[Q] CWM recovery - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just this mitnute rooted my GS3. I used odin and the CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4. Everything we smoothly, I can see Super User on my phone, however, I cannot see Clockworkmod Recovery anywhere on my phone. Do I need to install it separately?? Thanks in advance guys :good:

CF auto root is the recommended path to root, it won't install CWM.

boomboomer said:
CF auto root is the recommended path to root, it won't install CWM.
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Ok thanks, is it necessary that I install it??

TudorBlue said:
Ok thanks, is it necessary that I install it??
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No unless u wanna flash custom roms, mods etc.
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JellyYogurt said:
No unless u wanna flash custom roms, mods etc.
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Yeah Id like to flash some decent roms. Im finding the stock rom (4.3) thats installed annoying with so many addons that I will never use.

TudorBlue said:
Yeah Id like to flash some decent roms. Im finding the stock rom (4.3) thats installed annoying with so many addons that I will never use.
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Then u can flash custom recoveries. U dun have to use cwm. U can use others like twrp, philz. Btw dun use the apps in play store to flash the recoveries. Google search "gt-i9300 (the custom recovery u wan)" and find it.
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It's recommended you flash a custom recovery regardless if u want to flash some mods or roms. It always comes in handy and you have the option to backup the whole system and create an image file, so you'll be safe, if anything goes wrong with flashing someday or you screw your system, you can always recover it with the custom recovery. Pretty amazing

meeklosh said:
It's recommended you flash a custom recovery regardless if u want to flash some mods or roms. It always comes in handy and you have the option to backup the whole system and create an image file, so you'll be safe, if anything goes wrong with flashing someday or you screw your system, you can always recover it with the custom recovery. Pretty amazing
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JellyYogurt gave me some recommendations, is there any others I should look at??? Ive just cwm recovery on every android ive had and always found it to be decent but Im willing to look at others

TudorBlue said:
JellyYogurt gave me some recommendations, is there any others I should look at??? Ive just cwm recovery on every android ive had and always found it to be decent but Im willing to look at others
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Well those are the best I know: cwm, or the enchanted cwm one philz, twrp...take a look here on the forums.

meeklosh said:
Well those are the best I know: cwm, or the enchanted cwm one philz, twrp...take a look here on the forums.
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Trying to install cwm recovery but each time I try via the stock recovery (install update from zip file) extraction fails. what am I doing wrong??

TudorBlue said:
Trying to install cwm recovery but each time I try via the stock recovery (install update from zip file) extraction fails. what am I doing wrong??
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You need to flash it with ODIN on your pc. Also your custom recovery that you want to flash through ODIN needs to be a .tar file

All done, thanks. just need some decent roms. can you recommend any??

TudorBlue said:
All done, thanks. just need some decent roms. can you recommend any??
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Unfortunately, we are not allowed to recommend stuff here and advertise. Just look under android development and read the comments, I'm sure you'll fine a good one. Don't forget to backup your current system first and your data. When you're done, you can test out roms not worrying much about if they work or not

TudorBlue said:
All done, thanks. just need some decent roms. can you recommend any??
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As ^^^meeklosh^^^ suggests:
"Best" or "Recommend" ROM/kernel posts are not allowed on XDA.
Please test these things for yourself.
This is the only way you will get an unbiased opinion,and then, you can decide for yourself if it meets YOUR needs.
Don't forget to make a nandroid before you start.
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Help needed correct recovery !!

Hi all, ok ive rooted my GS3 and its running 4.1.2 , but my question is that im not sure its going into proper recovery mode as when i put it into recovery it doesnt look like the usual recovery screen !! ie im trying to install the Audio hack zip and flash it but it keeps failing everytime i try, can somebody please help me, also is it because it needs a diferent rom like Omega or something, hope to get some help soon, from
Brian
You need to install Custom Recovery first... (CWM or any other)
Rooting only doesn't include CWM...
Use Odin to flash it.
thankyou
Hi and thankyou for that, so when you say i have to install flash a custom recovery, do you mean i have to install a new rom like omega or something ? and yes i do have Odin.
readbmr said:
Hi and thankyou for that, so when you say i have to install flash a custom recovery, do you mean i have to install a new rom like omega or something ? and yes i do have Odin.
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No he means you have to instal something like this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39363473 or another one
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Just go to original development and you will find a choice of 2 or 3, you can flash them in Odin/cwm/mobile Odin depending on their format so read instructions

[Q] Root and custom recovery

So I just bought a I9300, coming from a I9100 and I want to root it and have a custom recovery for rom flashing and backup and whatever but i don't know how/which way to go... i mean does it matter which version i flash (i know from s2 that the kernel needed to be the same as the stock one)
i'm on
Baseband:BUEMF2
Build number: XXEMF6
And yes i have looked around but there are some things I don't know...
any help is appreciated
gigeaky said:
So I just bought a I9300, coming from a I9100 and I want to root it and have a custom recovery for rom flashing and backup and whatever but i don't know how/which way to go... i mean does it matter which version i flash (i know from s2 that the kernel needed to be the same as the stock one)
i'm on
Baseband:BUEMF2
Build number: XXEMF6
And yes i have looked around but there are some things I don't know...
any help is appreciated
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The S3 has a separate recovery partition unlike the S2 so Kernel, ROM and recovery are completely unrelated.
soooo if i flash... bugger
help ) what should i flash if i want all of them? custom kernel, recovery and root access
I thought i knew something about flashing...
gigeaky said:
soooo if i flash... bugger
help ) what should i flash if i want all of them? custom kernel, recovery and root access
I thought i knew something about flashing...
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You can flash what you want. There are several ROMs, recoveries and kernels.
Have a read of my "understanding the basics before rooting" thread as there is a lot of info in there that you need to read. It can be located if you follow the link in my signature to General > Sticky roll-up
well i have some knowledge but let's say i'll flash CF-Root by Chainfire this one includes root and cwm recovery (from here on i'll take care of my rom flashing) but is it compatible with my version? by doing this do I risk /efs folder corruption?
gigeaky said:
well i have some knowledge but let's say i'll flash CF-Root by Chainfire this one includes root and cwm recovery (from here on i'll take care of my rom flashing) but is it compatible with my version? by doing this do I risk /efs folder corruption?
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yes its compatible with your phone. nothing can go wrong if you follow the OP.
Or you can try this method also.
i personally prefer the former.
CF auto root is the most painless way to root, it changes almost nothing in the process. Then backup your efs folder before you do ANYTHING else.
gigeaky said:
well i have some knowledge but let's say i'll flash CF-Root by Chainfire
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Outdated method, unsafe recovery. You say you have some knowledge but I beg you to read my thread.
I put a lot if effort into it and should answer all your questions
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ok 1 problem solved rooted using cf autoroot
but still on stock recovery ... how can i flash roms from this?
i would like to install CWM recovery... (i saw that chainfire uses mobile odin for custom roms but that's not for me) @boomboomer backed it up using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901098 this
gigeaky said:
ok 1 problem solved rooted using cf autoroot
but still on stock recovery ... how can i flash roms from this?
i would like to install CWM recovery... (i saw that chainfire uses mobile odin for custom roms but that's not for me)
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i would suggest you goto android original development section and try the CWM touch or philz recovery.
Then try out the different roms in development sections
more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
thanks for your patience guys
backing up as we speak in order to flash a custom rom
gigeaky said:
thanks for your patience guys
backing up as we speak in order to flash a custom rom
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By the way rooting with CF-Autoroot doesn't include a custom recovery anymore that's why you needed to flash a custom recovery separately.
SignetSphere said:
By the way rooting with CF-Autoroot doesn't include a custom recovery anymore that's why you needed to flash a custom recovery separately.
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Which was all pointed out in the "understanding the basics before rooting" thread.... with steps to do so too
Sometimes I don't know why I bother.
because you like to help and understand that some people are a little hard headed
btw i thought i knew want i need to work on s3 but after i took a look at the firs link from your sticky roll up (yours) i found some things that could have made this thread useless
gigeaky said:
because you like to help and understand that some people are a little hard headed
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Touche
rootSU said:
Which was all pointed out in the "understanding the basics before rooting" thread.... with steps to do so too
Sometimes I don't know why I bother.
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Lol I was just pointing it out just in case @gigeaky got lazy (pun intended ). No worries rootSU. :good:
SignetSphere said:
Lol I was just pointing it out just in case @gigeaky got lazy (pun intended ). No worries rootSU. :good:
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Yes I know. My point was that you shouldn't have needed to point it out, given my earlier posts

[REQ] Clockworkmod Touch Recovery 6.0.4.3 CWM Zip

Requesting that someone make a flashable zip from the newest CWM Touch Image, especially as new 4.4 KitKat ROMs are requiring CWM-based recoveries.
I understand that this can be accomplished through ROM Manager (but I'm getting a download error) or through fast-boot/adb (which I admittedly don't have the time, patience or complete understanding to do) so if someone had time to make a flashable zip, I'd imagine that'd benefit the community greatly.
There is an older version here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584576) but OP is no longer updating or supporting.
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Clockworkmod Touch Recovery 6.0.4.3 flashable zip supplied by Naddict in Post #4
Naddict said:
try this,
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Please be sure to Thank him!
clepperM said:
Requesting that someone make a flashable zip from the newest CWM Touch Image, especially as new 4.4 KitKat ROMs are requiring CWM-based recoveries.
I understand that this can be accomplished through ROM Manager (but I'm getting a download error) or through fast-boot/adb (which I admittedly don't have the time, patience or complete understanding to do) so if someone had time to make a flashable zip, I'd imagine that'd benefit the community greatly.
There is an older version here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584576) but OP is no longer updating or supporting.
Will attach the IMG below. Thank you.
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Check this out. You can get flashable zip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY_vE-dUSX4
clepperM said:
Reserved
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try this,
Naddict said:
try this,
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Thank you Naddict. Has anyone flashed with the CWM zip version? Has anyone successfully gone back to Twrp? Any issues flashign oen tot he other?
tonyo123 said:
Thank you Naddict. Has anyone flashed with the CWM zip version? Has anyone successfully gone back to Twrp? Any issues flashign oen tot he other?
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I haven't flashed a cwm zip, I just use rom manager to install it. But I've gone back and forth a few times recently with no problems. Just messing around the other day I installed a 4.4 and set it up and then flashed twrp and backed up the 4.4. Wiped the phone went back to a 4.3 and then restored the 4.4 nandroid with twrp without any troubles. Apparently it's the initial install that you need cwm for, but caution is advised for now as the next time it may not work. I was bored and just messing around. As always YMMV!
Is there a way to flash cwm on the official firmware for this phone using Odin?
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lildoggs said:
Is there a way to flash cwm on the official firmware for this phone using Odin?
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I believe that you need to get the .img file and change it into a .img.tar file to flash it in odin.
tonyo123 said:
Thank you Naddict. Has anyone flashed with the CWM zip version? Has anyone successfully gone back to Twrp? Any issues flashign oen tot he other?
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I had made my own cwm touch flash zip as others have instructed. You just flash it with twrp if that's what using and use twrp to reboot to recovery to see the newly flashed cwm touch recovery. Vice versa for installing twrp again. However; just remember, backups can only be restored from recovery they were made with.
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Can I flash this while in a previous cwm recovery ?
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crxlvr said:
Can I flash this while in a previous cwm recovery ?
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Sure. I assume you have your previous version zip in case you want to flash back? I just have latest cwm touch and twrp 2.6.1.0. and twrp 2.5 that I keep on hand.
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Naddict said:
try this,
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Thank you. That was the easiest way to flash CWM 6.0.4.3 to my Note.
Naddict said:
try this,
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hafridi said:
Thank you. That was the easiest way to flash CWM 6.0.4.3 to my Note.
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Agreed. My sincerest thanks, sir.
Thanks!
Since my usb is all screwed up (i rotate batteries on external charger) i can't use odin to do my CWM flash.
This is exactly what i need.
Thanks!!!
Thanks!
Need kernel source code used for that recovery
Hi guys,
I was wondering if someone could post the kernel source code that was used for that clockword mod recovery. I need to create a insertable kernel module in recovery mode for the samsung galaxy note.
Regards
cwm recovery zip
Can this cwm recovery zip be used for any phone? And can it be flashed to a phone using rashr?
paramzzthakkarzz said:
Can this cwm recovery zip be used for any phone? And can it be flashed to a phone using rashr?
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As long as your phone is a SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 (codename used in these forums "quincyatt" is the same thing) you can use a quincyatt recovery.
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Micromax
My phone is Micromax a190. The model no. Is not yet uploaded on XDA and I don't have any recoveries available for my phone nor do I have any custom Roms available. What do I do now?
paramzzthakkarzz said:
My phone is Micromax a190. The model no. Is not yet uploaded on XDA and I don't have any recoveries available for my phone nor do I have any custom Roms available. What do I do now?
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Wait for a developer to create tools, ROMs, custom recoveries for your device or if you have the time, patience, and knowledge, check out xda-university.
http://xda-university.com/
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[Q] which cwm to install

i want to flash CWM but how dont know how to ...below is my phone info plzz help
p.s- my phone is rooted
Do follow the jb root and not ics.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065581
Alternatively. if you have root access, then you can download the ROM Manager app from play store. When you install the ROM Manager, it asks you if you want to flash CWM or no. If you say yes, then it automatically downloads the latest CWM and installs it on your phone.
Hit thanks if i helped!
Ursa Warrior said:
Alternatively. if you have root access, then you can download the ROM Manager app from play store. When you install the ROM Manager, it asks you if you want to flash CWM or no. If you say yes, then it automatically downloads the latest CWM and installs it on your phone.
Hit thanks if i helped!
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Don't use rom manager with Sammy devices. Chances of brick is slim but still a chance.
andrewwright said:
Don't use rom manager with Sammy devices. Chances of brick is slim but still a chance.
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Ursa Warrior said:
Alternatively. if you have root access, then you can download the ROM Manager app from play store. When you install the ROM Manager, it asks you if you want to flash CWM or no. If you say yes, then it automatically downloads the latest CWM and installs it on your phone.
Hit thanks if i helped!
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thanku sooo much guys for helping
Absolutely do not use Rom Manager. You will end up with broken recovery & bootloop, and given how few people on here seem to backup stuff regularly, you will lose data when this happens & you need to go back to stock to fix it.
andrewwright said:
Do follow the jb root and not ics.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065581
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signal verification failed is coming
help
Look for b_safe kernel for i9100g. I'll try and find a link mate.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293576
andrewwright said:
Look for b_safe kernel for i9100g. I'll try and find a link mate.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293576
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i installed philz one i got success....how to flash kitkat kernel now...coz i want kitkat rom
Flash cm10.1 and go for the latest then you will have latest cwm. From there flash cm11
andrewwright said:
Flash cm10.1 and go for the latest then you will have latest cwm. From there flash cm11
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any other option bro ??
I don't own the device but I know that's the easy way to do it. In that last post I meant cm10.2 not 10.1

[Q] Can someone flash MIUI using CWM?

Just as the title states, can we flash MIUI using CWM? Or do we really have to follow their guide ( Which uses a weird one)?
mendoza101991 said:
Just as the title states, can we flash MIUI using CWM? Or do we really have to follow their guide ( Which uses a weird one)?
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Custom roms can be flashed in any custom recovery Cwm,Twrp,PhilZ recovery etc they should come in .zip format which you can flash in recovery...Please provide link for the rom you are trying to flash
tallman43 said:
Custom roms can be flashed in any custom recovery Cwm,Twrp,PhilZ recovery etc they should come in .zip format which you can flash in recovery...Please provide link for the rom you are trying to flash
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Are we allowed to give links?
Here it is:
Guide in flashing: http://en.miui.com/a-203.html
Rom: http://en.miui.com/download-17.html
I haven't tried it yet, maybe it's something like odin I guess.
mendoza101991 said:
Are we allowed to give links?
Here it is:
Guide in flashing: http://en.miui.com/a-203.html
Rom: http://en.miui.com/download-17.html
I haven't tried it yet, maybe it's something like odin I guess.
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Ignor the guide you can flash this with custom recovery like PhilZ recovery just flash the zip done..:good:
How do I know cause I just tried it
tallman43 said:
Ignor the guide you can flash this with custom recovery like PhilZ recovery just flash the zip done..:good:
How do I know cause I just tried it
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Oh, really? Okay! Thanks! haha! BTW can you post some screen shots? Is it good for our s3? I mean what can you say about it? Currently downloading, again XD
mendoza101991 said:
Oh, really? Okay! Thanks! haha! BTW can you post some screen shots? Is it good for our s3? I mean what can you say about it? Currently downloading, again XD
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Can't post screenshots I uninstalled it now I only installed it to test But it's standard Miui its based off 4.1 there is newer custom versions around the forum based on 4.2 which i think are better saying all that it's not too bad only had a quick look though.
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Can't post screenshots I uninstalled it now I only installed it to test But it's standard Miui its based off 4.1 there is newer custom versions around the forum based on 4.2 which i think are better saying all that it's not too bad only had a quick look though.
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I see! okay! thanks again, ima try it my self then. My search for a better rom is still not finish, I have tried CM11, Slim and RR, im looking for a rom that actually beats the stock rom[rooted not tweaked not changed kernel](which i had backed up so i could return to it anytime) in terms of battery.

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