I rooted my Samsung Galaxy s4 (KitKat) with towelroot. I used CWM to backup everything as I'm supposed to do. It says I've lost the recovery file? Can someone help me. O have no access to a computer.
I need a .zip file for cwm recovery I have another phone with root access that I can use to transfer the .zip file to the cwm folder to restore the device.
It is US CELLULAR 4g lte, SCH- (I can't remember the rest of that)
I'm gonna cry. Please help me....
What exactly is the problem here? Your phone doesn't boot anymore or what?
I guess I need a computer. Damn.
Noob7_ said:
I guess I need a computer. Damn.
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You can always flash a custom ROM.
Pwnycorn said:
You can always flash a custom ROM.
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Can I do that without a computer? Thanks for answering.
Pwnycorn said:
What exactly is the problem here? Your phone doesn't boot anymore or what?
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Sorry. I don't know when you responded. Slow network. It just won't boot past the CWM recovery/reeboot system now screen. It says my CWM folder is empty. I have an S3 I can use to transfer the .zip CWM file to the SD card of the S4, if I had the .zip file. I have no way to a computer to do anything like that, that way. The I'm Samsung Leiss? (I think) to restore it back to the factory version.
Thanks for answering. Appreciate it a lot.
Noob7_ said:
Sorry. I don't know when you responded. Slow network. It just won't boot past the CWM recovery/reeboot system now screen. It says my CWM folder is empty. I have an S3 I can use to transfer the .zip CWM file to the SD card of the S4, if I had the .zip file. I have no way to a computer to do anything like that, that way. The I'm Samsung Leiss? (I think) to restore it back to the factory version.
Thanks for answering. Appreciate it a lot.
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If you mean that you can use a s3 backup on the s4, then no, don't do that, i believe you can flash the stock firmware using your phone by MobileOdin or Flashfire apps...i guess, but i never tried them so i wouldn't recommend, if you have CWM recovery installed, you can try flashing a stock based ROM from development thread(if you like TW ROMs), you can also flash any custom ROM available for your model in the development thread.
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A simple install version on themarket at
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller
thanks to our greatdevelopers
See the end of the thread in tbe dev section
Works great!!! Very simple easy to use. Worth donating to his xda profile.
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Being a complete newbie to Android world: what do these recovery things do, exactly, and why is Clockmod so popular over the others? I mean, I suppose these things help you if your flash goes awry, right? But what else?
You can do a whole system backup and restore and
WereCatf said:
Being a complete newbie to Android world: what do these recovery things do, exactly, and why is Clockmod so popular over the others? I mean, I suppose these things help you if your flash goes awry, right? But what else?
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heres the fun part, you can flash (install) other roms, modems, kernals, etc that the developers come up with. You could flash google 3.1 right now.
My phone has like 6 roms and 3 modems on it. each rom acts and looks different, is faster or slower. my stock gps didnt work worth crap till i flashed a different modem
secular
How safe is this with respect to backing up partitions!
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WereCatf said:
Being a complete newbie to Android world: what do these recovery things do, exactly, and why is Clockmod so popular over the others? I mean, I suppose these things help you if your flash goes awry, right? But what else?
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the clockwork recovery as well any custom recovery. it allows the unsigned .zip that we use to changes roms update and so on., without being stopped by manfacturer security
clockwork its popularity might have come from the awesome rom manager app i believe he is also on the cm team. someone with better knowledge can answer that one.
secularhuman said:
A simple install version on themarket at
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller
thanks to our greatdevelopers
See the end of the thread in tbe dev section
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So im a big noob on modding tablets, and not wanting to brick it I would appreciate the help
So i install this app (already done) then open it up... i have 2 choices install clockwork recovery or install stock USA...... so i install clockwork recovery?
what does this do? lets me install custom 'recovery.img' onto the device such as PRIME 1.4?
so i download PRIME 1.4.zip and inside are 2 folders and boot.img, how do i then go about safely putting PRIME on the device?
sorry for all the questions but everyone's gotta learn sometime ;D
many thanks.
all helpful posts in helping me understand will be thank'd!!
ben.marks said:
So im a big noob on modding tablets, and not wanting to brick it I would appreciate the help
So i install this app (already done) then open it up... i have 2 choices install clockwork recovery or install stock USA...... so i install clockwork recovery?
what does this do? lets me install custom 'recovery.img' onto the device such as PRIME 1.4?
so i download PRIME 1.4.zip and inside are 2 folders and boot.img, how do i then go about safely putting PRIME on the device?
sorry for all the questions but everyone's gotta learn sometime ;D
many thanks.
all helpful posts in helping me understand will be thank'd!!
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You leave Primed zipped and put it on your SDcard.
You then boot into CWM and select install .zip from SDcard.
Navigate to the file (Prime 1.4) and just select it.
It should then install
Reboot and have lots of new fun!
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You leave Primed zipped and put it on your SDcard.
You then boot into CWM and select install .zip from SDcard.
Navigate to the file (Prime 1.4) and just select it.
It should then install
Reboot and have lots of new fun!
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How do I boot into CWM? like a device reboot, or via the app?
Ok so I installed CWM recovery from the app above.... and moved the PRIME.zip file to my SDcard root but in the app now the "Custom or Stock recovery.img from microSD" is greyed out.
Any ideas how I install PRIME?
I also rebooted the device and managed to boot it into CWM, however when i go to "install zip from sd card" PRIME does not appear in the list, i get DCIM/ and LOST.DIR/
^ My advice is to STOP RIGHT THERE
Don't even THINK about installing Prime until you've read the Prime thread in the development section and UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
Otherwise you WILL KILL YOUR TABLET.
Seriously, newbies shouldn't be doing any of this stuff until you've understood how to do it safely.
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How do I boot into CWM? like a device reboot, or via the app?
Ok so I installed CWM recovery from the app above.... and moved the PRIME.zip file to my SDcard root but in the app now the "Custom or Stock recovery.img from microSD" is greyed out.
Any ideas how I install PRIME?
I also rebooted the device and managed to boot it into CWM, however when i go to "install zip from sd card" PRIME does not appear in the list, i get DCIM/ and LOST.DIR/
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prime should be in your external sd card... not in sdcard .. do you can understand this ???
cwm can only read external sd card and usb storage like usb thumb drive
interqd said:
prime should be in your external sd card... not in sdcard .. do you can understand this ???
cwm can only read external sd card and usb storage like usb thumb drive
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it was on the ex sd card, but i looked through all the settings on CWM and couldn't find it anywhere, i only got the options i posted above.
does it have .zip extension ? r u sure ?
yupp was exact one, downloaded from xda... filename: PRIMEEv14_acerA500-p6.zip
Hello XDA
Im just wondering if anyone can create a CWM 6.0.2.3 Recovery Flashable Zip that can be flash via Recovery..
Coz for I do test some custom cwm touch recovery, but to be able to revert back to Official CWMR 6.0.2.3, I have to flash the .IMG via PC (Fastboot Mode).
If anyone can provide us with a Flashable zip with ClockWorkMod Recovery that would be cool and I would be greatful to the one who provide it..
THanks and have a nice day..
Why not use ROM manager?
You can't flash a recovery image when in recovery as it's in use - you can only use fastboot (or ROM Manager if you REALLY want to)
EddyOS said:
You can't flash a recovery image when in recovery as it's in use - you can only use fastboot (or ROM Manager if you REALLY want to)
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Ow.. Thanks for that valuable information, though, I tried to flash a custom CWM touch recovery which was posted here, and there's a flashable zip available, I tried that and flash it via Official CWM Recovery it flashes without any problems,
Still, Fastboot flashing is no problem for me, is just that, It happens to me one time that cant access my PC, then thought of and hoping there's a flashable zip of cwmr without any modifications just like the Official .IMG
Thanks for the reply.
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And as for the ROM Manager, I think its a paid app, and I only buy paid apps If I always use that app.
yethz said:
Hello XDA
Im just wondering if anyone can create a CWM 6.0.2.3 Recovery Flashable Zip that can be flash via Recovery..
Coz for I do test some custom cwm touch recovery, but to be able to revert back to Official CWMR 6.0.2.3, I have to flash the .IMG via PC (Fastboot Mode).
If anyone can provide us with a Flashable zip with ClockWorkMod Recovery that would be cool and I would be greatful to the one who provide it..
THanks and have a nice day..
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get it from my mediafirefolder
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You can't flash a recovery image when in recovery as it's in use - you can only use fastboot (or ROM Manager if you REALLY want to)
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sorry, but i have to disagree, of course it works. I flash recoveries this way for years.
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Ow.. Thanks for that valuable information, though, I tried to flash a custom CWM touch recovery which was posted here, and there's a flashable zip available, I tried that and flash it via Official CWM Recovery it flashes without any problems,
Still, Fastboot flashing is no problem for me, is just that, It happens to me one time that cant access my PC, then thought of and hoping there's a flashable zip of cwmr without any modifications just like the Official .IMG
Thanks for the reply.
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And as for the ROM Manager, I think its a paid app, and I only buy paid apps If I always use that app.
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In which case I stand corrected, I didn't think it was possible to flash another recovery when the existing one is running. Seems like a bit of a security loophole IMO!
Download goo.im and install TWRP
yethz said:
And as for the ROM Manager, I think its a paid app, and I only buy paid apps If I always use that app.
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I just checked Google play, Rom manager is free.
TWRP can't detect SDcard external on OTG
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Download goo.im and install TWRP
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Use an OTG adaptor to access to USB thumb drive connect to Nexus 4.
I have same set up when used TWRP 2.4.4 on Samsung Nexus, and ASUS TF300t; on both devices TWRP recognizes SD card external via OTG without problem.
On Nexus 4, when plug in, or turn it to fastboot, recovery mode, the light on USB thumb drive does not blink. after get in TWRP it will not mount external drive.
Any help?
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Use an OTG adaptor to access to USB thumb drive connect to Nexus 4.
I have same set up when used TWRP 2.4.4 on Samsung Nexus, and ASUS TF300t; on both devices TWRP recognizes SD card external via OTG without problem.
On Nexus 4, when plug in, or turn it to fastboot, recovery mode, the light on USB thumb drive does not blink. after get in TWRP it will not mount external drive.
Any help?
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Nexus 4 doesn't support OTG.
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EddyOS said:
You can't flash a recovery image when in recovery as it's in use - you can only use fastboot (or ROM Manager if you REALLY want to)
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Yes you can..... stop spreading misinformation.
chemao said:
Yes you can..... stop spreading misinformation.
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You've dug up a 5 month old thread to say that? Well done...
You'll see that I was already corrected and admitted such so you've made yourself look like a fool
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You've dug up a 5 month old thread to say that? Well done...
You'll see that I was already corrected and admitted such so you've made yourself look like a fool
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I didn't "dig up" the thread. I was looking for information on CWM Recovery custom ROMs and while reading this (among others) thread looking for the info, I saw your post. Since you aren't man enough to delete your inaccurate comment, I felt it important to decry it so others don't heed your ignorant assertion.
Why should I delete it? I was corrected, I admitted as such and that is more manly than leaving a post saying 'deleted' in it don't you think? I can easily admit when I'm wrong and this was one of those times
Before I even attempt to root & install a custom ROM. Do I absolutely need an SD card?
For root & installing custom ROM, it doesn't require to have a SD card..
Though you can buy one to keep your personal files.
Masum56k said:
For root & installing custom ROM, it doesn't require to have a SD card..
Though you can buy one to keep your personal files.
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Okay can someone walk me through this then? Because I've only installed custom rom's through SD cards.
Unless after I root your saying I would have to drag & drop the files into a directory inside the phone.
Krairo said:
Okay can someone walk me through this then? Because I've only installed custom rom's through SD cards.
Unless after I root your saying I would have to drag & drop the files into a directory inside the phone.
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Only 900H version doesn't support SD card..
Which version do you have?
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Only 900H version doesn't support SD card..
Which version do you have?
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The 900P. I thought it was coming with an SD card smh
Krairo said:
The 900P. I thought it was coming with an SD card smh
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Then I think, you should get 100% support from SD card..
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Then I think, you should get 100% support from SD card..
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I'll just wait unless someone has a guide on it. I can't afford to have a brick for a phone right now
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I'll just wait unless someone has a guide on it. I can't afford to have a brick for a phone right now
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A bit of searching would have found you this guide http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900p for how to root the G900P. Realy, wait for others to answer your question?
BTW you do need a sdcard if you want to flash roms, because if you data factory reset in recovery the internal sdcard should be wiped before you flash a new rom, unless you push a rom with adb or sideload from recovery.
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A bit of searching would have found you this guide http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900p for how to root the G900P. Realy, wait for others to answer your question?
BTW you do need a sdcard if you want to flash roms, because if you data factory reset in recovery the internal sdcard should be wiped before you flash a new rom, unless you push a rom with adb or sideload from recovery.
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Thank you & sorry for not searching. I've used ADB & recovery but its been about 2 years since I've touched them.
So if I'm understanding this right. I would be able to for example.
Wipe with recovery or ADB. And use recovery to enter usb mode. Drag & drop the ROM. And install from there correct?
Krairo said:
Thank you & sorry for not searching. I've used ADB & recovery but its been about 2 years since I've touched them.
So if I'm understanding this right. I would be able to for example.
Wipe with recovery or ADB. And use recovery to enter usb mode. Drag & drop the ROM. And install from there correct?
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Best is to place and use a sdcard to put the rom on. First you have to flash a custom recovery through Odin on your pc though, i personaly recomend Philz Touch recovery if available for your phone. Once installed you can flash other roms or kernels. No need to root first as all custom roms are pre-rooted. Make a backup pf your current rom before you flash a new one, just to be safe.
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Best is to place and use a sdcard to put the rom on. First you have to flash a custom recovery through Odin on your pc though, i personaly recomend Philz Touch recovery if available for your phone. Once installed you can flash other roms or kernels. No need to root first as all custom roms are pre-rooted.
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Okay thats good to know. I planned to root just to get the free wifi tethering so I'll go order one right now. Thank you for filling me in on the S5.
gee2012 said:
A bit of searching would have found you this guide http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900p for how to root the G900P. Realy, wait for others to answer your question?
BTW you do need a sdcard if you want to flash roms, because if you data factory reset in recovery the internal sdcard should be wiped before you flash a new rom, unless you push a rom with adb or sideload from recovery.
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Okay thats good to know. I planned to root just to get the free wifi tethering so I'll go order one right now. Thank you for filling me in on the S5.
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783571 for all available G900P custom recovery`s. Choose a .tar version so it can be flashed with Odin. Good luck mate.
Greetings-
I am able to root, and install twrp on my phone just fine. But I am not having much luck with Clockwordmod. I found this link which is a very organized, and comprehensive list of software including CWM. It points to this one, which points to this. My question is I don't know which file to pick. And for some reason Odin does not recognize the one I downloaded. I tried to flash the file with flashify, but I get into a boot loop. Can anyone point me to procedures and files which worked for this platform? I am running N900PVPUCNC5_N900PSPTCNC5_SPR. The main CWM site only seems to have the latest version, which is not odin compatible, and I am not sure if it works with my phone's software. I think it is meant for lollipop?
sansari123 said:
Greetings-
I am able to root, and install twrp on my phone just fine...
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If you have TWRP why do you want CWM? They do the same function.
Journyman16 said:
If you have TWRP why do you want CWM? They do the same function.
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Thanks. My understanding is I can not flash a zImage with twrp, but I can do it with CWM. Is that not correct? The reason I just want to flash the zImage is I want to eliminate some of the steps, and see why my image does not work.
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Thanks. My understanding is I can not flash a zImage with twrp, but I can do it with CWM. Is that not correct? The reason I just want to flash the zImage is I want to eliminate some of the steps, and see why my image does not work.
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I'm not sure what a zimage is - but normal image (img) files can be flashed in TWRP.
zimage is the kernel .
I am afraid this does not help me. Don't mean to be unappreciative. I have done some research, and saw somewhere CWM can flash zImage. I have not seen the same comment about TWRP; I tried it regardless. TWRP does not recognize zImage format. I have looked into reformating the file, but I have to rely on scripts, and I am not sure if the issue with my image is in the packing stage or something else. I want to be able to replace the packing step with a tool like CWM, which is already verified. This is important for me, since I want to make sure I am not doing something wrong and messing up the file when I pack it. Can someone please help? The original question stands; has anyone successfully put CWM on this platform, and if so please share the file(s) and procedure(s) with me.
Well I have had CWM on my n9005, which doesn't help, but have you tried on the Sprint forums? There's n900p CWM Recovery and a search brings up a number of threads to check.
One immediate thing that jumps out is it recommends using Odin 3.04 - maybe it doesn't work with other versions?
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Well I have had CWM on my n9005, which doesn't help, but have you tried on the Sprint forums? There's n900p CWM Recovery and a search brings up a number of threads to check.
One immediate thing that jumps out is it recommends using Odin 3.04 - maybe it doesn't work with other versions?
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Thank you so much. I'll give it a try. I hoped for a more recent version of CWM. I just found out that I can use flashify to flash .img files; so I am gonna try that on my recovery.img file I just built. That may fulefill my requirement.
Thank you so much for the help.
I accidentally wiped my OS from my phone when I wasn't paying attention. All recoveries wiped as well. It will not boot past startup screen. Odin v3.07 and 3.09 both display FAIL when I try to flash the stock ROM back. I am using a G900P. Help?
How do you accidentally wipe an OS from a phone?
You're putting the phone in download mode for ODIN right?
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How do you accidentally wipe an OS from a phone?
You're putting the phone in download mode for ODIN right?
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Yes. It recognizes my phone as plugged in but keeps displaying a FAIL message when flashing, Also I'm running Android 5.0.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...in-sm-g900p-oa6-official-restore-rom-t3022826
If you're putting your phone into Download Mode you should be able to flash a custom recovery onto it (such as TWRP - the one I personally use.)
Try flashing that onto your device then flash a ROM through TWRP - You can mount your phone and SD card onto a PC through this, allowing for you to access the devices file system here.
Then, if you really wanted to, you can go through Samsung Kies on your PC and restore back to the original TouchWiz ROM from Samsung. It'll ask you to verify your device and ask you to put it into download mode but not sure if you'd want to go back to stock.
If you need any more help, just ask here and I'll give you a hand.
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If you're putting your phone into Download Mode you should be able to flash a custom recovery onto it (such as TWRP - the one I personally use.)
Try flashing that onto your device then flash a ROM through TWRP - You can mount your phone and SD card onto a PC through this, allowing for you to access the devices file system here.
Then, if you really wanted to, you can go through Samsung Kies on your PC and restore back to the original TouchWiz ROM from Samsung. It'll ask you to verify your device and ask you to put it into download mode but not sure if you'd want to go back to stock.
If you need any more help, just ask here and I'll give you a hand.
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I'm going to try the Mounting method but I don't exactly understand the process.
limitedsound said:
I'm going to try the Mounting method but I don't exactly understand the process.
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It's quite basic, you simply just go into TWRP and select what you want to be mounted to the computer from the custom recovery. If you need more help here, just let me know.
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Exvious said:
It's quite basic, you simply just go into TWRP and select what you want to be mounted to the computer from the custom recovery. If you need more help here, just let me know.
Also, in download mode I'm not sure if you can access the devices file system through Windows / OS X - Never tried, but I'm assuming it works - Don't quote me on that tho haha.
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No, that's what ADB is for, but the device needs to be booted for ADB, download mode is just for flashing with ODIN
*Detection* said:
No, that's what ADB is for, but the device needs to be booted for ADB, download mode is just for flashing with ODIN
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Right - Thanks for the correction.
How exactly do I use ADB to mount?
limitedsound said:
How exactly do I use ADB to mount?
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If you wiped the OS, you have no reason for adb
Use my link to flash a rom, or use ODIN and a stock rom
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If you wiped the OS, you have no reason for adb
Use my link to flash a rom, or use ODIN and a stock rom
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Yeah Detection Odin is still displaying FAIL messages for the ROM you linked me to.
limitedsound said:
Yeah Detection Odin is still displaying FAIL messages for the ROM you linked me to.
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What exactly did you do to 'accidentally' wipe the OS?
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What exactly did you do to 'accidentally' wipe the OS?
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I was wiping something in TWRP and I apparently checked the "System" button.
You still have TWRP working?
Flash a custom ROM