yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
The real question is will it restore slimkat with data because I haven't seen that on twrp or cwm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
tbh, i haven't tried yet. I'll have to back it up and then restore to see if it does.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
Do not forget to enable selinux backup/restore
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
loving the ability to be able to restore from TWRP and CWM. this is definitely the best recovery (besides Devil Recovery) that I've used in a long time!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lilpeezy23:
Just replying to say thank you and that everything appears to be working well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hllby666:
I know the original thread given abive says I need to flash via odin. But I just want to ask, I am currently on TWRP recovery can I just flash the zip file for philz recovery? Or do I need to flash it via odin only using the tar file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] brandonhatty:
Flash with TWRP and reboot to recovery to check it out. Pretty sweet I must say!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
I didn't find the enable selinux until after backing up should I make a new back up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
only for new ROMs with selinux, so not for the Note 2 I think as you still have old TW non selinux ones
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
Ohhh I thought this would help a KitKat ROM like cm11 survive a restore lol oh well. My next question is could having selinux enabled hamper me on a backup and restore? Because its already done lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
I think kitkat cm11 roms use permissive selinux permissions, so not affected. Stock CWM doesn't support selinux. However, maybe on some apps it could help

In any case, for cm-10.2 and 11, it is a good idea to have it enabled
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
What about touchwiz 4.3 skynote? Is this also a selinux supported ROM I don't run the old 4.1 Roms anymore I stick to cm10.2 or later and a tw4.3skynote rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
if it has selinux, enable it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bama17:
I switched from CWM to TWRP a few yrs ago but decided to try this out today and WOW...this is awesome!...super nice. Thanks for the work u've put into this. It's great!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] BornDroid:
Love this! Needed a new change up from TWRP. However I wasn't able to find fix permissions. Did I miss something mate?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
Which one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bama17:
The zip file if u wanna flash it in ur current recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
I use twrp ....and I thought I read we could have both recoveries ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] viper31573:
i was just able to back up and restore PA 4.4 without losing data using this recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
Sweet deal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] maverixz:
Thanks for making this Phil. You are an amazing guy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mad96:
This is a very refreshing change thank you! TWRP is nice but the newest version is a little quirky in some areas but still nice. Developer's like yourself keep things moving forward and refreshing!

NUKED N2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
I have now downloaded this ..and still have twrp ...how do I get into twrp?

By default it is going into cwm

Do I have the option of using either/or
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dvanzutphenkann:
Damn dude I love this recovery, how did you get this thing to read my internal storage? Can 6.0.4.3 could see my extsd only. What a work of art thanks Phil
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] icedventimocha:
This is absolutely amazing, reminds me of 4ext on the thunderbolt.

Sent from my Galaxy Note II
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] heavyMGS:
Very nice! I dig it. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] acostello:
up

can i use this from odin? im stock on vram3c.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iflip:
Mirror please? The link seems to be dead.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
link isn't dead from computer. try to download from computer and if you already are, then I'd go to his main thread and try to download there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shamestick:
Can you format internal storage with this recovery? If so, where?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
only along /data as it is part of /data
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dawiseguy77:
How does one do fix permissions? I couldn't find it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] KGBxxx:
Where is the selinux option? I can't seem to find it :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
How in the world can I go back and forth between this recovery and twrp......I flash this and the only recovery that will come up is cw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Shamestick:
I always just flash whatever recovery I want to go to, then in whatever my current recovery is I go and select "reboot recovery" and boom, its switched
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ganggreen777:
Huh. I will try it thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] killa408shark:
i just switched from TWRP to PhilzTouch i was gonna flash a new romwhen i click on install new rom it started to wipe but is been like this for almost 10 min any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
adb shell and log
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chiefsfan69:
Hey all, anyone who might be able to give some help would be greatly appreciated. I've been unable to backup and restore any 4.3 Rom. It seems that when it gets to data it always fails? I love Philz recovery and I'm sure I'm just missing something. Thank you ahead of time for any thoughts and or suggestions!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcollier:
I've actually run into the same thing, and thought it was just me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Do you have this enabled in recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chiefsfan69:
Thanks for the response guys. Yea I do have that enabled. I made sure of it and same results. So I take it you are able to backup and restore just fine? If so there must be something I'm missing or not doing correctly so maybe I'll just play around with it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Yeah ..no problems for me restoring or backing up with this recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrbobo1:
will the verizon version be updated to the latest version that was put out on 12/28 or does that not apply to us? Thanks for a great recovery!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] chiefsfan69:
I'll keep messing with it and just keep hopes up then.. but just to make sure we are on the same page, you ARE able to backup and restore 4.3 ROMS???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wolfeyes30:
Yes. On Sophisticated rom and official Odex Beans. Backup and restore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] napes22:
I'm having the same issue right now. I can't wipe or access the SD card using Phil's recovery. Anyone found a way around this?

---------- Post added at 09:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:32 PM ----------

EDIT UPDATE: Issue appears to be with how Philz accesses the external SD Card. If you install the newest CWM it allows you to use "external sdcard" as your external storage. PhilZ appears to use "storage/sdcard1" which causes it to get stuck when it can't find it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adlerrot:
automatic reboot after any wipe

Okay I have been through most of the posts and cannot find a mention of this issue.

I have installed the latest version of Philz for the vzw note 2. (2013/11/30) Works great I am up and running Nephilim.emj9.v2.5 4.3 rom.

however, When you do any wipe, complete for new rom or just data or reset or cache or delvik the phone reboots as soon as the wipe is finished. Depending on where you are you have to reboot again into recovery to install rom or rewipe. I don't remember this happening with either CWM or Twerp. Is the reboot after wipe fixable or is this on purpose?

Thanks for all the great work it is always appreciated.

Regrds

Adler
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pkopalek:
Download Mode

So I'm posting with a strange inquiry about getting into Download Mode.

My phone appears to be recognized by Odin 3.0.7 (COM5) when it's booted up. But when I reboot into Download Mode, it doesn't show up in Odin.

I've tried this, and tried each of these drivers with my phone in Download Mode plugged in:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41294112&postcount=63

I installed the stock Samsung drivers from the Note 2 Toolbox. I don't have any 'Unknown Devices'. All of my searches seem to lead to people having 'Unknown Device' or the wrong driver. I don't believe that I do. libusbK looked like it was fine and working, and shows up in Device Manager, but not in Odin.

Windows 7 64-bit. Just looking to troubleshoot for the future here. Tried multiple USB cables, with the same result.

I managed to flash this recovery from my old Recovery (TWRP). Very clean, and very effective. Thank you for it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] D1l777:
Has this recovery been updated to work with the new changes made to the SD card block on 4.3 and able to recognize or change to the location I want? I can't seem to find the newest CWM recovery anywhere and making it on the CWM website just fails every time, I'm assuming because it's trying to make an .img file and we can't fastboot flash any .img files. If this isn't updated can someone point me to the newest CWM so I cna finally update to 4.3 :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fordmanck:
ROM manager?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] D1l777:
Dang, I always forget about ROM Manager. I don't like using automated stuff to flash so I normally don't even think about them lol Thanks though! going to go get RM now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fordmanck:
I agree, I don't use it unless absolutely necessary. We used to call it ROM mangler because all the noobs that had never manually flashed their phones would have issues and had no clue how to fix it. So they'd come in the cyanogen irc channel crying. Ah, the good old days. ;)

Back on topic. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jnewberry1:
sorry wrong thread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
On my backup it says it's 10gb's..data seems to be the chunk of it. Normal? Am I missing something? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fordmanck:
That's huge. My backup is 2.3 GB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
Yep. I don't get why. Any idea?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
It is at 50% progress and 5 Gb data

Maybe start by checking what's in your partitions!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
My internal partitions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
It doesn't backup /data/media

maybe too many games in your /data?

Please check first your /data, or let it finish and take a look inside the tar files to see what's being wrong, if any...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
I don't have any games. I did l let it finish two days ago and it was 10 gigs. I'll do another when I get home and see what's inside. I haven't had any issues with any other recovery. Hopefully we can figure this out. I like all the options your recovery has.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
let me know please, but it is probably some huge stuff in your /data partition, exclude /data/media
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
Ok..I will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidrev71:
From what I can tell one of the roms I flashed altered my partitions or something. I flashed a different Rom and the recovery works fine. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Texas_T-Bolt:
question so we have to use this recovery for flashing 4.3 and 4.4? is it almost the same as TWRP? just wanna know if this is the option? or can we still used TWRP since it is a recovery right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] puritan007:
My backups are huge too. Mostly data. I use this recovery I fully believe it's the best currently. Twrp supposedly works as long as it's the newest one. I've had only luck with the philz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wtoj34:
This is more visually like cwm. You are able to flash 4.4 Roms with the latest twrp if you are really set on twrp, I just prefer this recovery :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] lightsout:
nevermind
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donutkidd:
Can I install this on unrooted stock 4.3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] trollishtrucker:
No.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] donutkidd:
Too late already rooted, tried, bricked, downgraded, upgraded, rerooted and now back to normal lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Meibs:
When I try to load from my SD card, it just freezes after I select the SD card location to load files from. Works from internal just fine. Have to battery pull. 64gb, TWRP reads it just fine with no loading issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] alphamale:
The last two times I've tried to restore nandroid from internal sd card i get error message failed to install data. On 4.3 using alliance rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dja2k:
I just did an update to philz_touch_6.12.8-i605.zip and it gave me an infinite reboot loop. Flashed again via Odin and now I have no service.

Confirmed

The previous version flashed via Odin brings back service.

dja2k
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
i can concur with the newest recovery giving an infinite loop. haven't flashed via odin yet though. I'll report back with results.

okay, flashing via odin the 6.07.9 version doesn't give me a bootloop and idk about fixing the radio issues, but I'm downloading the alternative VRAMC3 odin package right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fz798:
+1 Bootloop with latest nightly, 6.07.9 resolved
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pdinphx:
So the newest version is still jacked up?

Darn it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
From the main Philz thread...

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
All Note 2 variants updated on goo.im

Just re-download 6.12.8

You'll notice the much smaller size :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
Phones stuck in a boot loop. Do I need to flash through Odin now, or is there a way to get back into recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
Flash the new version in odin

Ideally, flash older working recovery in odin first and new one in cwm

That way we are sure new one is ok for your device
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
thank you Phil! I've definitely fallen in love with your recovery!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaPitt84:
To install the new version, do I flash it in recovery and then reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
Me to, tried it for the first time last week and love it. Newest one he posted is working amazing, thanks for the quick/updated fix to get this rolling.

On a side note, I know that most if not all 4.4.x roms, you can backup but when restoring you lose data service. Does this hold true for this recovery as well. I am going to test later but was just checking in the mean time. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Phil3759:
You must enable backup of selinux permissions in Nandroid Settings, and pray :D

Give a feedback, it should work perfectly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pdinphx:
Can a brave soul confirm that the revised build is working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
Yes, it works.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ztotherad:
dude, it beautifully works. flash it and be a little wreckless! and if it doesn't work, odin/heimdall becomes your best friend!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaPitt84:
How do I flash the new version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pdinphx:
Oops ... Pushed thanks instead of reply.

Flash zip file in your current recovery and then reboot into recovery straightaway to confirm flash.

Or use Odin to push the tar file ...

I did the former and then used Phils to flash the newest SlimKat. Zero issues ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DaPitt84:
Thank you. Didn't want to do that and it screw up. It's done now.

How do you change the colors and all?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjohnson4580:
Which one in the folder is vzw note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
Look at the title of this thread... i605

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kude87:
i-605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mjohnson4580:
Thank you also do you guys know if this supports f2fs file system
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] travisn000:
v6.19.3-i605 available

I just noticed v6.19.3-i605 with a modification date of today is showing in the i605 directory...

I'm having some difficuly downloading though.. goo.im is syncing servers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] fujimoh:
I was able to successfully download through goo.im and I flashed the file via the version of Philz Touch that I had already installed. When I reboot into recovery the info at the bottom says:

Philz Touch 6.19.2

Clockwordmod v6.0.4.7

Just wondering if this is correct since the file name indicates that the version is 6.19.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] manbat:
In main thread Philz explained some phones have "2" and some have "3"...they were compliled under "3" phone specific differences cause versions difference.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50766542
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Yes he just forgot to change the build number it looks like
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
Version 6.25.0 now available on goo.im.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gottahavit:
I grabbed the version from 3.29 for the i605(note 2), flashed through odin, and while I was able to install and run, it was unable to do either the factory reset or the "Clean" wipe. it would sit on "format data" for a minute then reboot into the existing ROM, which while not "reset" was definitely a mess. Some apps were still there, many showed in download, but were broken.

ROM: JellyWiz 4.3 based

Switched back to TWRP 2.7 and it was able to factory reset just fine.

Not complaining, just an FYI to others.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
I also have that version and have no problems at all with this recovery. I performed a "clean wipe to install new rom" and it worked perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gottahavit:
hmmm, odd maybe something with the recovery install went wrong. Next time I flash a new ROM I'll give it another shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
I've tried 6.26.6 and =formatted but it would sit for a minute and reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbrickg:
No problems with 6.26.6 on my verizon note ii. It does give a rather alarming warning when I quit philz: says root perms may be messed up. Turns out they aren't messed up (the error is in the perms checking routine), and whether you choose "Yes, fix 'em" or "No" it performs just fine. The error is evidently fixed in 6.29.2, but there isn't a precompiled zip of that for our phones. Here's part of the change log for 6.29.2 (26.04.2014):

- fix potential bug when verifying root and recovery state on exit

- merge "Fix verify_root_and_recovery menu selections":

Hopefully philz will offer us i605 users a precompiled zip for that (or, better yet, the most recent version) soon :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Patriot Virus:
I managed to figure it out. It seems that all it took was formatting my internal memory. After that everything was good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
Version 6.41.6 is up on goo.im.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] scauffiel:
It's been a while, anyone having problems with this version?

On a related note, I'm seeing backups from the previous Philz Touch recovery at 3.8GB which seems .... HUGE to me. That normal? I'd swear it was in the 1.2GB range for forever...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
It's all that porn you downloaded last week. Did you forget? Jk :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] scauffiel:
lol - pretty sure that's not it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] torr310:
Thank you very much!

Just want to say THANK YOU, Phil for this awesome job!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pkopalek:
Anyone else having issues with this recovery?

Either backing up to the normal SD card or my External SD card in the backup and recovery options leave PhilZ to freeze for five seconds or so, let the screen go black, then just take me back to the menu.

I can't seem to make this thing do a backup. Strange?

MJ9 stock-based ROM and firmware (properly rooted, etc)

Edit: it's more like 7 seconds, then nothing happens.

Do I need to format my sdcard and external sdcard as a certain format? My external is fat32.

I just don't want to make the move to 4.4.2 without doing a backup!

Edit2:

So I installed the latest normal CWM Touch, and was able to do a backup.

When I went to Wipe Data, the screen hangs for several minutes, and the phone spontaneously reboots into Recovery again, with no warning or record of what happened.

I go flash Phil's again (since I'm satisfied with backup), and normal /sdcard/ has a few weird folders in it now and a /0/ directory with all of what the internal storage USED to have. Strange? I flash PhilZ, boot into PhilZ, and wipe data..

Same thing. It hangs and reboots into recovery again. I boot into normal system to verify that data was wiped (it seemed to be), so I went and flashed the new ROM and radio (4.4.2 stock rooted). Oddly, my Google account, and wi-fi hotspot information are still inputted into the phone. Not sure how I feel about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
Not seeing any of those problems. It works perfectly for me.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pdc419:
I had this happen awhile ago with a earlier clockwork recovery, I think. I believe that the only fix is to Odin back to stock. If I remember correctly it had to do with certain "blocks" becoming corrupted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jeremiahEJ54:
I stumbled across a post this weekend that said trying a stock recovery may work because it does clear the block correctly and custom recoveries only clear the headers of the blocks. Sorry I don't have a reference link to give, but it is worth searching and giving it a try.

Edit:

Found the thread = http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792511
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
with the latest philz 6.41.6, I'm experiencing issue where it won't restore my 4.3 ROM that I just backed up. it'd give me error reading tmp/boot.img.md5 md5 verification failed ... anyone on the same boat?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] gr8nole:
I did see that one time. I just chose the option to NOT verify md5 and it restored fine.

Haven't seen it since then.

Sent from my SCH-I605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] andrep182:
Great, this is why you don't restore things at 5 in the morning. I got pissed and deleted my backups .... lol, I'll give this a try next time. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] pkopalek:
Thanks for the info.

I trusted the wiping and flashed 4.4.2 anyway, to find out that every time I install an app, my data is already in place. And in Downloaded apps, ALL of my previous apps (old rom before wiping) are listed, but with no icons and 0 bytes.

My phone is completely functional with no real issues, but I'll be going through that process for sure to clean up when I move on from this ROM. Man, so strange!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bigmike35:
Is the lastest Philz 6.48.4? Is this working fine for everyone? Not only stock/rooted roms but the CM's, Akops. Slims, all data, service and the works all good?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] WilliamKingX17:
Is anyone else having issues with this recovery not formatting internal data like it should. I've tried several times and it keeps my data from the previous ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
ok, I want to install this but the link goes to about 50 other links. Which EXACT link do I use? Is it just the i605 link? It is not Verizon specific I guess?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] manbat:
i605 is Verizon Note 2......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] NWNJ:
Yeah. I need more sleep. I knew that already. Moving on.