Originally Posted by Dees_Troy

How did you flash the CWM CM7? If you (or the zip) used flash_image, then you might need to use erase_image first. flash_image checks the first 2KB of the image against what's already in boot. If it matches then it refuses to flash. The 2KB approach works fine for "normal" Android kernels because the first 2KB contains a "unique signature" but it doesn't always work well for Samsung SGS1 kernels because they are packed differently. I've found that I sometimes had to use erase_image in order to get flash_image to work. I've thought about submitting a patch to CM to fix this issue but haven't gotten around to it yet.

TWRP has been tested on the Epic 4G here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1622947

And there's a zip here that should re-inject CWM. It would need to be modified slightly to work with the Fascinate, but someone could use this as a base if they wanted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1651012

I think most of the issues that you'll experience will be due to the "injection process". If your kernel or ROM developer already includes TWRP in their builds then you don't need to try to reinject TWRP every time and we do make it optional. The recovery itself should be pretty solid because we use the same code across all devices (except for the optional injection code) so there's nothing that's specific to the SGS1 devices. Also, for the record, because sk8 loaned me his Fascinate, I was able to add /datadata support to TWRP, so that issue gone now too.

If you do run into any issues, please let me know. It's best to PM me, submit a bug report on github, or catch me in #twrp on Freenode. With over 20 devices to support I can't frequent the threads on the forums or I won't get any coding done.

Looks good both issues look fixed. I'll play with it a bit more. But I think you did a great job.

Sent from my Glitched AOKP Unicorn.

I guess you have your answers. I was flashing the zip version, but I do not ha e the further details you want.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

Yeah everything looks great I made the changes needed to build it in aokp as soon as I get server access back up I'll test some builds with it in there. Great job dees looks great.

Originally Posted by Stephen.k.spear

Yeah everything looks great I made the changes needed to build it in aokp as soon as I get server access back up I'll test some builds with it in there. Great job dees looks great.

ill fershur test this after it gets outta alpha stage, i dont wanna screw up my phone

Okay so far I'm loving this recovery, still have more testing, but I'm insanely impressed!

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After serious testing on this recovery last night I have come to the following conclusions:

1 This is the ONLY recovery that will let me backup/restore my device correctly on this phone
2 USB Mount doesn't seem to work, but if I had to trade USB Mount for working backups it is NOT a hard choice.
3 This recovery is one of the simplest to use and most functional recoveries I have used on ANY phone
4 This recovery is extremely responsive, full featured and beautiful to look at with the theme I have on it. Oh yeah, did I mention you can THEME THE RECOVERY?!?! WIN!
5 Any more bacon packed in this package would cause massive coronary problems.
6 If you are scared to try it, don't be. I am using ONLY TWRP recovery from this point on. I'm sold.

So if any of you are on the edge about this recovery, take the plunge. I promise you will not regret it.

my only problem is that i cant restore my CWM backups with TWRP

Originally Posted by ztotherad

my only problem is that i cant restore my CWM backups with TWRP

This is definitely worth starting fresh and making a new backup.

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Honestly? I used TWRP on my Acer & it was okay, but I did definitely have problems, but I'll try it
Can I go back to CWM if I don't like it?

Originally Posted by ztotherad

Honestly? I used TWRP on my Acer & it was okay, but I did definitely have problems, but I'll try it
Can I go back to CWM if I don't like it?

I haven't tried that yet, I was waiting for the next kernel it ROM release before flashing just to see if I could get cwm back on.

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