Root TWRP - Spectrum

[Neph81]

Shouldn't matter in the slightest. If you're using the zip j posted all its doing is essentially dding an image over the recovery partition overwriting anything that was there. Technically you could do the same thing while booted to the Rom.... so the recovery shouldn't affect it either way.


Neph's comment above was because cwm could be won't when it wasn't built from source. Also there were kernel compatibility issues...supposedly... flashing 3.x kernels from 2.x kernels for awhile.

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Actually, it was in reference to the fact that I purposely never updated the build prop from the Nitro i ganked it from. That CWM was never meant to be a long term fix and I left the old build prop so that people would have to change over to an official CWM once CM was supported.

As for flashing TWRP, we're both in agreement. You can flash TWRP over CWM 5 without any issues. It's Roms that you shouldn't flash in CWM 5.

 

[LillieBennett]

If I flash twrp, then restore a backup created by cwm, will I end up with cwm again?

 

[Brian706]

If I flash twrp, then restore a backup created by cwm, will I end up with cwm again?

A nandroid backup does not change anything on your recovery partition. Much like flashing a new rom, it will not change your recovery or firmware.

That being said, I don't think twrp is compatible with cwm. Meaning you can't restore a cwm backup with twrp and vice versa.

If you flash twrp, you will need to make a twrp backup right away.

 

[LillieBennett]

Yikes, nandroid backups not compatible between recoveries? I was wondering because when CWM makes a backup it has a line that says backing up recovery!

 

[Yoinx]

Yikes, nandroid backups not compatible between recoveries? I was wondering because when CWM makes a backup it has a line that says backing up recovery!

Yeah, the backups aren't compatible. However.... If you need an old CWM backup to be restored, it's pretty trivial to restore CWM. If need be, I can make you a flashable zip to restore it. It's really no biggie. Really, you can just take the flashable zip for this, download the image for CWM rename it to match the .img in the zip, copy the cwm one into the zip, and it should flash.

Yes, CWM does backup the recovery partition. It's a worthless 16mb taken up in your backup. If you're restoring a nandroid... Your recovery parition works, why restore it?

 

[Yoinx]

TWRP 2.6.0.0 just shipped today. Check teamwin's site for the changes/features.

I've built this, flashed and booted. Everything should work fine, but I haven't done much testing.

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Enjoy.

 

[LillieBennett]

To make a CWM install zip from the TWRP I would rather change the name inside of updater-script so that a month from now when I forget I renamed CWM as TWRP won't happen. Is that safe?

 

[Yoinx]

To make a CWM install zip from the TWRP I would rather change the name inside of updater-script so that a month from now when I forget I renamed CWM as TWRP won't happen. Is that safe?

I'm not sure what you're asking... the zip in the previous post is already flashable.

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[LillieBennett]

instead of renaming the cwm image, rename the reference to it in the updater-script

 

[LillieBennett]

I flashed the twrp 2.6 and it seems to work but the date/time is wrong. Definitely a nice recovery that is less arcane. I hacked the zip for cwm and that works too; thanks for that tip Yoinx! Entry into twrp from the power up sequence with the charger plugged is not recommended. Integration with rom toolbox and rom manager is nonexistent but that's probably the fault of the applications. cm updater works good and I like that twrp reports what's going on. Do we still need to keep the rm -fs (whatever it's called) switch on?

 

[Yoinx]

I flashed the twrp 2.6 and it seems to work but the date/time is wrong. Definitely a nice recovery that is less arcane. I hacked the zip for cwm and that works too; thanks for that tip Yoinx! Entry into twrp from the power up sequence with the charger plugged is not recommended. Integration with rom toolbox and rom manager is nonexistent but that's probably the fault of the applications. cm updater works good and I like that twrp reports what's going on. Do we still need to keep the rm -fs (whatever it's called) switch on?

I would keep it on just in case... I think it's just deleting the files instead of formatting. It's on by default anyway since I enabled it in the build tree.

I've been busy at work so I haven't had much time to mess with it.

As for the time... it won't be right without a Rom side script. I have l such a script in my init.d stuff. I believe I put an updated one in my kernel thread. Basically it hooks so that when you reboot to recovery through the Roms power menu it writes a file on/cache with the current time. His recovery will read that file when it boots and set the time to what's in the file.

It's not perfect...but it's the best you'll get without a true hardware clock.

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[ortrigger]

Looks like TWRP has come a long way since I left. Is it usable now? Last I knew, it had a nasty habit of screwing peoples phones up.

 

[legmando33]

Looks like TWRP has come a long way since I left. Is it usable now? Last I knew, it had a nasty habit of screwing peoples phones up.

Dude it works great! Backups and restores are much quicker then CWM and its updated to the latest version. :thumbup:

 

[Yoinx]

Looks like TWRP has come a long way since I left. Is it usable now? Last I knew, it had a nasty habit of screwing peoples phones up.

Pretty sure that was a CWM ported from another device. Now TWRP is building from source. Pretty sure I have a build tree repo linked somewhere in the thread....

https://github.com/yoinx/VS920_TWRP

That should be what you need for the build tree if you intend to build it from source.

 

[klembo1957]

Pretty sure that was a CWM ported from another device. Now TWRP is building from source. Pretty sure I have a build tree repo linked somewhere in the thread....

https://github.com/yoinx/VS920_TWRP

That should be what you need for the build tree if you intend to build it from source.

Good day to you! What is the file size of TWRP, and where is there a current stable copy? I may want to give that one a try. I read the posts, looks like a LOT of investigative work went into this. The copy I downloaded is the one in the link above. Is that the current version? Thanks!!

 

[ortrigger]

Good day to you! What is the file size of TWRP, and where is there a current stable copy? I may want to give that one a try. I read the posts, looks like a LOT of investigative work went into this. The copy I downloaded is the one in the link above. Is that the current version? Thanks!!

The link in that quote is the source code for building TWRP. The link to download the flashable version is this one: http://androidfiles.massivefilehost.com/twrp/Spectrum_TWRP.zip

Just throw it on your SD card, boot to recovery, and flash it like you would a ROM. No need to wipe anything. After it's done flashing, reboot to recovery and run a backup because CWM and TWRP backups aren't interchangeable.

 

[klembo1957]

The link in that quote is the source code for building TWRP. The link to download the flashable version is this one: http://androidfiles.massivefilehost.com/twrp/Spectrum_TWRP.zip

Just throw it on your SD card, boot to recovery, and flash it like you would a ROM. No need to wipe anything. After it's done flashing, reboot to recovery and run a backup because CWM and TWRP backups aren't interchangeable.

I suspected the file size was a little small. THANKS!!!!

 

[Neph81]

The link in that quote is the source code for building TWRP. The link to download the flashable version is this one: http://androidfiles.massivefilehost.com/twrp/Spectrum_TWRP.zip

Just throw it on your SD card, boot to recovery, and flash it like you would a ROM. No need to wipe anything. After it's done flashing, reboot to recovery and run a backup because CWM and TWRP backups aren't interchangeable.

The above link will work, but this is the newest one and made by Yoinx. Either will work, but I'd like to think that the newer version has more bugs worked out of it.

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[klembo1957]

The above link will work, but this is the newest one and made by Yoinx. Either will work, but I'd like to think that the newer version has more bugs worked out of it.

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Hi NEPH, I put this on my SD card, and installed, but everything looks the same. When I reboot, the cyanogen logo comes up. If I boot into recovery, the menu for TWRP comes up.
Is this just a different recovery that I've installed? Perhaps I should stop flashing things for a while.......LOL

 

[klembo1957]

While I am on the subject, is there anything special I have to do to get back to CM10.1.2? Can I just re-flash the rom, or do I need to go through the wiping process too? Any special steps I need to take? Thanks man.

P.S. It really ticks me off that I can't place pauses in a phone number when I dial it. It is an official bug at XDA, but that doesn't make it better. I think it goes deeper than that, CM10.1.2 did something to the phone apk and the dialer.

 

[reeseboy]

While I am on the subject, is there anything special I have to do to get back to CM10.1.2? Can I just re-flash the rom, or do I need to go through the wiping process too? Any special steps I need to take? Thanks man.

P.S. It really ticks me off that I can't place pauses in a phone number when I dial it. It is an official bug at XDA, but that doesn't make it better. I think it goes deeper than that, CM10.1.2 did something to the phone apk and the dialer.

I'm not sure what you mean by "get back to CM10.1.2". If you flashed twrp that only replaces the recovery (you had CWM as a recovery). The recovery and Operating system are on 2 different partitions.

As far as the dialer, I saw that they closed your ticket on jira asking for a logcat. Personally I use an app called catlog in the play store to get those logcats.

 

[klembo1957]

I'm not sure what you mean by "get back to CM10.1.2". If you flashed twrp that only replaces the recovery (you had CWM as a recovery). The recovery and Operating system are on 2 different partitions.

As far as the dialer, I saw that they closed your ticket on jira asking for a logcat. Personally I use an app called catlog in the play store to get those logcats.

I am sorry for that, maybe I should quit trolling this forum when I am tired. So I can flash CM10.1.2 again to change recoveries if I want, right? Is there anything special I have to do? Thanks

 

[ortrigger]

I am sorry for that, maybe I should quit trolling this forum when I am tired. So I can flash CM10.1.2 again to change recoveries if I want, right? Is there anything special I have to do? Thanks

You shouldn't need to change recoveries again. IMO, TWRP is superior to CWM anyway.

 

[Nokoko]

I am sorry for that, maybe I should quit trolling this forum when I am tired. So I can flash CM10.1.2 again to change recoveries if I want, right? Is there anything special I have to do? Thanks

Flashing CM does not affect recoveries. CWM and TWRP are recoveries, CM is a ROM.

 

[klembo1957]

Flashing CM does not affect recoveries. CWM and TWRP are recoveries, CM is a ROM.

To all members of the forum, I apologize. I knew that!

New rules for me:
#1 No typing at the forum when tired.

#2 No typing when at work

#3 Think before I type.

I was running CM10.1.2, but I took an automatic update. I would like to try something else. What would you (everyone) suggest? As far as another ROM goes? Soon I must depart for the bed. I am beat. But thank you all for everything.