yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Geddd:
Hi, did someone have also experienced that when rebooting direct to recovery (twrp) it is stuck at start screen sometimes. And the only way I could use it again is to flash other recovery (cwm).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
2.8.6.1 works flawless. So I recommend to rebuild your system, beginning with firmware. To avoid real harm ;)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Turga:
Awesome build!

works fine with TBO Dark Material Theme
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sperelli:
which dpi do you normally choose?

any other theme to advice for?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] dkonect:
Thanks a lot for twrp v 2.8.7.0, and in zip format, a lot of thanks. (it's not hard to flash img but for switching between 2 recovery by zip it's really more easy)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] s327374:
I deleted my friends SD card using TWRP. All his internal stuff and extras I had backed up on the SD card... I just wasnt concentrating and pressed format!!!!! OMFG!!!!

Long story short - and I know I sound like an advert now - but I found photorec. It took a while and is not an easy interface for tech noobs, but OMFFFFG! It got the files back!!!!

I even donated five Eurobucks to the guy!

Next time A) I should back up on the sb ext or/and not press the wrong button!

The end!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Moopow:
Lol... Good job in retrieving the files ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] saarxee:
TWRP 2.8.6.1 support OTG?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
Oh yes...

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
Hello dear i9300 users,

can you please provide me a quick list of every bug in the latest official TWRP version (2.8.6) and what was the problem with the latest 2.8.7 official release (wich got removed )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION]: 2.8.6.0 and 2.8.7.0 official were too big for the available block-space. For details read the thread

2.8.6.1 works fine.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
Same as 2.8.7.0 it also works fine

[emoji6]

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
Ok thank you for the fast reply :)

Testbuild-1

v2.8.7.0-t1

- build from cm10.2 -> cm12.1 source (a big thx to [MENTION=5161352]JustArchi[/MENTION] for his device tree )

- changed kernel compression to reduce size

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbpel1b068ta9p5/recovery.img?dl=0

tested with m own device... seems to be fine at all

status: needs confirmation
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
Testbuild 2

v2.8.7.0-t2

- added f2fs support

https://www.dropbox.com/s/48qwjzz8p8r8lul/recovery-3.img?dl=0

status: needs confirmation
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] jesus_c:
I don't have f2fs partitions but Other part works for me.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
What is the difference between your builds and last unofficial repacked 2.8.7.0 build?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
the old builds are compiled from cm10.2 source and are too big

my builds using cm12.1 source and a special kernel compression

after confirmation by Dees_Troy they will become new official builds and your support will be back for newer builds

if you are on repacked v2.8.7.0 you can use that also because they both work fine
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
Oh i see ,thanks very much for your explanation

Can I simple flash your zip in recovery over old unofficial 2.8.7?

Oh its img file,can u create flashable zip file of your new up to date recovery and post it here ? Cheers

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] tokict:
Hey, don't forget. You can directly flash *.img files over TWRP. Just try it.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
you can use twrp to flash the image to recovery partition

Install-> images -> (select the image) -> recovery-> swipe
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
Thanks both of you guys

Just flashed test 2 of your recovery and don't have any issues ,efs is safe and all seems to be ok

Man I missed twrp splash image hehe

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
ok thank you :) i did all the necessary steps with dees_troy and he will build some jenkins-testbuild... that one i will fully test & confirm... if everything goes good your official support is back
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
Amazing dude

Thanks for your support for TWRP

Just flashed cm11 latest build for testing and all is good [emoji6]

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] elhugo3:
Where I can get the link to your recovery?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
pre-official non f2fs build:

http://build.twrp.me/twrp/twrp-2.8.7.0-i9300.img

f2fs build will follow soon (or grab the one i posted one page back )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Thanks for your pre-official release.

A question. Can check why not detect external micro sd on recovery?

Thanks for your work

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
on wich build? wich fs is yoir sdcard using?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Last temasek cm12.1. Ext sdcard Fs FAT32

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
no i mean wich twrp build you used... and if its one of mine... please provide me a recovery.log
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Last recovery that you post on #1165

How I can get the recovery.log?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
advanced-> recovery.log to sd
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Thanks. Done!

http://pastebin.com/mVPE3XQm

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
there is no error... did you tried to mount external sdcard manually before you grabed the log? seems not so
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Yes. But can't mount it.

The checkbox option ☑ keeps unmarked.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
ok i found the error! its in my new twrp.fstab method... will fix with next official build (the f2fs one )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Thanks a lot, mate! I'll wait your new release.

Btw... You will release on both flash formats? (img and zip, last one is more easy if you coming of another recovery)

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
i will no more release files here on xda... they will come on twrp page... img + tar are normally published

Edit: maybe some homebuild of me... then it will come as zip if thats easyer
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
OK. No problem. Keep on warning on twrp page.

. Thanks.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
las unofficial release:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k100jki8uorfxso/recovery5.img?dl=0

working f2fs + external sd
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Thanks a lot. Works properly

Please. Keep us informed. When you publish the official release on twrp page.

. Thanks in advance!

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
official 2.8.7.0 (non f2fs ) is released

official 2.8.7.1 (f2fs ) will be available soon

Edit:

2.8.7.1 is up and you got official support back

Support Status: Current
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] enigma1981:
Yeah, I've got nothing against CWM, it's still a perfectly good recovery - but I'm really liking this one, maybe it's just because it's new lol
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] cammel:
Hi, I'm running stock UK BTU jelly bean DLJ4 rooted with cf-auto-Root so I have stock recovery (no cwm, no nothing!) I read a lot of good things about this recovery so I would like to give it a try.

So my question is, is it safe to install the latest version of TWRP in tar format downloaded from their website using Mobile Odin pro?? Did anyone here did this?

Thanks a lot for the help!

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] enigma1981:
download the goo app in the OP and install it through that - just as easy as mobile odin :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] cammel:
Ok, I just install it using the method from first post, then Turned off the phone, turned it on again with volumeup+home+power and it entered into the TWRP, but the first thing I touched was that little icon on the bottom center of the screen which looks like a little square with some lines on it and I got stuck in there, so I had to keep power button pressed in order to reboot the phone... What is that little square for?? Did I do something wrong?? Damn! I feel so stupid right now!

Can someone please tell me how to use this recovery??

Thanks!

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Dees_Troy:
That's the console or text output from the recovery. If you tap the same button again it goes away.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] yc1437:
Where can download theme for this recovery? Don't like the default blue theme :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] nachod0g:
Is anyone successfully using device encryption with TWRP on the i9300? I got an error trying to mount the partition in TWRP when I tried, it works fine on my Nexus 7 though (prompts for password then mounts).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Dees_Troy:
The decryption routines in TWRP are based on AOSP and only certain devices are supported for decryption. Right now the short list includes the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, and the Asus Transformer tablets except for the TF101. Some manufacturers, including Samsung, have modified the encryption routines and they don't release their source code (and they aren't required to), so we are unable to add decrypt support for those devices.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] nachod0g:
Thanks for the info. Any chance it might work on the i9300 with an AOSP based ROM like CM10 in the future?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Misterjunky:
TWRP bugfix and feature suggestion

Hi, I just installed flashed TWRP on my Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 AT&T phone

about 5 days ago and it's just about the best and nicest application I can think of.

There is one major bug when backing up the rom it does not do a proper time/date

stamp on the backup nandroid file. All the backups have some old file date/stamp

like for example I have 3 backups with file dates like "12 Jan 70" with 3 different dates

and time but even the time is wrong. My phone has the correct time and date on it.

I have created many files in the past few days, pictures/videos and application

installations and all the time-stamps are correct on all those files.

Please try to fix it soon.

I love TWRP no other kernel or rom app even comes close to the usefulness and

features which this application has.

Thanks in advance, have a great day... (I am going to subscribe to this thread right now)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] jwchips:
Hey dees_troy, thanks for all your hard work and wonderful recovery. The batch flashing function is just great!

One small observation - I notice I'm unable to set the time in TWRP to GMT. Not a big deal but I thought I'd make you aware. All the timezones appear to be for USA?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Dees_Troy:
The list is scrollable.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] jwchips:
Haha how did I miss that? I feel so stupid :p thanks for the quick response and setting me straight!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Perka:
@op thx for compiling twrp.

Its just awesome!!!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] marcedli:
yes...and as I know you....you are already deeply in tutorials, how to customize appearance :D

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PIRATA!:
So do I have to download last version from their website??

In case YES, is it the Goo app that I have to download or just the TWRP??

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Striatum_bdr:
Listen, try by yourself. Clue: With goo manager you can install twrp.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PIRATA!:
Ok...but I thought that from Goo manager from Play store I was not able to get last version....that's why I'm asking it!!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] baste07:
anyone tried Rom cleaner with this?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PIRATA!:
What is Rom Cleaner??
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
Great work!

Forgive my "stupid" question : can I use 2.8.7.1 even if I don't use f2fs partition?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ng1998:
I flashed the latest 2.8.7.1 and after I reboot into recovery I keep going into download mode did I do something wrong?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] androidgeek03:
Can anyone give me the link to the latest touch recovery version?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
Here you are https://dl.twrp.me/i9300/

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION]: 2.8.7.1 works fine here (no compelling download mode). Thanks for your giving S3-TWRP new life!

Assume, new builds will grow further: does it mean the KO for us?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
i just tested it and everything is fine to me... on wich rom you are?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
omg i just also installed 2.8.7.1 and same thing happend to me,it auto boots to download mode

hmm...odin isnt detecting my phone at all as im trying to flash other recovery so i can boot to system

download mode is working but nothing in odin ...

ive been on tamasek lollipop rom before i flashed latest 7.1

edit: Odin somehow managed to recognize my device so i flashed CWM and booted to system now everything is fine (just remove battery for few min then hold combo for download mode and Odin will see device)

im very sure TWRP 2.8.7.1 is not safe will flash 2.8.7.0 insted
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] luilly:
Me too.

And Weird behaviour... If i mount a zip with 2.8.7.1, recovery install successfully but it shows 2.8.7.0

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
ok i will investigate the error... soubds like kernel... did the f2fs testbuild worked for you? maybe dees_troy used wrong defconfig

Edit:

weird for me 2.8.7.1 works... how did you guys flashed it? i wrote dees_troy to take 2.8.7.1 offline

Edit2:

if it shows 2.8.7.0 then its correct... 2.8.7.1 is only the name on site so you can difference them
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
no.... since 2.8.8 will use a newer theme wich saves a lot of space ~1MB and introduce multilanguage they will go ~ -0,7MB .... so no growing for next builds

also my home-compiled twrps have ~7,7MB and not ~8mb like the official one (seems like there is quite a difference between dees_troys kernel and my... that may cause weird behavior for some users with 2.8.7.1 ... )

also IF the size will grow too much again i can still switch to LZ4 compression and outtake some stuff from kernel .... so dont worry about it ( i will not do such stuff until they are really necessary .... wasted time otherwise )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] :
Can you make it show 2.8.7.1? Thats not so confusing
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
sorry for official builds that is impossible
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
For those who prefer flashable zip instead of recovery img here is 2.8.7.0 version http://www.mediafire.com/download/4haaxgiwl1lzd1f/TWRP_SGS3_v2.8.7.0.zip

Thanks again [MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION] for givin us twrp official support [emoji106] [emoji106]

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
TWRP 2.8.7.1 .img ready for download here --> https://dl.twrp.me/i9300/

If I zip this myself in to a .tar non-compressed file using 7-Zip will I be able to ODIN flash this on to my S3?..

Thanks in advance for responses!.. ;)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] drananda:
Hey guys,

I want to update my TWRP. I flashed it via Odin a year ago v2.7.1.0. and it's active. I never had problems with flashing (I still don't), but I want to update. I installed TWRP app and followed instructions and this message appeared.

So, is it safe to press YES and continue or what? :confused:

THX in advanced
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ZjemCiKolege:
You can add sdcard partition ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LKHN:
If you have root try this method you only need Terminal Emulator thats it ;)

dd Install Method (Requires Root):

Download the latest image file (.img) from the download link above. Place it in the root of your /sdcard folder and rename it to twrp.img. Run the following commands via adb shell or a terminal emulator app:

su

dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
BUMP!..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=4115896]trueno2k[/MENTION]: feel free to relax and be polite
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
i dont know much about tar

... better flash the img with rashr^^
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
Why?.. Is waiting several hours to no response to my question not long enough? Whilst others carry on posting other subject matters, I can see my question just disappear into nothing!..

Not too sure about trusting flashing apps to flash twrp correctly with in the ROM, I've always done twrp flashing via ODIN ( windows version ) on to my S3 whilst I have in Download mode!.. Hope to see a stable .tar ODIN flashable file to be released soon...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=4115896]trueno2k[/MENTION]: if your free product doesn't appear fastly, you can leave your Odin-principle and flash the image by TerminalEmulator, too. Or take 2.8.6.1 as tar...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
Anyways, I bump above...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Scorpionea:
U dont need to be that scary abouth flashing new recovery or to update it

Download 2.8.7.0 or homemade 2.8.7.0 img (with awesome theme) and flash in recovery

I have done this many many times before and never had issues

There is even flashable zip posted so u only need to flash that zip and done ! Can't be simpler than that :D

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
Just did some more research and it seems fastboot is the way to flash 2.8.7.1 .img file on to the S3 recovery partition, what you people think, okay to do it this way?.. Is 2.8.7.1 safe to use as it is posted on the twrp website for download, right?..

EDIT: Found another way, and that is using cygwin, but when I boot into twrp I had this modify screen which I choose to keep read only cause I did not know what this meant, any one know what this is?.. And also is this version meant to display 2.8.7.0 at the top of the recovery screen because it does on my twrp version?.. Is this really 2.8.7.1?.. So confused!?.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
You'd better choose "Swipe to allow modification" to get twrp have max control on your device.

For 2.8.7.1 question, just read the last 3/4 pages of this thread and you get the answer [emoji6]

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
So how do I know I put on 2.8.7.1 if it's not gonna be changed so it can be less confusing to people?.. It could drive people to ODIN/TWRP flashing it over, and over, and over without realising that it's already flashed on because the version title has not been changed on 2.8.7.1?.. Is dev not changing it so it displays 2.8.7.1 instead?..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
you know its 2.8.7.1 if you can format AND MOUNT F2FS silesystem....

i am the dev... and this are official builds... IM NOT ABLE to change the displayed number on official builds because they are static numbers in the source of the twrp jenkins server
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
Oh well, never mind then...

Any ways is f2fs for the s3 filesystem structure or the sdcard structure?.. I don't wanna accidentally format my s3 thinking I was doing it to my sdcard and then finding out that I don't have an OS installed, which will force me to flash one back on and reconfigure the whole OS again!..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
f2fs is for the /data and /cache.... BUT you need a compatible rom

... otherwise you get a bootloop... so let it be if you dont know
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 2phazt:
AND a compatible kernel.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] galen2:
Thank SdtBarbarossa to do official support.

Are u people flashing 2.8.7.0 or 2.8.7.1? I read post and found that people are reporting problems with 2.8.7.1.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
Then I guess I should flash back to 2.8.7.0, right?..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 2phazt:
No, just don't format your partitions in f2fs.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] hteles:
Latest version does not supporting encrypted data, don't know about the others from the same dev. Will go back to the older repackaged version.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
thats true... i excluded it to make place for f2fs... but in my homebuilds i can re-ad it because the new theme saves space... maybe tomorrow
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] trueno2k:
So many different versions of 2.8.7.0!.. Are all of them safe to use?.. Or should I just flash the officially released version on TWRP website?.. [MENTION=6248658]SdtBarbarossa[/MENTION] is the HB1 the latest build of 2.8.7.0 or is there a more recent one with full feature list?..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
thats true for now... i would you recommen to use my homebuild but here is the difference list:

Official one:

v2.8.7.0 -> normal build from latest source

v2.8.7.1 -> newer kernel with f2fs support

v2.8.7.0 Homebuild -> newer kernel with f2fs support and new design and more stuff to come (Multilanguage by [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION])
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
Official v2.8.7.2

- fixed Micro-SD mountpoint
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] elhugo3:
I'm a little lost, can you provide the download link? Thanks

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys3internationalexynos.html
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] elhugo3:
In the recommended download link only download a file of 5 kb . will try the twrp app from play store. Thanks

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SdtBarbarossa:
the app isnot up-to-date (always ~1month behind)

as i can see the official download is fully ok...8mb...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] rp158:
[MENTION=3518090]elhugo3[/MENTION]: use PC for download. I mentioned this since I use TWRP :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ivano949:
Just flashed, all seems ok but it shows 2.8.7.0 in recovery screen. Is that right?

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