yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sbaeder:
Your right in that the zip "updater script" is checking for the device type, but the splash image is (AFAIK) just one of the files in the zip... so you should be able to repack it (there is even links on that page to repackage the recovery image)...But just doing a simple edit on the script (and update the zip) should be sufficient.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Brad4891:
failed download when trying the new illusion roms?? anyone else getting a failed DL?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sylikc:
Hey, I was wondering... does TWRP work with some type of MHL connector with a mouse/keyboard?

Can you use TWRP with the buttons? (I know it's "Touch" recovery, and I never tried it with the buttons......

I dropped my phone and it got ran over by a car yesterday...................... The phone vibrates when I hit the power button, but I was wondering if I could get a full TWRP backup on it even though the keys appear to work, but I have no screen and no digitizer?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mp3deviant721:
I'm having issues keeping internal and external memory mounted. Anybody have any ideas on why my sdcard would unmount in the middle of a flash or restore operation? I've tried 2.6.3.1, 2.7, and 2.7.0.1. They all do the same thing...

d2tmo: Carbonized & LeanKernel'd edition
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kizzmiazz:
When I install TWRP and boot into recovery I am not able to mount ext sdcard and can not see any files on the internal and when I reboot it says there is no os installed. Clockwork recovery works fine with no problems but love to use twrp.

I am on the T999L S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Have you guys tried reformatting your sdcard? Not sure what could be causing it. Never had any issue with any TWRP release ive tried. Used 2.7.0.0 last week and 2.7.0.1 yesterday with zero problems.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mp3deviant721:
Hmm. That's a good idea. But that means I'll have to backup nearly 50 GB of data...

d2tmo: Carbonized & LeanKernel'd edition
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I know that's a pain!

But you should probably back it up anyway. Imagine if the card died or got corrupted! Thats a lot of data to just lose altogether. ....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
Error

This is what I see when I open TWRP

Also no partitions show up when I go to backup and TWRP also says that no OS is installed when exiting even though there is.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mryounghc:
This happened to me a while ago after flashin to official rom. I had to re root and install twrp again
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cronoss:
Is it ok to flash this with the T999 variant? d2lte
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
if yours is the tmobile t999 then you should use twrp from this page ... http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2tmo

grab the tar if using odin

grab the img if using flashify or similar app
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
Mine won't work right now either. Sits at looking for recoveries.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MacTheRipperr:
It sits there until it force closes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EfoK:
Recovery Installation Codes

From previous recoveries posted here the adb shell code to install goes:

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

Your code goes:

<dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18>

So my question is does this make </platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery> the same as </mmcblk0p18> ?

It's a bit confusing.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
+1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MacTheRipperr:
It's working now
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Thumper333:
Noob Alert! Can this recovery be used with the Blu Kuban rom?

Sent from my SPH-D710 Blu Kuban using Xparent Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] darren.wlsn1:
roms dont matter, its gs3 recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lumbu:
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery is a symbolic link to /dev/block/mmcblk0p18. See the following:

localhost / # ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 2 1970 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18

The of argument in the dd command is output file. dd is taking the if (input file) and copying it to whatever you specify. If you use /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery that gets redirected to /dev/block/mmcblk0p18. So it doesnt really matter which one you use, but be careful with your typing either way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
Goo says unable to find recovery for my device.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EfoK:
Thank the you for the explanation.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] swa2k4:
I am doing it from internal SD card and it wont allow me to mount SD card saying error so the automatic install script through goo manager does not work. I dont know what to do would love to take advantage of this feature. using sdcard0/goomanager for saving files (Default) but when boots to twrp it wont work just says error mounting, although when I install a rom in twrp i can see the internal storage thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjlean:
Goo is messed up. Sometimes it will work sometimes not. I tried since last night and just now for it to work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stevessvt:
How come when I try to install TWRP through goo manager it says phone not supported?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dees_Troy:
You probably have a modified build.prop or are using a ROM that isn't a true T-Mobile ROM (Telus or something else).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stevessvt:
Nope bone stock. Just rooted.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dees_Troy:
The goo.im website may have been down when you were trying to install TWRP. I think they were going to do a much needed hardware upgrade this weekend.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] horr1blek1tten:
I hate that I have to make a separate backup apart from my cwr backup other then that it's pretty cool.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tire_007:
Can I use my external usb drive to backup my tablet like in cwm ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrmako777:
is there a .tar somewhere so this can be flashed in odin?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] setzer715:
First of all thank you for the recovery, love TeamWin!

Now onto my issue, sorry. So when I was using a S II CWM would default to use the external SD Card and that is how I like it. CWM wouldn't work for me so I installed this. That said, I am unable to use the External Card. I try taping the circle next to it and it highlights for a moment then back to Internal. The log button at the bottom shows

E: failed to mount /external-sdcard (Invalid argu

The rest is cut off. I'm using a Sandisk 64Gb Class 10 formatted exFat.

Any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BeatnikBandit:
I just updated my phone to NC2 via root66 and odin and now i well need to install TWRP or something else that would let me install roms and easily backup my system for me. Well this time around I want to use TWRP (so far its the easiest to use for me)

So this is my question.

How do i install it?

When I use the application via play store I select my model and version i want but then it asks for a location, it provides one and asks if it is correct although IDK if it is. I believe the first time i Flashed a custom recovery it was with odin (its been so long) SO this is why I am asking the following (I am trying to make this easy to read and reply to as i have been asking a lot lately i feel, I suppose there are not as many S3 only users out there like 2 years ago ...ANYWAY)

I need to know either:

How to install TWRP with ODIN?

EDIT: SUPER SIMPLE, get the .tar for your device and version you want then simply use the pda or ap section of odin and load the file then press start. After this verify you can boot into recovery and if you do yay it worked (at least for me)

OR

How to Know if the location is correct with the google app to install it that way?

EDIT: STILL NO IDEA
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BeatnikBandit:
A while ago this happened to me and i suggest backing up that card ASAP as soon after that my card died.

I still need a new one. my original lasted one year (IDK how many writes and rewrites it had but i liked to use my sd card for all backups and rom installations in case something happened to my device i had the backup.)

I still like doing it that way i just don't change roms as frequently anymore so i have yet to get one as i want to get one that will last as long as possible and be as fast as possible (idk if class 10 is overkill or not for this device but that's what ill choose i bet they are cheap)

Anyway the first signs my card was about to die were random UN-mouting while in normal usage then it would not work basically every media reader i had and the mobile itself said it was corrupted no mater what i did (format etc) IN all

BACKUP your card and BUY A NEW ONE ASAP

IN ALL its all just my opinion everyone has one but i think its better to be safe then sorry and cards are pretty cheap if you find you didnt need one i am sorry maybe you got a faster card or a larger one ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mp3deviant721:
Thanks for your concern but said card only had issues with TWRP. It worked fine in Philz and CWM. And every ROM I've flashed when using that card. It still is working great with no issues on another device.

GS³: CarbonROM + leanKernel Edition™

Put your Kitsune up!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AKDMA:
I've been trying to install TWRP with this app and it crashes every time - any clue what the problem is?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
TWRP 2.8.6.0 has been really buggy for me recently. I'm not sure if it's because I changed microSD cards, but I couldn't backup to the external storage when using 2.8.6.0; odd, since it worked before on my old SD with 2.8.4.0.

2.8.6.0 also couldn't restore any backups from internal storage. Hoping some of these issues will be fixed in 6.x or 7.x, but till then, 2.8.4.0 is the only stable build I'll use.

EDIT: Backups that exclude data work on the SanDisk card, if data is selected as well, the backup will fail and TWRP will hang completely. Somehow, backups work normally on the internal storage and the Kingston card.

I've also tested the SanDisk card in a friend's S4 (running 2.7.1.0), and no problems, whatsoever. I highly doubt this is a card issue since I can still read/write/mount/restore from the SanDisk SD; I think it may be a compatibility issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
Once I got told to delete the little .twrps file inside the TWRP folder and try again with the nandroids. Give that a shot. On a previous version I did that and nandroids began working again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
That file only exists in my internal storage. I deleted it, tried it again and it still fails.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] compuguy1088:
I have a similar issue as well, T999, LTE variant.

edit: no luck with any of the builds on team win's site as far back as 2.7.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
Another problem arose, I can no longer flash zips from my SD card. Does the S3's chipset not support downgrading speeds from UHS-1 U3 to class 10? I question this because my class 4 card still works.

This is extremely frustrating, considering I bought the new card to make more nandroids and it still works perfectly fine on a friend's S4.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
is that a UHS-1 class 10 32GB ? Mine works

your sig says you're using twrp 2.8.4 ... maybe try updating to latest 2.8.6
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
It is this: SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 U3 Ultra High Speed

Sorry, I haven't updated my sig in a while. I tried 2.8.4.0 and 5.0 and 6.0, and none of them work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
this is My second SanDisk 32GB UHS1 Class 10 micro sdcard .. sandisk replaced the first one back in dec 2012

there was/is a known issue with 64GB sandisk micro sdcards and the galaxy S3

you can try this:

copy everything off of it onto a pc

reformat the card in a pc in fat32 mode

copy everything back onto the card

for Me .. the card had probs and then eventually no device even recognized that it was plugged in

have a look on the sandisk site

I have heard similar from others ... this is My last sandisk card .. from now on it will only be samsung or sony cards .. they are more reliable and cheaper

good luck

.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
Yep, I tried that earlier. I reformatted twice; once using Windows and the second using SDFormatter from the official SD association site. The error still appeared. I also ran h2test which checks for errors, and it came up clean.

I did manage to pull a log of one of the errors (thankfully, since I couldn't save any logs without freezing). I guess I'll have to wait it out to see if the card is defective. It really sucks since the card has one of the best 4K read/write speeds.

I'm gonna downgrade to NF1 and try a Lollipop nightly and the d2can TWRP. I doubt it will fix the issue, but it may cure the horrendous lag I'm experiencing.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sixonefour:
Is there a .tar anywhere for download (latest version) for d2tmo? All I can seem to find is a .img file.

EDIT: Installed with terminal. Disregard.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xdamember143:
Guys I need help I installed twrp on my s3 and after I rebooted to recovery to do a backup and after I was done I rebooted my phone and it keeps bringing me back to twrp? Help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adryanxxx:
Boot your phone into download mode and make a restart from download mode...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xdamember143:
Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
every backup that I try to restore fails with this error while restoring the Data partition

E:extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255

the boot and system partitions restore properly

then Restoring Data... and error above

any ideas ??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dorian2kx:
Hey I'm getting the same error on my T999L did u get a fixed
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
[MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION]

thanks for version 3 :laugh:

flashed twrp-3.0.0-0-d2can.img

looks great

seems to be working great

notes:

tried to backup, change backup name .. no keyboard .. rebooted recovery .. keyboard showed up

however, visual cursor location is not same as internal cursor ptr .. backspace or keypress occurs at different location than visual cursor

font changes as name gets bigger/smaller and if font becomes normal (no extra space after name), then visual cursor and internal cursor ptr seem to align and typing becomes easy
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brossovitch:
Hi there everyone!

I've been using the d2tmo for a few years now. Ran CM11, 12, 12.1, & now CM13...

I have TWRP 2.8.7.0 running fine, but anytime I try to install TWRP 3, I get soft brick.

I try to install the IMG from TWRP and ot installs but then the device will only boot into ODIN MODE.

Really odd. At that point I'm forced to Odin flash TWRP 2.8.6.0 then boot TWRP and flash 2.8.7.0 IMG.

Has anyone had this issue? It's kind of annoying.

I have tried flashing through TWRP, Rashr, Flashify, & TWRP manager. All give me the same issue, stuck in ODIN MODE (Download Mode).

What is causing this issue?

By the way, I have never once updated the official firmware. The phone was bought and immediately rooted and flashed with CM11 nightly. Samsung JB was terrible..

EDIT: Resolved by Odin flashing latest available stock Samsung firmware followed by Odin flashing Official TWRP 3.0.2-0..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lolle.santoso:
TWRP for Samsung SM-T116NU
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tmobilefan906:
anyone have a link for twrp for tmobile t999l? thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brossovitch:
It's on tje official TWRP site!

I have T999L aka D2TMO, I just went to the official site. Google it if need be.

-LG-H811 via XDA premium
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brole:
I'm trying to figure out how to root my T999L, but I'm not seeing any reliable rooting guides on the site anymore. I was told to just flash TWRP, but to do that I need an already-rooted phone, which is what I'm trying to do! Any further help would be appreciated!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WhoWhere:
All you need to do is flash twrp with Odin using a Windows computer
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brole:
I did just that and it did nothing. I still have no root as far as I can tell. How do I know I did it right? I even had the PASS show on Odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WhoWhere:
Perfect, you don't have root yet. Now you need to download SuperSU to your phone and flash it in TWRP.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brole:
Is there a certain version of SuperSU from DocHoliday's sig that I need?

---------- Post added at 12:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:04 AM ----------

YES, finally! I am rooted. Thank you, sir/madam! What are my options at this point? I honestly didn't think this far haha.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WhoWhere:
Congratulations! At this point, you can continue running stock touchwiz with root and utilize the new features that are available (removing bloat apps, getting rid of ads, xposed etc) or you can try a custom ROM of you can find a working link for one that sounds interesting to you. Just make sure it's for your version of the s3 and if from a reputable developer or it could brick your device.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] reapur:
Hello,

I admit I didn't read all 60+ pages of this thread but I scanned through it and didn't see what I'm looking for.

I currently have a rooted S3 T999 that has CWMR 6.0.4.5.

I am looking to update to Android 5.1.1 and from what I read, I need to have TWRP.

My question: if I follow the OP, will my recovery be updated to TWRP properly or are there other steps I need to move from CWM to TWRP?

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tmobilefan906:
It's better to flash recovery via Odin. Less room for error.

---------- Post added at 03:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:31 AM ----------

Flash twrp 2.8.7. this one can also flash aroma based roms.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clearchris:
TWRP doesn't seem to be able to backup and restore Nougat on d2. Is anyone else seeing this problem?

The backup seems to work, the restore seems to work, but there are endless force closes upon restore. Restores of M and earlier work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ratchetrizzo:
It's a known problem

No N rom will work from a restored nandroid. They are working on it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clearchris:
This patch takes care of the issue. There may still be an issue with TWRP on N, I haven't looked into WHY this patch works, only that it does work.

https://review.lineageos.org/156446

Special thanks to Jason Laskowski who found this fix for s4mini and the author Arne.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mauriciognr:
Heres a video i made about how to isntall TWRP with Heimdal on the S3 T999. Hope this is ok with OP.

[YOUTUBE]HwnpIBIFfRU[/YOUTUBE]

PD: Is in spanish.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hasan.sy:
twrp 3.3.0 doesnt work it stops before opening recovery
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] UkaMu:
twrp app? Questions

Hey

Have SGH-t999, running 4.3 OS. Rooted with Towel root.

I came came across website- says its official team win, twrp- offering twrp as an app. Is this legit? I never heard of aTWRP app...

Any idea what the success rate is with the app on this phone before I try? I don't have a PC to run ODIN. .and because of the pandemic (maybe?) the repair stores are only fixing Samsung and Apple. ..which my newer phones are not... This Galaxy s3 is my only phone and internet. .Frustrating and Weird...

Any help greatly appreciated

Any thoughts on nearly failsafe mods for performance and battery life is also great

THANK YOU! !!!##
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dees_Troy:
exFAT probably won't ever be supported in recovery. You'll have to re-format to FAT if you want to use that sdcard in recovery. exFAT has a much stricter license setup from Microsoft compared to regular FAT, so using exFAT in Linux presents a potential lawsuit to "us".
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] setzer715:
Thanks for the response. I kinda confirmed that exact thing on my own using my old 16GB in Fat32 format (it works fine). 64GB is formatting now, takes a very long time to completely reformat 64GB card to a different file system. Will report back if that fixes my issue. Again, thanks for the reply!

UPDATE! Well, it looks like TWRP is not compatible with 64GB SDXC cards. SDHC only. Finally after a ton of trys I found a program that would format my card into Fat32 instead of exFat and it still won't let me mount it. That is a huge bummer. Means I'm going to have to transfer to Internal every time I want to flash and backup/restore. Kinda sucks, bought the 64 so I wouldn't have to worry about space with backups and ROMs.

Either way, thanks for a great recovery!

UPDATE 2!!! Got it working. I did something wrong when I formatted to Fat32 and messed up the card. Windows would use the card fine but it would crash a bunch of stuff in Android. I had to use Check Flash to do a Low Level Initialization to fix the card and then use EaseUS Partition Master to format it to Fat32. All is well now!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Blades:
You could've just loaded the exfat module.. Most recoveries use a kernel similar to stock.

I would create a script in /data/local that copies the modules (from data/local, otherwise you'd have to mount system) to /sbin and loads them. Mounts to externalsd, removes symbolic link sdcard and creates a new sdcard symlink to externalsd .

Twrp mount points might be different.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eddylee09:
Having the same problem...Any help?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaliscojorge:
Yep same here. I already have regular cwm installed, is that a possible reason for goo not to recognize my phone correctly?

typed from my white sgs3 hungry for some Zen
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lightyear25:
I am also having the same issue - No recoveries found for your device.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brfield:
You have to format it in linux for android and recovery to see it. I am using a SanDisk 64GB MicroSDXC UHS-1 Class 10 perfectly fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
.Error
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] d0gan:
Same here. How do we get this installed? I don't have any recovery installed yet.... Running stock rooted.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
I currently am running stock, rooted with CWM touch recovery. Getting the same thing, no recovery found for your device. Some where I saw that the site was doing some maintenance and everyone is getting this response. I hope so, the more I research this recovery the more I want it.

PS Using a 32GB SanDisk sd card.

Vinny
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dees_Troy:
The goo.im website is doing a hardware upgrade & I think that they lost all of our files. We are in the process of restoring them but it may be a day or 2 before we get all of the devices back up to date.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] setzer715:
Thanks, I used EaseUS Partition Master to format it. Worked perfect. My first time trying I messed something up so that is where my issues came it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vinnyjr:
Just used GooManager and all worked great. I had the touch version of CWM with a 32GB sd card and by using GooManager I am now a TeamWin member. What a great recovery and it does support the ext sd card. After you hit back up you have a choice to use either int or ext sd card. Thanks for all the help.

Vinny
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lightyear25:
This may come off as a silly question, but I seen that someone asked if TWRP would flash CM9. Are the limitations to this ROM that I am not aware of? I do plan on flashing CM10 as soon as I can get TRWP installed on my device.

Anyway, so it seems they have fixed their site because I was just able to flash TWRP.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaliscojorge:
Just got goo manager to install this awesome recovery as well.

typed from my white sgs3 hungry for some Zen