Cyanogenmod Error 7 - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
i finally rooted my i9100.
SU is also installed.
CWM Revovery 5.8.1.8 is installed.
Everytime i will install CM 12.1 i get the Error 7.
I read that TWRP will fix it.
How can i switch from CWM to TWRP?

There are two ways to get another recovery in general:
- flashing a recovery.zip from current recovery
- flashing a recovery.tar via Odin
As far as I know, Status 7 means incompatible ROM or recovery. Make sure you're flashing a Kitkat-compatible recovery. You can also check out the IsoRec solution by @Lanchon.

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[Q] Installed twrp 2.3.3.0 and cant flash ROM, what are my options?

Problem -
Using twrp v2.3.3.0 every ROM i try to flash i get a failed message (status 7).
Basically my phone is semi bricked.
I think my solution is to update to the latest twrp and try to reflash my ROM.
Question -
How do i install a new recovery if all i have on my phone is twrp (v2.3.3.0)?
dsswoosh said:
Problem -
Using twrp v2.3.3.0 every ROM i try to flash i get a failed message (status 7).
Basically my phone is semi bricked.
I think my solution is to update to the latest twrp and try to reflash my ROM.
Question -
How do i install a new recovery if all i have on my phone is twrp (v2.3.3.0)?
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Odin flash Philz recovery
dsswoosh said:
Problem -
Using twrp v2.3.3.0 every ROM i try to flash i get a failed message (status 7).
Basically my phone is semi bricked.
I think my solution is to update to the latest twrp and try to reflash my ROM.
Question -
How do i install a new recovery if all i have on my phone is twrp (v2.3.3.0)?
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The best way to recover a soft bricked phone is to download a firmware from Sammobile and install it on your phone using Odin. That will restore your phone with stock firmware and recovery. Then you can flash a custom recovery and root your phone again. Your phone still shows as "Added" in Odin, when in download mode and connected via USB cable to your computer or laptop?
dsswoosh said:
Problem -
Using twrp v2.3.3.0 every ROM i try to flash i get a failed message (status 7).
Basically my phone is semi bricked.
I think my solution is to update to the latest twrp and try to reflash my ROM.
Question -
How do i install a new recovery if all i have on my phone is twrp (v2.3.3.0)?
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I had this error awhile ago. Error status 7 in Cwm Or Philz Cwm or TWRP
i fixed this issue following this Thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535367
Thanks for the replies.
I managed to use Odin to flash a new updated twrp recovery image. Using the latest twrp, i selected exactly the same ROM and it worked. So the problem lay with an outdated twrp.
I can thoroughly recommend against the package i used to install twrp, it screwed me for a while.
Get Odin and do it yourself

[Q] can't install clockworkmod recovery

I have a rooted MDK Verizon S4 with SuperSU installed. I had been trying to use Rom Manager to install clockworkmod recovery and every time, it comes back with the message that it has been successfully installed. When I try to boot into recovery, it wouldn't work. I finally installed GooManager and went ahead and installed TWRP. Now I am able to boot into TWRP with no issues, but when I try to overwrite and install clockworkmod recovery from within Rom Manager, it again comes back with the message that it has been successfully installed, but it still boots into TWRP.
I understand that I can use TWRP to switch over to a different rom, but I am just befuddled as to why I am not able to install clockworkmod. Can you guys please help me understand what I am doing wrong?
the_jaguar said:
I have a rooted MDK Verizon S4 with SuperSU installed. I had been trying to use Rom Manager to install clockworkmod recovery and every time, it comes back with the message that it has been successfully installed. When I try to boot into recovery, it wouldn't work. I finally installed GooManager and went ahead and installed TWRP. Now I am able to boot into TWRP with no issues, but when I try to overwrite and install clockworkmod recovery from within Rom Manager, it again comes back with the message that it has been successfully installed, but it still boots into TWRP.
I understand that I can use TWRP to switch over to a different rom, but I am just befuddled as to why I am not able to install clockworkmod. Can you guys please help me understand what I am doing wrong?
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You can either ODIN the CWM edition you want (for example Philz Touch Recovery - http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltevzw) - get the md5 file of course for ODIN. You can also try to flash the zip file of Philz Touch Recovery from your SDCard (same site - http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltevzw) through TWRP. Reboot into recovery and see what happens.
Skeetch79 said:
You can either ODIN the CWM edition you want (for example Philz Touch Recovery - http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltevzw) - get the md5 file of course for ODIN. You can also try to flash the zip file of Philz Touch Recovery from your SDCard (same site - http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltevzw) through TWRP. Reboot into recovery and see what happens.
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Thanks. When I was trying to install CWM within Rom Manger, I ended up paying for the touch upgrade, hence my desire to try and install CWM form within Rom Manager... It's just a bit frustrating that I can't figure out what's going on..

Status 7 CWM

Hey, let this be short. I am using latest CWM Recovery(Non-touch) and installing any ROM gives me status 7, even one that i had installed before. I haven't changed anything in build.prop and i have downloaded correct ROM for my device. Device - p760
As I remenber, you need to update your recovery
Solved by simply switching to TWRP, please close this.
update your recovery used 6.0.4.5

Samsung SII 19100T How to install recovery

i searched forum but i am unable to find way to install recovery to install Cm12.1 from official link official site have recovery *.img and ROM zip but i find no solution on how to install recovery
In my other phone(htc,xiaomi) i can just reboot to bootloader and fastboot flash recovery but this method is not working on samsung phone
kindly update me or show xda link showing how to install CM12.1 recovery on my SII 9100 T model phone i already downloaded ROM and Recoveyr.img from
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i9100
Does my i9100 T model support 12.1 ?
KiranP23 said:
i searched forum but i am unable to find way to install recovery to install Cm12.1 from official link official site have recovery *.img and ROM zip but i find no solution on how to install recovery
In my other phone(htc,xiaomi) i can just reboot to bootloader and fastboot flash recovery but this method is not working on samsung phone
kindly update me or show xda link showing how to install CM12.1 recovery on my SII 9100 T model phone i already downloaded ROM and Recoveyr.img from
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i9100
Does my i9100 T model support 12.1 ?
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Forget about the recovery.img. I don't know why it is there. On the i9100(and i9100T), there is no seperate recovery partition. It is bundled with the kernel. So if you have a custom recovery that is capable of flashing a lollipop rom, just use that. Once you have flashed CM12.1, the CM recovery(kernel) will overwrite the recovery(kernel) you had anyway. Which is not a good thing(not that you have a choice). Currently the CM recovery is not very functional compared to CWM or TWRP
noppy22 said:
Forget about the recovery.img. I don't know why it is there. On the i9100(and i9100T), there is no seperate recovery partition. It is bundled with the kernel. So if you have a custom recovery that is capable of flashing a lollipop rom, just use that. Once you have flashed CM12.1, the CM recovery(kernel) will overwrite the recovery(kernel) you had anyway. Which is not a good thing(not that you have a choice). Currently the CM recovery is not very functional compared to CWM or TWRP
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Thank you that answers many things , now can u kindly provide a LINK to recovery which is supported by my S2 I9100 T and flashing method so i can install CM12.1 nighties
KiranP23 said:
Thank you that answers many things , now can u kindly provide a LINK to recovery which is supported by my S2 I9100 T and flashing method so i can install CM12.1 nighties
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I'm assuming you have stock unrooted firmware? The easiest way is to install philz kernel from stock(3e) recovery, then reboot to recovery and flash a newer recovery that is capable of flashing the newer versions of android. If you just want to install CM12.1 straight away just back up your efs then:
1. Download the DVLSH kernel .zip from HERE
2. Download the philz 6.48.4 from HERE
3. Reboot into stock recovery, flash the DVLSH kernel(if your firmware build is DVL**, you could probably reboot into system no problem)
4. Reboot to recovery(not system), flash the philz 6.48.4
5. Reboot to recovery(not system), follow the steps for installing in the CM12.1 thread after backing up etc
Keep the DVLSH kernel. Once you install CM, you will have CM recovery, which only allows you to flash signed .zips(which this one is)
EDIT - The philz 6.48.4 is also signed and is probably the more useful one to keep, being compatible with the newer roms
noppy22 said:
I'm assuming you have stock unrooted firmware? The easiest way is to install philz kernel from stock(3e) recovery, then reboot to recovery and flash a newer recovery that is capable of flashing the newer versions of android. If you just want to install CM12.1 straight away just back up your efs then:
1. Download the DVLSH kernel .zip from HERE
2. Download the philz 6.48.4 from HERE
3. Reboot into stock recovery, flash the DVLSH kernel(if your firmware build is DVL**, you could probably reboot into system no problem)
4. Reboot to recovery(not system), flash the philz 6.48.4
5. Reboot to recovery(not system), follow the steps for installing in the CM12.1 thread after backing up etc
Keep the DVLSH kernel. Once you install CM, you will have CM recovery, which only allows you to flash signed .zips(which this one is)
EDIT - The philz 6.48.4 is also signed and is probably the more useful one to keep, being compatible with the newer roms
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thankyou i will backup efs with efs backup application form playstore then follow the procedure
thankyou , like you installed flashed recovery i installed from official LInk , flashed nano gapps = boots ,keyboard FC , after sometime frequent random reboots heavily
installed again after full formating ,wipe,dav cache etc flash only cm12.1 nighties =still FC keyboard and random reboots
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kbxdauser2011 said:
Kiran, i'm in the same stage as you for installing cm 12.1.1 on my SGS2 (GT-I9100) Stock 4.1.2 Rom (Non rooted). Can you please share the steps (step by step) you took to took to install the same . Also how good or Bad is it to be used as a daily regular rom compared to the Samsung Stock rom for the SGS2 (GT-I9100)?
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noppy22 said:
I'm assuming you have stock unrooted firmware? The easiest way is to install philz kernel from stock(3e) recovery, then reboot to recovery and flash a newer recovery that is capable of flashing the newer versions of android. If you just want to install CM12.1 straight away just back up your efs then:
1. Download the DVLSH kernel .zip from HERE
2. Download the philz 6.48.4 from HERE
3. Reboot into stock recovery, flash the DVLSH kernel(if your firmware build is DVL**, you could probably reboot into system no problem)
4. Reboot to recovery(not system), flash the philz 6.48.4
5. Reboot to recovery(not system), follow the steps for installing in the CM12.1 thread after backing up etc
Keep the DVLSH kernel. Once you install CM, you will have CM recovery, which only allows you to flash signed .zips(which this one is)
EDIT - The philz 6.48.4 is also signed and is probably the more useful one to keep, being compatible with the newer roms
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please look at above steps

Is it ok to flash twrp over cwm or do i need to remove cwm first

Is it ok to flash twrp over cwm or do i need to remove cwm first. Hi i have been searching for this particular topic and found no definite answer. I am currently trying to flash blisspop rom on my phone and it says to use the latest twrp recovery. The problem is I have cwm installed on my phone. So my question is ok to flash twrp over cwm or set my default recovery to twrp
@onedaynerd: simply replace CWM with TWRP 2.8.6.1 by Odin. Ashame TWRP can't read/restore CWM-backups.
onedaynerd said:
Is it ok to flash twrp over cwm or do i need to remove cwm first. Hi i have been searching for this particular topic and found no definite answer. I am currently trying to flash blisspop rom on my phone and it says to use the latest twrp recovery. The problem is I have cwm installed on my phone. So my question is ok to flash twrp over cwm or set my default recovery to twrp
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As far as I know, there will/can be only one recovery. Any recovery can be overwritten by the other. Just flash the new recovery and it automatically replaces the old one.
Example, If you are currently having CWM then boot into CWM recovery and flash the TWRP recovery zip file and reboot the device. Check the recovery by booting into recovery again. Now you will find TWRP as your recovery. CWM will be gone.

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