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Psouza script?

Could somebody provide instructions on using the psouza script? I soft bricked my brand NEW d3. I already dl the 467 mb file and the psouza script. do i use it in ap fastboot or what? Also, it says in the instructions to put the large file in the files folder or something. I tried that and it says I cannot create a folder. Please someone. I know this isn't a dev contribution but I've got issues.

The Psouza script has a file with instructions. Tells you what to do to the last step. Open it up with adobe reader or some type of reader and follow each step and you should be good to go.
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http://rootzwiki.com/content.php?264-How-to-Un-Brick-your-D3. Go here, all the files are there.
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Apparently I am still having trouble. If someone else could help with this, I would be very thankful. It says to extract the update to the files folder however, it will not allow me. During that process, i get a couple of errors. I am very computer literate, however, not necessarily d3 literate. Please someone.

http://www.vodahost.com/web-hosting-winzip-free-download.html/. You have to extract the files using 7zip or a Zip program. I used WinZip,the 45 day trial. Go online download one of these programs, run them. They should automatically zip your files. This way you'll be able to extract them all.
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Can you describe your soft brick? You may have other options depending on your current condition (needs a launcher replacement, etc).
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I rooted installed the bootstrap that had tweaked at bottom. went to install steel rom. rebooted and stayed at dual core motorola splash screen for at least 15 minutes. i thought something must be wrong so i pulled batt and did the same thing. i have since tried to use rsd but i am not real well versed on that method. i am currently trying psouza's method on rootzwiki with no luck. I dl all the files there and used 7 zip to extract but it says files are broken. please help somebody. ive been at this for hours now.

the most hopeful solution so far is rsd using the 466 mb xml file. I get an error on 13/18 flash system.img though and it fails. Help please.
sorry it actually fails on the 16/18 cd rom it appears.

Were you able to install Steel Droid or did it never reach that menu?
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it said it installed on the phone but when i rebooted it stayed on the dual core screen for a longgggggggggggggg time.

duncan254 said:
it said it installed on the phone but when i rebooted it stayed on the dual core screen for a longgggggggggggggg time.
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i used this link. i no theres a thread out there that has the two updates back words. i had that issue before. i download every one i could find and started going through them till i found one that worked.
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?5103-SBF-Droid-3-Fastboot-files-(5.5.959-and-5.6.890)

Maybe a factory restore or simply clearing the cache would help if a previous backup is unavailable or cannot be used. It may not fix everything, but restore has saved me numerous times.
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qudwis said:
use x + power button and go to android recovery
1. press x first then power button
2. when the m logo shows let go the power button but keep pressing the x
3. when triangle shows, press volume up and down at the same time
then the screen will show android system recovery
do a wipe cache first then wipe data/factory reset
then reboot your phone..
if this doesn't work, sbf is the only choice left as far as i know of
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Try that. I went through the same thing. Even though I use the script to unbrick my phone. This was suggested and it may help.
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I dl the flashboot file. When i try and extract i get an error that says failed and check to make sure there's enough disk space. It does this when i try and extract when in rsd. when i try to extract using winzip to a misc folder, i get errors saying that system, radio, and preinstall.img files are corrupt. btw this is the second time ive dl this package. HELP

the phone will not boot into anything other than m plus power menu.

The M menu should suit your needs as well. Go into recovery and press the up and down volume buttons to access the recovery menu. Clearing the cache then doing a factory restore should get you functional.
I fumbled my way into Clockwork without the bootstrap somehow earlier today but haven't been able to reproduce it.
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whenever i go into rsd 5.5 and select the large zip file, it starts unzipping but stops at different points and says something about not enough disk space. does it mean on hard drive. i have almost 5 gb free.

when i boot to the m menu and try recovery, i get these three lines at the bottom:
Invalid CG OTV (CG; system); invalid sp data
invalid cg hab (cg; system, status; 0x004e)
invalid cg otv (cg; system)
PLEASE ANYONE HELP

Sorry, I have no experience with RSD, though I believe only a certain amount of storage is set aside for system use. Most of the phone is partitioned for storage.
After a bit of tinkering I brought up Clockwork again - reboot into your M menu, leave it selected on the first option, press and hold your power button for about five seconds then release. Once the menu times out your Motorola screen will come up for a bit then drop you into Clockwork. With this menu you can try reflashing the Steel Droid zip or a restore a backup if you prefer not to do the factory reset mentioned earlier.
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when trying to extract fastboot files i get this in winzip diagnostic:
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\cdrom. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\preinstall.img. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\radio.img. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\system.img. The file is corrupt
WTF

[Q] im in need of Rooting help

Greetings everyone,
im new to this and im very very confused, i bought a galaxy note and i was able to flash the latest firmware ICS 4.0.3 (Open German), but what i cant do is rooting the phone, and what is the exact point im failing at is creating an SDcard folder on the internal memory, i dont have an external SDcard, and as i have read on other threads :
Step 1: Download the following files from the official thread [XDA-Developers]:
CWM.zip
SU-Busybox-Installer.zip
Place all these files directly under /sdcard on your device’s internal memory.
Step 2: Shutdown your device. Once it is completely shut down, press and hold Volume Down + Power + Home buttons until you see a screen asking you to press to press Volume Up. Press said button to complete booting into Recovery Mode.
Step 3: Select apply update from external storage and then navigate to where you placed CWM.zip. Select it.
Step 4: Your device should now boot into ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery.
Step 5: From CWM, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > SU-Busybox-Installer.zip
Step 6: From main menu of CWM, choose reboot system now.
If you followed the steps correctly, your Samsung Galaxy Note International GT-N7000 will now be rooted on Android 4.0.3 ICS.
all the steps seems to be easy, and i failed on creating sdcard folder on internal memory, i would appreciate your help.
thanks alot
hussam saidan

Just place the file of busybox etc in ur phones default 16gb memory... that is the internal sd card...
No need of creating anything...

still does not work...
sbnaul said:
Just place the file of busybox etc in ur phones default 16gb memory... that is the internal sd card...
No need of creating anything...
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i did that, and when i tried to install, still tells me E:failed to load directories or file sdcard..
it's not working, and the guy says i should create a file in the internal memory which i dont think i can access, still need help, please someone help me out

hussamutza said:
i did that, and when i tried to install, still tells me E:failed to load directories or file sdcard..
it's not working, and the guy says i should create a file in the internal memory which i dont think i can access, still need help, please someone help me out
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You need to put the zip file in the root directory of the internal memory (internal SD card). Then in CWM you need to choose install zip from internal SD card not from SD card.

finding difficulties doing that
tknguyencsu said:
You need to put the zip file in the root directory of the internal memory (internal SD card). Then in CWM you need to choose install zip from internal SD card not from SD card.
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sorry for asking alot, but actually i dont know that much about androids, what i did step by step is,
1- downloading the files
2- open phone storage via my computer
3- pasted the files once the screen opened and created a file named sdcard and pasted the files there too just in case.
4- turned off the phone, pressed vol up+homescreen+power
5- apply updates from sdcard
and after that i wait a couple of seconds and a message pops in red says
E:/failed to mount /sdcard(no such file or directory)
i was never able to reach CWM.
if you could patiently and gladly post me a step by step what should i do, i will be very appreciated and thanks in advance.
thanks for helping
hussam saidan

bump bump
i would love to have an expert to guide me thru or give me step by step guide...
still needs help !!

I guess you are choosing the wrong option from the CWM
On the first screen of CWM recovery
1. choose "install zip from sd card"
2. On the next screen click "install zip from internal sdcard"
3. then goto the folder you created and then choose the SU zip file
Hope it helps...

need help
akhugsal said:
I guess you are choosing the wrong option from the CWM
On the first screen of CWM recovery
1. choose "install zip from sd card"
2. On the next screen click "install zip from internal sdcard"
3. then goto the folder you created and then choose the SU zip file
Hope it helps...
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my friend, im not even able to reach CWM, my phone is not rooted, im trying to root my phone, i cant reach CWM. i just need a way to Root my galaxy note ice 4.0.3

Ok try this turn phone off, turn on and quickly
press volume up, home and power at same time untill phone boots again, this is tricky may need couple tries. This will launch recovery. From there choose install update from... By navigating with volume buttons you can choose install from. This opens the sd card, choose the folder where you downloaded cwm.zip to, navigate with volume button to it. Click power button to select., navigate to yes and watch it install, after install you can use touch screen to options described in your first post. This will install superuser. After that is done reboot. In applications there is superuser. You are rooted now.
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I did everything you said exactly but I got only super now but no CWM! And when I access root by some application it says you need root.
Here is what I did
1. Boot into recovery
2. Select install from sd
3. Selected external sd
4. Choose CWM.zip
5. Confirm install
6. Now recovery booted onto CWM
7. Select sd card (internal)
8. Choose su busy box from root folder
9. Confirm installation
10. Reboot device.
Now I can only see busybox not CWM!!!!!
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Ok progress, but not full root. Download speedmod kernel on your phone, the cwm flashable zip from developer thread k3.
Speedmod is prerooted, and should together with already installed superuser provide full root. ICS one is k3 thread. The k3-3 one is stable and relatively safe. Best batterylife too.
Now restart procedure with cwm.zip instal. In cwm install the speedmod kernel zip and reboot. Now you should have full root. Test it by rebooting, opening superuser and in preferences select update binaries. Allow superuser acces for superuser. Select update. It should pass everything.
Cwm recovery is now also installed, but not as a link within applications. You can access it by rebooting and volume up, homekey and power combo. Speedmod has the wipe functionality that can break your phone disabled, same goes for factory reset. If you want that in future install throught pc odin, see stickies development thread drKetans thread, and do it safely from gb, and not ICS.
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You can download speedmod from the download lin in first post of this thread. Not the sourcecode, but from the download link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1673072
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In subsequent posts it said there is bug for hard brick!!! Should I use only odin method?? If I do so will it increase binary counter?
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priyanv said:
In subsequent posts it said there is bug for hard brick!!! Should I use only odin method?? If I do so will it increase binary counter?
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No, do the cwm.zip install, easiest. Odin is safest always, but because of triangle and binary counter I recommend cwm.
Just dont do factory reset/wipe from cwm. Thats what triggers the hardbrick in 99% of cases. Only small number of cases by installing through cwm.
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I know rooting is completely upon owners risk... And m gonna take that now...
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OK now I got CWM and superSU and speedmod kernel. But still I don't have root access. M trying to remove Google ads thru lucky patcher but it gives error that I don't have root access .. Is there separate version for ICS? I got moved all the alps from gb thru TB.
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Did you test by updating binaries throught superuser preferences?
Actually, if you followed procedure you should have superuser and not supersu .
Get it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647148
Best to reinstall throught cwm the superuser zip. And test root again
Edit, unstall supersu first. Then after zip install test update binaries
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Wow everything solved and I managed to remove ads.. Thanks for your patient help..
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Your welcome
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Should you want to revert to stock, follow guide from genius dr Ketan in sticky thread of development. Best to do that before sending to service centre because they dont like or akways accept rooted devices for warranty
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[Q] HELP! :( Semi Bricked. Tried EVERYTHING

Ok
Please forgive me I have spent up to 7 hours today searching and trying but to no luck.
So I didnt realise what i was doing and Semi Bricked my Phone. I edited build.prop and saved it in MyExplorer(name?) to try and turn off the camera sounds and when I rebooted, it just gets stuck on the galaxy S 2 screen, boot loop.
I'm on SGSII (Australia) Stock Vodafone's ICS 4.0.3 Rooted.
I have CWM installed but tried a few things:
- I can get into Download MOde (no idea what to do here)
- I can get into CWM mode 5.0.2.7 Recovery mode but cant do anything still.
- I tried various Edify script builders to try and put the original build.prop back in but get multiple Status 0 errors whenever I try update.zip from the SD card.
- I tried rebuilding the backup on there and changing the build.prop file on there and trying to restore but MD5 check fails. Even tried rebuilding the MD5 file with the modified files and still no luck. MD5 files fails.
Would anyone have any suggestions and how to resolve this without a flash or wipe? I didnt back recent backup and will lose everything.
I am coming to a point where I really am wanting to back to Apple
There are 2 build.props attached. One is the bad one that stopped me from booting up and I found another one that was named .bak (extension taken off) I found in the same directory (/SYSTEM)
If anyone can help me build an update.zip to push in via CVM I would greatly be in your debt (I tried for 4 hours with no luck)

If you have recovery and download mode yet nothing is lost.
In first, do saved your apps ?
If you had saved them or if it doesn't matter to you, reflash a rom via recovery
LINK HERE:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/jenkins/2773/cm-9-20120615-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip
Flash it GoogleApps folder
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
The rom that I attached to the reply is a CM9 ICS version, it's quitly stable and we can have some settings on it.
If it doesn't work reflash with Odin (it's with software who use the Download Mode)
http://hotfile.com/dl/149514867/aea2f22/I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_XEO.zip.html
Instructions
-Unzip the Rom Folder ( I9100XXLPQ..........)
-Open the included Odin
-Put your phone on Download Mode
-Click PDA and select I9100_CODE_I9100XXKP*_CL*_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
-Click PHONE and select MODEM_I9100XX*_REV_02_CL*.tar.md5
-Click CSC and GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXA*.tar.md5
-Click Start and don't touch anything still the colored case become green
-And now your phone resurrects
Reply me of results

thanks for your reply
unfortunately i didnt save my apps and havent got backups of my data either
i cant reach the file via ADB either, when i run ADB (have KIES installed and worked before) - adb devices.
nothing shows up when the phone is stuck on "Samsung GS2" screen.
do you have any recommendations around keeping my data there?

If you find the exact same software your on now to download you could try flashing that in cwm without wipes I think that would work i think it replaces all system stuff so it will work, worth a try
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understood thanks
what if i just want to flash build.prop via update.zip?
i tried so many methods but it always fails. is anyone able to create a update.zip for me?

i used a GUI script creator to try and update it via CWM recovery mode but it doesnt seem to like it.
If i turn off signature verification, it gives me a (status 0) error saying : E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip
and if i turn on verification toggle, it says E: signature verification failed
can anyone help?

calum96 said:
If you find the exact same software your on now to download you could try flashing that in cwm without wipes I think that would work i think it replaces all system stuff so it will work, worth a try
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i know there are 2 types of ROMS right? the nonwipes and wipes. i really dont want the wipe versions.
the one i downloaded is 1G which i'd imagine is the wipe version if i were to upgrade via odin?
http://www.androidaddicted.com/firm...-vodafone-australia-firmware-update-1267.html

Can you mount any sd on your pc, because you can the recovery mount trick to access to your data.
When you are in the recovery menu, go to mount and storage and click on "mount usb storage" and the internal and external sd will appear on your pc.

you are posting in galaxy s thread....repost in galaxy s2 thread

I don't think so but then again I don't own a s2 but you can select advanced restore: restore data then flash a compatible ROM, then restore the data if you worried but as I said before flashing the same ROM shouldn't remove user data
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I can't get it back to stock ROM

I have a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II and I tried to get my phone back to stock ROM following this directions:
"1. Connect your device to your PC and copy uvlg3.flash2stock.zip to your internal SD.
2. Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery. To do this,
i. Power down your devi ce.
ii. Press and hold the Volume Up and Power buttons until you see the Samsung logo appear.
iii. Release both buttons.
iv. Press the left bottom Menu capacitive button when you see the Recovery logo (white box with the android icon).
3. On the next screen, select apply update from sdcard using the Volume Up and Down buttons to navigate and the Home button to select.
4. Highlight uvlg3.flash2stock.zip on the next screen and press the Home button to select it.
5. Go back to previous menu and select reboot system now to restart your device."
It all seemed to work fine but in step 4, when i applied the update from sd card it appears in yellow:
E: short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip(no space left on device)
Installation aborted.
As you can figure, im desperated!! so please if someone could help!!!
THANKS

You missed the wiping part. Do a factory reset/wipe Rom ... I forget what it's called in CWM... Then flash the Rom
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it doesn't work
Mwas. said:
You missed the wiping part. Do a factory reset/wipe Rom ... I forget what it's called in CWM... Then flash the Rom
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I did all that, the CWM doesnt appear now, im in the android system recovery <3e> and my options are the foollowing:
-reboot system now
-apply update from sd card(here is the stock rom but when i apply it it doesnt work because of "insuficent space"
-wipe data/factory reset(did that already)
-wipe cache partition(did that already)
-install fota(dont know what it is but i did it anyway).
Thanks for the reply

aditional info
when i reboot my phone and press down the volume i appear in odin mode, it gives me 2 choices: reboot or download mode, if i enter the download mode it appears:
ODIN HOME
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T679
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT KERNEL: UNKNOWN
(ANDROID ICON)
dOWNLOAdING...
Do not turn off target!

There is an alternative way to enter recovery, just pull your battery, hook up the usb cable (ummm phone to pc), press and hold the volume up button then drop in the battery. When you see recovery start let go of the volume button.
You can mount your computer through cwm or twrp recovery an move the stock rom from your pc to your external sd. Do full wipes before flashing (any ROM in my opinion)

Sounds like you need to put the .zip on ext_sd, then wipe your internal sd, or manually delete all of the files. Something is eating all of the space. You might want to put the custom recovery back on it, CWM or TWRP, then wipe it all and reflash the zip, then reboot.

[RECOVERY] Official ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.7

[UPDATE 8/27/2013:] GS4 GPe (I9505G/jgedlte) is now officially supported by the ClockworkMod team as of version 6.0.3.6. You can use the I9505/jfltexx recovery on both International and Google Play edition variants.
Download at the official page here, scroll down to "Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505)". Both regular and touch versions are available.
Flash it via Heimdall:
Download the latest version of Heimdall from here and extract the ZIP to a folder on your hard drive (e.g. C:\Heimdall\ )
Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 redistributables package from here. These are required to have Heimdall work properly.
Download the latest recovery .IMG file for the I9505 from here and save it to the Heimdall folder.
Shut down your phone. This is important! Do not simply "Reboot to Bootloader" from a ROM or via ADB; the phone needs to boot to Download mode from the "off" state. Disconnect the phone from USB, and turn it on by holding Home + Volume Down + Power buttons together. This will start the phone in the Download mode. Connect the phone to your computer via USB.
Run zadig.exe included in the "Drivers" subdirectory of Heimdall installation. From the menu chose Options -> List All Devices. From the USB Device list chose "Samsung USB Composite Device", or "MSM..." - basically the SGS4. Press "Install Driver", click "Yes" to the prompt and if you receive a message about being unable to verify the publisher of the driver click "Install this driver software anyway". Your phone should now be recognized by Heimdall.
Open Windows Command Prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted Heimdall. Now type in the following command:
Code:
heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery_file_name_here.img --no-reboot
and press Enter. This will flash the recovery. Disconnect the USB cable, and hold the Power button until the phone vibrates. Now hold Home + Volume Up + Power to boot into ClockworkMod recovery.
Known issue: On CM 10.2 and 11 ROMs sometimes while rebooting, the phone gets stuck on the Google logo for a long time. This seems to be a race condition (likely culprit is recently merged SELinux, but not confirmed.) Sometimes it clears up on its own after waiting for several minutes, but usually a reboot via battery pull (or holding Power for 10 seconds) clears is right up. Alternatively, removing and immediately re-inserting the SD Card will work as well.
[Insert generic CYA here.]
Flash and use at your own risk.
All thanks go to ClockworkMod team and @gweedo767 in particular.

Chahk said:
This is the unofficial beta of the ClockworkMod recovery built specifically for I9505G/jgedlte/S4 GPe, built by @gweedo767.
Flash it via Heimdall:
Download the latest version of Heimdall from here and extract the ZIP to a folder on your hard drive (e.g. C:\Heimdall\ )
Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 redistributables package from here. These are required to have Heimdall work properly.
Download the attached .IMG file and save it to the Heimdall folder.
Shut down your phone, disconnect it from USB, and turn it on by holding Home + Volume Down + Power buttons together. This will start the phone in the Download mode. Connect the phone to your computer via USB.
Run zadig.exe included in the "Drivers" subdirectory of Heimdall installation. From the menu chose Options -> List All Devices. From the USB Device list chose "Samsung USB Composite Device", or "MSM..." - basically the SGS4. Press "Install Driver", click "Yes" to the prompt and if you receive a message about being unable to verify the publisher of the driver click "Install this driver software anyway". Your phone should now be recognized by Heimdall.
Open Windows Command Prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted Heimdall. Now type in the following command:
Code:
heimdall flash --RECOVERY beta-recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.5-jgedlte.img --no-reboot
and press Enter. This will flash the recovery. Disconnect the USB cable, and hold the Power button until the phone vibrates. Now hold Home + Volume Up + Power to boot into ClockworkMod recovery.
So far I've tested mounting all partitions, formatting and wiping, backup and restore to both internal storage and external SD Card, flashing ROMs. Everything seems to be working.
[insert generic CYA here.]
Test it at your own risk, and report any issues here or on IRC in #koush at irc.freenode.net
All thanks go to ClockworkMod team and @gweedo767 in particular.
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Nice! I tried to build a touch recovery one -- it just rebooted constantly when I tried to enter recovery.

tublah said:
Nice! I tried to build a touch recovery one -- it just rebooted constantly when I tried to enter recovery.
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This one isn't touch enabled. If all goes well, gweedo767 will be releasing this officially some time today.

Thanks Chahk
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Okay fairly new to the Rom scene but what is the difference between TWRP and ClockworkMod? I know that TWRP is touch based is that the only difference? I know in one of the CM10.2 threads they keep telling people to use CWM recovery and not the other ones.
Sorry for the stupid question but I am curious.

ChaoticUnreality said:
Okay fairly new to the Rom scene but what is the difference between TWRP and ClockworkMod? I know that TWRP is touch based is that the only difference? I know in one of the CM10.2 threads they keep telling people to use CWM recovery and not the other ones.
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Just like custom ROMs, custom recovery images are just different ways to do the same thing. One is not necessarily better than the other, it's just pure personal preference. Other threads are urging people to use official recoveries, as opposed to those modified and built by random forum members. It doesn't necessarily mean CWM only, it just means the official versions will have a better chance of being more stable and having less issues.
FYI, there are touch-enabled versions of CWM also: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

ODIN-flashable TAR
Here is an ODIN-flashable TAR of this recovery (the beta)
https://www.box.com/s/1026fqbf49sthkd2rfv5

Any idea when this will be released in ROM manager? Iv been using the beta with no issues.
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How is clockwork mod compare to TWRP. When I use TWRP it freezes sometime
Google Edition S4

CWM and TWRP both work well. One feature I like that TWRP has that CWM does not is the ability to queue multiple zips for flashing all at once. On the flip side being able to use hardware buttons to navigate in CWM is handy on the rare occasion when the touchscreen is on the fritz.

I booted from this version of CWM via fastboot with the command
fastboot boot beta-recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.5-jgedlte.img
and successfully completed a back-up to internal flash, though I haven't tried restoring from the back-up. I then rebooted the phone, choosing not to have CWM overwrite anything on the phone, in order to keep stock recovery in place.
The only odd thing I've noticed is that the back-up file dates are set to January 6, 1970, with the back-up directory being named
1970-01-06.14.02.54

Latest recovery for I9505 (jfltexx) is now also fully compatible with I9505G/jgedlte. Download it at the official page here.

Chahk said:
Latest recovery for I9505 (jfltexx) is now also fully compatible with I9505G/jgedlte. Download it at the official page here.
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Sweet! Touch as well?
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tublah said:
Sweet! Touch as well?
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Yep. Both regular and touch-enabled 6.0.3.6 recoveries for I9505 work on I9505G.

Chahk said:
Latest recovery for I9505 (jfltexx) is now also fully compatible with I9505G/jgedlte. Download it at the official page here.
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Thanks for the heads-up on this. It's working great for me, with one exception. I can't mount or back up to my FAT32-formatted 64GB microSD card. According to what I've found via searching the forums, this is supported, at least for the I9505. Anyone else seeing a similar issue when using 6.0.3.6 with the I9505G?

highvista said:
Thanks for the heads-up on this. It's working great for me, with one exception. I can't mount or back up to my FAT32-formatted 64GB microSD card. According to what I've found via searching the forums, this is supported, at least for the I9505. Anyone else seeing a similar issue when using 6.0.3.6 with the I9505G?
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For me, it's working fine. I have a Sandisk 64G formatted to FAT32 and did a successful backup. It's not as fast as TWRP but I can live with that.
When dialog fails, it's time for violence.

bleez99 said:
For me, it's working fine. I have a Sandisk 64G formatted to FAT32 and did a successful backup. It's not as fast as TWRP but I can live with that.
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Thanks for the feedback. I've got it working, as well. I was trying to avoid using Heimdall to flash the recovery to my phone and was doing a fastboot into recovery instead. It looks like you can't backup to external using that process. I used Heimdall to do the flash and now the backup to external works.

I did a fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.6-jfltexx.img and was able to do a backup and a create image zip. I could not do this to the external SD card. Got an error on the bottom No file_contexts. I'm ok with that at least I got backup up.
My question is where are these backups stored? In CWM going to the "advance restore" option I see that it was created /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup "1970 etc etc", however using ES file Explorer and Total Commander there are only 3 files in the /sdcard/clockworkdmod/backup folder. .nomedia 0.00 B, .recovery_version 40.00 B and .settings 285 B.
I've also used root browser can can't seem to find where these backups are stored.
Where are these files store so I can copy them to my computer for safe keeping?
Thanks.
Ok, found 'em.... /data/media/clockworkmod directory contains all the info!

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Here is an ODIN-flashable TAR of this recovery (the beta)
https://www.box.com/s/1026fqbf49sthkd2rfv5
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By any chance do u have the new cmw Odin flashable tar file
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toanau said:
By any chance do u have the new cmw Odin flashable tar file
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6.0.3.6 is the latest and there is an Odin tar in this thread. Is there a newer one floating around I didn't see anything updated from the website?
Update I think that image was for 6.0.3.5 if so let me know I can make you a .tar file
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