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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bikeryder007:
Here is the list of changes to 2.6.3

What's new in 2.6.3.0:

Proper backup and restore of SELinux contexts (thanks to Tassadar)

Pull in some ROM information for backup name generation

Merge all recent patches from AOSP bringing TWRP up to date with Android 4.3

Add 1200x1920 theme (thanks to Tassadar)

A few other fixes and tweaks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vsot13:
Yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
is it just my phone or am i just missing something, installed 2.6.3 with .tar and also used the zip ( not at the same time ) and when i go into mount there is no button to hit to get it to mount to comp. if anyone has any info it is very much apprecited, thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Wow, you are right. Terrible news, as this is the only way I can get a connection to my computers. Looks like I am sticking with 2.6.1.0 from here on out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
thank you for confirming im not crazy....lol...made the switch already myself
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
On my tablet(flo) none of the TWRP versions can mount USB. Up a creek on that device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
that sucks, sorry to hear that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
Run this to get mass storage working in a Rom...should work in recovery too. Reboot to get stuff back as it was(ie unmounted) and do not format or change partition types or anything.this should be for data transfer only.use at your own risk, but I've used it lots on my t989d:

Mount -o remount,ro /storage/sdcard1

mount -o remount,ro /storage/sdcard0

echo /dev/block/vold/179:97 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file

echo "mounted LUN"

echo /dev/block/vold/179:28 > /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun_ex/file

echo "mounted LUN_EX"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pluske:
bricked

DLed latest version via GooManager and installed it through the same program, something Ive never done before. Everything was ok until I tried to boot it into recovery. Phone's not a complete brick - if I pull the battery and hit the power button it vibrates and the SAMSUNG screen comes on but after that there is only black screen. Cannot boot into recovery. Am I boned?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 8Fishes:
The Goo app hasnt been the recommended install for like a year now.

There is a tar that most use and flash via odin, though dont quote me on that.

Someone else can give you proper instructions but I know flashing through the goo app now is a big no no.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pluske:
Well shoot, I didn't konw that obviously... Dont have much use for install instructions any more, but if there's anything to be done about the brick I'm all ears
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
You have to go thru Odin for that.

Put your phone on download mode and update your recovery with the .tar posted a page or two back thru Odin like you have probably done before at least once.

Your ROM and all should be there just fine. The only thing that goo damages is the recovery.

Don't know how much more info you'll need.

sent through time and space from my Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fathertomany:
Not necessarily goo. TWRP has been naming their files backwards, also.

Sent from my SLIM Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
I don't think that is the problem this time. Goo Manager uses this file: "openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-sgh-t989.img" to update (which soft bricked my phone).

I used this file: "openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-hercules.img" to make the zip that works.

The only conclusion I can come to is that the Goo Manager app is useless with this phone for early upgraders. It is too bad there is no way to warn everyone against using it. Maybe someone can re-post the warning every 10 posts(so it shows up on every page)?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
On newest ver the reboot options recovery and system both reboot system. At least for me. Everything else I've tried has worked fine. Backup and restore. Also restore option doesn't restore recovery which I like cause I'm dumb enough to go back ages in terms of recovery, I always forget to uncheck it, lol.

sent through time and space from my Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Confirmed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jiggs82:
+1 been sticking with 2.6.1.0 just because of that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mknewman:
No ideas on this? I'm going to try 2.6.3.0 now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stevew84:
Where is the flashable zip for this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
A few pages back.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45566896&postcount=1075
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eLCruz:
Any word on a fix?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rymanh:
After I flash a ROM or do anything in 2.6.3.0 and hit reboot system.. My phone doesn't reboot it just goes to a black screen and stays there.. I need to hold the power button or pull the battery in order to get my phone to restart
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] treefrog321:
Same here. I think it just powers off instead of rebooting. Haven't had to pull the battery yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jiggs82:
It has been discussed that 2.6.3.0 is no good for our device so until a fix I suggest sticking with 2.6.1.0 for now guys
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I thought my phone was doing the same thing but I think you just need to be patient...give it a minute and it reboots...I may pull a log cat tomorrow to see what is up...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dilfatx:
I have let my phone sit there for over 10 minutes and it didn't boot up.. it remained with black screen. I then pressed the power button and felt the phone vibrate as if it was doing a reboot.. saw the Samsung boot up.. but my rom didn't boot up.. let it stay there for another 10 minutes..

I took battery out and attempted to manually get into recover and get same outcome.. black screen..

I have no idea how to get it to connect to odin and manually install new recover to get past this.. the computer doesn't want to recognize the phone in this state.

ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
You need to put it in download mode to use Odin. I suggest you find a thread on how to use Odin before you start playing with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dilfatx:
I have used odin before many times.. what i meant to say that my phone doesn't seem to want to get into download mode.. it just goes to black screen..

UPDATE: after several attempts i was able to get into download mode.. was strange that it didn't work the first few times.. persistence/desperation..

Can someone provide the previous stable TWRP recovery tar file?

Another UPDATE:

Managed to locate rar file that would work (http://downloadandroidfiles.org/download-cwm-recovery-file-rar/) and after about four attempts odin was able to flash the recovery. and now i booted back to my rom.. phone was not wiped so thats always good..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dualz:
Hi Guys,

I experienced the same problem with flashing the file but no boot.

Then i started experiencing no boots into recovery... It would just hang on the blue Teamwin bootscreen.

This happened a few times while trying to Flash RevoHD 3.0 ROM.

Uninstalled 2.6.3.0 and back too 2.6.10.

Still luv Teamwin tho :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
I'm only having a slight delay when I hit reboot system in the reboot menu. If I just flash a a rom, and hit the provided reboot button it works just fine. I flashed the .tar, but in linux with heimdall.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bikeryder007:
I flashed the zip for 2.6.3 from this thread, and I have had no problems at all. I have flashed at least 3 times with it already.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Just so you know, you can download TWRP tar files straight from the source here:

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules

I recommend downloading 2.5.0.0 or 2.6.0.0 to keep with your Odin so if you run in to trouble it is ready to go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leikamkei:
Hello everybody,

Before I'm go about asking what I have to ask, know that I have tried to search through the thread in attempts to find my answer so if anybody finds it, my apologies. Now onto my inquiry.

I would like to upgrade the recovery on my brother's SGH-T989 from CWM to TWRP. I would like to do so via flashing the tar file via ODIN but which one do I need to download? The one labeled hercules or sgh-t989? Any help would be appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
On techerrata all of the tar files are labeled Hercules. Only the img files are labeled t989.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leikamkei:
My apologies, I must be blind or something. Thank you for the clarification!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
No worries, it happens to all of us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
Anyone else getting that 2.6.3.0 isn't wiping the data partition properly... Also the mount bitten for the SD card is missing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
The only problem I have had is not being able to wipe /data twice without rebooting.

I only discovered this after I flashed a ROM I didn't mean to and caught it before rebooting (keep too many on my SD card I guess).

We really only need to wipe once anyway. Haven't had any problems using it that way. (i.e. wipe, flash, reboot --- doesn't need to be complicated)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dualz:
Yea was getting that too so i went back previous version..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ThatAzianGuy:
Mod Edit, comments removed

Just go back to 2.6.1.0 with Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
First off, the Goo Manager app has been a problem for our phone for a long time. You should never use it.

NO ONE WITH HERCULES SHOULD EVER USE GOO MANAGER!!!!

It would be nice if [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] would add a warning to the OP.

Second, you can fix your phone quite easily with Odin and a tar file from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules

I would recommend 2.6.1.0, because people have been having problems with 2.6.3.0. If you need a copy of Odin, let me know.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Alarmmy:
Do you have link for 2.6.1.0? I tried to update Twrp via GOO and it screwed up my recovery -_-
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Re: [ROM] Stock TMobile T989UVMC6 [06.30.2013]

If you can't flash TWRP with your CWM

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45148923&postcount=1050

Try flashing TWRP 2.6.1.0 with Odin:

http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hercules/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.1.0-hercules.tar

Odin for Hercules:

http://d-h.st/yEI

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For some reason XDA messed up my quotes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DeathBlimp:
how do i flash TWRP with ODIN? what settings and options do i need?

I think using the superwipe thing messed up my partition, i tried using the 4.0.4 stock rom by flashing it with ODIN but now it's stuck on the samsung screen (it does animate, but it's been doing that for an hour)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Open Odin, plug in your phone and if you get a yellow bar under ID:COM with a port number(mine says com16) then click PDA and find your twrp.tar file. Only Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time should be checked. Click start and when the phone reboots you should be good.

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Edit: You have to be in download mode to use Odin, of course.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DeathBlimp:
Ok so i got TWRP to work on the phone. I am trying to do a wipe, and picked dalvik cache, data, system, cache, android secure, and preload.

it got to preload and it said wipe failed.

What?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
for aosp roms wiping preload doesnt really do anything so you odnt really need to wipe it and if your flashing a touchwiz rom use the infamous wipe 10/10 good flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Preload only wipes on 2.6.1.0 if you go into TWRP settings and check "Use rm -rf instead of formatting."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
Haven't been able to flash any ROM since last Thursday....

Long story short, had slim build 1 running as is my DD. I like to flash ROMs on the weekends. So went to twrp2.6.3.0, never had trouble with it, and backed up. Then wipe everything, went to install, selected a ROM and gapps and failed at flashing the ROM. Something about error: updater binary script from /externalsd/xxxxxxx.zip or something to the likes. Many, many, many times.

Then went crazy.....

Flashed 2.6.1.0 thru 2.6.3.0. Tried again. Always failed at flashing ROM. Different ROMs. I could restore my DD and other backups but not flash a ROM, kernels and zips were good to go.

Then thought I messed up something so went thru Odin and flashed stock ROM and twrp2.6.0.0. Rooted, backed up stock. Formatted microsd with windowsvista. Then went to recovery to flash 2.6.1.0 to be able to flash 4.3 ROMs without corruption. All went well, except the fact that still fails at flashing ROMs, restored to slim fine, flashed kernels and wipes zips fine.

Anyone with something like that going on with their device/recovery?

Please, any help is appreciated.

sent through time and space from my Hercules

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Will try with older ROMs.

sent through time and space from my Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] me_is_rushin:
Never had this particular issue, but a couple of times my recovery has gone whack I would usually just flash CWM and then flash TWRP from there or via Odin and things would be fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I have a few thoughts on this:

1) your nandroid is on internal storage while your new ROMs are on external, correct (making a guess here)?

2) did you verify the MD5 of your new ROMS before you tried flashing them (it sounds like a bad download)?

3) what type are you formatting your external SD card as?

My first guess is that something is weird with your SD card (bad sectors or something goofy when it extracts the zip). Putting your new ROM on internal storage may fix the issue you are having.

Second guess is it is a bad download (MD5 verify will be helpful with that).

Failing that, I would guess that your SD card has some bad sectors in it. I would try a different SD card and see if that helps. OR try putting your ROM zip onto internal storage instead of external.

One last thing to try is to use the SD Formatting tool (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/). That will format your card to the standard format (ie standard partition type, cluster sizes, etc). It could be windows vista throwing some extra garbage on there or using a cluster size that your card does not like for large files.

I always flash my ROMS from internal storage though, not external and rarely have issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
Dude, don't really know what happened but I think you are right about SD partition.

It got worst. At some point wouldn't even go to recovery. Or connect to my PC for that matter. But like magic, and after some nervous breakdown, it got recognized by my laptop, maybe faulty USB ports, flashed twrp2.6.0.0 thru Odin and formatted my microsd with it. Flashed cm10.2 yesterday's nightly and it got flashed along with gapps. Went back to recovery and flashed 2.6.1.0. After it booted I tried to restore my apps and there wasn't space left for apps after just half my apps were restored.

Went back to twrp again, wiped everything and flashe latest beanstock and been using my phone since last night without problems.

Like nothing ever happened. I'm still baffled with this episode on my flashing story. Never use windows stock SD formatting tool, at least I'll never do that again.

Thanks for the responses.

sent through time and space from my Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
SO I have had this problem with the new build.

After "installing" anything through CR, if I hit reboot, it just shuts down, and does nothing, I have to push the power button. Also, I wish there was a way to not have it auto name the backup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
Mine does that too... At first it would reboot if I hit the button after flashing a ROM, but now it seems to just shut down. Don't know why. Thinking it probably always powered off with the latest TWRP 2.6.3.0 and I just thought it was rebooting. If I do a nandroid it shuts down too. I've only tested this while having my phone plugged into my computer mind you. It may be different if you select reboot after nandroid/install if the phone is not plugged into the PC.

As for the auto naming the backup, it needs to name it something and by default it is auto-generated. You can enter a name manually if you prefer...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 8Fishes:
Stop using 2.6.3. Use 2.6.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
I thought 2.6.1 had issues with 4.3 ROMs?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] treefrog321:
No issues for me. The only problem I've heard of with 2.6.1 is wiping preload, but I've read that you can fix that issue by checking "use rm -rf..." under settings.

2.6.3 seems to have a bunch of different problems. Several buttons seemed to be buggy or totally non-responsive for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
Dang, I only have 2.6.0.4 flashable do you know where I could get the 2.6.1?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I had issues doing wipes in preparation for a 4.3 ROM when I was on 2.6.1.0. Pretty much anything before 2.6.3 had issues with wiping when I went to a 4.3 ROM. and the reboot issue is minor. I can just unplug it before hitting reboot OR hold power to turn it back on after it shuts off. It isn't a big deal. I would rather it wipes things nicely and doesn't result in me having to run e2fsck after every wipe just to be sure it wiped successfully. Plus I like the auto generated names that it comes up with now using the build name instead of just the date.

My opinion, the reboot issue on 2.6.3 is minor and after having to do some crazy voodoo to get my /data partition to work nicely after it got corrupted while on 2.6.1.0, I an sticking with 2.6.3.

But if 2.6.1 works for you, I"d say stick with it until some feature that you need pops up in a new version and jump on that. I personally don't like having to follow special instructions for wiping (ie wipe everything except preload, change a setting then wipe preload only), but if you are fine with that over a reboot = power off issue, that is cool too.

So far that is the only new bug I've seen. I get the occational touch screen not initializing, but I've had that on a lot of versions back and it is tricky to reproduce and a reboot fixes it. If I ever get a reproducable method for that though, I'll report it.

Thanks for the advice though, it is appreciated, but I think I will stick with 2.6.3.0 for now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45148923&postcount=1050
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
TWRPv2.6.3.0 is a big issue with a lot of ppl, I would really suggest a new flash of 2.6.1.0, and it was versions before 2.6.1.0 that had 4.3 issues, nothing after that, 2.6.1.0 was rewritten for 4.3 precisely so there should be no issues with it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -DarkKnight-:
I haven't had any issues. What are the alleged issues
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
It wont mount USB because there isnt a usb mount button, It doesnt wipe data correctly and causes people to have low storage when they boot into a new rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Aahz Pervect:
How much of an issue, if at all, is having to use the alternative wipe method for preload in 2.6.1.0?

Or perhaps the better question would be: Should people go beyond 2.6.0.0 if they aren't flashing 4.3 ROMs?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
dunno your choice but im running 2.6.1.0 and its flashing everything fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CE20934:
I'm still on 4.2.2, so I'm sticking with 2.6.0.0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Decimus Meridius:
If you go to a 4.3 Rom you will have to go to 2.6.1.0 otherwise you risk data corruption issues FC RR and Gapps crashing every few seconds.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CE20934:
I'm aware of that. That's why I'm sticking with my 4.2.2 ROM & TWRP 2.6.0.0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VermontKindBud:
GooManager sucks and it screwed me

Sadly, I used GooManager and now since it flashed TWRP 2.6.3.0, I can't get to download mode, recovery or anything beyond about 1-2 seconds of the Samsung splash screen followed by eternal darkness. I bought a usb jig and have used it correctly to the best of my knowledge (Pulled batttery for one minute, reinserted battery, left power off and inserted jig. Also powered on with jig inserted to no avail either). Nothing I do will get me to download mode and I'm screwed until I can use odin to revert to TWRP 2.6.1.0. Anyone got advice? Where did I go afoul? How do I recover short of jtag repair?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
How did you try getting in to download mode without the jig? Take the battery out, put it back in and then hold power up and power down while you plug the phone into the computer? This has always worked for me.

Never used a jig, so someone else with have to chime in about that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fathertomany:
Are you sure that you are pressing the right buttons for download mode? I believe it's pull battery and reinsert then hold both volume buttons and plug the phone into the USB cord after the cord has been plugged into the computer. Do not push the power button. No special cords required.

Sent from my SLIM Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VermontKindBud:
Jig not working either pt2

Yes, I've tried that, tried powering on and holding both vol buttons (usually works) and also powering on while holding vol down and powering on holding vol up. The usb jig is supposed to force download mode but it isn't working either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Just to be clear, by powering on you mean plugging your USB cable into your computer?

Holding power up and down and pressing the power button will only boot into recovery. Which you don't have right now.

Goo manager should not have affected your download mode at all. I have bricked my recovery with it many times and was always able to get to download mode without a jig.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VermontKindBud:
Messed up my download mode

Yes, I've taken my battery out, reinserted it while holding down both volume keys, and plugging in an OEM usb cable attached on the other end to a pc running odin 1.85. All I see is the samsung splash screen fo 1-2- seconds and then black screen forever. Even with the screen gone dark, odin or windows doesn't recognize the device at all. My question now is am I i using the jig correctly and/or is there something I've overlooked ? I was running rooted stock 4.1.2 prior to the goomanager screwup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
Do you feel any vibration when you plug it into the computer? One thing I would try is after it boots up to the black screen after you plug it into the computer is push volume up and see if Odin recognizes it. This is a long shot though.

I am kind of at a loss, nobody has ever reported a problem like this here. The jig should work just by plugging it in with the power off.

It makes me think there is something else going on with your phone.