[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL][STABLE] TWRP [S4 mini] v3.2.0-1 | Updated 2017-12-06

ne0zone75 · Mar 11, 2014

TWRP for S4 mini (GT-I9190 + GT-I9192 + GT-I9195)

v3.2.0-1 (STABLE)

+ v3.2.0-0 (TRYOUTs)

TWRP is an open source, community project. TWRP development is done by roughly 4 people at this point. TWRP also have a large support community with many people who are willing to answer questions and help people with their devices either through our IRC channel or on forums like xda-developers.

TeamWin was originally formed to work on porting WiMAX to CM7 for the HTC EVO 4G. After their work on the EVO 4G they wanted to work on a project that would work on more devices than just the EVO 4G and they settled on working on a recovery. Today TWRP is the leading custom recovery for Android phones.

DISCLAIMER : TeamWin team and myself will never ever be responsible for any damage you do to your device !

ALL CREDIT GOES TO AND ONLY TO :

-> TeamWin & OmniROM teams (TWRP tree).
-> CyanogenMod team (ROM + device + kernel trees).
-> @k2wl (DS device tree).
-> TheMuppets team (vendor tree).

NOTE : i am not affiliated with any of the teams mentioned above...

THANKS TO :

-> @F4k (for helping me a lot).
-> @Dees_Troy (for sharing some of his knowledge with me).
-> @arco68 (for helping me to restore the brightness control and crypto. features).
-> @thomson.aa (for sharing one way to fix TWRP booting process for S4 mini).
-> @alexax66 (for sharing early GT-I9192 TWRP builds which were based off one of mine).
-> @Xmaster24 (screenshots).
-> @noppy22 for testing crypto. features out.

INSTALLATION :

=> Option 1 : your device does not have any custom recovery yet ! Please download the 7zipped .tar.md5 file of your choice below, then flash it through Odin (windows OS).
=> Option 2 : a custom recovery has already been flashed to your device ! Please download the flashable .zip file of your choice below and flash it from recovery as usual.

BIG ORANGE WARNING : if you are coming from regular / PhilZ CWM or legacy TWRP, then please do prefer the Odin way ! Thank you !

QUICK ODIN HOWTO : assuming that your Odin installation for S4 mini is OK (thanks @arco68 for this) !

Turn your device OFF.
Press AND hold 'PWR' + 'VOL. DOWN' + 'HOME' buttons.
Connect your USB cable and press 'VOL. UP' button to confirm that you want to enter into DL mode.
Start Odin, uncheck "F. Reset Time", and then click 'AP' button.
Select my 'recovery.tar.md5' file that you previously extracted from my 7zip archive and press 'Start' button. The phone will reboot when finished.
When the phone begins to vibrate just before rebooting : IMMEDIATELY press and hold 'VOL. UP' + 'HOME' buttons to boot straightly into your new recovery. <= THIS LAST STEP IS NEEDED ONLY ON SOME S4 MINI DEVICES TO ACHIEVE THE FLASHING PROCESS SUCCESSFULLY.

DOWNLOADS :

=> STABLE branch : (NEW) 1 version per device built for stability, full crypto. support for both EXT4 and F2FS (fixed with @arco68 help, thanks !)... EXT4+F2FS; built along with LOS's NOUGAT ROM tree !
- custom TWRP v3.2.0-1 OREO enabled for S4 mini (3G variant AKA GT-I9190) | STABLE (2017-12-06) :
  => Odin | recovery
- custom TWRP v3.2.0-1 OREO enabled for S4 mini (DS variant AKA GT-I9192) | STABLE (2017-12-06) :
  => Odin | recovery
- custom TWRP v3.2.0-1 OREO enabled for S4 mini (LTE variant AKA GT-I9195) | STABLE (2017-12-06) :
  => Odin | recovery
BIG ORANGE WARNING : please be aware that this build is failing with LOS''s recovery updating feature ATM...
=> DEV branch : no files ATM..., should be as stable as the regular one...
=> TRYOUTs : v3.2.0-0 (NEW) NEED TESTING !!! => see post #1582 for details...

TWRP CHANGELOG : please look at post #2

INFO : STABLE branch DOWNLOADS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE DOWNLOADS TAB OF THIS PROJECT.

NOTE : i've started building it for myself, now i'm sharing it ! Feel free to report back... Any feedback will ever be greatly appreciated !

NOTE : if you are interested in my work and download my files, please report back AND hit my 'THANKS!' button if you think i deserve it ! Thank you !

PS : TWRP for S4 mini is available as three separate download categories : STABLE, DEV & TRYOUTS ! The DEV branch is based off the stable one and is including features that are not available in the STABLE one yet (as upstream not merged commits...) ! So the DEV branch is as stable as the STABLE one except for currently previewed features...

Happy flashing !

XDA:DevDB Information
TWRP for S4 mini (3G/DS/LTE) [UNOFFICIAL], Tool/Utility for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

Contributors
ne0zone75, arco68, jason972000, thomson.aa + alexax66
Source Code: https://github.com/ne0zone75

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: STABLE
Stable Release Date: 2017-12-06
Current Beta Version: TRYOUTs
Beta Release Date: 2017-12-03

Created 2014-03-11
Last Updated 2017-12-06

ne0zone75 · Mar 11, 2014

Reserved

TWRP CHANGELOG
(grabbed from official TeamWin website)

v3.0.0

v3.0.1

v3.0.2

v3.0.3

v3.1.0

v3.1.1

v3.2.0

Allow restoring adb backups in the TWRP GUI (bigbiff)
Fix gzip backup error in adb backups (bigbiff)
Fix a bug in TWRP's backup routines that occasionally corrupted backup files (nkk71)
Better support for installing Android 8.0 based zips due to legacy props (nkk71)
Support vold decrypt with keymaster 3.0 in 8.0 firmwares (nkk71)
Decrypt of synthetic passwords for Pixel 2 (Dees_Troy)
Support newer ext4 FBE policies for backup and restore in libtar (Dees_Troy)
v2 fstab support (Dees_Troy)
Bring TWRP forward to android 8.0 AOSP base (Dees_Troy)
Various other minor bugfixes and tweaks

ne0zone75 · Mar 11, 2014

Reserved

xfire · Mar 12, 2014

I installed the Flash version and it works perfectly.
Thank you for your work.

Ezylife · Mar 12, 2014

xfire said:
I installed the Flash version and it works perfectly.
Thank you for your work.

Yeah same here thanks

GT-I9195, Liquid Smooth beta 3, f4k 1.3.2 b.

Flatric · Mar 12, 2014

Good job, no bugs untill yet

thx

civicsr2cool · Mar 13, 2014

I don't think I understand the difference between this one and the other 2.6.x one we current have. The other works fine with kitkat?

ne0zone75 · Mar 13, 2014

civicsr2cool said:
I don't think I understand the difference between this one and the other 2.6.x one we current have. The other works fine with kitkat?

Here is the TWRP 2.7.0.0 changelog as it is published on official TeamWin website

What's new in 2.7.0.0:

Faster graphics rendering by disabling alpha blending on fully opaque objects thanks to Tassadar
Allow sideloading from /tmp on encrypted devices
Check for a crypto footer before asking for a password to prevent user confusion
Additional checks for validity to auto generated backup names
Text wrap in the console output
Proper caps lock support in the keyboard
Mouse support via USB OTG for devices with a broken digitizer
Improve scanning of storage locations for OpenRecoveryScript
Haptic feedback for buttons, keyboard, and vibration at the end of longer running actions
Fixed ext4 wiping when no selinux contexts are defined for that partition (e.g. sd-ext)
Update SuperSU to 1.93 and improve installation process
Added selinux contexts restoration to fix permissions
Load RTC offset on Qualcomm devices to fix the date/time in recovery
USB Mass Storage fixes Add SELinux support checking
Add Disk Usage class to better handle excluded folders (e.g. Google Music cache)
Add 4.4 AOSP*decrypt support
Add some toolbox utilities to TWRP (namely to support SELinux functions not supported in busybox)
Various SELinux fixes and bug fixes

Note:*2.7 marks the first time that we are dropping support for older devices. We are doing this because of the SELinux support needed to install 4.4 Kit Kat ROMs. The non-TWRP*parts of the recovery image have to be built in at least a 4.1 tree and the kernel that is included in the recovery image has to support writing SELinux contexts. We don't own most of the devices that we support so we depend on outside testers and developers to help us update devices. In many cases we can't find someone readily. Come to #twrp on Freenode if you want to help bring your device up to date. You can tell right away if your device will support 4.4 ROMs in 2.7. Boot TWRP*and press the console button (the square-ish button either in the bottom middle or upper right) to view the console output. If it doesn't say "Full SELinux support" in the console, then your device still needs some work. Help us help you.

So to answer your question : yes, 2.6.3.0 can work with KitKat but 2.7.0.0 is a new major update to TWRP :good:

Regards

Sent from my TF300T

ne0zone75 · Mar 16, 2014

Any additional feedback ?!

Hey, combined downloads count of .tar.md5 and flashable .zip versions has already reached 50 ! Thank you for downloading my files :good: Does anybody have any additional feedback ? Have you tried flashing pre-KK ROMs with it ? If so, was it successfull ?

Thank you for reporting back

BTW TWRP 2.7.0.1 will be out soon upstream... i will update downloads links in consequence

ne0zone75 · Mar 20, 2014

New builds are out !

Hello, new builds are out and ready for download

It's built from today's synced TWRP sources from OmniROM GitHub tree and corrects some minor bugs : you can checkout changes HERE

You can download the new version HERE for the zipped .tar.md5 and HERE for the flashable .zip

OP download links updated too :highfive:

Enjoy

ne0zone75 · Mar 22, 2014

TWRP Update !

I've updated TWRP again

(please checkout post number 1... thank you !)

Here is the main update of this build :

Implement "take a screenshot" feature

* Like in android - press power+volume down, screenshots are saved
in /sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots (if /sdcard is mounted) or /tmp

Enjoy

onimorza · Mar 24, 2014

Installed the flashable TWRP zip over CWM recovery; worked fine.

1st backup however failed. No immediate indication why.
After a little searching, I found out that my extSD was full, so my own dumb mistake :laugh: But the program could have mentioned that too..

And I've noticed the date & time were not correct in recovery; but if I remember right that was already the case in my previous CWM recovery so it might not be recovery related. Anyone knows a sollution to correct that issue?
I know, we can manually set the backup name and type in the correct date & time in TWRP, but it would be easier if it was correct from the beginning

ne0zone75 · Mar 24, 2014

onimorza said:
Installed the flashable TWRP zip over CWM recovery; worked fine.

1st backup however failed. No immediate indication why.
After a little searching, I found out that my extSD was full, so my own dumb mistake :laugh: But the program could have mentioned that too..

And I've noticed the date & time were not correct in recovery; but if I remember right that was already the case in my previous CWM recovery so it might not be recovery related. Anyone knows a sollution to correct that issue?
I know, we can manually set the backup name and type in the correct date & time in TWRP, but it would be easier if it was correct from the beginning

Hello, i assume that you have already set your timezone in 'settings' menu

Anyway reset all TWRP settings in 'settings' menu and set your timezone again then power off your phone, re-power it on to system ; finally go back to TWRP... time must now be correct !

At least my device is showing correct time by doing this trick !

Hoping that will help you...

Sent from my GT-I9195

onimorza · Mar 24, 2014

ne0zone75 said:
Hello, i assume that you have already set your timezone in 'settings' menu Anyway reset all TWRP settings in 'settings' menu and set your timezone again then power off your phone, re-power it on to system ; finally go back to TWRP... time must now be correct !

At least my device is showing correct time by doing this trick !

Hoping that will help you...

Sent from my GT-I9195

I followed your steps but unfortunately it's still 8:16PM on 13 April 2013 in recovery whilst it's 2:14PM 24 March 2014 last time I checked

Thanks anyway for the tips; I'll try to play with it a little more to see if I can figure it out.

ne0zone75 · Mar 24, 2014

onimorza said:
I followed your steps but unfortunately it's still 8:16PM on 13 April 2013 in recovery whilst it's 2:14PM 24 March 2014 last time I checked
Thanks anyway for the tips; I'll try to play with it a little more to see if I can figure it out.

Please let me know if you find it out... TWRP settings are stored in 'TWRP' directory from your internal storage... not microSD

Good luck !

Sent from my GT-I9195

ne0zone75 · Mar 26, 2014

Hello all, from now ALL downloads of this project are also available from the downloads tab of post number 1 in addition to Dev-Host links :victory:

Be well

ne0zone75 · Apr 2, 2014

I will release a TWRP update soon when all recent important commits will be merged upstream

Stay tuned...

Sent from my GT-I9195

jake3317 · Apr 4, 2014

So far your TWRP works great, I really enjoy it's benefits over CWM: no more clicking down, down, down etc

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Transformer TF101 met Tapatalk

ne0zone75 · Apr 4, 2014

jake3317 said:
So far your TWRP works great, I really enjoy it's benefits over CWM: no more clicking down, down, down etc

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Transformer TF101 met Tapatalk

Thanks... an update will be released this W.E.

Sent from my GT-I9195

ne0zone75 · Apr 5, 2014

TWRP update released...

I've just updated Dev-Host download links... new build is currently uploading on xda downloads page of this project... please checkout post 1

This new build is compiled against SlimKAT build 4 sources tree instead of CyanogenMod 11.0; it should fix timezone issues that some of you encountered and features a lot of improvements => compatibiltiy with JB ROMs should be fine (for KK ROMs support is full) AND many other fixes :good: (still lacks the 'take a screenshot from recovery' feature which will probably be merged soon...)

There is no changelog because it's a TWRP 2.7 intermediate build BUT you can review merged commits included into it HERE...

It's available as a zipped .tar.md5 Odin flashable file AND a .zip custom recovery flashable file as usual :highfive:

Thanks to all of you who downloaded my recovery files so far :good:

All the best

Tapatalked from my TF701T

EDIT : All download links are now updated...

[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL][STABLE] TWRP [S4 mini] v3.2.0-1 | Updated 2017-12-06

Senior Member

Attachments

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts