yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crwolv:
Any opinions on this.looks fun to to try:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
So after flashing this recovery my pix I take are all borked I have different file names with same files ...I don't remember where I read it but I believed it had to do with the whole twrp and cwm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
TWRP doesn't support screen shots in recovery.

It is fb2png issue which is not my source

Except screenshot while in recovery all work. So, is it really vital for a recovery? No.

But i am looking at it to fix it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
I meant any picture I take with camera screenshot ...I can only view threw file manager or a full root media scan....similar to when you flash back from a 4.2.2 to 4.1.2 everything all bad....no biggie for me because cwm always been better at flashing while TWRP is faster and yours is just a keeper
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
But rom issues has nothing to do with recovery!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
I doupt its a ROM issue bro I've flashed arleast 4 or 5 different ROMs and all the same ...my daily is sourcery ....I've tried PA...XYLON...EOS...CARBON right now I'm on ROOTBOX I didn't start having this issue until I flashed your recovery ....previously I was on regular CWM from ROM manager a few days before that I was on TWRP.....I'll go back to TWRP and then reflash your recovery ...and see what happens
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
You have to understand that recovery has its own partition. Look at it as a dual booting phone. You have your ROM and recovery. There is no single file that will be flashed to your system partition, be it twrp or cwm

Now, if you describe your issue better, someone could help you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rp076:
Been on this thing since day since it got here & must say its working perfectly fine for me. No problems with anything so far. Thanks!! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
v5.06.1

5.05.0 --> 5.06.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crwolv:
I just want ya to know i flashed and used thes recovery once and now my one nexus will not respond to ANY stimuli. Power,no buttons nothing. Cant find out if its this recovery fault but i will keep u updated.thanx. and im no noob so ive tried almost everything already lol.;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
Yea I no what you mean ...but who nose I resolved all my issues...though ...I made dawm sure to eliminate everything on my part....I formated everything on external storage wiped all...then the system/data etc...then hooked up to side load and reflash recovery then normal wipes through recovery prior to ROM...and flash a ROM gapps through side load again...and all good for a while now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crwolv:
Thanx for info but i have black screen of death and all i get is a split second omap4440 flash in device options on puter. Have wifes gnex and my blazing lgog so ok for now from boredom.lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
When all fails call upon ODIN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crwolv:
Lmao. A god(lol) can't help even a lifeless phone.remember I said black screen of death that doesn't even show bit a split second in device manager on puter.:banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] charlie95113:
I cant see that happening unless ypu fried your screen or flashed a kernel for a diff device ...so u cant even get into download mode
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM

It is a well proven recovery for many phones

It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter

Read the features, and check if you are missing something

To take a screen shot, just slide left

Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut

Download links

Last version can be found here:

There may be a newer build here as well: (I'm putting up a .zip and .img variety for each build) :: Note: I've got no device to test this build with (the latest one), so I hope it works. It was just built using latest source.

XDA:DevDB Information

[toro][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch, Tool/Utility for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Contributors

Phil3759, hachamacha

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2014-05-06

Last Updated 2014-08-14
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nitsua98:
So if I read the link correctly, this has the ability to switch where your sd partition is located to easily switch to jb 4.1? If it is that would be sweet :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Yes, you can set it to use /data/media/0 or /data/media for sdcard

Needs a reboot to take effect
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nitsua98:
OK so to flash this I would do fastboot flash recovery in adb right? Because the file is a .img and in your linked post it just has instructions for zip and the Odin files
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paarthdesai:
wooohoooo.... thanks it's really cool ;)

sent from my sexy Nexy ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cnhamm532:
Yep, fastboot. I used galaxy nexus toolkit, worked like a charm!:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Phil, I put this in a flashable zip if you want it.

Edit: tested it on my phone already.

very nice. I think ill be using this from now on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpnestel:
Very nice UI!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Esteway.619:
I want it :)

Sent From My Miui Powered Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mysterysauce:
+1 me too please
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malpracti:
Me three, please.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
I will be releasing the new version + zip installer

Just wait as devhost is down
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Phil gave me the OK for now. I'll take this down as soon as dev-host is back up and he gets his links up.

Phil has links in the op now.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
so let me get this straight, i'm on TWRP and if i used this new CWM that Phil made, i can still use my TWRP backups and actually make backups like TWRP does?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Yes

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t1.8matt:
nice, thanks for the answer. will be giving this a go. thanks Phil.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Esteway.619:
This recovery is so awesome and elegant I love it. Thanks Phil

Sent From My Miui Powered Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Does the screenshot in recovery work for anyone?? Maybe I'm just looking for the images in the wrong place??

Regardless this recovery is awesome!! Thanks Phil!!!!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
TWRP defaults to /data/media/0 when it exists

cwm, always to /data/media

this one: let you decide but default to /data/media as cwm

Go in Advanced menu and set it to /data/media/0 and move all your folders from /data/media to /data/media/0

After that, you are done until you wipe your sdcard

But, screenshots could be corrupted, at least for maguro. Need to look at fb2png source
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Thank you sir,

New problem though, is this what you are talking with maguro???

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
screenshot fb2png doesn't work for some devices

I am planning to dig into its source to try to fix it, but it is not my original app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] withbloodskies:
Smooth and fluid. Great recovery and the image is really nice :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Baby_Phil:
Liking the recovery

Love the name also
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmonjay:
Hi, I would like to try your recovery, but I just want to confirm that I am doing it right. I can just flash the zip in twrp? I am asking because it seems like this file would overwrite the recovery while in it and I don't want to brick my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Flash the zip, reboot to system, and then reboot to your new recovery. :thumbup:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
Hey Phil - I've got 5.03.2 installed in my toro, and was trying to install 5.03.7 . Unfortunately Dev Host download (file share) pages were unavailable much of the night due to their registrar having DNS issues. Anyway -- at one point I DID managed to download the zip version of 5.03.7. I was actually hoping for the img version, as I like to use something like Joey Krim's Image Flasher GUI to flash img's from within Android. I know you started by posting img's, but then moved to zips a few days ago when other begged for these.

Anyway -- I opened up the 5.03.7 zip on my toro and extracted recovery.img from it. Fired up Image Flasher GUI and flashed it to the recovery partition, and booted into recovery. Weirdly, this recovery still seems to think that it's 5.03.2, built on 5/16 -- even though the zip, dated a few days later, is labeled5.03.7. I'm confused! Any thoughts on this?

Finally (once we resolve all these earth-shattering questions), would it be possible for you to return to the practice of posting the img files -- in addition to posting the zips that some people seem to favor.

thanks in advance -- I'd love to know which version actually have installed,and would love the option once again to install img's directly.

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
I believe it was just because it was a repack and nothing changed for us.

I thought I read that somewhere???

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
That sounds familiar. But the .7 and .2 zips are different sizes...?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Well then..... Got me??? :confused:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
It was a repack, recovery.img changes, not the binary inside it

I am releasing an important update which will be fully recompiled
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
Thanks Phil -- looking forward to your next release. I've got your current versions on both my Galaxy Nexus (toro) and Nexus 10. Already used them to clean up the devices a few times and flash new ROMs, GApps, etc. Very nice.

Let me know if you need a beta tester for the next one (for either of my two devices), or any additional logcat info. I'd be happy to help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Yes, thanks a lot

I am delaying a bit the next update, maybe tomorrow, after a small bug for devices with external storage when not inserted

After that, if you can test custom backups and backups + post some logs, even if all fine, I'd really appreciate it

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
That's fine -- happy to help. Let me know what I can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
Great -- I'm heading out to a friend's "event" for the afternoon / evening. I'll load this and start testing tonight, and will take logcats if needed,and report back as I make progress.

Thanks again for doing this!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baling:
Everything seems to be good here love all of the options that this recovery has. Great job!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
[MENTION=218262]Phil[/MENTION] -

Love the evolution of this. I have 5.05 installed on both the GNex (toro) and N10 (manta). I noticed (at least on the gnex - will go back and verify on N10) that when I select Reboot System, my next prompt appears to be, "restore from SD card" (as a confirmation). It would appear to be a confirmation of a different action, but whatever I touch at that point, the phone does, indeed, reboot and all is well.

Will keep digging in. Thanks again for building this!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Read well what it asks for. Either:

1- it detected wrong permissions or missing su root file and prompts you to root phone

2- it detects no philz settings file while you have a backup on sdcard, and it prompts you to restore recovery settings from backup

3- it detects a system script that can overwrite your recovery. It prompts you to remove exec permission from it

Only the 2nd is mine, other 2 are from original CWM. With mine, in settings, you have an auto-restore option that will make it restore settings without any prompt. This is useful when you often wipe /data or factory reset

For other two, either you say yes, or it will nag you on each reboot

By the way, I am slowly on the way to push a new update that will fix many things, include the font size for Nexus 10
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonstrong:
OK...

In recovery now, and verified that I've got 5.05.0 - Samsung_Galaxy_Nexus installed.

At main menu, about to click on Reboot System Now: -- line was highlighted, so I tapped the "enter button" at bottom right, and the phone rebooted immediately.

booted back into recovery...

Reboot line was highlighted. I tapped it, and it rebooted perfectly... So far, so good.

booted back into recovery...

Navigated through a bunch of menus and returned to the Reboot line -- tapped it, and it booted immediately.

Don't know what I did before, but it seems fine now. Sorry for false alarm!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elidog1:
I am unable to locate my philz backup with a file browser. However it is easily located when I reboot into recovery. How can I find it with a file manager (i.e. Solid Explorer)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justen7723:
Found mine inside clockwork mod folder.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2131538

[74 lock mods/18 glowdots/Nav keys/searchlights 5/25/13][25 sound mods 5/6/13]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elidog1:
Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
This was answered so many times across forum. Search for /data/media/0 support and pelase, read guide in main thread

All is there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xavier86:
I love this recovery. I updated from an old cwm i put on months ago. I'm pretty reluctant on flashing ROMs, kernels, or recoveries when I have a good setup but I'm glad I made the jump to this. Thank you for your hard and dedicated work.

Will you be supporting the galaxy s4? That is my next upgrade in February.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Is already. Look at main thread
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gohamstergo:
Currently having an issue where recovery settings are reset on every launch. And even tho I have the settings backed up and the option set to prompt to restore, it doesn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Could be a slow /data partition to mount. Please provide a log after recovery start. That way i am sure of the issue and can fix it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Droid0351:
I have one question, if I save my backups as in twrp format am I able to restore backups that I already have backed up with twrp recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Well, did not get what you mean exactly.

TWRP recovery will recognize only twrp format

CWM recovery will only recognize cwm format

PhilZ Touch will deal with both, either as restore (import) or backup (export)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] remicks:
Is 5.06.4 not relevant for toro/maguro?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gohamstergo:
Hasn't happened since latest update. But if it does, I'll grab that log. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thedoman:
Where is the storage for backups? I have for backups that I don't need but I can't find them using root explorer. I have a clockworkmod file but it does not contain the backups for this recovery. I simply want to delete and regain the extra space.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BriVG:
Data/media/clockworkmod
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] demlv:
The main thread says that all devices were being updated to 5.08.0. So why no love for Toro?

Or are there so many devices supported now that it really takes that long to roll out all the updates?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jesssiii:
CWM is using mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod for the backup folder. I'm not getting how to get this recovery to use that-if it even should. It doesn't see my previous backups and the one I made with this recovery managed to be in the above referenced folder- then when I go to restore it, it isn't seen because Philz is looking in storage/sdcard0.

I copied the backup over but that's a lot of extra file space.

Also, I was hoping to use ROM Manager with this recovery since it's still clockworkmod. Possible?

Galaxy Nexus Toro

---------- Post added at 07:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:27 PM ----------

Ok, ROM Manager is recognizing the Philz backups. But if I boot directly into recovery, Philz is not seeing them. I'm at a loss as to how to fix this.

Galaxy Nexus Toro
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
Do not ask same in many threads. Answered many times and it is in FAQ
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] demlv:
Boot to recovery. Select Philz advanced settings. Tell it to use data/media/0. It will then see the existing backups.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
He'd rather use /data/media for stock cwm compatibility
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] x3m.zone:
Will be toro updated to latest version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BriVG:
Phil is on vacation, he's been really good at keeping toro up to date, give him a little more time...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] demlv:
Been quite a while. Is Toro still supported?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] C.Hatfield:
Follow the link in the OP ... there have been 2 updates since that last 'vacation' post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhr5474:
I want to say I really like this recovery but when I made a custom zip backup of my ROM then wiped and flashed a new ROM I looked in cwm folder where it was supposed to be and it has magically disappeared. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kuronosan:
Did you wipe everything? Wiping all data will erase your sd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 7175:
It's there, you need to browse for the cwm folder via root mode "data/media/...", check your advanced cwm settings to make sure where it is exactly. I need to double check but the permissions on it might yield media access as public, so if the folder's set to 0660, you wouldn't see it browsing through media_rw and sd_ emulation (/storage/emulated/* and /sdcard).

I've been testing out the 09/20 build philz cwm to go along with my godlike script-strapped Vanir installation, both are running faster than my 4 GHz OC'd i-7, cough Windows cough. I really love the touch gestures this recovery has for turning off the screen, opening the log, and opening AromaFM (the best terminal / file explorer combo on android, script manager comes close with compact 5-row hacker's keyboard and enlarged font, also Solid Explorer 1.52 + CM FM 1.05 + Term 0.42). I'd still like a little larger, maybe bolder font though cause I'm half blind. Really great job on this last release though Phil, keep up the great work! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrcooter:
Phil... Any chance you could upgrade to newest version to work with 4.4? Really missing this recovery. Stock touch just sucks now.... Haha. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gohamstergo:
[MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION] am i doing something wrong in regard to getting usb storage to work? plug in usb cable, click usb storage, phone doesnt appear on computer.. something else i need to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robbnsade:
I see that there haven't been replies to the last few posts so I don't know if I'll get one either, but I have been running philz since I had to use my brothers gnex late last year and haven't had any issues until this morning. When I went to reboot my phone randomly as I typically do every few days, it got stuck in bootloop. This has happened before but it's not the issue I am wanting to pass on. I battery pulled and booted into the bootloader...selected recovery mode...and back into bootloop. It shows the navigation bar within philz at the bottom but then restarts itself and continues this cycle. I am not at home so I can't diagnose it yet or get it running but just wondered why it would be doing this. It doesn't seem to be corrupted due to it loading up the navigation bar before restarting but almost seems to somewhat have erased the recovery. Not sure. Any feedback is appreciated. Running android rev 7.1 stock kernel and hasnt run into a single hiccup until this. Freshly setup rom a few days ago. (Got bored and flash addiction relapse ensued :D )

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gohamstergo:
It's probably just hard for him to respond to the dozens of device threads he has :P Ping [MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] robbnsade:
Yea I know he has a main thread but didn't want to take up room.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Phil3759:
I monitor threads but i do not read too long posts discussing life things (my wife bought me a phone, blah blah)

Keep it simple, clear, short and a log. You will get answered by me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shadow Death:
Lol... "Too long did not read".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hachamacha:
Intending to do up to date nexus builds

I've been doing the unified moto_msm8960 builds (that work with devices like xt926/5/etc) over here:

The toro build of Philz Touch recovery is named cm_toro. I've just started to create builds for it so that you'll have up to date builds here. I've got an old scratch nexus(no SIM) to use and test development with when I'm set. If these go OK, I'll likely do the same for the other couple of toro-like devices.

Should be sometime next week, maybe late next week. Philz Touch is currently built to Version 6.40.1 which has quite a few enhancements from the last ones posted here. I'll put up a detailed post if and when it works.

Cheers.

All credits to [MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION] and the CM team.

PS: I won't be around much this month but if you're dying to try a build and probably screw up your device , then you can try to PM me. These are untested so don't come after me with a bazooka if your gizmo melts. ;). I'll probably do zip and img versions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DR3W5K1:
Im game for an update. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hachamacha:
Sending a PM with link for .img and .zip versions. Let me know how it goes.

Edit: I just tried the .img version on my Vzn Nexus and it seemed to work fine. Flashed CM11, no problem, did a backup and restore as well. Haven't tested the .zip version yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DR3W5K1:
Zip works fine thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hachamacha:
Thanks for letting me know. Glad it works for you. I cleaned up the updater-script which had the wrong version number in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hachamacha:
[toro][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch - New versions.

Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support

PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM

It is a well proven recovery for many phones

It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter

Read the features, and check if you are missing something

Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut

----------------------------

Download links

Latest versions built by me can be found here: (currently 6.xx.* and up).

Note: 6.40.6 is the latest version.

Changelogs:

Note: tested only on my Vzn Galaxy Nexus. Aroma has a few little glitches but is not often maintained.

Older versions built by Phil (or his 'crew'):

NOTE: I need to update this. All the work at the moment is on a VM on my box.

Note: My part in this is very minuscule. I just got (git) his source and stuck it into cm11 as a build base. I changed very little.

Goal: Just to make this available and keep people out of the main thread that aren't developing. If I can help with the specific device I'd do it, but I'm really not an toro expert. Still, if you've got toro questions (so: device-specific, not general philz touch) ask them here about the device and recovery since odds are better you'll get an answer here than in the main thread. I'll try to update this with latest builds each week.

Disclaimer: The usual stuff you read in all of these threads. If your mind turns into margarine after installation, please send a sample to the CDC labs in Virginia. I searched all over XDA for a thread for philz for the toro/nexus and found this so didn't feel like a new thread was needed.

Credits: I think all credit should go to Phil and the CM11 guys if you like this type of recovery.