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Hey Everyone,
I got this HTC Thunderbolt, and I was able to root it using the Revolutionary Tool. I wasn't familiar with EXT4 recovery, so as soon as the phone was rooted, I downloaded Rom Manager, installed recovery. From the app itself, I then made a backup of current rom, and installed another rom using the app features. I noticed that the phone booted into EXT4 everytime to conduct these operations. However, the rom flashing wasnt successful and there is no way for me to install the backed up rom file from rom manager in EXT4. I am now with a bricked phone, and I can't find a way to flash back to stock or any other roms I download. Can anyone help me? If you need more information on my situation, I would be gladly to supply it. and Yes i have looked at other forums, threads, and posts here at XDA and others.
Thanks guys!
First issue is you used Rom manager. It doesn't work well with the bolt and it won't work well with 4ext recovery. You should be able to download a new rom. Wipe all except sd card and then flash the new Rom.
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disconnecktie said:
First issue is you used Rom manager. It doesn't work well with the bolt and it won't work well with 4ext recovery. You should be able to download a new rom. Wipe all except sd card and then flash the new Rom.
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I understand I screwed up the process by doing that. I was just following some bad advice a friend told me. However, I did try to download other roms, such as infected rom. When I moved it to my flash card, considering that the phone can't boot into a rom, since the stock rom is currently gone, and I flash that rom on there, I still get a black, however backlit screen. Would you happen to have some credible roms that will work in my current condition. I just need to get the phone back to normal, redo everything properly, so I can start flashing whatever I want and have it work.
Any of the roms from infected should work if you have the partitions formatted correctly first. In 4ext go to tools --> format ext3 and do a factory reset followed by formatting cache,system, data and boot. Then try flashing a different ROM. If it still doesn't work try making sure you have one of the two ICS radios installed.
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Any of the roms from infected should work if you have the partitions formatted correctly first. In 4ext go to tools --> format ext3 and do a factory reset followed by formatting cache,system, data and boot. Then try flashing a different ROM. If it still doesn't work try making sure you have one of the two ICS radios installed.
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Alrighty I can definitely do that. I'll let you know what my results are in a couple of days. Thanks again
Just thought I'd let you all know. It's an old dog new tricks thing but I'm more comfortable with Koush.
6.0.3.2 both versions.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
I saw this and was excited to see it since CWM/Rom Manager is what I am most comfortable with. The only concern I have is the "loki" issue that is used to get past the locked boot loader since they don't really say thet are using the loki method or not. Just wondering what the status of that is.
Also still squimish about flashing custom roms since my first try on this phone lead to a soft brick "custom unlocked" screen when i used TWRP.
They are using Loki.
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I just attempted this from my rooted s4 which had twrp on it.. and it worked!!! YAY!!
nice
Its awesome this is available for the S4 now. Always great to have options, but I think I will stick with TWRP for now. :fingers-crossed:
It's been so long since I have used CWM I don't know what the interface looks like now, lol. TWRP got so far ahead of them interface wise there was never a reason to go back on any of my other devices (TBolt, N7, KF). I may try it now just to try it. Plus I guess ROM control has a poor man's version of 4EXT's kernel control if I am not mistaken.
worked like a champ for me
Going to be tough to leave twrp
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twp works with my 64gb microsd where cw I would have had to format to a fat32. Sticking with twp for sure.
balaams_ass said:
Just thought I'd let you all know. It's an old dog new tricks thing but I'm more comfortable with Koush.
6.0.3.2 both versions.
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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How are you guys installing the touch .IMG? I assume we can't boot fastboot and install from there..
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How are you guys installing the touch .IMG? I assume we can't boot fastboot and install from there..
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You install it from within ROM manager...it's an in app purchase
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brizey said:
You install it from within ROM manager...it's an in app purchase
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Its offered as either and in app purchase or download from the link / post that I quoted...
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Is that the same one as the in app purchase?
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I had to leave twrp, I rebooted into recovery from touchwiz to install beans2 and I went into a boot loop. I made a backup, wiped everything and the install failed. So I tried to restore my backup and that failed. So I tried another backup and that too failed. I ended up having to Odin to stock so I installed CWR and so far so good. It was weird. I've been flashing since the of droid and I've had 15 different android phones since then and I've never had that happen. Oh well, I had titanium backups of everything and a backup of all mg text so I'm good now....
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I had to leave twrp, I rebooted into recovery from touchwiz to install beans2 and I went into a boot loop. I made a backup, wiped everything and the install failed. So I tried to restore my backup and that failed. So I tried another backup and that too failed. I ended up having to Odin to stock so I installed CWR and so far so good. It was weird. I've been flashing since the of droid and I've had 15 different android phones since then and I've never had that happen. Oh well, I had titanium backups of everything and a backup of all mg text so I'm good now....
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I played out this almost IDENTICAL SCENARIO Friday on my S4 using TWRP. searching forums while trying to get back up and running led me to believe that TW had some issues in this regard....
Went to CWM and have been flashing without problem since. It's a shame, the interface on TW was STELLAR....
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Is that the same one as the in app purchase?
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Yeah
I've just read somewhere in the last day or so that there was an issue with TWRP 2.5.0.3. that was causing issues. They were saying to go back to 2.5.0.2. and that will fix any issues you are having. I didn't update to .3, been on .2 since root & LOKI bypass without any problems at all. Just thought I'd throw that out there for anyone who hasn't heard about it.
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gsxcorey said:
twp works with my 64gb microsd where cw I would have had to format to a fat32. Sticking with twp for sure.
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In the change log for version 2.4.4.0 it says "Update exFAT to latest commits". Does this mean you can Backup to extFat 64GB MicroSDXC memory cards?
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In the change log for version 2.4.4.0 it says "Update exFAT to latest commits". Does this mean you can Backup to extFat 64GB MicroSDXC memory cards?
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I think so...not sure how they got the proprietary binaries.
You can use 64 GB cards in CWM if you format to fat32. I just formatted my card to fat32 and rest easy that pretty much anything ever made can read it.
Everyone has this thing where fat32 can't do 64 GB cards and that is simply not true. Windows won't do it natively but there are other format tools that will. The 32 in fat32 is not 32 GB, its 32 bits as in able to address 4 GB. So files are limited to 4 GB. That's why all the recoveries are breaking up the big repositories into volumes, so they don't exceed 4 GB. That 4 GB limitation is an issue for recording HD video...and that's about it.
edit: by the way, not saying you did not realize that...I got your question...just wanted to get that out there.
How do you remove CWM and restore the stock recovery? I uninstalled CWM but the recovery screen for CWM still shows up.
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How do you remove CWM and restore the stock recovery? I uninstalled CWM but the recovery screen for CWM still shows up.
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The only way I know is to use Odin to flash the stock recovery image.
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The only way I know is to use Odin to flash the stock recovery image.
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Not wanting to do that. I'd loss all my applications and data. On the S3 they had a program to install TWRP, CWM, or Stock Recovery. If there's another way here I'd like to know. I don't want to do a system wipe.
So there's no way to go back to stock recovery and remove the CWM recovery?
There's a no-wipe factory image for the Verizon Galaxy S4 that will restore you from a soft brick posted in the XDA development forum by open1your1eyes0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show thread.php?p=41977487
This should fix your problem. If you want root you'll have to go through the process again.
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Well I guess having CWM installed won't hurt anything.
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Well if I have to keep CWM then I might as well flas my SanDisk 64GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 Class 10 card to FAT32 so I can make use of my nandroid backups. This way I can access them if needed. New poat to follow with questions.
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Well I guess having CWM installed won't hurt anything.
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CWM is a great recovery, and far more flexible than the stock recovery. If you are serious about flashing/modifying your device in any way, you are going to make use of an aftermarket recovery anyways (the requisite for most, if not all guides, is to use an aftermarket recovery).
Let us know how the flashing of the SD card goes. If you are able to, can you test out the "SD Card Booster" function of ROM Toolbox? I'd be curious to see before/after speeds before I purchase a 64GB MicroSD card.
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CWM is a great recovery, and far more flexible than the stock recovery. If you are serious about flashing/modifying your device in any way, you are going to make use of an aftermarket recovery anyways (the requisite for most, if not all guides, is to use an aftermarket recovery).
Let us know how the flashing of the SD card goes. If you are able to, can you test out the "SD Card Booster" function of ROM Toolbox? I'd be curious to see before/after speeds before I purchase a 64GB MicroSD card.
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I don't flash roms. My Memory Card is extFAT so I would need to convert it. The ROM toolbox included or is it a paid feature? I never bought CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318521
It does have a brighter interface then the stock one though.
I have a p4wifi that is stuck in a boot loop. I think the term is 'soft bricked'.
Basically, last night I turned my tab on for the first time in ages, and it all worked fine. I had rooted and flashed custom roms before (I'd been running a nightly of CyanogenMod for a long time, and it worked well), and I considered myself an expert. I updated loads of apps and stuff, and then realised I wanted a new font. I went into ROM manager and found the font I wanted, Ubuntu. It told me there was an update to ClockworkMod recovery so I wen ahead and updated it, checking the thing for Touch (I'd already bought it). That want ahead and it updated, throwing me back into the OS. I then went to get Ubuntu (I downloaded it within ROM manager), and didn't deem it necessary to create a backup, nor wipe anything. It processed it but returned an error, I though ok but never mind and I told it to reboot. Again that worked fine. I realised I was on a very old verson of CyanogenMod (probably ICS, it was around 201304). As I always do, I grabbed the latest version (again, in ROM manager), and elected to install it. I didn't wipe the delvik cache or whatever, and hit 'Reboot into recovery'. That was where the problem occurred. It wouldn't go any further than the 'Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1' boot screen (see attachment) into recovery. A similar thing happened before, but it just eventually went away after an hour or so. This has been running for a day, and there has been no progress. I've tried various key combos, like the normal way to get into recovery, but they won't work.
If I need I could find the instructions I followed, but it would be hard.
Is it completely broken? Can a save my data? Will I have to factory reset it? Will I keep my root/ClockworkMod? Will I keep my rom?
Thanks in advance to the person who can answer this
Do you have any ROM zips in your SD card? If you do, boot into recovery, full wipe and flash it. Piece of advice, don't use the recovery in ROM manager. Download pershoot's version of cwm instead in here. www.droidbasement.com
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I have a few nandroid backups, if that counts? I do have a few ROM zips on my SD card too, though. Will a full wipe delete photos etc? I'm guessing it'll get rid of the apps, but that's no problem. But how would I get into recovery? I've already tried to get in with no success.
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I have a few nandroid backups, if that counts? I do have a few ROM zips on my SD card too, though. Will a full wipe delete photos etc? I'm guessing it'll get rid of the apps, but that's no problem. But how would I get into recovery? I've already tried to get in with no success.
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If you can find a way to get into recovery, then yes you can use your nandroid. You problem now is you can't get into recovery or download mode, right? Well can you try using adb? If you can then type adb reboot recovery in command prompt to reboot to recovery.
Oh yeah, full wipe won't delete photos etc unless you wipe your internal storage/SD card.
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Oh, thanks. I've got ADB already installed (I used it in trying to root my HTC Hero). Have I said thanks? You're a life saver
Oh dear, it seems that it's not showing up as an ADB device. Are there any other ways to get into recovery?
FelixJ20000 said:
Oh dear, it seems that it's not showing up as an ADB device. Are there any other ways to get into recovery?
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I don't know. The hold down power button + volume down didn't work? You have to hold for at least 10 seconds.
Don't just say thanks...hit my thanks button.
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I don't know. The hold down power button + volume down didn't work? You have to hold for at least 10 seconds.
Don't just say thanks...hit my thanks button.
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Just tried that, when I selected recovery it just turned off
So you can get into download mode?
Download mode, yes. I've got it open now, in fact
Now that's easy. Your tab can't boot because it doesn't have any sort of recovery(don't ask me why I don't know ). Apparently ROM Manager wiped your recovery clean and didn't flash the new one. Just flash cwm or twrp via Odin and try to boot. If it still can't boot, then restore your nandroid. Ironically, the same thing happened to me yesterday when I tried to flash latest twrp using Mobile Odin.
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What's odin?
Ok, It's all sorted now! Thanks for your help!
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What's odin?
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You have never used Odin before? Then how on earth did you root?
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You have never used Odin before? Then how on earth did you root?
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I actually have no idea. I think I used a program similar to Odin that did the job. I remember booting into download more before. Oh yes, I flashed the disk image for the root and CWM using the default windows tool. Anyway, I've fixed it now. I couldn't find a .tar to do the job so I converted a random file to a .tar and flashed it that way, tricking it into thinking it had a recovery and therefore booting. In the OS I used ROM Manager to get CWM.
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I actually have no idea. I think I used a program similar to Odin that did the job. I remember booting into download more before. Oh yes, I flashed the disk image for the root and CWM using the default windows tool. Anyway, I've fixed it now. I couldn't find a .tar to do the job so I converted a random file to a .tar and flashed it that way, tricking it into thinking it had a recovery and therefore booting. In the OS I used ROM Manager to get CWM.
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Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
Bruise Wayn said:
Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
Bruise Wayn said:
Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
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Then you need to return to stock with Odin and see if you still have problems...After flashing back to stock with odin if you get a bootloop boot into recovery and factory reset..
Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
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The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Its working fine now. After i chose the option from preventing stock recovering from overwriting. only had to do that once. and thats it.