what is the best recovery after using towelroot?

[gtrplr71]

What is the best recovery after using towelroot? I tried CWM and had a soft brick I have TMO USA

 

[Misterjunky]

re: rooting/recovery

What is the best recovery after using towelroot? I tried CWM and had a soft brick I have TMO USA

If you want to flash a custom recovery, then why did you use towelroot in the
first place, towelroot is for people who don't want to trip the knox counter.

If you are one of those people who don't want to trip the knox counter then
you cannot flash any custom recovery at all, flashing any custom recovery
will trip the knox counter..

So, if you don't care about tripping knox then why not root and install custom
recovery in the time proven way?

The time proven way is to first odin flash cf-autoroot and then odin flash twrp
custom recovery.

Here are the links to the odin flash cf-autoroot and the twrp recovery.
When you unzip cf-autoroot you will find cf-autoroot*.tar and Odin.
To make it easy for you, unzip cf-autoroot into an empty folder on your
computer's desktop and then copy the twrp tar file into it too.

CF-autoroot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip

TWRP custom recovery: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar

Good luck!

 

[gtrplr71]

If you want to flash a custom recovery, then why did you use towelroot in the
first place, towelroot is for people who don't want to trip the knox counter.

If you are one of those people who don't want to trip the knox counter then
you cannot flash any custom recovery at all, flashing any custom recovery
will trip the knox counter..

So, if you don't care about tripping knox then why not root and install custom
recovery in the time proven way?

The time proven way is to first odin flash cf-autoroot and then odin flash twrp
custom recovery.

Here are the links to the odin flash cf-autoroot and the twrp recovery.
When you unzip cf-autoroot you will find cf-autoroot*.tar and Odin.
To make it easy for you, unzip cf-autoroot into an empty folder on your
computer's desktop and then copy the twrp tar file into it too.

CF-autoroot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip

TWRP custom recovery: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar

Good luck!

well I tripped knox with superuser and busybox so I went past all that do I just put the recovery tar file in the PDA box of ODIN?

 

[Frank Westlake]

After Towel Root download TWRP and Term.apk then install Term.apk and use 'dd' to write the recovery image to the recovery partition.

dd if="recovery.img"of="/dev/block/mmcblk0p15"

Frank

 

[Misterjunky]

re: odin flash

well I tripped knox with superuser and busybox so I went past all that do I just put the recovery tar file in the PDA box of ODIN?

Put the cf-autoroot TAR file into Odin's pda slot.
After you flashed the cf-autoroot let the phone
reboot and then go into download mode again
and odin flash the twrp recovery TAR file in odin's
PDA slot.

Good luck!

 

[Frank Westlake]

The device is already rooted so Chainfire's Auto Root is not necessary. If the device does not yet have a root manager (SuperSU, SuperUser) then one should be installed, but that can be done either before or after writing the recovery partition.

Frank

 

[gtrplr71]

Put the cf-autoroot TAR file into Odin's pda slot.
After you flashed the cf-autoroot let the phone
reboot and then go into download mode again
and odin flash the twrp recovery TAR file in odin's
PDA slot.

Good luck!

I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?

 

[gtrplr71]

I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?

I was able to install CF root again but not the recovery.

 

[Frank Westlake]

Make sure you have the correct TWRP for your Android version and device.

Frank

 

[deeznutz1977]

I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?

Recovery is not seandroid enforcing is normal now for the bootloops link me to the recovery you used if u can

Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3

 

[Frank Westlake]

True, and the solution is to flash one of the acceptable recoveries for your Android version and device; stock, TWRP, Philz.

Frank

 

[gtrplr71]

I cant get a single recovery to flash into my phone not TWRP ot CWM. I am no youngling with flashing but I am stumped. Any help would be appriciated. I am on 4.4.2 build does it matter?

 

[gtrplr71]

figured it out I had to flash it twice. thanks for the thoughts

 

[Frank Westlake]

Does stock recovery succeed and does it clear the SEAndroid warning? If yes, yes then I can only suggest that you are trying to flash an incompatible custom recovery. I don't use Windows so I can't check your use of Odin. Try writing the partition with 'dd' as I described earlier.

Frank

 

[gtrplr71]

Does stock recovery succeed and does it clear the SEAndroid warning? If yes, yes then I can only suggest that you are trying to flash an incompatible custom recovery. I don't use Windows so I can't check your use of Odin. Try writing the partition with 'dd' as I described earlier.

Frank

I flashed one of Phil's recovery in ODIN 3.09 and it is now working great

 

[Frank Westlake]

I flashed one of Phil's recovery in ODIN 3.09 and it is now working great

That also suggests that you somehow got the wrong TWRP. If your device is the SM-N900T and it is running Android 4.4.anything then this is what you need:

https://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar

If Odin wants a zip instead of a tar then this instead:

https://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.zip

Those are in the official TWRP repository.

Now that you got it working you probably want to leave it as it is, but while you have that procedure fresh in your mind is probably the best time to try to get the right TWRP working.

Frank