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[RECOVERY}[TWRP] for the SGSIII T-MO

I don't know why this isn't posted in here. I did not create this, I only found the link on RootzWiki. Mods can take this down If Super Amazing Elite posts it here eventually.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29370-twrp-for-the-sgsiii-t-mo-should-work-for-sprint-and-att-too/
Link to download:
http://goo.im/devs/birdman/twrp8.img
to install:
-have root
-have adb
adb push twrp8.img /sdcard/twrp8.img
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp8.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
reboot recovery

kscasper13 said:
I don't know why this isn't posted in here. I did not create this, I only found the link on RootzWiki. Mods can take this down If Super Amazing Elite posts it here eventually.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29370-twrp-for-the-sgsiii-t-mo-should-work-for-sprint-and-att-too/
Link to download:
http://goo.im/devs/birdman/twrp8.img
to install:
-have root
-have adb
adb push twrp8.img /sdcard/twrp8.img
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp8.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
reboot recovery
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Thanks for this post because I had no idea this was out there. I have a few questions. How is this differ from clockword MOD Recovery? What does TWRP even stand for? Also in version 5.4.8.5 works on the internal and external mounts of the SD Cards and it only backs up the system as opposed to the media at the time. You mind schooling me on the differences of this and clockwork Mod? Thanks

bdorr1105 said:
Thanks for this post because I had no idea this was out there. I have a few questions. How is this differ from clockword MOD Recovery? What does TWRP even stand for? Also in version 5.4.8.5 works on the internal and external mounts of the SD Cards and it only backs up the system as opposed to the media at the time. You mind schooling me on the differences of this and clockwork Mod? Thanks
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TWRP=TeamWin Recovery Project,i know that part.

Nice work, I'm surely gonna try .

Installed it last night using these instructions and it works. Haven't exhaustively tested it yet though.
Hopefully someone will build an Odin .tar or a cwm flashable package soon to make it noob-friendly. I'd hate to see someone brick from a typo
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kscasper13 said:
I don't know why this isn't posted in here. I did not create this, I only found the link on RootzWiki. Mods can take this down If Super Amazing Elite posts it here eventually.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29370-twrp-for-the-sgsiii-t-mo-should-work-for-sprint-and-att-too/
Link to download:
http://goo.im/devs/birdman/twrp8.img
to install:
-have root
-have adb
adb push twrp8.img /sdcard/twrp8.img
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/twrp8.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
reboot recovery
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Great find, trying this out now, seems to work so far. Also for anyone who isn't comfortable with ADB, you can follow the instructions from 'su' on the OP and install this with Terminal Emulator as well.
EDIT: I can also verify that TWRP does mount both internal and external SD via the local file manager, however I haven't been able to mount it with my computer. Also, TWRP by default back-ups to your sd-card and not the phone the way it should.

asatnik11 said:
Installed it last night using these instructions and it works. Haven't exhaustively tested it yet though.
Hopefully someone will build an Odin .tar or a cwm flashable package soon to make it noob-friendly. I'd hate to see someone brick from a typo
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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agree, i may try to tar this up since i have wubi on vm.

All you have to do to flash this is go to market and look up goo.im app.After you download app hit menu then install open recovery script.Done
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tennandcoz1 said:
All you have to do to flash this is go to market and look up goo.im app.After you download app hit menu then install open recovery script.Done
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Tried that. Only Verizon SG3 is supported via this method.

what are the benefits of this over CWM recovery?

kambiz.aghaiepour said:
what are the benefits of this over CWM recovery?
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A bit more user friendly in my opinion. Plus a few additional options that cwm doesn't have like a built in file manager, and stock it writes to sd card.
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This flashes fine on an ATT SGSIII, but I cannot mount the internal sdcard. Any ideas?

airtower said:
This flashes fine on an ATT SGSIII, but I cannot mount the internal sdcard. Any ideas?
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You will need to go into Mount and ensure that SD Card is checked. This will not allow your computer to see it, however you will be able to view the SD Card from the built in file manager and back-up/restore to the SD Card as well.

id_twin said:
You will need to go into Mount and ensure that SD Card is checked. This will not allow your computer to see it, however you will be able to view the SD Card from the built in file manager and back-up/restore to the SD Card as well.
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No dice. The option to mount the sdcard is there and it is unselected, but I am not able to select it. No need to have it visible via USB for me, but backup/restore and most importantly the ability to flash from the sdcard are must haves.

airtower said:
No dice. The option to mount the sdcard is there and it is unselected, but I am not able to select it. No need to have it visible via USB for me, but backup/restore and most importantly the ability to flash from the sdcard are must haves.
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It seems a bit finicky, I would try clicking on and around until it selects. I don't think you being on AT&T would affect that, but that could always be a possibility as well.

airtower said:
No dice. The option to mount the sdcard is there and it is unselected, but I am not able to select it. No need to have it visible via USB for me, but backup/restore and most importantly the ability to flash from the sdcard are must haves.
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From my trials, I have noticed that if you press on it, even though it doesnt show it is selected, it probably is. Go to backup and check out the available size and see if it matches up with your SD card. Worked this way for me.

Has anyone on Tmobile flashed many roms with twrp yet, and has anyone had any of the dreaded losing imei issues? I'm currently on the Sprint cwm from team epic, but I have the Tmo gs3. The Tmo cwm would not recognize my external sd card & that's a must for me, I even tried the touch version. With all these reports of ppl losing their IMEI #, I haven't been able to flash any rom for fear id brick my phone & my flash counter is already tripped. Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated, as I loved twrp on my Transformer Prime & I feel it may be safer for preserving my imei that cwm.

androholic said:
Has anyone on Tmobile flashed many roms with twrp yet, and has anyone had any of the dreaded losing imei issues? I'm currently on the Sprint cwm from team epic, but I have the Tmo gs3. The Tmo cwm would not recognize my external sd card & that's a must for me, I even tried the touch version. With all these reports of ppl losing their IMEI #, I haven't been able to flash any rom for fear id brick my phone & my flash counter is already tripped. Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated, as I loved twrp on my Transformer Prime & I feel it may be safer for preserving my imei that cwm.
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i flashed 3 different roms today with no issues and used nandroid once, hope that helps ya.(2 kernels also)

androholic said:
Has anyone on Tmobile flashed many roms with twrp yet, and has anyone had any of the dreaded losing imei issues? I'm currently on the Sprint cwm from team epic, but I have the Tmo gs3. The Tmo cwm would not recognize my external sd card & that's a must for me, I even tried the touch version. With all these reports of ppl losing their IMEI #, I haven't been able to flash any rom for fear id brick my phone & my flash counter is already tripped. Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated, as I loved twrp on my Transformer Prime & I feel it may be safer for preserving my imei that cwm.
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I can also verify that it works without any issues. I flashed CM9 and then restored my TW after toying around with it for a bit. No issues here.

Zephyron said:
From my trials, I have noticed that if you press on it, even though it doesnt show it is selected, it probably is. Go to backup and check out the available size and see if it matches up with your SD card. Worked this way for me.
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No, still not coming up with anything in /sdcard. If I hit the "terminal" button in the center, it reads E: Can't mount /sdcard. I flashed CWM orginally using a different out file path in the dd command, but if my linux knowledge serves me correct it still points to the same memory blocks. I've flashed back and forth between CWM and TWRP several times to no avail. Also, I'm flashing this via terminal emulator and not adb but I doubt that makes a difference either.
Edit: internal sdcard shows up under /data/media. this breaks recovery scripts that sen TWRP looking for /sdcard, but at least I can flash manually from TWRP.

MicroSD Card Issues

Hi, I have a problem with my patriot signature microsd 32gb on my 16gb Samsung Galaxy SIII which I use as a music and picture storage for my music player and camera
The phone is rooted and is running stock ROM and kernel
The problem:
1)when transferring music files while the sd card is in the phone, using a usb and explorer method of copying and pushing sometimes the write protected warning pops up, other times the file would copy but I could not find it in my music player/gallery, other times the file is present for a period of time but after a restart of my phone the file disappears.
NOTE: However, files that I have transferred using the microsd adapter and directly through the computer does not change at all.
2)On the default camera I have set up the external sd card as the default location for pictures, but when I take a picture sometimes the warning that "sd card cannot be located and default storage is changed back into phone"
3)On Android Commander when I try to push music files it always ends up as permission denied
4)When I try to copy music through the windows explorer this message pops up "the device has either stopped working or is not responding"
What I attempted:
I thought it was a formatting problem and so I tried to format the sd card using both my phone and pc into the phone's desired FAT32 format,
but the problem persists.
I have also inserted the sd card into the adapter and put the write protected switch up thinking it was a permissions problem
Is it a faulty card? or am I doing something wrong?
Additional Note:
1)I have both ES file explorer and Root explorer and when I attempt to change the permission on my external sd card which usually appears in ES file explorer as "rwx-rwx-r(blank)x" it always fails
2)When opening the gallery and trying to view some of the photos saved in the external sd card, it would appears as unable to load and just a black screen.
3)I also export playlists from itunes in m3u format and puts it in a playlist folder in the sd card but it would never appear when I try to see it in a file explorer, although using poweramp I can import the list, but the old ones that I have placed on the card is also present unable to find them or delete them in either the phone or the pc
I have really became desperate trying to solve this problem
Please help me

Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Have you tried this?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.

DocHoliday77 said:
Try reformatting as exFat. Also I don't think you can change the permissions on the entire sdcard.
It could also be that the phone connects using MTP. There's an app here on xda called sgs3 easy ums. It will mount the card as a UMS device. Try transferring that way.
I think the sgs3 was intended to use the exFat format though.
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Wow this forum is awsome people reply so fast!
anyhow yes I did use sgs3 and it says it could not be detected, my external sd card that is,
I will try to format it as exFat as soon as possible but atm I am not able to back up my music if needed
mutiny said:
Have you tried this?
I have a problem with my card right now for my SDS3 (see sig) but my problem is completely different from yours. Hope that helps solve your problem.
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Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card

HolySafari said:
Ya I also downloaded that tool along with easeus partition which was not able to recognize my sd card
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That's weird. If it doesn't pick up your card then the problem might be more serious than you think. But how can you see the contents and be able to format it yet utilities like Easus and SDFormatter can't see the drive? Did you try disconnecting all USB flash drives, your phone or other devices connected to your computer first? Check explorer and see to it that your card is the only one connected with a drive letter. Go to SDFormatter, hit refresh and make sure the drive letter is chosen.
SDFormatter just fixed the problem I was having.

You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You said you were rooted stock. Did you do any debloating or anything else to it. I doubt its the case but maybe something needed was accidentally removed.
Have you tried running fix permissions in recovery or TiB?
Also, how did you root? Was it recent and did the card function properly before? If you used odin to flash a rooted fw, maybe it was a bad download?
If all else fails, you could try reflashing the full stock fw with Odin.
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1)I didn't do any debloating for my phone, and how do you run fix permissions in recovery? or TiB?
2)I root my phone by following this guide "How to Root U.S. and Canada Galaxy S3 SGH-T999/SGH-I747/SPH-L710! [Fail-Proof][Noob-Proof][U.S. Cellular]" using odin
3)So by reflashing the full stock fw do you mean I need to factory reset? or Is it possible to download the stock fw somewhere?
Sorry I am new to android, so please bear with me

Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, coulda sworn you could run fix permissions in Titanium....
You should be able to do this in cwm or twrp recovery. May be in the advanced menu. You can install the recovery from Rom or Goo Manager app.
Factory reset wipes all user data taking you back to an out of the box state.
You can get a pre rooted version of the FW from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
This is the original LE6 version though, if you want the updated LH2 version give me a few min to get the link for you.
Follow directions in that thread to flash with Odin.
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Ok, sorry, just reread your last post and I can point you to the FW you need but I first need to know which carrier you have. Is it T999 on tmobile or T999V on one of the Canadian carriers?
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thank you so much for taking the time and finding that for me!
i will definitely try it as soon as i can!
thanks again

NP.
Let us know how it goes. If noting at all seems to work, try borrowing a sdcard and see if it acts the same.
Could always just be a problem elwith the card itself
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I had a patriot 16gb class 10.. when it works.. it's awesome should be called class 15 or something lol. However there were three times it randomly corrupts.. lost all my pictures and crap. A format usually fixes it. After the second time... i learned to put my photos to default internal memory. The third time i was no longer able to format it... couldn't move files in or out but i can open them?! I went with the high amount of 5 star reviews but should've listened to them 1-2 star reviews. They don't do well with phones. And your problem is a problem that occurred to me every now and then. Remember to back up your card frequently before it crashes!
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ah, problem
so I tried followed the link and the steps to flash the fw
but I am encountering this problem of when odin is done and the phone is restarting the "process android.process.acore has stopped" along with touchwiz and poweramp.
I reflashed twice and the problem remains
I even cleared dalvik cache and regular cache and fixed permissions with cwm and rebooted but it still did not fix the problem
Do I have to factory reset now?
:crying:

I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I can't remember which app it is or if this is the one requiring factory reset. Can you boot and get to settings > app manager? If so clear data on google services framework. Maube also touchwiz home. (Can't remember for sure)
You could also try using the built in file manager in twrp. Go to /data/data and look for those folders and delete them. May not work but worth a try.
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ya thanks for the advice but it didn't work
From what I can tell the only solution now is to do a factory reset
anyways so why did the fw not work for me?
i even made sure i downloaded the correct wind one
at least now maybe with the factory fw i can make sure the external sd card works?

so factory reset is done
external sd card still does not want to work via "my file" folder creation
I don't know is it broken? I would like to try another sd card but I need to find one
although I did test it with h2testw and no error message popped up.
It wrote and verified fine.

Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sometimes left over data can cause problems with a newly flashed system. Odin didn't wipe your apps or data and something was left behind that conflicted with setup or something like that. Sorry it came down to that man.
Ive heard a few times over the past couple years of sdcards working fine in one device but not at all in another. It seems rare and I'm not sure why it happens, but it can.
Only way to know for sure is to borrow a known good sdcard and try it. If it also doesn't work then its most likely a problem with the phone. If it works then you probably need to replace the card. Maybe take it to the store where you got it and let them try. That way if it doesn't work you have a witness that can note your account of the issue.
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ya probably have to do that
thanks again for the help

[Q] Need help Clockwork recovery failed backup

Hey guys yesterday i tried to make a backup using clockwork recovery and it failed and now when i check my memory it says 800 free of 12.0 gb.
I dont know what to do there is no file or anything. Should i try to format my card?

killtrippy said:
Hey guys yesterday i tried to make a backup using clockwork recovery and it failed and now when i check my memory it says 800 free of 12.0 gb.
I dont know what to do there is no file or anything. Should i try to format my card?
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Still need help please! I really dont want to replace my S3 for $125. Im sure something is able to fix it

What version of CWM do you have and what ROM are you running? And did you have that little space left all along or was it only after you tried making a backup?
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aussie88 said:
What version of CWM do you have and what ROM are you running? And did you have that little space left all along or was it only after you tried making a backup?
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Im not sure but its not that i tried to backup a stock version of the latest legit ROM from samsung and it failed and phone restarted and now it show like 500 mb's left on my phone. I check all files on the phone and nothing is taking up space all the files on my phone together is like 2gb. not sure whats wrong. I installed a different rom to check if thats a issue with the stock Samsung ROM but nope it still same.
EDIT: I just tried to format the DATA partition which it shows takes up 12GB but didnt do anything.

Well if you're running an older version of CWM, you will have issues with any 4.3 roms, stock or not. I would firstly upgrade to the latest version of CWM, and then if you can, use a root Explorer either on your phone or laptop to see hidden files.
I personally had an issue due to having an older version of CWM, and I had a few gb of data hidden behind a bunch of nested 0 folders.
If you still don't see anything, then maybe a format of the internal SD thru CWM is in order. Hopefully you have/are able to back up all that info before you need to do that tho.
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aussie88 said:
Well if you're running an older version of CWM, you will have issues with any 4.3 roms, stock or not. I would firstly upgrade to the latest version of CWM, and then if you can, use a root Explorer either on your phone or laptop to see hidden files.
I personally had an issue due to having an older version of CWM, and I had a few gb of data hidden behind a bunch of nested 0 folders.
If you still don't see anything, then maybe a format of the internal SD thru CWM is in order. Hopefully you have/are able to back up all that info before you need to do that tho.
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I am running the LATEST version of CWM i remembered i checked like 2 weeks ago i can check again but shouldnt be a problem. Ill check right now with root explorer and see if i find any files. I already backed up everything on my SD card.

Can someone please just help me? Encryption WOES...

Sorry for posting here, I just desperately need some help. I haven't been able to use my phone for about 5 days now. I need to know what to do, I'm so ****ing lost. I have a very unique situation (I feel), and I don't know where else to go. Basically, encryption ****ed up somehow and now I can't access my device via ADB, I might have lost ROOT, and I don't freakin know what to do next...I've never been in a bind this bad while rooting phones (done it for years now).
History on what happened: I had everything set up beautifully in CM11, I loved it, was smooth, everything worked.
Saw the encryption option in settings, decided to do it, and then the password I set up would not work. I wrote it down, I was extremely careful, I made sure I entered it properly both times. It just wouldn't work!.
Now I have no phone...I hope I didn't brick it permanently. I couldn't factory erase or anything through the CWM recovery I had. In the "mounts and storage" section, I was able to format the /system partition, but not the /data one. I believe that when I formatted the /system partition I somehow removed root, because now every time I try to exit CWM it says:
Root access is missing. Root device? THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE.
I tried saying yes, but it still asks every time. I am also unable to get the ls980 to be recognized by adb. I have cwm recovery open, and the phone is connected to the computer, but it doesn't see it. I suspect this is because I don't have root?
I am very confused, and could really use some help. The people at the sprint store have no idea...
Thanks!

Oooh, someone somewhere else said they had to remove all the drivers and reinstall. Before it recognize it. Not sure about cwm recovery but I know twrp had side load option. After you can see it in adb.
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secret.animal said:
Oooh, someone somewhere else said they had to remove all the drivers and reinstall. Before it recognize it. Not sure about cwm recovery but I know twrp had side load option. After you can see it in adb.
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Hmm Ok, will try that. In general, when accessing a phone with ADB, do you have to be rooted?
Also, in general, when accessing a phone with ADB, what do you need to have open on the phone? Just any screen of the recovery right?

thenimboo said:
Hmm Ok, will try that. In general, when accessing a phone with ADB, do you have to be rooted?
Also, in general, when accessing a phone with ADB, what do you need to have open on the phone? Just any screen of the recovery right?
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You used to have to root with adb commands. Pushing a file over and such.
I want to say you should be able to. But Google it for sure. With cwm there may be something in advanced.
I'm using twrp.
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secret.animal said:
You used to have to root with adb commands. Pushing a file over and such.
I want to say you should be able to. But Google it for sure. With cwm there may be something in advanced.
I'm using twrp.
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**** dude...holy **** all I want to do is wipe my phone and put a rom on there. ****ing encryption is WAY better security than I ever thought it was..............
If that is the case, is it possible to root an encrypted phone from adb? Or do I need to learn to format the partitions first? Remember, I was already able to format the /system partition.

What may get you a better chance without doing partition damage or such would be .tot back to stock.
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I agree man...clockworkmod should have a sideload option on it. Try a diff USB cable what error message do you get ? Do you have access to your internal storage via recovery if so flash a backup I believe I remember reading that in the past somewhere through a diff device being encrypted
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I hate to tell you this, but you're going to end up having to TOT. Just by wiping system, you lost any chance of recovering any file you had, because the generated encryption key is stored in that partition. Good luck bud.
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Moved out the Development threads, as this does not belong there....please read the Forum Rules on posting.

jthein1989 said:
I hate to tell you this, but you're going to end up having to TOT. Just by wiping system, you lost any chance of recovering any file you had, because the generated encryption key is stored in that partition. Good luck bud.
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That's fine, I don't care about any file I had in there.
How do I TOT? I have no idea what it means but I want to get on with it. I have a nandroid of the stock android saved on my computer, I can use that to get started?

Sideloading 5.0.2 help

Can someone point me to directions on sideloading 5.0.2 for the Nexus 7 2013 wifi edition?
I'm on 5.0 with root and wanted to take the OTA to 5.0.2 but when I try to install it, the tablet boots into TWRP recovery and I don't know if I can do anything from there.
I tried downloading 5.0.2 from a website and using twrp recovery to flash it, but it failed. Maybe it wasn't for the wifi tablet.
I looked into reinstalling stock recovery but it doesn't seem all that easy.
If someone can even just point me to a thread with some info, that would be great!

Easiest thing to do would be to download this ROM and flash it in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex.../rom-factory-stock-rooted-rom-lrx22g-t3004110

I was able to get sick recovery back using the nexus root tool kit. I wiped data and cache but I lost everything... Pictures and documents as well as APS. I knew I'd lose apps though.
I did a backup with TB but the backup for wiped out as well. I never change the settings in TB, so the backup was made to the tablet and not the SD card.
I had a few things saved to the SD card and they're gone too. It really sucks that I lost my photos. I didn't have a lot nor anything really important but still. I could never figure out how to get the camera to save photos to the SD card and not internal storage.
Anyway. I gave up for tonight. If I try to take the OTA update, the tablet reboots and I just get the android on his back with the error message. I'm going to try removing root and see if that helps. I'm back to stock otherwise.. Nothing frozen and nothing uninstalled.
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Telyx said:
Easiest thing to do would be to download this ROM and flash it in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex.../rom-factory-stock-rooted-rom-lrx22g-t3004110
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Telyx said:
Easiest thing to do would be to download this ROM and flash it in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex.../rom-factory-stock-rooted-rom-lrx22g-t3004110
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I probably will just do that and save myself the headache. Maybe I'll have a chance to get to it next week.
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