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Root [International] PhilZ CWM Recovery - Dummies Guide

PhilZ Recovery 6.25.4 is up! :)

"sort files using case insensitive order (adapted from @titanic-fanatic)
use new ro.loki_disabled for unified variants not needing loki
This way, we only need to set the ENABLE_LOKI flag to have a loki enabled recovery
No more need to set an extra ro.loki_enabled property
Only modification needed now is for jflte variants not using loki
Only jflteatt and jfltevzw do
We have to set ro.loki_disabled to 1 for all other variants in libinit_jflte
New device: Galaxy X Cover 2 (skomer)
New device: Galaxy S3 Mini (golden)
New device: Sony Xperia ZR (dogo)
New device: Sony Xperia Tablet Z (pollux)
New device: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (amami)
New device: Sony Xperia S (nozomi)
New device: moto_msm8960 unified device (by @hachamacha)
New device: Galaxy S Advance (janice)
New device: Galaxy Ace 2 (codina)
New device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-T211 (lt023g)
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6..26.4 is up.

You just can't get the staff these days. :banghead:

I've almost finished training Hawker's replacement...



... and he works for peanuts!

PhilZ Recovery 6.26.4 is up! :)

"- broken root: help victims of bad custom ROMs
This adds extra code to detect if two su instances are installed in /system/bin and /system/xbin
It will kill both and properly apply SuperSU
- fixing root on exit was never done what ever was user choice
- update libloki to latest sources
- fb2png: better error logging
- derp cm_moto_msm8960
- New: HTC One M8 (m8) support
- New: HTC One M8 sprint (m8spr) and AT&T (m8att)
- New: Note 10.1 2014 Wifi - SM-P600 (lt0wifi)
- New: Note 10.1 2014 3G - SM-P601 (lt0wifiue)
- New: LG Optimus L7 P700 (p700) by @ali.filth
- New: Galaxy Grand Quatro (i8552) by @ali.filth
- New: HTC One mini (m4)
- New: LG Optimus L7 P705 (p705) by @ali.filth
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6.26.6 is now up.
Must try harder. :banghead:

Hawker's about as much use as a trophy cabinet for the Wales national rugby team! :aetsch:


PhilZ Recovery 6.26.6 is up! :)

"- m7 unified for m7ul, m7att and m7tmo
- CWM 6.0.4.8
- merge support for native dual boot devices
- sync sources
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Just to let you and mr. Snail know that v2.29.2 is up. :thinking:
Lots of backup/restore improvements especially concerning secontext.

I'll let old rusty take it from here...

As it's your 46th Birthday today... I'll let you off old boy! :birthday:

(Now I know what your long suffering wife, Kerri, meant when she said that she, "Felt old age creeping on!" ;)

PhilZ Recovery 6.29.2 is up! :)

"- fix potential bug when verifying root and recovery state on exit
- merge "Fix verify_root_and_recovery menu selections":
- hide the Go Back button from confirm menu
- merge "Prohibit mounting/formatting swap partitions in recovery"
- add minitar binary to /sbin instead of busybox tar
- minitar: enable more options, enable long options, fix selinux backup/restore, enhance GNU tar compatibility
- revert RECOVERY_NEED_SELINUX_FIX patch
- enable seamless backup/restore selinux context using minitar binary
- TWRP mode: support backup/restore of selinux context
- libtouch_gui 1.19
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(I see you're starting to get confused about things already... like version numbers :rolleyes:)
 
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PhilZ Recovery 6.29.9 is up! :)

"- merge "Recovery: swap XY on swipe controls"
- shell pipe: set exit code to error if any pipe element fails
* this was causing backup state to be reported good while tar command failed

This is in my opinion an important bug fix to nandroid backup reliability
It is affecting all CWM recoveries since first versions
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PhilZ Recovery 6.40.1 is up! :)

"- 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)
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