[Q] Changing recovery

[Manneman32]

I´m on S3 International and have flashed Philz Recovery with ODIN and flashed Wanam latest 4.3. Works great! I have even flashed the S4 launcher and weatherwidget and all is still well.

However, now I want to try to run MIUI on my S3. After backing up my S3 and started to flash I got Error Status 7. I have read some threads about it and the first I wanted to try was to install another recovery. But even when I flash another recovery I get Error Status 7. I suddenly can´t flash anything at all. Does this have to do with the fact that I ticked the "disable recovery flash" when exiting the Philz recovery after starting this journey when beginning to root and so on? If so... how do I get it "unticked"?

First up...

Will flashing another recovery (CWM for example) help me get past this Status 7 problem?

Second...

If I descide to flash CWM Recovery via ODIN will it reset my current ROM in any way or will everything stay the same?

Third...

I read somewhere that I can modify the updater-script in the META-folder. Is that really a afe way to go about it? It feels kind of wierd when the *.zip´s are made for the right phone, model, version and so on...

Thanx for the help, guys!

 

[amirTor]

I´m on S3 International and have flashed Philz Recovery with ODIN and flashed Wanam latest 4.3. Works great! I have even flashed the S4 launcher and weatherwidget and all is still well.

However, now I want to try to run MIUI on my S3. After backing up my S3 and started to flash I got Error Status 7. I have read some threads about it and the first I wanted to try was to install another recovery. But even when I flash another recovery I get Error Status 7. I suddenly can´t flash anything at all. Does this have to do with the fact that I ticked the "disable recovery flash" when exiting the Philz recovery after starting this journey when beginning to root and so on? If so... how do I get it "unticked"?

First up...

Will flashing another recovery (CWM for example) help me get past this Status 7 problem?

Second...

If I descide to flash CWM Recovery via ODIN will it reset my current ROM in any way or will everything stay the same?

Third...

I read somewhere that I can modify the updater-script in the META-folder. Is that really a afe way to go about it? It feels kind of wierd when the *.zip´s are made for the right phone, model, version and so on...

Thanx for the help, guys!

You didn't mention the version of Philz you were using. Anyway, the error 7 can be caused from 2 main reasons:
1- Older recovery version. Flash the lastest recovery available (6.15.4) and try again: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300
2- Corrupted rom download.

To your 2nd question- if it doesn't work with Philz, it will not work with any other recovery.

 

[Manneman32]

Well... when I asked about how to go about rooting just a week ago I got links to what I needed. And with that I got a link to Philz Recovery. But now I see that it was an old version (6.07.9)

I´ll try with the latest one and see where that takes me.

Edit:

Flashed the latest Philz and took a new backup just in case. It didn´t work. Still Status 7. So I re-downloaded the ROM just in case it was corrupted but still the same... aborted Status 7.

So... now what? Am I screwed?

 

[Manneman32]

I read somewhere that it could have something to do with the fact that I use an external SD-card. Will it really make a difference if I flash it from the internal memory and even if i take the SD out of the phone?

 

[amirTor]

I read somewhere that it could have something to do with the fact that I use an external SD-card. Will it really make a difference if I flash it from the internal memory and even if i take the SD out of the phone?

Worth the try

Here 2 relevant threads I found:
http://en.miui.com/thread-6429-1-1.html

Follow galnet post (page 7):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749392&page=7

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[Manneman32]

So... the links refer to downgrading to a really old recovery used for rooting with CF or unticking the "disable signature check" ... feels strange.

Is there anyway to explain why this error occurs?

 

[Manneman32]

Last question before giving this up...

If I should downgrade my recovery, is that safe? And how will it work with downgrading from a 4.3 ROM to a 4.1.1 ROM. Is this nothing to be concerned about?

// Manneman

 

[JJEgan]

Last question before giving this up...

If I should downgrade my recovery, is that safe? And how will it work with downgrading from a 4.3 ROM to a 4.1.1 ROM. Is this nothing to be concerned about?

// Manneman

Downgrade and network problems .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221