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anyone else having issues flashing CWM Touch from recovery? I can't get it to take even though it successfully completes.

contradude said:
anyone else having issues flashing CWM Touch from recovery? I can't get it to take even though it successfully completes.
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You downloaded the d2spr version from download.clockworkmod.com?
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:O i know two of those phones!
did the cwm on the connect and lucid

shabbypenguin said:
:O i know two of those phones!
did the cwm on the connect and lucid
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When are we gonna get an update on the prevail?
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Can't backup ROM, "sd marker not found"
Any ideas?

It said that to me when trying to use the app to backup but I did it manualy and it worked fine.

Any advantage/disadvantage of flashing the new CWM through ROM Manager, or manually through ODIN? Btw, do you flash this through ODIN or (old) CWM since this is a .img file?

Just so ppl know, you can find all CWM Recoveries here:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
Our device is d2spr
Towards the bottom you'll find the CWM Touch Recovery, I flashed the img using Mobile Odin and it's working fine
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fergie716 said:
Just so ppl know, you can find all CWM Recoveries here:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
Our device is d2spr
Towards the bottom you'll find the CWM Touch Recovery, I flashed the img using Mobile Odin and it's working fine
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Ah... flashed it through mobile ODIN... thanks for the tip, Fergie!

MinimalistChris said:
Ah... flashed it through mobile ODIN... thanks for the tip, Fergie!
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No problem!
Another tip, backups made with the older CWM recovery (the unofficial one, the one you probably flashed after rooting initially), those older backups may not be compatible with the newer, official versions. I'm using the latest CWM Touch 5.8.4.6 and it seems to backup system and data differently
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Can't seem to get the .img to flash when using mobile odin... I tried to click on Recovery then find the file, but it doesn't list the file, only the folders I have available. Am I doing something wrong?

klarthur said:
Can't seem to get the .img to flash when using mobile odin... I tried to click on Recovery then find the file, but it doesn't list the file, only the folders I have available. Am I doing something wrong?
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If you downloaded the CWM img file rename it to just "recovery.img" then put it on the root of your SD
Open up Mobile Odin, Select "Open File", then select your recovery.img (I put it on Internal Storage)
After you select your recovery.img, before you select Flash Firmware, it should list the recovery.img in the recovery slot
Then you should be all set. Select Flash Firmware and after it flashes you should automatically be rebooted into recovery (I suggest making a backup ASAP just to be safe)

Phew... Glad to see there is a fix... I thought I was losing my freaking mind when I tried backup of my rom....
EDIT: something is borked...not right ...frustrated user...mad.mad.mad :crying::crying::crying:
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Mobile Odin didn't help me much... could I install the touch recovery.img through adb? dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 ?

wpjessie said:
Mobile Odin didn't help me much... could I install the touch recovery.img through adb? dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 ?
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The mobile Odin way did not work for me. After I flashed the img file, rebooted and tried to do a backup using Clockwork mod, the phone rebooted and gave me the same errors as posted above! ???Help???
EDIT: Duplicated this same error/issue on my second GS3...so it is definitely CWM related...also..cannot "see" or view the backups on the phone via the Rom Manager app either..very frustrating...hope those smarter than me can fix...I am willing to assist in any way... thanks

I flashed the new touch cwm in the unofficial recovery and it works, but doesn't stick, reverts back to the old recovery after a reboot???
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This may be a dumb question but, couldn't we just install ROM Manager and flash the CWM recovery with it, like I used to do on my EVO 4G?

w8setter said:
I flashed the new touch cwm in the unofficial recovery and it works, but doesn't stick, reverts back to the old recovery after a reboot???
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the team epic guys has set us up with a recovery that would stick cause the first samsung ota automatically reverted to their own recovery instead of cwm. maybe this issue is related. it just keeps overwriting what you flashed thinking that it's a bad (Samsung) recovery. don't know for sure as i haven't tried it yet.

gtpdjw said:
It said that to me when trying to use the app to backup but I did it manualy and it worked fine.
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that defeats the purpose of this new, "supported" recovery as i would like the option to flash things and manage backups via rom manager.
jf11time said:
This may be a dumb question but, couldn't we just install ROM Manager and flash the CWM recovery with it, like I used to do on my EVO 4G?
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thats what i did.
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mine sticks, just rebooted 2 times, and after booting into recovery again still version 5.8.4.6 which is latest.
installed via rom manager
about to try touch

[Q] Anyway to flash stock Recovery without PC

I prefer to keep my recovery as stock for security reasons but occasionally I'll be away from PC and want to flash something with a custom recovery, so I'll flash CWM using ROM manager or TWRP with goo, but to revert to stock recovery I'll have to wait until I'm back at my PC.
So is there a way to revert to stock recovery without the PC?
Thanks in advance

Put the stock recovery on your phone. You can flash it with cwm or terminal when you'd like.
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El Daddy said:
Put the stock recovery on your phone. You can flash it with cwm or terminal when you'd like.
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Can you elaborate please. I have the stock recovery.IMG on my phone but can't see any way to install non zip files with CWM.
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stuart0001 said:
Can you elaborate please. I have the stock recovery.IMG on my phone but can't see any way to install non zip files with CWM.
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If you have an .img file do it with the terminal emulator. Its been a while since I have done that (The G1 days) but assuming recovery.img is in the root of your sdcard, I believe the command is:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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El Daddy said:
If you have an .img file do it with the terminal emulator. Its been a while since I have done that (The G1 days) but assuming recovery.img is in the root of your sdcard, I believe the command is:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Thanks for that. It all seems ok apart from the path to sdcard as it didn't find the img. Any ideas on what it should be?

stuart0001 said:
Thanks for that. It all seems ok apart from the path to sdcard as it didn't find the img. Any ideas on what it should be?
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Maybe /data/media/0/recovery.img

I don't thing flash_image works on a anything after GB.

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Maybe /data/media/0/recovery.img
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Thanks but still no joy
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I don't thing flash_image works on a anything after GB.
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You might be right. Any other method work?
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How did you install your recovery to your phone? If you used recovery revert disabler simply flash this file in cwm then reboot. Your device should automatically return to stock revocery.
http://www.mediafire.com/?19enww985e2gpnc
This is not my upload by the way. You can find more info on this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34202821&postcount=1

sMtt said:
How did you install your recovery to your phone? If you used recovery revert disabler simply flash this file in cwm then reboot. Your device should automatically return to stock revocery.
http://www.mediafire.com/?19enww985e2gpnc
This is not my upload by the way. You can find more info on this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34202821&postcount=1
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I used goo to install twrp.
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One option is to use dd, it can raw write your stock recovery img into recovery partition.
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stuart0001 said:
Thanks but still no joy
You might be right. Any other method work?
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Just an untested guess but looking at a CWM flashable zip something along the lines of...
Code:
dd if=/data/media/0/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
I think I would try to make/find a CWM flasable for the stock recovery.img

3rdstring said:
Just an untested guess but looking at a CWM flashable zip something along the lines of...
Code:
dd if=/data/media/0/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
I think I would try to make/find a CWM flasable for the stock recovery.img
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I can't find a flash-able zip and unfortunately I have never created one. Unless there's anyone more knowledgeable than me that is willing to create one I'll have a go myself when I get some spare time. Could be an interesting learning exercise :laugh:

download the stock recovery from this thread and flash in cwm/twrp: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34455826
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Is this for any phone or just for nexus 4

I think my phone died

Hello xda,
I got à big problem. Let me start from the beginning. I was using latest pacman rom nightly. In the forum they said hat I need to install color fixed zip to install so I can use Franco kernel. After that this happened
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. So I tripped a bit. I did factory reset and I restored to an old bad backup where my keyboard was broken, but it worked aigain. Then I resetted aigain and updated to latest rom. Then keyboard still broken and other stuff, so I thought if I format system files and reinstall rom it will work, but then it went wrong I also deleted my rom by accident and now when I boot it's stuck on google screen and in cwm it says when I want to reboot: root acces is missing, click yes - root device (/system/xbin/su). Has my phone died?? Other ways I have big problem. Could anyone please help me? Thanks in advance guys.

Your options:
1. Boot into cwm, use adb to push a ROM to the phone, then flash it.
2. Flash the factory images.
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Chromium_ said:
Your options:
1. Boot into cwm, use adb to push a ROM to the phone, then flash it.
2. Flash the factory images.
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Could you be more specefic please. I'm still a noob. Where can I use adb? And If I flash rom isn't it the same as factory images?

ion_elgreco said:
Could you be more specefic please. I'm still a noob. Where can I use adb? And If I flash rom isn't it the same as factory images?
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1.
-Setup adb: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
-Then download a ROM and out it on your desktop. Rename it to ROM.zip
-Put the phone into cwm, and open a command prompt
-Type "adb devices" to see if the phone is recognized. Then type "cd Desktop", and finally "adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/"
-Wait till its done, then on your phone browse to the ROM and flash it.
2. To flash factory images: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Flashing the factory images is more thorough than simply flashing a ROM. You will lose pretty Mich everything including your custom recovery, so your phone will be like it was when in came out of the factory.
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Chromium_ said:
1.
-Setup adb: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
-Then download a ROM and out it on your desktop. Rename it to ROM.zip
-Put the phone into cwm, and open a command prompt
-Type "adb devices" to see if the phone is recognized. Then type "cd Desktop", and finally "adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/"
-Wait till its done, then on your phone browse to the ROM and flash it.
2. To flash factory images: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Flashing the factory images is more thorough than simply flashing a ROM. You will lose pretty Mich everything including your custom recovery, so your phone will be like it was when in came out of the factory.
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Is it necesseray to flash factory images? And I will keep root if I do it? cause you say will be like it was when it came out of the factory,

ion_elgreco said:
Is it necesseray to flash factory images? And I will keep root if I do it? cause you say will be like it was when it came out of the factory,
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No you wont keep root. Only flash factory images if my first suggestion doesnt work.

Chromium_ said:
No you wont keep root. Only flash factory images if my first suggestion doesnt work.
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Ok thank you very much. I downloaded the sdk tool, but it looks different then in the tutorial...

ion_elgreco said:
Ok thank you very much. I downloaded the sdk tool, but it looks different then in the tutorial...
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What do you mean?

Chromium_ said:
What do you mean?
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In platform tools I have adb.exe and fastbook.exe, but how do I setup i dont quite understand it. I have used before to root an other tool, isn't it easier to use that.

ion_elgreco said:
In platform tools I have adb.exe and fastbook.exe, but how do I setup i dont quite understand it. I have used before to root an other tool, isn't it easier to use that.
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No I forbid you from using a toolkit
Just follow the guide. I think that you are now on step 3.

Chromium_ said:
No I forbid you from using a toolkit
Just follow the guide. I think that you are now on step 3.
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How can I enable usb debugging when I can't get in to android?

ion_elgreco said:
How can I enable usb debugging when I can't get in to android?
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You dont need to. Adb works while the phone is in cwm.

Chromium_ said:
You dont need to. Adb works while the phone is in cwm.
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In cwm still says adb not recognized.....

ion_elgreco said:
In cwm still says adb not recognized.....
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Install drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
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Install drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
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I have installed the drivers. Never mind I used nexus 4 toolkit v2.0 and pushed file to sdcard and installed rom.zip! And its working, thank god, otherways my mother would have killed me hehe

Cannot install CWM over TWRP

I've been at this for about 5 hours now, and I can't seem to get CWM installed.
I decided to flash to stock fw (4.2.2) so I could carrier unlock my phone. After I flashed to stock, I used the CASUAL tool to do this.
After I had root, I tried getting CWM back so I could restore my backup, prior to this whole process, however every time I have attempted to flash CWM the phone reboots to TWRP.
I thought I knew about this kind of stuff, but now it's just starting to get to me
Has anyone encountered this or know of a fix?
Thanks.

tasiv said:
I've been at this for about 5 hours now, and I can't seem to get CWM installed.
I decided to flash to stock fw (4.2.2) so I could carrier unlock my phone. After I flashed to stock, I used the CASUAL tool to do this.
After I had root, I tried getting CWM back so I could restore my backup, prior to this whole process, however every time I have attempted to flash CWM the phone reboots to TWRP
I thought I knew about this kind of stuff, but now it's just starting to get to me
Has anyone encountered this or know of a fix?
Thanks.
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You messed up. You have an i337 and are now on mf3 firmware. You can't put on a custom recovery. Safestrap is you're only option
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jd1639 said:
You messed up. You have an i337 and are now on mf3 firmware. You can't put on a custom recovery. Safestrap is you're only option
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I'm currently running JDQ39.I337UDUAMDB (galaxy s4 stock FW v4.2.2). I came from the latest Google Edition rom posted by Danvdh.
When I run CASUAL that flashes a recovery. If I now have a mf3 device, how could I have flashed TWRP with CASUAL?
I have somehow managed to get another recovery installed using the following instructions:
download the two files in the instructions
su
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 755 *
./lok_flash recovery recovery.lok
reboot recovery
That allowed me to change the recovery, but I really have no idea what that did.
I don't think I have an mf3 device now. Is there any way to verify this?

Check your baseband. You probably still are on mdb. Are you flashing a zip to get back to cwm? Which one
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jd1639 said:
Check your baseband. You probably still are on mdb. Are you flashing a zip to get back to cwm? Which one
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baseband = I337UCUAMDB
I'm not flashing a zip, it's apparently a (IMO) bastardized version of clockwork mod. Hell, it could be a zip, but I know I'm running a terminal command to write the recovery. I don't think I can paste links...
I have no problem flashing the google edition firmware or AOSP based firmware when I have TWRP installed. It's just trying to get rid of TWRP and go back to CWM that I want to do (because I backed up my phone in CWM and now I can't get back).

tasiv said:
baseband = I337UCUAMDB
I'm not flashing a zip, it's apparently a (IMO) bastardized version of clockwork mod. Hell, it could be a zip, but I know I'm running a terminal command to write the recovery. I don't think I can paste links...
I have no problem flashing the google edition firmware or AOSP based firmware when I have TWRP installed. It's just trying to get rid of TWRP and go back to CWM that I want to do (because I backed up my phone in CWM and now I can't get back).
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Flash this in your current twrp, it'll replace twrp and put in cwm 6.0.4.7
Edit, PS to carrier unlock I think you need to be on mdl firmware

jd1639 said:
Flash this in your current twrp, it'll replace twrp and put in cwm 6.0.4.7
Edit, PS to carrier unlock I think you need to be on mdl firmware
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OK, so I have TWRP right now, and I ran that utility you created for me. It failed.
here's what I can make out of the log:
assert failed: package_extract_file("orecovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jflteat
E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/Download/jjd-recovery-c
Error flashing zip "/sdcard/Download/jjd-recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jflt
updating partition details...
it's cut off on the right, but I think you can tell that...

tasiv said:
OK, so I have TWRP right now, and I ran that utility you created for me. It failed.
here's what I can make out of the log:
assert failed: package_extract_file("orecovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jflteat
E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/Download/jjd-recovery-c
Error flashing zip "/sdcard/Download/jjd-recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-jflt
updating partition details...
it's cut off on the right, but I think you can tell that...
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Sorry, I had a typo in it try this

jd1639 said:
Sorry, I had a typo in it try this
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I feel useless.... Now It's giving me the "system software not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone" I attempted to flash lokidoki, but I think that's just for the rom...

tasiv said:
I feel useless.... Now It's giving me the "system software not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone" I attempted to flash lokidoki, but I think that's just for the rom...
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Does your baseband and build number both say your on mdb firmware?
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jd1639 said:
Does your baseband and build number both say your on mdb firmware?
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currently my baseband = I337UCUAMDB
and my build number = JDQ39.i337UCUAMDB
so, yes
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tasiv said:
currently my baseband = I337UCUAMDB
and my build number = JDQ39.i337UCUAMDB
so, yes
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Idk, what to say now. I'm thinking it's because you're on mdb and not mdl. Mdb is really old. You might try flashing mdl. You'll still be able to put on a custom recovery and flash roms just like you currently are. Just don't flash mf3 or higher. If you go that route you'll want to make sure to freeze the update.apk so the ota didn't work.
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jd1639 said:
Idk, what to say now. I'm thinking it's because you're on mdb and not mdl. Mdb is really old. You might try flashing mdl. You'll still be able to put on a custom recovery and flash roms just like you currently are. Just don't flash mf3 or higher. If you go that route you'll want to make sure to freeze the update.apk so the ota didn't work.
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I appreciate the help you've given me.
I think I may try that, I'll just have to find a copy of it somewhere. I've got my phone back into a state where I (almost) left it thanks to titanium backup and the ROM I've been using. I really liked CWM, but the features of TWRP seem promising. I've been having a little trouble backing up the phone though (I think I'm exceeding max file size of backup?) but I'm sure it'll eventually work.

Anyone have the stock LS997 system.img and boot.img?

Hello, there are some devs for the sprint version of this phone who can use this. Our rooted sprint phones are missing a few features such as Wi-Fi calling, FM, PRL updates, HD calling and a voicemail program are just a few of the missing features on the US996 rom that rooted sprint users are on.
Can someone post directions on how someone with a stock sprint device be able to upload their files?
VZW users have already uploaded their file and already have other roms made.

I don't but FYI there is an update today for this model
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Do not install the update if you want to root

me2151 said:
Do not install the update if you want to root
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Thanks but with unlimited data and hotspot at no extra charge along with themes. I really don't have a reason to root.
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EROMITLAB said:
Thanks but with unlimited data and hotspot at no extra charge along with themes. I really don't have a reason to root.
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How did you get hotspot for free?

osva said:
How did you get hotspot for free?
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Both my sprint lines are unlimited high speed data and 5 gig hotspot for each line free with Plan. It's in the contract.
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2 lines unlimited data high speed free 5 gig hotspot each 100 bucks
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Is there anything that can be done with the update that would give us more sprint features for us rooted folks?

MANDROIDS said:
Is there anything that can be done with the update that would give us more sprint features for us rooted folks?
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The update is not why I made this post. @Tilde88 is making and others can possibly make roms with the system.img and boot.img of a stock sprint LG V20. The thing is I don't know how that can be done. roms for the US996 at&t and verizon are already made. A custom rom for just the sprint variant should restore all those lost features. That is the hope at least.
I doubt that a rom can be made out of the updated files anyway.

esqueue said:
The update is not why I made this post. @Tilde88 is making and others can possibly make roms with the system.img and boot.img of a stock sprint LG V20. The thing is I don't know how that can be done. roms for the US996 at&t and verizon are already made. A custom rom for just the sprint variant should restore all those lost features. That is the hope at least.
I doubt that a rom can be made out of the updated files anyway.
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I just need the boot.img for the ramdisk, i have the source to make the kernel.
I need /system of sprint so i can have all the sprint apks and features.

Tilde88 said:
I just need the boot.img for the ramdisk, i have the source to make the kernel.
I need /system of sprint so i can have all the sprint apks and features.
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How does one obtain said files?

@Tilde88 don't we have to take a complete backup of the rom before flashing the US996 rom? Wanted to make sure before I go about rooting and getting this for you.

fogame said:
@Tilde88 don't we have to take a complete backup of the rom before flashing the US996 rom? Wanted to make sure before I go about rooting and getting this for you.
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We are instructed to take a backup with twrp but if twrp is installed, it's already "not stock". I have those backups but they were taken from "Flashing TWRP and Fixing Varient Issues" Step 3 in the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410 They are backups of the boot.img and system.img. the system is 5gb if I am correct. I'll look into uploading them if they will help but I think that they are modified and will not help you.

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How does one obtain said files?
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The best way would be, once you have ADB root, you open up an adb shell and do a DD command to pull the images. However, if you have already flashed TWRP and flashed the deODEX US996 ROM, you will not have the correct files.. You would have to restore your original backup that you made before you flashed the different ROM. I don't know about the bootloader/conversion hack, so I don't know if you can even do that. But if you have ROOT access, and you see your Sprint apps installed, you can get me the files I need.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO NOT MIX UP THE if= and of=. Please copy and paste ONLY
Code:
adb shell
Code:
su
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/data/media/0/ls997system.img
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/data/media/0/ls997boot.img
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@Tilde88 don't we have to take a complete backup of the rom before flashing the US996 rom? Wanted to make sure before I go about rooting and getting this for you.
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If you have not yet rooted, you are the perfect candidate. I believe that your root hack still uses a temporary root shell to flash TWRP. If that is the case, follow my instructions above. If you have flashed the US996 ROM, the files will be of no use to me. You will need to restore the Sprint ROM.
esqueue said:
We are instructed to take a backup with twrp but if twrp is installed, it's already "not stock". I have those backups but they were taken from "Flashing TWRP and Fixing Varient Issues" Step 3 in the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410 They are backups of the boot.img and system.img. the system is 5gb if I am correct. I'll look into uploading them if they will help but I think that they are modified and will not help you.
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Yes, if the backup you made was prior to flashing the US996 ROM, that will work.

Tilde88 said:
The best way would be, once you have ADB root, you open up an adb shell and do a DD command to pull the images. However, if you have already flashed TWRP and flashed the deODEX US996 ROM, you will not have the correct files.. You would have to restore your original backup that you made before you flashed the different ROM. I don't know about the bootloader/conversion hack, so I don't know if you can even do that. But if you have ROOT access, and you see your Sprint apps installed, you can get me the files I need.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO NOT MIX UP THE if= and of=. Please copy and paste ONLY
su
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/data/media/0/ls997system.img
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/data/media/0/ls997boot.img
@Tilde88 don't we have to take a complete backup of the rom before flashing the US996 rom? Wanted to make sure before I go about rooting and getting this for you.
If you have not yet rooted, you are the perfect candidate. I believe that your root hack still uses a temporary root shell to flash TWRP. If that is the case, follow my instructions above. If you have flashed the US996 ROM, the files will be of no use to me. You will need to restore the Sprint ROM.
Yes, if the backup you made was prior to flashing the US996 ROM, that will work.
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Sweet. Haven't rooted yet so I can make it so. I'll see what I can do to ight.

Tilde88 said:
The best way would be, once you have ADB root, you open up an adb shell and do a DD command to pull the images. However, if you have already flashed TWRP and flashed the deODEX US996 ROM, you will not have the correct files.. You would have to restore your original backup that you made before you flashed the different ROM. I don't know about the bootloader/conversion hack, so I don't know if you can even do that. But if you have ROOT access, and you see your Sprint apps installed, you can get me the files I need.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO NOT MIX UP THE if= and of=. Please copy and paste ONLY
Code:
adb shell
Code:
su
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/data/media/0/ls997system.img
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/data/media/0/ls997boot.img
If you have not yet rooted, you are the perfect candidate. I believe that your root hack still uses a temporary root shell to flash TWRP. If that is the case, follow my instructions above. If you have flashed the US996 ROM, the files will be of no use to me. You will need to restore the Sprint ROM.
Yes, if the backup you made was prior to flashing the US996 ROM, that will work.
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I've started uploading them to google drive. While I get fast downloads The upload is crap. it will be done in a little under 2 hours.

esqueue said:
I've started uploading them to google drive. While I get fast downloads The upload is crap. it will be done in a little under 2 hours.
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If you are uploading the TWRP files, I won't be able to use that. You would first have to restore it in TWRP, boot the phone to make sure it works, and then pull those files.

Tilde88 said:
If you are uploading the TWRP files, I won't be able to use that. You would first have to restore it in TWRP, boot the phone to make sure it works, and then pull those files.
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Ok, I'm cancelling the upload. I'll have to do this when I have some down time.

esqueue said:
Ok, I'm cancelling the upload. I'll have to do this when I have some down time.
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Someone else in this thread has yet to root. He is going to try and get the files for me, before he flashes the US996 ROM

Tilde88 said:
Someone else in this thread has yet to root. He is going to try and get the files for me, before he flashes the US996 ROM
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Yep. Just got to wait until I'm at a computer that isn't government owned lol.

Tilde88 said:
The best way would be, once you have ADB root, you open up an adb shell and do a DD command to pull the images. However, if you have already flashed TWRP and flashed the deODEX US996 ROM, you will not have the correct files.. You would have to restore your original backup that you made before you flashed the different ROM. I don't know about the bootloader/conversion hack, so I don't know if you can even do that. But if you have ROOT access, and you see your Sprint apps installed, you can get me the files I need.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO NOT MIX UP THE if= and of=. Please copy and paste ONLY
Code:
adb shell
Code:
su
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=/data/media/0/ls997system.img
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot of=/data/media/0/ls997boot.img
If you have not yet rooted, you are the perfect candidate. I believe that your root hack still uses a temporary root shell to flash TWRP. If that is the case, follow my instructions above. If you have flashed the US996 ROM, the files will be of no use to me. You will need to restore the Sprint ROM.
Yes, if the backup you made was prior to flashing the US996 ROM, that will work.
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Quick Questions because i truly don't know. Will my boot img contain personal info? Is this safe? IE not going to brick my device. Just don't want to give my personal info unknowingly. I would like to root in the future but am waiting for all the kinks to get sorted. Being able to help the cause would be great.