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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
[MENTION=4474757]KevinGee[/MENTION] I doubt it was snapchats fault. I updated an app today. Once it installed the phone rebooted. Forever stuck. I've some people say TWRP has issues with some 4.3 ROMs. I've had issues with Carbon, PAC, and DU. For me every 4.3 rom would boot fine after the initial install. Every time after that I would have to wipe cache to get it to boot. I read someone with the same issue. He flashed CWM touch. Wiped internal SD and reflashed his ROM and had no issues since. That's what I did today. So far so good. I'm hoping may they can figure it out soon so I can go back to TWRP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pbman1953:
I really like the recent version but I've noticed between the last and the latest version that the data files are not backed up. Meaning when I restore I have to start from scratch. The main rom info comes back but not any data or screen sets up or . Even though I've moved away from CW, it's backup copied everything so on the restore it was like it was how I left it.

Just to recap, I go to

Backup and check the boot, system and data boxes.

Do the cache and recovery boxes need checking too?

also what is "MD5 generation?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
check to make sure that the data file box is checked (should be 3 boxes checked)

i must have a great copy of 2.6.3, as i dirty flash every night - no issues; switch between TW and 4.3 - no issues, and make multiple back-ups and flash back and forth between them - no issues. TWRP works great for me. CWM however, ended up creating gigabytes of blob files that basically ate up half my memory

:cyclops:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pbman1953:
yes, 3 boxes checked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
Help Having a issue backing up my nandroid to computer from internal SD on latest twrp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
Just got my replacement phone. Got it rooted and unlocked using the casual method ok. Tried using the goo.im app to get TWRP on the phone and it says no recovery found for my device. Any ideas? I didn't have this on my last phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alershka:
Unable to backup to external SD card

Quick question...

I am using TWRP 2.6.3.0. I have recently been using online nandroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup&hl=en) to backup my phone to a 32 gb samdisk sd card using TWRP format. I have no issues restoring these nandroids in TWRP. However, I can no longer backup in TWRP anymore.

I get the following error:

E: Unable to create folder: /external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/

E: Failed to make backup folder

I tried the recommendation of reinstalling, which I had to do from the terminal using a previously downloaded image. It seems that the Goo.im server rebuild wiped out the TWRP files.

I renamed my original backup folder and tried with a new one but that didn't work either

I tried formatting my card and switching cards. In both cases, I recopied the original files back to the cards which makes me think it is a file issue somewhere.

I am able to backup to my internal storage

Any thoughts on the best way to fix this? As I side note, I am using Foldermount to remap some internal storage default folders to the external sdcard.On occasion, I get a permission error when my phone boots up.

I am running CM10.2 nightlies.

Thanks.

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I believe the TWRP files were wiped off of Goo.im when they did a server rebuild.

Go here (http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/102) for the Verizon Galaxy S3 and try either the recovery image method or ODIN method for install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickjensz:
Goo manager says no update available

I'm currently running TWRP 2.6. I'd like to load 2.6.3 but Goo is saying there are no recoveries available. I'm on the Galaxy s3 running the bonestock rom stock kernel. Has anyone else seen anything like this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WettbackMartyr:
Yup, saw this recently with TWRP as well. U could just download the .img file from Team Win's website and install using Flashify from the play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
Literally, one post above yours. It was answered for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesefardi12:
Thank you for such info
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
Flashable ZIp

TWRP_2.6.3.0_vzw-signed.zip - 6.44 MB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
Someone in the KitKat thread started by cammykool (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2520179) posted a dropbox link to TWRP 2.6.3.3 d2vzw.img which could be flashed with Flashify out of the market or other img flashing app. But, I've searched all over TeamWIN site and can't find anything newer than 2.6.3.0 for Vzw Galaxy SIII. Is the 2.6.3.3 for real? Is it required to flash that 4.4 ROM or will 2.6.3.0 work just fine? TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
I doubt 2.6.3.0 would work. Tons of devices fail to flash KitKat builds with that version. As far as the 2.6.3.3 version, it could possibly just be an unofficial version. I think you can compile TWRP for any device, just have to use their newest source. But I'd be skeptical of being the guinea pig on that one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
'zactly...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mattish13:
I was able to successfully flash the new cwm from where he uploaded it. Haven't tried to flash 4.4 myself yet...soon. hope i was a helpful guinea pig :)

Edit- successfully on 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jspector:
I am trying to do this flash with ODIN as I get the no recoveries message also. My question is do I put the tar file as a bootloader or PDA? Also for ODIN to work it has to be in flash mode correct? power, V down, and home ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Only flash tar files in PDA unless explicitly told otherwise. Yes, Odin (on pc) only flashes if you're connected to your S3 and its in download mode (power, volume down, and home).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jspector:
Thanks!! This helps as I am new to ODIN program. This phone has given me more issues then any of the previous droids I have had.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I like to blame Verizon for that. You may want to deselect "auto reboot" so that once Odin flashes the recovery, you can pull battery then boot straight into TWRP in case it gets reverted back to stock. Don't do this until you're positive Odin has flashes the recovery and it says reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
mobile odin works with out being in DL mode https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro&hl=en
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
Is there a plan to fix TWRP, so it can work with 4.4?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid0351:
I also would like to know when twrp will be fixed to work with 4.4. I hate having to go back to cwm. I always had issues with cwm with md5 checks. Its like some how they become corrupted. If cwm got rid of creating md5 during a backup it would not be that bad. It should at least be an option like twrp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gwanatu:
Thanks guys! Worked like a charm through ODIN!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mike3.14159:
Can anyone tell me why when I boot into TWRP and try to do a backup it is showing no partitions to backup, there is 0mb of space available in internal and external and when I try to reboot it tells me that there is no OS?!?!

I have been on a S3 for almost two years - probably on my 5th or 6th S3 over the past two years. I've unlocked bootloader/rooted/flashed recovery from adb command line, through CASUAL, and using the easy unlock app and never run into this problem. But last night my sister got in this brand new S3 for herself, I ran the newest CASUAL on her phone and this is what I end up with!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Comp625:
I am still on TWRP 2.6.0.0 (I bought the S3 secondhand from Swappa and that was the version put on there by the previous user). I would like to update to TWRP 2.6.3.0 so that I could flash some 4.3 ROM's. Using GooManager at the download page, the 10-second countdown ticks and at 0 seconds, nothing happens.

Are there any known GooManager issues or is this a specific issue isolated to me? FYI, I've tried GooManager through home wi-fi and through 4g. :(

Here is the error message:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
I had the same problem.... had to flash manually. I had downloaded a 2.6.3.3 img from a dropbox link and flashed it - but the display was corrupted. I tried to reflash 2.6.3.0 from GooManager and got the problem above. So, I manually went to the TWRP2 page, downloaded the .img and flashed using Flashify from the market. Worked like a charm.

I had read a week or so ago that Goo was migrated to a different server or off a crashed server. Seems like there's still some links that need to be repaired in GooMgr.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mike3.14159:
I have a lot of problems flashing from Goo lately too, but Rom Installer works just fine, and quicker than goo manager has ever been - even though its not difficult to do manually!

Anyone else had the problem with twrp that I am having on another s3?? Flashed cwm touch from rom manager and it works just fine, flashed twrp over cwm to see if that would fix things but it didn't and had to go back to cwm. Cwm isn't bad but like twrp better!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
Same here. I'll never go back to CWM. Patiently waiting for a 4.4 fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Was there a 2.6.3.1 update to fix 4.4 related issues? I keep seeing people talk about it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid0351:
No there has not been a fix yet. There is a modified version of twrp floating around that works with 4.4. I have contacted twrp if there will be a fix in the future. I have not heard from them yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
I think i9300 had an update, maybe ours will be up soon. Its 2.6.3.1 though, and not the 2.6.3.3 one that's floating around.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
anyone try this already?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
Isn't that the one we already have?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
TWRP2 2.6.3.0 is the one that is current for D2vzw, but does not work for flashing KitKat 4.4 ROMs. There are versions 2.6.3.1 to 2.6.3.3 floating around. I personally tried a 2.6.3.3 version that did not work - flashed via Flashify, but when the phone rebooted into recovery, the display was garbled, like an old color tv out of sync. I went back to 2.6.3.0 and am waiting for an official update from the TeamWin guys.

edit: If you must flash 4.4 today, the best bet is to flash latest CWM, flash KitKat, then reflash TWRP2. Although, I have not heard of anyone using TWRP2 with KitKat to create nandroids and report those were restored properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
No, I mean anyone have try to flash it? I don't see any comment about it. LoL :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
You mean flash TWRP2 2.6.3.0? Yea, piece of cake. Download Flashfy from market and use it to flash the .img file.

edit: but go to the TeamWin site and dl it directly from the source.. here: http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2vzw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
Yeah, Flashify works great!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
Thanks a lot man, you help me a lot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevinGee:
Was your question even answered?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
Yes man. Now I have the latest version of TWRP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
I think there is a 2.6.3.1 build for grouper floating around too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskerstylee:
Followed directions of this thread by:

1) Install GooManager from the Play Store

2) Open GooManager and provide root permissions

3) Hit Menu (or the button with the 3 dots on your screen) and then Install OpenRecovery

after hitting install, my screen comes up like this and won't progress, like ever. Tried to find a similar post in here with no luck. What's up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beepea206:
honestly, it's easier to download the img file, then use an app like EZRecovery. Just choose 'custom', search your device for the img file, click 'flash' and the app does the rest. I do that with CWM Touch and TWRP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskerstylee:
Thanks, that seems much more straight forward...

Located the .zip file, bur where can i locate .img file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beepea206:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-d2vzw.img

Here's the repo: http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2vzw

Just save it to a folder you can easily navigate to... I save all my recovery, kernels and roms in a special folder on my SD card, so I know where they are. EZRecovery lets you navigate with a file browser to the img file. Super simple.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskerstylee:
Yea, so thanks for the direction so far, much better option.

However I did receive a yellow triangle warning me of unauthorized software after i tried to reboot into recovery. i remember seeing this somewhere in this thread, but I cant find the conversation again. Do you know anything about this??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] beepea206:
I believe that's what happens when the recovery doesn't flash properly. Try flashing it again or, try flashing another recovery to see if they take.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid0351:
Try using rom installer from the market. It has the latest recoveries.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.rom.installer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
is update going to be out for 4.4 soon would love to update really don't. want to go back to cwm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid0351:
There is a way to flash kit kat with twrp. You have to use a file explorer. I will include a zip file and inside is a update binary that you have to place in your choice of kit Kat ROM. First you have to delete the original update binary then copy the new one and then you should be able to use twrp. The steps are to open your kit Kat ROM of your choice and you should see meta-inf/com/Google/android. In the android file you should see update binary. Delete that. Then replace it with the new one I provided. I take no credit for this, I found it in another xda forum.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbhw1j9pkl08yt4/update-binary.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
I did this the other night and it worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
Hey guys - Chevelle posted an unofficial TWRP here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47696254

Its 2.6.3.1 - works fine for flashing 4.4 without having to change update binaries.

Thank him not me, just letting ya'll know it works, just used it to flash the OSE 4.4 nightly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
does it work with older nandroids, or will i need to reflash them all to get updated backups?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
This!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
I don't use nandroids much tbh. I would think it should work fine though. The major difference required for 4.4 is supporting the update binary for 4.4, which shouldn't break for previous versions (theoretically)

You can always do a backup in current twrp, flash this recovery and just try restoring the same ROM before you flash anything if you want to be sure though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcdst:
Yesterday I updated my Nexus 10 to 4.4, but i was stuck on a bootloop, so i decided to go into Recovery (TWRP) and did an advanced wipe, and now my tablet says that i do not have an OS installed.

I know I screw it up...

Can you help me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
I have a N10 too, love it.

My best recommendation is to start here: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-10/development. This is a great forum of helpful folks all focused on the Nexus 10. You should be able to either find some quick answers already there or get help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
The advanced wipe erased the OS. You should be able to just flash the ROM afterwards and should be good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobd2754:
I have been having problems with twrp installing my backups, I'm running Bones took 3.4 and a couple of times I've tried to restore a nandroid it's says no os installed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
TWRP 2.6.3.1 official .IMG file for D2VZW is now up on the TWRP download page.

Get it here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2vzw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
TWRP 2.6.3.1 Flashable ZIp :silly:

http://d-h.st/rsm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rhamorsky:
dumb question, can this be flashed using the existing twrp on my phone or does it have to be dont from a different recovery?:silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxySII5191:
I flashed it using twrp and it's working just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
yes as above said can be flashed with your exciting recovery be that CWM or TWRP :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmaeishi:
Same

Sorry to be repetetive, but then does this mean that unlike previously, when I wanted to update from twrp 2.3 or 2.4 and would have had to use sdk tools etc adb, now I can just flash?

Cuz I never really understood why the newer twrps couldn't be flashed; this also made me postpone too long to update.

If I'm supposed to do this through SDK would someone let me know please?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
You can do it either way. I flashed mine through Nandroid Manager.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
Just a quick mention goo manager shows an updated version of recovery 2.6.3.1 however once I click yes it takes me to the download page says it's getting ready and displays web page unavailable message

Any one have any ideas aptwgat I am doing wrong and thanks in advance and happy Thanksgiving to all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pickaxe300:
Yeah....using Goo manager. ..lol Just download the flash able zip a few posts back and flash it 8n recovery. Goo manager has been giving a lot of people fits lately. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gtdtm:
I have been getting the same thing for days. Unfortunately the only support info I see is to post the IP it tries to connect to on twrp's twitter account. I don't have a twitter account though, so no go. The webpage I get says it is at 108.166.171.35 in case any twrp folks stumble upon this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
Repository for the d2vzw (Verizon Galaxy S3):

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2vzw

Download the latest recovery image and flash recovery with Flashify from the Play Store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gtdtm:
I was aware of that, but was trying to do it the "recommended" way. I ended up using ROM installer per the suggestion earlier in this thread. It worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jimwick:
........... just an FYI - I have been running Wicked ROM since it's release and used TWRP 2.6.3.0. to flash a ton of MORPH.zips like changing the color of the status bar or installing different notification pulldowns then I installed 2.6.3.1 and TWRP would say they installed successfully but they would not. I even tried installing themes but it would not change everything that the new theme was suppose to change. I FLASHIFIED back to TWRP 2.6.3.0 and everything works great again............Took me a week to figure it out so I thought if anyone else has this issue I would save them 7 days. Don't fix something that isn't broke........

....... I am not saying that there is anything wrong with 2.6.3.1, I am just giving my experience......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
Just a heads up to everyone, 2.6.3.1 softbricked my phone... twice... The first time I was able to recover by flashing a new recovery .zip. The second time I had to use Odin to flash a different recovery. Both times happened the same way. After I restored a backup I had made in TWRP (different backups each time), my phone would go into a bootloop anytime recovery would attempt to wipe or flash over /data. It's back to CWM for me, I flash on the go enough that I need to be able to rely on my recovery even when I don't have access to Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grislieber:
That's unfortunate, I can confirm that this version works 100% flawlessly for my handset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
Out of curiosity, have you tried it with any 4.4 roms? This all happened to me while moving to Gummy (12/8 build) from an older 4.3 version of Slim

Sent from my S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
Works flawlessly for me too. I went from a 4.3 to a 4,4 ROM as well with no issues whatsoever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
How about restoring a nandroid backup? That's when mine started giving me a hard time.

Sent from my Slim S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
I only restored a 4.4 backup. KitKang, OSE and Gummy

What recovery you were coming from?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
I was coming from an old version of CWM Touch, but the backups I tried were both created with the newest TWRP. Restoring my Gummy backup gave me the problem first and restoring my 4.3 Slim backup did it the second time.

Sent from my S3 using whatever is in the chamber...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
Are the backups compressed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
All TWRP settings were stock, I think that is uncompressed, and they are on internal sd

Sent from my S3 using whatever is in the chamber...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cinco312:
DL Nandroid manager. You can manage your backups, restore certain data, decompress, and a bunch more. I always had issues restoring a compressed backup. If it's compressed it will give you an option to decompress it. Also install ONandroid backup, it makes a backup without going into recovery.

Nandroid Manager

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore

Online Nandroid backup

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
Thanks, but I'd rather just use my recovery for that type of thing. I don't even like using apps like RomManager.

Sent from my S3 using whatever is in the chamber...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sbattosai:
Thanks but that file soft bricked my phone, everything I backed up or flash wasn't working after putting that recovery. I had to Odin the official tar recovery to rescue my phone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
When that happened to me I just Odin flashed an older version of CWM then flashed the newest version of CWM from the older version that I found a tar for.

Sent from my S3 using whatever is in the chamber...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
:confused: It is not the file you are the only one out of 116 downloads that has made that claim i would see it more as user error
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisngrod:
I was making a quick video to flash Synergy ROM, and I think "Factory Reset" handled everything just fine for the new ROM install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
So you flashed to synergy using twrp 2. 2.0 no problems?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisngrod:
Yes. The video is going up in a minute. Long and boring, but shows that it could be flashed fine. Had to put the zip on the ext SD. Found that out the hard way. Non themed ROMs usually don't impress much on a video. It's going to look just like stock basically.

I actually wiped dalvik/cache and factory reset after the ROM install. Slipped my mind but no problems yet. Restored most apps with Titanium. Back to having a functional phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
Just flashed TWRP 2.2 and works great. Extremely fast and very user friendly. Very impressed so far!

Besides the backup timestamp issue that seems like is already known -- it would be great if brightness could be controlled or maybe set to a sensible default if possible. It looks like it set to 100% by default and hurts the battery since the GS3 has such a large display.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
One issue I just noticed today was that I can't pull up the internal sdcard contents..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

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