yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdogg836:
Formatting data isn't something you really want to do with our phone anyway. Due to the MTP mounting and shared internal memory, using this option could really bork things up quick.

Cache - Same as always, wipes your cache files.

Dalvik Cache - Wipes Dalvik

Factory Reset - Wipes the data portion of the phone

System - Wipes the System directory.

IF you need to manually erase stuff, just use the system and factory reset option. One wipes System, one wipes data. Some people feel more comfortable also wiping cache and Dalvik Cache but these are also in Data. I only use Cache and Dalvik when I am flashing an upgrade to a ROM where a factory data reset is NOT required.

Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Fwiw, a factory reset wipes both data & cache which also includes dalvik cache.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
OP says that these themes are for the GN, are they confirmed to work on the Sprint SG3? Just want to be sure before applying a theme :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Worked fine... :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Awesome! Thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gavin-phelan:
Deestroy when are you coming to is international s3 :(

Sent from the third Galaxy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cbond007:
I did notice in TWRP it doesn't let you format data for some reason. It fails when you try. Can someone else confirm this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Restola:
I read in the vzw CM10 thread that it fails because if it didn't it would wipe the entire internal sd card? Not quite sure why that is.

Factory reset/cache/dalvik should be enough to flash new roms though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdogg836:
It's been confirmed a few times in this very thread. Factory Reset is the "format data" option you want to use.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] superman_legendary:
Broke it?

Twrp is not reading my sd card anymore but showing the same files from internal on both the internal and external option on install. I can still mount my sd card to computer from twrp but not install from it. This version is the only version I've installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
I would first try re-installing your recovery and see if that fixes the issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] superman_legendary:
Just re installed using goo manager (app) still only letting me install from internal. Hmm also mounting from recovery is only pulling up actual sd card even when I choose internal mount.

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Fixed it, I believe. I noticed that though I rebooted it still saved my last location on twrp so I tried using the reset defaults option in twrp and now its showing both storages again in install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drewmonge:
Not sure if this is a known issue, or a new one, but recently I've been having trouble restoring my CM10 nightly nandroids.

Its happened with my last three CM10 nandroids, where after I restore, I start experiencing forced closes every couple minutes after booting up. Like a 'slow boot loop'. Forcing me to just delete the nandroid, and start all over again.

I switch a lot between TW and CM10, and the TW nand's restore with no problem. But the CM10s don't seem to restore quite so well causing these intermittent boot loops., even though I wasn't experiencing FC's on the ROM before the nandroid.

I don't get what I'm doing wrong. Before restoring I wipe cache/delvik/factory reset.

I really like TWRP, don't wanna go back to CWM. Any help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Settings, reset defaults, then try again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shehroze3:
I am having trouble restoring backups from external sd card. Whenever i do my phone wont boot past the samsung galaxy s iii screen. Is there anyway to fix this??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
It is most likely your sd card.. Might need to reformat it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shehroze3:
Ok cool cuz its new. But wat settings do i format it to?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evoer:
Fat32
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
What he said....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gavin-phelan:
Dees answer :(

Sent from the third Galaxy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tegezee:
Are there any themes for this recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
The international SGS3 is basically a completely different device. I live in the USA and an international SGS3 is pretty hard to come by here. Finding good, knowledgeable testers has been difficult too. There's a compile guide linked on our website if someone with an international SGS3 would like to give it a shot or you can stop by the IRC channel and bug me and I'll see about making some builds, but you best be ready with adb, Odin/Heimdall, and be at least somewhat familiar with command line commands.

There is a guy locally that I know that has an international SGS3, but I'm a very busy person and finding the time to meet up with him so I can poke at his device may not be easy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wwjoshdew:
Zedomax has one... Have you tried getting in touch with him? He's in the LA area of Cali.

O_o Just saw you were in KC as well! I live about 5 or 6 minutes away from Truman Medical Center. Possibly the worst hospital in the world...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamcar:
What's the difference between TWRP v2.2.2.0 and 2.2.2.1? I ask mainly because my HTC hero now has v2.2.2.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Most likely bug fixes. The first three digits in TWRP version numbers correspond to universal TWRP versions, whereas the last digit is solely for device-specific updates, like bug fixes. So, all TWRP-supported devices are version 2.2.2, but each device might get separate updates. One device might be at 2.2.2.0 and work perfectly, but another device might have something broken like internal storage or something. They'll fix the bug and bump up the version number for that device to 2.2.2.1, but the first device with a perfectly-functioning TWRP won't need to get updated, so it's still at version 2.2.2.0.

So, don't worry if the last digit in the TWRP version is higher on one device. You're not missing anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
This... most of the time the 4th digit is reserved for device config changes. In other words, no changes to TWRP at all, just a change to a build flag or something to enable or disable some feature of TWRP. There's actually 1 device on 2.2.2.2 now, but again, no code changes.

I've been working very hard in a separate branch of TWRP to rebase TWRP onto AOSP Jelly Bean sources, so there haven't been many updates to the master branch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
OK guys I'm using TWRP 2.2.2 from 2.2.1 and now when I launch recovery it will only see my external SD card and not the internal any thoughts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] caguas56:
I can see my internal but not the external. I'm considering revert back to my old clockworkmod recovery and forget this one. how can I do that?

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that did not work. I even reformated to fat32 several times. how can I revert back to my old recovery?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
TWRP zip flashable 2.2.2.0

Couldn't find one, so I made one. Credit to the OP and the others who made flashables for all the work ! :D

http://d-h.st/kj4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Good work there bro. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PainKiller89:
Can someone link to me 2.2.1.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
there is one in this thread..about half way

here...http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29647686&postcount=21
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
Try this. hit the thanks if it helps http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E-POUND:
If i move my backups lets say to my dropbox to store them, when im ready to use them and move them back to my SD will I have a problem restoring them? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
you shouldn't have any problems. Make sure they are properly labeled and that the file names do not have blank spaces in them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Something wierd happened and I would like to see if this happened to anyone else. I was in the processof flashing a new rom. I booted into recovery and did a backup. I flashed the rom, didnt really care for it, and restored my backup. So when I rebooted my phone and my backup wasnt installed. It really pissed me off. So I tried it again and I noticed it didnt take 179 seconds like it normally does but ut said backup installed successfully. Anyone else had this problem and how do I correct it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Texus915:
Yea twrp is acting weird lately I can't backup anything and I can't access external SD through recovery nor access the twrp folder through root explorer

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
I say reflash twrp. Use Goo to get er done. Can't hurt.... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Run the restore again & pull the log after restoring but without rebooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
What do you mean when you say "pull the log" and how do I do that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
There is an option in the recovery to save the log to the sdcard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Max_Pain:
guys, any reason why the Mount USB Storage mode doesn't work in Recovery?

I mean, I understand the GS3 doesn't support it in the software but I would assume since it's an option in the recovery, it would work. nothing happens to me when I click on it.

I've been on TWRP for many years and always used it successfully on the Evo line of phones.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Where is the link for 2 3.0.0?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Max_Pain:
it's on their website :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kchitown1977:
Dl goo manager. Open menu then I believe it's install recovery script it'll download new 2.3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Just had a "dah moment" thanks lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Krazy_Calvin:
Does the recovery mode always take quite a bit of battery? I lost more than 20 percent on one backup process before rebooting approx ten minutes later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
yes, but it depends on what activities you were doing too, heavy reading and writing (to sd card)means a decent amount of battery usage, but not 20%, again, depends on on hard and for how long you were using the features..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Ive been using twrp since April on my Gnex and use it on all my devices. If you think you lost 20% on anything w twrp you need to recalibrate your battery because no way. I flash every day and this burns a few % on a backup-restore on my Nexus 7, S3 and Gnex. I usually have about 57 apps.. No way 20% was burned. Show me a video of this and ill believe that. This recovery is awesome on battery and fast, muuuuuuch faster & easier on battery than any version of cwm.:thumbup:

D2spr-CM10-M2-KT747//Grouper-Liquid v2-rc5-Franco kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
Awesome work, Dees. Can't praise TWRP enough. Best recovery ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edd247:
I have the same problem. I am not able to restore the backup I made in 2.3

Here is my log: http://pastebin.com/mKF0f4cL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
I believe that I have found a bug dealing with restoring multiple archives (archive splitting for large backups). If you can try this version and let me know please:

http://techerrata.com/dees_troy/d2spr.img

Instructions are on the team win website for manual install. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edd247:
this worked, thanks a lot DT!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Thanks for testing it. I'll make sure that the changes get into the next official update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Dees Troy...

I made this flashable for all you nice people..hope that is ok? It is the new fix, comes out as version 2.3.0.2, disregard my label of the download.... It IS the fixed version.... ;)

Thanks to team win, this is their stuff.... :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54142362/TWRP-Recovery2.3.0.0flashnaddict.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robbase823:
Came from v 2.2.2.0,but I have the lastest right now but my problem is that none of rooms that I flash will boot up, thought it might be a bad download, but surely all of my download can't be bad! Is there something I'm doing wrong? And yes I am doing a Full wipe and I did go into the recovery and reset defaults, but nothing happened, PLEASE HELP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I updated to 2.3.0.0 on Goo then flashed nanddicts zip and rebooted recovery, did a backup, flashed a tw rom then I restored a backup id made from previous twrp and all fine, nothing unusual at all on my end.. All working good. Saw someone saying on another thread they went back to cwm, not me, Twrp for life!!;) :DHate to see anyone say anything but awesome about twrp, this is really the best there is!! Waiting on my dang PayPal to get in from bank and will donate soon as its there. Tks for all the work. Love Twrp!! Been using on Gnex and N7 and now S3. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
See my post with a flashable fix... Then try
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robbase823:
OK thanks

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OK went back and did as instructed and still a no go, when I flash a new rom it just hangs at the bootscreen, but never boots up! Would anyone happen to have a link to the previous build of TWRP?? thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] George M:
Been using TWRP 2.2.2.0.

Just installed 2.3.0.2. When I try to do a backup I get the following error:

Unable to locate sd-ext partition.

I am using Link2SD if that helps.

Any fix for this, or a link to a zip version of 2.2.2.0 would be appreciated.

Thanks

GM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Previous versions are on the teamwin website....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] George M:
Found I had the 2.2.2.0 tar after all.

Any ideas why 2.2.2.0 can find the sd-ext partition and 2.3.0.2. cannot?

GM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
No, but did you use the flashable I put up? It'll get you what you need...?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Oh, you already made un flashable? Very nice sir.

Though idk why people even bother using sd-ext =P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
ditto ...wazzup? how was the trng in Cali?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
It was pretty good, got some good info and things I can bring back, =D

And going for training again next week, then 2 more trainings before the end of the year. =o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Good to hear... Nice to see some folks are out there working hard... PM me if you need anything... Peace ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drewmonge:
Wow, fixing permissions takes less than a second now in 2.3.0.0. At first I thought it wasn't doing anything, but according to the OP, its been rewritten in C++ and now made to haul a**. Great job TEAM WIN!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Yea, C++ code can be minimalized in lines of execution > speeding up the program execution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
You will need to run a backup & pull a log right after without rebooting. Post the log & I will take a look. adb pull /tmp/recovery.log or use the copy log button under advanced.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Ramy:
2.3.0.0 now available thru ROM toolbox
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robbase823:
Went to the twrp website and I Don't see a link for v 2.2.2.2, can someone please provide a download link for the previous verison because this new version is not working for me and yes I did do the flashable zip that was provided in this thread and I still got the same results, not able to flssh any new Roms, but I can restore my backups .Please help me with the previous version that was before 2.3.0.0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Here is 2.2.2.0 in a flashable...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54142362/TWRP-Recovery2.2.2.0flashnaddict.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robbase823:
Thank you so much! !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] naturecannon:
I had rom install problems with the new version as well!! I Downloaded multiple roms trying to trouble shoot to no avail. Restore had no issues. After countless tries a custom rom finally installed after system wipe....Not sure if it was coincidence or it just finally took. Also noticed others commenting the same here and there across the board. Not very common but something is obviously wrong with TWRP 2.3 (for some anyways).

Thanks Naddict for posting 2,2 link. I really enjoy using TWRP
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] George M:
Here is the log.

I also noticed that on 2.2.2.0 there is a check box for sd-ext.

In 2.3.0.2 there is not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Try settings, reset defaults then reboot recovery & try another backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hllywd:
Can't get v2.3 downloaded on my rooted g-tab running team drh jb alpha. Good im tells me it's not for my rom. Any thoughts?

Thanks

I Love The Smell Of Burnt Rubber Anytime
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rbtrucking:
It sounds like you are hitting the check for updates. Your gonna wanna go into settings and select install recovery script.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
Is theming 2.3.0.0 the same as the previous version? I read a post that mentioned there's instructions on the website, so I'm curious to know if there's going to be a difference.

Samsung Galaxy S3

OdexedBlue ROM

LI3 Stock Kernel

LIF Baseband

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
theming is the same.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hllywd:
I did. The other way it tells me no update available. Recovery script tells me not compatible with my rom.

Could it be that the JB that I'm using is still an alpha yet?

I Love The Smell Of Burnt Rubber Anytime
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
No, rom should not matter... You tried a flashable? Have you checked their website to see if your device is having issues with other users?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dito33:
Flashable 2.3 won't stick over 2.2. It does flash but shows 2.2.2.0 after all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Re download the 2.3.0.2 one and try again... There were some reports of this based on bad dl's.... And let's hope the dev's get the fixed one up on goo! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LifeInTheGrey:
You need to reboot into recovery again.

pseudocode is for pseudocoders.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
Updated to 2.3.1.0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
Nicely done!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
you need to go with the latest, it has all the repairs necessary to make life a flashable experience:D

EDIT:

I swear you had a different post up there Overstew...? WTF?:confused::silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
Ahaha, I did, but I found the answer so I edited the question. You just got ninja'd!

:eek:

Unfortantely, out of thanks for today so tomorrow you'll be handsomely rewarded!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
NP, alls I wants is you to make a killer theme with awesome mods for the Jelly Bean build...;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cballin22:
is there an issue with fixing permissions with the new twrp 2.3.1.0 before it would take about a min to fix now it is done in 2 seconds .... is it actually just that much faster now ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
You should check the changelog. It's there for a reason. Note the bold.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Deleted.:sly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cballin22:
man thanks lol i feel stupid now im at work so i was rushing through the read thanks alot for pointing that out for me forgive my ignorance in not reading it more closely
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] waynebike:
any chance TWRP will support SDCards formatted in exFAT? By default if you insert a 64gb SD card into a Galaxy S3 and let the phone format the card, it formats it in exFAT, making it so that you cant use the card on TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Max_Pain:
???

I'm fairly certain my 64GB is exFAT and it's working perfectly fine with TWRP...unless i'm missing something.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pizzlewizzle:
I had to format mine in FAT32 (using http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.exe )for it to work on ASOP ROMs and in TWRP. When mine was formatted as exFAT, TWRP couldn't read it. My card became courupted when i flashed AOKP and caused me to reformat as FAT32. No issues since reformatting. Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mercado79:
A minor bug then... The on-screen prompt still says something to the effect of "this will take several minutes".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jamin13:
Anyone have an issue mounting the external SD? I can't mount in the newest TWRP or any CWM. I'm using a 64 GB micro SD.

Edit: It was exFAT, reformatting to FAT32.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oohoy:
First timer using twrp recovery here... just rooted my phone 5 mins ago and installed twrp recovery via goomanager and i cant get my internal storage mounted ? as soon as i plug the phone to pc, my phone devic driver failed to install ? tips anyone ?

1st update.im just trying things out here, popped in a external sd card and was able to mount that within twrp recovery rite away, however, i still cant get internal storage mounted ? is that normal

2nd update. with external sd card plugged into phone, i switched back to internal storage option and hit mount button and only external sd gets mounted...again... thats wicked... lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
http://teamw.in/DataMedia
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oohoy:
tks dude...that really helpful... but just to make sure i understand it correctly... theres no need to use format data command...unless its the last option to fix the phone or something...for a complete new install of rom...just wipe everything else plus wipe internal storage are sufficient enough...rite ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
A simple factory reset is all you need most of the time. Most anything else is usually overkill.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oohoy:
really ? lol... its a habit of wiping my (_|_) coming from cwm. Just came from hte evo and the roms there were all about wiping everything 3 times. i guess i just need to get used to this and how dang user friendly and easy it is to flash roms here

cheers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evo3d6:
Real fast ? Can this be used with tw sorry if been asked I don't own a s3 still living in s2 world just trying to help friend.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
TWRP works with any ROM, if that's what you are asking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] klarthur:
edited for nubness
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
I gave me the img too.. did you reboot after install??? I did and it was installed lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] klarthur:
lol wow.... this worked for me also. Thank you haha I was too worried about finding the .zip in the GooManager folder to flash than to notice the version at the top. Haha thanks guys!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Np :thumbup::D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thatguy4life:
Has anyone had an issue where they couldn't boot into recovery? Right now mine is just looping at the twrp blue and black landing page.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Never...try pulling battery and rebooting into recovery that way
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thatguy4life:
Yea I tried that still nothing. Had this problem last week, I know I posted it on here but can't find that post now. I unrooted went back to stick recovery and started all over and it worked well but now I went to fit a nandroid and no dice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dees_Troy:
From a computer, adb pull /tmp/recovery.log
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thatguy4life:
Is there not a way to pull the adb log from the phone using log cat and terminal emulator? My computer took a cheap on me. Could've sworn I've done it using the phone on my epic 4g...