• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Root [RECOVERY] PhilZ Touch 6.19.2 [NEED TESTERS]

C

cooldudezach

Android Enthusiast
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what you do with your phone. Please flash at your own risk
smile.gif


At long last, I am proud to give you guys what I've been keeping secret from everybody! There were a few bugs that took some hammering to get out, but this should be as bug free as you can get. :D

If you aren't sure what PhilZ recovery is, then you are in for a treat! It is based on CWM, with many additions to the source by Phil3759.

Some features:
- full touch + custom gui interface
- ability to set the time (so no more backups from the 70's)
- create a custom_rom.zip (which pulls from /boot and /system)
- you can toggle between /sdcard and /sdcard/0 (helpful when we get roms past 4.2)
- Plenty more

Stuff I fixed:
- access to both the internal and external sdcard
- USB Mass Storage access to the external sdcard
- selecting sdcards now say "internal sdcard" and "external sdcard" rather than "/sdcard" and "/storage/sdcard1"


 PhilZ main thread, full feature list, install instructions
[01.03.2014]CWM 6.0.4.7 Advanced Edition / PhilZ Touch 6.19.2 (libtouch_gui 1.01) - xda-developers

Download links (make sure to download the latest)
Dev-Host - philztouch6.19.2-nex.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service

How to install
Make sure you have fastboot + adb drivers already installed!
If you do not have CWM installed, follow these commands:
- Extract the recovery.img from the .zip you downloaded (keep the .zip in the same place)
- Open a command prompt where you extracted the file
- Enter these commands:
Code: 
adb reboot bootloader
(wait for the device to reboot. the screen will be black and the red light will be on)

sudo fastboot boot recovery.img
You will now be in a temporary recovery boot. Follow the install instructions for pre-installed CWM.

If you have CWM installed:
Install via sideload
- Select "Install Zip"
- Select "Install zip from sideload"
- From your computer, open a command prompt where the .zip you downloaded is located
- Execute the command: (replacing {filename} with the correct filename)
Code: 
adb sideload {filename}
Install via sdcard
- Place the recovery.zip you downloaded onto your sdcard (internal or external)
- Select "Install Zip"
- Select "Install from {sdcard}" (either /sdcard for internal or /storage/sdcard1 for external)
- Navigate to where the zip is located and select it
- Select "Yes"

Congratulations! You have now installed PhilZ 6 Touch Recovery!

Thanks to
 - Phil3759 for the awesome recovery!
- junkie2100 for his help understanding cwm, plus his work already done on cwm for the warp4g
- rbheromax for helping me with code stuffs
- Spz0 + krsmqn for being my guinea pigs :)

 
just flashes and I'm loving it. I'm normally a twrp kind of dude but this seems pretty promising. Thanks very much to all who helped!
 
nobletype said:
Can I throw it on my sd card and install zip from sd card? Seems easiest to me, but maybe that shouldn't be done?
Click to expand...
Yeah, you can do that as well. I just usually use sideload for my guide. dunno why, just do for whatever reason. I'll add a mention though.
 
I made a backup with this after installing it and tried again to install the awesomerom v1.1 just to see if it would work through this. It didnt, but when I tried to restore from the backup it errors and resets itself then goes to the android screen and gets stuck. Any suggestions? Do I need to just return to stock? I would like to avoid this, but I will wait for your better judgement.


Update: After a bit of fiddling with things I tried to revert back to regular cwm and restored and it is back to running. Phew!
 
niche9111 said:
I made a backup with this after installing it and tried again to install the awesomerom v1.1 just to see if it would work through this. It didnt, but when I tried to restore from the backup it errors and resets itself then goes to the android screen and gets stuck. Any suggestions? Do I need to just return to stock? I would like to avoid this, but I will wait for your better judgement.


Update: After a bit of fiddling with things I tried to revert back to regular cwm and restored and it is back to running. Phew!
Click to expand...

AWEsome will be updated after the weekend and should work fine now with stock kernel
 
niche9111 said:
I made a backup with this after installing it and tried again to install the awesomerom v1.1 just to see if it would work through this. It didnt, but when I tried to restore from the backup it errors and resets itself then goes to the android screen and gets stuck. Any suggestions? Do I need to just return to stock? I would like to avoid this, but I will wait for your better judgement.


Update: After a bit of fiddling with things I tried to revert back to regular cwm and restored and it is back to running. Phew!
Click to expand...
I think I experienced this issue myself, so I'll look into it. There was/is an issue with /data not restoring properly, i think.
 
OP updated with link. Enjoy!

I haven't tested the 6.17.8 version I just uploaded, but it should all work fine. Not too much has changed since the last version.

What I tested on the last version, so should be still working:
OP updated with link. Enjoy!

Here's what I tested:
Backup to internal/external sdcard
Restore from internal/external sdcard
Mount/unmount partitions
Mount USB storage
Format /data, /system, /cache, /boot

Note:
I did run into an issue while switching roms, where /data would not format or mount properly, so I had to "format /data and /data/media" rather than "format /data" This only happened once, and possibly was fixed by a change I made in attempt to fix it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: tli
just flashed philz_touch_6.12.8-mb886.zip which was the latest I could find for my Atrix HD. Can not find way to set time on phone. Probably not on this version? Thanks!!! (coming from cwmr6044)
 
kris443 said:
just flashed philz_touch_6.12.8-mb886.zip which was the latest I could find for my Atrix HD. Can not find way to set time on phone. Probably not on this version? Thanks!!! (coming from cwmr6044)
Click to expand...
You should probably ask in a forum for your device, but no that version doesn't have the time fix.
 
Thank you thank you thank you

A million times thank you. The old CWM we have had can't do some of what I need it to.

THIS IS AWESOME!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom