Please try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1821681

Hopefully it works. Mine is fine after update

Originally Posted by vinnyjr

I have root, I have Goo Manager, I'm on a completely stock rooted rom and every time you reboot the new OTA software over writes the custom recovery to the stock Android recovery. If you have a custom rom this will not happen, only on a stock, rooted OTA latest update rom. Others are having the same issue.
Vinny

I'm on the stock rooted rom and this hasn't been a problem for me. I've installed recovery once since I got the phone. And flashed every stock and custom Rom.

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Originally Posted by ingenious247

yes you do, you just don't know it yet.

Reboot your phone, then boot into recovery.

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Lolol uh, I've done it a hundred times guy, no issues

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You're right. You're the only guy in the world who's official stock update doesn't overwrite the recovery upon reboot. They special coded yours to preserve custom recovery.

Please...

I swear sometimes..

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Guys, I have seen this on my GF's GSII (Sprint) as well as on my nexus 7. They are placing a file called recovery-from-boot.p in the /system/ directory that overwrites recovery on every boot. I put a guide a few post up that outlines the issue when I saw it on my GF's phone.

Personally my T-Mobile has been fine, but this scenario I have dealt with before. So don't flame that bad.

The bottom line is that without some custom modding, if you're running the official stock OTA update, stock kernel, etc, standard CWM recovery is not going to stick.

Plain and simple.

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Originally Posted by cybrnook

Guys, I have seen this on my GF's GSII (Sprint) as well as on my nexus 7. They are placing a file called recovery-from-boot.p in the /system/ directory that overwrites recovery on every boot. I put a guide a few post up that outlines the issue when I saw it on my GF's phone.

Personally my T-Mobile has been fine, but this scenario I have dealt with before. So don't flame that bad.

Yeah, I'm going to try using that guide and report back. thanks

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Ok, both files were present as described in your guide.

Renamed both to:
recovery-from-boot.bak
install recovery.sh.bak

Reflashed CWM through ROM Manager. Rebooting now, then will try power off & booting into recovery. Hang tight

*Edit: Worked like a charm. Gentlemen, we have the solution. Thanks due (and given) to cybrnook both here and in the guide

sweet.

Originally Posted by ingenious247

The bottom line is that without some custom modding, if you're running the official stock OTA update, stock kernel, etc, standard CWM recovery is not going to stick.

Plain and simple.

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Yeah, I'm going to try using that guide and report back. thanks

I would argue, I have a stock rooted rom, stock kernel and I update to the new OTA update via Kies and TWRP has stuck every boot since then. I even tested it again when I saw this thread as it made me unsure.

Originally Posted by cybrnook

I would argue, I have a stock rooted rom, stock kernel and I update to the new OTA update via Kies and TWRP has stuck every boot since then. I even tested it again when I saw this thread as it made me unsure.

Maybe the Kies version is different than the OTA.

Maybe TWRP overwrites or renames/deletes the files causing it.

But you can't argue with my posts, because I said official OTA update, and CWM.

Originally Posted by ingenious247

Maybe the Kies version is different than the OTA.

Maybe TWRP overwrites or renames/deletes the files causing it.

But you can't argue with my posts, because I said official OTA update, and CWM.

No worries, but for clarification to all the read this thread. The update from Kies is the exact same Official update as the OTA, so if you have not been prompted for the update yet from T-Mo, just install Kies on your PC and plus your phone in, it will prompt you for the update.

I have another guide I made for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1842142


For the recovery, installing twrp or CWM wont remove the two files I listed. This is done manually. I know on the sprint side, they made a root Super User package that swiped those off specific to the sprint phone. But I opted away from that for my GF as I Prefer SuperSU and am anal retentive about installing something I don't want and uninstalling it.

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Originally Posted by ingenious247

yes you do, you just don't know it yet.

Reboot your phone, then boot into recovery.

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ingenious, it's not present on all phones. Like mine for example, I have been fine since day 1 of owning the phone. But my GF's sprint phone had the persistent install present.

It's strange, some phones don't have it at all, some only have the .p file, and some have both. I have not found the common denominator yet.

Originally Posted by ingenious247

You're right. You're the only guy in the world who's official stock update doesn't overwrite the recovery upon reboot. They special coded yours to preserve custom recovery.

Please...

I swear sometimes..

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My bad man, I didn't get the memo that you knew everything I guess all the other guys that haven't had this same issue are nuts too...

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