HELP! Absolutely CANNOT boot into CWM

I followed everything via this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2147852 and successfully flashed CWM to my GT-I8190.

The problem arises when I attempt to boot into recovery mode. Every time I attempt it, I am taken to the stock android recovery screen and not CWM. I've tried different versions of Odin... the touch version of CWM.. using a different computer... all to no avail.

I even downloaded Rom Manager thru Google Play and attempted to flash/update CWM from there (as it said it was, indeed, installed on my phone) but it wouldn't let me reboot the phone into recovery from Rom Manager - I imagine because I am not rooted.

I'm attempting to root my phone and flashing CWM is the first step. Like I said, the flash was, indeed, successful but the problem is that it always takes me into stock recovery instead of CWM.

Thanks in advanced, guys!

moonryder said:

try another custom recovery, for example this one.
Wait until Odin says "success" and then reboot into recovery via Vol+ Home and Power

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Thanks! I downloaded the TWRP .zip file and extracted it only to find that there is no .tar file... only an image file... This won't work with Odin, will it?

xXPR0T0TYPEXx said:

This zip file is a flashable zip for custom recoveries here for odin : http://get.novafusion.pl/?id=863

Good luck!

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Thanks, guys! I'll post back with my results.

Same deal, xXPR0T0TYPEXx... I extract the .zip to find merely an image file.. I tried it with Odin anyway but Odin will not recognize it.

Hmmmmm.... I may have to go with vROOT if you tell me it's safe to use.

moonryder said:

don´t extract it, just flash the .tar via odin

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The file that you download is a .zip file, not a .tar file.