Here's a basic tutorial for making a custom recovery...I honestly am not a developer so idk how good it is...but a dev could use this to make one... https://maheshtechnicals.com/2020/08/10/compile-recovery-from-source/ in this guide their using pitch black custom recovery, while I have been away from the rooting community there have been more recoveries made i only knew about TWRP and Philz touch recovery and Clock Work Mod.
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First the specs. Samsung Galaxy s2 GT-9100 running Android 4.1.2 Build XWLSH Kernal 3.0.31-889555
Need a touch of help here. Finally had the nerve to root the GS2 on the weekend and clean out all the crud not required... so far so good
Had no success in attempts to install CWM Recovery through ROM Manager (Recovery setup > ClockworkMod Recovery > Galaxy S2 i9100 > "does not have an officially supported...."). Also found the Recovery builds on the official site but no guides whatsoever as to how to install... oh so helpful
Finally came across a guide at galaxys2root[dot]com on installing recovery from download mode using Odin. Ran through the process and ended up stuck at boot with no way of proceeding. After a panic session, was able to recover from back-up (thank god I backed up the ROM and all data before attempting to install CWM recovery). Now I'm right back where I started with no idea how to go replacing the stock recovery.
Can someone please shine some light on the situation? At a complete loss as to how to get the CWM Recovery on the phone without bricking it.
Cheers in advance
1) Don't use Rom Manager. At all. Uninstall it. It will break recovery & cause bootloop eventually if you continue to use it.
2) Thread stickied near the top of Q&A has all the info you need. Essentially, any CWM you flash independent of the kernel will only persist until the next reboot. Reason being recovery is baked into the kernel on the S2 & isn't a separate partition like other phones. So you flash a custom kernel, you end up with rooted phone + permanent CWM.
MistahBungle said:
1) Don't use Rom Manager. At all. Uninstall it. It will break recovery & cause bootloop eventually if you continue to use it.
2) Thread stickied near the top of Q&A has all the info you need. Essentially, any CWM you flash independent of the kernel will only persist until the next reboot. Reason being recovery is baked into the kernel on the S2 & isn't a separate partition like other phones. So you flash a custom kernel, you end up with rooted phone + permanent CWM.
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A huge thankyou for pointing me in the right direction. I had since the original post found Mobile Odin (invested in the pro version) and installed the CWM Recovery from the their site... only for it to revert back to stock recover screen At least now I know why.
After much hunting around - I notice the stickied posts don't make it easy to find the correct kernel for for the AU i9100 - I found the PhilZ cmw6 kernel build.... used Mobile Odin to flash and all is now rosy.
Now question.... I was under the impression that ROM Manager was required as an install with CWM. I use Online Nandroid Backup to create full ROM/Data backups and trying out Nandroid Manager for selective recovery.... is that all I need then now that CWM is successfully installed in recovery?
Cheers again
Can't speak to those products as I've never used them, but Rom Manager & the S2 is a big no no. Doing nandroid backups, which is essentially a 'snapshot' of your phone at the time you make it, by simply booting into CWRecovery & also backing up apps/app settings with Titanium has always done the job for me.
from my reading it seems like recovery is baked into any custom rom.
i don't want to run a custom rom just gpe with xposed is cool with me
i still would like a custom recovery though what is the best way to do this? i'd prefer to have TWRP
The gpe has a recovery, I don't know how good the options are for backup/restore. Maybe have a look at that.
tried Rom Manager but could not get it to work
went to clockworkmod homepage
and my tablet am not in the list
does it mean its not supported?
is there any other way to install cwm recovery other than rom manager?
or install custom rom without cwm recovery?
If it's not listed on the homepage then no image file will have being created for you to flash.
Some of the developers know how to edit the Philz touch recovery 6 for the newer kernels.
Would that recovery work for you?
image45 said:
If it's not listed on the homepage then no image file will have being created for you to flash.
Some of the developers know how to edit the Philz touch recovery 6 for the newer kernels.
Would that recovery work for you?
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im sry i really had no idea...
so would i able to install any custom rom without cwm recovery?
Well you normally need a custom recovery like CWM, TWRP or Philz touch recovery 6 to install a custom rom, yes.
I am a little new to rooting, I rooted my galaxy 2 yesterday and I tried to install from manager and it's not compatible with my device. I was reading threads and saw that it is better to boor into recovery mode and flash a rom. I am hesitant to do it because I don't know how. I read but still cautious. So can someone give me a little clarity on this subject. Also is there another app that I could install similar to mod recovery... and do I actually need it.... what apps are mandatory to have.. where can I learn recovery so I don't have to use mod recovery?
I installed CWM v5.5.0.4, CF-v.15 then install Hyper rom v8 on my friend's S3, everything just fine until yesterday he tried to reroot it himself due to wifi problem (as he said).
Now the phone cannot boot and cannot enter download mode with the volume down + home + power combo, or any other combos (it stucks on S3 logo for a while then reboot to cwm), in cwm I can't use volume keys to navigate, it still reboot when I press power button ("reboot system now" selected by default)
Please help, thanks
Flash TWRP and not CWM as CWM is very outdated. Then flash a custom ROM and Gapps from TWRP.
audit13 said:
Flash TWRP and not CWM as CWM is very outdated. Then flash a custom ROM and Gapps from TWRP.
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Not true. Cwmr is not built for the roms that the phone was never designed to run. Cwmr is still the most stable recovery for the s3 provided that you don't go higher than 4.3, which is where the stock updates ended.
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Neither CWM or TWRP, as far as I know, depend on the stock ROM installed on the phone, they both depend on the model of the phone. I stopped using CWM a long time ago and have not run into any issues. I like TWRP because it has many more options.
If you only want to flash stock-based custom ROMs, CWM should be fine but, from what I have seen in custom ROM threads, most newer (KK and higher) custom ROMs need TWRP.
The OP referenced Hyper rom v8 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-hyper-rom-t3329988) in the original post and this ROM's installation video used TWRP rather than CWM.
My post was not meant to be disrespectful to CWM in any way as the CWM team has performed great work over the years.
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Neither CWM or TWRP, as far as I know, depend on the stock ROM installed on the phone, they both depend on the model of the phone. I stopped using CWM a long time ago and have not run into any issues. I like TWRP because it has many more options.
If you only want to flash stock-based custom ROMs, CWM should be fine but, from what I have seen in custom ROM threads, most newer (KK and higher) custom ROMs need TWRP.
The OP referenced Hyper rom v8 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-hyper-rom-t3329988) in the original post and this ROM's installation video used TWRP rather than CWM.
My post was not meant to be disrespectful to CWM in any way as the CWM team has performed great work over the years.
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No offence taken. I'm just being as factual as possible. Twrp is definitely needed for higher than 4.3.
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shivadow said:
No offence taken. I'm just being as factual as possible. Twrp is definitely needed for higher than 4.3.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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Thank you. Now, back to the problem at hand:good: