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Flashed wrong twrp...

Ok... I have been reading way to much today, to the point i did something rather noobish.
Was in the dev section TWRP thread specifically looking to downgrade fron 2.6 to 2.5, saw the last post where someone posted a dropbox link of 2.5. Thought "how convenient" and flashed. But the zip was for another model number, now i cant get into my recovery.
Odin flash of the stock image is always an option. But one that I would prefer to avoid it if at all possible. I was hoping that someone else out there was well... as stupid as I am, and maybe had some advice?
Is there any possibility that goo manager will simply over right the wrong recovery image with the proper?
Or is it by any chance possible to simply flash the TWRP ZIP with Odin?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, and I already know that I'm a burnout lol.
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Just flash the 2.5 twrp zip in twrp. It'll down grade

Goo should over write it, and just to make sure ..you have the i337m -Non att variant. Youll have to see if anybody has a non loki version if twrp 2.5
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jd1639 said:
Just flash the 2.5 twrp zip in twrp. It'll down grade
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That's the problem... Cant get into recovery anymore.
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mg2195 said:
Goo should over write it, and just to make sure ..you have the i337m -Non att variant. Youll have to see if anybody has a non loki version if twrp 2.5
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Yeah, was hoping someone would say that. My thoughts were the same. But after that last bout of stupidity, i guess I wanted to hear it from someone else...
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celkin said:
Yeah, was hoping someone would say that. My thoughts were the same. But after that last bout of stupidity, i guess I wanted to hear it from someone else...
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Can you get goomanager to install it?
Tylor
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Can you use odin to flash the correct twrp with a .tar file?

Tylorw1 said:
Can you get goomanager to install it?
Tylor
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Yeah, just finished a backup/restore after goo re installed 2.6.
Everything seems fine. Just with so many "brick" threads on here wanted to be careful.

The bricks revolve mostly around the newest update that locks the boot loader on the at&t s4. On the m non at&ti believe you just need a non Loki kernel but I am not positive.
Tylor
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Tylorw1 said:
The bricks revolve mostly around the newest update that locks the boot loader on the at&t s4. On the m non at&ti believe you just need a non Loki kernel but I am not positive.
Tylor
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If it's I337m or M919, Loki or not, it doesn't matter...

My phone is bootloader unlocked from the start from what i understand its the Canadian Rogers varient.
Im just now after reading countless threads wraping my head round this device. Its way more complex of a situation then the note 2 (previous phone).
My understanding is that we stay away from anything loki'd.
2 days in and im still not comfortable flashing any rom 4.2 or 4.3 lol. Another day or two of reading :-\
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celkin said:
My phone is bootloader unlocked from the start from what i understand its the Canadian Rogers varient.
Im just now after reading countless threads wraping my head round this device. Its way more complex of a situation then the note 2 (previous phone).
My understanding is that we stay away from anything loki'd.
2 days in and im still not comfortable flashing any rom 4.2 or 4.3 lol. Another day or two of reading :-\
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Ponder that, a canuck is less subject to tyranny? Your bootloader isn't locked? NICE! AT&T has degenerated from American Telephone and Telegraph into a globalized melting pot of greed and required upgrade costs and technical support that uses broken English spoken by people in India. You Canadians luck out this time!
I jumped in with motochopper to get root back in May and had the AT&T Software update service frozen with Titanium Backup back in June, I was so lucky to be "on top of it" by reading this forum. I used "Casual" to obtain TWRP 2.5.0.2 a custom recovery. I've never seen it so easy. After burning an image 3.56 GB of my stock firmware, I have since deleted it from my handset and replaced it with a nandroid of my daily driver here because GoldenEye is flawless. I saved a copy of the stock firmware on my desktop computer just in case, but I doubt I'll ever flash it and all of it's horrendous bloatware.
So I'm a happy camper, that only suffers the jone'sen for a fix as a "flash junkie". I will try CyanogenMod on this S4 after they iron the kinks out.

Looks like you're ok now?
FYI for anyone else in similar situation, ROM Toolbox Pro can download and install recoveries as well. It can access TWRP as well as CWM recoveries. A bonus for TWRP, it detects 2.5.0.2 as latest (avoid the occasional Teamwin splash screen hang with 2.6)!
I used this method to downgrade from 2.6 to 2.5.0.2. :good:

Word of warning, why upgrade from a working twrp 2.5.0.2, when it works flawless? Sometimes upgrading to a newer, is not always the best...look at the XDA app....yikes...

bo8 said:
Looks like you're ok now?
FYI for anyone else in similar situation, ROM Toolbox Pro can download and install recoveries as well. It can access TWRP as well as CWM recoveries. A bonus for TWRP, it detects 2.5.0.2 as latest (avoid the occasional Teamwin splash screen hang with 2.6)!
I used this method to downgrade from 2.6 to 2.5.02. :good:
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All good thanks
Will Rom toolbox screw anything up if i install TWRP 2.5 over goo's install of 2.6?
I dont trust 2.6... Too many glitches for me and not having faith in your recovery is a scary thing...
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celkin said:
All good thanks
Will Rom toolbox screw anything up if i install TWRP 2.5 over goo's install of 2.6?
I dont trust 2.6... Too many glitches for me and not having faith in your recovery is a scary thing...
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You're very welcome! I initially had TWRP 2.6 installed via rooting procedure (one-click method) and recently had ROM Toolbox flash TWRP 2.5.0.2 over it. No probs. Did full nandroid after it.
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Wrong twrp flashed
Dear friend wrong twrp for my device I'm not able to go to the boot menu, how can i get rid of this, help me please. I've my stack memory and kernel already backup in my device memory.

The phone is an att i337? If it is, I assume the bootloader is unlocked since you were able like to flash a custom recovery.

i have no twrp AND I am stuck in boot loop...............................what will I do

Boot into download mode and confirm the phone's model number. Then flash a stock ROM from sammobile.com with Odin to get the phone back to stock.

Galaxy S4 Recovery mode not working

So, first, I'm running the stock 4.2.2 rooted on the ATT SGH-I337.
I installed ROM manager shortly after the root, and recently downloaded CM 10.1.3 for the att model of my phone. However, I couldn't find it in the recovery system to flash it. So, I install goomanager and flash over to TWRP, thinking maybe TWRP's easier interface will help me to find it. I reboot into recovery, and if I attempt to enter recovery mode, it gets stuck on the "Downlaoding, do not turn off target" screen. So, I re-flash CWM back on it, and reboot to recovery, and get stuck on that same screen again. If I just boot it, it's fine, jumps right back into 4.2.2 TouchWiz rooted. However, as you probably know, I can't install a ROM without recovery mode, and stock TouchWiz is poo.
I'd like to get CM running asap, although I'm just glad my phone still RUNS for now (my experience installing CM on my S3 was a NIGHTMARE).
So yea, any reason I would be getting stuck on that screen and unable to enter recovery? Like I said, I'd like to have CM as soon as I can.
Also, if someone can link me to a guide to install through CWM w\o needing a computer, that'd be wonderful. Thanks!

I'm assuming you're running on the MF3 build version. Read up before you brick your device. Your only option for a custom recovery is safestrap. Come on people.
Cheers.

Not another one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46363132
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jd1639 said:
Not another one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46363132
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Jd1639
You are a good person buddy,I only hope he reads the link you provided cause I'm thinking he didnt read past rooting.WOW!
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Well that sucks. Bit wait. Why was I able to boot into cwm At least 5 times before I flashed TWRP. And several people on YouTube are using TWRP on my same model.
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ryno9100 said:
Well that sucks. Bit wait. Why was I able to boot into cwm At least 5 times before I flashed TWRP. And several people on YouTube are using TWRP on my same model.
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What firmware version do you have. Look at the last three characters of your build number

jd1639 said:
What firmware version do you have. Look at the last three characters of your build number
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It's MF3

ryno9100 said:
It's MF3
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You never saw twrp. You saw the stock recovery. Mf3 won't allow a custom recovery.
Edit, you did see an i337 in the you tube vids, but it had mdl or mdb firmware. You can put a custom recovery on with them. Unfortunately it's not possible to downgrade the firmware.

jball said:
Jd1639
You are a good person buddy,I only hope he reads the link you provided cause I'm thinking he didnt read past rooting.WOW!
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And also, I did, in fact, read past rooting, and found several people running CWM and TWRP fine, so I figured it would work. Now maybe they didn't have MF3,and I wasn't paying extremely close attention, but I'm pretty sure there were some on the same model and firmware as I am.

jd1639 said:
You never saw twrp. You saw the stock recovery. Mf3 won't allow a custom recovery.
Edit, you did see an i337 in the you tube vids, but it had mdl or mdb firmware. You can put a custom recovery on with them. Unfortunately it's not possible to downgrade the firmware.
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So, at this point, it's a waiting game for someone to find out how to put a recovery mode on an MF3 firmware, is what you're telling me?
Also, I may have been in stock. I don't remember EXACTLY what clockwork looked like. I just know it wouldn't let me select the gapps and CM files,which is why I tried TWRP. Though I did have CWM recovery flashed when I booted it into recovery those several times.

Dude you never booted CWM. That was MF3s stock recovery. MF3 does not allow any custom recovery but Safestrap.
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Updating TWRP fail

Hi. I flashed the 2.6.3.2 version of TWRP. But i can't flash a ROM on that version. I tried to flash the 2.6.3.3 version of TWRP but it fails instantly. I'm not sure what to do. Thanks.

I'm using 3.2 and I've installed Malladus, AOKP and PAC without any problems. 3.3 is broken from what I heard.
What are you trying to flash? I think Cyanogenmod only works with CWM.
Sent from CAMACHO, my Verizon G2 (VS980) running PAC ROM.

I was flashing CM11. I will try another ROM and see if that works. Thanks

sean.yesmunt said:
I was flashing CM11. I will try another ROM and see if that works. Thanks
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Really I'm on 3.3 and its perfect....you should try Philz recovery posted in the Original development forum.....a lot ppl said it works good for the Roms that won't flash

I flashed PAC Man and it worked. I'm actually trying to go over to CWM for gummy ROM but thanks.
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You have to find the right recovery image, by that I mean one that works. I had the same issue and I just had to dig a little bit to find a working 2.6.3.3 image. It was cake once I downloaded and flashed it. Good luck.

I used this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551415

[Q] Vzw vs980 - twrp 2.6.3.4

For those with a Verizon VS980 that installedd/upgraded to TWRP 2.6.3.4 from this thread, have any issues using OTG or installing custom ROMs? I've seen a few from that thread have problem with the later but they were on a different model. Just trying to get a feel for how stable this recovery is before I forget about it and it bites me later if it won' restore or something.
I'm new to Android so kinda nervous about installing something that isn't listed on the TWRP VS980 G2 repository. They latest listed there is 2.6.3.3 but that .zip failed via Flashify and TWRP 2.6.3.2. Any reason for concern?
I appreciate any responses/feedback.

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For those with a Verizon VS980 that installedd/upgraded to TWRP 2.6.3.4 from this thread, have any issues using OTG or installing custom ROMs? I've seen a few from that thread have problem with the later but they were on a different model. Just trying to get a feel for how stable this recovery is before I forget about it and it bites me later if it won' restore or something.
I'm new to Android so kinda nervous about installing something that isn't listed on the TWRP VS980 G2 repository. They latest listed there is 2.6.3.3 but that .zip failed via Flashify and TWRP 2.6.3.2. Any reason for concern?
I appreciate any responses/feedback.
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I am also keeping an eye out for 2.6.3.4. Would like to backup to OTG.

I've used the OTG to move backups off the device with 2.6.3.4 but I haven't tried to restore any backups yet or flash any custom ROMs.
What I gather is...
4.3 based ROM use 2.6.3.2 (no OTG) or 2.6.3.3 (OTG)
4.4 based ROM use 2.6.3.4
I'm not sure if 2.6.3.4 will restore a backup of 4.3, created by 2.6.3.4 (in this case, stock VS98011A). I suppose I may have to downgrade the recovery back to 2.6.3.2/3 to restore.

newuzer1 said:
For those with a Verizon VS980 that installedd/upgraded to TWRP 2.6.3.4 from this thread, have any issues using OTG or installing custom ROMs? I've seen a few from that thread have problem with the later but they were on a different model. Just trying to get a feel for how stable this recovery is before I forget about it and it bites me later if it won' restore or something.
I'm new to Android so kinda nervous about installing something that isn't listed on the TWRP VS980 G2 repository. They latest listed there is 2.6.3.3 but that .zip failed via Flashify and TWRP 2.6.3.2. Any reason for concern?
I appreciate any responses/feedback.
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You have to flash you adb for it to stick
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rayraycarter4 said:
You have to flash you adb for it to stick
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Thanks for the feedback but I went ahead and installed 2.6.3.4 some time back. I believe I flashed via TWRP 2.6.3.2, not adb, so I'm not so sure that statement is accurate.
Anyway, sorry for reiterating but my concern is regarding for those that have installed it 2.6.3.4....
has anybody had issues with OTG (the reason for this question is i'd considered moving all nandroids off the device to save space. i'm no longer concerned because I can always move the backup back to the phone's storage via adb.
has anybody had issues flashing ROMs? seems there may be an issue with 4.3 based ROMs. Not sure about this.

If i upgrade from twrp .3 to .4 how do you downgrade it just flash the .3 back over the .4?

http://www.mediafire.com/?83rbyi1r5n51hpu
Working 2.6.3.3 twrp for the vs980. Just flash it like you would a ROM, and yes, if you're on 2.6.3.4 and flash it, then you will roll back to 2.6.3.3
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Now i just need to find twrp .4 for the tmo version thank you so much now maybe i can flash hellfire! Also do you happen to know if i will lose my back ups if i flash forward and back?

That, I am not sure of. I wouldn't think so but no idea.
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G2 recover and rom questions.

I will be trading my iphone 5 on Monday for a Verizon G2 On the 12B build. I have been out of the android thing for a year now. I know how to root the phone but the Loki and recovery stuff is very new to me.
Main questions are how do I install a recovery that bypasses the boot loader and allows full flashing. TWRP is preferable but if CWM is better on this phone that's fine. What is Loki exactly and once I install a a Loki recovery can I install any kernels/ ROMs that I want? Please provide me with a step by step and links to stuff you think I need to know. I really appreciate your help.
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Last android I had was a Razr Maxx so I am used to safe strap. This seems very different.
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SimsDelt said:
Last android I had was a Razr Maxx so I am used to safe strap. This seems very different.
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You can flash custom roms and recovery without thinking about the bootloader. It's supposedly locked, but nothing to worry about.
Just root, flash custom recovery and flash custom rom. Any recovery will do, and TWRP is my favourite as well
If you decide you want to root and put a custom recovery on it there are two things to consider.
1. NEVER accept an OTA update. Not even if it promises you two tickets to the land of the unicorns. Don't!
2. Back up everything. And your EFS partition. And save it. Not on your device. Heck, make 5 copies and put one copy on an USB-dongle, another on your computer, the third under your bed, the fourth in your wallet and make a bank account in Switzerland for the fifth. The EFS partition contains crucial informations about your device. If you by accident delete it when flashing a custom rom, you turned your phone into a 5.2 inch tablet. And there's no way of getting it back. You might never need it, but if you do, you will thank yourself for having made that backup!

Thanks for the info. What way do you recommend to flash recovery? GooManager or other app. Or some other method? and also do you use your recovery to backup the efs partition or something else?
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Thanks for the info. What way do you recommend to flash recovery? GooManager or other app. Or some other method? and also do you use your recovery to backup the efs partition or something else?
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I personally haven't rooted this G2 yet, but TWRP offers the ability to back up your EFS.
Have a look here for backing up EFS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390
You can use flashify to install TWRP, should be pretty easy and straightforward

Great. Is there a thread here on using flashify? I'm unfamiliar with that.
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Great. Is there a thread here on using flashify? I'm unfamiliar with that.
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There might be. Check this out though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTJI9ThY0mk

Ok. Thanks. I googled it too and found a thread elsewhere with a step by step
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Ok. Thanks. I googled it too and found a thread elsewhere with a step by step
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I guess if you flash a custom rom then that will cure the OTA issue

Hi All,
I just rooted my verizon G2 using ioroot19 and the instructions from the dev thread. When I then used clockwork rom manager to flash the vs980 verson of clockworkmod recovery. The flash said it worked but when I tried to get in I got the android with the red! I then followed the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 both methods 1 and 2, but now all I get when I try to get into recovery is a black screen. The phone still boots fine, but nothing seems to work for the recovery.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Don't use rom manager. It doesn't work on our phones. Use flashify or freegee to install a recovery
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tdevaughn said:
Don't use rom manager. It doesn't work on our phones. Use flashify or freegee to install a recovery
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When I flash TWRP with Freegee. Will my phone still be able to boot into my stock ROM or will I only boot into recovery and need to flash a ROM?
Do you prefer Freegee or Flashify?

You can boot into your stock rom
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Do I need to Backup my EFS before flashing TWRP or after?

Zarek1 said:
Do I need to Backup my EFS before flashing TWRP or after?
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After mate, you can do it from TWRP
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SimsDelt said:
I will be trading my iphone 5 on Monday for a Verizon G2 On the 12B build. I have been out of the android thing for a year now. I know how to root the phone but the Loki and recovery stuff is very new to me.
Main questions are how do I install a recovery that bypasses the boot loader and allows full flashing. TWRP is preferable but if CWM is better on this phone that's fine. What is Loki exactly and once I install a a Loki recovery can I install any kernels/ ROMs that I want? Please provide me with a step by step and links to stuff you think I need to know. I really appreciate your help.
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Use freegee. it will do the trick on a rooted phone. It is made by Shelnutt2. You can use the free or paid version but the paid version is cheap and you will support future development.
It is one of the best ways of installing TWRP/CWM on the LG G2.
Paid version (use this one)
Free version

Freegee worked great. Thanks!