I have D/L a few stock recovery .img files with different file sizes.
Q: Are all TMO stock recovery images same?
I have 4.3 sense 5.0 latest firmware and would like the kitkat OTA.
Q: What stock recovery .img do I need to flash and where may I get it?
Thanks.
Oh this is for USA country code..NEW YORK.
I am rooted using the TWRP recovery.. latest 3.3
Thanks.
Whenever I have had need to swap back over to the stock recovery (such as the KK upgrade, which I'm just getting finished up right now) I've always used the stock recovery image from the zip file that Behold_this puts together in his thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355814
I think it's been updated now to include the KK firmware, so you may or may not want to download the previous version. If you are curious, the size of the recovery.img that I have is 11.6MB (12,245,248 bytes).
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I was wondering if you can flash the stock recovery while running the Pure Stock Rom? I have read the return to stock thread and can not make heads or tails out of it. One says if you do it this way you still can't Update back to ICS. Another Says You can but you have to add Something to the process. The Radio I think. Is there a clear cut way to return the Note back to stock and be able to update it back to ICS? Or can you just flash the Pure Stock Rom and flash the Stock Recovery that came with the Phone when it had GB on it?
Pure stock from bigfau is rooted ..
Odin .tar is not...
Flash .tar rom via odin ..
Then flash your stock radio via CWM (flash CWM)
Flash counter reset via CWM
Then flash the stock 3e recovery in CWM
Then reboot ...
You will then be able to get update ...as you will be pure stock...g
Trying to get my first rom on to this note.
Ive tried twrp 2.7.1 / 2.8.0 and cwmr 5.5 / 6.0.4.3 and I havent managed to get one installed yet.
Current error im trying to get past is
"radio must be newer than ucmd3." on CWMR
"E:Error executing updater binary in zip" In TWRP I'm getting
dzee206 got me up to the latest CWMR which helped but now I'm stuck.
Currently on stock 4.0 rooted with custom recovery
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SOLVED
apparently you need a new radio from the factory image. if you return to stock using odin and the imgs for stock linked here apparently it puts an old radio in.
you need this radio to flash 4.4+ in both TWRP and CWMR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261713
oscar the grouch said:
Trying to get my first rom on to this note.
Ive tried twrp 2.7.1 / 2.8.0 and cwmr 5.5 / 6.0.4.3 and I havent managed to get one installed yet.
Current error im trying to get past is
"radio must be newer than ucmd3." on CWMR
"E:Error executing updater binary in zip" In TWRP I'm getting
dzee206 got me up to the latest CWMR which helped but now I'm stuck.
Currently on stock 4.0 rooted with custom recovery
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SOLVED
apparently you need a new radio from the factory image. if you return to stock using odin and the imgs for stock linked here apparently it puts an old radio in.
you need this radio to flash 4.4+ in both TWRP and CWMR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261713
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That is why i always suggest to odin the latest firmware if coming from ics and wanting to flash a jb or kitkat rom… its actually a partition issue involving the modem partition. Which is very important to booting up.
I couldnt find that info. Samsung needs a fastboot feature. odin is a pain
Hi!
As the title says, where can i find the latest official/stock (or close to stock) Samsung ROM in a recovery zip format?
I have a carrier independent I9300 (it's a second hand phone, don't know if it was or wasn't sim locked originally), with latest CM11 nightly at the moment with TWRP recovery, but i want to test the speed and functionality of the stock ROM.
I'm not too familiar with ODIN or KIES, that's why i need in "zip via recovery" format.
If flash via recovery, do i have to mind about the EFS partition?
Sorry for the noob questions, but i new in the S3 scene
@pappt: flashing with Odin is no witchery: go to the download section of sammobile.com to find your firmware and follow the short instruction, given there.
Or take NCS ROM instead: heavily debloated newest firmware, shows what Touchwiz is able to.
Hello,
I want to switch from CWM to TWRP.
The problem is, that when I flashed CWM, my android was 4.1.2 version, and so was the recovery.
I've already flashed newer rom than 4.1.2, and now I want to switch to TWRP.
My concern is: Now that I downloaded the latest TWRP and I use Nandroid, it prompts me that the TWRP .img file is built for 4.1.2 android, so can I still flash the TWRP although I have higher version than 4.1.2?
*Also, is Nandroid a working way to switch between recoveries? I've never done that before, and I just came across a thread that suggests using Nandroid to flash new reocvery over the existing one.
Thanks!
TWRP or CWM Recoveries will work in all android versions. Just download twrp-2.8.6.1-i9300.tar flash it via odin. Here is the link - https://dl.twrp.me/i9300/
How do I reflash a stock ROM via custom recovery (TWRP) onto my phone?
Reason being I want to keep my apps and data intact while resetting the system files only.
I'm able to download the stock firmware from Sammobile but they are Odin-flashable files. I don't think they'd work with TWRP - or would they?
Model : i9205 LTE
OS : 4.2.2 (Don't intend to upgrade - not entirely my phone)