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[HTC Incredible S] Cardiiiii:
Okay that's fantastic news. Thinking of switching to the Sensation.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
I wouldn't do that... edit: because I think it's not so much an upgrade to the IS other than dual core and if the movie (below) is correct, than I won't like the screen.

I'm very disappointed after seeing that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oLz3CT35-4

As the movie progresses the difference gets even more apparent :(

For me the IS is still the best model of the newer android htc phones.
[HTC Incredible S] Cardiiiii:
Hmmm, my uncle got the Sensation and asked me if I wanted it, but I said no because my Inc S is rooted and booted. But now that Revolutionary has been release I'm thinking of taking him up on his offer.

So I will do a side by side comparison myself and report back. Somehow in that video it seemed like the Inc S was on 100% brightness where as the Sensation was on Auto.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
v2.1.3

v2.1.3 unsupported

Released: Aug/6

Fixed a bug that sometimes occured with 2.1.2 (unsupported) where Rom Manager couldn't run a backup.

New: Backups will now error and stop if there isn't enough available space on sdcard instead of just printing a warning message which could be overlooked easily.

This was the case with any previous 4EXT version and with CWMR at least until version 4.0.0.5 (haven't yet checked if this behaviour has changed in newer versions)​

Text output now doesn't cover the progressbar anymore as was the case in 2.1.2 (unsupported)

Download:

4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 flashable zip

md5sum: 3dc544446740b7de5e21f605aa524338

4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 OneClick version

md5sum: f7ec79facde1c33590276bd5788dac0a

​
[HTC Incredible S] Inferi0r:
You just need some luck if you buy your phone. I've now two IS devices, and also had a Sensation (still I can compare to the Sensation of my brother, living in the same house). My newest IS has more greenwashed colours (where my older one is brighter, more white (little pink in the white if i had to pick a color). Didn't noticed any notable differences to the good Inc. S and the Sensation.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Really? That's really unfortunate.. you can't trust one review anyway, but then it's even worse!

Would understand when there were exceptions, but didn't know that!
[HTC Incredible S] hussainmushahid:
The Sensations are using two different S-LCDs, one made by SHARP and the other by Acer. The Sharp one is more detailed making it closer to retina while the Acer one has more saturated colors and is closer to SAMOLED. The sharp one has a tint of yellow/green in its white while the Acer one has a tint of red in it's white. A sensation with a sharp display has poor viewing angels, the display washes out just after a 20° tilt.The Acer display is A LOT more intense and sharp, the colors are better and even more vivid than Retina.

The IS is using a Acer panel :) but I guess the newer one's are using a Sharp panel considering Inferi0r's post.

To justify what I'm saying here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131592
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Im trying to do a restor from a backup i did last night.

Im using 4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 and the backup was made last night with Backup/restore -> Backup. But when i boot into recovery and choose Backup/restore -> Restore -> Find the folder -> Yes to restore, and choose yes to Install, the message is:

Checking MD5 sums...

MD5 mismatch!

Any idea what's wrong?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Hehe yes, md5sums don't match :D

Check the md5sums of the .img files manually and compare the numbers with those in nandroid.md5 inside that folder to find out which one of the files is bad.

If it makes sense, you can then force it to restore by changing nandroid.md5!

Next version should give more information about which file doesn't match and provide an option to restore anyway on your own "risk".
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Hope not that I'm too annoying, but how do you check the md5sums of the .img files manually?

And should i then only change the checksum of nandroid.md5 to what the other .ing files has?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
No problem at all!

You can do it on your device or you can use any tool from your os when you mount the sdcard.

To check the file on the device or on linux it's as simple as that:

md5sum <path_to_that_file_inside_that_backup_folder>

Do that for all the files in there like system.img, data.img et.c.

Then open nandroid.md5 with a text editor.

You will see the list of .img files paired with their md5sums that were generated when you created that backup.

Obviously at least one of the sums for one of the files differs!

You can then replace that md5sum inside nandroid.md5 with the one you generated.

If it's just system.img, boot.img or cache, it won't matter much as you can restore system and boot easily by either flashing your rom again or using advanced restore to restore those partitions from another backup.

Edit: I'm not fully awake yet.. I don't remember if there's a "filter" for .zip files for the md5sum checking option inside recovery (install menu). If not, you can even use that menu item to check the md5sum of your files.

But it's much better to do that somewhere where you can copy and paste that number for replacing the one in nandroid.md5 anyway..

Edit2: And please check you sdcard's filesystem for errors! It's possible that your fat32 fs got slightly corrupted
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Thank you very much for your time, it's very appreciated ;-)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
No problem!

BTW: One could of course also quickly regenerate the whole nandroid.md5 file by executing the same script recovery uses to generate it, but then it won't be clear which one of the files was probably not ok.

So doing it manually is probably better ;)

Just ask if you have any more questions.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
When i open the "nandroid.md5" file in Notepad on my PC, til looks like this:

394612e40d89f913c30558c4b467a547 boot.img

879beb0936e51d31e19916e0a0fe9c37 cache.img

86ca6c7aaccd55e38101455b9ec48a7e data.img

bf7c67b701a624117f4f2d7cf88e80c3 recovery.img

b99159b5454b06b6c6399cb3605546de system.img

But i did'nt understand this part:

"To check the file on the device or on linux it's as simple as that:

md5sum <path_to_that_file_inside_that_backup_folder>"

How do i check the .img files?

So when i get the sums from the .img files (Boot, Cache, Data, Recovery and System), i replace the "394612e40d89f913c30558c4b467a547" sum for boot.img in the Nandroid.md5 file?

P.S.; this phone is S-OFF and Root'ed but with a standard 2.12.405.7 ROM.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes that's right!

You generate a new md5sum of say boot.img inside that backup folder and check if it is the same as mentioned in the file.. if it is, proceed to the next file, if it is not, then replace it with the current one you generated..

You just need an md5checking utility.

But you can do the following:

adb shell md5sum /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/<your backup foldername>/*.img

It will generate and print all md5sums in that directory.. so it saves some time.

Again you could dump that to nandroid.md5 directly but I'd recommend that you look carefully which file does not match anymore and which one does, so you know which backup .img file might make problems when you restore it "forcefully".

Because the only .img you really want is data.img. Let's hope it is ok.. if not, try it anyway and see if it's ok.

For any other partition where the sums don't match, use something else to restore that.. cache is not needed anyway.

If cache does not match, just format cache.

After you have corrected all md5sums, do an advanced restore of only data.img (if the rest of the img. is not ok) and then for example use another backup where system is ok and compatible and advanced restore system.

You might also just flash your rom again to get a working /system. The same is true for boot!
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
I got it working now, but it was a bit complicated i think, but i realy learned a lot ;-)

And now i just been told by my wife, witch phone it is, that se would like a Sense 3.0 ROM instead!!!

If i reformat the SD CARD in FAT32, do a SuperWipe and Flash the ROM, do you think the ROM backup would work then?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Hahaha, ****. Ok.. Yes you can just format your sdcard, then you don't need to check/repair it.

Wiping data/cache is always recommended before you install a rom with a completely different base, but it doesn't have anything to do with those .img files that got corrupted..

BTW: You care telling me which files were not ok? ;)
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
It was the "data.img" that was the problem.

And the last question from me for today:

When i boot into Recovery i can see that the wife's phone is 3Ext. If i flash a ROM that requires 4Ext, is that converted automaticaly or do i have to converte the partisions from 3Ext to 4Ext, befor i flash the new ROM?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Ok, that was bad luck then, but good that it worked anyway.

If a rom requires ext4, it is enough if the recovery does support ext4 and it will work. Even if not all partitions are formatted with ext4.

Normally when you install an ext4 rom, it will format /cache and /system ext4 when you install it already.

I'd say, install it.

Then after first boot, reboot into recovery to check if there are still partitions that are not formatted ext4 and convert them to ext4 for slightly better performance.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
Madmaxx82, since you are a guy and i'm married, i can say that i love you and your work ;-)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
hahaha thnx very much :)
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
This is not a question, but just some info ;-)

I generated a new Nandroid Backup, but when i tryed to Restor it i got the message again:

Checking MD5 sums...

MD5 mismatch!

I then copyed everything from my SD card to my PC and formated the SD card in the phone. Copyed everything back to the SD card and booted into Recovery, and now i could use the backup i made befor i formated the phone.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
That's interesting, thanks for the info!

So the files were ok, checksums ok, and only produced wrong md5sums when on a corrupted fs..
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
and a new recovery expert has been born ;)

you did an amazing job bro, serious respect for what you have accomplished
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Hahaha, thank you very much mate ;)
[HTC Incredible S] zas666:
When charging phone while it was off, i got following errors at start:

...

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00059

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00061

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00065

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00067

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00071

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00073

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00077

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00079

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00083

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00085

(code -1)

E:Missing bitmap charging_full_00089

(code -1)

...

Is this an EXT4 Recovery issue ?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes, it's telling you that some pics are missing. Nothing harmful.

Will correct it in the next version.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
If it's irritating, just switch to the final (2.1.0) or don't charge with the phone switched off :D
[HTC Incredible S] zas666:
It is not irritating, just bugged ;)

Devs are aware of the issue, so nothing more can be done :)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes I am aware of it since some users already reported it on the desireHD board.

That's one of the reasons why 2.1.3 is no final ;)
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
I have 2.1.3 Recovery insatlled now, but is there any problems flashing the 2.1.0 Final instead?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
You can flash it anytime over 2.1.3.

Anyway, other than missing offmode charge icons there are no other confirmed issues for 2.1.3 since it was released. ;)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Updated, offmode charging bug fixed ;)
[HTC Incredible S] piobeer:
I do have recovery 2.1.3 RC2 installed, but now when I try to install Unity Rom 1.29 (best battery for me) I'm getting an error 7 so not recognizing 'incs'? Haven't had that error since one of the very early versions?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes, the device is named 'vivo' and not 'incs'.

'incs' is not "official". Only the very first CWMR had that prop *instead* of vivo. So you couldn't install cyanogenmod with it which already used the correct name.

I just had support for 'incs' in earlier versions to help a bit with that abrupt change a few months back.

I updated my build env and changed from my custom config to the one that comes with the official repo and didn't re apply that change.

Just open updater-script and change "incs" to "vivo" and it will work ;)
[HTC Incredible S] piobeer:
Thanks for clarifying. I did go back to 2.1.0 final and then flashing Unity 1.29 worked for me again. Not sure if it is a limitation of the VU 1.29 zip file or something else, but I got it working again.:)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
The final still has "incs support" ;)

I will compile a version for unity ;)
[HTC Incredible S] wzu7:
point me to version for unity ....tq
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Just download it from first post. The previously compiled version has been replaced a few hours after it was released.

You only have to re download it.
[HTC Incredible S] mark_1000:
Hey, i have sort of a weird question. Is it possible to password protect 4EXT Recovery? I just figured that if i have software on my phone that allows me to track/find my phone if it gets stolen or lost, then it seems useless if anyone can just boot into recovery, wipe and then install a fresh rom?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Maybe but, anyone could just flash another recovery via bootloader ;)

But maybe it would help preventing some complete idiots from messing around with your data :D

However I can't think of any option that would really secure your phone by something like that..

To anyone interested:

Here is the alpha of something that will get more features and is still quite rough around the edges, but it might ease the updating/flashing of 4extrecovery already ;)

http://www.4ext.net/get.php?apk

Alpha... so even more please use at your own risk (like always)
[HTC Incredible S] iceman99393:
Will this recovery work on incredible 2?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Not yet, but will ;)
[HTC Incredible S] vido.ardes:
Nice little app, can't check if it works as I am on the latest recovery but will certainyl take another look when the next update comes out! Nice work as always maxx
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much l0st.prophet :)

However if you want to, you can.. when you click on brwose versions you will get lists of older recovery versions too.. so if you wanted to, you could for example flash the final ;)

But won't make sense if you like to keep yours obviously :D

Edit: just want to mention it again: this is still rough around the edges and most features are missing, in case someone wonders :)

But the functionality that's already there should work without major issues (hopefully without any :D )..
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
After upgrading from 2.10 Final to 2.13 RC2, I found the backup and restore process takes much longer to complete.

Anyone notice this? Or just my imagination?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Would be quite strange since nothing was changed there..

This isn't easy to compare, because it varies greatly depending on how much files/size you have on your partitions (so it also depends on the rom) and how much free space you have on your sdcard..
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
Never mind then. I'll keep looking to see if there are other factors. Thanks for the quick reply, madmaxx82!
[HTC Incredible S] CYBERFANT:
Hi, today i have installed the clockworkmod 5.0.0.1 over the rom manager.

Then reinstall the 4EXTRecovery v2.1.3 RC2.

Now i can´t boot in the recovery mode. It hangs on the white htc boot logo.

I have install the ace-cwm-3.0.0.5 and reinstall the 4EXT.

No boot in recovery. White Screen.

Please can you check this? Thank´s
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Very strange.. :D

Please try using the preview app to install 4ext over cwmr and see if that works for you.

( www.4ext.net/get.php?apk )
[HTC Incredible S] CYBERFANT:
I have install the v2.1.3 RC2 over the app. OK, now it works! :confused:

My version is the same? I have full wipe my dhd. I flash the PD98IMG, Easy Radio tool v2_2 etc.

Install the v3 of clockworkmod, install 4EXT, don´t work.

I have 4ext installed remotely via network with no errors. perhaps that's my fault? previously it always worked. I will test this again.

Thank you for the support and the great 4EXT Tool!
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Strange, I'm glad it finally worked out for you!

And thanks for the feedback.

Currently working on the next update.
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
convertion to ext3 reverted

Hi, i have 4ext v.2.1.3 on my desire.

The first thing i have done is the convertion from ext2 to ext3 with success, but now, everytime that i boot into the recovery, it says that i have ext2.

I did again the convertion with the same results (it confirms that i have ext3 but after the reboot it says ext2).

Any ideas about the matter?

Thanks in advance
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Hi!

That's strange!

Could you please try v2.1.0 or 2.1.1 final for your desire? Could be because of a kernel change I did with 2.1.3 for the desire...

Don't worry, your file system is in fact ext3.
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Really?

I will try to check the properties of the ext with an external tool to confirm the matter.

I will try also the 2.1.1

Thanks!
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes, I was having that problem with proper fs detection months ago when I first supported the desire (v1.9.x).

Only turning off CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23 helped.

I never had that problem on any other device.
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
MiniTool Partition Wizard says that i still have ext2:confused:
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Do you have adb?

Then please tell me the output of adb shell tune2fs -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

If not, please go into recovery into advanced and use the menu to "copy recovery log to sdcard.."

There will be 2 or 3 log files in your /sdcard/4ext folder.. please send them to my mail address.

Edit: that's the first time I hear of such a problem in at least 2 months :D

Would really like to know what's up :)
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Ok, i will send the log files

Edited: Is your email the same that appears in the PayPal donation?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Yes and it is in my signature ;)

BTW: You are in the wrong forum, but doesn't matter much :)
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Opps....sorry!

Ok, i sent. It
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Got it and must say, it's weird!

Can you format your sd-ext partition with ext4 as a try? If possible also try another sdcard. As said before that's something I haven't seen for a very long time and I don't know what to think of it yet.

I need to go to sleep now, will be there again in about 8 hours would be great if you could send me the output of "adb shell tune2fs -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" too.

Under Windows the console window sucks, so you could use "adb shell tune2fs -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\tune2fs.log", that would put the output into that file on your desktop..
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
I'm also going to sleep.

The prbl is that i have to change the recovery and convert to ext to use the app²sd as it should.

and no idea about Linux commands...sorry!

Anyway, let's speak tomorrow!
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
What do you mean by you have to change recovery to support app2sd? Which one did you have till now?

You could try rmd recovery in the desire forum and check if it makes a difference in your case.

And if possible try another sdcard just to make sure..

See you tomorrow ;)
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Good morning. I mean to support the rom i have installed that needs ext3 or 4 to work as it should. Its working with ext2 but a little buggy.

i will try an other recovery and let you know.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Good morning ;)

Before you start flashing, did you already try using ext4 fs?
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
No i didnt. It will not format my card right?.

If so i will try now

Edit. I mean it will not erase my data?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
If you use convert, then no!

But it's always good to make a backup before doing things like that!
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
I know...i have one!

So lets try...
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Ext4 succeeded.

can i try to go from ext4 to ext3?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
yes, shouldn't make a difference though.

If your rom works with ext4 it's better to stay @ext4.

Let's continue talking in the desire forum.

Those nice Incredible S ppl here don't have sd-ext partitions ;)
[HTC Incredible S] eddyther:
Ok thks! See you there
[HTC Incredible S] Master Darko:
Yes thank you. Take your desired devices where they belong. :P

Let us be incredible. :)

Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
hahaha :D
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
In case someone was wondering: the rom was removing journaling from ext3.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Beta 4 is up :)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Renamed Recovery Updater to Recovery Control, so please uninstall the former one :)

Beta 5 is there. Only chnage from Beta4 is fixes in romname detection though.. not a big update.

Hopefully it will be final in few days.

Then I'll work on a long due update for 4EXT-Recovery and add other devices as promised.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Everyone using the app to do backups and use its functionality to select the partitions you want to include/exclude in the backup, please upgrade to 4EXT-Recovery v2.1.3 RC4!

This version also fixes a very very rare bug I stumbled upon by accident :p
[HTC Incredible S] :
Will madmaxx change the base of 4EXT Recovery to Cloworkmod 5?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Of course.

But I can't as long as the source isn't available ;)
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Beta 7 is up :)
[HTC Incredible S] CYBERFANT:
Hi, i have the same problem again. I use the Recovery_Control_Beta7. I will update to the rc4. Flashing recovery failed. When i boot in to Recovery, the Phone hangs up with white screen htc logo. I have tested all versions of 4EXT. Flashing fails.

I update the Recovery over the RomManager to 5.0.2.0. Then i go in the recovery mode. I flash the 4EXTRecovery_v2.1.3RC4.zip manual with no errors, reboot in recovery, the phone hangs on white screen with htc logo.

Anny ideas? Is there somewhere a logfile?
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Hi!

So this also fails without using the app..

It's weird that you cannot flash it manually from inside recovery and the app.

It's also very strange that flashing fails via the app btw.

Maybe a superuser issue?

Try removing all logs from superuser and try again I'd say.

But anyway since this also happens when you install it manually, there must be something wrong.

After you cleared the superuser logs e.t.c and flashing still fails, please try again doing it manually from inside recovery.

If this again fails, boot your rom and I will tell you how to recover the log.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Another possibility which isn't so unlikely would be that the download is corrupted.. that would also give you a failure when flashing from inside the app because it checks the md5sum of the zip and the extracted recovery.img separately..

But it should also redownload up to 4 times automatically..

If you flash a download manually from inside recovery it would cause hangs if the .img was corrupted.
[HTC Incredible S] madmaxx82:
Ok I see now that you already had that problem once and that it worked with the app back then, but not when you tried to do it manually..

Maybe your filesystem on your sdcard is damaged?

Can you do a fsck?
[HTC Incredible S] CYBERFANT:
Ok, my sdcard is crashed. I do a fsck, but it takes a time. is a 32 gb card.

Then i format the card complete...