So I have been trying to upgrade my LiquidSmooth to the most recent release (the 4.3 release), and I everything seems to flash correctly because I am able to boot initially and set up the phone, however when I reboot the phone it just stays on the "Samsung custom" screen and it does not boot. At first I thought it had something to do with my recovery, so I updated it (TWRP 2.6.3) and then I retried it. No dice. So then did some research and I found somewhere that updating the binaries might fix it. So when I flashed the ROM again I tried updating the binaries, but when it goes into recovery mode it starts updating them, but then stops in the middle and then goes back to the Samsung custom screen and then stays there.
Any ideas? Any at all would be awesome!
Also sorry if this has been answered already, I couldn't find anything on it when I searched for it.
Thanks.
Sorry, I'm not on that Rom, but, I've had pretty much the same problems as you. Twrp just wasn't getting it done. I also have goo manager (which uses twrp), so I went into recovery/twrp using goo manager. It worked. You might try installing goo manager from the play store and going into recovery from it and see if that works for you.
I read this suggestion in another post on here.
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Sorry, I'm not on that Rom, but, I've had pretty much the same problems as you. Twrp just wasn't getting it done. I also have goo manager (which uses twrp), so I went into recovery/twrp using goo manager. It worked. You might try installing goo manager from the play store and going into recovery from it and see if that works for you.
I read this suggestion in another post on here.
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So you're saying I should use goo to go into my recovery and then flash the rom? Instead of going straight into TWRP by shutting off my phone and booting recovery? Or do you want me to flash the rom, boot it, and then update the binaries by using goomanager? Thanks!
Long story short. I soft bricked my phone the other day. Did the manual recovery with the buttons and installed a Nan droid backup. I later had trouble installing new/updates roms via twrp manager. I read about the problems with using twrp at times. One solution that was suggested was using goo manager, which I did. And, it did work for me the last couple of times.
Try it and see if it helps you out.
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Ok, I'll try to be short about this.
I did the RegawMOD method and was able to install Liquid Smooth on the phone. (1.45)
When I was going to install an update for that things when odd. (I always back up, reset and wipe before hand)
The update didn't take however I was able to the home screen. As it was weird I went back to restore and the Trwp did not back up correctly. The file was bad.
I was able to get back to the home screen and then setup my phone. I decided to wait for a while until the roms grew up a bit.
Now I was going to install Mean 1.4 today so I downloaded as the post said and installed the radio. Downloaded the rom. When into recovery backup, reset and wiped. When I tried to flash the rom TWRP just started rebooting.
I have tried it several times and also tried to recover and TWRP keeps rebooting. Now I am stuck on the HTC screen.
What do I do now? I feel the recovery is bad.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Maybe a bad recovery flash or corupt download.. Try reflashing recovery through fastboot, download the ROM again, do a FULL wipe and reflash the ROM.
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Thankfully I was able to install an earlier backup so at least I am running now. I have tried using Goo Manger to reinstall twrp 2.2. Just stays stuck at the download.
I haven't used the fastboot method before so I'll have to look that up. I want to get to mean 1.4 as included the OTA fixes because I have the wifi issue. Guess I'll have to wait until I have more time.
Thanks for the help.
Ok so I got goo manager to reflash the recovery.
Now I am on mean 1.4 and very happy. No more WiFi issues either!
Finally as useable as my OG EVO and dandy like this phone was ment to be.
Thanks for the help and thanks developers.
Very cool.
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I can't seem to get TWRP to work. Every time I try to boot into recovery, it loads the TWRP splash screen, and then proceeds to do nothing. I have to hard-reset the phone to get anything to work.
Unlocked with FreeGee and I've booted into recovery many times before, but it seems to be a problem now. I tried running FreeGee once more in an effort to re-install TWRP or CWM, but it refuses to run, referencing an error with creating backups. Any idea what's wrong?
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Maybe try pushing the clockwork touch recovery through adb? I think there's a tutorial somewhere...
That was my next step. Thank you for your input. The original freegee thread by thecubed has the tutorial in it, I believe. I'll have to take a look tomorrow when I'm not so tired.
Try TWRP from the goomanager app if you haven't already. I've been using it fine since it was released.
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So I was pretty determined to get Cm 10.1 running on my Galaxy Note 2 for Verizon. Before hand, I was using TWRP to do all my ROM flashings but when I tried to use CM 10.1, I was told I must use CWM for it to work properly.
Here's my issue, I tried using CWM but it kept on giving me an error and after searching for awhile, it said its because I'm trying to use TWRP instead of CWM. So I flashed CWM and it gave me the same error. Tried both Touch and regular, downgraded and upgraded to the latest CWM but still same error. So I said **** it and installed the lastest TWRP. Then all the ROMs that were giving me issues started to install flawlessly. Then I went to CWM and it gave me the same error.
Am I doing something wrong when I flash CWM? I tried both Odin and APP Update way and both with same results. After using TWRP for awhile, I actually am starting to like the CWM Touch a lot better and I want to switch but not if its going to be giving me problems every flash.
Any insight would be helpful,
and as always to everyone on this forum, thanks
Just make sure you are using the latest version of TWRP 2.5 and you will be fine. You also may need to re-download your ROM file.
Well I am, in a way, stuck using the TWRP right now but I would like to know if I can actually change it to CWM. And if so, how would I go about doing that? because flashing the CWM alone isn't doing anything for me.
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Well I am, in a way, stuck using the TWRP right now but I would like to know if I can actually change it to CWM. And if so, how would I go about doing that? because flashing the CWM alone isn't doing anything for me.
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That is the way I have always gone about getting CWM on my phone back when I wanted it. I would just flash over TWRP in TWRP and then reboot system and then reboot back into recovery and it would always be CWM. If it doesnt work for you that way then see if they have a Odin tar and if so follow the instructions to flash it in Odin. They may not have an Odin flashable though, its been a long time since I have used it and on a different phone so....
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Let me actually rephrase this. (My bad for any confusion)
So if I try to flash a rom using TWRP, it goes through without any issues, even the CM rom. But when I flash CWM and try flashing, it gives me the getdevice-"(t0vzwte)"-not exact".. When researching, I was kept on told its because it is running TWRP. I tell them its CWM and they told me to update my CWM. I actually like CWM a bit better, idk why. but I was just trying to get my phone 100% the way I want it.
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?
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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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Today I picked up my new GS4 and it comes with MDK (sw ver on box ends in MDK). I want to root right away and probably unlock in a few days, so I have a question.
Do I need to activate before I do anything or can I just turn it on for the first time and root? I ask because I have heard that it will try to update as soon as I power up the first time and I do not want ME7.
I have searched a bit and wasn't sure so I am in a holding pattern. I have found the rooting directions and have everything together.
Thanks!
You can go ahead and root. You can put your phone in airplane mode so it wont download anything. Afterwards youll have to disable it so you can update root binaries. The update file is a hundred megabytes so youll have time and by chance if you get the whole file you can postpone it. After rooting I recommend freezing/renaming/deleting sdm.apk to get rid of the update notifications. This will also kill the update process as well so you dont have to worry about it updating your phone afterwards.
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I don't think you have to activate but even if you do, just root your phone now like right this second root and install a custom recovery. I activated my phone, deferred the update and then got root and installed twrp.
P.s. incase you accidently press accept on the ota, pull your batt and come back here for help.
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Thought I could, but wasn't sure.
Thanks!!
I'm rooted!
Thanks for the help!!
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Ok, I have another question. Does installing a custom recovery break 4G? I ask because on my last device (Motorola Photon 4G on Sprint) lost 4G service when flashing a custom recovery. I have Rom Manager installed and would like to flash the latest CWM as long as 4G will still work.
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Ok, I have another question. Does installing a custom recovery break 4G? I ask because on my last device (Motorola Photon 4G on Sprint) lost 4G service when flashing a custom recovery. I have Rom Manager installed and would like to flash the latest CWM as long as 4G will still work.
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It doesn't have any affect on 4g.
That's a nice change. Thanks!!
One final question before I become a serial flasher trying a few ROMs that just interest me so much. Which recovery? I want to eventually run Cyanogenmod, that is, unless I like something else better than CM (it was hard to beat on my Photon). Should I use the one I can install through ROM Manager, TWRP, or a CWM based recovery (such as the one linked on CM's webpage)? Whichever it is needs to work installing CM.
TWRP is cool, but wasn't working for downloading as of yesterday (for me). I used Rom Manager since it was easy, quick, and I'm very used to them. I always hesitate a bit on CWM just because I remember some bricking issues on the SGS3, however, it never happened to me.
Cool, Thanks! I'm familiar with CWM but for some reason I don't have the same good feel with the GS4 as I did with other devices. I guess I'll go with Rom Manager.
Let the flashing begin!!
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TWRP is cool, but wasn't working for downloading as of yesterday (for me). I used Rom Manager since it was easy, quick, and I'm very used to them. I always hesitate a bit on CWM just because I remember some bricking issues on the SGS3, however, it never happened to me.
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Cool, Thanks! I'm familiar with CWM but for some reason I don't have the same good feel with the GS4 as I did with other devices. I guess I'll go with Rom Manager.
Let the flashing begin!!
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If you guys want to switch between recoveries you just flash the other ones. I've posted a few zips that i use to switch between recoveries.
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.2 Touch zip here
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.6 Touch zip here
TWRP 2.5.0.2 zip here
Surge, do you by chance have the latest TWRP? I'd really like to give that a go.
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Surge, do you by chance have the latest TWRP? I'd really like to give that a go.
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I have 2.6.0.0 but I don't recommend using it. I personally use 2.5.0.2 and if you were talking about 2.6.1.0 I don't think anyone has complied it for the Verizon gs4.
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I was thinking 2.6.0.0, any particular reason not use it, or just preference?
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I was thinking 2.6.0.0, any particular reason not use it, or just preference?
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It freezes on the boot logo too often and in general isn't as stable as 2.5.0.2 also I hate the new placement of where cache and dalvik-cache are in the wipe menu. It makes it way to easy to accidentally wipe the wrong partitions. But if you want to try it I can make a zip.
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I won't try it immediately, but I would like to some time. If you could post or send a zip, I would appreciate it.
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I won't try it immediately, but I would like to some time. If you could post or send a zip, I would appreciate it.
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If you guys want to switch between recoveries you just flash the other ones. I've posted a few zips that i use to switch between recoveries.
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Just made the TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip. Flashed it myself to make sure it works.
Note: I dont recommend flashing twrp 2.6.0.0 unless you knew what you're doing and have a way to restore a recovery. If you do install it you may get stuck on the teamwin blue screen the next time you reboot recovery. Don't freak out, just hold menu + power button for ~15 seconds and the device will shut down. Reboot and it should reboot to twrp this time, without getting stuck on the splash screen
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.2 Touch zip here
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.6 Touch zip here
TWRP 2.5.0.2 zip here
TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip here
TWRP 2.6.3.0 zip here
(9/09/13) Edit: Added TWRP 2.6.0.0
(9/17/13) Edit: Added TWRP 2.6.3.0
Thanks, Surge. I'll probably try it in the coming week, just to give it a go. Disappointing to hear that it isn't up to snuff though.
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Just made the TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip. Flashed it myself to make sure it works.
Note: I dont recommend flashing twrp 2.6.0.0 unless you knew what you're doing and have a way to restore a recovery. If you do install it you may get stuck on the teamwin blue screen the next time you reboot recovery. Don't freak out, just hold menu + power button for ~15 seconds and the device will shut down. Reboot and it should reboot to twrp this time, without getting stuck on the splash screen
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.2 Touch zip here
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.6 Touch zip here
TWRP 2.5.0.2 zip here
TWRP 2.6.0.0 zip here
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I second this version 2.6.0.0 is unstable and not worth using. Look around the forums and you'll find plenty of complaints about it.
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