TWRP 2.1.2 for the Hercules!

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TeamWIN has released TWRP recovery for the Samsung Hercules!
For those who do not know, TWRP is a touchscreen, GUI based recovery, akin to CWM touch.

Credits to the people who put the CWM flashable zip together:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Backups/nandroids made with CWM do NOT work with TWRP. I would suggest installing the recovery while on a stable rom (Gingerbread), making a backup, then installing the ICS roms.

TWRP is also themeable - search around for TWRP 2.X themes and you will find plenty.
To use themes, rename the zip file to ui.zip (if it doesn't already have that name) and place it in /sdcard/TWRP/theme [create the directory if necessary].
If you're looking for a great ics theme, check out my theme at the bottom of the post [based on this.

[Studies show that this does NOT cause bricks. Any bricks that were caused were found to be due to user error/that leaky ICS skyrocket rom. However, as always, exercise caution when flashing roms/kernels/modems/etc...]

[Further, this recovery seems to work as well or better than CWM Touch or standard CWM for flashing AOSP roms (CM9/AOKP). If you plan to flash one of those, you would be better off using this recovery.]

[With this recovery, it does not seem to be necessary to use Darkside Super Wipe/Fix Permissions script. The built-in wipe/fix works just as well.]

Project Page: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101

Screenshots of the default theme:
EMm8.png

FrDW.png




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DOWNLOADS

ICS Theme
v1: Download ICS theme v1

Latest Version
TWRP 2.1.8: Download TWRP 2.1.8

Older Versions
TWRP 2.1.2: Download TWRP 2.1.2
 
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SWEETness. i like this recovery a lot more than clockwork mod.. at least the versions i used on the HTC sensation 4g

my favorite recovery was 4EXT or something like that, but team win makes a good one


BTW,

this works on our device, just change the first line of the update-script file to this:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-T989" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-T989" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "MSM8660_SURF");

(or just erase the whole first line)

thanks for sharing!

frescoraja


EDIT:
it's pretty awesome, a touch screen GUI recovery with a lot of options CWM doesn't have.. just make the edits to the update-script like i said above, rezip it, flash it ! sorry i can't post screenshots, no camera besides my phone!
 
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Cool not to familiar with updating scripts so I guess I will wait.

GS2 flying with NexusMod
 
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frescoraja said:
SWEETness. i like this recovery a lot more than clockwork mod.. at least the versions i used on the HTC sensation 4g

my favorite recovery was 4EXT or something like that, but team win makes a good one


BTW,

this works on our device, just change the first line of the update-script file to this:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-T989" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-T989" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "MSM8660_SURF");

(or just erase the whole first line)

thanks for sharing!

frescoraja


EDIT:
it's pretty awesome, a touch screen GUI recovery with a lot of options CWM doesn't have.. just make the edits to the update-script like i said above, rezip it, flash it ! sorry i can't post screenshots, no camera besides my phone!
Click to expand...
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Anyway u can upload it for us with those scripts updated

GS2 flying with NexusMod
 
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It is just a text file you can edit it in NotePad called update-script.. I am not sure what the rules are regarding me posting a link to it, but i can PM you a link to the flashable zip i made.


Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
 
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starskyrob said:
You sure it wasn't user error that bricked skyrockets?
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No, I'm not sure, but from the description of what they did it seems like there could be a problem with the recovery. Check out the skyrocket thread. If it is found to be user error I will remove the false alarm

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
 
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TWRP Pulled the files from the market and their downloads.. This recovery can and will cause bricks..

Here's a picture of what happens... After using reboot to recovery in twrp recovery, phone reboots & walla, phone is bricked and shows up as QHUSB_DLOAD.


bricked.png
 
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He's saying if you flash TWRP, to use Rom Manager to flash back to CWM.

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Cwr all the way. Why try somethig else when i have somethig works fine

Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
 
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    -Mr. X-
    -Mr. X-
    starskyrob said:
    TWRP for T989

    BTW its pretty effing amazing.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    this recovery is just the skyrockets renamed, so it wont pass any device cheecks that a rom update script may deploy. such as cm9

    i fixed it in the ram disk. so it will identify as a hercules, like it should
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    krackers
    TeamWIN has released TWRP recovery for the Samsung Hercules!
    For those who do not know, TWRP is a touchscreen, GUI based recovery, akin to CWM touch.

    Credits to the people who put the CWM flashable zip together:

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Backups/nandroids made with CWM do NOT work with TWRP. I would suggest installing the recovery while on a stable rom (Gingerbread), making a backup, then installing the ICS roms.

    TWRP is also themeable - search around for TWRP 2.X themes and you will find plenty.
    To use themes, rename the zip file to ui.zip (if it doesn't already have that name) and place it in /sdcard/TWRP/theme [create the directory if necessary].
    If you're looking for a great ics theme, check out my theme at the bottom of the post [based on this.

    [Studies show that this does NOT cause bricks. Any bricks that were caused were found to be due to user error/that leaky ICS skyrocket rom. However, as always, exercise caution when flashing roms/kernels/modems/etc...]

    [Further, this recovery seems to work as well or better than CWM Touch or standard CWM for flashing AOSP roms (CM9/AOKP). If you plan to flash one of those, you would be better off using this recovery.]

    [With this recovery, it does not seem to be necessary to use Darkside Super Wipe/Fix Permissions script. The built-in wipe/fix works just as well.]

    Project Page: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101

    Screenshots of the default theme:
    EMm8.png

    FrDW.png




    ______________________________________________________________

    DOWNLOADS

    ICS Theme
    v1: Download ICS theme v1

    Latest Version
    TWRP 2.1.8: Download TWRP 2.1.8

    Older Versions
    TWRP 2.1.2: Download TWRP 2.1.2
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    -Mr. X-
    -Mr. X-
    mstrk242 said:
    Romracer noticed in the skyrocket forum that their fstab for recovery had sd_ext pointing to /dev/block/mmcblk0p2. On our phone the flash counter file is on that partition, and i'm not sure what else. I'm sure if some people are formatting sd_ext (and as said before, why? Not like we use it, or have any need for ever creating one with so much internal storage available to us,) and it was bricking phones.

    I unpacked our recovery image and took a look at the fstab.recovery, it's got the same problem. You'd know this better than I would. Would me removing the mount point completely break any recovery functions? Or should I just figure out what it should be, (which i don't know), and change it to that?
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    thats the secondary SBL which holds download mode, smoke that and your done. Thats a good catch, there should be no sd-ext option for our devices anyways. the data partition is already 2gb and its already ext4

    I'm talking to Dees_Troy right now, he will probably have a proper hewrcules build. so i dont have to hack it and we're discussing the removal of the sd-ext stuff. alsohe disabled being able to reboot when you wipe system and don't flash, because thats just effing stupid why would you do that?

    EDIT: alright, we're going to get an official build so no one has to hack at it now.
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    -Mr. X-
    -Mr. X-
    KonstantinKeller said:
    This one won't happen to brick the device like Racing said, would it?
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    Click to collapse

    i flashed it, because i live by no mans rules... not even my own.


    and im not bricked. flashed 3 cm9 builds already to0.

    i even pushed the dreaded reboot to recovery button, im still fine.
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    markusf21
    markusf21
    vicvon said:
    Just downloaded 2.1.8 for the Hercules but it is in .img format. would someone please change it to a zip file for easy flashing?


    http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Here you go. I just updated the one Mr.X posted. Flash in recovery.
    http://d-h.st/PkZ

    Sent from the iPhone graveyard.
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