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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] microm3gas:
Just got a new Tmobile S5. SM-G900T is the model number

Was looking to confirm if this is the correct twrp for my device http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/229

When I used GooManager it said that it could not find a recovery for my device, but see where folks have mentioned that they had a little trouble with goo manager.

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
This is the TWRP forum for the Verizon Galaxy S3. I suggest posting your question in the Galaxy S5 forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52106248
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] microm3gas:
Oops... I had multiple tabs open last night trying to read about this. Sorry for my mistake, thanks for the response!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mike3.14159:
TWRP is not able to mount any of the partitions...system, data, cache, internal or external storage...so I cannot wipe or install anything with TWRP. Cant see anything in the recovery file browser either! It's my sisters phone and I remember that when she first let me root and unlock I ran into the same problem with an older version of TRWP so just installed philz touch, which works completely fine.

Any body else run into this problem? I had TWRP working fine on the three S3's that I had in the past,

Any suggestions on getting it to work, philz touch works fine but I use TWRP on my personal device and would like to have it on hers when I mess with it - plus I'm pretty curious whats going on!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dandv:
Update OP please

Hey [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION], can you please update the OP and the teamw.in site? Some URLs are broken or old:

1. On the teamw.in site, the "Market link" at http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/229 points to https://market.android.com/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager, which is broken. Presumably that should be https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager ?

2. In the OP,

The URL here in the OP is http://tinyw.in/twrp. That should be changed to http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Atlas7:
Hi.

Im using TWRP v2.7-Geass(F2FS). I want to change TWRP theme to HairyBean TWRP v2.5. How to do it???(I find ui.zip inside Hairybean TWRP I think i need to flash it but im not sure...)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
Don't flash it. Copy it to your /TWRP/theme directory.

The theme definitions do change from version to version so make sure your OS is bootable (so you can remove the ui.zip if it causes a problem with recovery).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Atlas7:
Thanks. I just do that and works. I find some tutorial video on youtube!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arvinquilao:
Can you post the recovery log file? You probably need to tweak the fstab file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rix70:
hi guys, when i flash the new versione of TWRP the process FAIL :((

help me please?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mike3.14159:
I've been trying to save the logs from doing a cache wipe or dalvik wipe - can't try to flash anything since it won't pull up internal or external storage. Says it saves the logs to data/media but they aren't there, guessing for the same reason that I can't flash. The way I have installed was through jrummy ROM installer, downloaded twrp coordinator and it tells me that twrp is not installed...??

---------- Post added at 01:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:03 PM ----------

Also, I have it running the newest AOKP build and it takes fooooreeever to boot up, sometimes 5 minutes but rebooted it and gave it back to my sister - she said it was on the boor screen for 4 hours - it was running pacrom 4.3 before with no problems!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bamaredwingsfan:
I'm looking to make the jump to team win but got this warning when installing the recovery. Is this the correct partition. I'm a little skiddish
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arvinquilao:
Can you access adb while TWRP is runnning? Try "adb pull tmp/recovery.log" or adb shell then type "cat tmp/recovery.log".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Prack:
Do NOT install TWRP from that app. It will download some old TWRP from last year. Look for jrummys rom installer app in the play store and install it that way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MisterBigs:
That doesn't really answer the question does it. I'm doing the same and was going to post that question. BTW, vision 2.7.1.0 is the one that is being installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Prack:
I just checked the TWRP app on my phone again and the download is for 2.3.1.0. Anyway yes /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 is correct. Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
TWRP 2.8 is liiiiiiiive!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NoCrAppleHere:
Nice. Running an older TWRP and it's never given me issues. Also run 4.3 Stock Aroma by Old & Slow, any benefit to me upgrading to 2.8? Use Odin to install last TWRP, same for 2.8?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Yes and yes.

Big benefit is ability to use Adb from recovery, and updating recovery software keeps the updater scripts up to date. Keeping a recovery too long will cause flashing errors.

Having the ability to control the recovery with adb is huge. Good feature in case your digitizer input breaks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NoCrAppleHere:
You're a good salesman ;) Will upgrade later tonight. THANKS :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NoCrAppleHere:
so guys I Odin'd 2.8 and all was cool. I did the time zone change, adjusted the screen timeout and adjusted the vibration. Wanted to use it so I did a backup. During that the screen bugged out and wasn't letting me in but finally it did. Next the damn thing went crazy after the backup was done. I couldn't press anything, it was flashing back to screens I was on b4 and all. Finally I got it to reboot. What's up with that? After a few reboots n stuff will that subside or??

Thanks :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Could be a bug. Remember, if you had to you could always use Adb to get out of the recovery. The next small update should iron any bugs out. But you should report the bug on their main website or their main xda thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NoCrAppleHere:
Thanks for all the info. I'll let them know. Thanks a bunch.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
Does goomanager no longer install twrp? Is odin the only option?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
GooManager has taken a nosedive in recent months. I used EZ recovery for the flash process but I downloaded the TWRP 2.8 IMG file from the TWRP website. That's what I've always done though. You need to have the 2.8 IMG file downloaded in order to flash it in this app. There's an option for "custom" which opens up a file picker which you then find your 2.8 IMG then flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jburk68:
Flashify is also a great option and you can download the img file right in the app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
+1 I have been using flashify for about a month and it's been great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Don_Pachuco:
Help?!?!

I have had TWRP on my Note 2 and my Note 3. I'd really like to utilize this ROM on my 10.1 2014, but no matter what I do, no matter which version of Odin I use, I cannot install TWRP on my tablet. Can someone PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help me? What am I doing wrong? And yes, I am rooted....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Well, you're in the wrong section as this is for the Verizon Galaxy SIII and this is just a custom recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Does this require downloading the img file then flashing with flashify or doe flashify find the img file on its own?

---------- Post added at 08:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:02 PM ----------

Never mind figured it out, Flashify lists and let's you download the correct version of recovery (2.8.0.1).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Troubles installing kernels and basebands on 2.8.0.1

I updated TWRP from 2.6.3.1 to 2.8.0.1 on my d2lte (Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3). I am able to install ROMs using 2.8.0.1 and can do backups, but whenever I try to install a kernel or baseband it fails. I have tried moving the files over from my laptop into SD card Download and in internal storage download files. Is there a step I am missing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Interesting because I have version 2.8.0 and I have no issues with either
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Doh... I figured it out. I needed to untick the "verify e zip" box. It let me install the new kernel without a prob. I should have looked closer at the fail message.

Can I ask... Do you install basebands with twrp? Someone else suggested I needed to use Odin for that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Basebands/modems yup. More than once even though I've mostly been on ML1 for a long time

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Thanks... I am on ML1 also, but starting to wonder if the newer basebands/modems might be better at signal strength and handoffs between wifi and 4G?

Thanks for all your responses.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
That I really don't know. I've read some people who flashed the newest modem NE1 aren't experiencing any better signal or reception. I'm thinking maybe it's based on where your located

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sponsen:
Backups deleted after boot to system

Sorry, wrong forum section!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
Okay, I have a problem that's driving me nuts. I have the latest TWRP installed. I'll make a backup to my SD card and all goes well. I even verify that all of the files are there. Then randomly within the next day or two, I'll go to check if the backup is there, and it's gone. All that remains under the TWRP folder is a folder named cache. It's happened multiple times, and I have no idea as to the cause. Any ideas? It seems to delete on a reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dpeeps74:
I've got about 10 backups on my SD card right now with no problems. You may want to put your SD card into a pc and see if it detects corruption or maybe format your SD card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
I recently had a similar problem. Somehow my card became write locked. ES file browser wouldn't see it. I tried making backups to it using all three of the major recoveries and that failed. Titanium backup couldn't access the card. Then I tried to format it using OSX, Windows 7 and Linux. None of the operating systems could access the card. A new card is on the way from Amazon. I still have no idea what happened but these problems started for me when I tried to make my first backup using 2.8.0.1. Or maybe it was after my last ODIN session...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
Just zeroed out my SD card and installed everything (Cyanogenmod) from scratch. A new backup survived a few reboots, but then randomly disappeared on one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
That really is a strange problem. I can't remember ever hearing about disappearing backup files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] n3wt:
And you're sure it's not just changing the place it's looking for the backup? like internal vs external sd card or sdcard1 vs sdcard0?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
Yup, thought that might be the case, but nope. I was on MB1 for firmware, so I updated to ML1 to see if that might have anything to do with it. My backup has now survived around 5 reboots, so maybe that could have been it? I'll update in a couple of days.

EDIT: And it deleted again. I'm using a new 128gb Sandisk card formatted as exfat. I'm thinking about formatting to fat32 and giving that a whirl. When it deletes the files, it deletes all of the TWRP subfolders on my SD card, but not the TWRP folder itself. In fact, when I try to back up again, I get a write error in TWRP. Permissions issue?

I just did a backup and noticed that my amount of free space didn't change, yet it shows me as having over 3 gigs of data in the folder (I can even see the files in a file browser). I'm beyond confused at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
Nuking everything seems to have resolved the issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascertainer:
if the problem appears furthermore check your modem & bootloader version, i had similar problems on cwm recovery and now its gone

but i'm wondered about the functionality of twrp

on their website i found about exfat the following: it ... doesn't mean that we're able to add exFAT support for your device in TWRP

and now i read here it works? so far I have deterred me because of missing exfat support and now i ask here:

are exfat sd cards supported or not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Yup mine is formatted in exfat

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascertainer:
ok, thx, so i'll try it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
The new 2.8.1.0 update has solved all problems related to disappearing backups for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thejimmynguyen:
I've never had this problem before, but I recently just received a new Nvidia shield tablet. I unlocked bootloader and tried to flash over TWRP with the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" command runs the img and says complete with no error, but tablet doesn't react in anyway. I rebooted, but still getting the android with triangle. Any help is appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
This is a forum/topic for the d2vzw aka S3 USA verizon version, please don't post here if its not about the correct device

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Alfa_G:
I made a nandroid backkup with the 2.8.3 version of twrp. Can i restore it with the new one or I must flash again 2.8.3 for the restore to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
It's backwards compatible
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
We need a device tree update

I keep asking and it remains the same every release
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
You can still get the images here:

http://dl.twrp.me/d2vzw/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Madmick:
Yikes, ran into an unexpected carrier-imposed brick, here:

Let's see where I went wrong. I referenced the TWRP website and the OP of this thread:

http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys3verizon.html

This Verizon Galaxy S3 was running the latest 4.4.2 rooted using the Towelroot one-touch. I also happened to have Xposed Framework installed. I know, it was careless of me to install Xposed before installing a custom recovery and creating a nandroid backup, so that's what I was seeking to rectify before messing around with any modules. I didn't see any disclaimers anywhere that this latest Android version or kernel was incompatible with the latest versions of TWRP, or other system hack software like Xposed, but nonetheless, it appears the kernel may be the issue. I see a "Secure Fail: Kernel" in red, tiny font at the top left of the black screen carrying that quoted text above (where "Odin Mode" would appear). The phone has been rooted for a considerable length of time; though I just haven't done anything with it yet. It was definitely this flash that triggered Verizon's security block.

I downloaded the TWRP Manager app from the Play Store, and used it to install TWRP v2.8.5.0 for the d2vzw (the latest version listed in the app's auto-installation menu). I was prompted to check in the /dev/block for a specific file: "mmcblkop18". There were many others with the same name followed by numbers in sequence, "1", "2", "3", etc, and none appeared to have any size, but the one ending in "18" was there, so I figured that was sufficient verification. I said "Yes" to install, and it almost immediately prompted, "Flash successful...would you like to reboot into recovery?" When I affirmed that I did, I was treated to the Verizon blockscreen I described above.

I found this .tar image in a thread so that I may restore to 4.4.2 stock using Odin:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2791801

Can anyone tell me my misstep so that I may attempt to repeat the process of flashing TWRP on the phone after re-rooting without running into the same hazard?

Thank you.

*Edit* Oh, I almost forgot. I did modify the external SD card so that it had r/w status so that I could move game data there. Not sure if that's relevant. I didn't reformat to exFAT or anything like that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Madmick:
Hmm, that's bizarre. I put it into download mode to prep it for the Odin firmware installation of 4.4.2 since that appeared to be my only resort to restore access to the phone's OS, but decided I'd hit the volume down to give a quick reboot a shot. It worked. The device booted back up normally just as it was before. I went back into TWRP Manager, and now it's telling me that no custom recovery is installed (even though it said the flash was successful before the reboot that tripped the warranty void screen).

Anybody have any clue what is going on? How should I proceed to install TWRP?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
Yes. Check the bottom of Post 1 at this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773514

Says Kexec CWM Touch as first entry in the list. Note I have not tried to use this as I'm still on Route66. Planning to try one of the JB ROMs this weekend. I use my phone extensively for work, so can't really play during the week. Enjoy...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
How do you install this?

And finally got TWRP installed (easily) now that we have an unlocked bootloader!!! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
in the internal storage twrp folder make a folder called theme

then take the download and rename to ui.zip and put in the theme folder
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
My twrp does not recognize my internal card. Is this a common bug
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
It does... Browse to /data/media for a work around.

Future version will fix the sdcard symlink

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
I can't wait till sdcard bug is fixed and we can use goo manager again

sent from my unlocked bootloader Sg3 :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
What do you mean? I used Goo Manager to flash TWRP to my SG3. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
Have you flashed a Rom from goo manager yet? Fails cause twrp doesn't see sdcard. It uses /data/media

sent from my unlocked bootloader Sg3 :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Oh, sorry. Thought you were saying you couldn't flash TWRP via Goo Manager. I flash ROMs from recovery so would have never had this problem. Hopefully they fix soon. :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rupa:
Select your Rom through /data/media rather than /sdcard and twrp will flash fine. Can't do external since the symlink is different. Change your download directory and it is all nice and automatic.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rustyjay:
Got twrp on my ns4g and now gs3, never really liked cwm at all. Mashing those buttons through an otter box gets old quick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
does mount work? for you guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rbellis:
I have a Samsung S3...how do I install this? I am a little lost help a newb out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
go to market download ez recovery then open it and flash TWRP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
Can anyone post a mirror to this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
Recovery borked

i have ez reboot, and normally use CWM 6.0.1.0, but after seeing video of TWRP thought i would use it

flashed TWRP, went through all the steps and made a backup of SynergyRom R46. Flashed Beans9, and all went well. set it up and, fortunately, made a back-up of Beans9. when i went to flash synergy again, it bootlooped. no problem, booted into recovery and just flashed Beans9 again and all was well.

thanks,

EDIT: decided i would try again. I'm on SynergyRom-R52 and reflashed TWRP 2.2.0 recovery through ez-recovery and booted into recovery. Made a back-up of R52 and then flashed recovery of Beans9 i had made earlier, and re-booted NO PROBLEM! played with Beans9 a bit, and reflashed back into recovery with TWRP 2.2.0 Flashed a back-up i had made of R52, rebooted system, NO PROBLES! then went in and flashed IMO's beta 0.3, and still no problems. NOT sure what i did wrong the first time, but TWRP 2.2.0 works great with all the ROMs and Kernels i've flashed so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
anyone else gettin failed data wipe?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fluxvalve:
Unmount /data first, then you can wipe data with TWRP.

Make sure to backup your internal sdcard first, as /data/media and /mnt/sdcard are one and the same, so a data wipe will wipe the internal sdcard.

/mnt/extSdCard will not be wiped, although it's not a bad idea to have a backup of that also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
Factory reset will also do this, but it wont erase your internal sdcard (which actually resides at /data/media)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
Will we be getting the 2.2.2 update for our vzw gs3? Will it be a file we can flash using ez recovery?

Sent from my Synergized vzw S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
If your device was running stock 4.4.2, firmware released from Samsung/Verizon you need to be very careful. Basically if you have accepted any ota's past 4.3(I believe) your device is limited to certain limited modifications. You will not be able to install twrp. After you flashed it previously the system deleted and overwrote it with the stock recovery. Be very careful or you will render your device completely useless. I'll drop a link with more info and links to what is available for the device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You are correct. The locked bootloader started with the 4.3 OTA

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Madmick:
Aha, I'd read something about the Knox stuff, but I was hoping that install manager with the root access would have some sort of bootstrap built-in. Good to know I got lucky here. I'll check the link out. In addition to TiBu for apps, then, what is the preferred method for creating whole image backups on this device? Hoping there is one that doesn't require me connecting it to a PC via USB every time I want to do it. I've always just depended on Nandroids, so I'm not as familiar with the slew of backup apps that seem to piecemeal off all the backed up data subsumed in the whole images.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Masciale:
Flashable zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Per the OPs post this is updated in the TWRP app listed here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager

Its not a zip file, I'm nearly sure it's a img file

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
*wrong thread*
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] justinnotjason:
I came across this thread while searching for more solutions. I actually have a thread open in the Q & A section, and wish I had found this first. I flashed TWRP 2.8.6.0 with ODIN and when I rebooted to recovery it wouldn't read my external SD Card or internal sd card. It just read 0 MB and showed error messages about not being able to mount any partitions.. When I reflashed CWM it read both without issue.

I also tried flashing with TWRP Manager in the Play store and it gave me the same result.

None of this has caused any type of bricking or boot issues (knock on wood).

Bootloader is unlocked using EZ Unlock.

The thread I posted goes a bit more in detail, but these are the broad strokes.

Also worth noting that even after flashing TWRP, both ROM Manager and TWRP Manager show CWM as the installed Recovery (even when I'm able to boot to TWRP).

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-verizon/help/twrp-bl-unlocked-t3108981

Thank you for any assistance.

EDIT: I'll attempt to contact via IRC as stated in OP.

EDIT:

Spoke with Dees_Troy on IRC and he indicated that he believed it is a kernel issue. Seems that at some point in the S3's life they changed either the eMMC or the controller and this leads TWRP to not reading it correctly.