JellyBean CWM Manager Problem - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
yesterday I updated from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1 with Kies.
It's the German Version XXDLID.
After the upgrade I wanted to re-root my phone. I used Odin and CF-Root 6.4.
Odin showed, that the first try was a succes. But I did gain root permissions.
So I tried it again and it worked this time. (strange?)
The installed app "CWM Manager" was able to do a backup with the recent 4.0.4. But when I open
that app with 4.1.1 it keeps saying:
"This version of CWM manager should be used with CF-CWM v1.1 or newer.
It appears you are running a different recovery. Various features have been disabled."
Do I need to wait for a new CF-Root version or is there a fix available?

CWM manager needs an update for Jelly Bean
But you are still able to make backup if you reboot in recovery

as above....it's just the app, boot into recovery and all usual options are there

yeap, CWM needs a little update for JB support.
But I've done several backups/restores since I flashed JB with no problems.

Ok, that's what I thought.
I really liked the CWM App, hopefully there's an update soon.
Thank you all

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[Q] root problem on sgs3

hi guys
i have vodafone's sgs3 i9300 4.0.4 with stock rom.
i flashed package with desktop odin with CF ROOT 6.3 and Hebrew language enabler from - bit ly/QLREa3.
later i updated android from 4.0 to 4.0.4(via built-in update option)
some time after SuperSU updated automatically to 0.96. on opening it said 'the SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?' > 'Instalation failed !'
tried uninstall in play store, in settings reinstall and full unroot.later flashed cf root 6.4 and did wipe clean from recovery mode. still the same.
be happy to find a way to reinstall it somehow.
(btw i intend on install some custom or original JB rom, maybe it can also solve this problem)
First one reset factory reset on recovery mode than without power on flash official ICS or JB rom. After that flash cfroot 6.4. Thats all. Now your phone rooted

[Q] Need help - failed OTA update with "Failed to update firmware" message

Hi,
My phone quits during the update process to JB in recovery at around 32% and then once booted back into android displays a popup saying failed to update software, try again using kies or use a samsung service centre. It doesn't connect to kies (stays stuck at connecting) and pretty sure samsung will just wipe the phone which I'd rather not do.
I originally had the phone rooted with Siyah 1.5.3 but have since reflashed the stock i9300 3e android recovery, reset the flash counter to 0 and official binary with triangle away and fully removed root from within SuperSU. I have also wiped the cache, any ideas on why the update is still not applying? I would like to stick the stock rom and avoid wiping.
Same here,
Stock Rooted S3 with CWM and busybox. Used Mark Skipper's toolbox for that, and also used that to unroot, flash stock recovery and uninstall busybox. JB update also gets an error at 32%. Do I have to uninstall SU too? Really don't want to do a complete reinstall since CMW didn't manage to backup my phone...
Aladdin Sarsippius said:
Same here,
Stock Rooted S3 with CWM and busybox. Used Mark Skipper's toolbox for that, and also used that to unroot, flash stock recovery and uninstall busybox. JB update also gets an error at 32%. Do I have to uninstall SU too? Really don't want to do a complete reinstall since CMW didn't manage to backup my phone...
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Haven't tried to update since I unrooted (ota is only available during a few hours in the afternoon here and hasn't become available yet) but it removed the SuperSU.apk when I unrooted. Stweaks app is still there but doesn't work due to the lack of root. The only other non-stock thing left is the kernel but I don't think that should matter seeing as I've used triangle away and reset the counter and binary to official. I'll post on whether it works next time around
Try removing cwm somehow, many people find that this is a problem, same happens with me, apparently cwm fixed it in newer updates.:good:
CWM is the culprit. I really don't know why people insist on using that. It is utterly useless.
Download the ROM you want from samsung-updates.com or through CheckFUSDownloader, extract the .MD5 file from the downloaded ZIP, copy the .md5 file to the device, and flash using MobileOdin.
Then, if you want, just flash SiyahKernel again using Odin.
I had already removed cwm recovery and replaced it with the stock i9300 3e recovery but still didn't work, I downloaded the ota update manually and found it be a small incremental update which still didn't flash in the stock recovery due to a mount error..
in the end I checked the latest update available from checkfus, downloaded it from samfirmware.com and flashed it using odin.. and now got jelly bean without wiping! Reflashed siyah & su binary and everything is good now. Only issue now is the OS sees the device being modified (even after triangle away reset) so a future ota updates is off the cards.
this worked for me.
viva.fidel said:
I had already removed cwm recovery and replaced it with the stock i9300 3e recovery but still didn't work, I downloaded the ota update manually and found it be a small incremental update which still didn't flash in the stock recovery due to a mount error..
in the end I checked the latest update available from checkfus, downloaded it from samfirmware.com and flashed it using odin.. and now got jelly bean without wiping! Reflashed siyah & su binary and everything is good now. Only issue now is the OS sees the device being modified (even after triangle away reset) so a future ota updates is off the cards.
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in triangle away there is a box that says something like modified workaround, tick that then run triangle away, when it restarts your status will be normal, then go to application manager and remove triangle away. after about 15 minutes go into superSU and unroot.

Installing CWM on "rooted" GT-I9100T

So I reinstalled the stock GT-I9100T (Vodafone S2) 4.0.3 ICS firmware using Odin, and decided to use a method of rooting I found online which was simply installing "update.zip" using the stock Recovery. A SuperSU app is present and Root Checker says it's rooted. Now I want to install CWM to reflash AOKP, but I'm not sure what method to use, since it's already rooted.
Thanks in advance.
Save yourself hassles & avoid 'temporary' versions of CWM. Just flash the Odin version of the Siyah build which is compatible with the current Android version you're running. Read the first page of the Siyah threads to workout which build you need. You'll have a rooted phone + permanent CWM & you can then flash any rom/other kernel you like quickly/easily.

[help] Mobile Odin Pro + MK6 4.3

I encountered a strange problem while using Mobile Odin Pro v.3.85 with 4.3 MK6
My phone : Samsung Galaxy S3
I usually use Mobile Odin Pro to flash firmware, i enable inject Root and SU so I wont lose Root and dont increase counter, staying all official.
Let me explain what I did.
I started from 4.1.2 all stock with root and MOP v 3.50 (mobile odin pro v 3.50). Downloaded MK6 firmware from thread in general s3 section and flashed using MOP with ever root: everything okay Im on 4.3. I tryied to open SuperSu and it says there isnt any SU binary with a message saying: "if you just updated to 4.3 install root manually". So i used CF Auto Root for S3 and installed it: once rebooted i couldnt find any SU icon in drawer, had to download latest from Play Store and I was rooted but with counters to "Unofficial" since I flashed with odin.
Now I reflashed 4.3 to avoid getting Unofficial Status: updated MOP to 3.85 latest, it auto downloads flash kernel, flashed 4.3 with everroot (I was already on 4.3 but with unofficial status). All I was hoping to achieve was a 4.3 rooted with MOP 3.85 and all counters to official. For past versions like 4.1.2 it worked!
MOP rebooted S3 and started flashing 4.3: at the end it was in a loop, it continued to flash 4.3 over and over.
Why I got that loop? It was an compatibility issue with 4.3 bootloader and MOP flash kernel?
Have I to downgrade bootloader to ICS first (like I had before)?
I had to go in download mode and flash 4.3 using pc odin, I was so scared! Now im on 4.3 without root but id like to have it with counters set to official.
Thank you, steebro.
loop issue
steebro said:
I encountered a strange problem while using Mobile Odin Pro v.3.85 with 4.3 MK6
My phone : Samsung Galaxy S3
I usually use Mobile Odin Pro to flash firmware, i enable inject Root and SU so I wont lose Root and dont increase counter, staying all official.
Let me explain what I did.
I started from 4.1.2 all stock with root and MOP v 3.50 (mobile odin pro v 3.50). Downloaded MK6 firmware from thread in general s3 section and flashed using MOP with ever root: everything okay Im on 4.3. I tryied to open SuperSu and it says there isnt any SU binary with a message saying: "if you just updated to 4.3 install root manually". So i used CF Auto Root for S3 and installed it: once rebooted i couldnt find any SU icon in drawer, had to download latest from Play Store and I was rooted but with counters to "Unofficial" since I flashed with odin.
Now I reflashed 4.3 to avoid getting Unofficial Status: updated MOP to 3.85 latest, it auto downloads flash kernel, flashed 4.3 with everroot (I was already on 4.3 but with unofficial status). All I was hoping to achieve was a 4.3 rooted with MOP 3.85 and all counters to official. For past versions like 4.1.2 it worked!
MOP rebooted S3 and started flashing 4.3: at the end it was in a loop, it continued to flash 4.3 over and over.
Why I got that loop? It was an compatibility issue with 4.3 bootloader and MOP flash kernel?
Have I to downgrade bootloader to ICS first (like I had before)?
I had to go in download mode and flash 4.3 using pc odin, I was so scared! Now im on 4.3 without root but id like to have it with counters set to official.
Thank you, steebro.
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Hi! Regarding your boot loop problem, may I suggest that after you flash with MOP, do go into recovery (cwm) and first do a wipe data / factory reset, followed by wipe cache partition. This will give you a fresh rom install. I may be wrong, but that is usually where the problem lies (not doing a wipe data / wipe cache after a fresh (official) ROM install. That's what I have read on countless forums. Hope it helps. Good luck!

Rooting does not work (Custom Recovery CWM installed successfully)

Hey there.
I unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM.
But I fail at rooting the device. Each and every superuser.zip or SuperSU*.zip failed - the app is always installed (via CWM recovery) but the manager app claims that the binary does not exist after rebooting.
I tried SuperSU 2.74 beta (latest, https://download.chainfire.eu/supersu) and 1.80 among others.
Kingo Roots fails in the apk variant and keeps stuck in "installing drivers" when using the windows version.
I've been trying to root the device for about 10 hours now - any ideas?
Android is 4.1.1 stock
I dont want to use a custom rom, as from what I read they are not very "mature", but rather unstable.
I used TWRP instead of CWM - now it works.....
Yes, because you have Android JB, and the CWM recovery is unfortunetly is only for ICS, but the TWRP supports JB, so it works.

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