Bear with me, please...still learning.
Ok, so I rooted my s3 with the root66 method and installed TWRP as my recovery. Later I tried the unofficial CM10 rom, but I had to install CWM to do so.
My question is this: are both recovery's still on my phone? It only boots into CWM. If they are, and I no longer TWRP, how do I go about removing it?
Thanks.
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knifedroid said:
Bear with me, please...still learning.
Ok, so I rooted my s3 with the root66 method and installed TWRP as my recovery. Later I tried the unofficial CM10 rom, but I had to install CWM to do so.
My question is this: are both recovery's still on my phone? It only boots into CWM. If they are, and I no longer TWRP, how do I go about removing it?
Thanks.
Sent from an overpriced Verizon tower.
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you can only have one custom recovery installed, the other will sit as a file on your sd card and do nothing.
knifedroid said:
Bear with me, please...still learning.
Ok, so I rooted my s3 with the root66 method and installed TWRP as my recovery. Later I tried the unofficial CM10 rom, but I had to install CWM to do so.
My question is this: are both recovery's still on my phone? It only boots into CWM. If they are, and I no longer TWRP, how do I go about removing it?
Thanks.
Sent from an overpriced Verizon tower.
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you can only have one recovery at a time, so if you ever switch to a rom that needs a different recovery than the one you have, you need to push the correct recovery, in short, yes you can only have one at a time
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I unlocked the bootloader. Roms like Synergy, Bean, etc no longer boot (stuck on samusg scrreeen)
Any idea?\
confusedman112 said:
I unlocked the bootloader. Roms like Synergy, Bean, etc no longer boot (stuck on samusg scrreeen)
Any idea?\
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What methode did you use to unlock it? I'm running the stock no nonsense rom and I belive unlocked with no problems
Do other roms boot? Will the newest CM10 nightly boot? Will anything boot?
Did you flash a different recovery? If you were using kexec roms before (beans is one, so is synergy with imo's kernel) and then flashed a non-kexec-supporting recovery, that'd explain not being able to boot. If you're unlocked, you don't have to flash a new recovery.
If you did the unlock correctly, you should be able to boot whatever you were able to before. If you can't get anything at all to boot, it's possible you flashed a bad aboot image.
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Do other roms boot? Will the newest CM10 nightly boot? Will anything boot?
Did you flash a different recovery? If you were using kexec roms before (beans is one, so is synergy with imo's kernel) and then flashed a non-kexec-supporting recovery, that'd explain not being able to boot. If you're unlocked, you don't have to flash a new recovery.
If you did the unlock correctly, you should be able to boot whatever you were able to before. If you can't get anything at all to boot, it's possible you flashed a bad aboot image.
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CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x. Phone isn't recongized by PC, no idea why. Any idae how to get 6.x using the terminal app in CM10 and wifi?
confusedman112 said:
CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x. Phone isn't recongized by PC, no idea why. Any idae how to get 6.x using the terminal app in CM10 and wifi?
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Install EZ-Recovery from the play store and flash 6.0.1.0?
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Install EZ-Recovery from the play store and flash 6.0.1.0?
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Thanks. Flashing Synergy now to test it...let's see what happens.
EDIT: Flashed just great, but still isn't working. But, it's cool, CM10 mods work and I got what I needed (exported Verizon contacts and improted them to Google Contacts using My Verizon's webstie)
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CM10 ROMs boot.
I think it's because I used CWM 5.x rather than 6.x.
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Yep, that's exactly the problem. You installed a non-kexec recovery and your roms still use kexec.
You're sure you selected the right options in EZ recovery? Open it, scroll to the recovery pane, select the "recovery" radio button, change the drop down menu next to it to CWM 6.0.1.0, click the "Flash!" button. That should let you install whatever roms or kernels you like.
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Yep, that's exactly the problem. You installed a non-kexec recovery and your roms still use kexec.
You're sure you selected the right options in EZ recovery? Open it, scroll to the recovery pane, select the "recovery" radio button, change the drop down menu next to it to CWM 6.0.1.0, click the "Flash!" button. That should let you install whatever roms or kernels you like.
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Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?
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Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?
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Being unlocked shouldn't have any impact on being able to flash using ez-recovery. One thing you can try is use EZ-Recovery to flash stock recovery, odin back to the stock verizon image which should relock the bootloader and start all over.
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Dang. How do I undo the bootloader unlock so I can redo it with the proper CWM?
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why dont you take some time and read before flashing...this s*** is getting rediculous! Your questions are answered in multiple threads on this forum. Actually I just answered your question in a thread right below this!! Sorry not trying to be a ****...sigh.
droidstyle said:
why dont you take some time and read before flashing...this s*** is getting rediculous! Your questions are answered in multiple threads on this forum. Actually I just answered your question in a thread right below this!! Sorry not trying to be a ****...sigh.
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Because I am at work and don't have time to find and locate? Could you reference it, please?
PJnc284 said:
Being unlocked shouldn't have any impact on being able to flash using ez-recovery. One thing you can try is use EZ-Recovery to flash stock recovery, odin back to the stock verizon image which should relock the bootloader and start all over.
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Why do you need to flash stock recovery to use Odin to flash stock Verizon rom? Odin has nothing to do with what recovery you have installed. I flashed stock unrooted rom while rooted and having CWM recovery, it worked just fine. Once you flash stock rom, it restores the stock recovery too anyway. I'm fairly sure of this, but if I'm wrong, please correct me anybody.
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Why do you need to flash stock recovery to use Odin to flash stock Verizon rom? Odin has nothing to do with what recovery you have installed. I flashed stock unrooted rom while rooted and having CWM recovery, it worked just fine. Once you flash stock rom, it restores the stock recovery too anyway. I'm fairly sure of this, but if I'm wrong, please correct me anybody.
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Just to be safe. Wanted to get rid of the sprint related elements from the original root so I Odin'd back to stock with cwm installed using the VRALF2 tar found here. Tried to boot into recovery to factory reset prior to first boot and had 0 recovery (not stock nor cwm). Luckily the rom booted and I used the simple root method to root and install EZ-Recovery to install CWM.
If I flashed synergy v1.7 and used rom manager v5.x.x and then unlocked the boot loader how would I flash a new rom? Do I have to use ez recovery with clockwork mod v6.x.x since it is now unlocked or can I continue using rom manager with clockwork mod 5.x.x. I'm a noob and won't be looking to switch roms until synergy gets jellybean. Thanks for the help and hopefully I made sense with my question
synergy to beans to synergy bootloop
I think my issue might be related to the issues stated above.
So after after having unlocked my bootloader with EZ unlock & installing beans custom Rom via TWRP , I decided to go back to synergy. I made a nandroid of my synergy which was origianlly installed with CWM and figured I could just wipe and restore that with TWRP. Total bootloop.
OK, so I pulled the battery, tried it again...bootloop.
SO I pulled the battery, wiped and installed the synergy zip thinking I could try a fresh install. I got a message in TWRP that E:sd-ext was not found, but wipe seemed to happen so I continued the process.
installation said it was successful but now when I try to boot up, I either get stuck in the android is upgrading applications (looping over and over) or it gets through there and tells me all teh com.android.xxxx applications unexpectedly stop.
is this a soft brick? can I recover from this? are there incompatibilities between the kernels of bean's custom rom and synergy for verizon samsung galaxy s3?
after unlocking thru the ez tool installed twr recovery and installed the synergy rom and its just stuck on samsung galaxy s logo please help what do i do?
flameinthefire said:
after unlocking thru the ez tool installed twr recovery and installed the synergy rom and its just stuck on samsung galaxy s logo please help what do i do?
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Sounds like an bootloop, just odin back to stock and try again.
If you remove the battery and turn it back on, will it boot into recovery?
power+vol up+home button
Karl said:
power+vol up+home button
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yes it turns back on but i have unlocked it and its on twp recovery which rom would work with it?
i tried flashing mr beans rom that didnt work beacuse i am on twp recovery and i tried flashing synergy rom that didnt work either so wat should i do. since i unlocked the phone can i still do odin? or will that brick my phone
guys please help!
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guys please help!
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is there any rom that i can use for my unlocked s3
flameinthefire said:
guys please help!
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Someone already told you what to do. Find a stock ROM, boot up Odin and flash.
the roms you tried work with TWRP... ive used TWRP since release
Karl said:
the roms you tried work with TWRP... ive used TWRP since release
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I don't think they work with TWRP. They will flash fine but they wont boot. I had the same problem as the OP when i flashed them. I guessing its because they aren't setup for unlocked phones yet. OP all you need to do is wipe using TWRP then flash the cyanogen mod 10 leak posted by CVPS. Make sure you flash gapps and you will be good to go.
Locked or unlocked phone shouldn't matter as far as the Rom is concerned, it's been stated many times that the kexec kernels will boot fine on an unlocked phone. I would suggest starting fresh, stock ODIN, root, unlock, then flash CWM 6.0.1.0 with ez recovery and go from there.
Some people are not having any issues with the touch recoveries and others are, in my experience the CWM recovery has been the most stable and I could really care less about "touching" my recovery, buttons do the same thing. Just my 0.02
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feel like an old man hearing these stories......we all know them...when we first started out flashing and **** went wrong....freak outs..panics....sweating..pacing..anger....regret.........BUT then you work through them and look back and say "**** that was easier than I thought"....and we come across them again without panic or hesitation........................dude relax........
1-grab a stock image...chose anyone you want in these forums..some are even prerooted.....i personally got competely back to stock
2-i use the one click root method..so root
3-flash cmw...any version you want as long as it is made for your model phone.....you can use e-z recovery app from market
4-MAKE A ****ING BACKUP!!! very important...
5-download e-z unlock from the play market..use...and done..now you are stock, rooted, unlock bootloader......if you plan on flashing cm10 or aokp or aosp....please make sure to read the thread "how to backup your imei" before flashing any of those roms.............boom goes the dynamite:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:.............................
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I don't think they work with TWRP. They will flash fine but they wont boot. I had the same problem as the OP when i flashed them. I guessing its because they aren't setup for unlocked phones yet. OP all you need to do is wipe using TWRP then flash the cyanogen mod 10 leak posted by CVPS. Make sure you flash gapps and you will be good to go.
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Kexec roms don't but synergy should have. I use twrp and Synergy no problem. There isn't anything special that has to be setup for an unlocked bootloader.
Op you should be able to flash any non kexec rom. Did you do a wipe factory reset? If not you may want to give that a try
I did a lot of reading before I got into hacking my s3. I'm pretty new to the android development of Samsung phones, so the terms Odin and kexec are a little unfamiliar to me. I've owned and rooted and flashed 4 different HTC phones within the past 2 years successfully. But Samsung is a new ball game for me. And to my limited knowledge, I'm stuck and I'm hoping you guys can help me out.
Here's the process of what I did to my phone that got me to where I am.
1. I was able to root my phone and flash the custom recovery using using Adam outler's program successfully
2. I downloaded ez unlock boot loader from the play store and then successfully unlocked my boot loader
3. I tried to make a nandroid but I didn't know how to with the recovery I had. So I installed Rom manager and flashed cwm.
4. I downloaded the custom bean build 8 ROM, fully wiped, and attempted to flash the Rom with the Rom file sitting on the root of my phone's "sdcard"
- The zip seemed to flash correctly but then after I reboot from recovery, the screen would be sent back into recovery for some odd reason.
- I even tried to repeat the flashing process but it still resulted in sending me back to recovery after I hit reboot
5. So I restored my nandroid. Moved the Rom file to the root of extsdcard and then tried to flash it with cwm. It seemed to flash correctly once again but after I hit reboot, the phone shows the black splash screen with "Samsung galaxy s iii" in white letters then the phone shuts off. That's all that happens when I try to turn my phone on now.
Now normally if this were a HTC phone, I'd boot the phone to bootloader then recovery then restore my back up. But it's a Samsung. I know the volume down/home/power button trick but when I do that with my s3, the caution box pops up.. I hit volume up to by pass it then it just shows a big "downloading" sign that stays there forever. (I've literally left the phone sitting at the "downloading" sign for over an hour and nothing happened.)
So now I'm stuck. I no longer have a solution to get out of this situation. (I suppose this is a soft brick? )
Can anyone offer me any advice?
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I did a lot of reading before I got into hacking my s3. I'm pretty new to the android development of Samsung phones, so the terms Odin and kexec are a little unfamiliar to me. I've owned and rooted and flashed 4 different HTC phones within the past 2 years successfully. But Samsung is a new ball game for me. And to my limited knowledge, I'm stuck and I'm hoping you guys can help me out.
Here's the process of what I did to my phone that got me to where I am.
1. I was able to root my phone and flash the custom recovery using using Adam outler's program successfully
2. I downloaded ez unlock boot loader from the play store and then successfully unlocked my boot loader
3. I tried to make a nandroid but I didn't know how to with the recovery I had. So I installed Rom manager and flashed cwm.
4. I downloaded the custom bean build 8 ROM, fully wiped, and attempted to flash the Rom with the Rom file sitting on the root of my phone's "sdcard"
- The zip seemed to flash correctly but then after I reboot from recovery, the screen would be sent back into recovery for some odd reason.
- I even tried to repeat the flashing process but it still resulted in sending me back to recovery after I hit reboot
5. So I restored my nandroid. Moved the Rom file to the root of extsdcard and then tried to flash it with cwm. It seemed to flash correctly once again but after I hit reboot, the phone shows the black splash screen with "Samsung galaxy s iii" in white letters then the phone shuts off. That's all that happens when I try to turn my phone on now.
Now normally if this were a HTC phone, I'd boot the phone to bootloader then recovery then restore my back up. But it's a Samsung. I know the volume down/home/power button trick but when I do that with my s3, the caution box pops up.. I hit volume up to by pass it then it just shows a big "downloading" sign that stays there forever. (I've literally left the phone sitting at the "downloading" sign for over an hour and nothing happened.)
So now I'm stuck. I no longer have a solution to get out of this situation. (I suppose this is a soft brick? )
Can anyone offer me any advice?
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aye. go here and look for the return to stock section. remember to read it all before you start at least once.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
psycopanther said:
aye. go here and look for the return to stock section. remember to read it all before you start at least once.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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I'll try this when I get home. Do you know where it is I messed up while flashing the Rom? Did I use the wrong recovery?
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volume up/home/power button is recovery try that
and you used rom manger to flash rom?
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I'll try this when I get home. Do you know where it is I messed up while flashing the Rom? Did I use the wrong recovery?
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Use EZ-Recovery to flash CWM 6.0.1.0 and just avoid rom manager next time. Does Beans still use kexec? Could be the issue since the cwm in rom manager doesn't support it.
PJnc284 said:
Use EZ-Recovery to flash CWM 6.0.1.0 and just avoid rom manager next time. Does Beans still use kexec? Could be the issue since the cwm in rom manager doesn't support it.
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Yep, kexec rom (kernel) using a recovery that doesn't support it.
not sure if this can help but read this post I made, it may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842716
Make sure you have the right CWR version which is 6.0.1 or 6.0.2. Don't mess around with flashing things in rom manager.
To get to your recovery you need to use vol up+home+power.
The vol down puts the phone into Download/ODIN mode. It's like the bootloader/hboot screen of HTC phones.
I always super wipe)cache,data,dalvil,system) before any install, nandroid or fresh rom. And then install downloaded apps with tit backup.
To use Bean's nandroids after bootloader unlock, flash a fresh copy of bean first to install kexec, then flash your nandroid.
If I understand correctly, Bean's Custom Build 9 is out and no longer needs kexec. Therefore I can now use CWM 6.0.1.2 as I did earlier and I should have no problems now that kexec is no longer necessary. Can anyone confirm that?
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If I understand correctly, Bean's Custom Build 9 is out and no longer needs kexec. Therefore I can now use CWM 6.0.1.2 as I did earlier and I should have no problems now that kexec is no longer necessary. Can anyone confirm that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768209]
From what I have read in his original post for his new build, it does require an unlock and is running a custom non-kexec kernel, so it I would draw the same conclusion that you are and it should in theory work with the 6.0.1.2 version of CWM.
j0hnnyn said:
If I understand correctly, Bean's Custom Build 9 is out and no longer needs kexec. Therefore I can now use CWM 6.0.1.2 as I did earlier and I should have no problems now that kexec is no longer necessary. Can anyone confirm that?
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You should be able to use cwm6.0.1.2 to flash Imoseyons leankernel on any version of a custom touchwiz rom and enjoy no kexec
Im running beans 8 with imo's 2.2 kernel w/ no kexec...dont really like beans 9.
Hello everyone,
I just bought a Verizon Galaxy S3 and I am in the process of rooting it. Im kinda freaking out because things really arent going that well for me. So far what I've done is root and unlock bootloader. Here is where the problem starts. When I try to reboot into CWM recovery it just boots me into the normal android recovery. Is this normal? every video I have watched shows people manually rebooting straight into CWM. The only way I can get it to work is if I go into EZ recovery and press "Flash" then "Reboot Into Recovery" buttons.
My second area of confusion is regarding the IMEI backup. Is this something everyone does when flashing roms on this phone? I am very confused as to what I'm supposed to do. Do I use the adb or download a terminal app from the play store? If someone could clarify that would be great !
Sorry if these questions are pathetic but this is my first time doing this and it's a learning experience I geuss. Here are the links to the guides I used for what I have done so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
Thanks
I recently saw someone have a problem getting custom recovery persist, and another member pointed out a step you needed to do to get it to stick. I'll see if I can locate that post and add it to this post.
As far as IMEI goes, you only need to back it up once, and then you are good to go. Perform step a followed by step b in the backup thread.
apacseven said:
I recently saw someone have a problem getting custom recovery persist, and another member pointed out a step you needed to do to get it to stick. I'll see if I can locate that post and add it to this post.
As far as IMEI goes, you only need to back it up once, and then you are good to go. Perform step a followed by step b in the backup thread.
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Alright thanks, so for most people once they flash it once it should stay every time they reboot into recovery? I have probably the noobiest question of all time, what does flashing CWM recovery even do? is it like flashing a rom where it just gets baked in to the OS permanently? Or does it actually provide a backup of data because I thought thats what nandroids were for.
Havent found exactly what I was recalling as far as the recovery problem, but I found something in a thread below this that makes me think maybe your bootloader wasnt unlocked properly. What version (if any) of ez recovery did you use?
Also, flashing CWM (ideally, at least) replaces the stock recovery with the clockworkmod recovery. Then, when you boot into CWM, that is where you make a backup (nandroid) of your current ROM. Once you have backups made you can quickly switch between ROMs by restoring the nandroids.
I hope I understood your question correctly and also answered it properly.
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Havent found exactly what I was recalling as far as the recovery problem, but I found something in a thread below this that makes me think maybe your bootloader wasnt unlocked properly. What version (if any) of ez recovery did you use?
Also, flashing CWM (ideally, at least) replaces the stock recovery with the clockworkmod recovery. Then, when you boot into CWM, that is where you make a backup (nandroid) of your current ROM. Once you have backups made you can quickly switch between ROMs by restoring the nandroids.
I hope I understood your question correctly and also answered it properly.
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Yes you did, thank you so much. In the tutorial I used it was saying that the newer versions of EZ unlock were having problems so I downloaded version 1.2. How do I proceed if my bootloader was unlocked improperly? Also, I went in to EZ recovery and flashed CWM and made a nandroid backup if this matters.
Thanks so much for your help.
If you used version 1.2 then my point was moot. So you can only get into CWM if you install CWM from ez recovery and then hit reboot into recovery? If you do the hold vol up + home button while powering on it always takes you to stock recovery?
Yep its very weird. Not sure what to do.
Someone else will likely be able to chime in on how to correct this, unfortunately (or fortunately? lol) it hasnt happened to me so I havent had to deal with it. Its not a huge deal so I wouldnt worry about it.
Personally I use TWRP recovery. You can try that and see if it will stick, you can always go back to CWM later. Try it in ez recovery, or Goo manager from the play store (I use goo manager). If you want to try installing it from goo manager, install the app, hit menu, then select install open recovery script.
K cool. So would it hurt me if I just used ez recovery to flash and reboot everytime I need to get into CWM? Also for goo manager does that install the one you were talking about or CWM?
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Goo manager is only for TWRP recovery. And as long as the backups are being stored and you can access them the next time you get into CWM, it doesnt matter. Like I said, hopefully someone will be able to tell you how to correct this issue and we will both learn a thing or two from it.
Did you follow Step 12 in Section 2 in the first link you posted?
You have to make sure to go to CWM v6.0.1 in the drop down and install that version of Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I'm not sure if that's the cause of your issue, but you may want to check into that
Yep i did that
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Can someone please help D:
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Hi
At the weekend I tried to update my TF300T from CM10.1 to CM10.2. That didn't work as I ended up in a boot loop. Then I thought, maybe I need to flash the latest system blob.
So I did that, only to find that I then couldn't install anything from zip or sd card as the recovery would not mount anything at all. Still got fastboot, so I've tried TWRP 2.6. TWRP 2.5, TWRP 2.4 and CWM, none of them will mount anything at all.
So I find myself with stock ROM, but no way of rooting or installing any custom ROMs.
I'm sure I've made a bloop somewhere, so all suggestions to resolve welcome!
Thanks
Rob
What is your bootloader? Sometimes, if you reflash the same recovery, it *may* work properly the second time around.
I am using TWRP 2.6 with my 127.5 bootloader, just for your knowledge.
aarsyl said:
What is your bootloader? Sometimes, if you reflash the same recovery, it *may* work properly the second time around.
I am using TWRP 2.6 with my 127.5 bootloader, just for your knowledge.
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That was the tip I needed - I knew I had the right bootloader but I had downloaded the wrong TWRP (I had flashed the JB version instead of the 4.3 version). Doh!
Now flashed CM10.2 and is running Android 4.3. CPU-Z tells me I'm rooted though at the moment I can't get any root apps to work with SuperSU. I'll leave that for another day!
Rob