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Wiped and Formated, Now Cant Flash?

Usually I just wipe data, cache, and dalvik. Today though I did this plus formated data, cache, and system. I never do this but the JellyWiz rom I was flashing said to do so. Since I did this the rom will not flash.
E: Can't open /external_sd_Root/Incubus26jc_JellyWiz_VZW_9_14_12_RLS3.zip (bad)
Installation aborted.
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When I tried restoring the old JB version I was updating from it gave me a MD5 mismatch error. When I tried to restore my original stock root which I have restored from several times without issue it just gave me "Error while restoring /system."
Need help! Stuck in recovery with no idea what to do

Try flashing a firmware through odin: 0
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i9100g user said:
Try flashing a firmware through odin: 0
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Not really sure what this means to be honest. I rooted using odin but what do you mean by flashing a firmware?

josbor11 said:
Not really sure what this means to be honest. I rooted using odin but what do you mean by flashing a firmware?
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Yes, do that again. Boot into Download mode(Batt pull to turn the phone off) then hold vol down+home+power till the prompt comes up.
Flash the root66 image using Odin from there.

Brian Gove said:
Yes, do that again. Boot into Download mode(Batt pull to turn the phone off) then hold vol down+home+power till the prompt comes up.
Flash the root66 image using Odin from there.
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I can just flash 66 as is? Don't have to flash a stock unrooted version first like you do when you brick?
Do you have any idea why this could have happened? I did everything it said on the page and even watched an installation video for the ROM following every step by step instruction. What the hell does formatting system, data, and cache do in recovery? Never had done it before and as soon as I did my phone just messed up. Also, if I flash 66 using odin will my old backups work again?

josbor11 said:
I can just flash 66 as is? Don't have to flash a stock unrooted version first like you do when you brick?
Do you have any idea why this could have happened? I did everything it said on the page and even watched an installation video for the ROM following every step by step instruction. What the hell does formatting system, data, and cache do in recovery? Never had done it before and as soon as I did my phone just messed up. Also, if I flash 66 using odin will my old backups work again?
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I'm guessing there was a bad download and sadly your nandroid might have been corrupted.
Yes if you flash root66 hopefully your backups will work if they aren't corrupted.
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voodoomanx said:
I'm guessing there was a bad download and sadly your nandroid might have been corrupted.
Yes if you flash root66 hopefully your backups will work if they aren't corrupted.
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Cool thanks. Flashing 66 now through odin. My backups have worked fine before (the exact same ones that just failed). Once this is finished and I test out my backups (assuming they work) how should I go about reflashing JellyWiz? Should I format the system, data, cache again or just do the normal wipes? I'm afraid formatting will mess it up again. Is CWM inferior to TWRP? Thinking about using a different recovery after all of this.

josbor11 said:
Cool thanks. Flashing 66 now through odin. My backups have worked fine before (the exact same ones that just failed). Once this is finished and I test out my backups (assuming they work) how should I go about reflashing JellyWiz? Should I format the system, data, cache again or just do the normal wipes? I'm afraid formatting will mess it up again. Is CWM inferior to TWRP? Thinking about using a different recovery after all of this.
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I personally use cwm and to me it's more a matter of preference. I too have had a error restoring backups once and it was after a system wipe. A word of advice, because this saved me, keep a ROM on your SD card at all times to be able to just flash in an emergency.
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kintwofan said:
I personally use cwm and to me it's more a matter of preference. I too have had a error restoring backups once and it was after a system wipe. A word of advice, because this saved me, keep a ROM on your SD card at all times to be able to just flash in an emergency.
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A rom of Root 66?

Is it cwm flashable? I keep synergy as an emergency backup.
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josbor11 said:
A rom of Root 66?
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dont listen to him...flash root66 thru odin as already mentioned and go from there...use my guide if need be.

droidstyle said:
dont listen to him...flash root66 thru odin as already mentioned and go from there...use my guide if need be.
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I think you missed my point, at this point he needs Odin. However, if you keep a zip on your SD card then if your backups gasp like his situation he can just fish that zip. It was simply some advice for future reference, were not all next to a computer ask the time. For people like me that just get an urge to flash it helps to have backups like this.
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No one is addressing the format question originally asked. Why is formatting being requested on yhe newer jb rom's, and what (in detail) does it do?
Many posts that people are soft bricking thier devices because of formatting instead of just wiping.
What's the deal, want some real answers here, and I think many others do too.
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No one is addressing the format question originally asked. Why is formatting being requested on yhe newer jb rom's, and what (in detail) does it do?
Many posts that people are soft bricking thier devices because of formatting instead of just wiping.
What's the deal, want some real answers here, and I think many others do too.
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in order to flash jellywiz i had to do the following or else i bootlooped:
wipe data/factory reset
wipe dalvik cache
format system
flash rom
booted up flawless.
i also used this methid for paranoid android...i will probably update my guide with this. unfortunately i cant give any info on what formatting system is actually doing. never had to do this before??

annoyingduck said:
No one is addressing the format question originally asked. Why is formatting being requested on yhe newer jb rom's, and what (in detail) does it do?
Many posts that people are soft bricking thier devices because of formatting instead of just wiping.
What's the deal, want some real answers here, and I think many others do too.
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I don't know why they are suggesting it but it doesn't do anything beyond the normal factory reset and then the zip formatting system itself.
Its just the manual way of doing what a clean flash does.

Why are people having issues restoring nandroids after doing this? Apparently bootlooping occurs after format/jb install/restore previous nandroid.
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Brian Gove said:
I don't know why they are suggesting it but it doesn't do anything beyond the normal factory reset and then the zip formatting system itself.
Its just the manual way of doing what a clean flash does.
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if im not mistaken formatting the system deletes the rom/kernel itself...normal factory reset from cwm recovery only deletes rom data/cache.
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annoyingduck said:
Why are people having issues restoring nandroids after doing this? Apparently bootlooping occurs after format/jb install/restore previous nandroid.
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edit* good question!

droidstyle said:
if im not mistaken formatting the system deletes the rom/kernel itself...normal factory reset from cwm recovery only deletes rom data/cache.
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Yeah you're right but the zip of the ROM 99% of the time formats system also.

Brian Gove said:
Yeah you're right but the zip of the ROM 99% of the time formats system also.
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i wonder why i had to format system to get the latest jellywiz rom to not hang on galaxy s splash screen? it makes no sense.

Also, how does a format not erase your nandroids? It should also wipe titanium backups if they are not on your external. Am I wrong on that? Could formatting lose certain bits of info that the nandroid may not have partitioned, and that's why the restores are not working correctly?
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Add on: good info guys
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[Q] ROM Flashing Question

Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?

Signature Beats said:
Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?
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no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.

Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.
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I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.

Signature Beats said:
I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.
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Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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joshua5683 said:
Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.

Make sure you backup your imei.
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bobAbooE said:
Make sure you backup your imei.
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I did a nandroid backup.

@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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Signature Beats said:
How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.
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That's not really necessary it's very easy. To flash roms you flash zip files, then your recovery does the work to copy all the files in that zip to the correct place, then when you reboot you have your ROM. So for liquid smooth here is my tutorial: 1. Download Liquidsmooth, the download link is in the OP of the LS thread, also download Google apps, you'll see download links for that in the LS thread, it's something you need for AOSP ROMs. 2. Both will download as a zip file, don't extract it and copy the 2 zips to your phone's SD. 3. Boot into recovery, select Wipe and choose the options data, system, cache, and dalvik. You will always check these 4 before flashing any ROM. No more and no less. 5. Choose the flash option, in the file manager find your liquid smooth zip, confirm flash, and let it finish. You are now on liquid smooth hooray but you are not done. 6. Since you're on AOSP you do not have Google apps which you need or you won't have a play store app. So now flash the Google apps zip the same way you flashed liquid smooth. Now reboot and voila. That is how you flash any ROM. But for touch wiz ROMs you do not flash Google apps.
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I did a nandroid backup.
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Your imei is different and you should back it up. It's easy to do and it really sucks when you lose it without a backup.
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@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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Dang I wouldn't have posted that huge thing if I knew this was gonna come up lol
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@jmxc23, I know that. I am just new to flashing in general. It has been a while since I did it on the GalaxyTab 7 with GB. Plus, I am not used to Teamwin just yt but am getting the hang of it. Also how do I back up my imei?

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Also how do I back up my imei?
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Download terminal emulator off the play store, open it and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
wait for it to finish and that's it
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@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?

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@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?
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Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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joshua5683 said:
Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?

Signature Beats said:
So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?
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Correct
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@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.

Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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chris_marsh said:
Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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Which ROM do you recommend?

Signature Beats said:
@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.
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What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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I used the same Gapps as posted in the Liquidsmooth post.

Brother can only flash stable cm 10.1.3

My brother just got himself a skyrocket he's on the newest radio w/custom recovery installed but can't seem to flash anything but cm 10.1 with an old 4.2 GApps package.
Kinda frustrating because I haven't seen anyone else having this issue in any other thread. I did to his all I did to mine and I'm running Wantowan2's DU. Just says installation failed and we can't even flash other recovery from within recovery. Where should we go from here
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Odin back to stock and start over. Something got messed up in your recovery

Make sure you've got the proper recovery for 4.3 as well.
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Well we did Odin back to stock and Odin flashed twrp 2.6.3 and tried to flash the new cwm touch 6043 and it just failed. Not sure why. I repeated process with my phone and it worked but I feel like he did some stuff he's not telling me.
And the only things that do flash remain to be the cm 10.1.3 and GApps from 2012
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Well we did Odin back to stock and Odin flashed twrp 2.6.3 and tried to flash the new cwm touch 6043 and it just failed. Not sure why. I repeated process with my phone and it worked but I feel like he did some stuff he's not telling me.
And the only things that do flash remain to be the cm 10.1.3 and GApps from 2012
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The gapps isn't right for 4.3, cm 10.1. Flash the 8-13-2013 gapps
Edit, you can find it on the OP of this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46685423

My understanding is that cm 10.1.3 is android version 4.2.2 and the gapps he used worked. No force closes or anything but one thing he mentioned is that his first flashing of the ROM did not include a full wipe. He did not format system. And even after a full wipe in twrp 2.6.1; data, cache, android secure, dalvik, and system still nothing. Still shows dead android and failed install
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My understanding is that cm 10.1.3 is android version 4.2.2 and the gapps he used worked. No force closes or anything but one thing he mentioned is that his first flashing of the ROM did not include a full wipe. He did not format system. And even after a full wipe in twrp 2.6.1; data, cache, android secure, dalvik, and system still nothing. Still shows dead android and failed install
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What is the exact error message that TWRP is giving?

Gotta wait for my bro to get off work but will post as soon as I can get his phone and give it another go
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[ROM][5.0.2]FatToad by TeamApexQ development, release and discussion

FatToad release thread and build/development discussion
What this is: This is an Unofficial CyanogenMod based image for the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G (apexqtmo) by TeamApexQ.
Latest released version: FatToad-5.0.2_0001
https://googledrive.com/host/0B-v962-Q8Pd9VWtvN0VrTXlQaTg/FatToad-5.0.2_0001-apexqtmo.zip
https://googledrive.com/host/0B-v962-Q8Pd9VWtvN0VrTXlQaTg/FatToad-5.0.2_0001-apexqtmo.zip.md5sum -- md5
Use the latest officially released CWM recovery -- https://googledrive.com/host/0B-v962-Q8Pd9VWtvN0VrTXlQaTg/apexq_recovery-10.2-347.zip
Compatible gapps - https://s.basketbuild.com/filedl/gapps?dl=gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip
**FLASH THIS ONLY WITH CWM** -- Wifi will NOT WORK if you flash from TWRP.
ignore any warning at the end of the installation about /data already being mounted.

Great! Thanks for your work...testing

As more bugs are discovered, worked on, fixed and what have you, I will endeavor to update the OP, keep an eye on this space.

Would it be helpful for testers to report bugs here?

Flashing with CWM 6.0.1.2 fails with error
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed (Status 7)
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After some Googling it looks like I need to update my CWM, gonna try that next. Glad I did a backup.
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After CWM update it flashes correctly!

wedg11383 said:
Would it be helpful for testers to report bugs here?
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I suppose it would, especially if not currently on the list in the OP. Although, keep in mind that the team is not yet ready to go into full support mode for these builds yet. This is just a preview of what we are working on.
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After some Googling it looks like I need to update my CMW, gonna try that next. Glad I did a backup.
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Yes. The one currently linked in the CM wiki, http://cmw.cmfs.me/apexqtmo/apexq_recovery-10.2.img works. You were trying it with the old CM 10.1 recovery. This is far too old.

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I suppose it would, especially if not currently on the list in the OP. Although, keep in mind that the team is not yet ready to go into full support mode for these builds yet. This is just a preview of what we are working on.
Yes. The one currently linked in the CM wiki, http://cmw.cmfs.me/apexqtmo/apexq_recovery-10.2.img works. You were trying it with the old CM 10.1 recovery. This is far too old.
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If I flash from rom manager then I have also the latest recovery, right ?
couldn't restore my backup with recovery (maybe bad sd card issue).
edit: was a bad microsdcard !

robuser007 said:
If I flash from rom manager then I have also the latest recovery, right ?
couldn't restore my backup with recovery (maybe bad sd card issue).
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Which recovery are you using? I do not know what version of recovery that ROM manager gets you. I've never used that. Please specifically flash a compatible recovery. Some time not long before the release of the recovery I linked, recovery could not access SD cards on the relay. The one linked is certified as compatible. If you're having trouble with your backup restore using that recovery, than it's likely a problem on your card or the backup set.

Magamo said:
Which recovery are you using? I do not know what version of recovery that ROM manager gets you. I've never used that. Please specifically flash a compatible recovery. Some time not long before the release of the recovery I linked, recovery could not access SD cards on the relay. The one linked is certified as compatible. If you're having trouble with your backup restore using that recovery, than it's likely a problem on your card or the backup set.
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Thanks for the information, could you provide a zip file instead of a img for the recovery ?

robuser007 said:
Thanks for the information, could you provide a zip file instead of a img for the recovery ?
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Actually, I can link to my personal one.
https://googledrive.com/host/0B-v962-Q8Pd9VWtvN0VrTXlQaTg/apexq_recovery-10.2-347.zip
Once you install it, remember to go into advanced, and reboot to recovery so that you're using the newer one rather than your older one.
Also, everyone, it's been pointed out that I'm an idiot. I was using a ParanoidAndroid Gapps package, that was deleting Gallery2, and replacing it with GoogleGallery. When using the correct Gallery app, video recording works fine.

Gapps: http://d-h.st/3k8

Is it worth to install on wife phone, also how stable is the camera,
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alphaeagle777 said:
Is it worth to install on wife phone, also how stable is the camera,
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It depends. Do you want to piss her off?

alphaeagle777 said:
Is it worth to install on wife phone, also how stable is the camera,
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I'll point out where I say in the subject of the OP, this is a Pre-Alpha, and later in the thread where I said that the team is not quite ready to be in full support mode for this version, this is a preview release. The camera though is quite stable, so long as you are using the certified gapps linked by Nardholio, and also linked in the OP.

Magamo said:
Actually, I can link to my personal one.
https://googledrive.com/host/0B-v962-Q8Pd9Q3F5Y1Z5Nm42c28/apexq_recovery-10.2-347.zip
Once you install it, remember to go into advanced, and reboot to recovery so that you're using the newer one rather than your older one.
Also, everyone, it's been pointed out that I'm an idiot. I was using a ParanoidAndroid Gapps package, that was deleting Gallery2, and replacing it with GoogleGallery. When using the correct Gallery app, video recording works fine.
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Can't boot to recovery now, are you sure I can use that recovery while using cm10.2 ?

robuser007 said:
Can't boot to recovery now, are you sure I can use that recovery while using cm10.2 ?
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The one I linked is a CM 10.2 recovery.

Magamo said:
The one I linked is a CM 10.2 recovery.
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The recovery.zip doesn't work, tested it twice.

robuser007 said:
The recovery.zip doesn't work, tested it twice.
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The recovery zip worked just fine for me.
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I would recommend the one from ROM manager should be the same.
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chris122380 said:
The recovery zip worked just fine for me.
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I would recommend the one from ROM manager should be the same.
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The rommanager's one is 6.0.3.8, but can't mount the sdcard (need external mSD-reader).
Why doesn't it work on my phone ? Strange :s

robuser007 said:
The rommanager's one is 6.0.3.8, but can't mount the sdcard (need external mSD-reader).
Why doesn't it work on my phone ? Strange :s
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It's been mounting my SD card just fine. Doesn't work 100‰ with ROM manager so I boot into recovery mode to do everything.
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Slow TWRP?

Hi,
I am using the latest version of TWRP, but I see two weird things:
1.- It's slow to install ROMS, takes much more time than in the N4, really slow.. like three times more time!
2.- The date is messed up (1970 :S).
What is your experience?

The dates messed up but I don't think it's slow.

jd1639 said:
The dates messed up but I don't think it's slow.
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Did you have a N4?

peikojose said:
Did you have a N4?
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I don't have a n4 but I find twrp to run much faster on my n5 than on my s2 skyrocket.

Backup took a mighty long time...

Format of system partition or cache sometimes takes a while too, like15-20 min.
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When I first installed twrp I tried to install a custom ROM but it was unsuccessful I had to restart Twrp for it to install successfully but no more problems after that?
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neoneras said:
Format of system partition or cache sometimes takes a while too, like15-20 min.
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Do u have the latest version 2.6.3.4? This issue has been fixed afaik. Wipes are very fast on my end.
Flashing some custom roms can take a while though.

Primokorn said:
Do u have the latest version 2.6.3.4? This issue has been fixed afaik. Wipes are very fast on my end.
Flashing some custom roms can take a while though.
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Thanks for info!
My TWRP version is not the latest one, it's 2.6.3.2 (got it automatically downloaded with toolkit I think). Will upgrade then I get back home and see what happens.

U need the newest one
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realy slow ??

Flashing Cataclysm rom takes about a good 3-5 minutes. It just shows an animated loading bar, but doesn't seem to make any progress, then all of a sudden finishes. Scary, but still installs fine.
Just doesn't install as quickly as say a Note 2 flashing a rom.

It depends on the ROM you are flashing. Flashing is very fast with OmniROM for instance.

Primokorn said:
It depends on the ROM you are flashing. Flashing is very fast with OmniROM for instance.
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formatting of /system is still extremely slow, even with 2.6.3.4. once /system has been formatted, everything else is very quick.

tsubus said:
formatting of /system is still extremely slow, even with 2.6.3.4. once /system has been formatted, everything else is very quick.
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I disagree... A full wipe (system+data+cache+dalvik) requires about 5s to be completed. ^^

Primokorn said:
I disagree... A full wipe (system+data+cache+dalvik) requires about 5s to be completed. ^^
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Full wipe from TWRP is quick, it's the wipe of /system when you install a ROM that is extremely slow.

tsubus said:
Full wipe from TWRP is quick, it's the wipe of /system when you install a ROM that is extremely slow.
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What you're saying is that it's the ROM fault, is that it? Or this behaviour doesn't happen with CWM (flashing the same ROM obviously)?
a hammerhead wrote this.

Updating to latest twrp
May I ask where to get the latest version of TWRP and what is the best way to flash it, please? Thanks.

PhilipTD said:
May I ask where to get the latest version of TWRP and what is the best way to flash it, please? Thanks.
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Download TWRP manager from the play store, there's an option to install TWRP recovery under advanced I believe. If not under advance its under one of the options
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jd1639 said:
I don't have a n4 but I find twrp to run much faster on my n5 than on my s2 skyrocket.
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Aren't you being an intruder?