[CWM][SPRINT] SPH-L720 CWM v1.0 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop

DISCLAIMER:
Your device, your responsibility. I am not liable for anything you flash, including this.
As a result you'll probably want to read the rest of the thread and at least be aware of what you're flashing.
You've been warned.
CM: CWM Based Recovery for SPH-L720 (jfltespr)​
Features:
This is comes from CM as it is provided in the source repos. I will be keeping it as such at this time.
Only deviations are to allow it to build properly and are generally from CM repos.
If modifications deviate from CM source we will set up a new repo.
Screenshots: None
Latest Build: v1.0
Tar/ZIP Mirror: [CWM][RECOVERY]Team SXTP CWM for Galaxy S4 (Team SXTP Site)
Flash Instructions:
Boot to Odin Mode and flash via Odin.
Summary Changelog:
Code:
v1.0 - Final Prealpha, successful operations and display
Prealpha Builds - Initial Buildup.
Source:
CyanogenMod Official Repositories
Device Dependencies:
android_device_samsung_jf-common
android_device_samsung_msm8960-common
android_device_samsung_qcom-common
Sprint GS4 Device Repository
NOTE: Due to potential copyright issues I do not include a vendor repo.
You can extract the files from the phone or ROM as needed - should you decide to build on your own.
Credits:
Early Bringup Advice: Entropy512, Shabbypenguin, Cordell12
Current Advisors/Collaborators: Noobnl (CM CDMA Maintainer)
Testers: Mohogalore, robbyamor, crawj and others
Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) for CM development and jf common work
The CM maintainters who continue to improve CM along with Mr. Kondik
The crew that is Paranoid Android - Pure Hybrid!
...and of course! You, the community, for your support as well! Thank you!

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Heard this has bad graphics so will revisit asap
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

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garwynn said:
Heard this has bad graphics so will revisit asap
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
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Sorry for not reporting that here. Ever since I screwed up my phone I've been killing time by flashing every recovery firmware I got my hands on. I'll probably keep testing before the stock image comes out.

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Running this now... as stated graphics do not redraw every other click but it does function normally otherwise. Just made a backup which completed normally.
edit... navigation is also a little touchy vol down will sometimes register as enter.
did a full wipe booted fine now to restore.

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Thanks - working on a possible graphics fix at the moment.
Will post Alpha 4 when it's ready.

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harrybozack said:
Sorry for not reporting that here. Ever since I screwed up my phone I've been killing time by flashing every recovery firmware I got my hands on. I'll probably keep testing before the stock image comes out.
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Define screwing up the phone... just curious if can get it back running.
I have a stock ROM that is uploaded but will have to rename to pull from web.

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restore completed and looks good

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lafester said:
restore completed and looks good
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Very nice! So you're functioning normally?

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I will test this CWM to see how it works, i did test shabby penguins version and got a bug where it would only let me select every other selection and didnt recognize the selection.

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Alpha 4 posted.

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MoHoGalore said:
Very nice! So you're functioning normally?
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yes everything restored that I can tell. navigating cwm is difficult though at the moment with the graphics error

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same result on Alpha 3 for me. Will test Alpha 4
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just tested Alpha 4 and same results. Only lets me select every other selection and when i do make a selection the menu goes away and im left with the CWM logo and label on the bottom. Have to hold power to reboot.

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when you have a blank screen hit vol down to enable the graphics

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Sounds like need to play with recovery keys a little more. Glad it is functionally working though!
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

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garwynn said:
Define screwing up the phone... just curious if can get it back running.
I have a stock ROM that is uploaded but will have to rename to pull from web.
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Well it's stuck in a boot loop. I flashed recovery firmware for the i9505 instead of my model phone and one of them screwed up big time. My own fault for being careless.

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lafester said:
when you have a blank screen hit vol down to enable the graphics
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well i did that but then it goes to a loose root access type screen. i always check no but then it reboots.

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garwynn said:
Define screwing up the phone... just curious if can get it back running.
I have a stock ROM that is uploaded but will have to rename to pull from web.
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Wait so you have the stock rom for the SPH-L720? I'd love to try flashing that to fix my problems.

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Alpha 4 works, except you need to count key presses. Every other press changes highlighted selection but every press registers for choice (if that makes sense.) When pressing enter to make selection, press volume down to "wake up" the screen.
Backup successful. Restore successful.
I can make a video if that would be easier to explain what I'm seeing, if needed.
:edit: Location for backup is normal - /data/media/clockworkmod/backups - Must have been something I did. Disregard previous statement.

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MoHoGalore said:
Alpha 4 works, except you need to count key presses. Every other press changes highlighted selection but every press registers for choice (if that makes sense.) When pressing enter to make selection, press volume down to "wake up" the screen.
Backup successful. Restore successful.
I can make a video if that would be easier to explain what I'm seeing, if needed.
:edit: Location for backup is normal - /data/media/clockworkmod/backups - Must have been something I did. Disregard previous statement.
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You had the same experience as I did. Worked fine just hard to navigate.
In other news I just activated my phone and it did a factory reset and installed on the sprint crap. It did not wipe sd so my backup is still there. attempting to restore now.
update: restore successful

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Update with Alpha 4 and testing of Garwynn's test builds: Actions taken in this order;
(Started with Alpha 4 already flashed)
1. Backup - Successful
2. Restore - Successful
3. Flashed Stock Dump Recovery - Successful
4. Flashed Stock Dump Kernel - Successful
5. Flashed Stock Dump Rom - Successful
6. Flashed Alpha 4
7. Performed Wipe Data/Factory reset- successful
8. Rebooted system
9. Restored previous backup - Successful
(Used Odin 1.85 for Stock build flashes)