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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
In super manager you need two switch to r/w instead of r/o. To do this once in file manager hit the menu button and u will get a pop up asking you what u want to do at the bottom left hit r/w and confirm then replace the file.

sent from my SGS4G running WHITEHAWKX KD1,TW4.0,

and FKNFOCUSED modded notification bar. rockin CWM3 BETA.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bustanut:
I think it was cause i didn't have root access enabled...lol thanks for your help though
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Yea that could do it.lol but anyway when you get it all going check out the Bali kernel Drhonk just realsed. Well I'm heading to that thread to say my thanks. Good luck.

sent from my SGS4G running WHITEHAWKX KD1,TW4.0,

and FKNFOCUSED modded notification bar. rockin CWM3 BETA.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
hell to the yea you guys, if i wasn't poor and had just lost one my jobs i would make it rain....well kinda. hah thanks guys for making my phone a tad bit better
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
Once it boots to cwm, I just have to reboot the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
what are you trying to do?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] heartspains88:
This has made me the happiest SGS4G owner ever. Been waiting for this day. The future looks much brighter!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
Oh nothing I just want to know once cwm is running do I reboot the phone? Just trying to get a better understanding
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
well it depends on what you are trying to do.

When you "Re-install" Packages and get into CWM, you can flash from a zip, backup, restore, etc... when you are done with anyone of those, then yes, reboot your device.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
oh ok, thank you for your help I appreciate it. Now the update.zip, that gets installed when you choose "reinstall packages"??? like once I'm in CWM recovery screen, I don't go and choose "install zip from sdcard" option and select that update.zip that Krylon provided for us. Or that option is just like for Kernels or zip files like you said earlier. Again I'm just trying to learn this, may seem like a dumb question. Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
no worries, your on the right track. the "update.zip" that krylon posted is what allows you to get into CWM. once your in CWM, you choose another .zip file that you would like to flash. Usually mods, kernels, modems, or roms, will come in a .zip format thats flashable, you will look for those where ever you saved it when in CWM.

Happy Modding
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
Thank you so much man, things are making sense now.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
anytime :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
!!!

im still one of the unlucky ones that cant get this to work. i cannot get root explorer to overwrite the recovery fin in the /system/bin folder. It simply will not replace or overwrite it. Im rooted on stock rom, verified root and busybox via rootchecker, updated busybox thru titanium. Also making sure that root explorer is set as r/w.. Still cant get it to go. Havent tried reflashing but I was hoping to avoid that. Any help would be appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
have you tried other apps? Ive used ES File explorer successfully, and I hear others are using Super Manager. You can give those two a shot since they've been proven to work. Last resort would be to flash a rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
+1 Super Manager $Free (be sure to 'enable Root' in settings and switch to r/w, of course!)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
just used super manager. after i figured out how to use that dumb ****, it worked perfect. thats crazy. root explorer has never failed me with any system file, but it did with this. thanks a ton dude. just flashed new kernel fine thru cwm
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Haha
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
I was having the same exact problem as you. I was using Root Explorer Pro. It wouldn't over write. I'm stock root. Verified. I had selected r/w.

I'm noob.

Because it calls to replace the file and it wasn't taking I thought I had to delete stock recovery. I copied stock rec to external sd. Deleted stock rec. Turned phone off to reboot. Turned phone on. Stuck on Samsung 4g logo screen. SOFT BRICKED!!

I Odin'd to Krylon360 stock/root KB5 no problem. Thought I'd chill odexed for a minute. Lol.

I never had any problems with Root Explorer before.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Great stuff!

Could you PLEASE explain in DETAIL how you did it using Super Manager. Sorry but I'm noob and I'm just coming back from my first soft brick yesterday.

I'm reading everything in our forum. However some terms used by knowledgeable members are vague and appear to be slang ei push, pull. I know what context they are being used in but I haven't seen any push/pull options. Lol... Btw is extracting the same as unziping. I haven't seen an unzip option in Root Explorer yet. I'm getting off topic.

Thank you for any help! I'll be sure to hit the thank you button later when I'm on pc .
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
Is this the final cmw? or is there anything not comfirmed working?

Great Job

Sent from my cellular device
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
let me ask you a question? does anywhere on the title say "Final"??

Please READ!!! did you see that it says "BETA 3" it does not say "FINAL".
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
I saw flashable cmw3 on another thread and was wondering if this one was up to date with the other one. Relax

Sent from my cellular device
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
:-D we're all getting a little anxious... Just always remember beta = not finished.

That being said, as long as you have the beta 3 update.zip and the correct recovery.bin you cab flash kernels, mods, and roms... As long as they're compatible. No backup/restore functionality yet.

I did a test for drhonk ladt week and he says we're 99% done. Just have to figure out that problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
1. Goto the OP.

2. Download recovery.bin and update.zip. Place on root of sd card.

3.Open super manager.

4.Goto settings. Enable root.

When prompted by super user, hit ok.

5. Switch from r/o to r/w.

6. Select recovery from the root of ur external sd and select copy.

7. Goto /system/bin and find recovery. Delete it. then press the clipboard icon (paste).

8. Exit out of super manager and open the market. Download quickboot. (already installed if on whitehawkx KD1.)

9. Open quick boot and select recovery.

10. Select reinstall packages.

Youre now in cwm and ready to flash drhonks bali kernel!!! :-D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
yeah, it seems everyone trying to use root explorer to replace binary files is having same trouble. Super Manager worked fine for me..

pulling and pushing are terms for ADB, which has to be done from the computer. Super Manager will allow you to replace the file just with the phone. What I did was make sure that the recovery binary file and update.zip file were both on the SD Card, and go into Super Manager and go to the new recovery file on the SD card and tap and hold to get the pop up that says copy. Once you hit copy, wait for it to say "preparing for copy" (something like that). Once it finishes, browse back to the /system/bin folder and click on the folder icon. This was the part that was hanging me up, I kept clicking the checkmark waiting for it to copy the file. Then all you have to do is paste the file, and then exit out of it. Get into recovery however you would like to (i use quickboot), and then go to reinstall packages or whatver it says, (second option down), then it will boot you into CWM, from there, you can flash whatver you like. Make sure both the recovery file and the update.zip are on the root of you sd card
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Radness! installing the kernel through cwm is cake. Just be sure thst when you choose 'install zip from sd', you dont reflash update.zip again. :-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
right, one you hit reinstall packages, it will scan your card for the update.zip then boot you into CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Oh wow this is GREAT info!...

The OP calls for the update.zip to be placed on the EXTERNAL sd. Maybe that should be edited?

Thank you! I've never had or used CWM before and can't wait!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Edited. Thx.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Keep it on there for now! :-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
I will. Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Robbbbit I'm not trying to pick you apart on your instructions. You have been a great help. Thank you.

I noticed the OP says after I replace the recovery file to reboot my phone BEFORE booting into recovery mode.

I soft bricked trying to reboot after deleting and replacing recovery file.This is why I'm asking.

Did you first reboot after replacing the modded recovery file? And then used Quick Boot for recovery mode on the zip?

Again sorry very new. Just want to make sure is all
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
It really doesnt matter, in my exp. And no worries to the questions, were all learning. i soft brick at least once a day trying out stuff and i keep the recovery and update.zip on my sd card and after i odin i do everything exactly as stated. Oh odin, how i love thee.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
I hear you! Thank God for Odin. I almost had a heart attack on my brick. Lol.

You have been a huge help. I'll let you know how it goes for me.

I'll try it while sitting in front of the pc..maybe even try it using the pc! That would be a first!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
Follow op instructions. Worked fine for me. Use root explorer or something similar and double check that you don't have duplicates of recovery, or update on the phone. If you do delete and replace with the new ones.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Thank you. I'm glad you commented I do have duplicates. The noob loading but not pulling the trigger. Two were from a week ago...thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
No problem bud. Glad it worked out for you. :-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
I deleted the copies.

My Modded recovery.bin is on sdcard. When I replace recovery in system/bin with modded rec.bin should I go back and delete the moddedrec.bincopy on sd before I reboot?

If not I would have two copies of the .bin in different places does that matter?

Wow so much different stuff

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
You can leave the copy of recovery file on external. When you hit the reinstall packages on Samsung recovery it will only be looking for the file with the name update.zip.

that's why if you have two files with that name it basically confuses the program. Causes a conflict.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
That is how I bricked myself. Copies. I'm noob. I got file manager, super manger, root explorer ect.

I didn't know how to use them so I long pressed and downloaded to see how the apps worked.

After reading our forum I changed the default download locations to the spots where files/zips needed to be. So the stuff I downloaded a couple of weeks ago and never applied and forgot to delete were still in my phone. They are out now. I surely would have bricked again tonight had I not waited to see what someone might say about my posts...

Any fool can engage in action but it is the wise man who waits. ;)

I Thank You VERY much as soon as I'm on pc I will hit the salute button.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
No problem. I try and help when possible. We all start as a noob. ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] corradokng:
IS /System restore still not suppose to work?

This may sound crazy but I have been restoring /system with no problem for awhile now. And I know for sure because I have been modifying my framework-res.apk and everytime I would get a boot hang issue, I would just CWM advanced restore, restore /system.

The only reason I noticed is because I changed a bunch of files around and got a system mount error now.

I have two phone and I am checking that one now.

update:

well sob it doesn't work now, odin to kc1 to messing around then odin back to kd1

went to flash no go. I know this was working. I was finishing up power menu options and bat mods.

odin to kd1 i restored /system and my mod was gone back to saved system. weird.

Anyone Know how to get Root access from recovery?

I just keep getting permission denied?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] KAsp3rd:
I believe superoneclick root has temp shell root that you might be able to use through adb while you are in recovery but I'm unsure.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
So, just to make sure, we are ok to flash ROMs and Kernels but can't do NANDROIDs?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
you can flash zips(new ones) and make backups but cant do full restores because of the mounting issue in the gs4g
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
Ughh. That's gonna keep me from flashing a kernel
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Lol... Why? If the one variation of the one kernel we have doeant suit your fancy, flash back... I know the benefit of b.u./restore.... But... Yeah...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Juls317:
How would I flash back? Just download the stock and flash? I have a Mac so I can't odin
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
sygee has posted the original KD1 kernel in cwm flashable form and there is also a flashable KD1 deodexed rom via cwm. so if u have cwm on device u are set to do anything u want. just back up all your apps with Titanium Backup, make a backup of your launcher settings if your launcher has this feature and flash away. Now that we have the cwm beta 3 and flashable kernels and roms then it doesnt matter that u cant use odin because the worst that can happen is u screw something up and have to reflash ur rom and start over. I am on KC1 deodexed and i have been flashing back and forth between all the kernels available just to try them out and choose one. The bali kernel by drhonk is sweet and very worth the flashing risk! Hope that helps.

edit: i am sorry to misinform u! If u soft brick your phone then the only way is download mode and odin and u cannot use due to mac. Just take your time,learn from others mistakes(READ),and follow the directions and u should be fine!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Anyone starting to think amylovesputers or whatever was right? Lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
haha that kid was a complete f-off. it was amylovespooters or some junk like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Lol. I talked with luckyduck69 for a minute the other day and krylon sent his phone back. He says cwm is working, but idk if his is working more than the public beta.

our beta isnt perfect, but itll do enough. currently trying to get a rom together...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
its good enough for me at the current stage. it was way more than we had before hand, and im thankful that they worked it out. Im looking into cooking up something also
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Pm me. Rickyc19 and I are tslking about things too. If we all take a piece, it shouldnt be too hard. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
soo is cwm ever going to be completely running full blast? sorry for the noob question it just sucks that it was soo close to full completion and then.... stopped.

dont get me wrong i am soooo THANKFUL for everything krylon and drhonk have done and our phones are much better with these advancements but are we ever going to be on the other androids level? because this phone is really nice :/
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] drhonk:
Sorry guys .. it's hard to troubleshoot the remaining issue with current CWM when you don't have a test phone. Been trying to find a phone with broken screen but no luck .. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
no problem dude. **** if cwm doesnt progress anymore for this phone id bae satisfied. thanks for all of your hard work. hopefully we can get the full restore thru cwm rigged up somehow though. if i had another tmobile phone id def send mine for the cause
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] drhonk:
Just so you know the last result from our last test was, restore worked (at least no error) but phone crashed on boot which resulted in phone booted directly to recovery again which I think it was config issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Harhar321:
Thanks again for the work on this drhonk. I wish I had a phone to send you. I wish we had the knowledge and expertise in this forum to pick up the ball and run. As has been said it's mostly working and I guess that's going to have to be good enough for now. I hope someone who knows what they are doing can step up or we can get drhonk a test phone somehow...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sgyee:
PM Sent regarding that...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] babyfacedkayos:
who needs restore?!?!?!? titanium back up and move on...

this phone is AWESOME (my 1st android phone that actually has a real battery in it.) i can be out all day and after 200-300+ tets, browsing for about 20-30 min... 20 min of calling and facebook/twitter on all day and maybe 15-20 emails a day, and still have 40% of my battery after a full day of work...

here here dr honk and krylon.... to you a huge debt is owed... #letsgo!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
keeps getting stuck on galaxy s 4g boot screen? someone else encounter this? any help. followed all the instructions
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
Reflash back to stock and try again, you probably did a baby mistake
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
allready had to flash back to kd1 4 times. iv tryed everything. recovery binary on root of sd,in a folder, together with update, i dnt know what to do
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
Just to make sure i understand correctly, you replaced the recover binary in system/bin with the one krylon gave you right? or are you just leaving it on the root of your sd? update.zip should be left on the root of the sd never touched.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
yes exactly but to be clear im going into system/bin and delete that recovery then going back to my sd card and getting the recovering krylon put up and pasteing it in system/bin then rebooting then when i go to recovery in quick boot it get stuck on galaxy s 4g tmobile blah blah blah.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
This sounds stupid, i know. But ur new recovery.bin didnt get changed to something like recovery1.bin or recovery.bin.bin by mistake, did it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
there should be no ".bin" extension. It should just be "recovery"
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
yeah but i renamed it to recovery.bin and took out the (1)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
some progress now its giving me the E:Cant open/mnt/internal_sd/update.zip

(no such file or directory) instalation aborted
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] badb4lyfe:
Y does everyone keep using odin on soft brick? why not just boot in cwm beta3 recovery and restore from backup?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
thats the idea buddy
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
That's your problem, don't rename recovery to recovery.bin keep it just as recovery.

And we use odin on soft bricks because cwm3 beta is not fully functional and will not mount on restore :/
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Harhar321:
Well if you can get in to recovery mode you are not 'bricked'. A soft brick generally means--at least--you can't get past the splash screen and you are stuck in a bootloop or worse can't boot at all or some such.

I am however quite interested if we can in fact restore a full nandroid backup. I thought that was the main issue with the current cwm beta. Am I wrong? I thought with the mount issue we could only do advanced/partial restores...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
+1 Follow the steps Exactly! no where in the op does it say to rename files.

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] badb4lyfe:
but the reason y i asked is cuz whenever i run into any issues i just do a recover via the nandroid(cwm backup/recovery system)... and it has worked everytime
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
Ok so I must apologize, the last time I tried a nandroid restore cwm was still failing but I just tried it with the newest update for cwm and it worked! Wow I feel like a noob hahaha anyways so if we can restore how come we cant flash the roms through cwm??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] badb4lyfe:
idk bud.... just knew than nandroid recovery worked... maybe its sumfin else... but i'm these wonderful devs are working on it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MarkP80nj:
You can flash roms.

Recovery is the issue, even though it seems to work for a couple people.

I'll test it tomorrow if I have the time, to see if it works with me.

Sent from my sgs4g with:

Whitehawks deodexed kd1 & tw4

Drhonk's Bali kernel v1.1

Krylons CMW3 b3

Fknfosued' status bar mod

& robbbit's boot animations.

Thanks to all of you!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
No more mounting issue?

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never tried because of the mounting issue but am i to understand that a full restore is now fully functional and there is no longer a mounting issue when the system tries to unmount???????????? If full restores are working than that would mean that CWM is fully functional?????????? If i am just confused or misunderstanding then please forgive.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
Im as confused as you, I swear restore wasnt working but I gave up tryinh on beta 2 so I read that post and had to give it a try with beta 3 and wtf it worked everything is runnoing smooth still since I restored

But I still cannot flash a rom, when I try it either gets stuck on boot screen or wont allow the installation of apps and constant fc's and random restarts, so its not fully functional, which is why its called beta :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Correct me if I'm wrong but we have no working rom for this device right?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
what do u mean??? we do not have any custom roms but we do have roms. KB5,KC1,KD1 are stock but roms none the less.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sgyee:
Syntactically, the rooted KC1/KD1 roms are technically customized. They aren't customized on the level of like an AOSP type recompile, but in my view, they are customized.

To me (and I may have the wrong view), a stock ROM is one that is unrooted and that will return the unit to it's original retail condition.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
Thanks for the correction and as i read your post i realized how much i was misinforming. I fully agree with you and i apologize for my hasty response.

Also i apologize for unintentionally taking credit away from the people that have worked hard to customize those roms. Thanks to everyone!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
Good response because I thought the same thing.these are customized roms
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] wizardslovak:
any updates on CWM??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Thanks for the correction. I didn't know that. Now here's a question. What's the difference between a kernel and a rom? Please don't jump my ass to hard for this I'm a noob and still learning.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
A kernal controls the bios of the system and the rom is the OS of the device...that's as simple as I can put it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Exactly! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Thanks for the clarification. Wish I had a PC. I could try to make some mods and themes but I don't so it sucks.lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nikmash232:
parallels desktop is your friend
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
I've noticed for a noob you handle yourself well..so you don't suck so bad!!????