yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigfoot.kom:
I actually like it. But a lot of these ROMs call for twrp. Here's the link.

I think he updated it for 4.4 ROMs also.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2552640

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I am currently using twrp 2.6.3.1 without any problems at all. :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djdoubt03:
Just installed the official CWM Touch Recovery. Backup went fine, think ill stay with this for a while.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Wond3r:
tried to flash the 2.6.3.1 zip from my previous version of twrp and it failed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tornade69:
Quote wrong post... Delete pls
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tornade69:
Had the same issue, the script check for ro.product.device = d2att in your build.prop. Just edit first line of updater script in the zipfiles
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
I have been having an issue that I wondered if anyone else encountered. Since updating to 2.6.3.1, every once in a while my phone will reboot while wiping data. It will then go into a soft brick where it keeps trying to boot but has nothing to boot to as I always wipe system too. I have found that booting back into recovery and reflashing rom/gapps fixes the issue (temporarily). Then I can go back in and perform necesary wipes and all is good. I have found this happens when I am attempting to restore backups as well. I odin'd back to stock and started from scratch and still have the same problem. It does not happen all the time, just kind of randomly. Has anyone else had this issue, or is it possibly a hardware issue on my part? I like TWRP enough that I would rather stick with it and deal with the issues than switch to another recovery lol. :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ozark_8125:
I think this might solve your problem - IF you haven't updated your bootloader TOO far. Do you know if you're on MJ2 or MJB? The other thing possible is maybe an internal SD memory error. I would go for the first recommendation though - that saved my bacon when I had problems like yours.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
Thanks. I wiped everything including my internal storage when odin'd back to stock so I could start clean. I am still on the 4.1.1 bootloader(UCLDK3 I think)I ended up switching to cwm so that I could flash liquid smooth. Haven't had a problem since, so as much as I dislike it, I have just stayed on cwm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drivel2787:
Has anyone ever ran into an issue on an S3 where you install TWRP from Goo and whenever you reboot into recovery it continues to use CWM? Also, is there a more recent version of TWRP that is a flashable zip that can be flashed in CWM to overwrite CWM to move to TWRP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Yes that happened to me what I had to do was flash the img for twrp in odin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Thats the issue im having right now, but its happening non stop for me. Have you found a fix?

Edit - format the internal card. The one where you have to type yes
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Just a few things I've encountered lately in case it helps anyone else. If goomanager is not updating twrp properly (downloading and saying it installs but it actually doesn't) you may need to update your superuser. The version I had was built into the rom I was using and couldn't update, so I downloaded supersu from the play store and let it update. Then ran goomanager and updated twrp which then worked.

Second, I encountered a problem where my phone would bootloop while wiping data. I couldn't restore any backups because that process automatically wipes data during the restore. I had to format my internal card in order to fix it. Before doing that make sure you backup your internal cards contents. If you can't get into a rom to do that you may have to use the file manager in twrp. Hope this helps anyone who runs into these issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
I switched to cwm for a bit and now I am back to twrp. When you say format internal card, are you talking about wiping the storage, or using the option where it says format data?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I believe it's format data. It will prompt you to type the word yes. It will format your internal SD card so make sure you back everything up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
Thanks. Did it allow you to remain in recovery and reflash your Rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Yes. I'm pretty sure that because the recovery is on a different partition, it will always remain in tact unless you overwrite it with a new recovery. The internal SD card is a separate partition that the rom is flashed to.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
Good deal thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
Just to followup I did this and it seems to have worked. Thanks again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aenbone:
TWRP 2.7 is up!!!

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/104
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Goo still says 2.6.3.1 when I try to update . Can't get 2.7?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aenbone:
Go on Goo and type "d2att" in search. Click and download the first .img file which indicates twrp 2.7.

Next steps are fairly obvious.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MJPollard:
Flashable ZIP of 2.7.0.0:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/50na38btotp0364/TWRP-2.7.0.0-d2att.zip
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] IUH1991:
I have the i747m and have been using the d2att recovery for a while now. Tried installing the new update and am only getting the d2can version. Is there a difference between the two?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
I can't say for sure, but I just flashed the latest Liquid Smooth with 2.7. I was unable to previously.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
What are the changes Im not seeing any change log for the new version
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] condor97:
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fogozito:
I cant flash any room, i cant see my SD contens
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I posted the answer a few pages back in this thread. You need to update your super user. If you can't, you need to download supersu from the play store and update that. Then load goomanager and try again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stanguay:
The backup fail with 2.7.0, I am the only one?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] adrock74:
I have a question, I made the mistake of formatting my internal storage and now i cant get past the twrp screen. Just bootloops. I have backups on my ext sd card, any ideas how/if I can get back into recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I'm confused. If you can't get into recovery, how can you only get to the twrp screen?

If you can get into twrp (recovery) and you have backups on your external SD card, you should be all good. Just change the storage location in twrp to external card (should be at the top of screen I believe) and you should be all set.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] adrock74:
When i try to boot into recovery, the blue screen with twrp comes up for about 3 seconds, then it bootloops. I would odin back to stock but im on the latest bootloader on my s3.

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So, I was able to get into download mode and reflash my recovery via odin and it passed. Yet I'm still in a bootloop. I'll never format my internal storage again. It wiill still bring up the twrp screen for second, but then it bootloops. Any advice would be great. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
That is very odd. Formatting the internal storage should not touch the recovery as its on a separate partition. I've formatted my internal storage many times and have never experienced that.

What about trying a different recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] alotmoore:
Same for me. Backup fails.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
Edit: not a different recovery as in cwm because I doubt your backups will work, but a prior or newer version of twrp?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fezzy102:
No problems with backups or restores here all working great.

Since all the changes to 2.7 old backups probably will not work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stanguay:
Questions, are you on I747 or I747M ?

Did you backup on internal memory or external SD card ?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fezzy102:
I747 and I backed up to internal I can try external.

Edit: external backup works also.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
I'm having the same issue I can't make a backup. It says failed backup I have i747 att I'm trying to backup to extsd
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] arv.singh:
Mine freezes when I try to use the app. I'm currently running beanstalk 4.4.2 on my bell mobility i747. After a min, it stops working, anyone have any ideas? I downloaded it from the play store.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jpcdeux:
Backed up to external SD no problems
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Really what version of the s3 you have.

Also does anyone know if you can go back to the previous recovery for twrp
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yes you can go back no problem! 2.7.0.0 failed to make backups for me every single time. On TW... AOSP 4.4 roms... 2.6.3.1 works for me no problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MJPollard:
Personally, I'm staying away from 2.7.0.0, as everything I've seen (on this platform and others) tells me that it's not ready for prime time. I'll stick with 2.6.3.1, which hasn't failed me yet, until I see some good news about the 2.7 branch.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Awesome how would get the 2.6.3.1 recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47840637&postcount=758
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Okay so download the zip but how do you flash it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Ideally in recovery. [emoji3]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SolidSnake33:
Or .tar file with Odin.

Sent from my Slim Galaxy S3

SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Derp. . Wasn't thinking because I'm used to going through goo manger
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bird333:
I can't seem to restore my backup with 2.7. It made the backup fine but it won't restore it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdithug:
I have no issues backing up or restoring with 2.7.0.0
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
For those who are having issues it's know through some other threads. This is what I did http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 and got the kernel to match and then flash the 2.6.3 recovery with mobile Odin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sjamie:
If enewman couldn't make 2.7 work, I don't feel too bad. I'm back on 2.6.3.1 and all is well again...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KuRuPtIoN:
Hi, I tried installing a ROM last night, everything went ok installing but when it was time to reboot it got stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy s3" screen, I then went to boot into recovery to wipe and flash again but TWRP loads to the blue "TeamWin" screen and reboots. I've tried installing the last 2 versions via Odin but none are sticking. Any ideas on what time doing wrong? Thanks everyone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Agent5150:
2.7.0.0 on KitKat will not accept storage decryption password

I have an encrypted AT&T (d2att) Galaxy S3. TWRP 2.7.0.0 will not accept storage decryption password. Please help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Agent5150:
Can any one offer a solution, please. This is a kitkat based ROM that is now encrypted. I am told that factory reset is the only way to get rid of encryption, but twrp is not cooperating.

Can I perhaps install stock at&t ROM via Odin? Will that work?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Agent5150:
Installing stock recovery to factory reset worked. TWRP doesn't work with encrypted device. At least not with KitKat.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Honestly I went back the previous recovery and flash with mobile Odin. And I have the att s3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xXFl4sh:
How do I install d2att recovery instead of d2can?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Do you have the i747 or i747m and if not the m you should be to Google twrp d2att recover 2.0.×.× you know
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xXFl4sh:
I have the i747M, but I have installed the d2att recovery. Thanks for helping!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MercilessLTD:
I am having an odd issue with TWRP. I've been using it for quite a while on my S3. Recently, on version 2.5 or 2.6, it was having issues backing up to my external SD card (despite being able to restore from it), giving me an error stating the directory could not be created. I upgraded to 2.7, and now I cannot backup to either the external SD card or internal storage, but now the error is simply that the backup failed while backing up the system partition.

Has anyone experienced this? I am using a 4.4.2 TouchWiz ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stanguay:
Try TWRP 2.6.3.1, and be sure that your path or file name is not too long.

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MercilessLTD:
I will hit Thanks tomorrow; apparently I've hit my limit for the day.

This solution worked (using 2.6.3.1). Is there a known bug with 2.7.0.0, or am I doing it wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Can someone make a flashable zip for the new version please?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Groot:
Efs backup seems to be missing in the new update? Else, great update!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

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Just use the goo manager app mate

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fr3d0x:
official link: http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-d2att.tar
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Thanks but I don't trust goo and my pc for some reason doesn't recognize my phone no matter how many times I delete and reinstall drivers. Need a flashable to update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Groot:
Used it earlier and goo works flawlessly, give it a shot.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shels:
Hey all quick question, I have a I747M, but am using the 4.4.2 tw leak and have some of my build prop edited namely ro.product.name and ro.product.device changed to kltetmo instead of d2att. Should I download the the tmo or att version of 2.7.1.0?

Ok to update I tried flashing the d2att version over mobile odin and I believe I have softbricked. I can get into download mode just fine but recovery and system do not boot and just bootloop. Any advice? I'm currently downloading the stock unrooted tars to flash over the computer but this is gonna take me a ways back and require me to root and what not again. Any less painful route you can suggest?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Get flashify from play store. It gives you the ability to flash recovery img directly from phone.. No need to use your laptop for flashing recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Groot:
Someone confirm that the efs backup is missing also? If it's not there in the first place? I'm coming from philz, sorry for the question.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
It is in fact missing from 2.7.1 on my N7 LTE and Note 10.1 in the backup section. Didn't look farther than that
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Groot:
Thanks mate!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnHorus:
Will not work on Koodo Galaxy S3

Heya! I'm really hoping someone can point me in the right direction with this, because I really prefer TWRP to CWM. Just feels better to me.

I've had the Galaxy S2X Hercules for a while now, and just recently upgraded to the Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747m/d2att, now lte)

I tried installing TWRP but was unable to access anything from within it. It was as if the recovery had no permissions to access any hardware, couldn't find files, couldn't wipe, nothing.

CWM works fine. I tried 2.7, and 2.7.1, multiple times, with odin. I tried flashing from the TWRP and the Goo App, but once I clicked the final link to initiate the download, in both cases the download would not start. My web browsing and other connectivity is fine, everything else seems fine. I flashed Quantum (modification of SimKat) and it seems to be working mostly fine, except that the camera cannot connect, even after installing the fix. Gonna try some more installs later, hoping it's just a bad flash, but I DEFINITELY am having some sort of issue with TWRP.

The only thing I can think of is that I used Odin 1.85 instead of getting 3.07 the first time I flashed it, but I've seen older posts that recommend that version, even. Could I have possibly messed something up? It doesn't seem so because CWM works fine in every way that I can tell. I'm just not sure if I should just restore to stock, flash triangles away, and return it for a different model or even just a different S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
New 2.7.0.1 working fine far as backups.

Hadn't tried a restore yet.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 on Sg3 & Tapatalk Pro.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Easiest way.......get flashify from play store.....if you have older TWRP it will get the update in flash form and flash for you.......a great app. Just be careful with what you flash...:highfive:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Exostenza:
I'm in a pickle and need this in a flashable zip can anyone help me out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
My new Samsung 64gb SD card is not working in TWRP.

I have formatted the card to FAT32 but still is does not appear in TWRP. The card is working on the phone and laptop(Windows 7)

Please confirm if 64gb card works in TWRP?

Edit: Reformatted in Windows and now its working.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] montydog:
which TWRP recovery image to use for Telus Galaxy S3 (SGH-i747)?

If I may ask a stupid question, which recovery image did you use? I have an S3 on Telus- do I use d2att or d2can ? I'm currently using CM 11 d2att image, so hence my confusion....

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Helloworld294:
The new update doesn't properly restore /data... Bunch of corrupted files and such. Tried many times.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] remotehugger:
quick question all, is this the one I would use for my Virgin Mobile S3 ? just not sure if I should use the att version or the vzw version ? thanks -

VM SIII - jdsingle76's deodexed NDC 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
If u need one for Verizon . Try this link out.

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/d2vzw

Sent from my SGH-I747 using [MENTION=265057]tm[/MENTION] Ne4 build.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
OK, I'm at a complete loss at this point, I've tried seemingly everything and I can't boot into anything other than clockworkmod. I do not have ROM Manager installed anymore, I have downloaded and installed TWRP numerous times and still nothing, just CWM. Any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigfoot.kom:
Hi. Do you have any ROM zips on your SD card to flash with cwm?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
Yes, I flash frequently, however, I need to use TWRP for the new Quantum release and for some reason I can't get into anything other than CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nickdoherty:
Did you try flashing a tar file with Odin, works like a charm every time for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] NYYFan02:
Thanks, that worked!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] monkeysez:
Anyone able to access the latest twrp recovery if your encryption is enabled? I can't get twrp to recognize my decryption pin.

Edit: I looked it up and I guess lots of people have this issue, but it hasn't been addressed. Any thoughts on other recoveries?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] scattaman:
So I was using CWM on my MIUI rom and couldnt flash the latest version (kept getting installation error 7, expected 5 args, got 4)

I tried flashing TWRP via the manager but it kept booting into CWM even when I intalled TWRP

I then installed via ODIN and now when I try to boot into recovery, I get a blank screen.. Nothing happens, no CWM, no TWRP.

Anyone knows how to fix this? Also, If I pull battery and reboot phone, it always trys to go into recovery so I have to boot into bootloader first then cancel from there :(

EDIT

I installed Mobile Odin and then flashed the .tar file. Everything seems to be ok now :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ronedogg:
When I install twrp all the SD card and my micro SD read 0mb. I switched to Phil's touch and everything works fine.

Any idea what's causing this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xCAVEMANx:
XDA Server Error
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jowilk:
Hi, I used twrp manager to update recovery but it would not updated my d2att to 2.7.1.0. Is there a way to download 2.7.1.0 img file, I tried to Google search but no such luck.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Download to your internal or external and then download flashify from play store. Worked like a charm for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melvinaury:
Go to market and install ROM installer. You can install the recovery that you like.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bird333:
Anyone have 2.7.1.0 in a zip file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MJPollard:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2elshl8mmm41ncw/TWRP-2.7.1.0-d2att.zip
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meanhacker:
anyone have the 2.8.0.1 in a zip file? also, can you link me where I can make my own zips out if images? thanks :D:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MJPollard:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7txo1xgouycod1a/TWRP-2.8.0.1-d2att.zip
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meanhacker:
Thanks. When I would like to make my own flashable zip, is it safe to assume that simply replacing the old image file within an older version of the recovery flashable zip file with a newer version of the recovery image file would allow me to create my own recovery flashable zip files? Seems too simple. Thanks for the link.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MJPollard:
No problem, and yeah, just replace the recovery.img file with a different version to create your own recovery zip. That's how I create them whenever I download a new version from the TWRP site.