yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Great, thanks that's ideal, there is no hurry with this feature just curious. Nice to see such commitment to the cause -although sleep is important too!

File system check - To be honest after last time I was too afraid to use it ;)

Night

EDIT3: I've cancelled the request for this to be made sticky and requested that the INDEX thread is, as that refers to your thread within in under the RECOVERY section and will create a more organized forum.

EDIT2: I've emailed the mod asking for this thread to be made into a sticky replacing the other out dated CWM RECOVERY sticky.

EDIT1: you should rename this thread as per the forum recommend dev standards by prefixing [RECOVERY][JULY 07] (which is the type and last update date) to it's current name.
[HTC Desire S] yerfdes:
can i flash virtous unity ROM while on ext4?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Hi,

of course you can ;)
[HTC Desire S] yerfdes:
Thanks for the fast response...

Sir can i ask anotjer favor? Im just waiting for alpharevx soff for windows then i will s off mine. I just want to ask what should i do next after soff? What should i do next upto flashing a custom rom?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Start reading the other threads within this forum, as this question is being asked and answered multiple times by all the new S-OFF users.

You shouldn't really go off topic like that, especially within the Development Forum. Questions should be posted in the General section.

From what I've read it's possible to run linux from a CD on a windows pc and use the AlphaRev tool to S-OFF your device....so I recommend that you start reading the relevant AlphaRev threads that are going on and ask questions there.
[HTC Desire S] Fz.hary:
Thanks for this great work :)

One click is great for newbie like me...
[HTC Desire S] MarylandCookie:
Windows version is out.
[HTC Desire S] yerfdes:
thanks maryland.. im trying different ROMs right now... downloaded LBC and virtuous... currently downloading coredroid.. i wish we could have more ROMS..
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Superb keep up the quality production
[HTC Desire S] Nos0x:
So should this be used instead of ClockWorkMod on a new (just got S-OFF) Desire S?
[HTC Desire S] Tik_Tak:
yes, it based on cwm
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Yes, but It's all about personal preference, I'd say YES, as this version is updated more frequently, contains more features & functionality and is far easier to use

It's also built from the solid code base that is CWM
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
"Critical" fix.. but not necessarily needed to upgrade if used with some common sense :D see changelog
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
with this tool you can backup/restore so i don`t see the use of rom manager anymore true?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Any recovery can backup/restore..

Rom Manager has a few extra functions like downloading roms and you can use it while your phone is booted.. it will only reboot into recovery when needed..
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Looks like signature verfication is off by default, have to toggle to turn it on (o:
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
great recovery :)

many thx!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Hmm, this is a part of the recovery I didn't change at all.. strange..

Thank you very much :)
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
And verification fails every time.... v.2.1.0 btw
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
of the signature?

What signed zips do you flash?
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Yes, of the signature, LBC mod. 0.5.3 and trying with your 4EXTRecovery_v2.1.0_RC1_saga.zip also failed (o;
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Could you try that with CWMR 4.0.0.5?
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Sry, haven't got it and the links to it seems to have been deleted...
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
I'll compile the latest, would be nice if you could check that.
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Sure, ship it this way and i'll try it out!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Ok, here is 4.0.0.8.

Would be interesting.. still using 4.0.0.5 as base.
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Same thing as on yours, signature verification off by default and fails to verify... (o;
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Why do you try to verify a custom rom anyway? I don't know anyone doing that

Isn't it enough to verify the md5sum? ;)
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Well, I always had the sig. verification on by default and not all packs come with MD5sum (o:
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Which rom and recovery versions were the last ones where this worked for you?
[HTC Desire S] cyberspaced:
Well kinda hard to tell since I first discovered that sig. verification was turned off yesterday.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Just to further complicate I flashed both of these no problems.

They only difference that I can see is that I already had previous version of ext4 installed, so possibly have existing sd config files and I'm xtc soff not alpharevx.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
The first flashable 4EXT Themes appeared :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15716549#post15716549
[HTC Desire S] loveboatcaptain:
hey maxx ;)

great work like always ;)

sorry for didn´t found time to answer you PM... i will do that this evening when i come home ;)

regards from berlin
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much my friend :)

And no problem, really! I'm also very busy at the moment with the recovery and this weekend I also have some work to do for my real job :D

Many greetz from Graz ;)

And see you!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Updated first post with a "theme uninstaller".

It will uninstall any themes you might have flashed, reverting to your own custom settings you had before!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
New version, fixes a rare bug, RC2 hopefully final :)
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Very very sorry, had to update again, because I AGAIN forgot the customizable option for the toggle usb storage icon :(

Now this is RC3 WITH this option I already forgot about in RC1 :)
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
Assuming I haven't missed something:

Is there no way to wipe/format SD-Card via recovery anymore?
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
Sometimes when I`m using toggle usb storage to put/delete some files from sd card, after I`m unmounting and going to install from sd, files aren`t refreshed so I have to restart recovery.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
No, but this will return in the next version where there's something better than parted for doing that. Parted at least the older versions do a lousy job in formatting fat32.

You can however use toggle usb storage and format it inside your os.

4ext exposes the complete sdcard, not just a partition to the os, so you could even partition it that way if you wanted to.

This seems to happen to some users, but not for most of them which is strange!

Does this happen for you with rc3 too?

If so, please try the following: after you have transferred the files manually unmount/mount your sdcard in "mounts & Storage" and then try if they show up.

Would be interesting to know, then I could fix that. Thnx!
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
that was on rc1 haven`t tried that on rc3 yet.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Okay, please try rc3. Might improve that.

The strange thing is that most ppl don't have that problem..

Currently checking what it might be..

If you still have the issue on rc3, then I have a new version for you to try if you care..
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
OK I have tried now with rc3. Same issue but now instead of restarting recovery I have to toggle usb > mount 2 times to refresh files.

ps: is not big thing (how many times you use recovery for browsing files in windows) but i wanted to post because maybe will help you in development.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much!

Please could you try this version if this solves this bug for you?

Would be a great help :)

BTW: I was told this is also true with official cwmr.. but doesn't matter would like to have this fixed :)
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
Tested 3x and 3x working. You are a good developer :P Ty
[HTC Desire S] Blackcorsa:
Hi,

i use 4EXT Recovery and it is very good.

Thank you for this Tool

But i have a question.

What is better ? ClockworkMod 4.0.0.5 or 4EXT ?

and why ?

thanks
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
:D

Thank you very much for trying this out! :)

Sorry that I cannot press thanks anymore. There is a limit of 5/day and I already reached it..

Will upload 2.1.0 final soon
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Hi!

I don't want to say that anything is better as 4ext at the moment is still based on CWMR (might change).

See 4ext as an improvement in some areas which also gives you a lot of additional features.

A big improvement is that 4ext remembers the file system you have had on your partitions at the time when you made a backup. So when you restore that backup later, all your partitions will end up with the exact same file system you HAD when you created that backup.

CWMR doesn't save that kind of information and so it restores all backups with one default file system which is set at compile time of cwmr. This is usually ext3.

In case of ext4 this is important, because any backup you restore with cwmr will "convert" your ext4 partitions to ext3..

To check the additional features, just check the first post :)
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Finally final :)
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
How comes I can't find the download link for 2.1.0 final, am I a moron ?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Can you please sort out the downloads, they're not as you usually do them......
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
great job

i'll test right now :D
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Hope not, otherwise we both are
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
make it 3 :))

Final: 4EXTRecovery_v1.1.1_saga.zip > in recovery I`m seeing 1.1.1 RC :(
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Is there a problem?

1.1.1 is a final :D

Links corrected.. was a good idea to also upload the new files..
[HTC Desire S] cadkey:
Mismatch in version number?

why v1.1.1 and not 2.1.1 ??

I don't understand

Edit: latest version is 2.1.0. I understand
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
2.1.1 is not released yet :D

patient ppl :p
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Was only a joke.. 1.1.1 was a really stable version, but of course it's old..

I updated the links and you get 2.1.0 now :)

:D
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
Hehe you are too happy because you made it ... is the final version :P

Thank you
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
come on ppl grab fast :D

links may disappear again lool
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
After installing 4ext 2.1.0, I can't mount /cache anymore.

My phone is still working with no slow down, but how can I fix this ?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Did you convert cache to ext4 for the very first time?

If so, just reboot recovery to be able to mount it again, but why would you want to mount it anyway?

Edit: I meant did you format it ext4, not convert!
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
nope I did not formart or convert anything, 4ext tells me that cache is ext2 nut it can't test its capacity.

The reason why I'd like to sort it is because for each action I make in 4ext I got an error message that it can't mount /cache/recovery/log.

Quite annoying, what is stored in system, data and cache anyways ?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Ahh ok I see.

Just enter the 4ext menu and format cache ext3 or if your rom is ext4 capable (which it should be) then format it ext4 and your error will be gone.

Recovery always tries to save log data on /cache, that's why it complains..

Format cache by selecting either ext3 or ext4 in the 4ext menu..

Edit: /system holds most system apps.. when you install a new rom this is the place where most of the files go.

/data holds your "user data", you don't want to format /data if it is not necessary. Most apps are installed on /data, also most of your settings.

/cache can hold different things, but you can format /cache without losing anything as all that is on /cache will be recreated (most of it on next boot which can take longer if cache was formatted)!
[HTC Desire S] JackyJack:
It worked thanks :)

You rock
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
:D

Thanks, glad it worked for you!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
There's a new great, very complete theme made by apaquette420!

He doesn't have his own thread yet and there's no general thread available so I'm posting it here for now.

Please give him feedback :)

Edit: removed, because he will put up his own thread!

Edit2: the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15865466
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Any chance of a screen shot?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
She told me that she'll create an own thread in the next hour or so with even more themes AND screenshots..

Will put a link then to her thread.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Thread is now up!

Link is in my sig.

And I must apologize.. it's a "he" not a "she" :o
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I was curious, especially after I saw that picture?
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Me too :D But I thought.. well women nowadays... everything's possible..
[HTC Desire S] nodeffect:
Once again, thanks for this awesome recovery. I'm using it without any errors!. Good work man. Keep it up!
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
thnx very much :)
[HTC Desire S] ems328i:
Hi, I had Clockwork Mod 4.0.0.4 installed by AlphaRevX, but using Rom.Manager from Market has downgraded me to 3.0.2.6. I'd like to install this recovery, but I have 2 noob questions:

How do I install this version, and will it be compatible with my original backup I made with 4.0.0.4 when I originally S-offed?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Just to be clear, i download this ONE-CLICK version, and use ROM MANAGER to FLASH ALTERNATE RECOVERY, and i'm done?

One more question - will this be able to restore the backups i made using ROM Manager (with previous recovery)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
To instal download the latest recovery onto your sd card then restart into recovery and flash zip from sd.

As for the compatibility question it should be, ext4 is built from the same version so I can't see why not, but I'd recommend that you take a new backup once you instal ext4
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Thanks ben_pyett, always helpful :D One more question - i need the ONE CLICK VERSION to flash in recovery right?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to read the instructions, it's the other one i need. One last thing, it's work without ENG S-OFF right, (on Ship S-OFF)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
No the one click version is the one that is run from the pc, you require the zip file to run from recovery
[HTC Desire S] ems328i:
Cheers Ben, thanks for that. The backup I have is the phone's original rom (after S-off), in order to make a new (original) backup I would need to flash an original Europe rom, right (I'm running Saga LBC 0.5.4 right now)?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
No, no, I wouldn't bother doing that, keep your original backup but possibly rename it so that you know which version of cwm it was taken with, you could always then instal that old cwm version if you had problems restoring the backup with ext4, although I can't see why you want to go back.

And as you say, should you require to go back you could always flash an ruu anyway
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
OK now, i flashed the recovery(and a theme) and it worked like a charm. Converted /system, /data and /cache to ext4. I have to questions - first, what does this do (converting to ext4) and what are the benifits?

Second, before flashing a ROM, i would always do this -

WIPE DALVIK CACHE

FORMAT /sytem

FORMAT /data

FORMAT /cache

WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET

Now, with format /system, /data and /cache, there's an option to wipe /cache. What should i do, FORMAT or WIPE?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Ext4 is the type of file system, it's faster than ext3 (google it)

I always follow what ever instructions that come with the rom that I'm installing, some roms will provide specific scripts that perform the wipe for you, lbc does for example.

For differences between wipe and format again google CWM there are loads of decent tutorials on its function and use
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
is it posible to make dual boot recovery?u know to test two roms separatly to have option like choose one or another via recovery...
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I don't know if this is possible, I know it was on the hd2 but there one rom ran from sd so was slow, your better off simply, backing up, flashing and restoring
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
I had that on Samsung Spica but partition on sd card was ext2..so no slow at all. its just question not request btw :)
[HTC Desire S] Henrik_Nyberg:
Q about this recovery.

I'm not on my first Android phone right now, history goes, HTC Desire, ZTE Blade, HTC Desire S and HTC Sensation. But I have always used Clockwork or AmonRA recovery for my previous devices, and these recovery systems are comparable with the installable rom (zip) files. So after doing a S-OFF I was offered Clockwork and accepted it. Now looking arround I se that there are roms out there demanding the use of 4EXTRecovery, but is it a total replacement? Will 4EXTR handle flashing all roms out there for SAGA?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Yes.

you flash the ext4 zip file from sd card using your installed Clock work mod recovery.
[HTC Desire S] mustafatk:
sorry for this, but is there any tutorial how can install this recovery?

My device is s-off already

thanks
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
IS your firmware already rooted?

If so, did you already install clockworkmod recovery by any chance?
[HTC Desire S] mustafatk:
no i have UN-Rooted device
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Then you should root it first ;)

(It's possible to do that without rooting too, but I'd suggest you root it first using any of the guides available and then come back..

Would be less likely to fail because it depends on too much, how you got s-off, whether you have supercid, if you even need supercid and so on.)
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
Sure? I'd suggested to flash it via adb -> fastboot flash recovery XXXXXXXX.img

There is no need to root the rom - on the other hand: if he simply did some previous search there would have been no need to ask a question which has been answered like a thousand times.

In light of that "problem" you probably made a wise decision not telling about adb interface ;)
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Yes, but if fastboot works or not depends on which hboot he has.

As an example: if he is S-OFF by XTC Clip, then he doesn't have a modified or even an eng hboot and fastboot flash won't work.
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
Good point. I guess I automatically assume Alpharevx-Hboot. My fault ;)
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
No, I think it's ok to assume that.. most ppl will use Alpharev I guess.

But then he needs the fastboot binary and working drivers for his phone.

Edit: but if he used alpharev I guess the drivers are ok already ;)

Because of these uncertainties I thought it might be better to root first.

But you have your point, if that works, it's faster ;)
[HTC Desire S] M0ng0:
Can i Flash recovery without root?
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
Read the Post -.-

Especially last 2 pages.
[HTC Desire S] madmaxx82:
Yes, if you are S-OFF by using Alpharevx, have drivers for your phone and fastboot binaries:

Just download any of the zip files, extract recovery.img to somewhere, let's assume c:\ in this example, open a command prompt/console and enter:

adb reboot bootloader

wait for the bootloader menu to show up and then enter:

fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
@madmaxx82:

I'd love to have your patience =)
[HTC Desire S] teddy_irish:
When I enter cmd.exe and type adb reboot bootloader it shows:

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Any idea?
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Just copy the content of this arhive (except that hboot.img or whatever) to C:/Windows and it should work here>> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=618130&d=1307439416
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Varrykat:
I'm at an area with no google just this xda app and no way home. I'm on epic 4g syndicate frozen 1.1.1 with its twilight rom and the wireless tether that came with it messed up. I didn't want to use it I hit the button on accident also it worked 2 days ago. It restarted my phone by itself and now I'm getting all of the google framework has stopped working notices... locking me out of my apps email and google. Do I have to odin? It'll be days before I'm home. Any quikfixes will be appreciated and I've tried rebooting

Workin on my night cheese!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] YoungSinema:
Did you ever do a backup?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Varrykat:
Yes before I rommed. Ill have to reromm and reroot when I get home but maybe it'll work. Thanks

Workin on my night cheese!
[HTC Sensation] sikkboy626:
I'm new to this phone. Anyone know if its gonna be possible for vanilla Gingerbread to the Sensation?
[HTC Sensation] lemarg:
Are you new to forums?
[HTC Sensation] stefan.buddle:
Yes he is

*edit*

Forgot the:

/facepalm
[HTC Sensation] fordstang99:
Yes its called the g2x
[HTC Sensation] bcpk:
Eventually it will have CyanogenMod on it.
[HTC Sensation] sikkboy626:
I understand that the G2x has vanilla Android. I just like the bigger better screen of the HTC. I could do without Sense, after having the Nexus S.
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
The bootloader on the device is currently locked. HTC is going to unlock it eventually, and then we'll see what happens.
[HTC Sensation] jlevy73:
And the g2x is far from AOSP. I have it, trust me, it looks stock but underneath it's full of LGE's crappy framework and coding.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kraftwerksfit:
Went from Vegan 5.1 to CM7 following the instructions on this site.http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/rom.htm My problem is in CWM I've got access to all folders once Gtab is booted in CM7 there are no folders. No backup for Titanium Backup to restore even though I can see it CWM. Can't view APK's I know are there etc...

Looks like CM7 uses "SD card" storage for an actual external micro SD card and uses "/mnt/emmc" for internal storage. Unfortunately all my files are stored internal, Vegan 5.1 used "SD card" storage for the internal storage. So my question is how do I get CM7 to read my internal files as "SD card" like Vegan 5.1 did?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kraftwerksfit:
found a .zip file that will swap internal and external file systems in CM7 http://goo.gl/DS8u9 Why they would make the rom read like this IDK when every other rom reads the other way. Anyway IDK if there will be problems with an external card with this .zip setup but right now I'm just trying to see if I can get Netflix working on CM7 so I'll deal with that later I guess...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcrews:
It is actually the proper way to map it per Google so that is why Cyanogenmod does it that way. Mapping for /sdcard is for an actual sdcard and not for internal, non-removable storage.

Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...CM7 style...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overheadsmash50:
Is it possible to add the WPS feature from the stock ROM in settings? Or is there "an App for that?" ;) thanks..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Nope. AOSP roms don't have that option maybe in a future version
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sstephen17:
MyYoutube app was running fine playing hd videos. Today however, it won't run them as it just keeps trying to buffer, even aftermore than three minutes. Normal videos are ok though. My brother gave me a Buffalo router with wireless n. I had previously had a Belkin wireless g router. Web browsing is now noticeably faster but this Youtube problem arised. Are there any settings I need to adjust? My laptop and girlfriend's ipad seem to work fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] danielsjam:
I don't think it is your router. I as well as others have the same issue. I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus transformer and have the same problem on both devices. I have also tried playing the same video on my desktop and it play just fine. So my conclusion is that it is the new youtube app. I actually don't care for the new 3d look that Google decided to give us. I prefer performance any day over eye candy. I am not sure if anyone else noticed but all videos uploaded by machinima causes youtube to FC, but the same video play just fine on my desktop. I think the new youtube app really suck. I have reported this issue to Google, but it probably will not get fixed until they release ICS.

Rebooting my router seems to help the problem for a little while.