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[Fascinate Android Development] stephenj37826:
Do tell oh and thanks a million
[Fascinate Android Development] cpark_12:
This is great! I've played with it all day....started with old sc2.9.2, flashed this, then miuiwiz-booted and ran no problems. flashed it again, then comrom-booted and ran no problems. Flashed it again, then ef-booted and running now with no problems! Thanks a lot for this

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[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Hey navenedrob, I seem to be the only one having problems with this. I ran your new updated package and this time the lag was completely gone. But, whenever I try to turn on wifi I end up in a soft boot loop. So, it's breaking my wifi but other than that these are awesome!!! Thanks once again. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] hecantbreathe:
Used the EXT4 package last night for the first time and everything went great. Thanks for this.
[Fascinate Android Development] tk1o48:
so someone help me understand... Can i flash this package and reflash the same rom im using? For instance, if im running Miuiwiz with otb 1.5, can i boot to recovery and flash this package and simply reflash miuiwiz? My understanding is this fully converts everything to ext4 and therefore increase performance.
[Fascinate Android Development] hecantbreathe:
Thats what I did but with com rom 1.3.
[Fascinate Android Development] Headcase8911:
And?
[Fascinate Android Development] hecantbreathe:
I posted a few posts up.

I said it worked out great. No problems what so ever.
[Fascinate Android Development] tk1o48:
Sweet glad to see it works. Do I flash the package then reboot to let it format? Or can I flash the ext4 package then the rom zip immediately after then reboot?
[Fascinate Android Development] hecantbreathe:
It formats in cwm. Flash package then rom.
[Fascinate Android Development] tk1o48:
Thanks for the help!
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
I looked over the package and just saw one thing. Any reason you don't extract the mke2fs.conf file directly to /system/etc rather than /etc? I only ask because /etc is just a symlink and not an actual directory.
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
Because that isn't the case when you are in recovery, and it is only for temporary use. It is also easier, and it works.
[Fascinate Android Development] _murray_:
A noob question.

Can I use it with international galaxy s?
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
Ok so seriously this is some pretty cool ****. so I ran the ext4 zip then flashed heinz and the kernel I wanted then booted. Went back into recovery and did the theme and market I wanted. Have not had one issue in fact it fixed a few that I was having. So way to go man. This is a really great tool

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[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
I'm not 100% sure, but to be safe, I wouldn't try it. I know that the international version has some differences with partitions and using this might mess that up. The best thing to do, if you care to do some research, is to check your partitions in your recovery using the mount command, and then compare those to the script used in this package here. If they match up, and everything is where it should be, then you can use the tool.
[Fascinate Android Development] tk1o48:
Ran this package before flashing over to comrom. I know quadrant scores dont matter but got 1765 with no oc. Highest I've ever got on stock voltage settings
[Fascinate Android Development] kidserious:
Hey navenedrob, did you ever flash the ext4 package in conjunction with Jt's cm7 and otb 1.5? I'm wondering if you got the same results I did?
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
Just wanted to add I used times_infinity's blue CWM 3 to run the EXT4 tool and it seems to have took. I cannot veriy this through adb as I don't have that whole deal up and working but I have noticed and very big difference in the phones performance. If there is a way to tell through terminal emulator I would be more than happy to see and verify for you.

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[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
K so I just found running the command cat /proc/mounts in terminal shows four file systems as ext4. So I am assuming it took.

The four where. System. Cache. Data and dbdata

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[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
Hi..i amVERY interested in this project being worked over at international i9000 , but have very little coding experience..so is there any way i could supply to you the aformentioned info , sir ?
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
I didn't... sorry... but I will get around to it! If you know how to do a logcat and put it to a text file, post one here. Preferably an entire logcat starting from a fresh boot, and also a logcat when your wifi dropout happens (this one might be tricky because you'll have to get it before your phone crashes... if it does). There is obviously a problem happening that you can't see, and that is where you would see it.
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
I will have to download a ROM or two from the i9000 forum and have a look through it to see what the partition scheme being used is like. If it matches up to this script, then I will release it over there. If it doesn't, then I will modify it and also release it over there. The i9000 forum has kernels which support more file system types so theoretically I could release a bunch of utilities for each type... we will see. I will try to find some time to work on this.
[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
wow..Truly thankful.

Never thought i would have found a man to help me from another board for this :)
[Fascinate Android Development] DoobiHowserMD:
I ran this last night because after tons of flashing and maybe a couple bad flashes, my phone was laggy, almost unresponsive sometimes, took forever to boot, among other small things. And I must say, my phone seems much snappier! Thanks for this!
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
Don't know if this would help in porting to other SGS devices, but you can find most of the partitions in this file from Voodoo Lagfix, lines ~185-200, as well as this file
[Fascinate Android Development] lenknermj:
Is there ANY chance that you would consider writing a post that would tell us how to do this, say, from ADB? My phone is so fubar'd that I cannot mount the SDCard from CWM3, so I cant run any zip files....my last hope is to be able to do this from ADB (or some other method that relies on the USB connection, like ODIN or HEIMDALL...but I dunno how you would run a script via those...lol)

I know I'm asking a LOT, but it would mean a TON to me...I've been trying to get this stupid thing to work at least 8 hours per day for the past 3 days, and I either want to fix it, or brick it, so that either way, I wont have to keep doing this. :)

Thanks in advance!!
[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
Flash any stock rom with odin and make sure you "tick" the "re-partition" checkbox..this will convert all partitions back to rfs (with a small brick chance if you have lagfix enabled-just disable it before)..I have not personally tried it, but if your device is as fubar'd as u say, its pretty much the best way to go, and start over..been there, done that.
[Fascinate Android Development] MattRussNC:
Haven't got a chance to make use of this yet but it sounds great. Hows integration into cwm coming ? Just curious. Waiting for rom update to give it a shot as i am trying to break the habit of flashing every few days.

Thanks for the util.
[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
I went ahead and flashed this to my international sgs..turns out partition table ARE different..I guess i will just have to wait for some port to this.
[Fascinate Android Development] solarpolitiks:
Thanks so much. This saved me after countless failed voodoo conversions
[Fascinate Android Development] lenknermj:
Assuming that I'm to use the Atlasv2_2.PIT file that Adrynalyne has made available before, that doens't work for me.

A little background on the situation might help - I accidentally flashed an I9000 ROM on this bugger when I first got the phone, using one of the ones listed in SamFirmware.com's "America Austraila" section - at that time, I was unaware that Verizon's SGS was so different from everyone elses.

In doing so, I followed the directions on that site, since this is my first Samsung Android. Whoever referred me to that site made them sounid like THE authority on where to get this info, btw.

So, in following those directions, I used the 512.PIT file as well, and I believe that DESTROYED my partition table. No matter what version of CWM I try, I cant 'mount' or otherwise read from the SD card (external) and my phone is showing 0 bytes internal.

I tried following Adrynalyne's post here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804784&highlight=voodoo

But I cant flash from my SDCard, so I cant apply STOCK.ZIP.

I'm at a point where I want to just use ADB (or Linux terminal) to destroy the internal partitions, recreate them manually, and start over. I've wasted about 40 hours in the past 5 days playing with this phone, and I'm just sick to death of screwing around with it.

Anyone know how I can do any of the following?

Manually rebuild the Fascinate partition table (either via ADB, Linux Terminal, or otherwise)

Package existing ZIP files into a package I can ODIN (a Voodoo kernel vai ODIN would be great, because I think the former owner VooDoo'd the phone)

ANY OTHER IDEAS!! LOL

If anyone can help, please let me know - if anyone would be interested in helping me One On One via any messaging program or IRC, lemme know.

Yes, I'm desperate. Can you tell? ;)

THanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] Cheetohz:
What good would come from making a backup, flashing this, and then restoring my backup? Would it fix any potentially unseen issues?

Or does it restore everything?
[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
try to odin this

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...-11-red-voodoo-cwm-3-x-updated-4-24-11-a.html

and then from that recovery try to enable lagfix..or find a rom that auto lagfixes upon being flashed via odin..something like a "ressurection" rom, we got a couple on the international sgs fora..try searching for 1 in fascinate forums.
[Fascinate Android Development] 1fast72:
I am very interested in this but still learning. So my course of action would be to disable lagfix>flash the zip to ext4> then can I just flash the Heinz 57 zip since it has the kernel in it? Also I still have the red cwm 2.5.x so I would have to change to cwm3? I will have to look for it on here.
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
lenknermj,

What do you mean flashing the Atlas 2.2 PIT file doesn't "work" for you? That doesn't make any sense at all. That file contains the partition table data, and when you ODIN that file it rewrites your partition tables. Basically, that would fix your partition situation. If it truly does not work, then you are looking at sending your phone in for repair.

After you ODIN that PIT file, flash a Voodoo kernel of your choice, then flash the package you want (EXT4/RFS), then flash any Froyo ROM you want. That's basically all there is to the process.
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
You don't have to bother with switching lagfix on and off, that is stated in the OP.

Upgrade to the CWM3 in the OP, or whatever other one you want that is reported working, then flash the EXT4 package, then flash the ROM.
[Fascinate Android Development] chris2busy:
Hello mate..Hope you had a nice weekend there :)

I just wanted to ask if u had any time to take a peek at the tables for i9000..i could volunteer to do anything i could to assist you for it..Basically if only you could do the exact opposite the script in cm nightlies does, it would be divine..
[Fascinate Android Development] shahud:
I want to get the official update to ED01 so I was going to downgrade back to stock and use the OTA's to get there. So once I have ED01 I will have to reroot and and get CWR. After that I was planning on flashing comrom 2.0. It has a voodoo kernel packaged with it. Do I need to flash ext4 before or after I flash comrom and if I flash it after, am I going to have to reflash comrom? Thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] landshark68:
Flash this before flashing Comm ROM. And you can save yourself a step in there also and not root as Comm ROM includes root. So:

Flash CWM 3.0 in ODIN

Pull USB cable, put battery back in phone, boot directly to CWM with three finger salute

Flash ext4 formatter

Flash your choice of the now available OTB or PBJ version of Comm ROM 2.0

Wipe data/cache/dalvik cache

(You can also play it safe at this point and check in Voodoo while you are still in CWM that lag fix is set to enable on next boot)

Reboot

Done
[Fascinate Android Development] jpricesd:
You want to do it before you flash the rom. It will basically do the voodoo conversion for you. You don't need to do it again after flashing the ROM.
[Fascinate Android Development] shahud:
Awesome thanks for the help!
[Fascinate Android Development] Robtao:
Any idea if a Nandroid Advanced Restore (Data only restore) will overwrite anything accomplished by this utility?
[Fascinate Android Development] Izeltokatl:
Technically, restoring data is different than a format function which writes data on top of the formatted system. The phone is just a computer.
[Fascinate Android Development] yutzyscott:
This is the best thing to hit the fascinate since,,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,,,,Ever! I have been using the blackhole rom series since October when I first purchased the phone. Ive tried all the others but gave up switching because blackhole has always worked better than any other. However all the switching made my phone laggy and buggy. After running your utility my phone now runs like new again. No bugs at all and no issues. Now I can also start flashing various different roms and not have to worry anymore. Awesome work here and thank you. I even wrote an essay long advertisement for you in sonofskywalker3s thread for blackhole v4.4.
[Fascinate Android Development] Robtao:
So this has become my new default method for flashing ROMs:

1. Create a clean Nandroid Backup (with wiped cache and Dalvik, possibly voltage)

2. Run this awesome utility Thanks, navenedrob! Very cool.

3. Flash the new ROM in CWM

4. Flash new Kernel if needed (before allowing ROM to boot) in CWM

5. Allow ROM to boot

6. Nandroid Advanced Restore (Data only)

The only issue I seem to have is the need to update/install Gmail. Then all is smooth.
[Fascinate Android Development] blackdeath09:
I'm thinking: is there anyway you could build up an update.zip that revert the partition after CyanogenMOD. I mean an update.zip that is doing the re-partition thing from odin3?
[Fascinate Android Development] Robtao:
It depends on what you restore, I would say. A full Nandroid backup restore would overwrite it, I think.

I use this utility and a clean Data only Nandroid Advanced Restore, (see post 65 two posts up) and it seems to work great.
[Fascinate Android Development] bmeek:
does a full nandroid restore also reformat?

Curious for a definitive answer on this. I know the full restore includes boot, system & data - but how does it clear things out before laying down the files?

Since doing a full nandroid restore clearly shows a file-by-file process, and since navenedrob describes the standard CWM "wipe" functions as a recursive file deletion (labeled as "format" ops), I'm guessing no actual reformatting happens during the full restore.
[Fascinate Android Development] anon_72:
After I ran this utility, I had installed cm7.0.3 build 5/11/11 and one of the otb kernels. Tried to restore commrom back thru cwm and it failed multiple times for me. I do like this utility though, after running ext4 then installing cm7 it was the smoothest I had ever seen my phone. When I ran quadrant I got a 2633 @ 1400mhz bfq/on demand.
[Fascinate Android Development] TtWEAK:
That happened to me awhile back. I tried to go from CM7 to ComRom, and this utility didn't exist yet. So, I don't think it is your problem. I don't know what actually fixed it for me. I just moved from CWM to CWM and likewise from ROM to ROM. The backup and restore features work fine now.
[Fascinate Android Development] Alberto96:
When a release with sgs i9000 international version support ?

Thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] anon_72:
Weird, I had the opposite happen to me. I would flash cm7 on weekends and use commrom mon-fri switching back n forth for a couple weeks. After I ran this utility it wouldn't let me do that anymore and I've just stayed on cm7 since.
[Fascinate Android Development] TtWEAK:
That is weird. I'm not sure what recovery you're using. If it isn't the one mentioned in the first post, that could be the problem. Other than that I wouldn't know.
[Fascinate Android Development] navenedrob:
Updated packages to be compatible with EC09 Gingerbread (and possibly future Fascinate Gingerbread releases). Also added core packages, in case anyone needs to format just one part.
[Fascinate Android Development] bhfd64:
So flash your EC09 EXT4 kernel and then this? Or the other way around? I keep hanging at the Samsung logo.
[Fascinate Android Development] neh4pres:
i was wondering what this does that voodoo does not? does voodoo only convert some things? would using this formater give me a boost in performance over a plain voodoo conversion? also is it possible to convert the sd card to ext4? and if so would it be worth it?
[Fascinate Android Development] ezas:
Me and a few others feel like this is a bit of speed boost over 'regular' voodoo. To me it's enough to just notice. But I wouldn't tear down my phone just to run this.
[Fascinate Android Development] jptech7:
It is supposed to be more optimized than voodoo at the moment. TBH, I've not tried this yet, but I look forward to trying it out and seeing what modifications this does to the filesystem.
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
I did the phone "teardown" to use this and see if there was any difference. Lets just say I didn't regret it. The Ext4 and RFS utility have proven to be invaluable over the last few weeks. I feel it makes a difference as well as makes it alot easier when switching from one rom to another.

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[Fascinate Android Development] djlim4:
Ran this before going back to EF 3.6, and it seemed to work out fine until my second reboot after i loaded up the new rom.

My launcher settings and app data seems to disappear with each reboot... dunno if running this had anything to do with it.

But my real question is, if i ODIN back to EB01 or whatever else stock recovery packages with the repartition checked off and the atlas pit file, will any of this utility's effects still stick?
[Fascinate Android Development] scarmon25:
It shouldn't as most odin packages can repartition and reformat all four partitions. Or at least that was how it was put to me. Now I don't know about the new version. It looks like it does more than four so???

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[Fascinate Android Development] Robtao:
Thanks again for this. A great tool.

I am wondering a couple of things:

First, would it make sense to make one of these utilities that formats "all but..." maybe excluding Data and/or dbData?

Then, are Nandroid data only restores a bad idea for MTD ROMs?

The purpose I have in mind is to create with one efficient execution of the utility, a completely clean-wiped Nandroid backup, with pre-wiped cache, Dalvik, voltage, any other potentially incompatible data removed, but still containing all User Data, apps, contacts, etc. All to Advanced restore user data (only) after a ROM flash requiring full data wipe.

This used to work very well between TW ROMs, but not sure it will work with some of the more radically different ROMs such as CM7 and MIUI versions, but I am hoping it will help. Will restoring wiped user data eliminate any of the issues?

I really have no idea which individual utilities would be good to include/exclude in a flash/restore process? Some of those newer utilities are new to me. Any info about what data will successfully restore from a TW ROM to a CM7 and what will cause problems would be very educational. Otherwise, I will continue to lurk.

Edit: I am particularly interested in what "Format PREINSTALL" does. Is that a particular partition name, or a combination of things? Because it sounds like what I am looking for, a "before installing, reformat the necessary items, cache, dalvik, etc.".
[Fascinate Android Development] ibebyi:
Hi,

First and absolutely foremost thank you for all of your hard work putting these utilities together. It's encouraging to see fasc development still going strong! :)

a quick question: when flashing voodoo kernel after using this tool, should you have a "disable_lagfix" in the Voodoo folder of your sd?
[Fascinate Android Development] speedingcheetah:
I was wondering..Is this utility integrated into the newest roms or CWR or kernels...cause I remember either OTB or pbj kernel change-log mentioned something about an ext4 format utility and to disable then re-enable lagfix to take advantage of it...
[Fascinate Android Development] speedingcheetah:
So if i flash this...it completely wipes everything including current rom...so I would have to flash a rom after it...What would happen if I didn't flash a rom after using this package and tried to boot the phone? No operating system found message?

Does it wipe out current modem as well, or does it leave that intact?
[Fascinate Android Development] Robtao:
Exactly what I like to do:

Wipe Cache & Dalvik (Looking for a "clean all but user data/apps" version of the utility to do this in one step:))

Nandroid Backup (CWM)

Run Utility (cleans up any issues, wipes all, including data)

Flash ROM

Full Boot

Advanced Restore (Data only) (CWM)

Boot and enjoy.

Also hoping for a version that works with MTD.

But this has made all my BLM ROM flashing a breeze.
[Fascinate Android Development] turkrock:
please help me urgent

I flashed my phone htc sensation EXT4 is all ROM programs, but I erase my phone before. My phone will not turn on at the moment. I press the power + volume down key backlight only lights
[Acer Iconia A500] banksia:
I can't seem to find a firewall for the A500?

Can someone shed some light.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Durka:
At the moment i have about 50 mb free ram memory. When i check active processes I see alot that i dont use/need.

I know how to disable to process but they come back after i reboot the phone. I want them not to start up when i reboot phone cus they take up my ram and I dont use them. I dont want to delete them from my phone. Is there a way to keep them from starting up when i reboot my phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T_Frain_K:
Autostart Killer from Market. (Can´t remember if it requires root thoug)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Yes it does need root I think

Sent from gt i9000 insanity 8.5/fugumod
[G Tablet General] novicexda:
Soooo,

I am really new at this. So how to you do this step?

4. A folder called recovery with a file in it called COMMAND inside it with the following line of text:

Code:

--update_package=SDCARD:/update.zip

What is the step-by-step process for this? I know how to create a folder, but I dont know how to create the file with the code. Can someone help me with this. Thanks I have Windows 7 if that matters.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
I don't have windows 7, so my instructions may be outdated for you.

It's basically a notepad file, but you can't have the ".txt" extension.

I downlaoded Notepad++ and used it to create my file. Just open the program, copy and paste the text line you need, then save it as "COMMAND" (remember, no extension. save it in the recovery folder and you're good to go.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
On the gTablet, run a Terminal Emulator app, then type:

cd /mnt/sdcard
mkdir recovery
echo '--update_package=SDCARD:/update.zip' > recovery/command
[HD2 General] Nilesh1:
I have a T-Mobile UK HTC HD2 and I can't find a old stock rom for it, I went the HTC website but that gives me an updated one with 3.08 spl.

Can anyone tell me where to find an older one?

Thanks