Installing OctOS with CWM - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Has anyone been able to successfully flash OctOS with CWM? I know in the thread they say they only support TWRP but I would really prefer not to switch to that recovery if possible. I've tried 4 seperate times now and every time it doesn't even make it to the boot animation, it just hangs at the galaxy s4 screen and I eventually have to reboot and restore. And yes, I give it enough time, I let it sit on that screen for about 20 mins before I reboot and try again.

P0stM0rtal said:
Has anyone been able to successfully flash OctOS with CWM? I know in the thread they say they only support TWRP but I would really prefer not to switch to that recovery if possible. I've tried 4 seperate times now and every time it doesn't even make it to the boot animation, it just hangs at the galaxy s4 screen and I eventually have to reboot and restore. And yes, I give it enough time, I let it sit on that screen for about 20 mins before I reboot and try again.
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I have flashed OctOS numerous times with CWM. what version of OctOS? I am using 10/22 currently because of issues with the 10/31. Did you check the MD5 hash? Might be a bad download. I hope you can get it running. You will not be disappointed, it really is the best AOSP going right now. Good luck!
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Interesting, I was trying the 10/31 build, I'll go dl the 10/22 build now and give it a shot. And yes, I checked the md5's and they were correct, that was one of the first things I did. Thanks for the suggestion, I hope it works, really wanna check out this ROM.
edit: Also, what cwm are you using? Touch or regular?

I was using regular 6.0.3.0 I think. I am trying TWRP right now since I took the plunge to MJA. I am thinking about going back to CWM probably the touch version. It really turned me off to TWRP when the first backup I made with it failed to restore. I have never had backup/restore issues with CWM.
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Yea that's why I don't really wanna use TWRP if I don't have too, I've heard of people having issues with it and I've never had problems with CWM, been using it for a long time now. I'm also thinking about upgrading to CWM Touch, but for now, the dl just finished so I'm gonna try flashing the 10/22 version. Here goes nothing!

Highway 55 said:
I have flashed OctOS numerous times with CWM. what version of OctOS? I am using 10/22 currently because of issues with the 10/31. Did you check the MD5 hash? Might be a bad download. I hope you can get it running. You will not be disappointed, it really is the best AOSP going right now. Good luck!
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Mind leading me to it? 0.0
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Mind leading me to it? 0.0
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46113397
It's in the Verizon forums. Don't worry it is for sprint as well. It is one aroma package that supports every carrier.
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Awesome, got it up and running and so far I'm liking what I see. Gonna run it through the paces over the next couple days and see how it goes. Thanks again for the help, much appreciated!

I was able to install with TWRP 2.5.0.2
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TWRP: Crashes restoring or wiping /data

Hi all,
Issue with TWRP and restore. I've got a backup, but when I tried to restore it, it would crash and reboot while restoring the /data partition. I try wiping the /data partition (I have my backup on a server, too) and it crashes midway through that, too. Just reboots and returns to TWRP.
What should I do?
Thanks,
Ben
Wipe cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, then restore.
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freshlysqueezed said:
Wipe cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, then restore.
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Tried that, no luck
I'm currently restoring the factory 4.2.2, then installing TWRP and adb'ing the files back over to try restoring again. Hopefully this works.
Thanks,
Ben
Fmstrat said:
Tried that, no luck
I'm currently restoring the factory 4.2.2, then installing TWRP and adb'ing the files back over to try restoring again. Hopefully this works.
Thanks,
Ben
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This issue is mentioned over in the official TWRP forum under "Original Android Development" The Dev acknowledged it, saying he needs to fiddle with it... Might not be bad if you poked your head in there with any other information you could add...
*fingers crossed* Hope they get it patched up soon... I'm a little restore shy now. Up until I encountered this, I was swapping ROMs on a nearly daily basis... No anymore.
I started over again, like you, and it works ok now. But I don't know when/if the problem will rear its ugly head again, so holding off until I hear more.
DefinityX said:
This issue is mentioned over in the official TWRP forum under "Original Android Development" The Dev acknowledged it, saying he needs to fiddle with it... Might not be bad if you poked your head in there with any other information you could add...
*fingers crossed* Hope they get it patched up soon... I'm a little restore shy now. Up until I encountered this, I was swapping ROMs on a nearly daily basis... No anymore.
I started over again, like you, and it works ok now. But I don't know when/if the problem will rear its ugly head again, so holding off until I hear more.
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I'm having the same problem with 2.5.5.0. Happens probably 30% of the time and always during the data restore. It completes on the second go-round, but I'm constantly holding my breath. I was under the impression that this was taken care of in this latest version.
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mine crashes when I do simple wipes
on latest
happens about 30% of the time too
I had that happen a lot, I just 2.3.3.0 now and it is perfect.
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/manta
Rom Toolbox app will let you install it too.
stonebear said:
I had that happen a lot, I just 2.3.3.0 now and it is perfect.
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/manta
Rom Toolbox app will let you install it too.
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Oh, good, I'll do that. Thanks.
Edit (5 min. later): Wow, that was easy, lol. Thanks again.
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bruce7373 said:
Oh, good, I'll do that. Thanks.
Edit (5 min. later): Wow, that was easy, lol. Thanks again.
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Enjoy a recovery you can have faith in, lol.
stonebear said:
Enjoy a recovery you can have faith in, lol.
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Ain't it the truth.
So I just tried doing the same with my phone and the installation failed, something about illegal instruction. I'm running CM 10.1 on an unlocked, S-OFF HTC Vivid.
Any ideas?
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bruce7373 said:
Ain't it the truth.
So I just tried doing the same with my phone and the installation failed, something about illegal instruction. I'm running CM 10.1 on an unlocked, S-OFF HTC Vivid.
Any ideas?
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Are you using Rom toolbox? If not, you aren't trying to flash the manta version are you?
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stonebear said:
Are you using Rom toolbox? If not, you aren't trying to flash the manta version are you?
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No, I tried with RomToolbox, same method as with the N10. I choose 2.3.3 0 from the list, so I assume it was the Holiday version. The first time I tried, it claimed I didn't have permission, but I think that was because it was the first time I was using Rom toolbox since flashing CM so the permission popup came after the fact. I rebooted and that was when the message changed to invalid instruction.
Edit: Tried again with 2.4.1.0. Same result. But I located the files and they are holiday, so I can just flash with fastboot, I guess.
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bruce7373 said:
Edit: Tried again with 2.4.1.0. Same result. But I located the files and they are holiday, so I can just flash with fastboot, I guess.
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Yea that should work. Must be a Rom toolbox problem, I would think.
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Nandroid backup dates off by a few decades

As you can see my dates are a bit off. Ive done some searching and found others who have had the same issue. No definite solutions or explanations have been provided. This is super frustrating. Not sure why its happening or how to fix it. Im running the latest twrp, before that I was running cwm with the same results. I just did a backup about an hour ago and i couldnt tell you which one it is. Any help would be much appreciated.
Idk it was like this on the sprint gs3 also with twrp. So I just name the backups myself with the date I backed up.
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The TWRP source is messed up and no one cares to dig in and fix it. Just manually name your backups.
I'm using philztouch and have not noticed the problem. Also a cool feature of that recovery is that it says what rom it is in the title, so even if the date happens to be off, the file name will give away what backup it is.
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That has been an issue for over a year I believe. All CWM and TWRP versions that I am aware of have it. One of the Android updates broke the date function from what I recall. Might have been Jellybean. Since you can just rename the backups to whatever you want I guess the priority is at the very bottom of the list.
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I use twrp 2.5.0.2 on this device and do all my nands to external and name them what they are.
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Much appreciated fellas!
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try this
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As you can see my dates are a bit off. Ive done some searching and found others who have had the same issue. No definite solutions or explanations have been provided. This is super frustrating. Not sure why its happening or how to fix it. Im running the latest twrp, before that I was running cwm with the same results. I just did a backup about an hour ago and i couldnt tell you which one it is. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Try Dream TWRP I installed it and my BU dates have been correct.
Yeah. Some have said there's a setting that you can change to fix that. I've yet to find it.

what TWRP works best?????

hello!! im back!!! sooooooo happy to be back.. i traded my s4 few months ago for the htc one.. and now im back wanted to kno what twrp works best i kno before when i had the s4 the old versions work best... thanks
P.Mobile said:
hello!! im back!!! sooooooo happy to be back.. i traded my s4 few months ago for the htc one.. and now im back wanted to kno what twrp works best i kno before when i had the s4 the old versions work best... thanks
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The latest I used that worked well was the one Reverepats repacked "Reverpats-TWRP-Sprint-2.6.3.1.zip".
However the one I KNOW works without issues (for me) - installing, wiping, creating AND restoring backups, accessing USB storage etc. is "TWRP-Recovery-jfltespr-2.5.0.2.zip"
There are some AOSP ROMs that recommend using CWM and not TWRP - so keep that in mind. Always try and follow the OP's suggestions.
+1. 2.5.0.2 is a solid one. I used several of the newer ones, and they worked, but not without quirks. Went back to 2.5.0.2 and all is good.
Welcome back!
2.5.0.2 for me. I can't flash aosp RMs with it (not sure if it a twrp/cwm thing or not) but absolutely no issues at all. Backups, sdcard, touchscreen all work great. I'm leaving well-enough alone!
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definitely recommend twrp 2.5.0.2, was the only recovery I used til I switched to CWM.
thanks fellaz!! 2.5.0.2 it is!!
leaderbuilder said:
The latest I used that worked well was the one Reverepats repacked "Reverpats-TWRP-Sprint-2.6.3.1.zip".
However the one I KNOW works without issues (for me) - installing, wiping, creating AND restoring backups, accessing USB storage etc. is "TWRP-Recovery-jfltespr-2.5.0.2.zip"
There are some AOSP ROMs that recommend using CWM and not TWRP - so keep that in mind. Always try and follow the OP's suggestions.
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Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
ObrienDave said:
Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
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Been using this since it came out, no curtain hangs, no problems, my twrp of choice
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933366
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ObrienDave said:
Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
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Technically not 'repacked' I guess but Reverepats was cool enough to make the zip for some and shared it for all.
I tried every version and always went back to 2.5.0.2.
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bcombel said:
I tried every version and always went back to 2.5.0.2.
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I have been using the new version 2.6.3.1 and love it.

[Q] Help - Bad Kernel

So I could not get the phone to root (super user binary issue) and I installed that SetUID kernal and now my phone will not boot. Can someone please guide me to a fix. Thanks
Set uid kernel? What are you talking about? The sprint gs4 doesn't gave a kernel like that.
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daniel4653 said:
Set uid kernel? What are you talking about? The sprint gs4 doesn't gave a kernel like that.
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Crap I just realized that it is a T-mobile thing. Am I completely screwed now?...should have following my rule and read twice downloaded once.
If you did flash a kernel with that name, it would explain your boot problems.
Flash one for the Sprint S4 and all will be good.
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frostedunit said:
If you did flash a kernel with that name, it would explain your boot problems.
Flash one for the Sprint S4 and all will be good.
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OK I am currently downloading the 1.4gig SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip file and will Odin that onto my phone. It is still about 40min from finish so if there is something smaller then I could try that in the mean time. Thanks for the Info and assurance that I maybe alright.
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OK I am currently downloading the 1.4gig SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424.zip file and will Odin that onto my phone. It is still about 40min from finish so if there is something smaller then I could try that in the mean time. Thanks for the Info and assurance that I maybe alright.
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Any of the appropriate kernels from the original development section will get you up and running. You'll just have to pick one for whatever rom you were one (4.3, 4.4, tw, aosp, etc)
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frostedunit said:
Any of the appropriate kernels from the original development section will get you up and running. You'll just have to pick one for whatever rom you were one (4.3, 4.4, tw, aosp, etc)
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ok well so next development....I odin the SPR-L720VPUEMK2-20131212171424 from samsungs website. Now I get the Galaxy Initial screen, it flashes and then nothing. advise lol
factory reset through stock recovery. This will wipe the whole phone. pics music etc. see if this helps.
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daniel4653 said:
factory reset through stock recovery. This will wipe the whole phone. pics music etc. see if this helps.
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How do I get into stock recovery? Tried up, mid, power. Just flashes the galaxy screen and turns off.
Ok so found out that I can get into recov with power plugged in. So battery is low. But now did fact reset and still galaxy screen the now just blue led black screen
ok so I am back running. installed mk2_stock02 from Dev page. Was able to get CWM booting and loaded the ROM from there. My next question, probably has been answered but this is where my problem started before. When I go to open the SuperSU I get an error saying there is no SU Binary installed....and then closes.
Install super su from market
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alright Im back in action. used CF-auto root and away we went. Now I have successfully rooted my gear also. Thanks for the Help guys I really appreciate it.

Trying to restore/update PA but unfamiliar with the process

Hi Everyone,
Im using an att LG G2 with Paranoid Android installed; I bought the phone at release I am pretty sure and through att. I believe it to be PA version 3.4 and Android version 4.3.1 from looking af the about phone settings. Basically Ive had this phone on loan to someone for about a year and it is just bogged down with shovelware. Netflix wont even load. I was comfortable playing around with ROMs before but ive been in the Ios scene lately and am out of practice. I have some recoveries but I'm concerned with having not played around on the phone's root for several years now so I'd rather not use something that may be incomplete.
My main concern is having the phone back to its speed from before, getting rid of all of the apps, and starting fresh. Id like to keep PA, hopefully upgrade to the latest version, but if i can just factory reset that works too. I'm pretty sure i could reinstall PA starting from scratch with a clean phone. I've been through the forums different times and I really do find that the info is all consolidated well. I hope I don't come accross as lazy or unwilling to search, I just had a bad experience flashing my Galaxy S2 so whenever I'm not certain on the process I try to consult with people more involved.
Thank you all for your time,
Andrew Rapp
Forgive me but I've had this phone on the shelf for a bit and am seeing now that paranoid Android is relatively dead. That'd be unfortunate since I really dug the interface! But if it really is no longer being supported would anyone have a suggestion on a ROM upgrade? Thanks again!
Cm13 or 12.1 both available with a few variants based on them just give them a whirl.
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Treboeth said:
Cm13 or 12.1 both available with a few variants based on them just give them a whirl.
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I had CM back on my s2! I could get down with checking it out again. Going through their website is a lot of helpful information, however, most of it seems to be garnered at first time users. I'm using this guide here:
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_d800
and I'm curious if I can skip the first half (installing a custom recovery); because I'm pretty sure I have one installed already from when I flashed PA. How would I go about checking?
Just reboot into recovery to check the version.
But it would be best to update to TWRP 2.8.73 (latest version).
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So once I've updated TWRP (which I do have installed) I can skip that first half and just do the second part? Thanks for the help btw; really trying to bring the phone back to life since I love the screen and size
If you have flashed Roms before you know the rule, read the first post then read it again then read it a third time
Make sure you have the correct bootstack, I suggest the official CM ROM to start with by Drastic then you can always try the others AICP,Bliss,ResurrectionRemix and Crdroid.
I like AICP for the customisations been on it for a couple of days to try out.
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I know, being cautious to a fault here >_< I just ended up using flashify to update twrp; that was easy enough. I'll use the app to make a back up I believe and then try following instructions on the website! Thanks for all your help, hopefully I won't need to return XD but still keeping the topic open just in case!
Nope! I get an error when trying to install the CM zip file. In red it says:
E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1KI-d800.zip'
I was able to get in what appears to be a broken CM installation, which fortunately includes file system exploration and messaging. Accessing the phone from the computer is no problem either. Any idea what the issue here may be?
Bump!
Not sure to be honest,if you have followed the steps in the OP post up in the thread by @drastic and I am sure the more knowledgeable will help you solve the problem.
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I'm sorry, which thread is that?
Totalrapture said:
I'm sorry, which thread is that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3264508 Cm13 [emoji6]
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Ahhh thanks! Yeah I'd been doing the 12.1 downloads from the CM site but yeah that process seems to be the same. Could it be possible that my something weird had been done with the person I loaned the phone too? He liked to tinker and I wouldn't put it passed him to have done something funny with it, or even I before having loaned it. Coud the bootstack be an incorrect? Is there a way I could check?
Can you get the phone back to stock Lollipop,if you think he has played around this may be the best option.
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Treboeth said:
Can you get the phone back to stock Lollipop,if you think he has played around this may be the best option.
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I was thinking that'd be the best option; just to start everything over. Would that process be extensive? I'm on a work computer so I can use recovery and get the files on my phone but anything too complex or needing me to use installers I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Should give you all you need, it could take an hour or two but will give you a fresh start.
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Treboeth said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Should give you all you need, it could take an hour or two but will give you a fresh start.
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Thanks! I'll probably wait until my next day off and then try to run through it all

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