[mint][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch

Phil3759 · Jan 14, 2014

Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM
It is a well proven recovery for many phones

It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter
Read the features, and check if you are missing something

Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut

Download links
Last version can be found here:

Sony Xperia T (mint)
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition

For stock rom:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657190

XDA:DevDB Information
[mint][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch, a Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia T

Contributors
Phil3759, DooMLoRD, [NUT]

Version Information
Status: Stable

Created 2014-03-29
Last Updated 2014-03-29

KelleyCook · Jan 14, 2014

Phil3759 said:
Main thread + features + install instructions + dev support
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2201860

PhilZ Touch is a CWM Advanced Edition that adds all the features you could ever miss in CWM
It is a well proven recovery for many phones

It also adds a full touch interface a completely configurable GUI

Please give your feedback, what works, and any bug you could encounter
Read the features, and check if you are missing something

Also, do not forget to read about the powerful aroma file manager integration and double tap shortcut

Download links
Last version can be found here:

This rules that this has been ported, as I use the PhilzTouch on my Galaxy Tab2. I even donated a few $$ to him!

One question, with the shared kernel "feature" of the T, how did you avoid having it revert back to stock CWMrecovery anytime one flashes a new ROM?

Regardless, I'll try this out tonight.

hhamzah49 · Jan 14, 2014

Hey i always wanted this to get ported! Im using the leaked 4.3 rom and it does work but it only boots into the recovery everytime. Is this a bug or is there a way to fix this?

DooMLoRD · Jan 14, 2014

hhamzah49 said:
Hey i always wanted this to get ported! Im using the leaked 4.3 rom and it does work but it only boots into the recovery everytime. Is this a bug or is there a way to fix this?

It will be repacked into other kernels later...

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KelleyCook · Jan 15, 2014

So how do I go about installing this?

Is it as simple as boot the "T" into flashboot mode and running

fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot philz_touch_6.09.3-mint.img

But I'd rather not blow away my phone if this is wrong.

alex m. · Jan 29, 2014

Can I use this for the xperia V, too ?

matt4321 · Jan 29, 2014

alex m. said:
Can I use this for the xperia V, too ?

No

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KelleyCook · Feb 6, 2014

Is there a trick to using PhilzTouch on the T to avoid the shared kernel?

I installed it via "flashboot boot philz.img" and at first glance, it seems to work the same as on my Galaxy Tab 2.

But then it turns out that its not really useable.

a) I was unable to boot back into my normal ROM. Rebooting always brought it back to PhilzTouch.
b) Even if I could have found a way to boot my phone, it turns out that PhilzTouch recovery was overwritten by the stock recovery as soon as I installed a newer CM nightly which I tend to do nightly.

devilmaycry2020 · Feb 7, 2014

hi all

can i use for TX ? do i need UL or not ? thanks

bartjeh1991 · Feb 12, 2014

How to install this recovery?
fastboot flash boot boot.img gives me each time a reboot in recovery
fastboot flash recovery boot.img gives me an error.
Anyone got this working?

Sent from my Xperia T using xda app-developers app

silasje1 · Feb 15, 2014

Thanks alot! Used it to get root on the new 4.3 update:good::good:

zilboris · Feb 15, 2014

silasje1 said:
Thanks alot! Used it to get root on the new 4.3 update:good::good:

Would you please share how you did it? A how-to would be great including which ROM you came from and all the steps in clear chronological order.

silasje1 · Feb 15, 2014

zilboris said:
Would you please share how you did it? A how-to would be great including which ROM you came from and all the steps in clear chronological order.

You need Unlocked Boatloader at first!

1. install the 4.3 rom (any you like). Flashing the FTF with everything included
2. Flash this CWM recovery and install SU zip
3. flash FTF and exclude all except KERNEL.

Done! (limited time to write so made it short)

[NUT] · Feb 17, 2014

@Phil3759
@steveboss is reporting an extremely sensitive touch interface, is there any way you can confirm it is working out of the ordinary?

Phil3759 · Feb 17, 2014

[NUT] said:
@Phil3759

@steveboss is reporting an extremely sensitive touch interface, is there any way you can confirm it is working out of the ordinary?

I need video of this "extremely..."

steveboss · Feb 17, 2014

Phil3759 said:
I need video of this "extremely..."

Hello, I send you video tomorrow

[NUT] · Feb 19, 2014

@steveboss where's the video?

@Phil3759

I'm having trouble to get philz to recognize the internal sdcard partition (its a real partition, not part of userdata)... what ever I try, it just keeps failing...

Do you have a possibility to build philz based on the CM10.1 or the freexperia 'jellybean' repo for this device?

I'm starting to suspect the CM10.2 repo might contain some issues as it was put together with pure CM in mind, which might make it incompatible with the stock sony JB4.3 kernel...

The Xperia T made a jump from JB4.1.2 to JB4.3 in one step up, receiving it only a month or so ago, while the CM10.2 repo has been around for far longer...

The 'original' locked bootloader package has made the same jump up recently and CWM started causing problems for it's users too.

steveboss · Feb 20, 2014

[NUT] said:
@steveboss where's the video?

I`am sorry, I don`t have any camera now, maybe at weekend

Phil3759 · Feb 20, 2014

[NUT] said:
@steveboss where's the video?

@Phil3759

I'm having trouble to get philz to recognize the internal sdcard partition (its a real partition, not part of userdata)... what ever I try, it just keeps failing...

Do you have a possibility to build philz based on the CM10.1 or the freexperia 'jellybean' repo for this device?

I'm starting to suspect the CM10.2 repo might contain some issues as it was put together with pure CM in mind, which might make it incompatible with the stock sony JB4.3 kernel...

The Xperia T made a jump from JB4.1.2 to JB4.3 in one step up, receiving it only a month or so ago, while the CM10.2 repo has been around for far longer...

The 'original' locked bootloader package has made the same jump up recently and CWM started causing problems for it's users too.

Look at the fireball device repo (fstab file) to use vold with real sdcard partition

Else use compatibility recoveryonly option in fstab with real blk device path

[NUT] · Feb 20, 2014

Phil3759 said:
Look at the fireball device repo (fstab file) to use vold with real sdcard partition

Else use compatibility recoveryonly option in fstab with real blk device path

ooh, that could be the trick :cyclops:

Thanks for the hint :good:

I'll update you once I know if it works or not.

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