Root [International] PhilZ CWM Recovery - Dummies Guide

[Sydney99]

For the last month or 2, every time i flash a zip in philz, I get a message saying using legacy property environment, please update binary.....or something along those lines.

It doesn't seem to effect the process, and flashing the zip still works. It has happened on several philz versions, and with different roms.

Anyone know what this means and why it's happening?? Is it a known bug?

 

[Hawker]

PhilZ update-binary for quite some time now includes the latest commits to the CM kernel.
Once such commit introduced a new parameter to the format command, and this was the reason for a long time, you had to flash certain zips with an older version of Philz, or manually update the updater-script.

Philz checks the version of the update-binary in each individual zip you flash, and will tell you if an old one is being used. Its just an information thing, and is probably intended as a nag for devs to update the zip with the latest update-binary.

 

[ironass]

:wavey:

PhilZ Recovery 6.46.1 is up!

"6.46.1 fixed the f2fs issue"

Download for i9505, 6.46.1.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source

 

[ironass]

PhilZ Recovery 6.46.2 is up!

"Awaiting changelog"

Download for i9505, 6.46.2.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

 

[ironass]

PhilZ Recovery 6.46.3 is up!

"Awaiting changelog"

Download for i9505, 6.46.3.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

 

[Hawker]

6.47.7

 

[sntaylor]

87.6457.976


Oh sorry,I thought we were just adding random numbers now ;-)

Of course this is where I should add in the missing details, but I'm just in from work and cannot be arsed so.....talking of metal bums

 

[ironass]

6.47.7

87.6457.976


Oh sorry,I thought we were just adding random numbers now ;-)

Of course this is where I should add in the missing details, but I'm just in from work and cannot be arsed so.....talking of metal bums

Looks like the peasants are revolting! :secruity:

PhilZ Recovery 6.47.7 is up!

"- preserve background icon user settings after sideload, install zip and wipe actions
- use real fstype instead of auto in /etc/fstab when converting between ext4 <-> f2fs using extra.fstab
- libtouch_gui 1.29
- LG G2 variants: enable performance mode in recovery (device tree)
- HTC One Mini (m4): enable f2fs and exfat kernel support
- Galaxy S5 LTE (klte): enable backup/restore of /efs, /modemst1 and /modemst2 partitions"

Download for i9505, 6.47.7.

Download for i9500, 6.41.6

Source

 

[Hawker]

Looks like the peasants are revolting! :secruity:

Speaking of a revolting peasant, how's your hangover this morning?

 

[ironass]

Speaking of a revolting peasant, how's your hangover this morning?

 

[ironass]

"CWM future

This could be the last updates to PhilZ Touch, except maybe a few minor fixes if ever needed
Currently, CWM has no more any official CM maintainer. They seem to be migrating to the new stripped CM OEM recovery

I now stopped contributing actively to official CWM because of this. I do not plan to maintain CWM on my own as it is a huge task.
My time in real life is also being very short

The death could last a few months, maybe more, but probably could be final on next major cm update unless someone takes it in hands

I did not decide if I am leaving this project or if I will port my changes to new recovery-cm sources to continue things. In all cases, it will take months before I can port things if I ever do"

Source

 

[Sydney99]

Wow!

 

[Hawker]

I think philz recovery in it's current state is more than adequate for our s4's over and beyond the life span of the device.
It's for our future devices that the concern lies as we may not even get philz recovery at all.
Perhaps twrp may remain active and that will become our recovery of choice.

 

[sntaylor]

Surely we will still be able to make use of the "stripped CM OEM recovery" or am I mistaken with this? Either way, I'd expect that twrp will also still be available for some time.....that and I'm genuinely considering not upgrading phone's at the end of my contract! But it will depend on what else is available at that moment

 

[roxym]

I apologise if this is a stupid question but after installing cwm and rom manager and then doing a nandroid back up it ended on a screen showing this.

ROM may flash stock recovery on boot

THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE

-NO
-NO
-YES -Disable recovery flash
-NO
-++++++Go Back+++++++

Which should i chose?? I assume it's yes but you know what assume does.

hello everyone

Sorry for my bad english school.
I'm French and I do my best

I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8020) that was delivered with jelly bean from the operator Orange in 2013. I upgrade to KitKat with odin and everything is perfect.
Just one problem with Rom Manager when I do a backup.

Same screen as above (quote). with this shade, After the first "Go Back" another screen appears with these choices:
- No
- Yes - Fix root (/ system / xbin / su)
- Go Back

I do this:
@ ironass: Just select, "- + + + + + + Go Back + + + + + + +". Then, When rebooted, go into ROM Manager and Reboot into Recovery.

But this does not fix the problem.
I'm always in the same loop. First Screen , second, etc..

Recovery is CMR v6.0.2.8

Can you help me?
I don't know what are the consequences if I answer "Yes" to the first screen.
If I don't know, I don't touch

Thank you for your help.

 

[techmanc]

I ask a quick question here in hopes to be given the answer or directed to where to post the question.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with "philz_touch_6.41.6-d2lte.zip" installed on it and I been having problems with setting date, time and it used to give more descriptive name for the backup now says no noname when I back up. I had hell of time to finally figure out how to at least have to right date but still lost on getting the rest on the setting right. I dont think it setting the correct time either. Any help would be appreciated as this my first time working with the philz.

 

[Hawker]

Rusty Bum is obviously busy attending to this weekend's conquest, so just to inform you that 6.48.4 is now available.

 

[sntaylor]

I flashed 6.47 the other day,I go to return to a previous back up and it failed :-\

Thankfully I had kept the previous version on my phone and my backup restored perfectly

 

[techmanc]

Where do I find update notes for philz? Assume all devices have same notes. If not need notes for d2lte.

 

[techmanc]

I finally ran down the up dates notes and and figured I post them here for anyone wanting to see them all together like me


PhilZ Touch 6.48.4 [07/01]



6.48.4 (06.07.2014)
- merge multi stage install packages support from AOSP
- CWM 6.0.5.0

6.48.1 (30.06.2014)
- add option to directly parse time_daemon data files
- refresh current time in menu header after time daemon fixes
- fix first passkey prompt screen did not show proper background under some circumstances
- libtouch_gui 1.30

6.47.7 (25.06.2014)
- preserve background icon user settings after sideload, install zip and wipe actions
- use real fstype instead of auto in /etc/fstab when converting between ext4 <-> f2fs using extra.fstab
- libtouch_gui 1.29
- LG G2 variants: enable performance mode in recovery (device tree)
- HTC One Mini (m4): enable f2fs and exfat kernel support
- Galaxy S5 LTE (klte): enable backup/restore of /efs, /modemst1 and /modemst2 partitions

6.47.6 (24.06.2014)
- recovery lock: support use of virtual / capacitive keys as pass key
- libtouch_gui 1.28

6.47.4 (23.06.2014)
- fix adb was disabled when no recovery lock passkey was setup
- Galaxy S3 D2 variants: enable f2fs support

6.47.3 (20.06.2014)
- add recovery lock with passkey on start
- better extra partitions support in custom nandroid operations
- fix segfault during shell nandroid backup/restore commands
- enable progress display during "adb shell nandroid backup/restore" commands
- enhance and fix bugs of progress display during install/nandroid... operations
- nandroid restore: fix progress bar animation when md5 verify is enabled
- nandroid md5: fix progress bar was not reset for each file
- nandroid md5: fix .android_secure md5 sum was never generated or checked
this could cause md5 check to fail under some circumstances
- limit logging to console in adb shell nandroid and mount commands
- fix detection of real fstype (pointer to in the scope char array bug)
- merge: "Only chmod backup/blobs directory if it exists"
- merge: "Enable cmdline nandroid backup of vold volumes"
- disable useless sd-ext warnings and errors
- merge loki updates
- f2fs <-> ext4 conversion: support fs_options2 through extra.fstab before dropping to bare minimal options
- clean up code
- libtouch_gui 1.26

6.43.8 (02.06.2014)
- fix recursive path creation bug for /data/media/0
- f2fs: do not try f2fs recovery.fstab mount options on an ext4 partition
- f2fs: do not redefine default recovery ext4 mount options when migrating from an f2fs recovery.fstab
- f2fs: error message when converting unsupported file systems
- fix Galaxy Mega variant background resolution

6.43.5 (01.06.2014)
- default to /data/media/0 unless we define BOARD_HAS_NO_MULTIUSER_SUPPORT
- use lstat to check if file exists

6.43.4 (01.06.2014)
- fix text print colour could persist after md5 check

6.43.3 (31.05.2014)
- fix f2fs conversion of /data on /data/media devices
- allow ext4 <-> f2fs backup data migration in nandroid
- cleanup code

6.43.0 (30.05.2014)
- nandroid backup: fix 'media' exception:
In CWM, a bug present from the begining was preventing any path/file named media from backup on /data/media devices
This fix will only exclude /data/media path and not other media files/folders

6.42.9 (30.05.2014)
- default again to libtar for backup/restore

6.42.7 (30.05.2014)
default to busybox tar:
- use busybox tar by default as it now supports selinux context backup/restore
- unify libtar and busybox tar options (-p for selinux context)
- remove now deprecated external selinux container code

6.42.5 (30.05.2014)
- f2fs: recreate /etc/fstab after ext4/f2fs conversion for proper use of system mount command
- comment useless dead code

6.42.4 (30.05.2014)
- f2fs: fix nandroid restore to f2fs partitions
- f2fs: support format extra storage to f2fs (vold patch needed)
- f2fs: support switching between f2fs/ext4 (needs f2fs in kernel modules), thanks @KumaJaya
- f2fs: reload volume table after f2fs/ext4 conversion (no reboot needed after conversion)
- f2fs: do not format whole /data when not expected on /data/media devices
- f2fs: allow /data f2fs/ext4 conversion for non data_media devices

6.41.8 (26.05.2014)
Preserve recovery settings after a wipe
- on settings change, create a second copy of recovery settings on primary storage (/sdcard)
- on recovery exit, always copy recovery settings to sdcard if no copy is present
- after a wipe, on recovery exit, try to restore settings from the copy on primary storage
- fix save/restore settings menu labels
- libtouch_gui 1.22

6.41.6 (12.05.2014)
- update exfat to dorimanx 1.2.9 latest sources
- fix compile error when enabling BOARD_RECOVERY_USE_BBTAR
- repo sync latest sources
- Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 WiFi SM-T320 (mondrianwifi)
- HTC M7 variants: use new cm kernel with exfat sources
- HTC M8 variants: use new unified recovery

6.41.5 (11.05.2014)
- libtouch_gui 1.21: auto detect BRIGHTNESS_SYS_FILE path if it is not set during compile
* search for the file in most common locations
* if found, save it to recovery settings ini file to be called on next recovery starts
* else, disable adjust brightness function to avoid error logs on recovery start
- fix various compiler warnings and errors
- enhance pre-compile setup
- dedupe: merge clean up code from @xiaolu
- merge: fix restorecon_from_file potential crash from @xiaolu (only for BOARD_RECOVERY_USE_BBTAR)
- fix 240x320 images
- merge "cwm: Honor recovery variant "
- merge "cwm: Remove hardcoded paths"
- merge "Keep 'show log' on screen until user dismisses it"
- create /data/media directory after internal storage is wiped
prevents denial to read/write from internal storage under some circumstances
- open source touch_gui library
- update licence files

6.40.1 (03.05.2014)
- proper libtar implementation: support backup/restore of selinux context inside archive
- dedupe: support backup/restore of selinux context by @Chenglu
- libtouch_gui 1.20: support custom key files (BOARD_CUSTOM_RECOVERY_KEYMAPPING)

 

[Hawker]

6.50.6 is up, you rusty old slacker!

 

[ironass]

6.50.6 is up, you rusty old slacker!

One of the things that separates the International All Things Root forum from others on here is the little snippets of information that are imparted along with the Android related questions and answers. Today's word is...

Cantankerous

ADJECTIVE

Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:
"he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times"


PhilZ Recovery 6.50.6 is up!

"- fix potential failure for TWRP backups (cause scan_mouned_volumes() not called)
- loki_recovery code clean up
- fix potential failure to reboot when checking config file
- never confirm wipe in ors scripts
- always show text in sideload mode
- support wipe_cache and clear_display edify script commands"

Download for i9505, 6.50.6.

Download for i9500, 6.48.4

Source

 

[Hawker]

Slacker

NOUN

INFORMAL
1. person who avoids work or effort:
the slackers who let the side down by their want of team spirit

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
ironass is such a lazy-arsed slacker these days. All he does is sits on has fat arse all day doing absolutely bugger all apart from devising his latest plan to get around his Judith Chalmers court injunction, and knuckle-shuffling over his current edition of "String Vests and Sandals Weekly" with scant regard to contributing to Android Forums

6.51.4 is now up

 

[ironass]

He's just doing it to, "vex", me! :banghead:


PhilZ Recovery 6.51.4 is up!

"Check git for change log
Fixes a few potential memory overflow bugs
Also menus are redesigned, wipe options grouped and mounts menu revised

It is just a preview since the menus will continue to be optimized to make navigation simpler
Advanced menu will be populated later from the PhilZ Settings menu probably"

Download for i9505, 6.51.4.

Download for i9500, 6.48.4

Source

 

[sntaylor]

Check git for changelog.... Well ironass come on you ol git ;-)