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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jimmcghee:
2.6.0.0 Broken for SGS2

Downloaded 2.6.0.0 and tried to do a backup and the first attempt failed. Didn't say why it failed. :confused:

When I tried to scroll the log, it moved down when I swiped up and didn't move at all when I swiped down. :confused:

I tried to backup again and it claimed it succeeded.

BTW, I backed up everything except 'cache'. I also noticed that backing up the internal sd card was no longer on the list. :confused:

When I tried to restore the backup I'd just successfully create, the restore failed. :mad:

The restore appears to be working on backups created by 2.5.0.0 because I was able to restore a previous backup. :victory:

Fortunately, when I backup, I always backup the restore partition too. When I restored the old backup I also restored 2.5.0.0. This is handy since there is no trivial way to revert to a previous version of TWRP.

I always restore a backup after I create it because its the ONLY way to be sure the backup is valid and correct. This time I'm REALLY glad I did. Takes a bit longer than just booting, but its cheap insurance.

I love TWRP so I'm really looking forward to the fix to 2.6.0.0.

Anyone else having this issue? :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dougm_tx:
Odin'd 2.6.0.0, did a new backup and restored it. No problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Don't use goo! It's been soft bricking ppls phones with the latest update, go tohttp://techerratta.com/browse/twrp2/hercules to get the newest version and use Odin, safest bet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
This happens to me too. I can make a backup in 2.5 and restore it with 2.6, but a backup with 2.6 just fails.

I keep the 2.5.0.0 zip on my phone so it is easier to switch back and forth.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Really? I have no issues with restoring from 2.6, actually I litery just restored from 2.6 after checking out the new PAC man, just can't seem to like asop Roms lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jimmcghee:
Curious. What are you backing up? Everything? Do you still have internal sd in your list to backup?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
I've been on 2.6 since it came out and have backed up and restored an entire ROM, just data, just system, system and boot IMG, all dif ways too lol, and yes I still have internal and external SD cards in my lists, just it always opens to my internal card, so if I wanna boot or flash from external I have to go back and find external SD, and internal SD is under sdcard not internal SD like it used to be, but yeah I've backed up, restored and all from both internal and external, wonder why ur having issues that's strange
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
I am doing some tests now. After using Odin to flash the 2.6.0.0 tar I tried a backup to my external card(which has plenty of room) and got this error:

E:Backup file size for '/external_sd/TWRP/BACKUP

Internal backup failed with the same error(also with plenty of room):

E:Backup file size for '/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUP/d2c

Weird.

Edit: I was trying to back up Boot; Data; System; Cache and Preload.

Edit2: It looks like even though the backup said failed, it restored properly.

Also tried updating to 2.6.0.0 with GooManager and it did not brick my phone. Your mileage may vary.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Strange, I backup with no errors at all, I used Odin to update to 2.6 from 2.5, never had an error yet, I don't backup cache or preload though, I'm going to try and backup everything and see what it says, usually I do data, system, boot, sometimes only data depending which ROM I'm using, never encountered an issue yet, but like u said milage may vary lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FCORivers:
I'm on 2.6.0.0.

Ive noticed that sometimes when a partition is 0 mb like preload partition often is twrp could or couldn't fail at backup, not been able to see a pattern here. Also what had happened to me is that even if I have a couple mb left after the backup on the sd(the space left on SD prior backup and then adding all partitions quantities, then doing the math) on the backup screen, it would start the backup but fail at backing up android secure, wtf, lol. It seem to need a couple of hundred mb free after backup rather than a couple mb. Seems I tried a really tight backup, but I did the math and there was space.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Yeah in my experience twrp is very careful about space and backups, u need to have at the very least 50mb more than what the backup is in order for it to complete backing up the files so if it's less than that it won't take a chance..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wizkidj:
Sorry this might be a noob question... But can I get this recovery through goo manager?

Lol I'm still on TWRP 2.4.4.0

sent from my xylonified phone....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idtheftvictim:
Yes you can. Hit menu button then hit "install open recovery script" or something like that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charwinger21:
Is there any chance of getting GooManager to recognize the T989D as a T989?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I am using the latest TWRP that I can find for my T989D (version 2.6.0.0) and had an odd issue:

I recently got a 64 GB SDXC card for my phone (running Android version 4.3 Hellybean and the SD card works for most things without any issues), but when I boot into recovery, it doesn't see my external SD card (the 64 GB one). This is causing issues for me in that I can't put my nandroid on that disk or any of my other files I wish to flash. Is there planned support for the exFAT or fuseblk filesystem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
I hope this gets updated to support cm 10.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
You should be able to by changing the following from SGH-T989D to SGH-T989 in build.prop:

ro.build.product

ro.product.device

ro.product.name

ro.product.model (this one should be SAMSUNG-SGH-T989)

if you don't want the changes to persist after reboot, go to terminal and run setprop on these guys (ie "setprop ro.build.product SGH-T989" as root).

You could do a "getprop | grep T989D" to see everything that has mention of "T989D" in your properties and could change all of those. I think that you don't want to change your baseband, product_code or sw_ver, but you should be safe to change the ones I listed above and/or ro.build.description and ro.build.fingerprint.

basically, it is possible, but it needs to be done by us (the T989D owners) not by the GooManager group.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
I don't think any aosp ROMs support 64gb SD cards only up to 32gb however sometimes a 64GB SD will still work on an aosp ROM...sometimes... Only touchwiz supports them officially.. Since the recoveries are pulled from aosp builds I doubt 64gb SD support will ever come unless aosp starts to support 64GB sds natively
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
There really is no reason it shouldn't support large disks though... I mean FAT32 supports up to 2 TB... I think it is just that it is formatted as non-FAT32 (I think it is currently either exFAT or NTFS... I can't remember which). If I re-format it to FAT32, I am fairly confident it will work with the recovery (may test that tonight as it is easy enough to do). I'll post my results.

Well, that is as long as I understand file systems the way I think I do...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
It sounds easy... Please report back I would like to know as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
It is likely a device limitation. Even though 64 GB cards "work" in the Hercules, it only officially supports up to 32 GB. I read somewhere that a 64 GB card in a device designed to read up to 32 GB could appear to work properly, but could potentially cause data loss or corruption since the device hardware wasn't designed to recognize a file system that large.

This is much like the problems "SD" technology had then moving to cards larger than 2 GB. Anything 2 GB or smaller was "SD", anything larger was "SDHC". Now, "SDHC" means anything between 4-32 GB, and anything larger is "SDXC". This is a hardware limitation due to the changes in structure in order to fit more memory in the device.

At least, this is my limited understanding of the topic. You may very well know better than I do...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sargeue:
It does, I have 2.5 and used Goo to update to TWRP 2.6 with no problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
Same here, with a 64 G card, and it works fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
64gb Sandisk, in ext4 working great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carandcar:
+ 1. I've been running a 64 g since I bought my phone a year and a half ago and have flashed everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING cause I have deep rooted flashing issues that I can't help) and I have had no problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I had thought that SD->SDHC was a hardware change that required different transmission control which is why you needed an SDHC reader to read them, not due to the partition size. I think it was said that only 32 GB cards are officially supported due to Microsofts decision to have a 32 GB partition the limit for FAT32 in XP and higher. SDXC just needed a software/firmware update on your SDHC reader to make it all happy and from my testing, all of my SDHC readers seem to read my SDXC card without a problem just not at the 104 MB/s that is advertised. I think that the SDXC cards were designed with USB 3.0 in mind so you can get crazy fast transfer speeds if you have an SDXC reader. But upon further investigation, I found this quote from wikipedia:

"FAT32-formatted SDXC cards can be used in a host device built for SDHC if the host device can handle volumes larger than 32 GB."

so you are probably right on that. It sounds like a non-exFAT formatted SDXC card SHOULD work in recovery, but may not be reliable as the recovery may not be able to handle volumes larger than 32 GB. But at least if I back up the card before I do things in recovery from the card and do an MD5 check on the file from recovery before flashing anything from the SDXC card, I should be fine.

Plus, since I run windows XP, I need to find a good way to format the card.

EDIT: Well, did a bit more snooping and came across this page:

http://teamw.in/exFAT

Quick summary of the page: exFAT format will probably never be supported. FAT32 should work fine, but files on the card need to be 4 GB or smaller. Other option is format it as ext4, but that doesn't always auto-mount in ROMS and you may need to mount it manually. Last option is NTFS, but that sometimes gets mounted as read-only in linux.

I'm just running a chkdsk on my 64GB SDXC FAT32 now and crossing my fingers...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeybuttons:
I believe you are correct in the SD>SDHC reasoning. That is what I was trying to say. The changes required to shrink the storage blocks drove a change to the way the device operates making a hardware update required for SDHC support.

I was not aware the difference between SDHC and SDXC was limited only by the volume size recognized by the operating system.

TWRP supports exFAT file systems (has since version 2.4, it's in the OP), so that isn't the problem.

Looks like I am out of ideas. Is anyone else able to use a 64GB sd card in TWRP? If so, what file system (format) are you using?

EDIT: I didn't see your edit. I can't open that link at work (blocked), but the OP does say exFAT is supported.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
Weird... wonder why TWRP 2.6.0.0 didn't like my exFAT card then? It didn't even show up in /dev/block (ie there was no /dev/block/mmcblk1 device)? I know my 32 GB card and my 16 GB and 8 GB cards all are seen fine, but they were all FAT32, so I thought it was an exFAT issue. Guess I'll find out shortly... could be a SGH-T989D vs SGH-T989 issue I suppose... or something funny with the T989D with TWRP 2.6.0.0 (was running 2.5.0.0 when things were working good, but got recommended by various users to jump up to 2.6.0.0). Find out once chkdsk completes... crossing my fingers :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
I use FAT 32 on mine, and have never had an issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
Screwed up my SD card... note to others: when running a 4.3 ROM (CM based), don't try to turn on mass storage via shell script hack and format your SD card... it just makes your partition table corrupted. Android formatted it as FAT32 which is nice, and now TWRP 2.6.0.0 is working great with the 64 GB card. even ran fsck on it and had 0 errors. I was thinking I may have killed the card when I screwed up the partition tables as I did.

Also, for some odd reason, if I turn on compression with my backup, it fails to back up the /data folder and stops trying to back things up... had I not just installed 2.6.0.0 via ODIN, I would think that I had a corrupt recovery image... so I dunno what is all weird with my phone right now... meh... gonna update my ROM and Kernel tonight and cross my fingers that TWRP doesn't semi-brick it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Koragg618:
I heard people have had issues with 2.6. You might want to downgrade to 2.5 and see if you have those issues.

Here's a link to the site with the .tar files: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules

Hope I helped! :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BitingChaos:
What issues are there with 2.6.0.0?

Also, that is the worst web site. Putting your mouse cursor over a link causes the JavaScript to adjust and shift the page, moving the link away from your mouse cursor - and then the JavaScript causes the link to move back up (since you no longer have your mouse over it). As it moves back up, your mouse cursor is over it again, causing it to move. Again. Over and over.

I want to click links, but the page just keeps jumping around. I use NoScript to disable that terrible functionality so I can actually click something. Of course, once you click a link, you have to re-enable JavaScript so you can sit at the page with a timer before it actually sends you the file.

Was the page designed to be so user un-friendly on purpose?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmg002:
I also have not heard of any specific issues with 2.6... plus I had the same issue with 2.5. Having the disk as FAT32 fixed my SDXC card issues, now I just get data corruption (both on 2.5 and 2.6) when running a 4.3 ROM (which is expected). I know how to fix it post install if/when it corrupts (e2fsck and sometimes a wipe of /data and /cache followed by an e2fsck) and if/when the /data/lost+found directory gets all screwy you may need to do a chattr on it and subfolders so you can clean it up... but manual intervention to run a 4.3 ROM is worth it (in my opinion)... just sucks having to spend a good hour or 2 when you flash a 4.3 ROM/Kernel and get stuck in either a boot-loop, a stalled boot, or a black screen of death...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jiggs82:
Looks like there is an update for twrp v2.6.0.3 for devices (Hercules/skyrocket) to fix the 4.3 issues we've been having...so hopefully someone can create a flashable zip in due time:D

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
^^^THIS, please make a flashable zip for us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PapaMag:
tried flashing with odin and it failed not sure what's wrong
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
The IMG and the tar both don't work. I wouldn't try to use goo manager either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
That's why I always wait for the zip file.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cricketAC:
You're not alone. Haven't used Odin since I initially installed custom recovery.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
That's what I was trying to do. We just have to play the waiting game.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
CONFIRMED BROKEN. The tar Archive won't even extract. I'm on Linux and usually untar and flash the recovery.img inside with heimdall. The regular img doesn't work either. I hope they read this forum.

****UPDATE**** The file names are currently reversed. The .tar is actually the .img and vice versa. I just flashed both and they work. The funny thing is that recovery says it's version 2.6.0.2, so I don't know if there is SElinux support or if this is just an error on their part.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PapaMag:
So you are saying reverse the extention?

I used odin for 2.6 and it was slick, don't use it much though

edit: I just reversed the ext. and flashed the tar with odin worked like a champ and yes it does say 2.6.0.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
yes, just rename the extension and it works. I have 2.6.0.2 now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idb117:
So just so I'm reading right, just change the .img file name to .tar. then flash thru Odin, right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
yes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] meekrawb:
TWRP 2.6.0.2 zip:

http://d-h.st/nQv

I think the file is too big to just add to this post.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
for some reason i cant rename it, may i ask for some help...thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bsd1101:
you need disable windows from hiding file extensions in folder options.

guide how to do that: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
homer simpson moment, doohhh, as soon as i read your post i remembered...lol. THANK YOU
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PapaMag:
here you go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -DarkKnight-:
Has anyone tried flashing 4.3 with the new TWRP to see if it works?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] popeye331:
flashed and booted up and several boots, still good, uber still breaks radio tho
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NonexistentParan0ia:
Gonna test the new TWRP version and see if it affects any functionality when using it with a 4.2.2 ROM. I keep a spare copy of AOSPA 3.69 just in case things go wonky.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
Here's a flash zip https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzRgfImRwyLReDN5VF90NG41Tzg/edit
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] superuser696:
Still working!!! I thanks you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dougshell:
So, someone please tell me why anyone would still use CWRM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtheraven:
This only goes to something that needs to be approved...i don't see any file...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
Sorry about that here you go http://db.tt/J4H4wShf
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kerns_JW:
hmm can you flash cwrm nands on twrp? Might be one reason. The other would be just in case. Other than that twrp all the way, just wish it had a better splash screen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djtheraven:
Still don't have the option..i don't get it..my Android secure is on my external card for some reason but cwm finds it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kerns_JW:
try flipping the mounts? Just guessing, didn't bother checking :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TerrorCandii:
Finally showed up in Goo. Very pleased with the update. Thank you good sirs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] erickwill:
Excellent work! Really impressive!

Looking forward for new updates!

Thanks and keep the nice work up!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
I woke up and my phone was in twrp recovery... i was late , battery was dieing so I turned it off pocketed the device,power ed off.... later after a car ride and am getting out

It feels like a phone call on vibrate, so I pull it out look at it and phone is off, yet vibrating intermittently... i had flashed thetechniques 1.1 and super charged it via v6 set the alarm and went to sleep with alarm on for 8) 30,,, ha woke at 930 to find my phone in twrp recovery..... now im on STOCK ROM Mr. Xs And TOUCH CWM... will report back out phone goes nuts again... Note: my phone has never been weird before. Except when it took team acid but that was a lonng time ago :screwy: was this a bad download perhaps even though it worked while flashing a radio and a ROM??? don't gET me wrong I loved THE UI OF TWRP

But waking up to that nightmare had me crawling back to anything familiar and or stable ..... i got twrp via wifi from one foot away using goomanager apk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DriftorX:
Are there themes for 2.2?

Device: Samsung Tmobile S2 [SGH-T989]

ROM: CYANOGENMOD 9 NIGHTLY 20120731

Kernel: DARKSIDE.VENOM 5 #7

Radio: UVLE1 Modem

Recovery: TWRP 2.2

Theme: Touch0Color White Text

Launcher: Apex and Nova Launcher

MOD: CPU Sleeper
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Could it be that you pressed the power button while it was in your pocket? You should odin back to stock, to see if it was custom software related or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Okay. I'll Odin back to stock then flash TWRP.. Oh wait.. Is there an Odin classifiable ( flashable is not a word ;) TwrP .tar /rar ? I loved TWRP but never before has my phone done anything odd, not even once... And that was as odd as Id like.. I loved the interface go Team WIN I'm sure its just me.. Isn't is always 99.9% user error? I used goo manager though maybe goo manager reminds me of the Cwm app right now like how it would flash a ROM for you without clearing anything, coff\$ a litt/e.. Thanks for the suggestion...I'm back to stock so I wouldn't have thought of that...

I have a case on my phone from TMobile that is very hard to push the rockers or or power button down so an accidental power on is very unlikely. And it was vibrating such as a call was coming in with phone on vibrate, and was mostly off..I say mostly because it wasn't on and phones don't vibrate when they are off... Anyway forget it if I'm the only one, forget it must be me or a bad download
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dirtybudha:
I've been looking to install this, but there's no way to do so on the Mac.

THANK YOU!

Easy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dees_Troy:
And the GooManager app install (free) doesn't work for you?

There's also instructions on our website for installing it via terminal emulator if GooManager isn't working for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BRKotucs:
Flash this in recovery....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] skaroger867:
Love this on the fire. Not sure why I haven't done this sooner on phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wing851:
I had this installed for a few days but removed it.

I had 2 issues:

Installed 2.2.0 using goo manager. I could not install cm9 nightly builds automatically. The error was "the volume could not be mounted".

Second issue was after loading a cm9 nightly(manually) along with venom kernel the phone would not sleep. I got maybe 2 hours from my battery. The battery usage showed almost all usage was Phone even though I was only using browser. Not sure why because I followed the same steps as CWM.

Not sure I will use it again and went back to CWM non touch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rushing:
Weired things happened to my phone when I was running MSGurus CM9 ROM . Maybe its CM9 related
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cricketAC:
Correct me if I'm wrong

Only way to make my backup image of 4.3 compatible with twrp is

Flash cwm 6.0.3.7

Wipe current 4.2 ROM

Restore my backup of 4.3

Flash twrp 2.6.0.2

Backup 4.3 ROM via twrp.

Wipe 4.3 ROM

Restore 4.2 ROM again.

P. S; can't stand the notification lights turning on with screen touch.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989