Hi i have installed TWRP on my phone but I can't use OTA. I want to ask - if i download lollipop rom from samsung, extract stock recovery.img from ROM archive - will it work flashed by flashify?
Since you need to download a ROM anyway to get the stock recovery image, you might as well get the latest ROM for your device and not bother with the OTA. Simply download the complete and latest ROM package for your device from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com and flash it through Odin. Afterwards, root if desired and replace the stock recovery with TWRP.
I'd like to test out CM13 on my rooted i337m, currently running CM 12 with bootloader I337MVLUFNE1. Before I start I'd like to get an idea of the steps involved; any help you can offer is appreciated!
My understanding is that to use CM 13 I will need to do the following:
1. Install the UCUAMDB or UCUAMDL bootloader from the i337
2. Flash the version of recovery that corresponds to the cm13 version I wish to use
3. Backup, wipe, flash CM13 ROM and GApps
I have no idea how to do steps 1 and 2. I've never messed with the bootloader and I'm not even sure if it's safe to use the i337 one on i337m. I also can't seem to get twrp manager to flash a .img file.
CM13 thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rom-cyanogenmod13-releases-nightlies-t3459578
Do you have an i337 or i337m? You can confirm the model number in download mode.
If it is the i337m, just flash twrp, cm13, and gaps.
Yes I've got the i337m, running I337MVLUFNE1 bootloader. So you're saying that I don't need to change bootloaders - all I need to do is flash the cm13 recovery that goes with my cm13 rom. That makes things easier!
I already have TWRP 3.0.2-0 installed. I am trying to use TWRP manager to flash the cm13 recovery from the 2016/8/20 snapshot ( cm-13.0-20160820-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO0J3-jflteatt-recovery.img), but it doesn't show up in the directory. I think this might be because it's a .img file instead of a .zip. Should I just zip it up?
If you have twrp installed as a custom recovery, just copy the rom, which should be in a .zip format, to the phone's internal memory or as card, boot into twrp, perform a full wipe, and flash the rom and your choice of gapps if the rom doesn't include google apps.
audit13 said:
If you have twrp installed as a custom recovery, just copy the rom, which should be in a .zip format, to the phone's internal memory or as card, boot into twrp, perform a full wipe, and flash the rom and your choice of gapps if the rom doesn't include google apps.
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The problem with that is I get "error 7" from TWRP when flashing the rom as described above. The instructions linked in my original post say that the workaround for this is to first flash the specific recovery snapshot that corresponds to the rom snapshot. I put that recovery on my SD card but TWRP manager couldn't see it (its a .img file), so I zipped it and then tried to flash, but this failed.
So it seems the next step for me is to figure out how to flash that recovery snapshot before I go on worrying about the rom.
I appreciate your help and patience!
The status 7 error is usually caused by one of two items: the TWRP version is outdated or the ROM is not for the phone you are trying to flash.
Since you have an i337m, use Odin and flash TWRP for the gt-i9505, then flash CM.
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The status 7 error is usually caused by one of two items: the TWRP version is outdated or the ROM is not for the phone you are trying to flash.
Since you have an i337m, use Odin and flash TWRP for the gt-i9505, then flash CM.
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Before I try to flash it with Odin, is it okay to instead use TWRP manager to install the latest jflteatt version of TWRP (since it's a jflteatt version of CM I want)? I bricked a device with Odin once so if you think this would work instead that's what I'll do!
Which version of TWRP did you install? Was it for the jfltecan? If it was, it may probably error out when flashing the att version of CM.
Yes I have JFLTECAN TWRP at the moment. On my old phone it was drilled into me to only use stuff for my version of that phone, which I guess isn't the case with the S4. So it's safe to put the jflteatt twrp on my phone?
Did you try to flash the jflteatt version to your phone using the can version of TWRP? If it won't flash, try the 9505 version of TWRP on the i337m.
I understand what you mean about bricking but the recoveries are very similar as are the phones themselves.
I got it to work. There were 2 issues: 1 was that I needed the jfltexx recovery like you suggested, and 2 was that TWRP manager wasn't properly installing new recoveries so I was actually always testing with the jfltecan recovery. Switching to Rashr allowed me to install the jfltexx recovery, which allowed me to get the fltexx cm13.
Thanks again for your help!
To install TWRP, I thought you flashed the tar version of TWRP using Odin 3.07 in the PDA box. That is the simplest way I know to flash it.
Hello,
My Note 4 is rooted , emotion nightly with twrp, using stock rom samsung marshmallow
today I received a software update for the marshmallow firmware.
the update is a zip file
I tried to flash the update using twrp, but it failed. As I understood twrp can't flash zip files, only tar
I tried to flash the update using odin, but it failed. is this the same with odin?
maybe I am doing something wrong
is there by any chance a possiblity to flash the update or do I need to install the complete new stock firmware ?
thanks in advance, kind regards, coinco
How did you recieved the update ?
If you downloaded it from sammobile
Then first extract the zip file , if you get an .tar file , only then you can flash it with odin .
You simply cant flash an official update through any unofficial software , so dont try to flash it in custom recovery .
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Thank you, for your answer,
I received the update, through (F) OTA,
so as I understand correctly, it will not be possible to flash the file.
It will be no problem , I will flash the original new firmware.
Hi,
I'm trying to find the file to flash the stock nougat UK BTU through twrp? I tried odin with files but they just fail. Thanks
OK, so coming from the oneplus 3t, we had to flash the firmware (just a flashable zip that contained ONLY the modem/and firmware, not the system or kernel or anything else). Why can't we do that with this phone? Why do we have to constantly flash the whole OOS ROM?