane's "stock" tar trips the counter and is a different size than the Sammobile one, I'd be inclined to use the Sammobile one. Also, why add extra steps like having to clear the flash counter? Might be worthwhile adding a note about that in the OP for those that don't read the whole thread and are unaware of the flash counter tripping situation.

WiFi problems after rooting official Rogers ICS 4.0.4
Hey everyone,
I just updated from stock Rogers GB to the official ICS - no problems there; however right after I rooted it using the file/method suggested above (again, without any issues), I started having issues with WiFi - it seems to be random but say, about 4/5 times, the WiFi would fail to connect after the phone gets restarted - although the WiFi service is running (the WiFi button is green). Sometimes there is also a system flash showing the message "?WiFi available" with a question mark before the message. If I manually stop/restart the WiFi, it eventually recognizes the hotspot and it connects. I have the Superuser & Busybox Pro PROPERLY installed, furthermore, no other program that requires root permissions seems to be having any problems whatsoever (Titanium Backup, Rom Manager, Superuser, Tasker, CallRecorder, etc).
Although I didn't spent much time playing around BEFORE applying the root, it seems obvious to me that this only occurs after rooting - personally I suspect that ICS 4.0.4 doesn't go along very well with this rooting method (mismatching binaries). I am also aware about a known bug in ICS 4.0.4, causing the WiFi to frequently drop - could it be one and the same?
FYI: I tried installing/reinstalling ICS several times: initially I have updated through Kies, than I flashed the ROM from Sammobile through Odin, and then another couple of time I just reformatted the system in CWM and reinstalled everything again.. At first I used some backups from TB (no system files, only 3rd party), but then, suspecting that backups made in GB might conflict with ICS structure, I didn't use any backups at all - just fresh installations - no difference, same problem.
UPDATE: I have flashed & done some tests with SKY-ICS by seanzscreams. Unfortunately, since it's based on the same Rogers' ROM, it comes with the same problem. I guess this only confirms my observation.
Anybody else having this issue?

Super user 3.0.7 does not flash in recovery, gives an error
It works with this Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566613

odeccacccp said:
Super user 3.0.7 does not flash in recovery, gives an error
It works with this Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566613
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Well, actually it DOES work while YES, it does give an error - all you have to do is ignore the error and keep trying; the 3rd or the 4th attempt shall be successful and it'll confirm the process successfully completed.
HOWEVER
Super User 3.0.7 and CWM are two completely different things. The Super User 3.0.7 combined with the binaries (as it comes zipped) is intended to root the phone, while the CWM is a set of tools - having nothing to do with rooting.
My concern is that even the developer of the package Super User 3.0.7.zip admits that the binaries were intended for all Android versions up to 4.0.3 - while, like many others, I was hoping to also work with 4.0.4 - which it does...but it doesn't.
A direct reference can be found here.

Has anyone heard whether or not Chainfire, as come up with a non Odin one click, with CWM Touch & root?
I get the feeling that can do all this in his sleep!
Sent from, The Eclectic Chair.

Ok, I've got a couple of probably very dumb questions. So sorry!
I updated my phone to the rogers ICS using kies. Everything is great, but I no longer have Root.
In reading Copperheads instructions this is what I don't get.
I already have
The the superuser zip on my external sd card, as well as Rom Manager, CWM Recovery and titanium etc. They're all present in my app drawer & as short cuts on the phone. What is missing is the root access, why is the message I get when trying to open any of them Is there no way to flash what's already on my phone? Or do I basically have to start from scratch with Odin So I apologize again for the question, it's just hard for me to figure out why, if everything is actually on the phone now?
Sent from, The Eclectic Chair.

quick question
Okay so quick question,
If it's better to use the stock odin tar from sammobile to flash back to stock.
Would it be better to flash the I727RUXLF3(ICS) from sammobile right away or go back to stock gingerbread and upgrade through kies.