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[Recovery]CWM for Samsung Galaxy SIII mini - official

Few days ago an official CWM recovery was made from the ClokworkMod team for our device. Here you can find the link for the site to download or you can download the ROM Manager app from the play store. It's version 6.0.2.7 and it is the latest version.
It's official so don't ask if it work, cos it works.
ClockworkMod website link
Play Store link
This has nothing to do with me, it's not my work, i'm just sharing the info!

thanks how to uninstall cwm?

furuko1231 said:
thanks how to uninstall cwm?
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Find a backup of original recovery.img for i8190 and put it on your external sd.
Use Terminal emulator with "dd if=/storage/extSdCard/recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p21" command, and it will be written to your recovery partition.

What different between CWM recovery and original recovery?
Is both support three key combo reboot? Volume up + home + power when phone starting..... or how?
Which is better for usage?

S3miniFin said:
What different between CWM recovery and original recovery?
Is both support three key combo reboot? Volume up + home + power when phone starting..... or how?
Which is better for usage?
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Cwm recovery allows you to flash .zip files not signed by samsung. And it also has some othet function wich the stock recovery doesnt have.
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my old phone (galaxy mini) had bricked by ROM Manager.. any confirmation with this methode? just want to make sure, cz i already bricked my phone with this methode before..

adipradana97 said:
my old phone (galaxy mini) had bricked by ROM Manager.. any confirmation with this methode? just want to make sure, cz i already bricked my phone with this methode before..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140530
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tys0n said:
Find a backup of original recovery.img for i8190 and put it on your external sd.
Use Terminal emulator with "dd if=/storage/extSdCard/recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p21" command, and it will be written to your recovery partition.
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Thanks for this, where would I find an original recovery image please?

magickdude said:
Thanks for this, where would I find an original recovery image please?
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I posted a link HERE.:good:

works great! ^^

tys0n said:
I posted a link HERE.:good:
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Thank you so much for this, worked perfectly, greatly appreciated my friend.

after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?

DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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I had this issue with all the 4.1.2 roms, it went away when I went back to 4.1.1

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DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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Have the same problem, but wasn't sure if rom problem. After waiting, locking and unlocking they work for me.
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DocMAX said:
after rebooting from cwm recovery softbuttons dont work anymore unless i turn off the phone. anyone else?
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Yes I have this after whatever I do with the recovery, wip, install, clear cache... After boot, I reboot the phone again and it's ok.
Its the same with twrp recovery..
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Same here, usually i have to shut down 2 times to fix it. Just rebooting doesnt help.
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i'm install cwm and uninstall tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093727 but increasing custom binary count : 1 how to reset ????

You can't reset it not yet.
Why did you even flash it with Odin? You should've asked me to make a flashable zip with stock recovery, like the ones you saw in other CWM topics.
But most importantly, why did you reflash stock recovery in the first place?

I`m not able to access CWM recovery mode by holding down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds . The phone show me a black screen and reboot again , if try again to enter recovery mode I face same reboot , if no key are pressed is just booting normally . Strange is that TWRP recovery is working perfectly with the combination of vol up + menu + power

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I`m not able to access CWM recovery mode by holding down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds . The phone show me a black screen and reboot again , if try again to enter recovery mode I face same reboot , if no key are pressed is just booting normally . Strange is that TWRP recovery is working perfectly with the combination of vol up + menu + power
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So the 3 button combo works with twrp? If so am gonna try twrp.
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no recovery mode after cwm and cyano

hello guys, after installing cwm and cyanogen mod does not work in the recovery mode.
how can I fix this?

Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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I installed the twrp through gooManager and nothing has changed.

Can you be a little more specific on your problem? What do you mean nothing changed? The recovery?
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Eddy130306 said:
Can you be a little more specific on your problem? What do you mean nothing changed? The recovery?
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still does not work the recovery mode with buttons Volume Down and the Power Button

domy88 said:
still does not work the recovery mode with buttons Volume Down and the Power Button
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in TWRP, the vol up + down aren't supposed to be used. Power button just locks the phone while in TWRP
EDIT: Wait, I'm losing it. Do you mean trying to access the recovery through vol down and power doesn't work? And then if you are in cwm, it doesn't work?

Eddy130306 said:
in TWRP, the vol up + down aren't supposed to be used. Power button just locks the phone while in TWRP
EDIT: Wait, I'm losing it. Do you mean trying to access the recovery through vol down and power doesn't work? And then if you are in cwm, it doesn't work?
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sorry but I do not understand.
I had the Nexus S if I could get into recovery mode with volume up + power buttons, always! both stock rom and with CyanogenMod.
the Nexus 4 worked perfect with stock rom volume down + power but with CyanogenMod + cwm does not work anymore.
ps I can get into recovery mode only with gooManager.

domy88 said:
sorry but I do not understand.
I had the Nexus S if I could get into recovery mode with volume up + power buttons, always! both stock rom and with CyanogenMod.
the Nexus 4 worked perfect with stock rom volume down + power but with CyanogenMod + cwm does not work anymore.
ps I can get into recovery mode only with gooManager.
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So you still have CWM correct? And you already tried flashing TWRP through gooManger right? If that's not working, you need to fastboot from your computer. BTW it's vol down + power.

Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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This is utter BS, CWM is more reliable than TWRP atm imo.

gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
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This is utter BS, CWM is more reliable than TWRP atm imo.
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Not kidding. I've always had problems on every phone with CWM.

gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
is done.
but there is no way to get into recovery mode from phone off?
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
Just go to recovery in the cm powermenu. Enable advanced rebooting in developer options. You don`t need buttons to get in recovery.
is done.
but there is no way to get into recovery mode from phone off?
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Power down the phone, press volume down and power button and you get into bootloader mode, scroll down with the volume button and select recovery and press power button and you should be in CWM or TWRP. If you are not you need to reflash a custom recovery in fastbootmode. Flashing CM does not affect recovery, bootloader and radio.
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Eddy130306 said:
Never use CWM. It never works. Its basically crap. I've tried it on 3 different phones and it was never able to read the internal storage or SD cards on any of them. Flash TWRP through fast boot.
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Eddy130306 said:
Not kidding. I've always had problems on every phone with CWM.
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This is an OPINION from personal experience, NOT a fact as you presented it in the first post. Don't spew out BS without any valid justification. There's a reason most people use CWM and it's fine for everyone else, you're in the minority here by a long shot. Just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean it won't work for anyone else.

gee2012 said:
domy88 said:
Power down the phone, press volume down and power button and you get into bootloader mode, scroll down with the volume button and select recovery and press power button and you should be in CWM or TWRP. If you are not you need to reflash a custom recovery in fastbootmode. Flashing CM does not affect recovery, bootloader and radio.
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maybe I did not explain well.
it does not enter in recovery mode and even in bootloader
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
maybe I did not explain well.
it does not enter in recovery mode and even in bootloader
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Try turning off the phone and charge it fully, then try again. Volume down and power button to get in bootloader mode, if you succeed reflash a stock rom, reroot and reflash a custom recovery (if you want/need that). Good luck
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ilPSas west
gee2012 said:
domy88 said:
Try turning off the phone and charge it fully, then try again. Volume down and power button to get in bootloader mode, if you succeed reflash a stock rom, reroot and reflash a custom recovery (if you want/need that). Good luck
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I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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Honestly, all I do is hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. Works every time. Not sure what is going on with you. Try rebooting. As soon as the screen goes black, hold volume down. Keep holding it until you get into the bootloader.
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domy88 said:
gee2012 said:
I did reflash a stock rom and OEM lock.
not even go into bootloader mode. even with stock rom
helpppppp :crying:
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Holding the volume down + power should get you into the boot loader no matter what rom or custom recovery you have installed, whether you have your boot loader locked or unlocked. This it's hard wired into the hardware, and if it does not work you have a hardware problem, not a problem with rom or recovery. Flash stock Rom and stock recovery, and the then RMA the phone.
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estallings15 said:
domy88 said:
Honestly, all I do is hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. Works every time. Not sure what is going on with you. Try rebooting. As soon as the screen goes black, hold volume down. Keep holding it until you get into the bootloader.
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I always had nexus. nexus s nexus 3 years and now nexus 4.
I'm not a novice but I assure you it does not work anymore.
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domy88 said:
estallings15 said:
I always had nexus. nexus s nexus 3 years and now nexus 4.
I'm not a novice but I assure you it does not work anymore.
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now function with battery > 90%
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[Q]How do I get this beast into recovery mode?

How do I get this phone into Recovery mode so I can flash from TWRP?
I've been searching, but haven't found anything.

TWRP Manager, Goo Manager, ROM Toolbox, Quickboot, and Reboot have all worked for me.
Sent from Verizon logo plastered G2 bastard

Sushiglobster said:
How do I get this phone into Recovery mode so I can flash from TWRP?
I've been searching, but haven't found anything.
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From original android Dev thread.
press and hold Power and Vol- until see the LG logo, after you see the logo release buttons for 1 second then press and hold Power and Vol- again until you see the factory reset screen, just push power to confirm reset, it will prompt you twice, just continue and this will boot you into recovery.
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YOU MUST HAVE LATEST RECOVERY INSTALLED. 2.6.3.2!
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Delete

adb reboot recovery
Last I knew users were being warned against using hardware key combos to enter recovery. Did something change recently?
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Thanks everyone. I know it was a dumb question. I was able to get in. Goo did it for me, but thanks to your response, I have learned of other ways to do it.
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nismology said:
adb reboot recovery
Last I knew users were being warned against using hardware key combos to enter recovery. Did something change recently?
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Yes, with latest recovery a button combo was implemented. This just hasnt been updated yet in the TWRP thread. BTW im talking about TWRP 2.6.3.2

truckroot said:
TWRP Manager, Goo Manager, ROM Toolbox, Quickboot, and Reboot have all worked for me.
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If your LG2 does not boot, how do you get to recovery (this is presuming TWRP has already been installed), since you cannot get to those apps?

MarkAtHome said:
If your LG2 does not boot, how do you get to recovery (this is presuming TWRP has already been installed), since you cannot get to those apps?
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Post # 3 has the info you need.

tdevaughn said:
Post # 3 has the info you need.
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Thanks for pointing me there, tdevaughn.

That's awesome, except on this G2 it's power & volume -, wait, then release volume - and press volume +. Othertimes it's as described here. Other times neither method works. Always takes 15 minutes. Got there once by starting up by pressing volume - and power.. Saw the LG logo then volume + and power.. I have a tripolar g2

Sprint S4 Stuck at Yellow Splash/Bootloop

So I got this S4 shortly after it came out running 4.2. I flashed CM 10.2 shortly afterwards, and ran that until the first milestone of CM11 was released. I switched to that for about 2 months, but decided I wanted to return to stock this evening.
I followed Qbking77's guide on unrooting to MDC, and all seemed well until I got to the restart stage and the phone started hanging at the yellow Sprint logo until switching to a bootloop. I've since tried reflashing the image multiple times and no dice.
I have a nandroid backup from 1-18-14 that I took after installing CM11. At this point I'd take anything functional, CM or stock.

After flashing mdc in odin just turn off the phone. Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Reboot. Profit.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
After flashing mdc in odin just turn off the phone. Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset. Reboot. Profit.
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Maybe I'm confused but... Isn't that when you hold volume up + power? If I understand what I'm doing, I think I'm only able to get download mode and not recovery.

Eazy B said:
Maybe I'm confused but... Isn't that when you hold volume up + power? If I understand what I'm doing, I think I'm only able to get download mode and not recovery.
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Volume Down + Power is 'Download mode'
Volum UP + power is Stock recovery
Look here

leaderbuilder said:
Volume Down + Power is 'Download mode'
Volum UP + power is Stock recovery
Look
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I see.
So I'm tried those on the phone and I can get download mode, but not recovery mode. It will flash with the text in the top left corner, but then go right back into the boot loop like before.

Eazy B said:
I see.
So I'm tried those on the phone and I can get download mode, but not recovery mode. It will flash with the text in the top left corner, but then go right back into the boot loop like before.
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You not letting go of, or holdin onto the buttons too long.

leaderbuilder said:
You not letting go of, or holding onto the buttons too long.
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So... I couldn't get recovery mode to work and I assumed that somehow I had erased it.
I went searching for tutorials on how to restore a stock recovery + rom and found an application that acts as an Odin All In One.
I'm not allowed to link yet, but something tells me that the author Rwilco12 is known around here because it's a pretty helpful piece of work he's done. I used the tool and suddenly I was able to boot into recovery per leaderbuilder's instructions.
The good news is: ITS ALIVE!
Thanks everyone for your help!

If you have an SD card and are stuck at the yellow sprint screen take it out and reboot the phone and it'll boot. After that first boot you shouldn't have a problem anymore
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leaderbuilder said:
You not letting go of, or holdin onto the buttons too long.
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It can be a real pain to get the timing right sometimes.
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After holding down the volume up and power you can let go of power and hold the volume down. This will make sure it boots into recovery.
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Question

I am stuck in twrp my nandroid fails "when its finished installing I revert to twrp I have all the tools needed to revert to stock its just I cannot get out of twrp. It aslo wont power off so I cant get into download mode either..... what can I do?
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MikeJennni said:
I am stuck in twrp my nandroid fails "when its finished installing I revert to twrp I have all the tools needed to revert to stock its just I cannot get out of twrp. It aslo wont power off so I cant get into download mode either..... what can I do?
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I had this when running TWRP and if I remember you hold the "off" button down until it starts to reboot and then quickly hold the up button while it's rebooting.
You may be able to just hold the start and up button at the same time then turn the start button loose when you see the logo.
Again; I can't remember exactly what I did but it's safe to say to device is not broken.
One note: I was never able to get TWRP to run correctly (consistently) on this device without at least some issues.
I use CMR with no problems.
Also when I had this problem i had to do a complete wipe to get completely into download mode...
Good luck...

Gabriel51 said:
I had this when running TWRP and if I remember you hold the "off" button down until it starts to reboot and then quickly hold the up button while it's rebooting.
You may be able to just hold the start and up button at the same time then turn the start button loose when you see the logo.
Again; I can't remember exactly what I did but it's safe to say to device is not broken.
One note: I was never able to get TWRP to run correctly (consistently) on this device without at least some issues.
I use CMR with no problems.
Also when I had this problem i had to do a complete wipe to get completely into download mode...
Good luck...
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Ill try wiping holding volume up or both at logo isnt working ....im guessing because its restarting instead of power off. Ill report back
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MikeJennni said:
Ill try wiping holding volume up or both at logo isnt working ....im guessing because its restarting instead of power off. Ill report back
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That's correct! it will auto restart so you have to get your timing right. Try holding down the start button and as soon as the screen goes blank release the start button and grab the up button..

Gabriel51 said:
That's correct! it will auto restart so you have to get your timing right. Try holding down the start button and as soon as the screen goes blank release the start button and grab the up button..
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No luck with the timing. And now after wiping my nandroid is gone
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Ok. I got it. Full wife allowed me to fully power off. Once powered off in achieved download mode by holding volume up and plugging device into laptop via micro usb.
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MikeJennni said:
Ok. I got it. Full wife allowed me to fully power off. Once powered off in achieved download mode by holding volume up and plugging device into laptop via micro usb.
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This is why I abandoned TWRP which was always my favorite, but not for this device.
I'm glad your up and going again...

Gabriel51 said:
This is why I abandoned TWRP which was always my favorite, but not for this device.
I'm glad your up and going again...
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Yeah twrp is new to me ive always used cwm. Thanks for the quick responses the full wipe definitely helped. Thanks again
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