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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Dave83:
How can I execute a backup on the external sd?

The recovery doesn't see the external sd and the mount failed.

Solutions?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hanspampel:
Use an other recovery.;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Dave83:
For example?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hanspampel:
This or this for example.:cool:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Dave83:
Thank you, philz touch doesn't work but i'm trying TWRP and seems to work. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ernani:
Complete(Write) operation failed...

Hi everyone,

I attempted to flash cwm recovery today to keep a backup of my ROM before flashing a new one. Nevertheless, I couldn't get ODIN flash the recovery. After sending recover.img, it reports Complete(Write) operation failed.

I followed some advice found on various threads, namely reboot my pc, change usb port and cable, kill any running Kies processes, but the recovery image won't get flashed. Nevertheless, before collapsing from complete despair, after I rebooted again, I tried to flash the ROM I intended from the beginning, and it succeeded.

Is something going on with the NAND on my device, or am I simply unlucky?

PS: FYI:

When I tried this unsuccessfully I was on djembey's ME2 odex pre-rooted rom, though I know this has nothing to do with my problem - just mentioning it for the sake of completeness :P

I have the latest version of Triangle Away (2.99) installed, with system modified workaround checked

Whenever I get into ODIN download mode, I get a "WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLED" warning on the screen of my i9505. Is this normal

And, yes, I flash the i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-5.tar file as PDA

Any help is greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] valentinrascu:
Use this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] starbucks2010:
Have you removed the "Verify apps via USB" from Developer Tools?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ruterjunior:
page not found... link as broken or missing?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] grneyez:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] atzakas:
Hi all,

I just installed the latest CWM 6.0.3.6 using SGS4 flasher app and have this question.

- I restarted into the recovery and took a backup. When I chose restart, I got asked about whether to disable the stock recovery. I selected YES

- I tried installing a custom ROM. After I installed it from CWM and tried to restart, I also got asked about disabling the stock recovery. Again selected YES

- The flashing didn't go well and I had to restore my backup. Thank god this went well (first time I tried restoring) but when I selected restart from recovery, I got the same question again.

Am I supposed to get the same question every time I restart from recovery? And am I right to choose YES?

Many thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cmpnetman:
Correct link for I9505-Stock-Recovery.tar

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
im aware that there is some differences, but the SPH-L720 cwm i posted boots and works, i have a graphical glitch i need to figure out (cwm doesnt know the proper screen resolution)

anyways i see you are having issues wanted to stop on over and offer my github sources as a possible helper to getting yall cwm :)

https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_samsung_jfltespr

https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_samsung_jflte-common

oddly enough my offset was different than yours, perhaps thats why yours may not be booting?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
offset? maybe. I cant say for sure, but thanks for the sources and could you describe the graphics issue?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
well

shabbypenguin@Minty-Fresh-14 ~/Android/CM $ rdbootimg '/home/shabbypenguin/Android/boot.img'
magic:	ANDROID!
kernel_size:	7232624
kernel_addr:	0x80208000
ramdisk_size:	1027390
ramdisk_addr:	0x82200000
second_size:	0
second_addr:	0x81100000
tags_addr:	0x80200100
page_size:	2048
unused[0]:	0
unused[1]:	0
name:
cmdline:	console=null androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x3F ehci-hcd.park=3
id[0]:	2695416233
id[1]:	1356118150
id[2]:	3234036346
id[3]:	3873929253
id[4]:	1906759241
id[5]:	0
id[6]:	0
id[7]:	0

is the output from rdbootimg on the jfltespr boot.img,

kernel_addr:	0x80208000

ramdisk_size:	1027390

ramdisk_addr:	0x82200000

BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS := --ramdisk_offset 0x02008000

but anyways the graphical glitches are it doesnt seem to be scrolling properly, when you scroll it skips a step and jumps twice. ive been informed thats when cwm doesnt know what res to display it does this
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
this may work for you, seemed as if the values from the gs3 were used. This is what i did for the i9500, resulting in a proper display

https://github.com/emwno/android_de...mmit/94b6026936710001d920a11a75a42d3f941b4158

EDIT: merged. ^commit removed
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
[MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION] - I have managed to get your CWM to boot, and yes, it does skip every two, however if you are SURE what option you have selected. Then it works fine. The question I have to you, is it safe to flash ROMs yet with this, or could the partition tables be different.

[MENTION=4238752]emwno[/MENTION] suggested to wait until he's figured out the recovery.fstab -- what's your call boss?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
my recovery is safe for teh sph-l720, i cannot advise any i9505 user to use teh recovery (im sure it would be safe but im not willing to take that risk). buit people with the jfltespr have been doing backups and restores with no issues

edit: turns out it is not safe, international users stay away :/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
It is definitely not safe to use. I tried to flash Omega v1.0, now I have a dead phone. Let's hope Three give me a replacement.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
ok so i9505 is not safe to use the sph-l720 recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
Yes. My dead phone confirms it -.-
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
alright, sorry for your loss :(.

just curious where is omega rom that you flashed? was it made for teh i9505?

also graphical issue is still there emwno :( looks like i gutta try to figure it out a different way
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
Yes. If I don't get a replacement, I'll just smash it with a baseball bat and claim it on the insurance.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
You really wanted to continue didnt you? :P. Check if you can get in to download mode or you can flash back all partitions except /system through bootloader.

get a recovery.log or a last_log while the suer pushes the keys.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
I can get into download mode
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ::indie:::
This is good news, if you flash the official XXUAMDE you will be able to restore the device. Do not use XXUAMDM because it can not be rooted for now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
I am downloading from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824

Product Code: GT-I9505ZWABTU (4.2.2) (BTU - UK)

PDA: XXUAMDE

PHONE: XXUAMDM

CSC: OXAAMDE (MultiCSC)

Is that wrong because of the phone version being XXUAMDM?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ::indie:::
My advice it to get the I9505XXUAMDE from here to restore your device:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Annie the Eagle:
Phone is restored and rooted again. Phew, that was a bit of a scare!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ::indie:::
Good news!

Thank you for letting us know.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] forelli:
Should try it with I9505?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] primpa:
It is done on an I9505, don't let the path to the adb.exe fool you =)

/p
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
means? what have we to do to get the CWM?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ademuch:
is it a problem if we have locked bootloader for recovery and rom custom??
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] floydart:
indie - IF I flash UAMDE and IF CWM and root works on my device would you recmmend installing version 1.0 of your ROM or will an update be released soon?

The biggest thing I miss about my S III is a good equalizer - I found out how good the AIO equalizer in Imperium ROM was today when driving to work ..... after about 20 mins I was listening to the car radio :crying:

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
I think there was something wrong with the way the recovery.img was packed. Im gonna wait for someone who can restore their device if such things happen, i dont want anyone to cause damage to their devices.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] forelli:
If the custom CWM causes issues, wouldn't it be better to remove the links in the OP until it becomes stable?

f.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
They dont boot into recovery yet thats why they still there :P. Anyways his device crashed at /system was mounted by the recovery.fstab as /boot etc. which caused issues and he ended up corrupting his efs too. (this was all on a test recovery)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] forelli:
If we had an Odin version of Indie's rom, could we flash it like a Sammy firmware with Mobile Odin/Mobile Odin Pro and inject root+ever root in it?

f.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
flashing the ROM yes, injecting root I dont know.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] shabbypenguin:
i suggest altering the fstab in yours btw to match the by name partition number and not hardlinking it to mmcblk's

that way should they come out with like a i9506 or something of the sort and there is one different partition the by name will line up on the device vs mmcblk

if you look on my github youll see what i mean
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
Yeah i considered doing that after I have CWM working properly (booting atleast)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] spirit.of.resistance:
News?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Hi!

Only a little question...

According to your fstab, Modem is in mmcblk0p11

But I'm a bit confused with this

modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

modem.bin is about 50MB. Then, how to flash from recovery if it is using mmcblk0p11 and mmcblk0p12?

It's possible to flash modem.bin with this script?

etc, etc
run_program("/tmp/flash_image", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p[B]11[/B]", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
etc, etc

Thanks for your work!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
st2 is for the CDMA (verizon).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Taker18:
Can i flash this recovery experimental#1 on my S4 ?

Without any problem.?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
I9505 yes but it doesnt work yet. I have a working version, but that messes up when flashing, so cant release that to users.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Taker18:
Thx broo for the reply

Keep up you good work and hoping the recovery will work soon
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Thanks!

If you need any help here I am.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
Is there any tutorial how to build a CWM recovery?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Yes, here http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-clockworkmod-recovery-to-a-new-device
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] zige:
Anything new emwno, or still same? I really hope that you get it work! Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
The one that boots into recovery doesn't flash to correct partitions, even tho the recovey.fstab is completely stock
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
But you can mount partitions? unmount /system and mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p16 to /system for example.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
That's fine but it doesn't flash the correct partitions (I.e use of busybox and mount)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Try flashing something from a zip or wiping dalvik and cache with update-binary inside and updater-script and don't use busybox.

Something like this:

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p29", "/data");
delete_recursive("/data/dalvik-cache");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p18", "/cache");
delete_recursive("/cache");

or

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p29", "/data);"
package_extract_dir("something", "/data");

Doesn't works?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
Those work but the rest...... Such as busybox and mount don't work
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Then, maybe it's busybox fault, not recovery?

If all works fine using update-binary....
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] blackknightavalon:
Flashing works, busybox isn't broken. Haven't tried nandroid yet.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] technolust109:
hey is there a mirror to the recovery? twrp not working for me and need a alt. Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
emwno, mp me if you need some help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] harise100:
I can't understand why there is still no working custom recovery.

What's so hard about it?

When I had a I9300 a lot of people promised if only the SOC was open source then it would be flashers paradise!

Sent from my GT I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jody04c:
Have Samsung made it more difficult this time round??
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Taker18:
Built it by yourself, when its not a hard work ???

Respect the man and his work to build it
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
+1

This is an original development thread, not general forum.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hitchmontana:
the download link in the first post is dead :( is there a mirror?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] PLUG313:
nope! don't bother trying, there isn't a working i9505 custom recovery yet :/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] harise100:
I got no time!

Can someone please explain me, what is so hard?

I have written code which runs on network routers.

Sent from my GT I9505
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hitchmontana:
So how can i flash omegas rom or some else rom?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] PLUG313:
you'll have to stick with stock for now,

you can flash stock with Odin or Mobile Odin

don't worry I'm sure we'll have a working recovery soon, it's only been a week since the official release date
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] PLUG313:
well, you can flash a pre-rooted stock rom so you keep the firmware ''official'' and don't lose OTA updates

other things I'm not sure, maybe you can flash a stock debloated rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] karl999999:
dude your signature is 10 times larger than your posts. that should not be allowed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
Off-Topic, isnt it? :D

btw: you dont need to copy text, when you answer directly to somebody ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
Ok so, a working version is available I don't know if it will work on flashing. So try some small mod after I post it. And report.

Built using jflte common and by name recovery.fstab
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Great! Good work!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
Thank you dude!

Great job!:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lukemo:
Finally thanks, let's wait to try it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] klarmacker:
sounds great

will test it after the link is avaidable
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] TheMrCaveman:
Will try it when link is availeble:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] spirit.of.resistance:
Great bro'

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ken2802:
when will it be avaible?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] zige:
Thanks bro! Will test it when available, and will try to flash Omega. I hope that it doesnt brick my phone :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Thor:
Nice work Emwno. Cant imagine this is easy. Looking forward to testing.

Will report back afterwards.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] zige:
Must ask, which options will work for sure? :) Other is tested but not flashing?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Martini3001:
When will we be able to test your work?

I saw the building site of Clockwork and the terms made me afraid to develop this kind of image (recovery)...

Respect man! :good:

Best wishes

Martini
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
As soon as I'm home ill release it. Still in the examination hall, gonna be here for a while. :/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jody04c:
Cant wait to give this a test!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Taker18:
+1

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jj125:
I got my s4 this week let us know if we can help out
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jody04c:
Hope you had an opportunity to consider uploading the new recovery so I can begin testing for you.

Kind regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Netskyliner:
Counting down hours. Hope it works. Fingers crossed
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lukemo:
Please emwno could you update the situation with 2 words (no more than 2)? thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
I think we should be patient.

Regards.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lukemo:
I never asked an eta to any developer in this 5 years, but ewmno has the ability to make one nervous, posting apparently "key" and "resolutive" posts and then totally closing the communication. But it's my personal opinion and I know that most of you disagree with me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jody04c:
Communication is the key here. Patience is always important as with every device I have modded since the Nexus One but information whether good or bad should be divulged to dispel the "what if or why not" scenarios. I appreciate the continuous efforts being made with this device nonetheless.. Lets hope an update of some description appears shortly to let us know if the recovery is ready or not.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lukemo:
Thanks Jody, your consideration is important to further clarify my position that's absolutely overlapping with yours.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Thor:
I'am also concerned about the thread.

The only reason is that emwno updated the i9500 thread there a few hours ago but nothing here.

The problem is that emwno doesnt have recognised developer status. So the only trust we have is his word and with the lack of updates thats not really good.

Any other developer that is recognised or not would be subject to the rules of not starting threads until you are actually releasing something and thats pretty much what this thread has become.

I do hope emwno comes true and there will be a decent donation from me if he does. I just hope no one donates on a promise.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] kevjee:
You are totally right! When you say your version is working.then post it within an hour instead of saying things and then shutting up for the next 7 hours...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] asgard:
The problem is things have been allowed to get out of control, and threads/posts are not abiding by the "XDA" T&Cs.

I applaud Emwno for having a go at getting the recovery working - but when the posted files failed the threads should have been closed off or removed immediately. Between Emwno and Cofface there are 7 threads relating to "Recovery" in a mixed i9500/i9505 forum, its not ideal.

TWRP is updated and working (with touch now), hopefully a mod can swoop in and clear up some of the guff, and who knows - maybe even break off some i9500 and i9505 specific sub forums.

Thanks for your efforts Emwno, TWRP is apparently a "go" :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
I don't know why there is a sheer about of impatient people. I'm not held accountable for any delays, if you must ask, I had 3 consecutive Cambridge papers, those which decide my future. Here's the link if anyone wants to try. If you report issues, please post a recovery.log as well, so I can debug. Enjoy :)

http://d-h.st/By0. Extract and package as tar or use heimdall (uploaded by tester)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Thanks!!!

Going to test it now.

Don't bother about impatient people. Good work. I report later :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] zige:
There is working TWRP for I9505?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ken2802:
yes here http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182

dont mind the cometaries, it was updated recently
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Recovery not booting for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] hitchmontana:
Flash in odin in the pda section?

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ken2802:
you typed it in corectly , and it gave a positiv feedback?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] lukemo:
If you have any problem with this recovery flashing, TWRP perfectly working at the moment (I tried a backup). See other threads.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
Try flashing again. It works for tester.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Flashed again. Same "RECOVERY BOOTING..."

Not booting...........

Flashed this recovery http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182 without problems, booted and now I'm doing a backup.

In http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager there are touch recoveries for i9505 (Canada/Bell and T-Mobile). There are different phones. But are working in his devices.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] emwno:
OP updated. Try the new one.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
Now booting. Thanks.

Install zip from sd card shows 0, legacy, obb. I must select 0 to view internal sdcard contents.

Testing...

PD: Can't format unknown volume: /emmc. Command is format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p16");
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] .malo2000:
Hi...can I flash ex#3 with mobile odin? I' ve rooted with djembey method....

Ot: do you like mybstatus bar? :cool:

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] cybdani:
I don't know if mobile odin is compatible with i9505. You can try it...but more safe to flash from odin desktop. Anyway, at the moment, I can't flash anything in this cwm recovery.

Cool power button there :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Taker18:
Info: Odin Mobile does not support Galaxy S4

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[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] MafiaDroid:
Works here thanks master :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] jj125:
Thanks works well for me too