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Root [RECOVERY] TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP) 2.5.0.0 [2013/05/14]

jparasite

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Summary
TWRP is a custom recovery made by the awesome people at teamw.in/project/twrp/. It's main selling point is a touch-driven theme-based interface.

Disclaimer
I am not responsible if you brick your phone or lose all your data. This is all experimental, throwing-science-at-the-wall type of software. Flash at your own risk and only if you know what you are doing.

Known Issues
- When restoring a backup with [boot] selected, it will restore it and then crash TWRP. Logs seem to indicate it restores all the way to block 0x420000 then blows up.
> Workaround: restore [data] and [system] first, then restore [boot]. This is untested.

- When the screen is left unattended and enters screen timeout, the brightness will dim. On unlock, the brightness will stay dim and not return to full brightness.
> Workaround: go to Settings > Screen and turn off screen timeout.

Downloads
recovery-twrp-shineplus-2.5.0.0.img
flash_image

Instructions
1) Download the above two files to the root directory of your sdcard.
2) Open up a command prompt and type the following:

Code:
adb shell
su
cp /sdcard/flash_image /data/local/flash_image
chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image
/data/local/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-twrp-shineplus-2.5.0.0.img
sync
exit
exit
adb reboot recovery
Assuming all goes well, you should reboot into TWRP.

Thanks to:
jiilik for providing the CM7 device files I used to build this.
karendar for providing his custom ROM, testing, and support.
 
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