Now go to #1.7 to install Nandroid Manager and Online Nandroid Backup. Method #2 for rooted phones with CWM/TWRP Recovery. This method is for those who are already rooted and have a CWM or TWRP Recovery but wish to install the PhilZ custom recovery with its enhanced touch facilities. GT_I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXAKPA.tar.md5 I9100_KERNEL_I9100XXKP9_CL45181_REV02_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5 I9100_EFS_I9100XXKP9_CL45181_REV02_user_low_ship.t ar.md5 u1_0_emmc_EXT4.pit Odin3 v1.83 BUT THIS DID Use Odin to flash this version note what boxes are ticked and then after root manually and then use z3x and tick UNLOCK/REPAIR EFS then.
This is a step-by-step guide, with videos and screenshots, for absolute beginners to Android and the Galaxy S4. Please read it carefully and thoroughly as it will take you through the installation procedure and answer most of your queries. ( Warning On firmware releases that are Knox security enabled the following instructions will result in the Knox security flag being tripped.
See, for more information.) Phil3759 is well known for his CWM, (ClockWorkMod), custom recoveries in the rooting and modding circles. The custom recovery is essentially the phone's stock kernel image with an elaborate CWM, ClockWorkMod, Recovery incorporated that replaces the very basic one that comes with stock and allows you to create, ' nandroid', backups and a whole host of other tasks that are essential to modding your phone. You cannot root your phone with these recoveries so you will need to be rooted to install them. There are 2 methods of installing the PhilZ recovery that depend on whether you have a stock or a custom, CWM, Recovery already installed on your rooted phone.
Method #1 for rooted phones with STOCK Recovery #1.1.Download PhilZ recovery for your model of phone Use this method of installation if you do not already have a custom, CWM, recovery installed. You will no doubt have Odin3, the necessary drivers and a USB lead already as you are rooted.
It requires that you flash, via Odin3, the PhilZ recovery which, by itself, cannot be used to root your phone. Download the latest PhilZ recovery.tar.md5 file for your model of phone. Samsung Galaxy S4, GT-i9505, quad core. Download the latest PhilZtouch jflte. Tar.md5 file,. Or Samsung Galaxy S4, GT-i9500, octa core.
Download the latest PhilZtouch i9500. Tar.md5 file,. If you are unsure of the model of your phone, go to.
Settings More About device Model number Download the file to your desktop. This is the.tar file that contains the PhilZ custom recovery. Ensure that your phone is fully charged and that you have USB debugging enabled. On your phone, go to. Settings More About device Build number and tap 7 times on it. This will enable the hidden, “ Developer options”, menu when you go back to the, “More”, menu.
Open the, “ Developer options”, menu and check, “ USB debugging”. Put your phone into Download mode by turning it off completely and then press and hold the following buttons. Volume Down + Home (centre hard key) + (lastly) Power. Continue to hold these buttons until your phone boots into the Warning! Screen asking you to press volume up if you want to continue or volume down to cancel. Press Volume Up.
Right click on Odin and select, ' Run as Administrator', to open it. Ensure that the Samsung Kies programme is NOT running at the same time as this can cause problems With Odin displayed on your PC screen, click on the AP button, (formerly known as PDA on earlier versions of Odin), and navigate to the extracted PhilZ.tar file, that you placed on your home screen, and select it.
Make sure that Re-Partition is unchecked and that Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and PDA are checked and that the PDA box now contains your.tar file. Connect your phone, still in Download mode, to the PC using the USB lead. If you have successfully connected to Odin you should see the ID:COM box in Odin turn yellow or light blue, (depending on which version of Odin you are using). In Odin click the Start button and you should see a green progress bar above ID:COM and shortly after that the box above it will turn green with the word PASS! In it and your phone will automatically reboot. If during re-booting you are offered the option to, 'Fix Root', then select No. Now go to #1.7 to install Nandroid Manager and Online Nandroid Backup.
Method #2 for rooted phones with CWM/TWRP Recovery This method is for those who are already rooted and have a CWM or TWRP Recovery but wish to install the PhilZ custom recovery with its enhanced touch facilities. Before doing anything, you should do a nandroid, and /efs file backup to your external SD card. These are your, ' Get out of jail FREE' cards in case anything goes wrong, now or in the future. Download the latest PhilZ custom recovery.zip file for your model of phone. Samsung Galaxy S4, GT-i9505, quad core.
Download the latest PhilZtouch jflte.zip file, or Samsung Galaxy S4, GT-i9500, octa core. Download the latest PhilZtouch i9500.zip file, (If you are unsure of the model of your phone, go to. Settings More About device Model number) Place it on your external SD card, safest place, (if you downloaded it using your phone it will be in. ' /mnt/sdcard/Download'). You should now boot your phone into Recovery mode, see video, and select Install zip and choose External sdcard.
You then navigate to ' philztouch.zip', and install it. Before rebooting it is a good idea to also select Wipe cache partition and, under Advanced, Wipe dalvik cache. Now, go back and select Reboot System now. For more details and support for the PhilZ custom recovery, visit the developers website,. Installing Nandroid Manager and Online Nandroid Backup. To make full use of the options that are now available you will need to download and install, ', and, ', from the Google Play Store.
You are now able to make, 'nandroid', (mirror image of OS, app's and settings), backups and restores. Tip: In Online Nandroid Backup Menu Settings Default Backup Settings Save Location.
Set it to, ' /storage/extSdCard', as nandroids can be around 4GB and would soon fill up your internal storage. Note: If you flash a stock Samsung firmware which contains a stock, un-rooted, kernel, in future you will need to re-root and install the custom recovery again.
Thanks go to for his kernel and instructions. Feel free to make a donation to Phil3759 for all his hard work. ( Whilst I have taken every care in compiling this guide, I cannot be held responsible for any damage that may occur through its use, or mis-use, and the decision to use this guide lies with you, the owner. This guide is written solely for, and on behalf of, Android Forums and may not be reproduced, in part or whole, without permission.) ironass motto. ' Flash in haste. Repent at leisure'. Bugger.the little one actually decided for the first time in a month and a half to wake me up at 3 am instead of 8 am!
Had tried to keep from getting up up, but to no avail. Shall try using a formatting program on the computer, already tried setting it to backup onto external through Rom manager but didn't make a difference unfortunately:-( philz has posted a fix, but I'm not entirely sure that the fix is for this problem or not! Lol shall try formatting tomorrow, probably night, and will let y'all know how I get on, cheers. Latest PhilZ recovery versions are. I9505 = 5.08.0 Changelog.
There is no straight way to achieve any good thing in the life. You must have to go though each and every step to obtain the same. Similar thing is applicable in the world of Android. Being an open source platform, Android provides all development flexibility to developers / users in a way such that they can customize their OS as per their requirement. And so the term Custom OS does exist in case of Android.
Now, why one should use Custom ROMs? And how he / she can install the same? Well, answer to these two questions is very simple. Many times you realize that your phone is becoming slow or you may get bored by viewing the same UI everyday. Then to improve your device’s speed or change it’s UI completely, you’ve to either uninstall installed apps (for performance improvements) and install some launcher available in Play Store to change the system UI. But again, installing launcher consumes a lot of resources than system used to take before with stock launcher.
So, what should do to avoid any of these things? The answer is- flash a Custom ROM like & feel the awesomeness. This is the answer what we were looking for our first question. Now, since you can’t install Custom ROMs directly, there has to be some way around. A Custom Recovery is the only way with which you can flash Custom ROMs as well as perform many other actions.
(CWM) is one of the most famous Custom Recovery used to flash Custom ROMs like Cyanogenmod, ParanoidAndroid etc. So, what CWM can do other than flashing Custom ROMs? CWM has many features like- back up & restore, partitioning sd card, Wiping data / factory resetting the phone, Custom kernel / Script installation support, in-build ADB support etc. CWM supports variety of Android devices including.
Recently XDA Elite Recognized Developer codeworkx has released a latest version of CWM (viz. 6.0.2.9) for international variant of Galaxy S2. You can use the procedure mentioned ahead to flash a Clockworkmod Recovery on your phone. So here it goes. Pre-Requisites:.
It is recommended to charge your device up to 60% battery level (though recovery flashing time is in seconds). In order to make the phone recognized by PC (Odin Tool), device specific drivers (Samsung Drivers) are necessary and must be installed in your computer. You can install them by installing Samsung Kies. Download Kies from. OR Download appropriate device drivers directly from the link mentioned below:. Disable all security related software (like Antivirus) installed on your PC.
Procedure to Install Clockworkmod Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100: Downloads:. For ICS:. For JB:. Procedure for Jelly Bean:. Let’s start with the actual procedure. At first, switch off the phone completely. Boot into download mode.
For doing the same, press & hold Volume down + Home button (Middle one) together and while holding both buttons, simply press Power key till you see the warning message appeared on your phone screen. Read / Ignore the warning message & press Volume up button to continue. Finally you’ll see the Green Android robot & downloading text written below it. This means your device has booted in download mode. Now, open Odin Multi Downloader tool on your Computer & connect the phone using USB cable. If your phone is connected successfully, you’ll see that the ID:COM section (located at top left) is turned blue with a random COM port number appeared below it (COM Port number is a unique number assigned to a particular USB port). Also, you’ll see “ Added” text appeared in message box.
If your ID:COM box doesn’t turn into blue then there is a probability that you might not have installed device specific drivers in your PC. Use the link provided in Pre-requisites section to download appropriate drivers for your Galaxy S2,.
In Odin, tick PDA tab & choose “ GT-I9100JBClockworkMod-Recovery6.0.2.9.tar” file. Keep all the remaining options as they are & make sure, you have NOT ticked Re-Partition check box. Finally, hit the Start button to initiate the recovery flashing process on your Galaxy S2. Wait for Odin to finish the given task. When flashing process gets done, Odin will display the ‘ Pass’ message above ID:COM with a Green colored background & device will boot automatically (only if Auto Reboot option is checked).
(Conditional) However if flashing process gets stuck in between or you get a fail message then close the Odin window, unplug phone from computer, remove battery &re-insert it and follow the same procedure again. Now, unplug the device from Computer (only if you get Pass message in Odin).
To check if CWM is installed correctly (OR to access CWM), perform these actions on your phone:. Switch off the phone.
Press & hold Volume up + Home button and by holding the two, press Power key till you get into Recovery interface. Procedure for ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich):. Connect your phone to computer and copy CWM package (for ICS) on external storage of your device (sdcard). Now, Switch off the phone completely and boot into stock recovery. To do so, press and hold Volume up + Home button (middle one) + Power key simultaneously. Release Power button as soon as see ‘Samsung Galaxy S2’ splash screen, but keep holding the other two till you get into the recovery mode. Since touch doesn’t work in recovery, you’ll have to use Volume rockers for navigation and power button for selection.
From the menu, select apply update from external storage and then choose the CWM package that you copied earlier. Confirm the installation by pressing on ‘ Yes‘. Once the installation gets completed, you can boot into CWM anytime you want. Follow the same steps (that you did for stock recovery) to boot into CWM.
You’ve successfully installed the Clockworkmod Recovery on your Galaxy S2 I9100. Now, there will be no restriction anymore. You can flash any Custom ROM you want (better you should start with ). If you’ve any questions / problems regarding this procedure then please leave a comment below. We’ll try to answer your query at our level best. And lastly, don’t forget to +1 this post on.