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[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Good morning ;)

Please uninstall all your themes with the theme uninstaller and delete your 4ext folder to make sure everything gets reset to defaults the next time you boot into recovery..

BTW: YOu can take screen with "ddms".. it's in the tools folder when you have android sdk :)
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Ive tried using theme uninstaller.. no luck there. I will delete 4ext folder and boot into recover and try again.

I have SDK but ive never got around to learning how to use it.. i did however did get Android Flasher to work on my fone finally
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Ok it seems to have worked.. start up time is back to about 3-5 secs.. thanks bud. :D:cool:
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
BTW: please use the newest uninstaller.. I uploaded a new version that will also be compatible with the next major release..

If I can implement something I'd very much like to, then this will be a very big update ;)

It's extremely easy to use ddms for taking screens.

Just look into the tools folder or platform-tools.. in one of those you will find that, can't remember which one.

just start it and you will see your devices listed.. then click the menu Device and you will see "Take Screenshot" or something like that.. that's all ;)
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Great ;)

And glad to have you back ;)

Edit: BTW: as long as the next version isn't released where startup time won't be so theme dependent anymore, stick to themes with only a background.. preferably ones that don't use 1MB of a pic.

Just check the theme.zip.. if it is bigger than 1MB, don't use it or just delete all icons in this icon folder inside the zip file that are not "icon_clockwork.png".

Many themers don't compress their pics enough.. I have seen >1mb files.. this might not be a problem on stronger devices but not so well on the desire..
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
I see.. ok Max thanks for the info. So when can we expect the next big update? Not to hurry you along, take your time i mean.. jus wondering. :D
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Don't know yet. Still feeling sick and can't work all the time.
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Then you should be getting your rest my friend.. recovery can wait. Hope youre felling better soon bud.
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thanks :)

But I can't leave my computer for more than an hour or so :D
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
hahaha yea i heard that bud.. :D
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Now my recovery is PINK!! hahahahahaha :eek::eek::eek:
[Desire Android Development] rophaq:
broke back recovery he he:D:D:D
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Haha i know right? I got some weird things going on with my recovery. before i flashed a theme it was yellow.. the theme was blue. Dont have a problem with the blue jus the start up time so i tried to uninstall the theme.. wouldnt uninstall.. Max gave told me to delete 4ext folder and use uninstall zip on front page and that put it back to the original color of red with white text so i figure i have a older recovery installed so i download 4ext from from page and flash with android flasher and it comes out pink.. went to bed this morning and wake up.. its blue again.. hahahahaha
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hahahaha

The older versions went pink if you didn't follow the instructions and deleted 4ext.prop when there was an upgrade :D

So you didn't have the latest.. strange.
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
It was a nice shade of pink atleast.. hahaha..but its back to blue now and startup time was around 17-20 seconds last time i checked
[Desire Android Development] r47z:
hey guys,

i'm currently using the miui-xj xpart version with ext4, when I go to recovery and check on partition alignment is states that it is not align. I know I have clear off my sdcard and repartition everything. But what is the drawback of not having the ext partition aligned?
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
I finally figured out how to take a screenshot using droid explorer.. heres my recovery bud..

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[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
Why do you have 2 swap files?
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
I have no idea.. my recovery is all messed up
[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
Oh I see :)

With your current rom, I'd recommend fat32+ext3 no Swap.

You can do this with 4extRecovery without losing your fat32 data, select partition sd card from advanced menu, select save my fat32 partition, and select 1536 for 1st sd-ext, 0 for 2nd sd-ext and 0 for swap.

Format 1st sd-ext as ext3 for leedroid.
[Desire Android Development] Jakedude2011:
So is mine. Really looking forward to The Next upgrade, with hopefully reduced boot time.

:)
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
I hear that buddy.. 1st we gotta get Max better.. thinking about sending him some meds.. :D
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Ok ima give that a try.. thanks
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
How To Do It?

Hi Guys,

sorry for the noobish question, but I'm really unsure how to 'get' this recovery.

I have tried to read at least the first page of this thread, but especially the concept of 'fake flash' puzzles me. :confused:

If I understood correct, after applying this recovery, I'm not able to use the ROM Manager any more? :eek:

Please take a look at my signature and pppllleeeaaassseee ;) could you give me a detailed instruction how to upgrade to your recovery.

THX in advance.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Are you GSM or CDMA?
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Yea that didnt work.. had to go back to 512
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
GSM.

and I will update my signature with that :cool:

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Ok take this file ( rename it to just PB99IMG ) and put it on your sdcard.. turn fone off and boot into hboot.. after green text push volume up and then reboot. then you should be able to boot into recovery and see the new 1. No.. you wont be able to use rom manager.. there is a way but you will have to wait for MadMax to answer that one.

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[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
Very Strange, Maybe backup your sd card, and try formatting it from scratch..

1xfat32 and 1x 1gig ext3. also make sure its aligned.

I noticed a big improvement in speed, once I got my card formatted correctly.
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Yea I may try that later this evening but its 5 am here and I need sleeeep.. lol
[Desire Android Development] Tomaka:
I didn't realize that remaining space was automatically distributed to FAT32, it's fine with me then :)

Are the partitions created in the right order for DATA2SD then ? (1st fat32 then ext)

I wanted to created a sub 2go ext partition with a specific size (ex 1.8go) because recommendations for DATA2SD state that ext partitions should be smaller than 2go.

Here are the DATA2SD installation instructions from droidzone installation note:

Partitions-Two partitions are required. First one should be Fat32 primary, and the second should be ext4 (Our script does try to convert other partitions like ext2, ext3 to ext4. However, if this fails, create an ext4)

The order of making partitions in Gparted is important. Sequentially, the first should be Fat32 (not Fat), and the second should be ext4
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thanks to you 2 for your support ;)

@Freak: why didn't it work with 1536? There might not be enough space after your fat32 partition.. could that be the reason? When you select to leave fat32 intact you get a message telling you how much free space will be available for creating any more partitions.

Yes of course, the fat32 partition will always be the 1st partition created (although you select the sizes for the other ones first).

When you are finished with partitioning, before you apply your settings you will get a print out of your partition table, about how it would look like if you proceeded.. no changes will be written up to that point.

The only available size options that are near to your 1.8GB are 1536MB and 2048MB.

This will most likely change in the next version where you should be able to select any size.

Still can't confirm that yet.
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
Okay ... here is, what i've done

- Download the file 'PB99IMG_2.1.1_bravo.zip'

- Made MD5 check (was 'okay')

- Shifted it to SD-card root

- Renamed it to 'PB99IMG.zip'

- Turn phone off

- Turn on with 'volume down' -> phone in 'HBOOT' menu

- Wait

- Phone flickers with green text (to fast to read all :(), but the last message is something like 'Checking PB99IMG.zip'

- Phone returns to 'HBOOT' menu with 'FASTBOOT', 'RECOVERY', 'CLEAR STORAGE' and 'SIMLOCK'

And now? :confused:

Was the flashing successfull?

When I now select 'Volume Up' the menu item 'SIMLOCK' gets selected?

I'm a little bit puzzled. Please help.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi!

No it wasn't successful.

When it finds the PB99IMG.zip, it will print a yes/no message.. yes is vol up.

A common error for windows users is, that they have "hide known file extensions" on, and when they rename the PB99IMG.zip, they in fact name it PB99IMG.zip.zip.

Please check that.
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
There is NO PC involved. ;)

Everything was done directly on the Desire.

See the screenshot of my Linda File Manager.

Offtopic: How do you actually 'show' an attachment inside the text? (Noobish . . I know :o)

Cheers Dirk
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
After you uploaded the picture, you'll see the link of the picture.. copy that link and use the "insert image" button ;)

If your signature is correct then you are S-ON?

If that's so, then this cannot work ;)

You'd need to use the fake flash version!
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
BTW: Please read how to use it on the first page below downloads.

There are basically 2 ways:

1. very simple, just put the update.zip onto your sdcard.

To enter recovery boot into bootloader, select recovery and when the red exclamation mark appears press power or volup + power (can't remember at the moment) and you will get some options. the first one reads "apply update.zip". Use that and you should be booting 4extrecovery.

2. Being able to use Rom Manager with it.

First I would use rom manager to install cwmr for one time so it already downloaded its own recovery.

Then you need to replace several recovery-xxx.zip files in any subfolders inside /sdcard/clockworkmod and probably update.zip on /sdcard too with the downloaded 4ext "update.zip".

After that, use rom manager to once again install recovery and you should be done.

BeanBean50 knows more about that ;)
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
THX for that. :cool:

So ... because 'fake flash' is an even greater miracle to me :o I will grab all my courage and S-OFF.

Or ... you have a good explanation/introduction about 'fake flash'. :)

Edit: Beaten on that by your additional post. THX again.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] angusc:
S-off for the desire is pretty painless and a pretty safe process. Not sure what device you are using but if it is sorted by alpharev.nl then I would go for it!

Sent with Desire
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
HEY ... that did the trick!!! :D :cool:

Just one difference: I don't get an exclamation mark but it starts CWM-recovery. But in there is the menu item 'apply sdcard:/update.zip' and that it was.

Thinking about getting S-OFF anyway.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Ahh ok, I always forget the ppl already might have cwmr ;)

The red exclamation mark is the original recovery by htc you would get if this was a new device.
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
So I take the risk and did the S-OFF to my Desire :cool: ;)

BUT now I want to flash the 'PB99IMG.zip', which is still on my SD-card.

And in HBOOT I got 'CID incorrect'.

What can I do? Did I something wrong?

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
That just means that your carrier id is not listed in this PB99IMG and you don't have supercid.

Either make your sdcard into a goldcard or flash it using fastboot or android flasher.

Just extract "recovery.img" out of this zip file and use Android Flasher to flash it, or boot into bootloader while you are connected via usb and type fastboot flash recovery <path to your extracted recovery.img>
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Yea i noticed he was S-ON last night but was to tire for it to register in my brain he couldnt do it that way.. my bad :eek:
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
S-OFF is very easy to acheive using Alpharevx.. its actually dummy proof.. im proof of that.. lol
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
Okaayy ... Android Flasher and the Android SDK were the things to go.

Now I'm a happy camper on 4EXT recovery. :cool:

Big THX for all.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] angusc:
Make your sdcard in to a goldcard anyway......it will save you getting that message again in the future when you try flashing a pb99img.zip

Sent with Desire
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Glad you made.. welcome aboard the MadMax train.. wooo wooo!! hahaha
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Now my 2ext is outta wack? didnt know there was 2ext

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Ok i think i got it all worked out..

Been awfully quiet on this thread to day
[Desire Android Development] orlith:
HI

Will you release the update package of the 2.1.1b for the desire GSM (not the cdma) ?

Thanks for your work
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
You mean update.zip?

This is for the GSM, but SHOULD also work for cdma.
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Hahaha i jus read that.. and i tohught he meant " would you release the GSM and not the CDMA" hahaha like he didnt want you to release the CDMA one.. gotta get the sleep outta my eyes.. Hey Max.. feeling any better bud? :D
[Desire Android Development] mrbluesman:
works for me thanks:D
[Desire Android Development] L-ViZ:
i got s-on, now which is the way i should do it?
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
You have to do it the fake flash method if your S-ON.. why are you not S-Off? its really easy to do with Alparevx.. and Unrevoked for that matter
[Desire Android Development] L-ViZ:
flash it via android flasher (hboot) (AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility)

argh, iso oO?
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
Go here and download Alpharevx for windows or Linux.. wichever you use.. keep that page open because you will have to generate a key. Make sure HTc windows drivers are installed ( if on windows ) uninstall HTC Sync if installed. Then run Alpharevx as administrator.. it will ask for a key so go back and click generate key.. copy and paste in terminal and Alpharevx will do the rest

http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/
[Desire Android Development] L-ViZ:
device not supported :( 0.80.000 and now? :(
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
What device do you have?
[Desire Android Development] L-ViZ:
desire bravo @leedroid 2.2
[Desire Android Development] John_Blaze:
I dont know why it would say device not supported then. Have you tried Unrevoked? Heres the tutorial i used to run enrevoked

http://www.htcdesireforum.com/htc-desire-how-to/(guide)-rootin-flashing-rom/

Please be sure to study the guide before attempting ok? Its not hard to do.. but if its not done right you can brick your fone
[Desire Android Development] fintry:
Now that the HTC Sensation is rooted, are you planning to provide this recovery for the Sensation?

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] Dabbsy:
For some reason I cant return to CWM recovery, i've flashed it through this recovery and bootloader but it keeps coming back?
[Desire Android Development] keyra74:
you probably flashed a Desire(C) version like i did last week
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thanks Freak ;) Yes a little already. Hope it won't take too long for the next update.

Yes of course, I will definitely, but not yet. I want to get 4EXT to a certain level before I'll start supporting other devices.

4TMG, Sensation, and all newer than Desire android HTC phones should be supported when v3 is out and stable.

Wait for v3 it shouldn't remind you any longer of CWMR if I succeed in doing what I want to.
[Desire Android Development] bugfix2k:
I flashed 2.0.0 beta with fastboot.

Started in recovery and chose to backup ROM and got this:

I:Checking for extendedcommand...
I:Skipping execution of extendedcommand, file not found...
mtd: successfully wrote block at 0
I:Set boot command ""
SD Card space free: 6171MB
mkdir: can't create directory '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-07-07.06.49.46_AceSMod007v14
': Invalid argument
Backing up boot image...
error opening /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-07-07.06.49.46_AceSMod007v14
/boot.imgError while backing up boot image!mtd: successfully wrote block at 0
I:Set boot command ""

Seems the backup folder didn't get created properly so cwm couldn't start the backup..?

edit: tried booting into OS and then reboot into recovery again... same error. Seems I can't take backups with this CWM and my current ROM (AceSMod007).
[Desire Android Development] aorifan:
Made two backup with 2.0 and tried to restore them, one succeed and one stuck at bboot screen , dunno why.
[Desire Android Development] Muxeu:
Well. I open the 4ext.prop and see

################# 4EXT - Configuration - Settings #################

#### MENU COLOR SETTINGS ####

## min value for a color is 0
## max value for a color is 255

menu.color.red = 180
menu.color.green = 22
menu.color.blue = 22
menu.color.selection = 200

### 4EXT SETTINGS ###

## come back later...

What should I do for changing menu color?
[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
Adjust the values for menu.color.red/green and blue to change the colour.

example for Blue, change red to = 0 green to = 0 and blue to = 255.
[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
Maxx,

Any possibility to get it the pull the filename from the build number and not the software number.

My build number is IC GS ASAD+ 1.0.08 STABLE

and my Software Number is 2.36.405.8

Would be easier to identify my backups from the build number.

Regards

BM :)
[Desire Android Development] Muxeu:
Aha.. Tnx. My brain doesn't wake up yet :D

Yep, will be good if recovery shows (and adds to backup name) the ro.build.description not the ro.product.version
[Desire Android Development] Sebby:
here are some different color and value's

look at the picture

or go to this site

and go to the middle off the page alot off different colors and value's

http://www.web-source.net/216_color_chart.htm
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
No, this is also not good :D

If I did that, it wouldn't identify any roms I use anymore..

The problem is that rom builders put their names into different variable paths..

The recovery already looks at different places. If it doesn't find a name, it will search for it somewhere else..

I will see if I can make the recovery more "intelligent" by trying to select "a best option"
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Yes I will try to make this more reliable..
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
I will fix this asap!

Can you try the update then?

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] bugfix2k:
I'll update as soon as you release a new version :)
[Desire Android Development] bmonster:
I'm guessing this is something to do with the length or Characters in the filename.
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Can't be.. my rom's name is "Android Revolution HD 1.1.0 by mike 1986" :D

And it works..

It must be a newline I didn't catch at the end of the string somehow...

Although I check if the string can be a legal directory name.. very strange.. I thought I had fixed that issue..

At the moment getting that build.prop and trying this out :)
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
WARNING!!

I MAY have changed the kernel by accident!

This may not be longer ext4 compatible!

Please use with caution or not at all, I will solve the problem with Ace rom name, check the kernel and reupload!

Thanks and sorry :)
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Can someone confirm that?
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Noone?

False alarm?
[Desire Android Development] bugfix2k:
Confirm what? Have you uploaded a new version..?
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
If I accidentally changed the kernel in this beta so the recovery is not ext4 compatible anymore..

Regardless.. compiled a new one just in case..

Will now take a look at your rom and check this bug.

The recovery should do a normal backup (without romname) if the name of the rom it has found is not suitable for a directory name.

This works on the incredible s and Sebastiaan15 and me tried that a few times on the desire yesterday and it worked..

Very strange that you still have this problem..

Will check it now and upload the new version soon I hope :)
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
I have tried it with AcesMod007 v17 and it worked.. I'll send you a pm

2011-07-07.12.43.13_AceSMod007v17
[Desire Android Development] Muxeu:
Works with ext4 on my Desire. Don't try restore? but recovery made bakup image of ext.
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
If by keeps coming back you mean via Rom Manager, then you need to delete the downloaded rom manager files and install cwmr through rom manager again!

Rom manager will always use a fake flash version and never the one you flashed onto your device. This is a drawback of RM on the Desire.
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
For me it was no drawback, but instead a saver. I wantEd to

apply a theme with the old scripting and rom manager with the 'old' cwm did the trick.
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
You can always revert to cwm.. just delete the files you replaced and install it using rom manager.

For anyone having problems with themes, just use the updated theme uninstaller linked for download in all 1st posts.

If the problem continues, some theme creator might have made a big mistake and replaces your files in /sdcard/4ext. Then delete that folder too.

Updated Theme uninstaller + deleting /sdcard/4ext as a last resort, will reset to 4ext to a state when you first flashed it!

In the next version this will all be possible through a menu item.. also themes that use crazy sizes of images won't slow down recovery start anymore by far so much.
[Desire Android Development] dirkw01:
I realized that, but I WANT to stay with your recovery.

You got me slightly wrong.

I want to install a WHOLE theme (scar45 PCB theme) and the installer .ZIP is using the older scripting. So your 4EXT denied (nothing wrong with that) to install it. But CWM, which is started as 'fake flash' (I think) by the ROM manager, was able to do it.

And after a reboot 4EXT is still my primary recovery. I'm quiet happy to have the ability to serve both scripting variants.

Cheers

Dirk
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Now I understand, this older pre gingerbread CWMR version that is installed by RM for the desire still has amend scripting support.

Edit: good to know! Is a simple solution for the Desire ppl.
[Desire Android Development] ptr_hamilton:
Hi again,

I got a question kinda off topic :)

Will there be a sensation version of your recovery planned for the future? Just changed to sensation and since we finally got s-off I start missing your recovery :)

Thanks Pete
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Hi,

Yes, definitely!

But before supporting any more devices I'd like to get the next version quite stable.

Next release should be quite big if everything goes well.

Still don't know when it will be ready. But yes, sensation is on top of the list ;)
[Desire Android Development] ptr_hamilton:
Yeah! Whenever I can help you testing for both desire or sensation, just tell me ;)
[Desire Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thnx very much ;)

I might send you a pm when it is ready :)