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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
The error message didnt happen *because* of the backup, I just saw it when the interface went away to load the text stuff for the backup. But I think that error message is related to the issue.

No I was not able to backup to external though (or restore). Only internal sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljv:
I can't mount external sd either on 2.3. Re-installed 2.2.20 and back to being able to use external sd.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
Bummer. I am much happier with TWRP than cwm. But I gotta have that extra sd on this phone

Wow!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
I think I fixed external sdcard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
Thanks! Could someone please verify this is working now? I have to root/install recovery on my phone and would rather use TWRP. I hope there are no issues with flashing any of the various roms/mods using TWRP?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trott33:
If someone has a Link to 2.3.0.1, I will try it, it is not on Web page yet. I use ez recovery, instead of goo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drexnx:
does this date backups properly?

I'm tired of seeing everything in the 1970-x-xxx format...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
Nothing does. At least twrp let's you name them from recovery when you are creating the backup though.

VZW Galaxy S3 via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jzd5032:
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.0.1-d2vzw.img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljv:
Thanks for the quick fix! External SD working now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trott33:
+1 Thanks for a great recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
yeaaaaa love some TWRP

iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sycobob:
Does ADB from recovery work for anyone? It hasn't worked for me in 2.2.2 or 2.3.0 and I'm fairly sure it's not a driver issue (works when booted, at least).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
Not sure if parts of TWRP 2.3.0.1 are actually working. I tell it to clear cache or davlik and it gives an error about format not recognized, then says it did cleared, even though it's instant where previously it would take a few seconds. Also when fixing permissions it used to take a few minutes, now it's also instant. Not sure if it's working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bluezr1:
"ADB sideload functionality from AOSP is included in 2.3"

"Re-wrote fix permissions entirely in C++ and runs in a few seconds instead of a few minutes (thanks to bigbiff)"

http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] niv3d:
Is anyone having issues flashing roms with twrp 2.3.0.1? I keep getting symlinks failed and status 7 errors. This is after multiple downloads :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suzook:
yup..i am having same problem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljv:
I just flashed CleanRom 2.5 okay. This is the only rom I tried though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
First, tell us which ROM you're using. Also, older versions of TWRP would ignore symlink errors but in the latest AOSP code, Google added detection for symlink failures. It's possible that symlinks have been failing all along with this ROM and the ROM maker never noticed or cared. It would be good to get a log after a failed install and post it too so we can take a look at what's really going on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] niv3d:
Interesting. Thanks Dees_Troy and I'm on AOKP. I can get a log later today and post it to paste bin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
If you're getting a status 7 symlink error when flashing a zip, go to the mount page and unmount system (remove the X in the box) then try installing the zip again. That seems to be fixing the problems for me. I'll be releasing an update next week (I hope) that will leave system unmounted after booting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
Anyone still have 2.2 for the time being
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
Ez recovery might have it. I don't know for sure.

Sent from d2_vzw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
It did thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] budwizer:
Working but not able to see my 64GB card. What format is required for it to work with one? My card is formatted as exFAT in order to support above 32GB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljv:
Sorry I only have a 32gb card formatted as FAT32. My S3 has 32 so didn't see the need to go 64. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
It has to be FAT32 formatted

Rooted, Unlocked, & Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cuban11182:
Evertime I try and flash this I reboot into the recovery and it is still 2.2.0. It won't update to 2.3.0. I'm trying it in EZ recovery on synergy 73.

Any ideas?

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Nvm got it working by installing via internal memory as opposed to my sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmdrdredd:
Maybe this is a dumb or simple question but I am a former CWM user who has now switched to TWRP. When I flash a new rom and want to do a clean flash with wipes, what is the procedure? In CWM I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and did the factory data wipe. In TWRP I see cache and dalvik but the factory reset and format data are separate. Which do I need to use? Both the factory reset and format data options or just the factory reset?

I am sorry if this seems like a dumb question but it would seem that CWM did them both together and TWRP separated the options is this correct? Thank you in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Just use factory reset. It wipes cache & data at the same time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoBears:
I use the factory reset then wipe dalvik then wipe system. Then install rom. Haven't had any issues yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
I caNt find where to download this from

I tried that goo thing and can't find it

Any direction would be great help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmdrdredd:
did you install goo manager from the play store? If so open it up and click the menu button on your device and select Install OpenRecoveryScript from the menu,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
Thanks got it to work now my question is where did it download the file?

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Found it sorry I asked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hanoverfiste:
I seem to be having issues flashing ROMS with this new update. I do all my wiping as necessary install the ROM. Phone reboots to splash screen and stays there. I end up having to battery pull reboot to recovery and restoring a previous nandroid. Using CWM I dont seem to have these issues. What if anything am I doing wrong?? Galaxy S3 by the way. Using paranoid Android presently. Was attempting to flash Synergy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Updated to 2.3.1.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeitel:
Dees, sorry if you covered this already but what do i need to do to get my vrtheme zip to work? I put in some binary someone gave me a while ago to get it to work for jellybean roms but it still wont flash in twrp. Is there a different binary or do you or I need to do something differently?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
http://teamw.in/VRThemes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] haoning:
there are two bugs found in the previous 2.3.0.1 version: 1. mass USB storage is not working, 2. Aroma type installation is not well supported (it will be suddently finished after all selection in Aroma finished.), don't sure if these are fixed in this version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
Can we get themes on this and if so frm where??... Also I'm new to this recovery what r the benefits to this..

Edit: I tried this on cna rom and when I made a back up it didn't back up my rom properly like it backed up the rom but I deleted all my info.. Did I do something wrong

Sent from my ROM whore phone. OH YEAH GO NINERS!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
Did you have data selected when you made the backup? Although im still on 2.2.2 I've never had a problem. I love TWRP.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
I'm not to sure I've really nvr used this but I've read soo many ppl like I was wondering what it was abt also heard abt themes but dnt see em

edit: also I tried flashing cna rom and liquid rc5 and it keeps saying it failed.. Maybe I should try an older version??..

Sent from my ROM whore phone. OH YEAH GO NINERS!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
Im using version 2.2.2.0 and have never had a problem. I like it a lot better then CWM. The backup folders it makes is just one folder. There is no blob folder so it is easy to move a single backup to your computer or another device.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
When I start a backup I get the following error: "Unknown File System 'datamedia' someone in the CleanROM thread mentioned seeing this when trying to wipe cache using TWRP. The backup still continued and seemed to work.

What is this "datamedia" partition and is my backup still good without it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rwc95:
whats the easiest way to get back to 2.2.2.0 that one was great for me. ezrecovery only has 2.2.0 and goo manager has the newest which is buggy for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
*EDIT*

http://www.teamw.in/ the old one is listed here. You can use ez recovery to flash any version of recovery you want to.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
I can't get goomanager to upgrade. It downloads it and says it successfully installed but every time I boot into recovery it says 2.2.2.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
I would just keep 2.2.2.0 installed that's what I have and it works great. I heard there have been a few problems with the update for twrp

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blazeoc:
No recoveries were found for this device, I get that every time I try to download through Goo manager.

Anyone else having this issue? I have no idea how to fix this issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Upload your /system/build.prop
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
You can use ez recovery to flash a custom recovery too

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alquimista:
That's what I do. I just dl the img file from the teamwin website, then open EZrecovery, select custom (browse to my download) then flash it.

Works everytime.

thanks teamwin for an awesome recovery!!

Ta,

ALQI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
So to get a theme on this we have to dl a theme zip??.. Forgive the noobness I really wanna check this out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
Yea put in in a folder inside TWRP called theme and that's it

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bluezr1:


Is anyone running the newest version, I'm still on 2.2.2.0 and I'm loving it. I would like to update, although I would rather hear what others are saying fist.

I can't thank you guys enough for this recovery, it's just truly outstanding.

Thanks,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
I FINALLY figured y I couldn't get thus to work for me before.. when u install a zip there r two options that I had checked which were zip file signature verification and force md5 check on all zips.. they sounded good so I left them checked but I went kamikaze lol lol and unchecked both and now the zips flashed.. so all is well now.. :beer:

Sent from my ROM whore SG III.. OH YEAH GO NINERS MANE!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
Running great for me..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trott33:
^+1^ No problems on new one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bluezr1:
Awesome, thanks guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
So I've read its not good to flash kernels with initial install but I'm starting to use this recovery more now cuz its pretty dope.. So my question is on this recovery would tht be possible to do??.. I like the feature where we can flash multiple zips at once.. I usually have to flash like 3 zips after rom and gapps so this would help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mustang302LX:
I always did on my GNex with 0 issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
Wow I jus noticed that my back ups made with twrp are over a GB is that normal??..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
The bigger factor is what ROM are you using, how much data/apps do you have installed, and how much cache if backing up. That can make backups bigger or smaller. Typically an AOSP based ROM like AOKP or CM10 will probably be smaller than a TouchWhiz ROM but that's not always the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mpetruzz:
I just switched to twrp vs cwm. Had a question about making a backup. What is essential for me to have checked when I'm making a backup? I use TB for all my apps.

I'm looking to have my backups not be over 1gb a piece. I only have a handful of apps installed.

sent from my blue police box flying through time!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
It was aokp.. usually with cwmr the same ROM and everything is like 20.4 mb
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Your backup is 20.4mb??? :confused: I have never seen a backup or ROM that small?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
That's not your full backup in CWM. They keep the files stored in the blob folder which has a ton of other folders. That's what holds your information. That's why I switched to TWRP. If you go into their backup folder you can select each backup you made and copy them to another device by just copying the folder over. In CWM its impossible to be able to know which folders inside the blob folder you need.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] maniac2k:
Yeah my twrp backup of aokp v5 and gapps only is 361mb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 05Warrior:
I just installed 2.3.1.0 recovery and I'm having a problem with it not reading my external SD Card. I reformatted the card to Fat32 but it's still not reading it. I have a 64 Gig card.

EDIT...I formatted the card with my phone. I finally took it out to see the file system and it was exFat32. I guess I will use my kids PC to format this card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
If you use windows you will have to use third party software to format, Windows won't let you format a 64gb card as FAT32 by default. I formatted mine with the Ubuntu disk utility and it worked just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 05Warrior:
Yeah thanks I did some net searching and found this http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm It worked great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Diversion:
I used "Wipe Data" which wiped my internal SDCard.. Nice one, way to go changing it from wiping the 'Data' cache to wiping the internal storage.

There goes all my Titanium backups.. Oh well, lesson learned. It would be nice if Wipe data was consistent between all recoveries.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
There is an option to Wipe External Storage and Internal Storage. Why would you select those unless you had the intent of wiping anything stored on your device or SDcard? :confused:

Wipe Data = Factory Reset. I think Wipe menu is pretty clear, and if you don't know what you are wiping, ask? :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Diversion:
No, wipe data should wipe the data partition, LIKE EVERY OTHER recovery does. Re-working the wipe menu wasn't needed in the first place, I get it, trying to be different is cool. My fault for not paying closer attention but having it do something completely different from other recoveries is pretty crappy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Things don't improve if you never change. Personally I like TWRP and how it is setup. More user friendly than CWM IMO. You can always go back to CWM. That's what's great about Android. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
The button you pressed actually says, "Format Data" and not "Wipe Data" as you say. The confirmation screen looks like this:

http://phota.me/9M7R Warning, large image.

If you read the text at the top of the screen you'll see that it states:

Format Data? (Wipes all internal storage

including backups and removes encryption)

Most of the time you do not need to do this.

Followed by a large red triangle exclamation point that only shows up on this particular screen in TWRP and absolutely nowhere else as an added warning.

Unfortunately, I can't think of anything else that I can reasonably do to prevent the "TL DR crowd" from blowing away everything on their internal storage. This explanation might help you understand your device a little better and why that option also wipes your internal storage:

http://teamw.in/DataMedia
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fix-this!:
i went back to cwm touch. something about twrp doesn't seem to flash roms right for me, i always have issues. and no, it wasn't "user error" lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Works great for me. Never had a bad or failed flash since received pre-order device and rooted first day. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
Been using TWRP since it was 2.2, and have never had any problems that weren't caused by me not paying attention to what I'm doing. Love the auto MD5 check, and being able to name my backups by whats running.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fix-this!:
well you know the saying which seems to only apply to android. every device is different. :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
here's a screen shot from one of the ROMs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
That makes no sense to me, even with compression I wouldn't think it is that small. In TWRP, my current AOKP System is 354MB, Boot 10MB, Recovery 10MB. That doesn't even include Cache or Data. So Boot and Recovery are 20MB by themselves.

So really have no idea how what you have is even possible? :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funnyperson1:
As others have stated above, cwm uses a different method of storing backups which is more space efficient. Instead of storing each backup separately they style all common data between backups in the blobs folder. The "actual backup" will only contain the data that changed since the last backup. This prevents you from backing up the same data over and over again.

Obviously there is no way to store an entire android system backup in 21mb, the rest of his data must be in the blobs folder.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Ah, sorry...guess I missed that point but makes sense now. Not really sure how that would apply when jumping around between ROMs, may make sense I guess if you stay on one ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
is there any chance the 2.3.1.0 binary is mislabeled in the GUI as a lower version?

i tried the goomanager update method, that always worked for me in the past, and it fails to flash it every time

i then took the downloaded image file and tried to flash it using the GS3 Recovery app manually, which has always worked, and it didn't either

i then re-downloaded and checked the image file for 2.3.1.0 and tried again, it says it flashed successfully but once again, when i boot into recovery, i an in 2.2.2.0 STILL.......

what am i doing wrong? or is the new version simply mislabeled ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
I can't help you fix your problem, but I can confirm you have one. I flashed through the goo app and when I boot into recovery is have 2.3.1.0 at the top of the screen.

VZW Galaxy S3 via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bearklaws:
Thanks...works perfect with senergy JB r90...peace
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
i have twrp v2.3.1.0

I made a backup to external sdcard including system, data, and boot partitions.

I am now trying to restore, but the restore menu shows no backups under external sdcard. However, with the built in file manager I can go to /external_sd/TWRP/BACKUPS/b7155413 and see all 3 of my previously made backups. in each one i have the following files:

system.ext4.win.md5

system.ext4.win

data.ext4.win.md5

data.ext4.win

boot.emmc.win.md5

boot.emmc.win

the files are there, so why does the restore menu not show my backups? I'm starting to freak out now, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
If you changed devices, then your serial number has changed. You'll have to make a new backup to find the correct serial number folder and move the backups. Your mileage may vary on whether restoring a backup like that will work well or not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] preusstang:
Worked great. I just received my replacement s III and I'm now back to my old AOKP setup. Thank you sir.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
Any chance for some exfat sd card support?

Shh! maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think people are listening....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
0% chance and that will not change cuz I believe the makers of TWRP would have to pay a license fee to Microsoft since it owns patents on exfat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
I hate microsoft for being such greedy basterds. What good is this 64 gb sd card if you can't store backups on it and access from recovery. As well as windows on my pc doesent like it either. Thanks gor your help though.

Shh! maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think people are listening....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
If you format it FAT32, you can store backup's on it, and access it from recovery. The only thing you loose is the ability to store a file over 4GB in size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alquimista:
TWRP 2.3.2.0?

I saw the update on the homepage but can't find a download.

Might not be built yet, but I was just wondering if anyone had seen 2.3.2.0 in the wild?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
I can't find a way to format to fat32 without losing half the capacity of sd card. My computer says 27 gb Before I format it.

Shh! maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think people are listening....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
Windows (natively) is limited to 32GB for formatting FAT32 partitions. Here is a link to a freeware app that can format FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB. Once you have it formatted FAT32, you can use it in your phone just fine.

Windows GUI version of fat32format
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
On the Note 2 I noticed some kernel objects for exFAT that we were able to use to get exFAT support on those devices (one of my teammates has a Note 2). I just ordered a 64GB card on a black Friday sale & I will see if I can do the same on my SGS3. Unfortunately this means that exFAT support will be device specific, but it is possible at least on some devices to make it work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
Thank you sir. Count me in for testing if you need.

Shh! maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think people are listening....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FrostyOrDie:
This worked like a charm for me. After flashing ziggys new jb kernel I was forced to format my card cause my phone would no longer recognize it. Now even ecovery sees it

Shh! maybe I'm just paranoid, but I think people are listening....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Colomonster:
Still does not see files on my sd card. I wish I could use twrp. But my sd cards both show up empty. All it says is go up a folder. Could this be a format thing? It does not Seder anything in the internal sd either...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Settings, reset defaults. Go to the mount page & unmount data & remount (remove & replace the X).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goldsmitht:
TWRP 2.3.2

I'm noticing TWRP 2.3.2 on your webpage, but can't find a download link. I'm on a VZW Galaxy S3, and not sure which file to download from GooManager either.

thanks, love this recovery, and have hooked quite a few of my friends on to it as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I don't think it's available for our phone yet, the VZW GSIII TWRP page only has 2.3.1 listed. I checked by looking at the Nexus 4 and a few other phones and they have TWRP 2.3.2.3 available on what looks like primarily phones with JB so far. All four major US carrier GSIII are still on 2.3.1 when I look at their TWRP page.