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Need Help Fixing Someone's Cappy

Ok so yesterday I received a cappy from someone on here that I told them I would try and fix. I am not charging them anything and am actually paying shipping back to them. When I received it and turned it on it was stuck at the end of the cornkernel bootlogo. I thought hey this will be easy and flashed the heimdall version of I897UCKK4 Stock, Wipe, with options to install Bootloaders, Param,and Re-partition-One-Click. Phone rebooted and is now stuck at the att logo. So I flash cornkernel, its stuck at the end of cornkernel bootup. So I decided on a whim to try and flash this kernel Devil3_1.1.3_HB_cappy_CFS_BLN_VC_20120807, luckily that got me into recovery, so I did a full backup of all the stuff on his internal storage and completely wiped the phone, wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cache, format boot, format system, format sdcard, format cache, format data, format datadata (yes I know I wiped some things twice) . Then I flashed my rom, it just reboots to recovery after the flash, still reboots after a reflash of the rom. I then wiped everything again and tried flashing CM9's latest nightly to see if I could get it to boot up. Still reboots to recovery. So far all together I have flashed I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears, i897uckk4 Odin One Click CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe, I897UCKF1_withBL,SGH-I897_I897UCKJ3, KK4-SE-One-Click, JF6 With Bootloaders, SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-Rooted-One-Click Followed By I897UCKK4 Stock, Wipe, with options to install Bootloaders, Param,and Re-partition-One-Click both are heimdall. All of those either left it stuck at att or kernel screen after I flashed a kernel. Anyone got any ideas? I am almost to my wits end.

Try the Odin version of this... Stock KK4 one click...it will do ya a full wipe and repartition for sure.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

4-2ndtwin said:
Try the Odin version of this... Stock KK4 one click...it will do ya a full wipe and repartition for sure.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
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Already have that is my go to file actually and I tried that before going the heimdall route. Thanks Anyways.

You should try the Rogers stock gingerbread with boot loaders. Worked for me when I was using the AT&T and not getting past recovery...
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using xda premium

-SGA- said:
You should try the Rogers stock gingerbread with boot loaders. Worked for me when I was using the AT&T and not getting past recovery...
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using xda premium
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Thanks for the idea. It didn't work tho. I am still at the same spot, phone keeps rebooting to recovery.

have to wonder,,has the phone had the EU bug? might try flashing the rom with datadata ( I believe thats it) on the external sd

stayintwisted said:
have to wonder,,has the phone had the EU bug? might try flashing the rom with datadata ( I believe thats it) on the external sd
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Not that I know of, It isn't my phone so I do not know the history other than him saying it didn't boot past the kernel screen and receiving it and seeing that and then what I have done. Normally the sd card data from what I have seen is wiped when the eu bug happens from what I have read, maybe I am wrong, but since I backed up his data off the sdcard that is why I do not believe it has had the eu bug.

Anyone have any more ideas, I tried the EU Bug Instructions @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303&page=85 Replacing the vold.fstab in the rom and also flashing it with CWM without luck. I am still stuck with it rebooting to recovery. I am still waiting on him to tell me his address again so I can mail it back to him since at this point I am lost. I told him MobileTechVideos would more than likely be his best shot at getting it fixed though.

cbalt said:
Anyone have any more ideas, I tried the EU Bug Instructions @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303&page=85 Replacing the vold.fstab in the rom and also flashing it with CWM without luck. I am still stuck with it rebooting to recovery. I am still waiting on him to tell me his address again so I can mail it back to him since at this point I am lost. I told him MobileTechVideos would more than likely be his best shot at getting it fixed though.
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Long story short, recovery is iffy at best for me. I went through something similar to this when trying to go from CM10 back to CM9 for the first time. Ever since then recovery has not been right.
What I did was
Install a stock one-click with bootloaders, used odin to flash speedmod kernel and then used that recovery to flash CM9 in three successions wiping everything each time. Somehow it took, and now I am no longer a crack flasher because I have the same kernel splash screen problem every time.
So,
Use this http://www.mediafire.com/?5rcofbzusoor6mv
PDA button in Odin3 1.7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=566807&d=1302623831
Boot into recovery.
Flash your ROM
Wipe /system, /data, and dalvik.
reboot recovery.
Flash again.
Wipe /system, /data, and dalvik.
reboot recovery.
Flash again.
Try to boot normally.

Thanks for the idea, but it's a no go, Phone just stops at Galaxy S SGH-I897 Kernel Screen. I can't even get to recovery. Only way I have got to recovery with this phone was flashing an ICS kernel.

There is a place that has rogers stock roms
cbalt said:
Thanks for the idea, but it's a no go, Phone just stops at Galaxy S SGH-I897 Kernel Screen. I can't even get to recovery. Only way I have got to recovery with this phone was flashing an ICS kernel.
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There is a place that has rogers stock Roms the one click Odin's back to 2.2 is my go to for all problems the i can't get to recovery. I know you said you tried rogers stock roms but try the one-clicks for some reason they have always saved me. It will re-install everything and you will be on stock recovery if it works but from there its easy to get CWM and your on your way

sunfirestorm said:
There is a place that has rogers stock Roms the one click Odin's back to 2.2 is my go to for all problems the i can't get to recovery. I know you said you tried rogers stock roms but try the one-clicks for some reason they have always saved me. It will re-install everything and you will be on stock recovery if it works but from there its easy to get CWM and your on your way
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I have already tried all three of the Rogers One Clicks with none of them actually doing anything more than the Captivate One Clicks, It still doesn't boot past the first screen. Thanks for the input though.

You've been using a one click with 2.3.3 bootloaders, they're are 2.3.5 bootloaders available that have solved certain peoples sleepdeath issues, including mine. I've done this procedure on several captivates to take them from mangled and non-bootable to latest bootloaders and working recovery to flash whatever rom I need to from there on.
Use this one click that includes the 2.3.5 bootloaders - http://fohdeesha.com/data/other/android/i897uckk4 with latest BL.zip
After that goes through and you have stock gingerbead, use this odin package to flash the included devil kernel package, that will give you the latest CWM recovery
http://fohdeesha.com/data/other/android/uckk4 CWM recovery.zip
After that, if you still can't boot into recovery, you have a hardware issue
edit: looks like you already did this more or less.......try it once more in this order? Then once you do this and boot into recovery, flash a rom and see if it will work

fohdeesha said:
You've been using a one click with 2.3.3 bootloaders, they're are 2.3.5 bootloaders available that have solved certain peoples sleepdeath issues, including mine. I've done this procedure on several captivates to take them from mangled and non-bootable to latest bootloaders and working recovery to flash whatever rom I need to from there on.
Use this one click that includes the 2.3.5 bootloaders - http://fohdeesha.com/data/other/android/i897uckk4 with latest BL.zip
After that goes through and you have stock gingerbead, use this odin package to flash the included devil kernel package, that will give you the latest CWM recovery
http://fohdeesha.com/data/other/android/uckk4 CWM recovery.zip
After that, if you still can't boot into recovery, you have a hardware issue
edit: looks like you already did this more or less.......try it once more in this order? Then once you do this and boot into recovery, flash a rom and see if it will work
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I'm going to do your steps again which is more or less what I have already done. I am waiting to hear back from the person so I can ship him the phone back and he can send it to MTV or someone or just junk it, its his phone and his choice. At this point I would say it needs Jtag or Unbrickable mod + repair. Although I am still trying ideas of mine and anyone elses lol.
EDIT: Still A No Go. Doesn't Boot Past ATT Screen After Flashing The Odin 1 Click, After Flashing Kernel then wiping and flashing rom, it just reboots to recovery

Well if the one clicks are successfully writing primary and secondary bootloaders and it's still not working, a jtag isn't going to do anything else. It almost sounds like the memory has a few corrupt blocks, but I can't say until you flash 2.3.5 BL's and see what happens
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cbalt said:
EDIT: Still A No Go. Doesn't Boot Past ATT Screen After Flashing The Odin 1 Click, After Flashing Kernel then wiping and flashing rom, it just reboots to recovery
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Oh jeez looks like the memory is failing then

Unlocked, now can't install kexec roms?

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.

lazarus2405 said:
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?

PJnc284 said:
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)

confusedman112 said:
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.

lazarus2405 said:
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?

confusedman112 said:
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.

confusedman112 said:
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.

newuser134 said:
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?

[Q] Odin can't flash stock, boot hangs at logo

Good morning...
Right now, my phone (Galaxy S III on Verizon) will not boot past the "Galaxy S III" logo. Odin will not flash a stock Jelly Bean ROM from StockRoms.net. It gets stuck on the first .img, boot.img. I am downloading a new stock ROM right now and will try a full wipe.
Being silly and ambitious, I do not have a nandroid before it wouldn't boot. On Monday (two days ago) I rooted it. I flashed the VRALEC boot chain, rebooted, flashed ClockworkMod recovery, and installed the SuperSU bootloader and root patch through recovery. I rebooted, allowing CWM to disable the automatic re-flashing of the recovery. With my newly rooted phone, I jumped at trying to install Google Wallet. I went with the route of using Wallet Installer as found on the app store. And, being silly, I checked all three OS options (JB, ICS, and one other). After authorizing the superuser request, my phone almost immediately shut off. I think I made a nandroid through CWM after that, but not one that would run.
I thought it was going to be just build.prop having issues, so I went on a wild quest trying to find a working one online and get it on the device. I worked it into the updater script of my SuperSU patch. Nonetheless, nothing there fixed it. I've tried a bunch of things, including (get this) extracting the stock system.img.ext4 image, mounting it, tarring the device, creating an MD5 for it, and wrapping it up like a nandroid to "restore" with CWM.
I'm thinking I'm going to try and wipe the entire device, maybe leave /recovery, and flash a new I-535 ROM with Odin, see if that works. I don't know if it will. Any advice?
My flash counter is at about 5 after many attempts to get back to something that will boot, so warranty is not an option. Not that they've ever been a whole lot of help anyways.

Sounds like you can still enter recovery. If so adb push a custom ROM to your phone to flash.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

What I have done in the past when flashing a completely stock unrooted ROM through Odin is remove the battery, replace it, boot to stock recovery, and do a factory reset plus wipe cache! This will make my phone boot every time, because flashing a stock makes it boot loop!
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joaquinla1 said:
What I have done in the past when flashing a completely stock unrooted ROM through Odin is remove the battery, replace it, boot to stock recovery, and do a factory reset plus wipe cache! This will make my phone boot every time, because flashing a stock makes it boot loop!
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My phone has CWM recovery on it, but I don't see any reason CWM's factory reset and cache wipe would be any different. I'll give it a shot.
mentose457 said:
Sounds like you can still enter recovery. If so adb push a custom ROM to your phone to flash.
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I may try this if I can't upload one through Odin after a complete wipe, like above. Also, I've only used adb push to upload individual files. How would I use it to push a ROM?
Thanks for all your help. The ROM I'm going to try and flash now is the official stock from stockroms.net. I can't post the link as I'm new but it's I535BLK_nowipe.zip. I'll keep this updated.

sworld said:
I may try this if I can't upload one through Odin after a complete wipe, like above. Also, I've only used adb push to upload individual files. How would I use it to push a ROM?
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When you download a ROM, say Beans 11, it will be a zip file. Push that single file to the internal storage. Do not unzip it. Then boot into recovery and flash the zip.
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mentose457 said:
When you download a ROM, say Beans 11, it will be a zip file. Push that single file to the internal storage. Do not unzip it. Then boot into recovery and flash the zip.
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That makes more sense.
UPDATE: I "factory reset" the data partition and formatted /system and /cache through ClockworkMod. Turned it off, flashed VRALEC through Odin, rebooted, flashed the stock ROM, and then CWM. I'm restoring my nandroid of /data right now, and I'm awaiting an OTA firmware update to bring it up to the latest VZW JB. Then I'll root.. finally.

The thing with Odin is that after you reset you have to do a factory reset through stock recovery to finish the process. Otherwise you will get stuck in a boot loop like you did.
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z06mike said:
The thing with Odin is that after you reset you have to do a factory reset through stock recovery to finish the process. Otherwise you will get stuck in a boot loop like you did.
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Really? I've only odined once on the s3 and didn't have to wipe. On the fascinate and an older version of Odin after the flash before it booted it would automatically wipe.
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So, the phone is functioning now. Of course, I am running a slightly older version and once I connect to a solid Wi-Fi network I'll request the newest update again.
However, I did already try to download the software update from Verizon, and it seemed to work fine. It rebooted into recovery and CWM seemed to handle it okay, although it claimed the signature was bad. It installed though, rebooted, and updated some app databases. And then, it said the update failed with "Code 401."
Right now I'm not too worried. Hopefully I can apply the update properly soon. It is worth noting that simply using CWM "advanced restore" on only the /data partition, without exactly matching the ROM build, has seemed to leave it hanging at the "4G LTE" logo.
Thanks for all of your help!

The phone will not install a Verizon update with a custom recovery installed.

Install TWRP & CWM Side by Side & Radio Files?

I am trying to update my Radio/modem file with the JB Android 4.3 Radio file. It requires that I install CWM 6.0.3.7. Can I install this alongside my TWRP 2.6.3.0 installation or as I have read, it will overwrite my TWRP recovery mode? If it will overwrite, how do I switch between? Just reflash through ODIN using PDA? That seems like a lot of work and the possibilities of breaking might be high just overwriting Customer Recoveries?
If I would install this JB Radio for Android 4.3, how would I go back to GB? I can't find a single GB Radio/Modem. Could I use Radio files for GB instead of wiping and installing stock GB ROM [No Root, No Custom Recovery, but it includes the GB Radio/modem]. The reason I am worried about this, if I need to load my original stock GB 2.3.6 backup with root from my nandroid, I would need the original GB Radio and the nandroid backup/restore feature doesn't include that. All advice is greatly appreciated.
The Radio Does Not Get Backed Up By Cwm/twrp Backup(nandroid) Method.
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[RADIO][UCMC1] For I727/I727R [09-APR-2013]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228292
[Q] I have CWM and TWRP installed, is that OK?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122152
[ROM][ics][uclf5] •∞ EMBRYO •∞ 4.1 •∞ [08-jul-2012] [It has ICS radio files, but no GB files]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754473

Just flash it with twrp. It'll work just like if you did it with cwm.

I have read that some of the zip files does work with TWRP as well. However I am interested in using the following Custom Rom [SuperLite AOKP JB 4.3 v1.0]. That installation requires CWM 6.0.3.7, because it will prevent the infamous black screen reboot issue. What about GB radio file & installing on top of or installing side by side TWRP & CWM?
[ROM][AOKP]SUPERLITE AOKP JB 4.3 V1.0| BYO | SLgapps | SEPT 30/13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46066949

Pick a recovery and use it. Backups are not cross compatible. If you make a backup with cwm it won't work with twrp.
You can flash radios with either. Just pick one.
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lowao said:
I have read that some of the zip files does work with TWRP as well. However I am interested in using the following Custom Rom [SuperLite AOKP JB 4.3 v1.0]. That installation requires CWM 6.0.3.7, because it will prevent the infamous black screen reboot issue. What about GB radio file & installing on top of or installing side by side TWRP & CWM?
[ROM][AOKP]SUPERLITE AOKP JB 4.3 V1.0| BYO | SLgapps | SEPT 30/13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46066949
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If you have not already installed a 4.3 ROM, then you are recommended (nay, required) to use CWM 6.0.3.7 to do the initial wipe and install, after that you can switch to TWRP for any flashing after that.There is something that 6.0.3.7 does to the data partition that TWRP doesn't, on the initial setup. Once that is done, it doesn't matter. Flash the JB radio when you flash the 4.3 ROM. And going back to GB if you need to is fairly simple, just follow Vincom's guide. There are lots of flashable zips of GB radios you can use.

I am still a bit confused regarding TWRP & CWM being installed at the same time or side by side. So, let me get this straight. If I want to install JB 4.3 ROM, I must first boot into ODIN, install CWM through ODIN, reboot, boot into CWM, wipe the system, reboot, boot back into ODIN, install TWRP, reboot, boot into TWRP, install the JB 4.3 ROM, and finally preform the last reboot. Is this correct & it won't break either of the custom recoveries? However rpr69 said "switch back to TWRP." Are you inferring TWRP & CWM can be installed side by side? If so, how do I access one over the other?
Regarding GB's radio files:
Which of the following links is the Radio/modem files? Is it the second one? I know of them is the official stock ROM and the other requires the OTA updates. However the poster didn't include the OTA updates yet...
ATT-UCLI3-odexed-cwm.zip http://d-h.st/rDZ
kernel-ucli3-sgh-i727-RD01-cwm.zip http://d-h.st/QfR
[ROM][ICS][UCLI3][09-NOV-2012] Stock odexed & deodexed UNTOUCHED
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982467
Try this, wipe cache and dalvik.....no promises lol [Link is dead.]
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/60567424/modem-UCLI3.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33344009&postcount=22
Sadly no link for UCLI3 [GB's Radio files.]
[ROM][ics][uclf5] •∞ EMBRYO •∞ 4.1 •∞ [08-jul-2012]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754473
The 1Stop post from Vincom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
Sadly there are no more links for GB / UCLI3 radio files.

I know you posted but its confusing, let me simplify, I hope:
im assuming you have either cwm or twrp installed, if on stock read this.
you cannot have two recoveries installed at the sametime:
recovery install procedure:
if not on cwm6037 flash cwm6037 with what ever recovery you have now and reboot back into recovery.
then flash any custom jb4.3 rom, preferably latest cm10.2 nightly found here and reboot rom at least twice.
if you like cwm 6037 stay with it, I don't, or else just flash twrp 2.6.3.0 w/cwm 6037 and reboot back into recovery or rom.
now you can just stay w/the cm10.2 nightly you flashed with cwm 6037 or flash any other rom w/twrp 2.6.3.0 which is now your installed recovery.
that's it you should not have the reboot problems on any jb4.3 roms.
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above recovery install procedure is only if a jb4.3 rom on its 2nd reboot just has a black screen and wont boot into rom, but 2nd boot does usually take longer than normal upto a full minute.
if flashing a rom or restoring from nandroid(recovery backup) prior to jb4.3 and then later decide to flash a jb4.3 rom you need todo above recovery installation procedure b4 flashing a jb4.3 rom.
restoring backups only work with whatever recovery they were made with, you cannot restore a cwm backup w/twrp recovery and vice a versa.
newest versions of recoveries should restore backups made with their older versions.
why do u want an old radio, they will not work w/jb roms
old radios are linked in the 1stop sticky under "old stuff".
installing the radio has nothing todo with the recovery you are using.
flash jb radios for jb roms which happen to be all the current roms.
reread the radio section in the 1stop sticky.
I linked this post in the recovery section of the 1stop sticky

Thank you vincom for explaining the process of using both CWM 6.0.3.7 & TWRP 2.6.3.0 together. I am familiar with backups ONLY working with their original customer recovery. I didn't even think about older versions of backups (not) working with newer custom recoveries. Was there an issue working with older backups in the past?
The reason I need the old GB Radio/Modem files, because when I have to return the phone to stock & load up my old Gingerbeard nandroid, I will be able to return it back to AT&T with the original Radio files and the original Gingerbeard OS. Anywho, thank you for the GB radio. I really appreciate it!

lowao said:
Thank you vincom for explaining the process of using both CWM 6.0.3.7 & TWRP 2.6.3.0 together. I am familiar with backups ONLY working with their original customer recovery. I didn't even think about older versions of backups (not) working with newer custom recoveries. Was there an issue working with older backups in the past?
The reason I need the old GB Radio/Modem files, because when I have to return the phone to stock & load up my old Gingerbeard nandroid, I will be able to return it back to AT&T with the original Radio files and the original Gingerbeard OS. Anywho, thank you for the GB radio. I really appreciate it!
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u can return any phone that has any stock firmware, with our phones that would be stock jb4.1.2 and using odin would be the way to do it , link in my sig. this is assuming your carrier used the latest firmware as with att and rogers.

I am with AT&T and I never got the official ICS or JB through updates. Actually, I thought ICS was discontinue, because it was bricking phones. Thus the stock ICS & JB Roms here were ported over?

lowao said:
I am with AT&T and I never got the official ICS or JB through updates. Actually, I thought ICS was discontinue, because it was bricking phones. Thus the stock ICS & JB Roms here were ported over?
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these are untouched full official stock firmwares( radio, recovery, kernel and apps/bloatware), just use odin and flash whatever version you want, all info is in the restore to stock sticky

lowao said:
I am with AT&T and I never got the official ICS or JB through updates. Actually, I thought ICS was discontinue, because it was bricking phones. Thus the stock ICS & JB Roms here were ported over?
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nope, both are fine and are still available officially. You don't need gingerbread to return it.
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I have to go to Samsung's website and download their Kies software to upgrade to Jelly Bean right? It won't be pushed out through Settings > About Phone > System Update then?

Or you can use Odin.
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So if you're flashing 4.3 ROMs just use cwm? Went from twrp to cwm and back to twrp and am getting the same black boot screen on a slim 4.3 weekly.
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beachmiles said:
So if you're flashing 4.3 ROMs just use cwm? Went from twrp to cwm and back to twrp and am getting the same black boot screen on a slim 4.3 weekly.
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To properly set everything up, you need to use the recommended CWM for 4.3, do a full factory wipe, and make sure that data is formatted. Then install the ROM and boot it up. Reboot to verify it works properly. Then you can go to TWRP 2.6.0.1 or later.

I've been using twrp since release and not had any issues why do we need cwm? What's the technical reasoning.
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Didn't work
I followed this procedure exactly and it still didn't work.
I gave it ten minutes between boots and ended up having to pull the battery each of the three times I rebooted.
Fortunately I've gotten into the habit of making a backup before flashing, so it was just a loss of 45 minutes of my evening.
I was trying to get the latest CM10.2 Stable build. Has anyone gotten this thing to flash and work as well as 10.1.3 RC2 or 10.1.3 Final? This issue started for me with the second 10.2 Nightly.
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Just NOW began seeing the replies to the main post. I don't have ANOTHER fresh install in me: I've already had to do that twice with the 2012 Nexus7 and once with the Skyrocket in the last six weeks.

[Q] Does a Nandroid backup back up recovery as well?

I have the Verizon Galaxy S3.
I had no modifications on my phone at all; it was stock everything. I wanted to install Hyperdrive on the phone so I went through the usual steps.
1) Root
2) Flash CWM
3) Create nandroid back up within CWM
4) Flash Hyperdrive ROM
I used Hyperdrive for a few weeks, but then I wanted to go back to stock, so I restored my backup. I was on stock for another few months and then OTA updates started coming in. I know that I cannot install OTA updates with a custom recovery. (I assumed I still had CWM)
So here is the thing...I thought that the backup I made was in the state of being rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I assumed that after restoring the backup, I was rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I double checked and found that I was not rooted and I had stock recovery installed. Does anyone know how this happened?

longphant said:
I have the Verizon Galaxy S3.
I had no modifications on my phone at all; it was stock everything. I wanted to install Hyperdrive on the phone so I went through the usual steps.
1) Root
2) Flash CWM
3) Create nandroid back up within CWM
4) Flash Hyperdrive ROM
I used Hyperdrive for a few weeks, but then I wanted to go back to stock, so I restored my backup. I was on stock for another few months and then OTA updates started coming in. I know that I cannot install OTA updates with a custom recovery. (I assumed I still had CWM)
So here is the thing...I thought that the backup I made was in the state of being rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I assumed that after restoring the backup, I was rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I double checked and found that I was not rooted and I had stock recovery installed. Does anyone know how this happened?
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After you rooted and installed CWM did you let your phone bootup first, then boot back down into CWM then do the backup? Seems like you didn't do that. Your Root, CWM did not loaded when you run the CWM backup.

longphant said:
I have the Verizon Galaxy S3.
I had no modifications on my phone at all; it was stock everything. I wanted to install Hyperdrive on the phone so I went through the usual steps.
1) Root
2) Flash CWM
3) Create nandroid back up within CWM
4) Flash Hyperdrive ROM
I used Hyperdrive for a few weeks, but then I wanted to go back to stock, so I restored my backup. I was on stock for another few months and then OTA updates started coming in. I know that I cannot install OTA updates with a custom recovery. (I assumed I still had CWM)
So here is the thing...I thought that the backup I made was in the state of being rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I assumed that after restoring the backup, I was rooted with CWM and stock ROM. So I double checked and found that I was not rooted and I had stock recovery installed. Does anyone know how this happened?
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It does not backup your recovery, but you can backup your recovery partition separately. If you restore to stock it will still nag you to update. To stop it you need to freeze sdm1.0 and rename fwupdater.apk.
The update should fail, but if you're unlucky it'll go through enough to lock you down and stick you on 4.3. So either change the rom as soon as possible or freeze and rename the apks.
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I believe I used a 1 step script to root and install my recovery. Something very similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
I had my phone booted up, plugged into my PC and I allowed the 1-click script root it install CWM. Then I rebooted into CWM, and did a backup. So by not rebooting my phone after doing all this, then the root and CWM were not in the backup? Why is that the case? if I am able to boot into CWM, doesn't that mean the CWM already sits in my recovery partition? Thus, if I do a backup of it, shouldn't I get CWM in the recovery?

longphant said:
I believe I used a 1 step script to root and install my recovery. Something very similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
I had my phone booted up, plugged into my PC and I allowed the 1-click script root it install CWM. Then I rebooted into CWM, and did a backup. So by not rebooting my phone after doing all this, then the root and CWM were not in the backup? Why is that the case? if I am able to boot into CWM, doesn't that mean the CWM already sits in my recovery partition? Thus, if I do a backup of it, shouldn't I get CWM in the recovery?
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A nandroid doesn't backup your recovery, only your data, sd card, and caches. It's the same cwm installed by casual.
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If that's the case, then how could I possibly be on stock recovery? I definitely needed CWM to install Hyperdrive and to create the Nandroid backup that I used to restore.

Currently I'm not running latest cwm, but I'm runing TWRP and it does backup recovery and efs by default. I'm sure that cwm can do the same but is it set by default? I don't know. here the info I found on cwm:
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/3563/image6resize.png

buhohitr said:
Currently I'm not running latest cwm, but I'm runing TWRP and it does backup recovery and efs by default. I'm sure that cwm can do the same but is it set by default? I don't know. here the info I found on cwm:
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/3563/image6resize.png
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Some roms are capable of reinstalling a stock recovery. Sometimes if it's not taken out of a rom, it will sense you have a custom recovery and reinstall the stock recovery over it.
Most of the time it's taken out of the touchwiz roms, but I guess in this case it wasn't.
That's the only way it could happen.
Additionally, that isn't even cwm, that's philz touch recovery, those features are unique to that recovery only.
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