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Ensure you have root first!!!
MOD EDIT: POSTERS ARE REPORTING THERE ARE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THIS GUIDE, THREAD CLOSED.
Use SuperOneClick 1.7 to gain root (USB debugging enabled) Get it here:
1. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
2. Open SuperOneClick and run Shell Root with your phone plugged in. Once finished, close.
3. Now run the 3e Recovery Installer. When finished, close.
4. Now flash ClockWorkMod Recovery via ROM Manager by selecting "Vibrant" when asked for phone type. Then reboot into recovery. (You may need to reboot your phone if you get stuck on the ROM Manager "Reboot to Recovery" screen) (Just reboot, then attempt to reboot into recovery again)
5. At the blue recovery select "reinstall packages". The first time will fail, run it once more, and you should now have the green CWM Recovery menu.
6. Wait for Team Whiskey to release an amazing ROM!!!
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Thanks for the guide! Making a nandroid as i type!
my phone just gets stuck on the reboot into recovery screen
edit: now it keeps saying failed
eakrish said:
my phone just gets stuck on the reboot into recovery screen
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Power down your phone. Power it back up and try again. Mine did the same thing at first.
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nevermind, work third time. had to completely reboot, then reinstall recovery through rom manager. Then reboot into recovery, then reinstall packages twice. Good to go. Thanks!
Well I guess one good thing came out of me doing what I did to my phone was able to tell you how to do this lol
collins521 said:
Well I guess one good thing came out of me doing what I did to my phone was able to tell you how to do this lol
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Yes it did. Thank you.
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I'm getting this error.
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Can't mount /data/!"
so this is a confirmed method to get rom manager / clockwork working for the SGS4G?
i must be doing something wrong because i keep getting failed.. but i am following the instructions to the T..
Just letting you know, this will NOT work. The 4G has a different partition structure than the Vibrant. CWM will need to be built for the 4G due to it not having a internal sd like the Vibrant. Once CWM does come out for the SGS4G please let me know. I already have Bionix Frost ready to go for it, and will have Black Ice ready this week.
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HELL YE KRYLON IS HERE DONATING HAHA
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krylon360 said:
Just letting you know, this will NOT work. The 4G has a different partition structure than the Vibrant. CWM will need to be built for the 4G due to it not having a internal sd like the Vibrant. Once CWM does come out for the SGS4G please let me know. I already have Bionix Frost ready to go for it, and will have Black Ice ready this week.
What's black ice? A theme for frost?
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Frost is based on a pre-leak. Black Ice is based off the official sysdump
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krylon360 said:
Frost is based on a pre-leak. Black Ice is based off the official sysdump
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Oh, well why would you even bother uploading frost for us, cuz wouldn't the one based off the dump be better?
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Frameworks are pretty much identical so it wouldn't matter.
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Right on!! Can't wait!
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any way to revert this process? i'm getting an error everytime I got to recovery?
chadster214 said:
any way to revert this process? i'm getting an error everytime I got to recovery?
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I'm in the same boat. Tried everything i can think of to revert the process but im still getting the error everytime i boot into recovery.
Too many posters are reporting this guide is not working, I'm closing this thread temporary to avoid any damage to member's devices.
@ OP please PM me if you work this out. I will edit the first post.
Thanks,
I downloaded the CM10.1 from my phone and I flashed it and it was a bad rom so it kept saying saying setup wizard and it wouldn't let me do anything, my sd got wiped and I can get into clockword recovery, WHAT DO I DO PLEASE HELP!!!
Anyone? Please help, I can still get into recovery.
AegonTheDragon said:
I downloaded the CM10.1 from my phone and I flashed it and it was a bad rom so it kept saying saying setup wizard and it wouldn't let me do anything, my sd got wiped and I can get into clockword recovery, WHAT DO I DO PLEASE HELP!!!
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If you read the thread, your SD did not get wiped. Everything is in the "0" folder. Try tapping the four corners from top left going clockwise and see if you can get past the setup wizard.
Don't know how it's a bad rom if you're at the setup wizard.
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go into rom manager. then reflash CWR . you are also going to have to move a nand from the folder from the 0\clockwork\backup to (root) clockwork\backup. or flash a new rom
Oh wow, it keeps saying setup wizard has stopped, what do you mean why tapping on the four corners?
Thanks for replying, I'm ****ting my pants.
tap the corners of the screen on a clockwise fashion repeatedly until it goes out of setup
( tap upper left corner of screen, the upper right. then lower right then lower left... repeat)
AegonTheDragon said:
Oh wow, it keeps saying setup wizard has stopped, what do you mean why tapping on the four corners?
Thanks for replying, I'm ****ting my pants.
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Which gapps did you flash?
Quit noobing out. It's just a force close.
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ajrty33 said:
Which gapps did you flash?
Quit noobing out. It's just a force close.
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It also said the gapps stopped working, the ones at the how to root thread. :S
you flashed the wrong ones. get the 4.2 gapps from the 10.1 thread
You might want to, or have to, flash using ODIN. You may be able to get away with flashing Clockwork Recovery via ODIN, but it sounds like you might have to go back to stock.
ODIN - CWM Only --> http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/recoveries/cwm-6.0.1.2-touch.tar.md5
ODIN Full Back To Stock: Follow instructions from HERE
Hope that helps
ALQI
Haha, noobing out.
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False alarm guys, thanks for all the replies, the thing that happened was that I didn't flash the right gapps so the screen just kept saying "setup wizard has stopped" and then saw that my sd card was supposedly wiped I started to freak out. Thanks for making me realize that I just made a silly mistake.
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Haha, noobing out.
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Lol that's what I was thinking...
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So, yesterday, I had a perfectly functioning, stock 4.1.1/rooted unit.
Got a little frisky and decided to try out Liquid Smooth. Flashed that through recovery (it's a 4.2.1 Beta 2) but forgot to do the bootlocker.
The latest LS has a Bluetooth sound problem that's pretty bad. So, I thought I'd switch over to CM10.1, their 4.2.1 effort.
Well, without the bootlocker in place, you can pretty much guess how that worked out.
So now, I've odin'ed a variety of roms and so forth; no clue what happened to my backup.
My main focus has been what I call the dunce-cap routine, of going back to stock and starting over.
The problem? I did that and now I'm stuck in roaming mode and my calls don't work.
I'm dead without this phone (considering how long I've been working on this, since 8 pm or so yesterday except for a couple of hours of sleep, I might be dead, period.) and I've got to have one functioning. It's so bad that I'm considering just trashing it and buying another one, even thought THAT would hurt.
Almost everything I try winds up either getting the yellow triangle or the odin fail.
Now, thanks to some help I've gotten here that focused me into understanding this total screw up is MY fault completely, I believe I know what has to be done.
The plan was to go back to stock, root and DO THE DAMNED BOOTLOCKER, then go back into CM10.1 and make some changes in subscribing to CDMA or something (don't have that in front of me this second) to get the phone part of the phone operational but I can't get there.
In the guide here I have completed step 1, flashing the factory image.
The next step is blowing me up. I have used the file I have for the Recovery: CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5.tar, maybe 4 times.
NOW when I try it, odin fails and the phone tells me "secure check fail : recovery."
And help would be appreciated. Before I feed this thing to my Doberman Cavalier Spaniel. Or something.
Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Jarredw said:
Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
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Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.
Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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kage87z said:
Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.
That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.
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Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
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If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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kintwofan said:
Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
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OK.... working this.
Looks good. Booted into the rom with no warnings... It says "pass."
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If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
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this was going to be my suggestion also.
ddurandSGS3 said:
this was going to be my suggestion also.
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Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
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The problem is that when I unzip it, I don't get an md5 file, I get an "image" file of some sort.
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Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?
The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
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Update: OK... have gone through the guide which went brilliantly.
Now, do I just boot this thing into recovery and flash the CM10.1?
Is there anything I've overlooked? Anything else I need to do?
And do I do the factory reset/wipe dalvik and the rest before, or after?
I presume I have to use ezlock to unlock the bootloader again after this, right?
No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.
HHF2 said:
No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.
I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.
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When I try this method to back up the IMEI it doesn't do anything after entering the *#7284# and if I hit the phone, it just sends me to a Verizon intercept operator.
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.
Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
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OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."
kage87z said:
The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5
Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.
This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.
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4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.
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If you can't figure it out you can pm me
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kage87z said:
OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."
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Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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kintwofan said:
Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
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OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..
kage87z said:
OK... it did... I'm going for it.
Stuck on "waiting for network."
Used the four taps method to get past it
I have no APN listed..
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Have you changed the subscription type to sim and toggled airplane mode
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I recently updated to 4.3 and when i turn on or reboot my device the first screen says Samsung and has an open lock at the bottom with "custom" under it. Anyone know what this means? Also going in to my files it says "emulated", is that normal? i cant recall before the update. Thanks for any help
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I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
BattsNotIncld said:
I'm pretty sure the "emulated" thing is a new feature introduced in 4.2 which has to do with multi-user support.
The custom is probably from your flash counter being tripped. Triangle away from the play store would fix that.
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I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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XXDroidZillaXX said:
I just updated a couple days ago, I haven't flashed anything. I cant, root is gone and bootloader is locked.
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The flash counter persists through flashes/ota's, so if you ever flashed a custom ROM/recovery, it was tripped. You need to reset it manually. Boot into download mode (hold volume down, home and power at the same time) and see what it says for your device stats.
It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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It showed "bootlaoder ap swerv 1” that what you're talking about?
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
greatdaneduke said:
I tried to update from a rooted stock room. The upgrade downloads then reboots then suddenly goes into recovery and asks if I want to flash the unrecognized file. It will fail if you at yes and then gives you this. Any idea what to do?
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You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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I'm not sure if there's a different download mode screen in 4.3, but it it's the same there should be a big android symbol in the middle with "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" underneath and a little menu in the top left that has all your device info. The flash counter is "custom binary download." Also if you made any changes to /system (i.e. rooting), it would say "custom" next to "system status"
You need to be at 100% stock MF1 to update, so you'd have to ODIN to a a stock MF1 unrooted or a previous stock/un-rooted ROM and take all the OTAs.
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OK. Custom binary download is a 0. System does say custom, i kept superuser after update but it can't download binary or whatever and root checker says I'm not rooted. Superuser is also not uninstallable.
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Sounds like we might be better off and wait. Is it true that an efuse will be implemented not allowing any future rooting or flashing?
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I used towelroot on my galaxy s5, but I think I need to have cwm or twrp installed as well and I don't know how, I'm new at this. First time rooting a phone and I really need some help with this. I want to install custom roms. All I've done so far is get root access and downloaded apps like titanium and super user, but I honestly don't know what they are for. Any advice is much appreciated.
Ok first off have you checked to see if you have full root access by using a root checking app? if not try this one to check : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck . If you have full root access and you want to go straight ahead to flashing a recovery then download an app called Rom manager to flash CWM on your device (Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager ) then you choose the flash CWM and choose your phone modle. then it downloads and installs. after it tells you its installed then reboot in recovery either using the "reboot" button in the app or using the default button sequence. this is just to confirm CWM has installed properly. To use CWM you use your power button to confirm action or choose action, and volume keys to move around. once you confirmed CWM has been installed choose the "reboot" option
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Thanks for the reply. Yes I have confirmed that it's rooted, and I tried the method you described to install cwm, but when it reboots it says error, invalid signature, or something like that. And then I just have to reboot like normal? Do you know what can be causing this problem?
Did you make sure you confirmed your phone model and let it install? like so?
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Yes, I chose galaxy s5, it downloads, then I hit reboot, and it doesn't work.
First off have you granted superuser permissions to the app? thats probably the issue.
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You might be right, how do I do this. Also the super user I downloaded asks me if I want to disable Knox, should I do this?
When you used towelroot wasnt superuser already installed as a part of the root procces?
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No it wasn't
Hmm ok then hmm, dont disable knox and continue with the superuser app, try to post screenshots also, they help figure it out
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