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Root [International] PhilZ CWM Recovery - Dummies Guide

Hawker said:
Only if you don't want a working device.
That's full of modules and libraries for file system access, wifi etc. So leave well alone.
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Thanks a lot. Just making it sure. Because my external memory are low. Don't know which file is safe to delete.
 
But that's in /system which is not on your external sd card, and as far as your device is partitioned, it's not even in your internal sd card.

The best way to make as much space as possible is to backup your internal sd to pc, do a factory reset and wipe internal sd, then restore back anything you need.
Personally I never keep anything of my own stuff such as pictures, files etc on internal sd. I always use external sd. This way I know after I do full wipe I won't lose anything vital to me
 
Hawker said:
But that's in /system which is not on your external sd card, and as far as your device is partitioned, it's not even in your internal sd card.

The best way to make as much space as possible is to backup your internal sd to pc, do a factory reset and wipe internal sd, then restore back anything you need.
Personally I never keep anything of my own stuff such as pictures, files etc on internal sd. I always use external sd. This way I know after I do full wipe I won't lose anything vital to me
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what are the steps you do the factory reset? is it thru the phone or thru CWMP? can you please guide me step by step to do it. i already back up all mu files from internal sd. thanks
 
caloyzki said:
what are the steps you do the factory reset? is it thru the phone or thru CWMP? can you please guide me step by step to do it. i already back up all mu files from internal sd. thanks
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Are you asking for a step-by-step guide for your T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, SGH-T889, here?

If so, you should post your question in the All Things Root forum for the T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy Note2, SGH-T889 as this is the Samsung Galaxy S4, International, forum and any step-by-step guide would be irrelevant to your model and firmware.
 
ironass said:
Are you asking for a step-by-step guide for your T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, SGH-T889, here?

If so, you should post your question in the All Things Root forum for the T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy Note2, SGH-T889 as this is the Samsung Galaxy S4, International, forum and any step-by-step guide would be irrelevant to your model and firmware.
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hi sir ironass, im not asking about any root method. just askin sir hawker about the external sd, so that i can get a lot of memory. :)
 
PhilZ Recovery 6.41.8 is up! :)

"improve preserve recovery settings after a wipe
- on settings change, create a second copy of recovery settings on primary storage (/sdcard)
- on recovery exit, always copy recovery settings to sdcard if no copy is present
- after a wipe, on recovery exit, try to restore settings from the copy on primary storage
- fix save/restore settings menu labels
- libtouch_gui 1.22
This update will ensure recovery settings are always preserved after a wipe. No more need to manually backup settings to keep them preserved"

Download for i9505, 6.41.8.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source
 
PhilZ Recovery 6.42.4 is up! :)

"- f2fs: fix nandroid restore to f2fs partitions
- f2fs: support format extra storage to f2fs (vold patch needed)
- f2fs: support switching between f2fs/ext4 (needs f2fs in kernel modules), thanks @kumajaya
- f2fs: reload volume table after f2fs/ext4 conversion (no reboot needed after conversion)
- f2fs: do not format whole /data when not expected on /data/media devices
- f2fs: allow /data f2fs/ext4 conversion for non data_media devices"

Download for i9505, 6.42.4.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source
 
PhilZ Recovery 6.42.5 is up! :)

"- f2fs: Recreate /etc/fstab after ext4/f2fs conversion for proper use of system mount command
- comment useless dead code"

Download for i9505, 6.42.5.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source


HANG ON! WAIT A MINUTE HOUR or two or three or four or five :flute: :bebored: :trytofly: :smokin:
 
PhilZ Recovery 6.43.0 is up! :)

"- nandroid backup: fix 'media' exception:
In CWM, a bug present from the begining was preventing any path/file named media from backup on /data/media devices
This fix will only exclude /data/media path and not other media files/folders"

Download for i9505, 6.43.0.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source
 
Good job someone's on the ball around here! :bebored:

PhilZ Recovery 6.43.8 is up! :)

"- fix recursive path creation bug for /data/media/0
- f2fs: Do not try f2fs recovery.fstab mount options on an ext4 partition
- f2fs: Do not redefine default recovery ext4 mount options when migrating from an f2fs recovery.fstab
- f2fs: Error message when converting unsupported file systems
- fix galaxy mega variant background resolution"

Download for i9505, 6.43.8.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source
 
whoopsie....

I fancied trying out alliance rom (didnt wanna play about with any wifi fix's so only stayed on it around 2minutes!) and it suggested your best to use TWRP to flash it, so i hunted down a copy of odin flashable twrp and fashed the rom.

Sadly this wouldnt recognise my CWM backups so i had to go back into ODIN and flash philz....

i had a copy ready and i flashed it..... recovery wouldnt boot :(

Hunt down and download another, newer version, when i realise i may hvae just flashed the i9300 recovery i had downloaded for the mrs :-O.

Fortunately i have now sorted it with the proper one ;) though the latest would download properly for me? :-(
 
Erm yeah, .... xda ;-)



[ROM][4.4.2] AllianceROM I9505 4.4.2 XXUFNC9 v1 - xda-developers

Should work fine for you with yer knoxified status :-)

It's based on tw but has so so many mods built in to it, think of the way cm mods are built in but quadruple it for the number of them! Also styled on the s5 look :-\ not to my tastes!

As for twrp, if your going to use it, the app wasn't working for me so I had to go hunting for the Odin flashable file :-)
 
Cheers butty.
This was a DAMN good ROM on the S2. The best, and Goldie is an outstanding dev. (I assume he still does this, and the OP is just the messenger)

If I ever stray back to the dark side (ie. Sammy) then this will definitely be the one I'll choose.
 
Hawker said:
If I ever stray back to the dark side
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Sorry, I couldn't resist :D
 
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