yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
In my opinion, if you find a recovery that fully works. Use it. If it does everything you need, why does it matter. Philz never gave me any problems on this device. However, on my S4 TWRP is the only one that works right.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/spr...-fix-here.html

...phew! Thank you Gargon97, you're a genius. I was worried for a sec' because none of the TWRPs in the TWRP Manager would mount anything and I couldn't revert back to a proper official CWM in Rom Manager, either. Your .tars were the only thing that worked. Hmmm, question is, where to go from here...

P.S., I'm on Virgin Mobile, too if that helps anyone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Here is the fixed twrp for virgin. Just recently put up by lrs121. Its 2.8.6.0 I think. Works perfect, mounts everything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...oh, I totally would, thanks for the suggestion. At first, I tried to jump straight to TWRP 2.8.6.0 through the TWRP manager (not directly from lrs121; I'm totally gonna try to use his Lollipop ROM, by the way) from CWM and that's where nothing mounted and I panicked. I realize I'm back to TWRP 2.6.0.0, but hey, it works. However, there really isn't a way for TWRP to 2.6.0.0 to install .img files; only .zip files.

Is there a way to install it as a .tar through my Odin mobile lite, or through 2.6.0.0 as a .zip?

It seems to me that lrs121s TWRP 2.8.6.1 recovery, although optimal for my VM S3, can't be installed through my common means.

What'ja think madbat99?

I'm totally open to other workarounds to upgrade, but for now, I'm clutching tightly to my 2.6.0.0 because I'm elated that my recovery has everything mounted. I guess I'm too paranoid to let go.

I have read good things on a VM level for 2.8.6.1, mind you...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
His build is specifically for VM and boost because the official one won't mount anything. And for installation, its a recovery IMG file, just get the app flashify. Don't pick install twrp in flashify because it will download the official one. Pick install recovery image, then pick "choose a file" and navigate to where you have lrs121's twrp file downloaded. Easy peasy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...dude, you are brilliant and a Godsend. Worked perfectly, thank you. Peasy as pie.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Glad you got it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Gummified TWRP 2.8.0.0

Guys and Gals, here's the Gummified version of TWRP 2.8.0.0 that mounts partitions. I have had if for a while and have flashed 4.4.x and 5.0.x ROMs successfully with it. It's a .img so you'll have to use Flashify. It's in a Dropbox folder and may get shut down if it gets hammered. I'll repost if it does. Happy flashing!:highfive:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nsvalgkvg3qtry1/AACT64iz-8bsgTcRtoQMyTuNa?dl=0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
The one by lrs121 is 2.8.6.1 and works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sdw8253:
TWRP Manager or odin?

Which way should I install TWRP on my phone?

Via Odin or TWRP Manager? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...I was recommended Flashify through this board and it flashed TWRP perfectly and easily.

Install through Play Store.

Brilliant.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
That only works if you're already rooted and you didn't mention that. Had you said you were rooted, flashify would have been mentioned. It works better than twrp manager.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
I'm getting a "E: Error executing updater binary in zip" error. Anyone know of a fix? I'm on TWRP 2.8.6.0. Downgrading recoveries didn't help either. Kinda made it worse cause I couldn't install my backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Sounds like a bad zip. Update to 2.8.7.0 too.

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
I built a ROM. Should I try building it again? It's a 4.4.4 d2lte ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Make sure your build is accurate. Unzip it and take a look. (KitKat, really?) Lol

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Yeah I'm building MIUI so i need a kitkat ROM to build it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fischdl:
Failed flashify now I can't TWRP.

I tried to use flashify twrp (latest) coming from CWM (latest) and now I can boot into rom fine but when I go to recovery it gives the E:unable to mount storage. I can't see anything on the phone. I have tried to wipe data and or other partitions. I even tried to ODIN TWRP on. Any ideas? I am still rooted and the ROM works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Are you using the most recent twrp? 2.8.7.0. Also did you mount storage in twrp?

twrp for sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fischdl:
yes, and yes I tried. it wouldn't mount.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fischdl:
fixed?

Updating with Twrp to 2.8.7.0 still gave me an error but seamed to fix the issue. Weird.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ckvisme:
cant seem to get twrp to mount osb otg in 2.8.7.0 or 3.0.0.0

this is my sons phone and i just rooted it so im not too familiar with s3 ...ill try it again and grab a recovery log
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madefree:
I want to thank all the TWRP Team for their fantastic revovery that us older ROMies can actual SEE!

Groovy!

But, even tho I'm not new to TWRP, not my first rodeo,(LOL) and am running it on my Att (kindof) GS3

I'm setting up a friends Sprint GS3 but can't understand the d2spr dnload page with it's 15 some files, (Besids the Readme's) and don't know what to dnload, or if I have to compile a few, or a bunch of them there 15 files into an .img file what what?

So when I re-click on the " device_samsung_d2spr " link, like in the old days, that would be a direct dnload link, but I get the same page again with NO direct dnload link and 15 files?????

So does anyone have the "direct Link" to that certain .IMG file?

OR tar file for ODIN?

PLEASE!

Again thanks to the TWRP team.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rawb0Ss:
When I click on the Samsung d2spr, it takes me to the TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S3 Sprint page. Under Download Links, I click Primary (Recommended) and it brings me to the TWRP for d2spr page with the image files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madefree:
Thank you very mucho,

That worked and I dnloaded the TWRP to go on the SpS3 when it makes it to the door monday morning.

Now if I can get some sleep waiting? LOL!

Any way to change the first post to point to those links?

Again THANKS.... that was most XDA of ya, and if I don't brick the S3 my friend will like that also! LOL!

Later!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rawb0Ss:
The first quote above in this reply is where I started and linked everything from. No problem though and good deal the links worked and you got everything ready.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
I have a problem with my install of TWRP on a d2spr running software version L710VPUDND8 and the Wicked S5 Xperience rom. After updating twrp to 3.0.1-0 using the twrp manager app I noticed that backups fail to finish while backing up data with a 255 error. I also noticed then noticed that twrp 3.0.2-0 had been pushed out so I grabbed that and flashed it using the image flash in twrp. That seemed to go well and I rebooted the phone as normal. The next time I tried to boot into twrp from the power menu the phone briefly flashed on the samsung screen with the "Rebooting recovery..." message at the top and then automatically went into download mode. The phone will not reboot normally and just goes back into download mode. Did I mess up the partitions using TWRP Manager?

In order to get the phone to boot up to the OS I have to connect it to my linux computer and start Jodin3. When that gets to the "Reboot in order to get a PIT file" the phone automagically reboots into the OS. However, I still cannot boot into recovery and apparently won't be able to flash a .tar using Jodin3. Any kind folks out there have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
Is there a zip file of TWRP that I can flash inside of recovery. After i used GooManager to install TWRP my phone didnt reboot and i can only access TWRP when my phone is on through GooManager. With the phone off, holding down volume up home and power only powers up the phone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cybrnook:
Thank Freeza also on page 3:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1235836&d=1343849507
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
preciate it. Can't believe I missed that...Do you think I'll have any issues flashing this TWRPrecovery.zip using TWRP recovery? I wonder if this .zip is made specifically for CWR

Edit: flashed in TWRP and everything seemed to go through, but I can still only access recovery via GooManager. Still no dice on entering recovery from powered off state
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
No... What rom are you on? How are you getting (or trying) to get into recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cybrnook:
You need to hold VOLUME UP+HOME+POWER

When the phone resets, let go of Power and continue holding volume up and home until you see the blue "Entering recovery" text appear at the top left of the screen. When you see that let go of everything and wait.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
Okay thanks, I finally was able to get in...I tried holding all three and my phone would just sit on a blank screen and i guess i was just use to CWR where as soon as it displayed entering recovery on the top left you could let go of all buttons and it would go into recovery. I feel like an idiot now. I thought I had tried a few diferent variations and something was just screwed up because ive never had issues getting into recovery on any phone before...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ziotidus:
Yes i use the recovery.img with Odin insert it in the tag "recovery" but with phone reboot is freeze on the write "Samsung Galaxy S III i9300"..

What's wrong?

I have an European phone with CWM 6.0.1.0 e cyanogenmod9 nightly.. i don't understand :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
There's your problem right there. The international SGS3 is completely different from the SGS3 sold in the USA. The international SGS3 has the Exynos quad core CPU while the USA models all use the Qualcomm S4 dual core chip with LTE support.

I can try to build for the international one sometime but I'll need a tester.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Hey Dees Troy...

I know, wrong thread..but some OG Epic folks were asking if this version will work on the OG Epic 4g? I too have two Epic's so I am also curious? Thanks man..:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gavin-phelan:
Also what bout international s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
I can't believe you missed his post above the one you quoted

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Bump... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gavin-phelan:
Ill be your tester pm me

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Lol me either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] burghfan3:
Read every post, couldn't find an answer. If I choose not to generate an md5, then the possibility of a mismatch on a restore is eliminated?

Sent from me and my SG3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tarheelsmj12001:
Ok so heres a really dumb question. Where is the advanced restore located?? I went under advanced n could not find it. Im sure its there, maybe labeled as something different. Thanks again n sorry for this dumb question.

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] burghfan3:
Bump......anyone?

Sent from me and my SG3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
It's with the regular restore. Just uncheck the areas you don't want to restore.

Go to the restore. Choose the restore you want. Then unmark the sections that you don't want to restore.

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Just Flash It !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Right.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
I'll drop you a line next week when I get back from my vacation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zdragon:
TWRP and clockwork

I had CW installed then installed TWRP with goomanager. Is it ok to leave CW on the phone? If not, how do you remove it?

thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
So if you power off the phone , hold the volume up , home and power button long enough it won't take you to twrp ? I always flash recovery from twrp recovery , never with the app .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
No it just boots to download mode. The screen flashes very briefly with the Samsung logo and the "Booting recovery..." or whatever it says at the top. The same thing happens if I reboot recovery using the power menu.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
I'm fairly certain if you one click restore it with stock it would straighten it all out if you don't find another solution , so download mode would work for you there .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Got more info on one click restore? I don't have a windows computer so whatever I do has to work on linux or osx. I have a d2vzw s3 around here and have never had any recovery issues with it. I'm not sure why the sprint phone is being such a PITA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
Sorry , I've never had any recovery troubles . I only use windows and you can get one click restores that will put your device right back to original but I don't use Linux and don't know if there is one . If you can't run one down maybe you can just get the one for windows and load it from a friend's windows machine . Someone else may have some good advice on a Linux version .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Are you using Odin? There is a version for Mac and Linux but it doesn't like large files which rules out stock images. I just tried booting into twrp using adb and I get the same thing. By some miracle sometimes I can get the phone to boot into the os but then of course it's on android 4.4.2. I am starting to think it's done for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
Nah , I don't think it's done for . The one click has odin in it . You click it and soon as it detects the device you just say start and odin restores the device to stock , It replaces recovery , boot everything like new , are you on ND8 ? if I remember right it doesn't overwrite your pics , downloads and stuff . The one I've used doesn't. Look here --- http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=716
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Yeah, I've been to that thread but Odin is for Windows only. I'll get it figured out eventually.

Edit: fixed it. Yay!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yoyobabyyo:
Is this recovery also for the Tri-band 710T, or just the 710 version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Should work for both
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
Will this work for sph-l710t (boost mobile)??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
Too late now, I soft bricked it, some how with kingroot, gets to home screen then keeps rebooting is there any stock recovery I can flash on this model using odin? someone pls help!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Odin stock tar from www.sammobile.com
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Look in the forum for nf4 or oh1 .tar for triband model. There is no "recovery only" .tar for the triband (I think) They are all full firmware.

Also, don't use kingroot. Once you get back to stock, just Odin TWRP, then TWRP flash SuperSU, or phh superuser, or magisk. Any of those will give you proper root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
Do you think you could link me to that, I would really appreciate it, idk if ille ever fix this phone

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I found it on XDA, but the link is down how can I get the download?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
its alive!! Thanks so much dude, i honestly cant thank you enough, it would not be alive if it was not for you so, thank you my friend
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Sorry I didn't get back sooner. Glad you found it and got it going. Good job.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
Yep! Got twrp installed, and already running a new rom:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
Hey buddy, I notice in a forum, you posted something about modem sym link for the boost phone data to work, I could really use that, the link seems to be down for the download, I wouldn't supposed you have it? Do you think you could make a copy of it and email it to me or something, I would appreciate that so much! ? My email is andrewnyreen@gmail.com
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You mean the boost apn fix? I might have it, I'll check. I'm on virgin mobile so I don't normally keep boost stuff, but I might. Be right back.

Ohh you mean the modem symlink for flashing normal L710 ROMs on the L710t? I think I got that.

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here is the apn fix.

And below is the modem-firmware symlink fix for flashing on the triband.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Here it is.

If the ROMs are flashing for you, you might only need the apn fix. If you flash ROM gapps and apn fix and everything works, don't worry about modem symlink. That t at the end means triband, it can be a little finicky.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTxTURTLE:
The APN did not fix it unfortunately, what does it do? I choose rom cm13 marshmallow for sphl10,this is not my model, I have sphl10t, and everything works except the Sim card, the modem sym download is not working, I absolutely appreciate how helpful you've been, what can I do to fix this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Ok, cm13, got it.

Here are the steps.

1.Full wipe, system, data, cache, dalvik.

2. Flash ROM, gapps, boost apn fix, modem symlink fix.

3.Boot up fully

4. Setup on wifi if you can

5. Boot back to recovery

6. Dirty flash ROM and gapps only (no wipes or any other .zips)

Boot back to system and LTE data should be working.

On a side note, since cm is gone now, Lineage has support for our L710 now (should also work for 710t) and is on nougat.

When cm stopped, many of the developers forked it and created LineageOS. They do weekly builds.

The apn fix zip adds the apn for boost. These ROMs are for Sprint and need proper apn settings for boost, virgin, FreedomPop, ting, etc. For some ppl they work without apn fix, some need it.

If you try LineageOS 14.1, you don't need the additional dirty flash. Just flash ROM, gapps, apn fix and modem symlink zip. LineageOS 14.1 and ROMs based on it are the ones that some people with the "t" variant say they no longer need modem-firmware symlink fix. So you can try without it 8f you like. But you will need boost apn fix every time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawrj:
If you installed twrp you no longer have cwm. It is one or the other and last one wins.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zdragon:
Thank you. So, can I then safely delete the clockwork folder that's on the internal SD Card?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawrj:
Yes, as long as it doesn't contain any backups that you need to save. You can't restore cwm backups in twrp so if you made backups in cwm you need to redo them for twrp.

You would do that by making a new backup in trwp first. Install cwm. Restore backup. Install twrp. Backup in twrp. And repeat the process for any other backups. Or just save them and if you ever need them install cwm and restore them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zdragon:
Excellent. thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Robalboa:
Flashed this recovery 4 days ago. And i have to say this is truly the ****!

The best recovery out the by far. Great work

Thanks

Flashing roms in rehab. FOR REAL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tomcanfield:
I love this recovery. One issue is every time I try to wipe data it fails. Please help.

Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
Installed and making my first TWRP backup as I type! Thanks!!

UPDATE: The backup completed successfully (it seems), but the datestamp listed on the folder for the backup is "16 Jan 70". Huh?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawrj:
Date is a known bug. You can name the backup whatever you want while backing it up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
Yeah, the on-screen keyboard is definitely a WIN for this recovery - the datestamp issue is not a deal breaker for me in any way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
trying to do my first backup after flashing TWRP2 and notice it's not letting me select external SD ? am I missing something?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
If you're SD card is formatted to exFAT, you need to format it to FAT32

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
is there an easy way to tell? Just brought a new sandisk 64GB micro sdxc class 10 and all i did was pop it in my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
Sandisks come pre-formatted to exFAT when they're 64GB

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
ok so format through win 7 PC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
Yup :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
Thanks eao ...my pc doesn't seem to recognize my microSD... could it be becuase its Exfat?

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my pc only gives me the option to format to Exfat or NTSF not fat32?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] il buono:
No, because it is supported natively in Windows 7...but the card reader may not be compatible with SDXC
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
i'll just stick to Exfat for now... seems like it works fine on stock SGS iii the issue is from running a custom rom with the kernel not supporting Exfat.

Thanks for the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Top Nurse:
As they say in Vegas: A Winner!

Thanks so much for this custom recovery and it works great! I have always used CWM and Bonsai and was just getting ready to purchase CWM Touch when I ran across this thread. I will send you guys some beer that I would have given to koush. :highfive: :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawrj:
It works in the system but recovery doesn't support it yet. Just format the card from your phone and all will be fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
im looking for the TAR file for modem flashing..

anyonw got a direct link?

been searching for the past 20 min...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DC_MTP:
EDIT: fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] y2kdread:
Out of curiosity, when i try running the "wipe data" option, I get a message telling me that the operation has failed. Is this normal?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crawrj:
From what I have read yes. But it is probably good for many because that wipes phone, sdcard everything. I haven't really looked into it for myself though. Maybe you only get the error if you don't have an sd card installed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Use the factory reset option to wipe the data. If you format data it will erase everything on the internal sdcard as it formats the entire data partition. The internal sd resides in the data partition.

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Just Flash It !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
I did a backup of a custom rom and attempted to restore it but it was borked. I went to wipe menu and did the top four and then tried to restore my rom. After it restored I restarted and it just hung. The way I fixed this was to flash the rom (blazer stock) and then went back into restore and just restored data. Is this normal to have to do it this way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
no

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Just Flash It !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
Then what's the proper way?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
If you backed up a blazer Rom, then you should have been able to restore the whole Rom. Perhaps you file was corrupted or you made changes to the file name that it didn't like.

You asked if what you had to do was normal and i answered no. I answered that way because it's not normal. It usually works flawlessly...

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Just Flash It !!!