[HOW TO] SGS3 LTE CWM Recovery and One Step Root

[Skunk Ape1]

Does the card being formatted as exfat have anything to do with CWM not recognizing the card? If so, that is the issue I'm guessing.

I can reformat if needed but rather get a confirmation so I don't need to take so long re-uploading my music library to the sdcard.

That's a damned good question. I left mine as is (fat32) and am not having the same issue.

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[Jeffbucc]

Yup looks like that is the issue, just dusted off my old 8gb sdcard from my EVO which is formatted as fat32 and it backed up perfectly.

Problem solved!

 

[Narcistic]

This work by chance on Rogers SGS3?

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[pinoymutt]

Not sure if anyone confirmed for you yet but CWM v3 works fine / as expected on the ATT i747.

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[rcprins]

Still no go on backup to external sd card. Mine is 64 GB formatted with exfat.

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[wtogami]

Still no go on backup to external sd card. Mine is 64 GB formatted with exfat.

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Team Epic Blog: Why not exFAT?
We cannot support exFAT. The alternative requires a one-time inconvenient conversion, but you can live without it quite easily.

 

[Bizdady]

Still no go on backup to external sd card. Mine is 64 GB formatted with exfat.

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Looks like even when Ext SD is supported you'll be out of luck.

http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/why-not-exfat.html

Team Epic's CWM does not, and will never support the exFAT filesystem for several reasons. The alternative is only a little inconvenient, and you are better off in the long-term.

 

[wtogami]

Looks like even when Ext SD is supported you'll be out of luck.

http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/why-not-exfat.html

He's not out of luck. He can simply reformat the card as FAT32 and it'll work just fine in the phone and any computer where you mount it.

 

[Bizdady]

He's not out of luck. He can simply reformat the card as FAT32 and it'll work just fine in the phone and any computer where you mount it.

Ya I meant hes out of luck with using the sdcard in exfat. Guess I should been a bit more clear

 

[rcprins]

I suppose NTFS is out of the question

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[sonarchist]

CWMv3 allows user to select 'backup' or else 'backup to internal memory,' your choice......if you select 'backup' it stores your backup to the sd card: ie '1970-01-01.07.43.16,' a 1.25gb file stored in the sd card, works for me.

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[CMTeamEpic]

Team Epic Blog: CWM Recovery for all SGS3 LTE variants
Downloads and instructions for CWM recovery to enable rooting and customization of all SGS3 LTE variants.

**Version 4 released, including the fix to properly exclude the internal sdcard (/data/media) from nandroid backups. You are now able to freely use the internal sdcard space without worrying about excessively large backup files. It is recommended that you create a new backup to ensure the best restore compatibility. Requesting confirmation from AT&T and T-Mobile users.

CyanogenMod's Team Epic specializes in Sprint's flagship Android phones on Sprint.
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[cwalker0906]

Team Epic Blog: CWM Recovery for all SGS3 LTE variants
Downloads and instructions for CWM recovery to enable rooting and customization of all SGS3 LTE variants.

**Version 4 released, including the fix to properly exclude the internal sdcard (/data/media) from nandroid backups. You are now able to freely use the internal sdcard space without worrying about excessively large backup files. It is recommended that you create a new backup to ensure the bcest restore compatibility. Requesting confirmation from AT&T and T-Mobile users.

CyanogenMod's Team Epic specializes in Sprint's flagship Android phones on Sprint.
If you appreciate our work, please consider supporting us with a tiny contribution. Thanks!

Installed fine on tmobile and can see both sd and internal memory. The only back up i have is stock rom backed up from first recovery....so i didnt try to see if would restore

 

[carhauler1969]

SGS3 Recovery - All variants the same?

Just asking before I do something stupid & wind up with a brick. I see on the ClockworkMod recovery site there's a recovery/touch recovery listed for the SGS3, it was released about 21 days ago, so before the Sprint version of the phone was released. My question is will it work on the Sprint version? Thanks in advance!

 

[wtogami]

Link: [HOW TO] Easiest Root and Recovery: SGS3 LTE Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Rogers

Hey folks. We are restarting the thread as the CMTeamEpic account in order to make it easier for team members to update the OP. Moderators, please close this thread.