yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
its funny, i didnt have ext support when i put the recovery on my phone o.O
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Zephyron:
Got a link for TWRP?

side note: anyone know how to change the date/time on the folders for backups created by CWM? Mine is listing year 1970 and some random date :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
i changed the date by just renaming it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
So I've been reading that for some it does read ext but for others it doesn't?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Zephyron:
No way for CWM to just automatically pick the correct date/time? What a bummer
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bdorr1105:
I cant answer for certain, but when I used the touch Recovery ver 5.4.8.6, it looked for a external SD first and I don't have one, so then it skipped the step and wrote to the internal sd card. Not sure what the problem with using the internal memory is anyway. You can move back and forth between the two.

Sorry for my ignorance, but CWM stands for Clockwork Mod Recovery, there is no difference between the touch because it is also Clockwork Mod Recovery with the ability to touch,,,,I would recommend flashing it terminal emulator. using ODIN trips the flash counter. I use a custom recovery to avoid that and its much easier and you do not have to depend on a computer. All you have to do is put the zip on the sd card and rename the zip as the instructions say and then start at su in terminal emulator
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] notxel21:
5.8.4.7 Touch

ClockworkMod Recovery 5.8.4.7 is out!

Link: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.7-d2tmo.img

Followed instructions in the OP to flash and all is good!

1. Rename the file to cwmtr.img to make this easier.

2. Place cwmtr.img in your root sdcard using step 3., or use your usb cable or some wifi explorer.

3. adb push cwmtr.img /sdcard/cwmtr.img * (skip this step if the file is already on your sdcard).

4. adb shell *If not using adb, and you want to use terminal emulator, start at step 5. with the file already on your sdcard.

5. su

6. dd if=/sdcard/cwmtr.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

7. reboot recovery
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
hope a odin file comes out cause for some reason(me) i cant ever get line 6 to work using terminal, maybe im not typing it in correct but i tried many times.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tactic13:
Yeah just check your spelling i was having issues also and it was that i was added a g in cwmtr.img so it was cwmtrg.img i didnt notice till i just copy pasted everything :P
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
so i enter exactly this using terminal?

dd if=/sdcard/cwmtr.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bdorr1105:
Do you have a custom recovery already? If not, use ROM Manager to flash the standard recovery and once that is installed, place the img on the root of your internal SD and run terminal emulator again. It should give you no issues, was super easy and did not depend on a computer at all
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
I was having an issue using terminal but it was because I didn't put the image in my internal sd card. Unfortunately when I did install it, the touch version wouldn't see my external card so I'm back to the original Sprint cwm
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
yes i have cwm and paid rom manager.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tactic13:
Yeah just run that exactly darren just make sure that the recovery img is in your internal memory and is named cwmtr.img just make sure its not cwmtr.img.img
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
thanx sir, gonna give it a shot.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker0906:
you can just flash it through rom manager
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
If you have the premium version of rom manager, you don't even need to do all this. Just use rom manager to flash the touch version. I suspect that you didn't rename the file correctly before using step 6. or you didn't place it in the root of your sdcard.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ipnekgs:
Followed steps and all is up and running!

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lumbu:
Anybody have any problems with 5.8.4.7 seeing their backups? I kept getting an error "Couldn't open directory". Didn't matter if external card was mounted or not. Went back to 5.8.4.6 and everything worked fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
Tried the latest CWMTR and (for me) the only external sd support I can find is the option to mount external in mounts and storage.

EDIT: Same thing with the latest non-touch version. v. 5.8.4.7 on both.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anthonykash:
I have the premium clockwork and it still wants me to pay for the touch recovery via in app purchase.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ronin4740:
Thanks for this post. I was able to push the 5.8.4.7 img using the terminal emulator without issue.

However, I am seeing references in this thread to being able to install this touch and non-touch recovery via the App if one has the paid version.

I've downloaded the .apk from the CWM site and installed it. I do have the premium license...

I do not see a way to install the TMobile Samsung Galaxy S III recovery in the app... Am I doing something wrong? Installing through the app would have been easier... :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Has anyone been able to install the touch version from the image on clockworkmod's website and confirm that the external sdcard is seen in the recovery?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
For some, maybe all (myself included), even with RM Premium, it still asks for a $1.99 in app purchase to update to the touch variant.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] id_twin:
You are able to update it through ROM Manager, but whether or not you have the premium version doesn't matter. It is considered a separate feature, and will still need to pay the $1.99 to have it installed for you. I'm not sure if Kush planned it this way, or if it is just an error, but either way, you should be able to get it flashed no problem by downloading terminal emulator and following the instructions in the OP.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bdorr1105:
You should see the option at the very bottom of the list in ROM Manager, It should work just fine, the option is in the free one, but when you try to install it asks you to pay for the app. Its under More Recoveries
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mikehizzle:
I am very interested in other responses to this question.

I formatted my 64gb microsd to fat32 and have tried the last three recovery images (installed very easily using Mobile Odin). On 5.8.4.5 (touch or regular), it sees my external sdcard and the "choose zip from sd card" directs me to my external sdcard to choose a file to install. It (5.8.4.5) also has the option to "choose zip from internal sdcard" which does just that. I did not try any backups or restores but it has the option to backup, restore or advanced restore like normal and then also options to do all those from the internal sdcard (I am guessing the normal options go to the external sdcard). On the 5.8.4.6 and 5.8.4.7 images, I can see and mount the external sdcard but I cannot see an option to install anything from the external sdcard. It only has the option to "choose a zip from sdcard" and the internal sdcard is brought up using that option. Only the normal options are available under "backup and restore" so I am assuming they would go to the internal sdcard.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] solrac.dc:
+1 with mikehizzle using Mobile ODIN to flash......soooooo much easier!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anthonykash:
Is mobile Odin the same as the Odin I'm using on my pc?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anthonykash:
Ya, I don't see touch recoveries in the all recovery area, i almost positive irs an in app purchase no matter what
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fcortes626:
so does this work? i had asked a long time ago but no no one ever gave me an answer. my concer was the website didnt say it was for tmobile so i never tried it because i didnt want to hard brick my phone again. so can anyone confirm this work on tmobile? thanks:good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lantek23:
Download ROM manager in the play store and flash the recovery in the app
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anthonykash:
What browser on your phone are you using to download this? I just get binary code displayed on dolphin and stock browser
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
I used rom manager to update my recovery to the latest. But it doesn't have ext sd card support. Before I paid for the touch version I wanted to know if ext sd support has been fixed added on that because some users are saying they have it while others do not.

Does the touch version in app purchase from rom manager have ext sd card support?

Does the download/mobile Odin have ext sd card support (just asking to make sure but I would think they are the same)?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] babymatteo:
idk about you guys...but 5.8.4.5 Touch is the most reliable one for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
Well, you're right. I get ext sdcard support using that version. Thanks. :good:

Here it is in case anyone needs it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bradycl_84043:
Tested and confirmed.

5.8.4.5, both non-touch and touch, supports both the internal and external sdcards. In fact, the default for all operations is the *external* sdcard, additional menu items are present for the *internal* sd storage.

5.8.4.6 and 5.8.4.7, again both non-touch and touch, support only the internal sdcard.

No idea whether support for external sd was removed intentionally--you'll have to ask koush.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
Just what I needed to know. Thanks, I had. 4.7 so no internal. Now I'm gonna go to. 4.5

It makes no sense to remove ext sd in the newer versions. Why take away choices and try to fix something that isn't broken. But hey that's the developers choice.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker0906:
for mobile odin do i have to change the name of the file or use as is? thank yoj
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
+1 on that? i dont have a recovery anymore it just shows the little blue screen and then goes blank... but luckily i got it to boot up. I think the problem might have been because i had my usb connected when i was doing mobile odin but then i freaked and pulled it out that might of caused it. So just to make sure how do we use mobile odin with that file?

Just click recovery and flash the file? Or as the poster above said, do we need to change the name of the file or something?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker0906:
change the file name to recovery.img and flash in odin. just open the file at the bottom browse section and it will automaticlly put it in the recovery section
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I really don't see why anyone would want to use Odin to flash this (pulling out your usb mid transfer? :eek:)

Just download the correct t-mobile clockworksmod touch recovery .img file from here, rename it to

cwmtr.img

and put it right on your internal sdcard (not in a folder), install the *free* terminal emulator app, and spend one minute typing in two lines of code.

su

dd if=/sdcard/cwmtr.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

That is it.

And if you want to check it, in terminal emulator type:

reboot recovery
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
Yeah thats pretty much what i did before but i think the usb removal interrupted it. Anyways it worked like a charm this time. Thankyou

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I did it through mobile Odin but i had my phone hooked up into my pc i forgot about it and when i was flashing i panicked and removed it...

Yeah i guess terminal way might be faster but i was just to scared to do it that way, ive never used adb or terminal emulator so just thought id mess up writing the code (i know all i have to do is just copy it exactly but idk) I just felt more comfortable using mobile odin because i have used it to root my phone and it was pretty simple.

I thought i ****ed up my phone after that usb removal because it wouldnt boot or anything. But luck saved me.

Next time i will try and use terminal though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Blades:
busybox date -s 07122054.20

in an adb shell (in recovery) should've set the date to Thu Jul 12 20:54:20 EDT 2012 - but for some reason it cannot be set

I need to take apart the img file for the latest recovery, throw in the exfat modules and modify the init script for it to properly support my exfat microsd.

well, I either put it back together wrong.. or it was a nono just using the init.qcom.sh script to load the modules (probably was the case). Either way.. I'm back to using the non-touch recovery and loading the modules myself
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Thank you for this. Its the only touch version I've been able to read my external and actually backup and restore files like its supposed to
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lumbu:
You don't need to rename the file, and you can put it anywhere you want. dd is just a program to read in a file and, depending on the options, output it either manipulated in some way or one-to-one (which is what we are doing). if for "input file", of for "output file". The of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery is specifying that the output should be the recovery partition, and so long as you are flashing a recovery on this phone that part of the command should stay the same. So, if you kept the name "recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.5-d2tmo.img" and put it in /mnt/extSdCard/, you would run, as root of course:

dd if=/mnt/extSdCard/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.5-d2tmo.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

And for those of us on CM9 and AOKP where adb via usb isn't working, adb over wifi does work, and you can push/pull files and run the necessary command that way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I'm sure it doesn't take a genius to figure out you don't have to change the file name. The reason for doing it is that many people are fat fingered (no offense intended) and this helps to keep things shorter for typing in and reviewing in terminal emulator.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] benefit14snake:
Just out of curiosity, did we get the developers permission for this? I'm just wondering because I just bought the touch version a few days ago. It's super easy if you get the paid version as it flashed right in android.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
the developer actually has the image files readily available to download on his website. So is free if you get it there
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] deeznutz1977:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/

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Dont worry koush ditta approves :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aaldiar:
Just as an FYI guys, I'll update the main OP to show it, but this is version 5.8.4.5 of the recovery. I'll update and add a new .tar file (for those that want to flash via ODIN) when CWM fixes the backup/restore issues in 5.8.4.7.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JUSMEJOSE:
Love it!!... Finally able to see my External SD lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bradwdx:
Any reason

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

wouldn't work?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aaldiar:
@bradwdx concerning fastboot in ADB ...

Worked awesome on my HTC devices, but with Samsung they don't seem to have the typical 'fastboot' screen for flashing. Which is why I assume is why the ODIN program exists.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] benefit14snake:
Hehe awesome. I'm a big advocate of supporting our amazing devs!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] paullu:
I am on 5.8.4.7 now but still can't see my ex-sd card?!

did i miss something
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
Ummm, yes you did.

2 pages back.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28680340&postcount=59
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
So there is a back up restore issue in 5.8.4.7?

Also where can I find a 5.8.4.5.img file?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
If extract the tar file posted on op can I just use the terminal version to install it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
yes you can
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28680106&postcount=58
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
I just tried a restore with 5.8.4.5 and it failed on system...:eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aaldiar:
Did you do a complete wipe including the /system partition? I just now double checked and my phone restores from both internal and external SD cards
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
Yeah. Was my problem because I formatted the /system partition?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aaldiar:
no, I do a 'user data wipe' then I format partition before any kind of restore or install. never had any problems. In fact I'm doing a restore again coming back from checking the new CM9 that was posted up. it's working.

EDIT: Did you do the backup with the 5.8.4.5 recovery? if not that may be the problem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
Yeah did. I'm pretty sure I selected the correct one, the ones I made from the old non-touch recovery had dates from 1970.

Oh well. Hopefully it was a fluke...and with TB...restore isn't all that painful since I only use 3 screens.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] paullu:
I am on newest v5.8.4.7 and I am using cm9

now I want to flash free gs3 rom but when I try to wipe dalvik cache

it show E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]

and when I done flash reboot phone it stuck at black screen with samsung s3 words.

I have flash four times all stuck at boot screen.

sorry for my poor English.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I've been up all night. I need sleep, but if you pm me before I do go to sleep, I'll help you out the best I can.

Edit: I'll have to look for a PM from you after I wake up later today. If you still haven't figured things out, I'll do my best to help if I can.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
if you still need help im awake and will try and help ya out, pm me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eminem5055:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

if you flash that rom and then follow the steps to install recovery you will be able to flash tw based roms again. Same thing happened to me, and then I felt like an idiot when i found out about the pre rooted stock rom and my flash count was already 3 :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ajatt:
For some reason my backups are being dated 1970.... anyone else have this issue or any idea how to fix this?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aaldiar:
For now you manually change the folder name after you backup. Only thing you can do.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Ranger666:
5.8.4.7

Does anyone know if the issue with the recovery 5.8.4.7 and the ext sd card fixed yet?

I know that some people were not able to see the external sd with this recovery and were using 5.8.4.5, which is what i have.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] id_twin:
This has to be an issue with the GS3 and not the recoveries, as it has done this with both CWM and TWRP for me. Just go into their respective folders after doing a back-up and change them to whatever you wish.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EfoK:
So what does 'by-name' stand for in instruction #6?

I mean everything seems transparent till "by-name"

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So what does 'by-name' stand for?

Everything seems clear till "by-name' in instruction #6
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lawful123:
I have galaxy s3 tmoble and clockwork touch 5.8.4.7. When I make a backup I get unable to mount sdcard. The backup finishes fine I think. When I go to restore will I have any issues? I don’t care if it only sees the internal memory but I want to make sure that I can restore the backup.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mike216:
I think your seeing when it skips the external SD part

sent from my precious nexus
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
That's not an error in our case. It says that because it's not finding an /sd-ext partition as that is not needed on our devices with all the internal room we have.

Just ignore it. Dalvik-cache is still being wiped.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kevin36:
dd if=/sdcard/twrp8 of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MacTheRipperr:
Can someone help me with this? i do not want to flash revocery via odin and want to adb this. but its not working for me period. possibly team veiw?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
use terminal, much simpler imo.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
You are going to need to tell us what you have done exactly that isn't working. Otherwise we are just stabbing in the dark if we try to help solve your problem. There are pretty good instructions in the OP if I don't mind saying myself. If you are struggling with them, let us know what step isn't working.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fcortes626:
if i install this will it delete my backups?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
No, but from what reports I have seen, the clockworksmod recovery you restore with may not work if you made the backups with another version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fcortes626:
cool an no one has bricked their device by installing it? because i can just delete the old backups and then make a back up right after i install this
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
No guts, no glory....:fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MacTheRipperr:
Okay so I made a noob error. Got it flashed successfully no tripping the counter root access along with custom cwmtr
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tweezydak1d:
Anyone working on cmr6
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
There seems to be problems with both recoveries, why hasn't the devs who put these recoveries together come back with some explanation to why these issues are happening?? I am about to root my T-Mobile 32 gb Pebble Blue SGS3 and would really like to have a working touch recovery. Does anyone know of any recoveries (older versions) that work without and issues??

Thanks allot,

Vinny
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
Version 5.8.4.5 as done everything I have needed it to on my Tmo GS3.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
+1 here as well. I'm running the touch version of that
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djxspike:
Same here... no problems...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mjhay19:
I have this installed on my phone and it's working smoothly but after all the IMEI issue pop up. I rather to do it manually (volume up/down, power/home) to be safe not to delete anything important. When we flash a lot we tend to get careless and accidentally do something that can mess up our phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
Thanks guys, glad to hear that some people are having good luck with that recovery. Waiting for my phone and that is the first thing I will do.

Vinny
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] overground:
Went back to 5.8.4.5 standard recovery because the touch version rebooted every time I hit "Advanced".

Does advanced work for anyone using 5.8.4.5 touch?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
yup, that's how I wipe delvik cache
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cwalker0906:
It does the same for me.once and a while but not constant
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Btw I installed through emulator
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
Where can I get the standard version, I am looking but the only one I can find is the touch version on the 1st page. Can you point me to the right direction??

Thanks for the help,

Vinny
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afbengochea:
Nm
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] norbarb:
I think what you looking for is HERE just save as .img file. :). Right click HERE save target as recovery-clockwork-5.8.4.7-d2tmo.img