Can someone explain really quick on how to flash it if its on the SD card?
Found this from a different thread. Sorry to clutter.
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flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Since the S3 has an internal and external storage.. What would be the correct command?
Or can i just flash a new one from CWM?
Much thanks.
Just download the ez recovery app from the market and use that. It comes with a couple built in or you can browse to a custom one of your choice that you have saved to an sdcard. FYI on this phone /mnt/sdcard/ is internal memory /mnt/extsdcard/ is your removable card.
JBO1018 said:
Just download the ez recovery app from the market and use that. It comes with a couple built in or you can browse to a custom one of your choice that you have saved to an sdcard. FYI on this phone /mnt/sdcard/ is internal memory /mnt/extsdcard/ is your removable card.
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I downloaded the Touch CWM. I wanted to try it. I already have EZ recovery.
What is the best recovery to use?
EDIT: Darn 5 minute wait!!
I'd recommend TWRP if you want to use a touch based recovery.It also has md5 checking to make sure your download is correct before flashing.
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iSpyder said:
I downloaded the Touch CWM. I wanted to try it. I already have EZ recovery.
What is the best recovery to use?
EDIT: Darn 5 minute wait!!
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I like the standard CWM recovery, not the touch. It has options that the CWM touch doesn't. (this is just based on the EZ recovery versions)
Seems like there is a newer version of CWM touch I found here which you should actually still be able to flash via EZ-Recovery. I haven't tried it tho.
Cwm touch version 6.0.1.2 (cm10 and other jb rom's compatible) is available through the rom manager app in 2 forms: a simple market link for $2, or a link to plug through their website and download for free. It's fantastic, I see no reason to use anything else. But noobs beware, touch recovery is all about speed, so be sure you know what your pushing! That's my 2 cents..
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I have the CWM Touch flashed. It works wonders. I dont have to scroll with the volume button anymore!
I prefer the CWM Touch, have yet to have a problem with it.
its alammit
iSpyder said:
Can someone explain really quick on how to flash it if its on the SD card?
Found this from a different thread. Sorry to clutter.
Since the S3 has an internal and external storage.. What would be the correct command?
Or can i just flash a new one from CWM?
Much thanks.
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Yeah like others have said the EZ recoveryis the way to go. Watch out what you flash though cause it might send you to odin if not haha. I just had to figure out somewhat of a workaround an hour ago cause somehow i lost the recovery and had to flash it through odin then restore a backup.
Volume down, home, and power. Boots to Odin.
Volume up, home, and power. Boots to recovery.
I think I got that correct.
iSpyder said:
Volume down, home, and power. Boots to Odin.
Volume up, home, and power. Boots to recovery.
I think I got that correct.
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You are correct. The way I remember it, "down" and "Odin" both contain the letter "d." Makes remembering that combo simple.
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what are the differences between the two and what are the disadvantages and advantages?
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moshe22 said:
what are the differences between the two and what are the disadvantages and advantages?
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i think you mean nvflash vs. rom manager?
moshe22 said:
what are the differences between the two and what are the disadvantages and advantages?
Thanks
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With nvflash if your phone gets caught in a bootloop you will be able to boot into recovery and save it. If you just have clockwork intalled through RM your SOL.
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i think you mean nvflash vs. rom manager?
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Yeah I meant rom manager
Just edited title.
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moshe22 said:
what are the differences between the two and what are the disadvantages and advantages?
Thanks
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NVFlash method truely replaces your old Recovery
Rom Manager method simply runs update.zip to simulate a custom recovery. The issue with the G2x is there is no true "stock recovery". Instead it simply reformats your phone. What this means, basically, is that the only way to get to this custom recovery is through the OS.
This doesn't mean that the Rom Manager method won't improve over time. I actually suspect it will. However, for now NVFlash is the only way to go.
MWBehr said:
NVFlash method truely replaces your old Recovery
Rom Manager method simply runs update.zip to simulate a custom recovery. The issue with the G2x is there is no true "stock recovery". Instead it simply reformats your phone. What this means, basically, is that the only way to get to this custom recovery is through the OS.
This doesn't mean that the Rom Manager method won't improve over time. I actually suspect it will. However, for now NVFlash is the only way to go.
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I actually got to what seemed like a stock recovery... it had blue font and said something like android recovery...
I got into it by deleting my rom manager cwm and then told it to boot into recovery
Not sure if it means anything tho... maybe it would make it easier to flash a custom recovery without nvflash?? don't think so tho.... I haven't use android since the mytouch 3g and we used to flash through fastboot right on the phone...looks like we can't do that anymore?
*** At least I think it was through fastboot ***
hypmatize said:
I actually got to what seemed like a stock recovery... it had blue font and said something like android recovery...
I got into it by deleting my rom manager cwm and then told it to boot into recovery
Not sure if it means anything tho... maybe it would make it easier to flash a custom recovery without nvflash?? don't think so tho.... I haven't use android since the mytouch 3g and we used to flash through fastboot right on the phone...looks like we can't do that anymore?
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Sorry, didn't entirely mean to say that there is no stock recovery. It's just that there's no hardware way (that anyone knows of) to access it. Then, since you can't access the stock recovery through hardware, you can't access the custom recovery through hardware either....at least I wasn't able to. Now that I have NVFlash, I can't really test any further either
So how would you reboot into recovery after using the NVflash method?
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So how would you reboot into recovery after using the NVflash method?
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nvflashing clockword mod remaps vol. down and power to cwm recovery
This is my first Android phone and while I am familiar with CWR thru my rooted Nook Color, this is the first I have heard of NVFlash Recovery. Is there a tutorial or (noob) guide?
Thanks in advance.
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nvflashing clockword mod remaps vol. down and power to cwm recovery
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That same function gets you in to the factory recovery as well, when not rooted, its the first thing I tried when I got my G2x.. holding power and vol. down until the LG screen pops up then the little android with the box comes up.. from there i believe i either pushed vol. up or down.. I'm betting it was down.. and you get in to factory recovery. The only thing is when I exited the factory recovery, the phone did a factory reset on reboot.
I can't really find the answer I'm looking for by searching...I've tried...I just rooted my xoom once I have clockwork on it can I boot into recover by using vol + power method or do I need to use a adb to flash roms and kernels? I'm so use to my evo
Sorry if its been answered clearly already...flame away if it makes you feel better ;-)
Thanks guys.
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Abracastabya said:
I can't really find the answer I'm looking for by searching...I've tried...I just rooted my xoom once I have clockwork on it can I boot into recover by using vol + power method or do I need to use a adb to flash roms and kernels? I'm so use to my evo
Sorry if its been answered clearly already...flame away if it makes you feel better ;-)
Thanks guys.
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You can manually boot into recovery using the button combo. I do it all the time. The only time I've used adb on my xoom was when I rooted 3.1
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you can also get Quick Boot (free in market) and reboot directly to recovery from within android. most roms and kernels have instructions for installation that include clockworkmod. some also have instruction for adb. but for the most part clockworkmod is where you will be flashing from now that your rooted.
Awesome! Thanks a bunch guys
Also I'm assuming that quick boot will boot you into clockwork recovery, correct? Or do you not even need clockwork and can boot into the xooms stock recovery and wipe and flash from there?
Abracastabya said:
Awesome! Thanks a bunch guys
Also I'm assuming that quick boot will boot you into clockwork recovery, correct? Or do you not even need clockwork and can boot into the xooms stock recovery and wipe and flash from there?
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Yes it will. Quickboot is awesome.
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lrs421 said:
Yes it will. Quickboot is awesome.
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Use CW Recovery for flashing but stick with version 3.2.0.0...don't "upgrade" to 4.0.0.x, which doesn't recognize your external sdcard. Quick boot has several options, including recovery, which takes you right to android recovery where you will access CW Recovery.
okantomi said:
Use CW Recovery for flashing but stick with version 3.2.0.0...don't "upgrade" to 4.0.0.x, which doesn't recognize your external sdcard. Quick boot has several options, including recovery, which takes you right to android recovery where you will access CW Recovery.
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I already flashed the one from ROM manager which is 4.0.0.x....I bookmarked the 3.2.0.0 thread last night...I'll dl it and give it a spin thanks!
title really says it all. from recovery or rom manager the sd is not found. im rooted and unlocked. any ideas?
i really want to get a nice new rom rocking on my sd. i did see some other people having these issues in my searches. i have changed versions of cwm and still nothing. also i currently have ics.
thanks in advance fellas!
really? 102 and views and nobody has any ideas?
Do you mean your micro sd in the card slot?
If yes, then that's the default place for your 'sd menu' in recovery, and in OS it's found in mnt/external 1.
kdm212 said:
title really says it all. from recovery or rom manager the sd is not found. im rooted and unlocked. any ideas?
i really want to get a nice new rom rocking on my sd. i did see some other people having these issues in my searches. i have changed versions of cwm and still nothing. also i currently have ics.
thanks in advance fellas!
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Make sure you have a recovery that recognizes the external sd card. If you let Rom Manager "update" your recovery to 4.0.0.4 it will only see the internal "sdcard" so you will either have to flash solarnz' Tiamat recovery or one of the Rogue recoveries...your choice.
okantomi said:
Make sure you have a recovery that recognizes the external sd card. If you let Rom Manager "update" your recovery to 4.0.0.4 it will only see the internal "sdcard" so you will either have to flash solarnz' Tiamat recovery or one of the Rogue recoveries...your choice.
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which do you prefer? link?
kdm212 said:
which do you prefer? link?
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Look in the Development Section for Tiamat Clockwork Mod Recovery R4c v3.2.0.0. That's what I use.
Here's a link to my Guide...it has the recovery link and instructions on how to flash and make it stick... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
I prefer rogue recovery over the Tiamat. It looks better and has a few more options.
Its also been updated recently.
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d3athsd00r said:
I prefer rogue recovery over the Tiamat. It looks better and has a few more options.
Its also been updated recently.
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can you point me in the right direction for that thread. i have searched but seem to be overlooking it. im sorry for the trouble. i do appreciate the help.
also do i have to unlock and re-root all over again? essentially starting the process all over again?
So I installed Clockwork mod touch via terminal emulator and the image on their site. It installs fine and works.....not really.
When I get into recovery and attempt to perform a backup of my current rom it simply says an error has a occured. this happens weather I boot into recovery to do it manually or i attempt to do it through rom manager.
Any ideas of what could be wrong?
Try installing EZ-Recovery from the market, then flash CWM Touch from there. It's a one click flash to recovery, no terminal commands.
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Vorfidus said:
Try installing EZ-Recovery from the market, then flash CWM Touch from there. It's a one click flash to recovery, no terminal commands.
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jesus that app made it so much simpler. too bad it's still not working correctly. Now I'm wordering if the img got corrupted somehow during download to the phone.
After redownloading and flashing it the error is still happening. Regular CWM Recovery works perfectly. Touch...still getting errors. Basically when I click backup it says "backing up boot image" then nothing happens and it goes right back the menu. When I click it again I get the erroer message "Error while backing up root image"
One thing I've noticed is, even with CWM Touch flashed, rom manager still sees it as CWM Recovery 5.8.4.9
Is it possible it just doesn't like synergy?
Yeah I had the same problem when I installed CWM touch using the adb push method. Wouldn't backup, backup was fine with the non-touch version. However, installing via ez-recovery worked.
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Yeah I had the same problem when I installed CWM touch using the adb push method. Wouldn't backup, backup was fine with the non-touch version. However, installing via ez-recovery worked.
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even using ez-recovery didn't work for me.
Hitman3984 said:
even using ez-recovery didn't work for me.
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Same issue for me. Looking for possible solutions.....
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Same issue for me. Looking for possible solutions.....
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glad I'm not the only one.
Also noticed tonight smart alert isn't working after flashing to synergy. I thought maybe haptic feedback in power saving could be the cause but it isn't.
Edit: Tried again for the hell of it and this time I pointed to the cwm touch apart of ezrecovery and not the custom option by chossing the file and it now works.
All of that said rom manager and the cwm touch don't seem to work well together(im guessing unless you purchase
?) When you make a backup manually from going into recovery rom manager doesn't see it. CWM Touch also doesn't see the recovery made from non touch made in rom manager. Also Clockwork mod also still shows recovery as cwm 4.8.4.9
I'm relatively experienced in flashing roms but not ALL things root so this could be normal and just how things work.
Smart alert, still doesn't work.
what is the diffrence between twrp and clockworkmod? ever since i started rooting and flashing all ive known is clockworkmod....but it wont work with some of my apps like rom toolbox to flash roms....its telling me to use twrp......whats the diffrence though? i tried twrp touch once and it bricked my phone......so what is the diffrence? which one is better? should i get it? is there any risk on roms not being flashable with twrp? if so can i get the latest link and how to? i realize these might all be opinions but would really like to hear what you all have to say...thanks
I've never used an app to flash a Rom. I prefer to go to recovery myself, so I know what gets wiped. I've tried twrp a couple times before, but my phone didn't play nice with it, and it would refuse to boot, telling me there was no recovery or boot img loaded.
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p1gp3n said:
I've never used an app to flash a Rom. I prefer to go to recovery myself, so I know what gets wiped. I've tried twrp a couple times before, but my phone didn't play nice with it, and it would refuse to boot, telling me there was no recovery or boot img loaded.
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Crap Installed twrp and haven't used it but after what you said I'm scared to.....anyway to go back to cwm?
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Flash it thru fastboot or use the app "flash image gui" it is a paid app on the market, but has also been offered here on xda by the dev for free. I haven't used the app in awhile, but it worked for me back on ics when I used it last.
If you use fastboot it's fastboot flash recovery recovery.img just make sure to use the actual recovery img file name instead of "recovery.img" at the end
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mcluvin1065 said:
Crap Installed twrp and haven't used it but after what you said I'm scared to.....anyway to go back to cwm?
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Use this guide
I use twrp and have for months. If your phone got bricked you probably did something wrong. Most likely flashed the wrong image. Use the goomanager app from the market to install the twrp. Open the app press menu and select install open recovery script option. Works like a charm.
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Yea i love twerps ui. It is slick. And all the features are awesome.
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They are just both recoveries that you can use on your device. TWRP is based on the stock recovery and is all touch compatible whereas ClockWorkMod or CWM for short is a recovery where it does all the same features but some features of it are not available whereas in TWRP they are and vise versa. I use TWRP and I personally think that it is better than CWM any day. Yes like you I started of knowing only what CWM is but then I researched and found TWRP. I used TWRP ever since.
Although there are some disadvantages and Advantages of the both.
ClockworkMod:
The Advantages of CWM is that the backups are all in a way "linked" together. This means if you have the app swype for example and you backed that rom up that has Swype, and then made another backup of another ROM but with the same app Swype CWM recognizes that and uses the apk from the previous backup on the new one. So according to me it makes the backup faster.
Also there is a feature which is Fixing Permissions. TWRP has Fixing Permissions but it is not really that well made. With the Fixing Permissions it lets you fix apps that stop or like crash when you try and launch them. That helps when you flash a custom ROM and when you boot you get all these errors like "YouTube has stopped".
TWRP:
The advantages of TWRP is that it is all touch compatible and all "open source" in a way. I'm not sure about CWM but in TWRP you can customize it very easily if you know XML, with CWM I don't know. With TWRP it uses less data or memory on your SD card so it saves space on your internal storage which is a bonus.
Anything else I find about the advantages about the 2 I will post here in this post.
UselessSniper001 said:
They are just both recoveries that you can use on your device. TWRP is based on the stock recovery and is all touch compatible whereas ClockWorkMod or CWM for short is a recovery where it does all the same features but some features of it are not available whereas in TWRP they are and vise versa. I use TWRP and I personally think that it is better than CWM any day. Yes like you I started of knowing only what CWM is but then I researched and found TWRP. I used TWRP ever since.
Although there are some disadvantages and Advantages of the both.
ClockworkMod:
The Advantages of CWM is that the backups are all in a way "linked" together. This means if you have the app swype for example and you backed that rom up that has Swype, and then made another backup of another ROM but with the same app Swype CWM recognizes that and uses the apk from the previous backup on the new one. So according to me it makes the backup faster.
Also there is a feature which is Fixing Permissions. TWRP has Fixing Permissions but it is not really that well made. With the Fixing Permissions it lets you fix apps that stop or like crash when you try and launch them. That helps when you flash a custom ROM and when you boot you get all these errors like "YouTube has stopped".
TWRP:
The advantages of TWRP is that it is all touch compatible and all "open source" in a way. I'm not sure about CWM but in TWRP you can customize it very easily if you know XML, with CWM I don't know. With TWRP it uses less data or memory on your SD card so it saves space on your internal storage which is a bonus.
Anything else I find about the advantages about the 2 I will post here in this post.
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